Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 496-H.F.No. 1722
           An act relating to crimes; changing the limitation 
          period for certain criminal sexual conduct offenses; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 628.26. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 628.26, is 
amended to read: 
    628.26 [LIMITATIONS.] 
    (a) Indictments or complaints for murder may be found or 
made at any time after the death of the person killed.  
    (b) Indictments or complaints for violation of section 
609.42, subdivision 1, clauses (1) or (2) shall be found or made 
and filed in the proper court within six years after the 
commission of the offense.  
    (c) Indictments or complaints for violation of sections 
609.3641 to 609.3644, or for violation of sections 609.342 to 
609.345 if the victim and the actor were in a familial 
relationship as defined in section 609.364, subdivision 9 was 
under the age of 18 years at the time the offense was committed, 
shall be found or made and filed in the proper court within 7 
years after the commission of the offense.  
    (d) In all other cases, indictments or complaints shall be 
found or made and filed in the proper court within three years 
after the commission of the offense; but the time during which 
the defendant shall not be an inhabitant of, or usually resident 
within, this state, shall not constitute any part of the 
limitations imposed by this section. 
    Approved April 25, 1984