1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; increasing penalty for theft of motor vehicle; amending
1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, subdivision 3.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.52, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 3.Sentence.Whoever commits theft may be sentenced as follows:
1.7 (1) to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than
1.8$100,000, or both, if the property is a firearm, or the value of the property or services stolen
1.9is more than $35,000 and the conviction is for a violation of subdivision 2, paragraph (a),
1.10clause (3), (4), (15), (16), or (19), or section 609.2335, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), item
1.11(i); or
1.12 (2) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than
1.13$20,000, or both, if any of the following circumstances exist:
1.14 (i) the value of the property or services stolen exceeds $5,000, or if; or
1.15 (ii) the property stolen was:
1.16 (A) an article representing a trade secret,;
1.17 (B) an explosive or incendiary device, or;
1.18 (C) a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II pursuant to section 152.02 with the
1.19exception of marijuana; or
1.20 (D) a motor vehicle; or
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REVISOR KLL/EH 25-0186501/07/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 64
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Schwartz01/22/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 (3) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more
2.2than $10,000, or both, if any of the following circumstances exist:
2.3 (a) (i) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $1,000 but not more than
2.4$5,000; or
2.5 (b) (ii) the property stolen was a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V
2.6pursuant to section 152.02; or
2.7 (c) (iii) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $500 but not more than
2.8$1,000 and the person has been convicted within the preceding five years for an offense
2.9under this section, section 256.98; 268.182; 609.24; 609.245; 609.247; 609.522; 609.53;
2.10609.582, subdivision 1, 2, or 3; 609.625; 609.63; 609.631; or 609.821, or a statute from
2.11another state, the United States, or a foreign jurisdiction, in conformity with any of those
2.12sections, and the person received a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence for the offense,
2.13or a sentence that was stayed under section 609.135 if the offense to which a plea was
2.14entered would allow imposition of a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence; or
2.15 (d) (iv) the value of the property or services stolen is not more than $1,000, and any of
2.16the following circumstances exist:
2.17 (i) (A) the property is taken from the person of another or from a corpse, or grave or
2.18coffin containing a corpse; or
2.19 (ii) (B) the property is a record of a court or officer, or a writing, instrument or record
2.20kept, filed or deposited according to law with or in the keeping of any public officer or
2.21office; or
2.22 (iii) (C) the property is taken from a burning, abandoned, or vacant building or upon its
2.23removal therefrom, or from an area of destruction caused by civil disaster, riot, bombing,
2.24or the proximity of battle; or
2.25 (iv) (D) the property consists of public funds belonging to the state or to any political
2.26subdivision or agency thereof; or
2.27 (v) the property stolen is a motor vehicle; or
2.28 (4) to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than
2.29$3,000, or both, if the value of the property or services stolen is more than $500 but not
2.30more than $1,000; or
2.31 (5) in all other cases where the value of the property or services stolen is $500 or less,
2.32to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000,
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REVISOR KLL/EH 25-0186501/07/25 3.1or both, provided, however, in any prosecution under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clauses
3.2(1), (2), (3), (4), (13), and (19), the value of the money or property or services received by
3.3the defendant in violation of any one or more of the above provisions within any six-month
3.4period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying the provisions
3.5of this subdivision; provided that when two or more offenses are committed by the same
3.6person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one
3.7of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated under this paragraph.
3.8 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
3.9committed on or after that date.
3.10 Sec. 2. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
3.11 The revisor of statutes, in consultation with the House Research Department and the
3.12Office of Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis, shall make cross-reference changes
3.13to Minnesota Statutes, section 609.52, in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.
3Sec. 2.
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