Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 631.471 (2026)

Protecting Inmates; Certain Forfeitures Abolished

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An inmate sentenced to imprisonment is under the protection of the law, and an unauthorized injury to the inmate's person is punishable just as if the inmate were not convicted or sentenced. A conviction for a crime does not work a forfeiture of real or personal property or of any right or interest in property. Forfeitures in the nature of deodands, or in a case of suicide, or where a person flees from justice, are abolished.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1970–1971 · leading case: Thompson v. Zurich Ins., 309 F. Supp. 1178 (D. Minnesota 1970).

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Thompson v. Zurich Ins., 309 F. Supp. 1178 (D. Minnesota 1970). · cites it 2× “(2) That his being deprived of the insurance proceeds constitutes a forfeiture of property, contrary to the Minnesota Constitution, Article I, Section 11 and Minn.Stat. § 631.471 prohibiting all forfeitures of property for a criminal conviction.”

Travelers Ins. v. Thompson, 184 N.W.2d 430 (Minn. 1971). “87, which prevents a beneficiary who “takes or causes or procures to be taken the life” of an insured from obtaining the proceeds of any policy of insurance “payable upon the death” of the insured.”

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