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609.66.1a(a)(1)
Statute ID:
15643
Statute Function ID:
33455
Dangerous Weapons-Sell or Possess Suppressor Not Lawfully Possessed
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Felony (F)
General Offense Code:
Weapons (6)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Weapons (W) (Rank 11)
Detailed Offense Code:
Firearm Transfer/Silencers Prohibited-Felony (660)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
520
Weapon Law Violations
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
609.66.1a(a)(1)
Enactment Date:
May 23, 2015
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 2015
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Dangerous Weapons-Sell or Possess Suppressor Not Lawfully Possessed
Statute ID:
15643
Created:
Jun 17, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jun 17, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Corrected
Legal Analyst Comment:
Amended C 65 art 3 s 19; References to silencers changed; Defintion added; effective 07/01/2015
Summary Text:
Dangerous Weapons-Sell or Possess Suppressor Not Lawfully Possessed
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/66.html
Legislative Session:
2015 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jun 17, 2015
(a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (b): (1) sells or has in possession a suppressor that is not lawfully possessed under federal law; (2) intentionally discharges a firearm under circumstances that endanger the safety of another; or (3) recklessly discharges a firearm within a municipality. (b) A person convicted under paragraph (a) may be sentenced as follows: (1) if the act was a violation of paragraph (a), clause (2), or if the act was a violation of paragraph (a), clause (1) or (3), and was committed in a public housing zone, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 19, a school zone, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 14a, or a park zone, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 12a, to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; or (2) otherwise, to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both. (c) As used in this subdivision, "suppressor" means any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.
