Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 117-S.F.No. 496 
                  An act relating to crime; allowing courts to extend 
                  the time period for search warrants for financial 
                  records; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
                  626.15. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 626.15, is 
        amended to read: 
           626.15 [EXECUTION AND RETURN OF WARRANT, TIME.] 
           (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a search warrant 
        must be executed and returned to the court which issued it 
        within ten days after its date.  After the expiration of this 
        time, the warrant is void unless previously executed.  
           (b) A district court judge may grant an extension of a 
        warrant on a financial institution for financial records upon an 
        application under oath stating that the financial institution 
        has not produced the requested financial records within ten days 
        and that an extension is necessary to achieve the purposes for 
        which the search warrant was granted.  Each extension may not 
        exceed 30 days. 
           For the purposes of this paragraph, "financial institution" 
        has the meaning given in section 13A.01, subdivision 2, and 
        "financial records" has the meaning given in section 13A.01, 
        subdivision 3. 
           Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 1 is effective August 1, 1999, and applies to 
        warrants issued on or after that date. 
           Presented to the governor April 29, 1999 
           Signed by the governor May 3, 1999, 2:00 p.m.