Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2004 c 269 art 1 s 12 ]
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2004 c 269 art 1 s 12 ]
Subd. 2a.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 2b. Duties.
The commissioner of commerce may:
(1) review notices and reports submitted by authorized insurers, their employees, and agents or producers regarding insurance fraud, as defined in section 60A.951, subdivision 4 ;
(2) initiate inquiries and conduct investigations under section 45.027 when the commissioner has reason to believe that insurance fraud, as defined in section 60A.951, subdivision 4 , has been or is being committed; and
(3) share active investigative data pursuant to section 13.39 concerning insurance fraud with the commissioner of public safety and the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Subd. 2c.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 2d.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 2e.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 2f.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 2g. Criminal insurance fraud investigations.
(a) The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall conduct investigations of criminal insurance fraud, as defined in section 609.611 , in accordance with section 299C.061 .
(b) The commissioner shall report criminal insurance fraud-related crimes disclosed by the Department of Commerce's investigations of civil insurance fraud to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Subd. 3.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 4.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 5.
MS 2024 [Repealed, 2025 c 35 art 3 s 25 ]
Subd. 6.
[Renumbered 299C.061, subd 9 ]
Subd. 7.
[Renumbered 299C.061, subd 10 ]
Subd. 8.
[Renumbered 299C.061, subd 11 ]
Subd. 9.
[Renumbered 299C.061, subd 12 ]