Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 641.01 (2026)

Jail Construction And Maintenance; Prisoner Placement

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The county board of each county is authorized to construct, purchase, or lease, regulate and maintain, at the expense of the county, a jail for the safekeeping of prisoners, and also, adjoining and connected to it, a residence for the use of the sheriff.

Any peace officer placing a prisoner in the jail shall report immediately to the officer's superior officer concerning the fact of that placement. No prisoner shall be detained without a jailer or custodian present in the jail, awake and alert at all times, capable of responding to the reasonable needs of the prisoner.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1986–2012 · leading case: Helmberger v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 821 N.W.2d 831 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012).

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Helmberger v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 821 N.W.2d 831 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 6× “” The requirement that the school district “furnish school facilities” is similar to Minn.Stat. § 641.01 (2010), the statute cited in WDSI that grants counties the authority to construct and maintain jails.”

State Ex Rel. Archabal v. Cnty. of Hennepin, 495 N.W.2d 416 (Minn. 1993). · cites it 2× “Second, Archabal claims that because under Minn.Stat.”

WDSI, INC. v. Cnty. of Steele, 672 N.W.2d 617 (Minn. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Under Minn.Stat. § 641.01 (2002), governmental entities such as Steele County are “authorized to construct, purchase or lease, regulate and maintain county jails for the safekeeping of prisoners.”

Hille v. Cnty. of Wright, 400 N.W.2d 744 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 641.01 (1984). It establishes no standard of observation, monitoring, or placement of prisoners.”

Britton v. Koep, 387 N.W.2d 668 (Minn. Ct. App. 1986). · cites it 2× “” Minn. Stat. § 641.01 (1984) (emphasis added).”

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