2025 Minnesota Statutes

634.35 RECORDINGS OF CHILD VICTIMS; CONDITIONS OF DISCLOSURE.

(a) If a recorded interview of a child victim of physical or sexual abuse is disclosed by a prosecuting attorney to a defendant or the defendant's attorney, the following applies:

(1) no more than two copies of the recording or any portion of the recording may be made by the defendant or the defendant's attorney, investigator, expert, or any other representative or agent of the defendant;

(2) the recordings may not be used for any purpose other than to prepare for the defense in the criminal action against the defendant;

(3) the recordings may not be publicly exhibited, shown, displayed, used for educational, research, or demonstrative purposes, or used in any other fashion, except in judicial proceedings in the criminal action against the defendant;

(4) the recordings may be viewed only by the defendant, the defendant's attorney, and the attorney's employees, investigators, and experts;

(5) no transcript of the recordings, nor the substance of any portion of the recordings, may be divulged to any person not authorized to view or listen to the recordings;

(6) no person may be granted access to the recordings, any transcription of the recordings, or the substance of any portion of the recordings unless the person has first signed a written agreement that the person is aware of this statute and acknowledges that the person is subject to the court's contempt powers for any violation of it; and

(7) upon final disposition of the criminal case against the defendant, the recordings and any transcripts of the recordings must be returned to the prosecuting attorney.

(b) The court may hold a person who violates this section in contempt.

History:

2003 c 116 s 6; 2025 c 35 art 5 s 26