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Minn. Stat. § 609.615

DEFEATING SECURITY ON REALTY.

Known as the Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 609.01 to 609.912 (377 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case State v. Zacher (1993)

Most recently applied in Minneapolis Grand, LLC v. Galt Funding LLC (November 2010)

1963 c 753 art 1 s 609 .615; 1971 c 23 s 63; 1977 c 355 s 12; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1993 c 40 s 10; 2004 c 228 art 1 s 72

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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.

Whoever removes or damages real property which is subject to a mortgage, mechanic's lien, or contract for deed, including during the period of time allowed for redemption, with intent to impair the value of the property, without the consent of the security holder, may be sentenced as follows:

(1) if the value of the property is impaired by $300 or less, to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, or both; or

(2) if the value of the property is impaired by more than $300, to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

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.