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349.162 EQUIPMENT REGISTERED.
    Subdivision 1. Registration required. A distributor may not sell, transfer, furnish, or
otherwise provide to a person, and no person may purchase, borrow, accept, or acquire from a
distributor gambling equipment for use within the state unless the equipment has been registered
with the board or the Department of Revenue in a manner prescribed by the board or the
Department of Revenue. Gambling equipment kept in violation of this subdivision is contraband
under section 349.2125.
    Subd. 2. Records required. A distributor must maintain a record of all gambling equipment
which it sells to organizations as required by section 297E.05, subdivision 2, and provide copies
of the record to the board upon demand. Employees of the board and the Division of Alcohol and
Gambling Enforcement may inspect the business premises, books, records, and other documents
of a distributor at any reasonable time without notice and without a search warrant.
The board may require that a distributor submit the monthly report and invoices required in
this subdivision via magnetic media or electronic data transfer.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 2005 c 166 art 1 s 38]
    Subd. 4. Prohibition. (a) No person other than a licensed distributor may possess unaffixed
registration stamps issued by the board for the purpose of registering gambling equipment.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may possess gambling equipment
that has not been registered.
(c) No distributor may:
(1) sell a bingo hard card or paper sheet that does not bear an individual number; or
(2) sell a package of bingo paper sheets that does not contain bingo paper sheets in numerical
order.
    Subd. 5. Sales from facilities. (a) All gambling equipment purchased or possessed by a
licensed distributor for resale to any person for use in Minnesota must, prior to the equipment's
resale, be unloaded into a storage facility located in Minnesota which the distributor owns or
leases; and which has been registered, in advance and in writing, with the Division of Alcohol
and Gambling Enforcement as a storage facility of the distributor. All unregistered gambling
equipment and all unaffixed registration stamps owned by, or in the possession of, a licensed
distributor in the state of Minnesota shall be stored at a storage facility which has been registered
with the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement. No gambling equipment may be moved
from the facility unless the gambling equipment has been first registered with the board or the
Department of Revenue.
(b) Notwithstanding section 349.163, subdivisions 5, 6, and 8, a licensed manufacturer may
ship into Minnesota approved or unapproved gambling equipment if the licensed manufacturer
ships the gambling equipment to a Minnesota storage facility that is: (1) owned or leased by the
licensed manufacturer; and (2) registered, in advance and in writing, with the Division of Alcohol
and Gambling Enforcement as a manufacturer's storage facility. No gambling equipment may be
shipped into Minnesota to the manufacturer's registered storage facility unless the shipment of
the gambling equipment is reported to the Department of Revenue in a manner prescribed by the
department. No gambling equipment may be moved from the storage facility unless the gambling
equipment is sold to a licensed distributor and is otherwise in conformity with this chapter, is
shipped to an out-of-state site and the shipment is reported to the Department of Revenue in a
manner prescribed by the department, or is otherwise sold and shipped as permitted by board rule.
(c) All storage facilities owned, leased, used, or operated by a licensed distributor or
manufacturer may be entered upon and inspected by the employees of the Division of Alcohol and
Gambling Enforcement, the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement director's authorized
representatives, employees of the Gambling Control Board or its authorized representatives,
employees of the Department of Revenue, or authorized representatives of the director of the
Division of Special Taxes of the Department of Revenue during reasonable and regular business
hours. Obstruction of, or failure to permit, entry and inspection is cause for revocation or
suspension of a manufacturer's or distributor's licenses and permits issued under this chapter.
(d) Unregistered gambling equipment found at any location in Minnesota other than the
manufacturing plant of a licensed manufacturer or a registered storage facility are contraband
under section 349.2125. This paragraph does not apply:
(1) to unregistered gambling equipment being transported in interstate commerce between
locations outside this state, if the interstate shipment is verified by a bill of lading or other valid
shipping document; and
(2) to gambling equipment registered with the Department of Revenue for distribution
to the tribal casinos.
    Subd. 6. Removal of equipment from inventory. Authorized employees of the board, the
Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement of the Department of Public Safety, and the
commissioner of revenue may remove gambling equipment from the inventories of distributors
and organizations and test that equipment to determine its compliance with all applicable laws
and rules. A distributor or organization may return to the manufacturer thereof any gambling
equipment which is determined to be in violation of law or rule. The cost to an organization of
gambling equipment removed from inventory under this paragraph and found to be in compliance
with all applicable law and rules is an allowable expense under section 349.15.
History: 1984 c 502 art 12 s 10; 1986 c 467 s 14; 1987 c 327 s 13,14; 1989 c 334 art 2 s 23;
1990 c 590 art 1 s 19; 1991 c 233 s 109; 1994 c 633 art 5 s 44-47; 1995 c 261 s 22; 1997 c 129 art
2 s 15; 2002 c 386 art 1 s 1; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 93; 2005 c 166 art 1 s 17-19; 2006 c 205 s 11,12

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