Minnesota § 609.5151 DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITED; PENALTY

Minnesota Statutes

§ 609.5151 — DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITED; PENALTY

Minnesota § 609.5151

PartCRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS

Ch. 609CRIMINAL CODE

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Minn. Stat. § 609.5151 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section:

(1)"family or household member" has the meaning given in section518B.01, subdivision2;

(2)"law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section626.84, subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and

(3)"personal information" means a home telephone number, personal cell number, personal email address, name of the official's minor child, photographs of the official's minor child, home address, directions to a home, or photographs of a home. Subd. 2.Crime described.

(a)It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal information about a law enforcement official or an official's family or househ

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Subdivision 1.Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section518B.01, subdivision2;
(2) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section626.84, subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and
(3) "personal information" means a home telephone number, personal cell number, personal email address, name of the official's minor child, photographs of the official's minor child, home address, directions to a home, or photographs of a home.

Subd. 2.Crime described.
(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal information about a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member, if:
(1) the public availability of information poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the safety of an official's family or household member; and
(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should know of the imminent and serious threat.
(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of the violation.
(c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.