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Minn. Stat. § 13.09 (2026)

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(a) Any person who willfully violates the provisions of this chapter or any rules adopted under this chapter or whose conduct constitutes the knowing unauthorized acquisition of not public data, as defined in section 13.055, subdivision 1, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b) Willful violation of this chapter, including any action subject to a criminal penalty under paragraph (a), by any public employee constitutes just cause for suspension without pay or dismissal of the public employee.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1992–2024 · leading case: S. Minnesota Mun. Power Agency v. Boyne, 578 N.W.2d 362 (Minn. 1998).
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S. Minnesota Mun. Power Agency v. Boyne, 578 N.W.2d 362 (Minn. 1998). · cites it 4× “Minn.Stat. § 13.09. [4] Even the majority's reliance on SMMPA's similarity to a chapter 302A corporation is flawed, since that chapter specifically provides some limitation on what a private corporation may do.”
Demers v. City of Minneapolis, 486 N.W.2d 828 (Minn. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Under these facts, there is no willful violation of the Data Practices Act under Minn.Stat. § 13.09 and Demers is not entitled to monetary relief under Minn.”
State of Minnesota v. Jerry Arnold Westrom, 6 N.W.3d 145 (Minn. 2024). · cites it 2× “527 (2022), disseminated confidential investigative data to third parties by uploading the crime scene profile to MyHeritage in violation of Minn. Stat. § 13.09 (a) (2022), and violated Minn.”
Manteuffel v. City of North St. Paul, 570 N.W.2d 807 (Minn. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. § 13.09 (1996) (providing that willful violation of data practices act is a misdemeanor).”
KSTP-TV v. Metro. Council, 884 N.W.2d 342 (Minn. 2016). · cites it 4× “” Minn. Stat. § 13.09 . 10 medical examiner.”
ResCap Liquidating Trust v. LendingTree, LLC (D. Minn. 2020). “Arbitration For purposes of this motion and this issue, the Court applies Delaware law to construe the language of the Spin Agreement, as the Agreement itself provides for the application of Delaware law, (Compl.”
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