Sexually Dangerous Persons Civil Commitment Law: Changing the Terms of or Ending Civil Commitment The decision to transfer the person to a more or less secure treatment facility or to discharge a sexually dangerous person from civil commitment is made by a special review board panel appointed by the Commissioner of Human Services. The panel consists [...]

Sexually Dangerous Persons Civil Commitment Law: Placement for People Who Are Civilly Committed Sexually dangerous persons are committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Human Services and are placed in a secure treatment facility in Moose Lake known as the Minnesota Sexual Psychopathic Personality Treatment Center or a secure facility in St Peter. In order [...]

Sexually Dangerous Persons Civil Commitment Law: Rights and Procedures for Civil Commitment Hearings The hearing on the petition is a civil proceeding and is governed by the same procedures and rules as a proceeding to commit a person as “mentally ill and dangerous.” These procedures include, among other things, the subject’s right to be represented [...]

Minnesota law requires that when a court sentences a person for a felony-level criminal sexual conduct crime, the court must make a preliminary determination as to whether the civil commitment of the person as a sexually dangerous person would be appropriate and must include this determination in its sentencing order. If the court determines that [...]

Any person who has been determined by a court to be a “sexually dangerous person”12 may be involuntarily committed under this law. Minn. Stat. § 253B.185. The Definition of a Sexually Dangerous Person There are three elements to the definition of “sexually dangerous person.” First, it must be demonstrated that the person has engaged in [...]

A state or local agency or official, or a private organization or individual authorized to act on behalf of a state or local agency or official, is not civilly or criminally liable for failing to disclose information as permitted by the community notification law. In addition, these individuals and entities are not civilly or criminally [...]

If a local law enforcement agency learns that a person subject to the community notification law is living in Minnesota but has not been assigned a risk level, the law enforcement agency must provide that information to the BCA and the Commissioner of Corrections within three business days. If the information is reliable and the [...]

The community notification law applies to offenders who are accepted from another state under a reciprocal agreement for supervision under the interstate compact. These offenders are assigned a risk level based on their out-of-state risk level assignment. However, if the commissioner concludes that the offender is from a state with a risk level assessment law [...]