1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to public safety; eliminating the statute of limitations for the crime of arson
1.3 in the first degree; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 628.26.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 628.26, is amended to read:
1.6 628.26 LIMITATIONS.
1.7 (a) Indictments or complaints for any crime resulting in the death of the victim may be
1.8found or made at any time after the death of the person killed.
1.9 (b) Indictments or complaints for a violation of section 609.25 may be found or made
1.10at any time after the commission of the offense.
1.11 (c) Indictments or complaints for a violation of section 609.561 may be found or made
1.12at any time after the commission of the offense.
1.13 (d) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.282 may be found or made at
1.14any time after the commission of the offense if the victim was under the age of 18 at the
1.15time of the offense.
1.16 (d) (e) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.282 where the victim was
1.1718 years of age or older at the time of the offense, or 609.42, subdivision 1, clause (1) or
1.18(2), shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within six years after the commission
1.19of the offense.
1.20 (e) (f) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.322, 609.342 to 609.345,
1.21and 609.3458 may be found or made at any time after the commission of the offense.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 764
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Hudson, Warwas, Zeleznikar, Repinski, Mekeland and others02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy 2.1 (f) (g) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.466 and 609.52, subdivision
2.22, paragraph (a), clause (3), item (iii), shall be found or made and filed in the proper court
2.3within six years after the commission of the offense.
2.4 (g) (h) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.2335, 609.52, subdivision
2.52, paragraph (a), clause (3), items (i) and (ii), (4), (15), or (16), 609.631, or 609.821, where
2.6the value of the property or services stolen is more than $35,000, or for violation of section
2.7609.527 where the offense involves eight or more direct victims or the total combined loss
2.8to the direct and indirect victims is more than $35,000, shall be found or made and filed in
2.9the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.
2.10 (h) (i) Except for violations relating to false material statements, representations or
2.11omissions, indictments or complaints for violations of section 609.671 shall be found or
2.12made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission of the offense.
2.13 (i) (j) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 609.561 to 609.562 and 609.563,
2.14shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within five years after the commission
2.15of the offense.
2.16 (j) (k) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 609.746 shall be found or made
2.17and filed in the proper court within the later of three years after the commission of the
2.18offense or three years after the offense was reported to law enforcement authorities.
2.19 (k) (l) In all other cases, indictments or complaints shall be found or made and filed in
2.20the proper court within three years after the commission of the offense.
2.21 (l) (m) The limitations periods contained in this section shall exclude any period of time
2.22during which the defendant was not an inhabitant of or usually resident within this state.
2.23 (m) (n) The limitations periods contained in this section for an offense shall not include
2.24any period during which the alleged offender participated under a written agreement in a
2.25pretrial diversion program relating to that offense.
2.26 (n) (o) The limitations periods contained in this section shall not include any period of
2.27time during which physical evidence relating to the offense was undergoing DNA analysis,
2.28as defined in section 299C.155, unless the defendant demonstrates that the prosecuting or
2.29law enforcement agency purposefully delayed the DNA analysis process in order to gain
2.30an unfair advantage.
2.31 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes
2.32committed on or after that date and to crimes committed before that date if the limitations
2.33period for the crime did not expire before August 1, 2025.
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