Minnesota Session Laws - 2013, Regular Session

CHAPTER 109--H.F.No. 392

An act

relating to judiciary; modifying provisions governing records in juvenile court proceedings;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260B.171, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260B.171, is amended by adding a subdivision to read:

Subd. 9.

Electronic case records.

There shall be no direct public access to juvenile delinquency records maintained in electronic format in court information systems related to juvenile court proceedings that are public under section 260B.163, subdivision 1, except, unless the juvenile and the prosecutor agree otherwise, in cases where:

(1) the prosecutor filed a motion for certification;

(2) the prosecutor designated or requested that the proceeding be designated an extended jurisdiction juvenile prosecution; or

(3) the juvenile has been adjudicated delinquent of a crime of violence as defined in section 624.715, subdivision 5, and not codified in chapter 152.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective January 1, 2014, and applies to juvenile delinquency cases filed on or after that date.

Presented to the governor May 22, 2013

Signed by the governor May 24, 2013, 2:21 p.m.