{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.5151","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 609.5151","heading":"DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITED; PENALTY.","body":"Subdivision 1. Definitions.\nAs used in this section:\n(1) \"family or household member\" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 2;\n(2) \"law enforcement official\" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and\n(3) \"personal information\" means a home telephone number, personal cell number, personal email address, name of the official's minor child, photographs of the official's minor child, home address, directions to a home, or photographs of a home.\nSubd. 2. Crime described.\n(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal information about a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member, if:\n(1) the public availability of information poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the safety of an official's family or household member; and\n(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should know of the imminent and serious threat.\n(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of the violation.\n(c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.","path":["CRIMES; EXPUNGEMENT; VICTIMS","CHAPTER 609. CRIMINAL CODE","CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/609.5151","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:51Z","sha256":"c8fcdbeb4bd64239d47c2e5703a36fc3cd4d7c2c6be2e9cbedff0e71ddec09fd","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.515","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-609.52"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}