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609.855.1(a)(1)

Statute ID: 18610

Statute Function ID: 37975

Transit Crime - Unlawfully occupy or ride transit without paying fare

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Classifications

Offense Level:

Petty Misdemeanor (PM)

General Offense Code:

Property (2)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Counterfeiting/Fraud, etc (C) (Rank 23)

Detailed Offense Code:

Property Offense (299)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

UCR Code

Description

26A

Fraud Offenses-False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game

Flags

Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Report to DNR:

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Yes

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

609.855.1(a)(1)

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2023

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2023

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Transit Crime - Unlawfully occupy or ride transit without paying fare

Statute ID:

18610

Created:

May 30, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 5, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Transit Crime - Unlawfully occupy or ride transit without paying fare

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/855.html

Legislative Session:

2023 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

May 30, 2023

(a) A person is guilty of a petty misdemeanor who intentionally obtains or attempts to obtain service for himself, herself, or another person from a provider of public transit or from a public conveyance by doing any of the following:

(1) occupies or rides in any public transit vehicle without paying the applicable fare or otherwise obtaining the consent of the transit provider including:

(i) the use of a reduced fare when a person is not eligible for the fare; or

(ii) the use of a fare medium issued solely for the use of a particular individual by another individual;

(2) presents a falsified, counterfeit, photocopied, or other deceptively manipulated fare medium as fare payment or proof of fare payment;

(3) sells, provides, copies, reproduces, or creates any version of any fare medium without the consent of the transit provider; or

(4) puts or attempts to put any of the following into any fare box, pass reader, ticket vending machine, or other fare collection equipment of a transit provider:

(i) papers, articles, instruments, or items other than fare media or currency; or

(ii) a fare medium that is not valid for the place or time at, or the manner in, which it is used.

(b) Where self-service barrier-free fare collection is utilized by a public transit provider, it is a violation of this subdivision to intentionally fail to exhibit proof of fare payment upon the request of an authorized transit representative when entering, riding upon, or leaving a transit vehicle or when present in a designated paid fare zone located in a transit facility.