Minn. Stat. § 609.523 Return of Stolen Property to Owners

• Library: Minnesota Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023, c. 75
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Minn. Stat. § 609.523

Subdivision 1. Photographic record.

Photographs of property, as defined in section 609.52, subdivision 1, over which a person is alleged to have exerted unauthorized control or to have otherwise obtained unlawfully, are competent evidence if the photographs are admissible into evidence under all rules of law governing the admissibility of photographs into evidence. The photographic record, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the property itself.

Subd. 2. Record of property.

The photographs may bear a written description of the property alleged to have been wrongfully taken, the name of the owner of the property taken, the name of the accused, the name of the arresting law enforcement officer, the date of the photograph, and the signature of the photographer.

Subd. 3. Return of property.