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Minn. Stat. § 609.365

INCEST.

Known as the Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 609–609 (377 sections).

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Women of the State v. Gomez (1995)

Most recently applied in Commonwealth v. Rahim (March 2004)

1963 c 753 art 1 s 609 .365; 1986 c 444

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Whoever has sexual intercourse with another nearer of kin to the actor than first cousin, computed by rules of the civil law, whether of the half or the whole blood, with knowledge of the relationship, is guilty of incest and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years.

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.