{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.3785","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 609.3785","heading":"UNHARMED NEWBORNS LEFT AT A SAFE PLACE; AVOIDANCE OF PROSECUTION.","body":"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:\n(1) the newborn was born within seven days of being left at the safe place, as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty;\n(2) the newborn is left in an unharmed condition; and\n(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.","path":["CRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS","CHAPTER 609. CRIMINAL CODE","CRIMES AGAINST THE FAMILY"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.3785","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:51Z","sha256":"b55a08a72847dc7193c9ee834e89f5991934244b2ebc9c92fc6cff28bb5a329e","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.378","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.379"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}