2005 Minnesota Statutes

     609.686 False fire alarms; tampering with or injuring a 
  fire alarm system. 

    Subdivision 1.    Misdemeanor.  Whoever intentionally 
 gives a false alarm of fire, or unlawfully tampers or interferes 
 with any fire alarm system, fire protection device, or the 
 station or signal box of any fire alarm system or any auxiliary 
 fire appliance, or unlawfully breaks, injures, defaces, or 
 removes any such system, device, box or station, or unlawfully 
 breaks, injures, destroys, disables, renders inoperable, or 
 disturbs any of the wires, poles, or other supports and 
 appliances connected with or forming a part of any fire alarm 
 system or fire protection device or any auxiliary fire appliance 
 is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

    Subd. 2.    Felony.  Whoever violates subdivision 1 by 
 tampering and knows or has reason to know that the tampering 
 creates the potential for bodily harm or the tampering results 
 in bodily harm is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to 
 imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a 
 fine of not more than $10,000, or both. 

    Subd. 3.    Tampering.  For purpose of this section, 
 tampering means to intentionally disable, alter, or change the 
 fire alarm system, fire protective device, or the station or 
 signal box of any fire alarm system of any auxiliary fire 
 appliance, with knowledge that it will be disabled or rendered 
 inoperable. 

    HIST: 1971 c 77 s 1; 1993 c 326 art 5 s 10