Minnesota § 609.3785 UNHARMED NEWBORNS LEFT AT A SAFE PLACE; AVOIDANCE OF PROSECUTION

Minnesota Statutes

§ 609.3785 — UNHARMED NEWBORNS LEFT AT A SAFE PLACE; AVOIDANCE OF PROSECUTION

Minnesota § 609.3785

PartCRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS

Ch. 609CRIMINAL CODE

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Minn. Stat. § 609.3785 (2026).

Text

A person may leave a newborn with an employee at a safe place, as defined in section145.902, in this state pursuant to section260C.139, subdivision 4, without being subjected to prosecution for that act, provided that:

(1)the newborn was born within seven days of being left at the safe place, as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty;

(2)the newborn is left in an unharmed condition; and

(3)in cases where the person leaving the newborn is not the newborn's mother, the person has the mother's approval to do so.

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A person may leave a newborn with an employee at a safe place, as defined in section145.902, in this state pursuant to section260C.139, subdivision 4, without being subjected to prosecution for that act, provided that:
(1) the newborn was born within seven days of being left at the safe place, as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty;
(2) the newborn is left in an unharmed condition; and
(3) in cases where the person leaving the newborn is not the newborn's mother, the person has the mother's approval to do so.