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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Repealed?:
No
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?:
No
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. (c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.