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609.855.2(c)(2)

Statute ID: 14027

Statute Function ID: 30458

Transit Crime Sentence w/o Violence or Threats

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Penalty

Classifications

Offense Level:

Petty Misdemeanor (PM)

General Offense Code:

Other (9)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Disturbing Peace/Privacy (N) (Rank 27)

Detailed Offense Code:

Railroads/Transit Facilities/Providers (918)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

Misdemeanor certifiable as a Petty by Prosecutor

UCR Code

Description

Flags

Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Report to DNR:

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Yes

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

609.855.2(c)(2)

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1983

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Transit Crime Sentence w/o Violence or Threats

Statute ID:

14027

Created:

Feb 16, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Feb 16, 2012 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Recode request. In MNCJSS as Subd 2c(1) and should be Subd 2(c)(2). Misdemeanor.

Summary Text:

Transit Crime Sentence w/o Violence or Threats

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/855.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Feb 16, 2012

(a) Whoever intentionally commits an act that interferes with or obstructs, or tends to interfere with or obstruct, the operation of a transit vehicle is guilty of unlawful interference with a transit operator and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (c).
(b) An act that is committed on a transit vehicle that distracts the driver from the safe operation of the vehicle or that endangers passengers is a violation of this subdivision if an authorized transit representative has clearly warned the person once to stop the act.
(c) A person who violates this subdivision may be sentenced as follows:
(1) to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if the violation was accompanied by force or violence or a communication of a threat of force or violence; or
(2) to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both, if the violation was not accompanied by force or violence or a communication of a threat of force or violence.