Chapter 611A — Rights of Crime Victims

119A.20 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 119A.21 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 119A.22 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 119A.23 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.01 Definitions Defines key terms like crime, victim, and juvenile used in the crime victims' rights laws. 611A.015 Scope of Victims' Rights This section defines which cases the crime victims' rights in sections 611A.01 to 611A.06 apply to. Those rights cover … 611A.02 Notification of Victim Services and Victims' Rights This section requires that crime victims be given written or electronic notices informing them of victim services and … 611A.021 Notice of Right to Request Withholding of Certain Public Data This section gives a crime victim the right to ask a law enforcement agency to withhold public access to data that would … 611A.03 Plea Agreements; Notification Before a defendant enters a plea under a plea agreement, the prosecuting attorney must make a reasonable, good faith … 611A.0301 Right to Submit Statement at Plea Presentation Hearing This section gives a crime victim the rights described in section 611A.03, subdivision 1, clause (2) at a plea … 611A.031 Victim Input Regarding Pretrial Diversion This section requires a prosecutor to make every reasonable effort to notify the victim and seek the victim's input … 611A.0311 Domestic Abuse Prosecutions Plan and Procedures This section requires every county and city attorney to develop and implement a written plan to expedite and improve the … 611A.0315 Victim Notification; Domestic Assault; Criminal Sexual Conduct; Harassment; Stalking This section requires a prosecutor to make every reasonable effort to notify the victim when the prosecutor decides to … 611A.032 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.033 Speedy Trial; Notice of Hearings and Schedule Change This section gives a crime victim the right to ask the prosecutor to demand, under Rule 11.09 of the Rules of Criminal … 611A.034 Separate Waiting Areas in Courthouse This section directs courts to provide a waiting area for crime victims during court proceedings that is separate from … 611A.035 Confidentiality of Victim's Address This section protects the confidentiality of a victim's or witness's home or employment address, telephone number, and … 611A.036 Prohibition Against Employer Retaliation This section requires employers to give victims and witnesses reasonable time off from work to attend criminal … 611A.037 Presentence Investigation; Victim Impact; Notice This section governs how victim input is gathered and how victims are notified during the presentence (or … 611A.038 Right to Submit Statement at Sentencing Allows victims to submit impact statements to the court before sentencing. 611A.0385 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.039 Right to Notice of Final Disposition of Criminal Case This section gives crime victims the right to be told how their criminal case ended. Within 15 working days after a … 611A.0392 Notice to Community Crime Prevention Group This section lets a designated community crime prevention group receive notice about the outcome of crimes it reported … 611A.0393 Crime Alerts; Access for Person With a Disability This section makes crime alerts accessible to people with disabilities. If a law enforcement agency sends a crime alert … 611A.0395 Right to Information Regarding Defendant's Appeal This section gives crime victims the right to be kept informed about a defendant's appeal. The prosecuting attorney must … 611A.04 Order of Restitution This section gives a crime victim the right to receive restitution as part of the sentencing or disposition in a … 611A.045 Procedure for Issuing Order of Restitution This section sets the procedure a court follows when ordering restitution in a criminal case. The court must consider … 611A.046 Victim's Right to Request Probation Review Hearing This section gives a crime victim the right to ask the offender's probation officer to request a probation review … 611A.05 Penalties No Bar to Civil Remedies This section provides that a penalty or forfeiture set by a law for violating it does not take away an injured person's … 611A.06 Right to Notices; Release; End of Confinement Review Process; Expungement; Escape This section gives crime victims who submit a written request the right to be notified about key events involving the … 611A.07 Electronic Monitoring to Protect Domestic Abuse Victims; Standards This section directs the commissioner of corrections to adopt standards for electronic monitoring devices used to … 611A.08 Barring Perpetrators of Crimes From Recovering for Injuries Sustained During Criminal Conduct This section bars a person who commits a violent crime from recovering civil damages for any loss, injury, or death that … 611A.19 Testing Sex Offender for Human Immunodeficiency Virus This section lets the victim of certain sex crimes or other violent crimes request that the convicted offender be tested … 611A.20 Notice of Risk of Sexually Transmitted Disease This section requires a hospital to give a written notice about sexually transmitted diseases to a person receiving … 611A.201 Director of Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault This section creates a director of domestic violence and sexual assault prevention within the Office of Justice Programs … 611A.202 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.203 Domestic Fatality Review Teams This section authorizes a judicial district to establish a domestic fatality review team to study domestic violence … 611A.21 This section number contains no operative statutory text. Section 611A.21 was repealed or renumbered, and only a … 611A.211 Programs for Victims of Sexual Assault This section directs the commissioner of public safety to award grants to programs that provide support services or … 611A.212 Programs for Sexual Assault Primary Prevention This section directs the commissioner of public safety to award grants to statewide organizations so they can provide … 611A.22 This section contains no operative statutory text. The page shows only the section number and a session law reference … 611A.221 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.23 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.24 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.25 This section has no operative statutory text. Every subdivision (Subdivision 1 through Subdivision 5) has been repealed, … 611A.26 Polygraph Examinations; Criminal Sexual Conduct Complaints; Limitations This section bars law enforcement agencies and prosecutors from requiring a complainant of criminal sexual conduct or … 611A.27 Victim Rights to Sexual Assault Evidence Information This section gives a sexual assault victim the right to get information from the investigating law enforcement agency … 611A.31 Definitions This section defines the terms used in sections 611A.31 to 611A.35, which deal with services for domestic abuse victims. … 611A.32 Domestic Abuse Programs This section directs the commissioner to award grants to programs that provide emergency shelter, housing supports, and … 611A.33 Duties of Commissioner This section lists the duties of the commissioner in running the domestic abuse program grants. The commissioner must … 611A.34 This section contains no operative statutory text. The body shows only the section number and a session law citation … 611A.345 Director Recommendations This section requires the commissioner to consider the domestic abuse program director's recommendations before awarding … 611A.35 Domestic Abuse Program Director This section requires the commissioner to appoint a program director to oversee battered women's and domestic abuse … 611A.36 This section contains no operative statutory text. The body shows only the section number and a session law citation … 611A.361 This section has no operative statutory text. All four of its subdivisions are marked as repealed (Subdivisions 1 … 611A.362 This section was renumbered. Its content was moved to Minnesota Statutes section 119A.20. 611A.363 This section was renumbered. Its content was moved to Minnesota Statutes section 119A.21. 611A.364 This section was renumbered. Its content was moved to Minnesota Statutes section 119A.22. 611A.365 This section was renumbered. Its content was moved to Minnesota Statutes section 119A.23. 611A.37 Definitions This section defines key terms used in sections 611A.371 to 611A.375, which deal with battered women's shelters. It … 611A.371 Program Operation This section sets out how the grant program for battered women's shelters operates. Its purpose is to reimburse local … 611A.372 Duties of Director This section lists the duties of the director who runs the battered women's shelter grant program, acting with the … 611A.373 Payments This section explains how the state pays grant money to designated battered women's shelter facilities. Facilities may … 611A.375 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.41 This section number no longer contains operative statutory text. It was repealed or renumbered, leaving only a reference … 611A.42 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.43 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.44 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.45 Programs for Victims of Crime This section directs the commissioner of public safety to award grants to programs that provide support services to … 611A.46 Classification of Data This section classifies data about crime victims as private. Personal history and other information collected by an … 611A.51 Title This section gives the official name of a group of related laws. It states that sections 611A.51 through 611A.68 are … 611A.52 Definitions This is the definitions section for the Minnesota Crime Victims Reimbursement Act (sections 611A.51 to 611A.68). It sets … 611A.53 Reimbursement Awards; Eligibility This section says who can receive money from the Crime Victims Reimbursement program and the conditions that must be … 611A.54 Amount of Reimbursement This section sets the amount of money a crime victim claimant can be reimbursed. In general the reimbursement equals the … 611A.55 Crime Victims Reimbursement Board This section creates the Crime Victims Reimbursement Board, housed in the Department of Public Safety for budget and … 611A.56 Powers and Duties of Board This section lists the powers and duties of the Crime Victims Reimbursement Board. Its duties include giving claimants … 611A.57 Determination of Claims This section sets out how the Crime Victims Reimbursement Board decides reimbursement claims. Board staff examine the … 611A.58 Attorney Fees; Limitation for Representation Before Board This section lets the Crime Victims Reimbursement Board limit the fee that an attorney may charge for representing a … 611A.59 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.60 Reimbursement; How Paid This section governs how the Crime Victims Reimbursement Board pays an awarded reimbursement. The board may pay the … 611A.61 Subrogation When the state reimburses a crime victim or claimant for economic loss, the state takes over (is subrogated to) the … 611A.612 Crime Victims Account This section creates the crime victims account as a special account in the state treasury. The account is funded by … 611A.62 Medical Privilege In a crime victim reimbursement proceeding under sections 611A.51 to 611A.56 where the physical, mental, or emotional … 611A.63 Enforcement of Board's Orders If a person refuses to comply with a Crime Victims Reimbursement Board order, or asserts a privilege to withhold … 611A.64 Department of Corrections; Restitution This section authorizes the Department of Corrections to set up programs and procedures that let people in its custody … 611A.65 Use of Record of Claim; Evidence This section limits how records from a crime victim reparations claim can be used as evidence. A record of the … 611A.66 Law Enforcement Agencies; Duty to Inform Victims of Right to File Claim This section requires every law enforcement agency that investigates crimes to tell victims about their right to apply … 611A.67 Fraudulent Claims; Penalty This section makes it a crime to lie when seeking crime victim reparations. Any person who knowingly files a false claim … 611A.675 Fund for Emergency Needs of Crime Victims This section directs the commissioner of public safety to make grants to prosecutors and victim assistance programs so … 611A.68 Limiting Commercial Exploitation of Crimes; Payment of Victims This is Minnesota's version of a "Son of Sam" law: it stops convicted offenders from profiting off their crimes through … 611A.70 This section has been repealed or renumbered. 611A.71 This section contains no operative statutory text. It has been repealed or renumbered, so there is no current law under … 611A.72 Citation This section gives a short name to a group of related laws. It provides that sections 611A.72 to 611A.74 may be cited as … 611A.73 Definitions This section defines the key terms used in this section and in section 611A.74. It explains what is meant by … 611A.74 Crime Victims; Rights; Complaints This section gives the commissioner of public safety authority to investigate complaints about the treatment of crime … 611A.75 This section has no operative statutory text. The page contains only the section number and a session law reference … 611A.76 Crime Victim Services Telephone Line This section requires the commissioner of public safety to fund a crime victim services telephone line. The state must … 611A.77 Mediation Programs for Crime Victims and Offenders This section directs the executive director of the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Public Safety to … 611A.775 Restorative Justice Programs This section allows a community-based organization, working with a local governmental unit, to establish a restorative … 611A.78 This section has no operative statutory text. The page contains only the section number and a session law reference … 611A.79 Civil Damages for Bias Offenses This section creates a civil lawsuit for anyone harmed by a bias offense, meaning conduct that would be a crime … 611A.80 Definitions This section sets out the definitions that apply to sections 611A.80 through 611A.88, which deal with prostitution and … 611A.81 Cause of Action for Coercion for Use in Prostitution This section creates a civil lawsuit for a person who was coerced into prostitution, coerced to remain in it, had their … 611A.82 Acts Not Defenses This section lists eight facts that cannot, by themselves or together, defeat a coercion lawsuit brought under section … 611A.83 Evidence This section sets evidence rules for a coercion-into-prostitution lawsuit under section 611A.81. A plaintiff who … 611A.84 Statute of Limitations This section sets the deadline for filing a lawsuit for damages under section 611A.81. The action must be started no … 611A.85 Other Remedies Preserved This section preserves all other legal remedies. Sections 611A.80 to 611A.88 do not take away a person's right to bring … 611A.86 Double Recovery Prohibited This section prevents recovering twice for the same harm. A person who recovers damages under sections 611A.80 to … 611A.87 Award of Costs This section lets a winning party recover certain litigation expenses. In an action brought under sections 611A.80 to … 611A.88 No Avoidance of Liability This section blocks attempts to escape liability under sections 611A.80 to 611A.88. No person can avoid that liability … 611A.90 Release of Recordings of Child Abuse Victims This section restricts the release of recordings of a child victim or alleged victim describing, alleging, explaining, … 611A.95 Certifications for Victims of Crimes This section requires state and local law enforcement agencies (certifying entities) to process certifications that …