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609.27.1(5)
Statute ID:
17075
Statute Function ID:
35677
Coercion-Threat to Make a Criminal Charge
In Effect
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Text
Charge
Classifications
Offense Level:
Petty Misdemeanor (PM)
General Offense Code:
Person (1)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Other Person (OP) (Rank 9)
Detailed Offense Code:
Person Offense (199)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
210
Extortion/Blackmail
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:
Yes
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
609.27.1(5)
Enactment Date:
May 17, 2018
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 2018
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Coercion-Threat to Make a Criminal Charge
Statute ID:
17075
Created:
Jul 18, 2018 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jul 18, 2018 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
New statute/reference ids for as a result of 2018 amendment to 609.3241. Subd. 1 now incomplete
Summary Text:
Coercion-Threat to Make a Criminal Charge
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/27.html
Legislative Session:
2018 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jul 18, 2018
Whoever orally or in writing makes any of the following threats and thereby causes another against the other's will to do any act or forbear doing a lawful act is guilty of coercion and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 2: (1) a threat to unlawfully inflict bodily harm upon, or hold in confinement, the person threatened or another, when robbery or attempt to rob is not committed thereby; or (2) a threat to unlawfully inflict damage to the property of the person threatened or another; or (3) a threat to unlawfully injure a trade, business, profession, or calling; or (4) a threat to expose a secret or deformity, publish a defamatory statement, or otherwise to expose any person to disgrace or ridicule; or (5) a threat to make or cause to be made a criminal charge, whether true or false; provided, that a warning of the consequences of a future violation of law given in good faith by a peace officer or prosecuting attorney to any person shall not be deemed a threat for the purposes of this section; or (6) a threat to commit a violation under section 617.261.
