Minn. Stat. § 609.3785: UNHARMED NEWBORNS LEFT AT A SAFE PLACE; AVOIDANCE OF PROSECUTION.
Where this section sits in the code
- CRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS
- CHAPTER 609. CRIMINAL CODE
- CRIMES AGAINST THE FAMILY
A person may leave a newborn with an employee at a safe place, as defined in section 145.902, in this state pursuant to section 260C.139, subdivision 4, without being subjected to prosecution for that act, provided that:
(1) the newborn was born within seven days of being left at the safe place, as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty;
(2) the newborn is left in an unharmed condition; and
(3) in cases where the person leaving the newborn is not the newborn's mother, the person has the mother's approval to do so.
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