MN SF3122

Amends Minnesota Statutes section 628.26 to extend statute of limitations for identity theft crimes under sections 609.466 and 609.52, subdivision 2, clause (3), item (iii) from three years to six years after commission of the offense.

Allows indictments or complaints for violations of sections 609.322 and 609.342 to 609.344 to be filed at any time after commission if physical DNA evidence is collected and preserved that is capable of being tested for DNA characteristics.

If DNA evidence is not collected and preserved and the victim was 18 years or older at the time of offense, prosecution must be commenced within nine years after the commission of the offense.

Effective August 1, 2016, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date and to crimes committed before that date if the limitations period had not expired before August 1, 2016.