Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

629.401 DELAYING TO TAKE PRISONER BEFORE JUDGE. A peace officer or other person who willfully and wrongfully delays taking an arrested person before a judge having appropriate criminal jurisdiction is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History: (10029) RL s 4844; 1983 c 359 s 133; 19…

629.402 ARREST WITHOUT AUTHORITY. It is a gross misdemeanor for a public officer, or one pretending to be a public officer, knowingly and under the pretense or color of any process (1) to arrest a person or detain a person against the person's will, (2) to seize or levy upon any …

629.403 REFUSAL TO AID IN MAKING ARREST. A person who willfully neglects or refuses to arrest another person after having been lawfully directed to do so by a judge is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who willfully neglects or refuses to aid a peace officer after being lawfully …

629.404 COUNTIES OR MUNICIPALITIES CAUSING ARREST; REQUIRING RETURN TRANSPORTATION. § Subdivision 1.Return transportation. A county or municipality which causes to be issued a warrant for arrest for a person under section 629.41 and rules 3.01 and 19.01 of the Rules of Criminal P…

629.406 MAINTENANCE OF BOOKING RECORDINGS. When a law enforcement agency elects to produce an electronic recording of any portion of the arrest, booking, or testing process in connection with the arrest of a person, the agency must maintain the recording for a minimum of 30 days …

629.41 JUDGES TO ISSUE PROCESS FOR ARREST. Judges, in vacation as well as in term time, may issue process to carry out law for the apprehension of persons charged with offenses. History: (10576) RL s 5235; 1983 c 359 s 135; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1

629.415 PROCEEDINGS ON SUMMONS TO APPEAR. § Subdivision 1.Issuance of summons to appear. A court may issue a summons in accordance with rule 3.01 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure to notify a person charged with a criminal offense of the need to appear at a certain time and plac…

629.44 RECOGNIZANCE BY OFFENDER; CASES NOT PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT IN MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY-STILLWATER. A person arrested with a warrant for an offense not punishable by imprisonment in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, may ask to enter into a recogniza…

629.45 PROCEEDINGS IN CASE OF BAIL REFUSAL. If a judge in the county where an arrest is made refuses to release the person arrested on bail, or if sufficient bail is not offered, the officer in charge of that person shall take the person before the judge who issued the warrant. I…

629.47 HEARING OR TRIAL ADJOURNED; RECOGNIZANCE ALLOWED. Subject to the right of the accused to a speedy trial as prescribed by the Rules of Criminal Procedure, a court may adjourn a hearing or trial from time to time, as the need arises and reconvene it at the same or a differen…

629.471 MAXIMUM BAIL ON MISDEMEANORS; GROSS MISDEMEANORS. § Subdivision 1.Double fine. Except as provided in subdivision 2 or 3, the maximum cash bail that may be required for a person charged with a misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor offense is double the highest cash fine that ma…

629.48 PROCEEDINGS ON FAILURE TO APPEAR ACCORDING TO BOND. If a person released under appearance bond as provided by rule 6.02 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure does not appear according to the conditions of the bond, the court shall record the default and certify the bond, with…

629.49 WHEN PERSON FAILS TO RECOGNIZE APPREHENSION REQUIRED. When a person fails to recognize, that person must be apprehended. The court shall order further disposition of the apprehended person consistent with the provisions of rule 6 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. History…

629.53 PROVIDING RELEASE ON BAIL; COMMITMENT. A person charged with a criminal offense may be released with or without bail in accordance with rule 6.02 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Money bail is the property of the accused, whether deposited by that person or by a third p…

629.531 ELECTRONIC MONITORING AS CONDITION OF PRETRIAL RELEASE. If a court orders electronic monitoring as a condition of pretrial release, it may not use the electronic monitoring as a determining factor in deciding what the appropriate level of the defendant's money bail or app…

629.54 WITNESS TO RECOGNIZE. When a person charged with a criminal offense is admitted to bail or committed by the judge, the judge shall also bind by recognizance any witnesses against the accused whom the judge considers material, to appear and testify at any trial or hearing i…

629.55 COMMITTAL OF WITNESSES WHO REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE. If a witness is required to recognize, with or without sureties, and refuses to do so, the judge shall commit that witness until the witness complies with the order, or is otherwise discharged according to law. During confine…

629.58 PROCEEDINGS REQUIRED WHEN PERSON UNDER BOND DEFAULTS; PAYING BOND TO COURT. When a person in a criminal prosecution is under bond (1) to appear and answer, (2) to prosecute an appeal, or (3) to testify in court, and fails to perform the conditions of the bond, the default …

629.59 COURT TO FORGIVE BOND FORFEITURE PENALTY. When an action is brought in the name of the state against a principal or surety in a recognizance entered into by a party or witness in a criminal prosecution, and the penalty is judged forfeited, the court may forgive or reduce t…

629.60 ACTIONS TO RECOVER UNDER RECOGNIZANCE EVEN IF TECHNICAL NONCOMPLIANCE. If a recognizance shows that the court before whom it was entered into had authority to take it, and at what court the party or witness was bound to appear, an action brought to recover a penalty under …

629.61 ARREST OF DEFAULTER. When a defendant has been admitted to bail after verdict or trial, and neglects to appear at the time or place at which the defendant is bound to appear and submit to the jurisdiction of the proper court, the court may have that defendant arrested as p…

629.62 APPLICATION FOR BAIL; JUSTIFICATION. If a person charged with a criminal offense and in custody desires release on bail and if the district court is not in session in the county the person may apply to a judge of district court or a judge of the court of appeals. The perso…

629.63 SURETY ARREST OF DEFENDANT. If a surety believes that a defendant for whom the surety is acting as bonding agent (1) is about to flee, (2) will not appear as required by the defendant's recognizance, or (3) will otherwise not perform the conditions of the recognizance, the…

629.64 JUDGE MAY IMPOSE NEW CONDITIONS OF RELEASE ON DEFENDANT WHO VIOLATED RELEASE. When a defendant who has violated conditions imposed on the defendant's release is surrendered to a judge under section 629.63, the judge shall, in accordance with rules 6.02 and 6.03 of the Rule…

629.65 SHERIFF FEES. In a case involving a defendant who violated the conditions of the defendant's release, the sheriff must be allowed the same fees and mileage for making an arrest or attending before a judge as for arresting a person under a bench warrant. In all cases the sh…

629.67 SURETIES ON BOND, RECOGNIZANCE, OR UNDERTAKING; AFFIDAVITS REQUIRED. A personal surety upon any bond, recognizance, or undertaking given to secure the appearance of a defendant in a criminal case shall make an affidavit, to be attached to the bond, recognizance, or underta…

629.68 PROHIBITING SURETIES TO MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS IN AFFIDAVITS; PENALTY. A person who willfully and knowingly makes a false statement in an affidavit made under section 629.67 is guilty of perjury under section 609.48. History: (10602-2) 1927 c 233 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 10 s 1;…

629.70 AUTHORIZED CORPORATE BONDS AND RECOGNIZANCES. A defendant required to give a bond, recognizance, or undertaking to secure an appearance in a criminal case may choose to give a surety bond, recognizance, or undertaking executed by a corporation authorized by law to execute …

629.715 RELEASE IN CASES INVOLVING CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS; SURRENDER OF FIREARMS. § Subdivision 1.Judicial review; release. (a) When a person is arrested for a crime against the person, the judge before whom the arrested person is taken shall review the facts surrounding the arre…

629.72 BAIL; DOMESTIC ABUSE; HARASSMENT; VIOLATION OF ORDER FOR PROTECTION; OR NO CONTACT ORDER. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Domestic abuse" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivi…

629.725 NOTICE TO VICTIM REGARDING BAIL HEARING OF ARRESTED OR DETAINED PERSON. (a) When a person arrested or a juvenile detained for a crime of violence or an attempted crime of violence is scheduled to be reviewed under section 629.715 for release from pretrial detention, the c…

629.73 NOTICE TO CRIME VICTIM; RELEASE OF ARRESTED OR DETAINED PERSON. § Subdivision 1.Oral notice. When a person arrested or a juvenile detained for a crime of violence or an attempted crime of violence is about to be released from pretrial detention, the agency having custody o…

629.735 NOTICE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; RELEASE OF ARRESTED OR DETAINED PERSON. When a person arrested or a juvenile detained for a crime of violence or an attempted crime of violence is about to be released from pretrial detention, the agency having custody of the arrest…

629.74 PRETRIAL BAIL EVALUATION. The local corrections department or its designee shall conduct a pretrial bail evaluation of each defendant arrested and detained for committing a crime of violence as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, a violation of section 609.3458, a g…

629.75 DOMESTIC ABUSE NO CONTACT ORDER. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; description. (a) A domestic abuse no contact order is an order issued by a court against a defendant in a criminal proceeding or a juvenile offender in a delinquency proceeding for: (1) domestic abuse as defin…