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609.522.1

Statute ID: 19826

Statute Function ID: 39691

Organized Retail Theft - Definitions

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Statute Number:

609.522.1

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2024

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2024

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Organized Retail Theft - Definitions

Statute ID:

19826

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 art6 sect15

Summary Text:

Organized Retail Theft - Definitions

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/522.html

Legislative Session:

2024 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 13, 2024

(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given.

(b) "Pattern of retail theft" means acts committed or directed by the defendant on at least two separate occasions in the preceding six months that would constitute a violation of:

(1) section 609.52, subdivision 2, paragraph (a) clause (1), (3), or (4), involving retail merchandise;;

(2) section 609.521;

(3) section 609.53, subdivision 1, involving retail merchandise;

(4) section 609.582 when the building was a retail establishment; or

(5) section 609.59.

(c) "Retail establishment" means the building where a retailer sells retail merchandise.

(d) "Retail merchandise" means all forms of tangible property, without limitation, held out for sale by a retailer.

(e) "Retail theft enterprise" means a group of two or more individuals with a shared goal involving the unauthorized removal of retail merchandise from a retailer. Retail theft enterprise does not require the membership of the enterprise to remain the same or that the same individuals participate in each offense committed by the enterprise.

(f) "Retailer" means a person or entity that sells retail merchandise.

(g) "Value" means the retail market value at the time of the theft or, if the retail market value cannot be ascertained, the cost of replacement of the property within a reasonable time after the theft.