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609.856 USE OF POLICE RADIOS DURING COMMISSION OF CRIME; PENALTIES.
Subdivision 1. Acts constituting. Whoever has in possession or uses a radio or device
capable of receiving or transmitting a police radio signal, message, or transmission of information
used for law enforcement purposes, while in the commission of a felony or violation of section
609.487 or the attempt to commit a felony or violation of section 609.487, is guilty of a felony
and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of
not more than $5,000, or both. Notwithstanding section 609.04, a prosecution for or conviction
under this section is not a bar to conviction of or punishment for any other crime committed
by the defendant as part of the same conduct.
Subd. 2. Forfeiture. A radio or device defined in subdivision 1 that is used in the commission
of a felony or violation of section 609.487 or attempt to commit a felony or violation of section
609.487 is contraband property and subject to the forfeiture provisions of section 609.531.
History: 1987 c 111 s 2; 1993 c 326 art 4 s 35
Subdivision 1. Acts constituting. Whoever has in possession or uses a radio or device
capable of receiving or transmitting a police radio signal, message, or transmission of information
used for law enforcement purposes, while in the commission of a felony or violation of section
609.487 or the attempt to commit a felony or violation of section 609.487, is guilty of a felony
and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of
not more than $5,000, or both. Notwithstanding section 609.04, a prosecution for or conviction
under this section is not a bar to conviction of or punishment for any other crime committed
by the defendant as part of the same conduct.
Subd. 2. Forfeiture. A radio or device defined in subdivision 1 that is used in the commission
of a felony or violation of section 609.487 or attempt to commit a felony or violation of section
609.487 is contraband property and subject to the forfeiture provisions of section 609.531.
History: 1987 c 111 s 2; 1993 c 326 art 4 s 35
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