Minnesota § 609.672 PERMISSIVE INFERENCE; FIREARMS IN AUTOMOBILES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 609.672 — PERMISSIVE INFERENCE; FIREARMS IN AUTOMOBILES

Minnesota § 609.672

PartCRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS

Ch. 609CRIMINAL CODE

This text of Minnesota § 609.672 (PERMISSIVE INFERENCE; FIREARMS IN AUTOMOBILES) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Minnesota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 609.672 (2026).

Text

The presence of a firearm in a passenger automobile permits the fact finder to infer knowing possession of the firearm by the driver or person in control of the automobile when the firearm was in the automobile. The inference does not apply:

(1)to a licensed operator of an automobile who is at the time operating it for hire in the lawful and proper pursuit of the operator's trade;

(2)to any person in the automobile if one of them legally possesses a firearm; or

(3)when the firearm is concealed on the person of one of the occupants.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The presence of a firearm in a passenger automobile permits the fact finder to infer knowing possession of the firearm by the driver or person in control of the automobile when the firearm was in the automobile. The inference does not apply:
(1) to a licensed operator of an automobile who is at the time operating it for hire in the lawful and proper pursuit of the operator's trade;
(2) to any person in the automobile if one of them legally possesses a firearm; or
(3) when the firearm is concealed on the person of one of the occupants.