Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

626.08 PROBABLE CAUSE. A search warrant cannot be issued but upon probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person, and particularly describing the property or thing to be seized, and particularly describing the place to be searched. History: 1963 c 849 s 6

626.085 SEARCH WARRANT REQUIRED FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given them: (1) "electronic communication" means the transfer of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, data, o…

626.09 EXAMINATION OF PARTIES MAKING REQUEST. The court may, before issuing the warrant, examine on oath the person seeking the warrant and any witnesses the person may produce. It shall take the affidavits in writing, and cause them to be subscribed to by the party or parties ma…

626.10 AFFIDAVIT; CONTENT. The affidavit or affidavits must set forth the facts tending to establish the grounds of the application, or probable cause for believing that they exist. History: 1963 c 849 s 8

626.11 ISSUANCE OF WARRANT. (a) If the judge is satisfied of the existence of the grounds of the application, or that there is probable cause to believe their existence, the judge must issue a signed search warrant, naming the judge's judicial office, to a peace officer inside or…

626.12 APPLICANTS; NAMES ON WARRANT. The warrant, in addition, shall contain the names of the persons presenting affidavits in support of the application, and the grounds for its issuance. History: 1963 c 849 s 10

626.13 SERVICE; PERSONS MAKING. A search warrant may in all cases be served anywhere within the issuing judge's jurisdiction by any of the officers mentioned in its directions, but by no other person, except in aid of the officer on the officer's requiring it, the officer being p…

626.14 TIME AND MANNER OF SERVICE; NO-KNOCK SEARCH WARRANTS. § Subdivision 1.Time. A search warrant may be served only between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. unless the court determines on the basis of facts stated in the affidavits that a nighttime search outside those hou…

626.15 EXECUTION AND RETURN OF WARRANT; TIME. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a search warrant must be executed and returned to the court which issued it within ten days after its date. After the expiration of this time, the warrant is void unless previously exe…

626.16 DELIVERY OF COPY OF WARRANT AND RECEIPT. When the officer conducts the search the officer must give a copy of the warrant and, when property or things are taken, a receipt therefor (specifying it in detail) to the person in whose possession the premises or the property or …

626.17 RETURN AND INVENTORY. The officer must immediately return the warrant to the court and deliver to it a written inventory of the property or things taken, verified by the certificate of the officer at the foot of the inventory. History: 1963 c 849 s 15; 1983 c 359 s 118

626.18 SEARCH WARRANTS RELATING TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION SERVICES AND REMOTE COMPUTING SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (a) The terms "electronic communication services" and "remote computing services" shall be c…

626.19 USE OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES. § Subdivision 1.Application; definitions. (a) This section applies to unmanned aerial vehicle data collected, created, or maintained by a law enforcement agency and to law enforcement agencies that maintain, use, or plan to use an unmanned …

626.21 RETURN OF PROPERTY AND SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE. (a) A person aggrieved by an unlawful search and seizure may move the district court for the district in which the property was seized or the district court having jurisdiction of the substantive offense for the return of the…

626.22 MALICIOUSLY PROCURING SEARCH WARRANT; MISCONDUCT IN USE. Every person who shall maliciously and without probable cause procure a search warrant to be issued and executed, and every officer who, in executing a search warrant, shall willfully exceed the officer's authority, …

626.223 ODOR OF CANNABIS; SEARCH PROHIBITED. A peace officer's perception of the odor of cannabis shall not serve as the sole basis to search a motor vehicle, or to search the driver, passengers, or any of the contents of a motor vehicle. History: 2024 c 123 art 3 s 5

626.32 [Obsolete]

626.52 SUSPICIOUS WOUNDS; REPORTING BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "health professional" means a physician, surgeon, person authorized to engage in the practice of healing, superintendent or manager of a hospital, nurse, or pharmacis…

626.53 REPORT BY TELEPHONE AND LETTER. § Subdivision 1.Reports to sheriffs and police chiefs. The report required by section 626.52, subdivision 2, shall be made forthwith by telephone or in person, and shall be promptly supplemented by letter, enclosed in a securely sealed, post…

626.54 APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 626.52 TO 626.55. The requirements of sections 626.52 to 626.55 shall not apply to a nurse employed in a hospital nor to a nurse regularly employed by a physician, surgeon, or other person practicing healing, where the employer has made a proper rep…

626.55 PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Gross misdemeanor. Any person who violates any provision of sections 626.52 to 626.55, other than section 626.52, subdivision 3, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1Sp2001 c 8 art 12 s 18] History: (9950-25) 1935 c 165 s 4; 198…

626.553 GUNSHOT WOUNDS; PEACE OFFICERS, DISCHARGING FIREARMS; INVESTIGATIONS; REPORTS. § Subdivision 1.Report; wounds; investigation. Upon receipt of the report required in sections 626.52 and 626.53, the sheriff or chief of police receiving the report shall determine the general…

626.5531 REPORTING OF CRIMES MOTIVATED BY BIAS. § Subdivision 1.Reports required. A peace officer must report to the head of the officer's department every violation of chapter 609 or a local criminal ordinance if the officer has reason to believe, or if the victim alleges, that …

626.5532 PURSUIT OF FLEEING SUSPECTS BY PEACE OFFICERS. § Subdivision 1.Reports. If a peace officer pursues a fleeing suspect, the officer's department head must file a notice of the incident with the commissioner of public safety within 30 days following the pursuit. A pursuit m…

626.5533 REPORTING POTENTIAL WELFARE FRAUD. § Subdivision 1.Reports required. A peace officer must report to the head of the officer's department every arrest where the person arrested possesses more than one welfare electronic benefit transfer card. Each report must include all …

626.5534 USE OF FORCE REPORTING; INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS REQUIRED. § Subdivision 1.Report required. A chief law enforcement officer must provide the information requested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation about each incident of law enforcement use of force resulting in se…

626.5535 CARJACKING; REPORTING REQUIRED. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "carjacking" means a violation of section 609.247. § Subd. 2.Use of information collected. (a) The head of a local law enforcement agency or state law enforcement department that em…

626.5536 LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIRED TO REGISTER FOR ETRACE SYSTEM AND TRACE AND REPORT ON RECOVERED OR CONFISCATED FIREARMS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (1) "recovered or confiscated" means any of the follo…

626.5552 [Never effective, 2000 c 401 s 5]

626.557 REPORTING OF MALTREATMENT OF VULNERABLE ADULTS. § Subdivision 1.Public policy. The legislature declares that the public policy of this state is to protect adults who, because of physical or mental disability or dependency on institutional services, are particularly vulner…

626.5571 MULTIDISCIPLINARY ADULT PROTECTION TEAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment of team. A county may establish a multidisciplinary adult protection team comprised of the director of the local welfare agency or designees, the county attorney or designees, the county sheriff or de…

626.5572 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purpose of section 626.557, the following terms have the meanings given them, unless otherwise specified. § Subd. 2.Abuse. "Abuse" means: (a) An act against a vulnerable adult that constitutes a violation of, an attempt to viol…

626.5573 NEGLIGENCE ACTIONS. A violation of sections 626.557 to 626.5572 shall be admissible as evidence of negligence, but shall not be considered negligence per se. History: 1995 c 229 art 1 s 23

626.65 UNIFORM ACT ON FRESH PURSUIT; RECIPROCAL. Any member of a duly organized state, county, or municipal peace unit of another state of the United States who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such fresh pursuit, of a person in order to arre…

626.66 ARREST; HEARING. If an arrest is made in this state by an officer of another state in accordance with the provisions of section 626.65, the officer shall, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a judge of the county in which the arrest was made. The jud…

626.67 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 626.65. Section 626.65 shall not be construed so as to make unlawful any arrest in this state which would otherwise be lawful. History: (10547-3) 1939 c 64 s 3

626.68 STATE INCLUDES DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. For the purpose of sections 626.65 to 626.69, the word "state" includes the District of Columbia. History: (10547-4) 1939 c 64 s 4

626.69 FRESH PURSUIT. The term "fresh pursuit," as used in sections 626.65 to 626.69, includes fresh pursuit as defined by the common law, and also the pursuit of a person who has committed a felony or who is reasonably suspected of having committed a felony. It shall also includ…

626.70 CITATION; UNIFORM ACT ON FRESH PURSUIT. Sections 626.65 to 626.70 may be cited as the Uniform Act on Fresh Pursuit. History: (10547-8) 1939 c 64 s 8

626.71 FRESH PURSUIT IN NONFELONY SITUATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "fresh pursuit" means fresh pursuit as defined by the common law and includes the pursuit of a person who has committed or is reasonably believed to have committed a violation …

626.72 PEACE OFFICERS; TRANSPORTATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES. A peace officer, as defined in section 609.487, subdivision 2, clause (2), who enters this state to perform an assigned duty of transporting persons in legal custody for law enforcement purposes has the same auth…

626.74 COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY PEACE OFFICERS IN PERFORMING LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section: (1) "just compensation" means the compensation owed to an innocent third party under the state constitution by a Minnesota local gov…

626.76 RULES AND REGULATIONS; AIDING OTHER OFFICERS; EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1.Interagency cooperation. Any appointive or elective agency or office of peace officers as defined in subdivision 3 may establish rules or regulations and enter into agreements with other agenc…

626.77 PEACE OFFICERS FROM ADJOINING STATES; FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. § Subdivision 1.Arrest authority. A peace officer of a state adjoining Minnesota and a federal law enforcement officer have the same authority to arrest and hold an individual in custody as has any pea…

626.84 DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of sections 626.84 to 626.863, the following terms have the meanings given: (a) "Board" means the Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training. (b) "Director" means the executive director of the board. (c) "…

626.841 BOARD; MEMBERS. The Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training shall be composed of the following 17 members: (1) two members to be appointed by the governor from among the county sheriffs in Minnesota; (2) four members to be appointed by the governor from among peace …