Minnesota § 253D.11 STATEWIDE JUDICIAL PANEL

Minnesota Statutes

§ 253D.11 — STATEWIDE JUDICIAL PANEL

Minnesota § 253D.11

PartPUBLIC WELFARE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

Ch. 253DCIVIL COMMITMENT AND TREATMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS

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Minn. Stat. § 253D.11 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Establishment.
The supreme court may establish a panel of district judges with statewide authority to preside over commitment proceedings of sexually dangerous persons or persons with sexual psychopathic personalities. Only one judge of the panel is required to preside over a particular commitment proceeding. Panel members shall serve for one-year terms. One of the judges shall be designated as the chief judge of the panel, and is vested with the power to designate the presiding judge in a particular case, to set the proper venue for the proceedings, and to otherwise supervise and direct the operation of the panel. The chief judge shall designate one of the other judges to act as chief judge whenever the chief judge is unable to act.

Subd. 2.Petitions.
If the supreme court 

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Subdivision 1.Establishment.
The supreme court may establish a panel of district judges with statewide authority to preside over commitment proceedings of sexually dangerous persons or persons with sexual psychopathic personalities. Only one judge of the panel is required to preside over a particular commitment proceeding. Panel members shall serve for one-year terms. One of the judges shall be designated as the chief judge of the panel, and is vested with the power to designate the presiding judge in a particular case, to set the proper venue for the proceedings, and to otherwise supervise and direct the operation of the panel. The chief judge shall designate one of the other judges to act as chief judge whenever the chief judge is unable to act.

Subd. 2.Petitions.
If the supreme court creates the judicial panel authorized by this section, all petitions for civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons or persons with sexual psychopathic personalities brought under section253D.07shall be filed with the supreme court instead of with the district court in the county where the proposed patient is present, notwithstanding any provision of section253D.07to the contrary. Otherwise, all of the other applicable procedures contained in this chapter and sections253B.07and253B.08apply to commitment proceedings conducted by a judge on the panel.