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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS196 Ch 60A, GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, CONSUMER PROTECTION; PRODUCTS AND SALES168 Ch 383B, HENNEPIN COUNTY168

33 sections·Filtered byTitle Minnesota Statutes✕Ch 641✕

Minn. Stat. § 641.01 JAIL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; PRISONER PLACEMENT.
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641.01 JAIL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; PRISONER PLACEMENT. The county board of each county is authorized to construct, purchase, or lease, regulate and maintain, at the expense of the county, a jail for the safekeeping of prisoners, and also, adjoining and connected to it, a r…
Minn. Stat. § 641.015 PLACEMENT IN PRIVATE PRISONS PROHIBITED.
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641.015 PLACEMENT IN PRIVATE PRISONS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Placement prohibited. After August 1, 2023, a sheriff shall not allow inmates committed to the custody of the sheriff who are not on probation, work release, or some other form of approved release status to be house…
Minn. Stat. § 641.02 FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE; FEE.
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641.02 FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE; FEE. Any county jail may be used for the safekeeping of fugitives from justice in this state, in accordance with the provisions of any act of Congress. The officer holding any such fugitive in custody shall pay the county $2 as a commitment fee, and…
Minn. Stat. § 641.03 FEDERAL PRISONERS; FEE.
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641.03 FEDERAL PRISONERS; FEE. When any person is committed to any jail by any process issued under authority of the United States, the sheriff or jailer shall receive such person into custody, and safely keep the person until discharged by due course of law, subject in all respe…

Minn. Stat. § 641.035 OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS.

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641.035 OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS. (a) A county or regional jail board may authorize the sheriff or regional jail superintendent to enter into agreements to house offenders from other states. (b) The extradition requirements of chapter 629 do not apply to offenders accepted from ano…

Minn. Stat. § 641.04 PRISONER COMMITMENT PAPERS.

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641.04 PRISONER COMMITMENT PAPERS. Every instrument, or attested copy thereof, by which a prisoner is committed or liberated, shall be endorsed, filed, and safely stored by the sheriff or jailer, and delivered to the sheriff's or jailer's successor. When the process by which any …

Minn. Stat. § 641.05 RECORD OF INMATES; COURT; BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION.

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641.05 RECORD OF INMATES; COURT; BUREAU OF CRIMINAL APPREHENSION. (a) Every sheriff shall, at the expense of the county, maintain a permanent record of all persons committed to any jail under the sheriff's charge. It shall contain the name of every person committed, by what autho…

Minn. Stat. § 641.06 APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES; COMPENSATION.

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641.06 APPOINTMENT OF EMPLOYEES; COMPENSATION. The sheriff of a county maintaining a jail, if a male, shall appoint a competent woman as women's jailer, who, under the sheriff's direction, shall have exclusive charge of all female prisoners. The sheriff, if a female, shall appoin…

Minn. Stat. § 641.07 PRISONERS; LABOR.

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641.07 PRISONERS; LABOR. Every able-bodied male prisoner over 16 years of age confined in any county jail or statutory city lockup under judgment of any court or other tribunal authorized to imprison for the violation of any law, ordinance, bylaw, or police regulation may be requ…

Minn. Stat. § 641.08 SUPERVISION.

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641.08 SUPERVISION. When a sentence is for violation of a state law, and the prisoner is confined in a county jail, such labor shall be performed under the direction of the county board, and superintended by the sheriff, who shall furnish necessary materials and tools at the expe…

Minn. Stat. § 641.09 POWER OF OFFICERS.

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641.09 POWER OF OFFICERS. The officer in charge of prisoners so sentenced to labor may use all reasonable means necessary to prevent escape or enforce obedience. For refusal to labor or obey necessary orders in reference thereto, a prisoner may be kept in solitary confinement but…

Minn. Stat. § 641.10 PAYMENT FOR LABOR; PROTECTION.

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641.10 PAYMENT FOR LABOR; PROTECTION. For each day's labor the prisoner shall be credited $3 on any judgment for fine and costs and, when imprisoned in default of payment of a fine or fine and costs, the prisoner shall be discharged when the prisoner has performed sufficient labo…

Minn. Stat. § 641.12 COLLECTION OF FEES AND BOARD BILLS.

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641.12 COLLECTION OF FEES AND BOARD BILLS. § Subdivision 1.Fee. A county board may require that each person who is booked for confinement at a county or regional jail, and not released upon completion of the booking process, pay a fee to the sheriff's department of the county in …

Minn. Stat. § 641.13 PRISONERS FROM OTHER COUNTIES; BOARDING FEES.

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641.13 PRISONERS FROM OTHER COUNTIES; BOARDING FEES. When any prisoner is ordered confined in any county other than that in which the offense was committed, the other county shall keep the prisoner at the expense of the county sending the prisoner, and the other county board shal…

Minn. Stat. § 641.14 JAILS; SEPARATION OF PRISONERS.

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641.14 JAILS; SEPARATION OF PRISONERS. The sheriff of each county is responsible for the operation and condition of the jail. If construction of the jail permits, the sheriff may permit multiple occupancy but the sheriff shall maintain strict separation of prisoners to the extent…

Minn. Stat. § 641.15 PRISONERS; FEEDING; CARE.

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641.15 PRISONERS; FEEDING; CARE. § Subdivision 1.Clothing and care. The county board shall provide suitable jail clothing, without distinctive marks, underclothing, linen and bedding, towels, and medical aid for prisoners, and fuel for the jail and, if adjoining and connected, th…

Minn. Stat. § 641.155 DISCHARGE PLANS.

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641.155 DISCHARGE PLANS. § Subdivision 1.Discharge plans. The commissioner of corrections shall develop and distribute a model discharge planning process for every county jail or county regional jail. The commissioner may specify different model discharge plans for prisoners who …

Minn. Stat. § 641.16 BIBLES.

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641.16 BIBLES. Every keeper of a jail shall provide for each prisoner able and willing to read it a copy of the Bible or the sacred book of another religion, at the expense of the county, and any clergy desirous of giving moral and religious instruction to requesting prisoners sh…

Minn. Stat. § 641.165 CONTRABAND ARTICLES FORBIDDEN; PENALTY.

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641.165 CONTRABAND ARTICLES FORBIDDEN; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Definition. "Contraband" is any controlled substance as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 4, or any intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or malt beverage. § Subd. 2.Acts prohibited. (a) Whoever introduces or in any …

Minn. Stat. § 641.18 SECURE CONFINEMENT.

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641.18 SECURE CONFINEMENT. When any prisoner is unruly or disobeys any regulation for the management of jails, the prisoner may be kept in secure confinement as provided in section 641.09. History: (10866) RL s 5478; 1978 c 778 s 5; 1980 c 602 s 8; 2008 c 299 s 21

Minn. Stat. § 641.20 REMOVAL OF PRISONERS IN CASE OF FIRE.

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641.20 REMOVAL OF PRISONERS IN CASE OF FIRE. When, by reason of fire or other casualty, the prisoners in any jail are exposed to danger, the keeper may remove them to some safe place to avoid such danger. History: (10868) RL s 5480

Minn. Stat. § 641.21 JAIL; ADVICE ON CONSTRUCTION.

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641.21 JAIL; ADVICE ON CONSTRUCTION. When any county board determines to purchase, lease or erect a new jail, or to repair an existing one at an expense of more than $15,000, it shall pass a resolution to that effect, and transmit a copy thereof to the commissioner of corrections…

Minn. Stat. § 641.22 PLANS AND ESTIMATES SUBMITTED.

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641.22 PLANS AND ESTIMATES SUBMITTED. After the receipt of the commissioner of correction's advice and suggestions, the board shall procure plans and estimates of the cost of the new jail or repairs, and submit the same to the commissioner for suggestions and for approval, so far…

Minn. Stat. § 641.23 FUNDS; HOW PROVIDED.

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641.23 FUNDS; HOW PROVIDED. Before any contract is made for the erection of a county jail, sheriff's residence, sheriff's offices, law enforcement center, or courthouse or justice center attached to a county jail, the county board shall either levy a sufficient tax to provide the…

Minn. Stat. § 641.24 LEASING.

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641.24 LEASING. The county may, by resolution of the county board, enter into a lease agreement with any statutory or home rule charter city situated within the county, or a county housing and redevelopment authority established pursuant to chapter 469 or any special law whereby …

Minn. Stat. § 641.25 DISTRICT JAILS; HOW DESIGNATED.

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641.25 DISTRICT JAILS; HOW DESIGNATED. The commissioner of corrections, with the consent of the county board, may designate any suitable jail in the state as a district jail, to be used for the detention of prisoners from other counties in addition to those of its own. If the jai…

Minn. Stat. § 641.26 CONDEMNATION OF JAILS.

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641.26 CONDEMNATION OF JAILS. When the jail of any county is insecure or otherwise unfit for use, the judge of the district court therein, on the recommendation of the grand jury or of the judge's own motion, may issue a written order condemning it; or, when the commissioner of c…

Minn. Stat. § 641.261 REGIONAL JAILS.

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641.261 REGIONAL JAILS. § Subdivision 1.Purpose of act. The purpose of sections 641.261 to 641.266 is to enable counties to cooperate to provide adequate jail facilities with suitable work programs and rehabilitation and treatment services for persons whose commitment to a county…

Minn. Stat. § 641.262 ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL JAILS BY CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES.

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641.262 ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL JAILS BY CONTIGUOUS COUNTIES. § Subdivision 1.Action by county board. Two or more counties, each contiguous at one or more points with one or more of the other counties, may cooperate to establish, operate, and maintain a regional jail in the man…

Minn. Stat. § 641.263 POWERS, DUTIES OF BOARD.

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641.263 POWERS, DUTIES OF BOARD. § Subdivision 1.Initial financing. When the regional jail board is satisfied that each cooperating county has appropriated its share of the initial expenses of the regional jail, it shall so certify to the county board of each cooperating county. …

Minn. Stat. § 641.264 FINANCING.

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641.264 FINANCING. § Subdivision 1.Capital improvements; bond issues and leases. The construction or acquisition, the equipping, and subsequent improvement of a county regional jail may be financed in whole or in part by the issuance of general obligation bonds of the cooperating…

Minn. Stat. § 641.265 ADMISSION; WITHDRAWAL OF COUNTIES.

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641.265 ADMISSION; WITHDRAWAL OF COUNTIES. § Subdivision 1.Admission. A county which could cooperate in a regional jail system under the provisions of section 641.262, subdivision 1, but has not cooperated in its formation, may acquire an interest in the regional jail if the coun…

Minn. Stat. § 641.266 REPORTS.

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641.266 REPORTS. The regional jail board shall annually, and at such other times as required by the county board of a cooperating county, make a complete report regarding the cost of operation of the jail, its inmate population, and its work, treatment, and rehabilitation program…