Section 609.5151 - DISSEMINATION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITED; PENALTYSubdivision 1.Definitions.As used in this section:
(1) "family or household member" has the meaning given in section 518B.01, subdivision 2;(2) "law enforcement official" means both peace officers as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, and persons employed by a law enforcement agency; and(3) "personal information" means a home telephone number, personal cell number, personal email address, name of the official's minor child, photographs of the official's minor child, home address, directions to a home, or photographs of a home.Subd. 2.Crime described.(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person to knowingly and without consent make publicly available, including but not limited to through the Internet, personal information about a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member, if: (1) the public availability of information poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the safety of an official's family or household member; and(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should know of the imminent and serious threat.(b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and a law enforcement official or an official's family or household member suffers great bodily harm or death as a result of the violation.(c) A person who is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.Amended by 2024 Minn. Laws, ch. 112,s 2-75, eff. 8/1/2024.Amended by 2024 Minn. Laws, ch. 112,s 2-74, eff. 8/1/2024.Added by 2021SP1 Minn. Laws, ch. 11,s 2-40, eff. 9/15/2021.