Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service User Guide

State of Minnesota ? Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service User Guide

version 4.05 ? December 5, 2016

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction to the Statute Service

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Section 1.1: What is the Statute Service? .................................................................. 1 Section 1.2: Who can use the Statute Service? ......................................................... 2 Section 1.3: Accessing the Statute Service ............................................................... 2 Section 1.4: Additional assistance.............................................................................. 2

Chapter 2

User Interface

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Section 2.1: Search....................................................................................................... 3 Section 2.2: Web Service ............................................................................................. 4 Section 2.3: About ........................................................................................................ 4 Section 2.4: Subscribe to Updates.............................................................................. 4 Section 2.5: Contact ..................................................................................................... 5 Section 2.6: Help ........................................................................................................... 6

Help link and tab ................................................................................. 6 Question mark symbol ........................................................................ 6 Section 2.7: Reports ..................................................................................................... 7 Section 2.8: Citation Cheat Sheet................................................................................ 7 Section 2.9: Home link.................................................................................................. 7 Section 2.10: Breadcrumbs.......................................................................................... 7 Section 2.11: Service description and news feed...................................................... 8 Section 2.12: BCA link.................................................................................................. 8

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Search

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Section 3.1: Types of search available ....................................................................... 9 Section 3.2: Quick Search.......................................................................................... 10 Section 3.3: Regular search....................................................................................... 11

Entering search criteria..................................................................... 11 Performing a regular search ............................................................. 14 Section 3.4: Refining your search results ................................................................ 15 Section 3.5: Search criteria definitions..................................................................... 16 Function definitions........................................................................... 16 The Complete Charge Concept ........................................................ 17 Flag definitions.................................................................................. 18 Section 3.6: Using keywords ..................................................................................... 21

Chapter 4

Search Results

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Section 4.1: Statute Search Results page ................................................................ 23

Table of results ................................................................................. 23 Page controls.................................................................................... 25 Search controls................................................................................. 25 Printer Friendly Page ........................................................................ 25 Export to Excel.................................................................................. 26

Section 4.2: Statute Details........................................................................................ 27

Header information ........................................................................... 27 Function Details tab .......................................................................... 28 History tab......................................................................................... 29 Text tab............................................................................................. 31 Back to Results................................................................................. 32 Search controls................................................................................. 32

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Chapter 5

Subscribe to Updates

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Section 5.1: Subscribing to updates......................................................................... 33 Section 5.2: Unsubscribing to updates .................................................................... 34

Chapter 6

Reports

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Section 6.1: Reports page.......................................................................................... 35 Section 6.2: Statute Change Report.......................................................................... 35

Report criteria ................................................................................... 36 Report ............................................................................................... 37

Appendix A: Detailed Offense Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Appendix B: Offense Summary Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Appendix C: Rankings of Offense Summary Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Section C.1: 2005 List................................................................................................. 55 Section C.2: 1994-2004 List........................................................................................ 57

Appendix D: Crimes of Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Appendix E: Targeted Misdemeanors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Appendix F: Predatory Offender Registration Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Appendix G: Qualified Domestic Violence Related Review . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Document Version and Revision Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

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Introduction to the

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Statute Service

The Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service provides criminal justice professionals a means of searching for specific Minnesota criminal justice statutes for charging and sentencing purposes.

1.1 What is the Statute Service?

The Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service is a publicly accessible Internet-based application and web service that provides the following:

a complete list of criminal justice charging statutes, including misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors

access to legacy statutes for tracking obsolete and repealed criminal justice statutes

access to citations and full-text for criminal justice statutes, including all levels from petty misdemeanors to felonies

concise and consistent text descriptions for statutory references

the ability to capture statute information and transfer it to an agency's records management system (RMS) - helping to avoid error and duplication

timely updates and accurate statutory information

a source of electronic statute information (including unique identification numbers for each), for purposes of e-filing with the courts, eCharging, and other applications

the ability to search by statute ID

flags to distinguish which statutes are Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies, Payable, Report to DNR, and Certify to DPS

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1.2 Who can use the Statute Service?

The statute information provided by the Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service is public and may be shared with criminal justice agency personnel and the general public as needed.

1.3 Accessing the Statute Service

You can access the Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service by using this URL:

1.4 Additional assistance

If you have problems accessing the Statute Service website, contact the BCA Service Desk: Hours of Operation: 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding

State holidays) Email: bca.servicedesk@state.mn.us Phone: (651) 793-2500 or (888) 234-1119 If you are writing an email or leaving a phone message for the Service Desk, be as detailed as possible in the information you provide. Include the page you were working on, the steps you took before encountering your issue and any messages generated at the time. This allows the Service Desk to better duplicate what you experienced and provide a solution.

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