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626.5572.9(b)(3)

Statute ID: 9596

Statute Function ID: 21893

Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult-Absence of Legal Authority-Acquires Funds or Property

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Statute Number:

626.5572.9(b)(3)

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1995

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult-Absence of Legal Authority-Acquires Funds or Property

Statute ID:

9596

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult-Absence of Legal Authority-Acquires Funds or Property

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/626/5572.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Sep 1, 2006

"Financial exploitation" means:
(a) In breach of a fiduciary obligation recognized elsewhere in law, including pertinent regulations, contractual obligations, documented consent by a competent person, or the obligations of a responsible party under section 144.6501, a person:

(1) engages in unauthorized expenditure of funds entrusted to the actor by the vulnerable adult which results or is likely to result in detriment to the vulnerable adult; or
(2) fails to use the financial resources of the vulnerable adult to provide food, clothing, shelter, health care, therapeutic conduct or supervision for the vulnerable adult, and the failure results or is likely to result in detriment to the vulnerable adult.
(b) In the absence of legal authority a person:
(1) willfully uses, withholds, or disposes of funds or property of a vulnerable adult;
(2) obtains for the actor or another the performance of services by a third person for the wrongful profit or advantage of the actor or another to the detriment of the vulnerable adult;
(3) acquires possession or control of, or an interest in, funds or property of a vulnerable adult through the use of undue influence, harassment, duress, deception, or fraud; or
(4) forces, compels, coerces, or entices a vulnerable adult against the vulnerable adult's will to perform services for the profit or advantage of another.
(c) Nothing in this definition requires a facility or caregiver to provide financial management or supervise financial management for a vulnerable adult except as otherwise required by law.