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152.137

Statute ID: 10514

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Statute Number:

152.137

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Expiration Date:

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Summary Text:

Methamphetamine-related crimes involving

Statute ID:

10514

Created:

Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

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Summary Text:

Methamphetamine-related crimes involving

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/152/137.html

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Statute text last updated on:

Jul 14, 2025

Subdivision 1.
(a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given.

(b) "Chemical substance" means a substance intended to be used as a precursor in the manufacture of methamphetamine or any other chemical intended to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine.

(c) "Child" means any person under the age of 18 years.

(d) "Fentanyl" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subdivision 25.

(e) "Methamphetamine paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing methamphetamine into the human body.

(f) "Methamphetamine waste products" means substances, chemicals, or items of any kind used in the manufacture of methamphetamine or any part of the manufacturing process, or the by-products or degradates of manufacturing methamphetamine.

(g) "Vulnerable adult" has the meaning given in section 609.232, subdivision 11.

Subd. 2.
(a) No person may knowingly engage in any of the following activities in the presence of a child or vulnerable adult; in the residence of a child or a vulnerable adult; in a building, structure, conveyance, or outdoor location where a child or vulnerable adult might reasonably be expected to be present; in a room offered to the public for overnight accommodation; or in any multiple unit residential building:
(1) manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine;
(2) storing any chemical substance;
(3) storing any methamphetamine waste products; or
(4) storing any methamphetamine paraphernalia.
(b) No person may knowingly cause or permit a child or vulnerable adult to inhale, be exposed to, have contact with, or ingest methamphetamine, a chemical substance, or methamphetamine paraphernalia.


Subd. 3.
A person who violates subdivision 2 is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.