2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 241 - 244 Corrections
Chapter 242 Corrections; Youth
Section 242.31 RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS; POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.

242.31 RESTORATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS; POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.
Subdivision 1. Restoration. Whenever a person who has been committed to the custody
of the commissioner of corrections upon conviction of a crime following certification under the
provisions of section 260B.125 is finally discharged by order of the commissioner, that discharge
shall restore the person to all civil rights. The commissioner shall file a copy of the order with the
district court of the county in which the conviction occurred.
Subd. 2. Order of discharge. Whenever a person described in subdivision 1 has been placed
on probation by the court pursuant to section 609.135 and, after satisfactory fulfillment of it, is
discharged from probation, the court shall issue an order of discharge pursuant to subdivision 2a
and section 609.165.
This order restores the defendant to civil rights.
Subd. 2a. Crimes of violence; ineligibility to possess firearms. The order of discharge
must provide that a person who has been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section
624.712, subdivision 5, is not entitled to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm for the
remainder of the person's lifetime. Any person who has received such a discharge and who
thereafter has received a relief of disability under United States Code, title 18, section 925, or
whose ability to possess firearms has been restored under section 609.165, subdivision 1d, shall
not be subject to the restrictions of this subdivision.
Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1996 c 408 art 9 s 10]
History: 1947 c 595 s 1; 1961 c 59 s 1; 1965 c 52 s 1; 1973 c 654 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1977
c 392 s 5; 1983 c 264 s 3,4; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 569 s 14; 1994 c 576 s 3; 1995 c 226 art 3 s 14;
1996 c 408 art 9 s 3,4; 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2; 2003 c 28 art 3 s 1; 2005 c 83 s 1