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349.2127.2

Statute ID: 16274

Statute Function ID: 34393

Gambling - Gambling Device - Possession

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Statute Number:

349.2127.2

Enactment Date:

May 22, 2016

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2016

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Gambling - Gambling Device - Possession

Statute ID:

16274

Created:

Jul 13, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 13, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2016 c 138 s4; New codes to eliminate duplicate codes.

Summary Text:

Gambling - Gambling Device - Possession

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/349/2127.html

Legislative Session:

2016 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 13, 2016

(a) A person is guilty of a crime who sells, offers for sale, or possesses a pull-tab or tipboard deal, paddle ticket cards, or raffle board not stamped or bar coded in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or chapter 297E. A violation of this paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if it involves ten or fewer pull-tab or tipboard deals or raffle boards. A violation of this paragraph is a felony if it involves more than ten pull-tab or tipboard deals or raffle boards, or a combination of more than ten deals of pull-tabs and tipboards or raffle boards.
 
(b) A person, other than a licensed manufacturer, a licensed distributor, or an organization licensed or exempt or excluded from licensing under this chapter, is guilty of a crime who sells, offers to sell, or possesses gambling equipment. A violation of this paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if it involves ten or fewer pull-tab or tipboard deals or raffle boards. A violation of this paragraph is a felony if it involves more than ten pull-tab or tipboard deals or raffle boards, or a combination of more than ten deals of pull-tabs and tipboards or raffle boards.

(c) A person is guilty of a crime who alters, modifies, or counterfeits pull-tabs, tipboards, or tipboard tickets, or raffle boards or possesses altered, modified, or counterfeit pull-tabs, tipboards, or tipboard tickets, or raffle boards. A violation of this paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if the total face value for all such pull-tabs, tipboards, or tipboard tickets or raffle boards does not exceed $200. A violation of this paragraph is a felony if the total face value exceeds $200. For purposes of this paragraph, the face value of all pull-tabs, tipboards, and tipboard tickets or raffle boards altered, modified, or counterfeited within a six-month period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly.

(d) A person, other than a licensed distributor or licensed manufacturer, is guilty of a crime who possesses a pull-tab or tipboard deal or raffle board for which the person, upon demand of a licensed peace officer or authorized agent of the commissioner of revenue or director of alcohol and gambling enforcement, does not immediately produce for inspection the invoice or a true and correct copy of the invoice for the acquisition of the deal or board from a licensed distributor. A violation of this paragraph is a gross misdemeanor if it involves ten or fewer pull-tab or tipboard deals or raffle boards. A violation of this paragraph is a felony if it involves more than ten pull-tab or tipboard deals or raffle boards, or a combination of more than ten deals of pull-tabs and tipboards or raffle boards. This paragraph does not apply to pull-tab and tipboard deals or raffle boards being transported in interstate commerce between locations outside this state.