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617.261.2(a)
Statute ID:
16301
Statute Function ID:
34449
Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images - Except for paragraph (b) violate Subd 1
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Text
Penalty
Classifications
Offense Level:
Gross Misdemeanor (GM)
General Offense Code:
Other (9)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Obscenity (O) (Rank 21)
Detailed Offense Code:
Obscene Materials (952)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
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:
Yes
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
617.261.2(a)
Enactment Date:
May 19, 2016
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 2016
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images - Except for paragraph (b) violate Subd 1
Statute ID:
16301
Created:
Jul 15, 2016 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
May 3, 2017 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Gross Misdemeanor Penalty
Summary Text:
Nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images - Except for paragraph (b) violate Subd 1
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/617/261.html
Legislative Session:
2016 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jul 15, 2016
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), whoever violates subdivision 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (b) Whoever violates subdivision 1 may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of $5,000, or both, if one of the following factors is present: (1) the person depicted in the image suffers financial loss due to the dissemination of the image; (2) the actor disseminates the image with intent to profit from the dissemination; (3) the actor maintains an Internet Web site, online service, online application, or mobile application for the purpose of disseminating the image; (4) the actor posts the image on a Web site; (5) the actor disseminates the image with intent to harass the person depicted in the image; (6) the actor obtained the image by committing a violation of section 609.52, 609.746, 609.89, or 609.891; or (7) the actor has previously been convicted under this chapter.
