PENALTIES.
Known as the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act
The act spans §§ 13.01 to 13.991 (154 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Demers v. City of Minneapolis (1992)
Most recently applied in State of Minnesota v. Jerry Arnold Westrom (May 2024)
1974 c 479 s 6; 1975 c 401 s 6; 1976 c 239 s 6; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1985 c 298 s 7; 2014 c 284 s 3
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this chapter or any rules adopted under this chapter or whose conduct constitutes the knowing unauthorized acquisition of not public data, as defined in section 13.055, subdivision 1 , is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Willful violation of this chapter, including any action subject to a criminal penalty under paragraph (a), by any public employee constitutes just cause for suspension without pay or dismissal of the public employee.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.