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609.5151

Statute ID: 18144

Disseminate personal information about law enforcement

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Statute Number:

609.5151

Enactment Date:

Jun 30, 2021

Effective Date:

Sep 15, 2021

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Disseminate personal information about law enforcement

Statute ID:

18144

Created:

Aug 25, 2021 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Aug 25, 2021 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New Law 2021 SS1 C11 Art2 Sect40

Summary Text:

Disseminate personal information about law enforcement

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/5151.html

Legislative Session:

2021 - Special 1

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 9, 2024

Subdivision 1.
As used in this section:

(1) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 2;

(2) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and

(3) "personal information" means a home address, directions to a home, or photographs of a home.

Subdivision 1.
As used in this section:

(1) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 2;

(2) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and

(3) "personal information" means a home telephone number, personal cell number, personal email address, name of the official's minor child, photographs of the official's minor child, home address, directions to a home, or photographs of a home.

Subd. 2.
(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal information about a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member, if:

(1) the dissemination poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the safety of an official's family or household member; and

(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should know of the imminent and serious threat.

(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of the violation.