Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

609.2661 MURDER OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of murder of an unborn child in the first degree and must be sentenced to imprisonment for life: (1) causes the death of an unborn child with premeditation and with intent to effect t…

609.2662 MURDER OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Whoever does either of the following is guilty of murder of an unborn child in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 40 years: (1) causes the death of an unborn child with intent to effect th…

609.2663 MURDER OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE THIRD DEGREE. Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any unborn child or person, causes the death of an unborn child by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human or fetal…

609.2664 MANSLAUGHTER OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of manslaughter of an unborn child in the first degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both:…

609.2665 MANSLAUGHTER OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE. A person who causes the death of an unborn child by any of the following means is guilty of manslaughter of an unborn child in the second degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to paym…

609.267 ASSAULT OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE FIRST DEGREE. Whoever assaults a pregnant woman and inflicts great bodily harm on an unborn child who is subsequently born alive may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or…

609.2671 ASSAULT OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Whoever assaults a pregnant woman and inflicts substantial bodily harm on an unborn child who is subsequently born alive may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $…

609.2672 ASSAULT OF UNBORN CHILD IN THE THIRD DEGREE. Whoever does any of the following commits an assault of an unborn child in the third degree and is guilty of a misdemeanor: (1) commits an act with intent to cause fear in a pregnant woman of immediate bodily harm or death to …

609.268 INJURY OR DEATH OF UNBORN CHILD IN COMMISSION OF CRIME. § Subdivision 1.Death of unborn child. Whoever, in the commission of a felony or in a violation of section 609.224, 609.2242, 609.23, 609.231, 609.2325, or 609.233, causes the death of an unborn child is guilty of a …

609.269 EXCEPTION. Sections 609.2661 to 609.268 do not apply to a person providing reproductive health care offered, arranged, or furnished: (1) for the purpose of terminating a pregnancy; and (2) with the consent of the pregnant individual or the pregnant individual's representa…

609.2691 OTHER CONVICTIONS NOT BARRED. Notwithstanding section 609.04, a prosecution for or conviction under sections 609.2661 to 609.268 is not a bar to conviction of or punishment for any other crime committed by the defendant as part of the same conduct. History: 1986 c 388 s …

609.27 COERCION. § Subdivision 1.Acts constituting. Whoever orally or in writing makes any of the following threats and thereby causes another against the other's will to do any act or forbear doing a lawful act is guilty of coercion and may be sentenced as provided in subdivisio…

609.275 ATTEMPT TO COERCE. Whoever makes a threat within the meaning of section 609.27, subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (6), but fails to cause the intended act or forbearance, commits an attempt to coerce and may be punished as provided in section 609.17. History: 1963 c 753 art 1…

609.28 INTERFERING WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. § Subdivision 1.Interference. Whoever, by threats or violence, intentionally prevents another person from performing any lawful act enjoined upon or recommended to the person by the religion which the person professes is guilty of a m…

609.281 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Generally. As used in sections 609.281 to 609.284, the following terms have the meanings given. § Subd. 2. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 27 s 15] § Subd. 3.Debt bondage. "Debt bondage" occurs when a person provides labor or services of any kind to…

609.282 LABOR TRAFFICKING. § Subdivision 1.Labor trafficking resulting in death. Whoever knowingly engages in the labor trafficking of an individual is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 25 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $40,0…

609.283 UNLAWFUL CONDUCT WITH RESPECT TO DOCUMENTS IN FURTHERANCE OF LABOR OR SEX TRAFFICKING. § Subdivision 1.Crime defined. Unless the person's conduct constitutes a violation of section 609.282, a person who knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, or possesses any …

609.284 LABOR OR SEX TRAFFICKING CRIMES; DEFENSES; CIVIL LIABILITY; CORPORATE LIABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Consent or age of victim not a defense. In an action under this section the consent or age of the victim is not a defense. § Subd. 2.Civil liability. A labor trafficking victi…

609.294 BESTIALITY. Whoever carnally knows a dead body or an animal or bird is guilty of bestiality, which is a misdemeanor. If knowingly done in the presence of another the person may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more tha…

609.31 LEAVING STATE TO EVADE ESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY. Whoever with intent to evade proceedings to establish his paternity leaves the state knowing that a woman with whom he has had sexual intercourse is pregnant or has given birth within the previous 60 days to a living child…

609.321 PROSTITUTION AND SEX TRAFFICKING; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 609.321 to 609.325, the following terms have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Business of prostitution. "Business of prostitution" means any arrangement between or organization…

609.322 SOLICITATION, INDUCEMENT, AND PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION; SEX TRAFFICKING. § Subdivision 1.Solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution; sex trafficking in the first degree. (a) Whoever, while acting other than as a prostitute or patron, intentionally does any o…

609.3232 PROTECTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZED; PROCEDURES; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Order for protection. Any parent or guardian who knows or has reason to believe that a person, while acting as other than a prostitute or patron, is inducing, coercing, soliciting, or promoting the prost…

609.324 PATRONS; PROSTITUTES; HOUSING INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN PROSTITUTION; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Engaging in, hiring, or agreeing to hire minor to engage in prostitution; penalties. (a) Whoever intentionally does any of the following may be sentenced to imprisonment for not …

609.3241 PENALTY ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZED. (a) When a court sentences an adult convicted of violating section 609.27, 609.282, 609.283, 609.322, 609.324, 609.33, 609.352, 617.246, 617.247, or 617.293, while acting other than as a prostitute, the court shall impose an assessment of n…

609.3242 PROSTITUTION CRIMES COMMITTED IN SCHOOL OR PARK ZONES; INCREASED PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "park zone" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subdivision 12a; and (2) "school zone" has the meaning given in section 152.01, subd…

609.3243 LOITERING WITH INTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN PROSTITUTION. A person who loiters in a public place with intent to participate in prostitution is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 2005 c 136 art 17 s 24

609.325 DEFENSES. § Subdivision 1.No defense; solicited; not engaged. It shall be no defense to a prosecution under section 609.322 that an individual solicited or induced to practice prostitution or whose prostitution was promoted, did not actually engage in prostitution. § Subd…

609.326 EVIDENCE. The marital privilege provided for in section 595.02 shall not apply in any proceeding under section 609.322. History: 1979 c 255 s 6; 1998 c 367 art 2 s 32

609.33 DISORDERLY HOUSE. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purpose of this section, "disorderly house" means a building, dwelling, place, establishment, or premises in which actions or conduct habitually occur in violation of laws relating to: (1) the sale of intoxicating liquo…

609.341 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 609.341 to 609.351, the terms in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Actor. "Actor" means a person accused of criminal sexual conduct. § Subd. 3.Force. "Force" means either: (1) the inflicti…

609.342 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE FIRST DEGREE. § Subdivision 1.Adult victim; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) circumstance…

609.343 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE SECOND DEGREE. § Subdivision 1.Adult victim; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual contact with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) circumstances …

609.344 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE THIRD DEGREE. § Subdivision 1.Adult victim; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual penetration with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) the actor us…

609.345 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE FOURTH DEGREE. § Subdivision 1.Adult victim; crime defined. A person who engages in sexual contact with another person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth degree if any of the following circumstances exists: (a) the actor uses…

609.3451 CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT IN THE FIFTH DEGREE. § Subdivision 1.Sexual penetration; crime defined. A person is guilty of criminal sexual conduct in the fifth degree if the person engages in nonconsensual sexual penetration. § Subd. 1a.Sexual contact; child present; crime de…

609.3453 CRIMINAL SEXUAL PREDATORY CONDUCT. § Subdivision 1.Crime defined. A person is guilty of criminal sexual predatory conduct if the person commits a predatory crime that was motivated by the offender's sexual impulses or was part of a predatory pattern of behavior that had …

609.3455 DANGEROUS SEX OFFENDERS; LIFE SENTENCES; CONDITIONAL RELEASE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Conviction" includes a conviction as an extended jurisdiction juvenile under section 260B.130 for a v…

609.3456 USE OF POLYGRAPHS FOR SEX OFFENDERS ON PROBATION OR CONDITIONAL RELEASE. (a) A court may order as an intermediate sanction under section 609.135 and the commissioner of corrections may order as a condition of release under section 244.05 or 609.3455 that an offender unde…

609.3457 SEX OFFENDER ASSESSMENT. § Subdivision 1.Assessment required. When a person is convicted of a sex offense, the court shall order an independent professional assessment of the offender's need for sex offender treatment to be completed before sentencing. The court may waiv…

609.3458 SEXUAL EXTORTION. § Subdivision 1.Crime defined. (a) A person who engages in sexual contact with another person and compels the other person to submit to the contact by making any of the following threats, directly or indirectly, is guilty of sexual extortion: (1) a thre…

609.3459 LAW ENFORCEMENT; REPORTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS. (a) A victim of any violation of sections 609.342 to 609.3453 may initiate a law enforcement investigation by contacting any law enforcement agency, regardless of where the crime may have occurred. The agency must prepare a su…

609.3469 VOLUNTARY INTOXICATION DEFENSE. (a) The "knows or has reason to know" mental state requirement for violations of sections 609.342 to 609.345 involving a complainant who is mentally incapacitated, as defined in section 609.341, subdivision 7, clause (2), involves specific…

609.347 EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT CASES. § Subdivision 1.Victim testimony; corroboration unnecessary. In a prosecution under sections 609.342 to 609.3451; 609.3453; 609.3458; or Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, the testimony of a victim need not be corroborated…

609.3471 RECORDS PERTAINING TO VICTIM IDENTITY CONFIDENTIAL. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no data contained in records or reports relating to petitions, complaints, or indictments issued pursuant to section 609.322, 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, 609…

609.348 MEDICAL PURPOSES; EXCLUSION. Sections 609.342 to 609.3451; 609.3453; and Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.109, do not apply to sexual penetration or sexual contact when done for a bona fide medical purpose. History: 1975 c 374 s 9; 1981 c 273 s 5; 1986 c 351 s 14; 199…