Minnesota Statutes

§ 641.01 — JAIL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE; PRISONER PLACEMENT

Minnesota § 641.01
JurisdictionMinnesota
PartLOCAL JAIL FACILITIES; LOCKUPS; WORKHOUSE; JUVENILE OFFENDER CARE; PARDONS; CLEMENCY REVIEW COMMISSION
Ch. 641COUNTY AND REGIONAL JAILS

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Minn. Stat. § 641.01 (2026).

Text

The county board of each county is authorized to construct, purchase, or lease, regulate and maintain, at the expense of the county, a jail for the safekeeping of prisoners, and also, adjoining and connected to it, a residence for the use of the sheriff. Any peace officer placing a prisoner in the jail shall report immediately to the officer's superior officer concerning the fact of that placement. No prisoner shall be detained without a jailer or custodian present in the jail, awake and alert at all times, capable of responding to the reasonable needs of the prisoner.

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Legislative History

(10947)RL s 5462;1955 c 425 s 1;1980 c 602 s 1

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Minnesota § 641.01, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mn/641.01.