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Minn. Stat. § 242.31

RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS; POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Tuten v. United States (1983)

Most recently applied in State v. Grillo (May 2003)

1947 c 595 s 1; 1961 c 59 s 1; 1965 c 52 s 1; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977 c 392 s 5; 1983 c 264 s 3,4; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 569 s 14; 1994 c 576 s 3; 1995 c 226 art 3 s …

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Subdivision 1. Restoration.

Whenever a person who has been committed to the custody of the commissioner of corrections upon conviction of a crime following certification under the provisions of section 260B.125 is finally discharged by order of the commissioner, that discharge shall restore the person to all civil rights. The commissioner shall file a copy of the order with the district court of the county in which the conviction occurred.

Subd. 2. Order of discharge.

Whenever a person described in subdivision 1 has been placed on probation by the court pursuant to section 609.135 and, after satisfactory fulfillment of it, is discharged from probation, the court shall issue an order of discharge pursuant to subdivision 2a and section 609.165 .

This order restores the defendant to civil rights.

Subd. 2a. Crimes of violence; ineligibility to possess firearms.

The order of discharge must provide that a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5 , is not entitled to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm for the remainder of the person's lifetime. Any person who has received such a discharge and who thereafter has received a relief of disability under United States Code, title 18, section 925, or whose ability to possess firearms has been restored under section 609.165, subdivision 1d , shall not be subject to the restrictions of this subdivision.

Subd. 3.

[Repealed, 1996 c 408 art 9 s 10 ]

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.