{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-626.8517","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 626.8517","heading":"ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIPROCITY EXAMINATION BASED ON RELEVANT MILITARY EXPERIENCE.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section:\n(1) \"active service\" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5; and\n(2) \"relevant military experience\" means:\n(i) four years' cumulative service experience in a military law enforcement occupational specialty;\n(ii) two years' cumulative service experience in a military law enforcement occupational specialty, and completion of a two-year or more degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary education institution; or\n(iii) four years' cumulative experience as a full-time peace officer in another state combined with cumulative service experience in a military law enforcement occupational specialty.\n(b) A person is eligible to take the reciprocity examination if the person has relevant military experience and:\n(1) has been honorably discharged from military active service as evidenced by the most recent form DD-214; or\n(2) is currently in active service as evidenced by:\n(i) active duty orders providing service time in military police specialty;\n(ii) a United States Department of Defense Manpower Data Center status report pursuant to Service Members Civil Relief Act, active duty status report; or\n(iii) Military Personnel Center assignment information.\n(c) A person who passed the examination under paragraph (b), clause (2), shall not be eligible to be licensed as a peace officer until honorably discharged as evidenced by the most recent form DD-214.","path":["CRIMINAL PROCEDURE; PEACE OFFICERS; PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATIONS","CHAPTER 626. PEACE OFFICERS; SEARCHES; PURSUIT; MANDATORY REPORTING","PEACE OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/626.8517","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:51Z","sha256":"63116d7398c990bc9e5c85828367205015a59f230d1b31d4452e8bc41fd3d14b","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-626.8516","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-626.852"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}