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This information contained within this and upcoming posts describes Minnesota laws that apply to sex offenders and predatory offenders. The posts will consist of two parts:
The first group of posts will summarize the criminal laws that prohibit unlawful sexual conduct, the criminal penalties that apply to these offenses, and the mandatory sentences that courts must impose on certain offenders.
The second group of posts will describe the civil and regulatory laws that supplement the criminal provisions. These regulatory laws include the predatory offender registration law, the community notification law, and the law authorizing civil commitment of persons determined to be sexually dangerous.
The posts will cover the following topics:
- The Elements of Criminal Sexual Conduct
- Penalties for Criminal Sexual Misconduct
- Mandatory Minimum Criminal Penalties for Criminal Sexual Conduct in MN
- Sentences for Repeat or Violent Predatory Offenders
- MN Mandatory Minimum Fines for Repeat and Violent Sex Offenders
- Other Mandatory Sentencing Provisions for Sex Offenders
- Civil and Regulatory Provisions Predatory Offender Registration Law
- Sexual Offenders Who Commit Offenses under United States Law
- Minnesota Sex Offender Release Notification
- Offenders Who Commit Offenses in Other States
- Individuals Civilly Committed Regardless of Whether Convicted for an Offense
- Individuals Who Commit Other Sex Offenses
- Notifying a MN Sex Offender of the Obligation to Register
- Information Required at Initial Sex Offender Registration in MN
- Continued Obligations for Registered Sex Offenders
- Registration of MN Sex Offenders Without a Permanent Address
- Registered Offenders in a Health Care Facility
- MN Sex Offender Registration Length
- MN Sex Offender Registration Sharing Among Law Enforcement
- Lifetime Sex Offender Registration in Minnesota
- Sex Offenders and Predatory Offenders: Minnesota Criminal and Civil Regulatory Laws
- Failure to Register as a Sex Offender in Minnesota
- MN Registration Requirements for Predatory Offenders from Other States
- MN Sex Offender Data Classification
- Minnesota Sex Offender Community Notification Law
- Minnesota Sex Offender Risk Level Assessment
- MN Community Notification for the Various Sex Offender Risk Levels
- Notification of Sex Offender in MN: Manner of Notification
- The Length of Time a Predatory Offender Is Subject to the Law
- Minnesota Sex Offender Risk Level Determination
- Notification of a Sex Offender’s Impeding Release in MN
- Reconsideration of the Sex Offender Risk Level Determination
- Risk Level Assessment: Recourse for Objecting Sex Offender
- Requesting a Reassessment of Sex Offender Risk Levels
- Restrictions on Where Level III Sex Offenders Can Live in MN
- Notification for Sex Offenders Who Enter Minnesota From Another State
- Sex Offenders Subject to Community Notification But Not Assigned a Risk Level
- Civil and Criminal Liability for Disclosing or Failing to Disclose Information
- Minnesota Sexually Dangerous Persons Civil Commitment Law
- Sexually Dangerous Persons Civil Commitment Law: Prior Criminal Convictions
- Preliminary Determinations When a Sex Offender Is Convicted or Sent to Prison
- Sexually Dangerous Persons Civil Commitment Law: Civil Commitment Proceedings
- Rights and Procedures for Civil Commitment Hearings
- Placement for People Who Are Civilly Committed
- Duration of Civil Commitment
CREDIT: The content of these posts has been copied or adopted from the Minnesota House of Representatives Research Department’s Information Brief, Sex Offenders and Predatory Offenders: Minnesota Criminal and Civil Regulatory Laws, written by Legislative Analyst Jeffrey Diebel.
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