Minnesota · statute · Minn. Stat. ch. 626A · 39 active provisions
Subdivision 1. Terms. As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Person. "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, trust, or association, including but not limited to, the subscriber to the telephone or telegraph service involved…
Subdivision 1. Offenses. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter any person who: (1) intentionally intercepts, endeavors to intercept, or procures any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any wire, electronic, or oral communication; (2) intentionally uses, endeavors to use, or procures…
Subdivision 1. Acts; penalties. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, any person who intentionally: (a) manufactures, assembles, possesses, or sells any electronic, mechanical, or other device, knowing or having reason to know that the design of such device renders it primarily useful for the purpo…
Whenever any wire, oral, or electronic communication has been intercepted, no part of the contents of such communication and no evidence derived therefrom may be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding in or before any court or grand jury if the disclosure of that information would be in violati…
Subdivision 1. Application for warrant. The attorney general or a county attorney of any county may make application as provided in section 626A.06, to a judge of the district court, of the court of appeals, or of the supreme court for a warrant authorizing or approving the interception of wire, electronic, or oral com…
Subdivision 1. Applications. Each application for a warrant authorizing or approving the interception of a wire, electronic, or oral communication shall be made in writing upon oath or affirmation to a judge of the district court, of the court of appeals, or of the supreme court and shall state the applicant's authorit…
Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, any investigative or law enforcement officer, specially designated by the attorney general or a county attorney, who: (1) reasonably determines that: (i) an emergency situation exists that involves immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person th…
Upon expiration of a warrant issued under section 626A.06, the officer designated in the warrant shall forthwith deliver the original warrant and accompanying papers to the judge issuing the same, together with a written return, verified by the certificate of the officer, setting forth: (1) the precise description of e…
Subdivision 1. Material obtained. Every part of any wire, oral, or electronic communication intercepted pursuant to this chapter shall be completely recorded on tape or wire or other comparable device and shall be done in such manner as will protect the recording from editing or other alterations. Immediately upon the…
Subdivision 1. Disclosure. Any investigative or law enforcement officer who, by any means authorized by this chapter, has obtained knowledge of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication, or evidence derived therefrom may disclose such contents to another investigative or law enforcement officer to the…
Subdivision 1. Notice of order. Within a reasonable time but not later than 90 days after the termination of the period of a warrant or extensions thereof, the issuing or denying judge shall cause to be served, on the persons named in the warrant and the application, and such other parties to intercepted communications…
Subdivision 1. Illegally obtained evidence inadmissible. Evidence obtained by any act of intercepting wire, oral, or electronic communications, in violation of section 626A.02, and all evidence obtained through or resulting from information obtained by any such act, shall be inadmissible for any purpose in any action,…
Subdivision 1. Motion. Any aggrieved person may move to suppress the contents of any intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communication, or evidence derived therefrom on the grounds that: (1) the wire, oral, or electronic communication was unlawfully intercepted; (2) the order of authorization or approval under which…
Subdivision 1. In general. Except as provided in section 2511 (2)(a)(ii) of title 18 of the United States Code, a person whose wire, oral, or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed, or intentionally used in violation of this chapter may in a civil action recover from the person or entity that engaged in tha…
No person shall: (1) by trick or false representation or impersonation, obtain or attempt to obtain from any officer or any employee of any telegraph or telephone company information concerning the identification or location of any wires, cables, lines, terminals, or other apparatus used in furnishing telegraph or tele…
Any officer or employee of a telephone or telegraph company shall report to the police department or county attorney having jurisdiction, any violation of this chapter coming to the officer or employee's attention.
Subject to regulation by the Minnesota public utilities commission, any telephone or telegraph company shall, upon request of any subscriber and upon responsible offer to pay the reasonable cost thereof, and with the discretion of the carrier; subject, however, to an appropriate court order to furnish whatever services…
Subdivision 1. Reports and transmittal of documents to state court administrator. Within 30 days after the expiration of an order granting or denying an application under this chapter, or each extension thereof, or the denial of an order approving an interception or the use of a pen register, trap and trace device, or…
No person shall receive an electronic, mechanical or other device, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such electronic, mechanical or other device has been sold or transported in violation of the provisions of this chapter. Whenever on the trial for a violation of this chapter the defendant is shown to h…
Subdivision 1. Laws applicable. Any electronic, mechanical or other device involved in any violation of the provisions of this chapter or any regulation promulgated thereunder, or which has come into the custody of a law enforcement officer and the title thereto cannot be ascertained, shall be subject to seizure and fo…
On the conviction of any person of the violation of any provision of this chapter, a copy of the judgment and sentence, and of the opinion of the court, if any opinion be filed, shall be sent by the court administrator to the board or officer, if any, by whom the convicted defendant has been licensed or registered to p…
Whenever it appears that a person is engaged or is about to engage in an act that constitutes or will constitute a felony violation of this chapter, the attorney general or a county attorney may initiate a civil action in district court to enjoin the violation. The court shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hear…
Subdivision 1. Offense. Except as provided in subdivision 3, whoever: (1) intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided; or (2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility; and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized acce…
Subdivision 1. Prohibitions. Except as provided in subdivision 2: (1) a person or entity providing an electronic communication service to the public must not knowingly divulge to a person or entity the contents of a communication while in electronic storage by that service; and (2) a person or entity providing remote c…
Subdivision 1. MS 2018 [Repealed, 2020 c 82 s 18] Subd. 2. MS 2018 [Repealed, 2020 c 82 s 18] Subd. 3. Records concerning electronic communication service or remote computing service. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or sections 325M.01 to 325M.09, a provider of electronic communication service or remote computi…