Minn. Stat. § 609.53

Receiving Stolen Property

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Subdivision 1.Penalty.

Except as otherwise provided in section 609.526, any person who receives, possesses, transfers, buys or conceals any stolen property or property obtained by robbery, knowing or having reason to know the property was stolen or obtained by robbery, may be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of section 609.52, subdivision 3.

Subd. 1a.

[Repealed, 1989 c 290 art 7 s 14]

Subd. 2.

[Repealed, 1982 c 613 s 7]

Subd. 2a.

[Repealed, 1982 c 613 s 7]

Subd. 3.

[Repealed, 1989 c 290 art 7 s 14]

Subd. 3a.

[Repealed, 1989 c 290 art 7 s 14]

Subd. 4.Civil action; treble damages.

Any person who has been injured by a violation of subdivision 1 or section 609.526 may bring an action for three times the amount of actual damages sustained by the plaintiff or $1,500, whichever is greater, and the costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees.

Subd. 5.Value.

In this section, "value" has the meaning defined in section 609.52, subdivision 1, clause (3).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 95 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case: State v. Olson
State v. Olson (1986) minn · cites it 20× “A district court jury convicted defendant of receiving stolen property valued at $1,000 or more, a violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.53, subd. 1 (1984): Subdivision 1.”
State v. Lawrence (1981) minn · cites it 16× “Defendant, on stipulated facts, was found guilty of the crime of "receiving stolen property" worth more than $150 in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.53, subd. 1(1) (1980). Defendant was sentenced by the trial court to 26 months in prison, with execution stayed for 5 years,…”
State v. Lee (2004) minn · cites it 8× “Lee was charged by complaint with receiving stolen property, Minn.Stat. § 609.53, subd. 1 (2002); receiving stolen property for the benefit of a gang, Minn.”
Onepoint Solutions, Llc, a Georgia Limited Liability Company v. Michael Borchert William Catuzzi (2007) ca8 · cites it 3× “Minn.Stat. § 609.53 (emphasis added). The statute provides that a person may bring a civil action if he has been injured by a “violation” of subdivision 1 of the statute.”
State v. Wiberg (1980) minn · cites it 8× “Wiberg, was found guilty by a Hennepin County jury of knowingly receiving stolen property in violation of Minn. Stat. § 609.53 , subd. 1 (1978), [1] and was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.”
State v. Chauvin (2006) minn · cites it 4× “But we stated that "[i]t may be that in an appropriate case involving an offense under section 609.53 the trial court should, on the request of either the defendant or the state, submit a special interrogatory inquiring whether or not the value of the stolen property exceeded…”
State v. Clark (2006) minn · cites it 4× “3 (2004); receiving stolen property in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.53, subd. 1 (2004); and theft of a motor vehicle in violation of Minn.”
State v. Courtney (2004) minnctapp · cites it 5× “Minn.Stat. § 609.53, subd. 1 (1986), provides that “[A]ny person who receives, possesses, transfers, buys or conceals any stolen property or property obtained by robbery, knowing or having reason to know the property was stolen or obtained by robbery.”
State v. Anderson (2003) minn · cites it 4× “Minn.Stat. §§ 609.53, subd. 1 (2002); 609.”
State v. Chute (2018) minn · cites it 4× “See Minn. Stat. § 609.53 , subd. 1 (2016) ; Minn.”
State v. Clipper (1988) minnctapp · cites it 6× “A jury convicted appellant Quintus Clipper of receiving stolen property with a value in excess of one thousand dollars, in violation of Minn.Stat. § 609.53, subd. 1 (1986). Clipper received a 30 month sentence under the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines, based on an offense…”
State v. Yarbrough (2014) minn · cites it 2× “2(a)(1) (2012); *622 and receipt of stolen property (the handgun), Minn.Stat. § 609.53, subd. 1 (2012). Before trial, Yarbrough filed a written motion to suppress evidence, including evidence seized from the apartment.”
— Minn. Stat. § 609.53(1)(1) — 1 case
State v. Malinski (1984) minnctapp
— Minn. Stat. § 609.53(I)(2) — 1 case
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