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Minnesota · Through 2025 Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 631.17: COURT ADMINISTRATOR TO READ VERDICT TO JURY.

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  1. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; PEACE OFFICERS; PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATIONS
  2. CHAPTER 631. CRIMINAL TRIAL; CONVICTION; SENTENCE
  3. TRIAL

When a verdict such as the court may receive is returned, the court administrator shall immediately file it in open court and read it to the jury, and ask the jurors if it is their verdict. If a juror disagrees, that fact shall be entered upon the minutes, and the court shall send the jury out to deliberate further. If no disagreement is expressed by the jury, the verdict is complete, and the court shall discharge the jury from the case. The court administrator shall immediately record the verdict in full in the court minutes.

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