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609.526.2

Statute ID: 19399

Statute Function ID: 39062

Precious Metal or Scrap Metal Dealer-Stolen Property

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Statute Number:

609.526.2

Enactment Date:

May 19, 2023

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2023

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Precious Metal or Scrap Metal Dealer-Stolen Property

Statute ID:

19399

Created:

Jul 17, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 17, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2023 C52 Art20 Sect22; Added carjacking to Subd 2

Summary Text:

Precious Metal or Scrap Metal Dealer-Stolen Property

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/526.html

Legislative Session:

2023 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 17, 2023

Any precious metal dealer or scrap metal dealer or any person employed by a dealer, who receives, possesses, transfers, buys, or conceals any stolen property or property obtained by robbery or carjacking, knowing or having reason to know the property was stolen or obtained by robbery or carjacking, may be sentenced as follows:

(1) if the value of the property received, bought, or concealed is $1,000 or more, to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $50,000, or both;
    (2) if the value of the property received, bought, or concealed is less than $1,000 but more than $300 $500, to imprisonment for not more than five three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,000 $25,000, or both;
    (3) if the value of the property received, bought, or concealed is $300 $500 or less, to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.
    Any person convicted of violating this section a second or subsequent time within a period of one year may be sentenced as provided in clause (1).