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260B.007.6

Statute ID: 19773

Statute Function ID: 39629

Juveniles-Definitions-Delinquent child

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Statute Number:

260B.007.6

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2024

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2024

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Juveniles-Definitions-Delinquent child

Statute ID:

19773

Created:

Jun 13, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 13, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2024 c123 art4 sect2

Summary Text:

Juveniles-Definitions-Delinquent child

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/260B/007.html

Legislative Session:

2024 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 13, 2024

(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), "delinquent child" means a child:

(1) who has violated any state or local law, except as provided in section 260B.225, subdivision 1, and except for juvenile offenders as described in subdivisions 16 to 18;

(2) who has violated a federal law or a law of another state and whose case has been referred to the juvenile court if the violation would be an act of delinquency if committed in this state or a crime or offense if committed by an adult;

(3) who has escaped from confinement to a state juvenile correctional facility after being committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections; or

(4) who has escaped from confinement to a local juvenile correctional facility after being committed to the facility by the court.

(b) The term delinquent child does not include a child alleged to have committed murder in the first degree after becoming 16 years of age, but the term delinquent child does include a child alleged to have committed attempted murder in the first degree.

(c) The term delinquent child does not include a child alleged to have engaged in conduct which would, if committed by an adult, violate any federal, state, or local law relating to being hired, offering to be hired, or agreeing to be hired by another individual to engage in sexual penetration or sexual conduct.

(d) Effective August 1, 2026, and applied to acts committed on or after that date, the term delinquent child does not include a child alleged to have committed a delinquent act before becoming 13 years old.