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609.3451

Statute ID: 15249

Statute Function ID: 32789

Criminal Sex Cond-5th Degree

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Statute Number:

609.3451

Enactment Date:

May 16, 2014

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2014

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Criminal Sex Cond-5th Degree

Statute ID:

15249

Created:

Jul 10, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 10, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amend c 270 s 2; Headnote

Summary Text:

Criminal Sex Cond-5th Degree

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/3451.html

Legislative Session:

2014 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 10, 2014

Subdivision 1.  
A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree: if the person engages in nonconsensual sexual penetration.

Subd. 1a.   
A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree if:

(1) the person engages in nonconsensual sexual contact; or

(2) the person engages in masturbation or lewd exhibition of the genitals in the presence of a minor under the age of 16, knowing or having reason to know the minor is present.

For purposes of this section, "sexual contact" has the meaning given in section 609.341, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), clauses (i), (iv), and (v). Sexual contact also includes the intentional removal or attempted removal of clothing covering the complainant's intimate parts or undergarments, and the nonconsensual touching by the complainant of the actor's intimate parts, effected by the actor, if the action is performed with sexual or aggressive intent.

Subd. 3.   
(a) A person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the person violates subdivision 1.

(b) A person is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than seven years or to payment of a fine of not more than $14,000, or both, if the person violates subdivision 1 or 1a within ten years of:

(1) a conviction under subdivision 1;

(2) a previous conviction for violating subdivision 1a, clause (2), a crime described in paragraph (c), or a statute from another state in conformity with any of these offenses; or

(3) the first of two or more previous convictions for violating subdivision 1a, clause (1), or a statute from another state in conformity with this offense.

(c) A previous conviction for violating section 609.342; 609.343; 609.344; 609.345; 609.3453; 617.23, subdivision 2, clause (2), or subdivision 3; or 617.247 may be used to enhance a criminal penalty as provided in paragraph(b).