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609.379
Statute ID:
19569
Reasonable Force
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Statute Number:
609.379
Enactment Date:
Mar 14, 2024
Effective Date:
Mar 15, 2024
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Reasonable Force
Statute ID:
19569
Created:
Apr 10, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Apr 10, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Adding Reasonable Force Defintions
Summary Text:
Reasonable Force
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/379.html
Legislative Session:
2024 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Apr 10, 2024
Subdivision 1. (a) Reasonable force may be used upon or toward the person of a child without the child's consent when the following circumstance exists or the actor reasonably believes it to exist: (1) when used by a parent, legal guardian, or other caretaker of a child, in the exercise of lawful authority, to restrain or correct the child; or (2) when used by a teacher, school principal, school employee, school bus driver, other agent of a district, or other member of the instructional, support, or supervisory staff of a public or nonpublic school upon or toward a child or pupil when necessary to restrain the child or pupil to prevent bodily harm or death to the child, pupil, or another. (b) Nothing in this section limits any other authorization to use reasonable force including but not limited to authorizations under sections 121A.582, subdivision 1, and 609.06, subdivision 1.
