{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-138.225","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 138.225","heading":"PROHIBITION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL OF RECORDS; PENALTY.","body":"Government records shall not be destroyed except by the authority of the records disposition panel. A person who intentionally and unlawfully removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, alters, defaces or obliterates a record filed or deposited in a public office or with a public officer by authority of law or in state archives, or a public officer or employee who knowingly permits any other person to do any of the foregoing acts, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["STATE HISTORY","CHAPTER 138. HISTORICAL SOCIETIES; SITES; ARCHIVES; ARCHAEOLOGY; FOLKLIFE","ARCHIVES"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/138.225","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:33Z","sha256":"1787441f8b8fbca7bb7d0c8aa3c1e72f988aee06dd198f0add661354ed5d9b33","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-138.22","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-138.226"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}