Minnesota § 138.225 PROHIBITION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL OF RECORDS; PENALTY

Minnesota Statutes

§ 138.225 — PROHIBITION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL OF RECORDS; PENALTY

Minnesota § 138.225

PartSTATE HISTORY

Ch. 138HISTORICAL SOCIETIES; SITES; ARCHIVES; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOLKLIFE

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Minn. Stat. § 138.225 (2026).

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Government records shall not be destroyed except by the authority of the records disposition panel. A person who intentionally and unlawfully removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, alters, defaces or obliterates a record filed or deposited in a public office or with a public officer by authority of law or in state archives, or a public officer or employee who knowingly permits any other person to do any of the foregoing acts, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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Government records shall not be destroyed except by the authority of the records disposition panel. A person who intentionally and unlawfully removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, alters, defaces or obliterates a record filed or deposited in a public office or with a public officer by authority of law or in state archives, or a public officer or employee who knowingly permits any other person to do any of the foregoing acts, is guilty of a misdemeanor.