Minnesota

Identity Theft in Minnesota

• Identity theft Law - Minn. Stat. Ann. § 609.527
  Identity Theft
  www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getpub.php?type=s&year=current&num=609.527
   
• Data Breach law -
  www.house.leg.state.mn.us/bills/billnum.asp?Billnumber=hf2121&ls
  _year=84&session_number=0&session_year=2005
   
• Spam Law - CH. 395
  www.spamlaws.com/state/mn.shtml
   
• Ammendments to M.S.S. 299C.10 Subdivision 1 on Fingerprinting
  www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/laws/?id=242&doctype=Chapter&year=2008&type=0

Credit Freeze Law in Minnesota

• Freeze Law - (Senate Bill 2002):
  www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2002.4.html&session=ls84

• Effective date: August 1, 2006
• Fees: No fees on ID theft victims who provide police report.
• Others pay $5 to place, remove, temporarily suspend, lift for specific creditor,
  or have PIN reissued.
• To place a security freeze in Minnesota:
  www.consumersunion.org/pdf/security/securityMN.pdf

Contacts in Minnesota

• Attorney General: Lori Swanson (D)
  State Capitol, Ste. 102, St. Paul, MN 55155
  Phone: (651) 296-3353
  Website: www.ag.state.mn.us
   
• Minnesota Department of Public Safety
  Driver and Vehicle Services
  Website: www.dps.state.mn.us/DVS/
  Contacts: www.dps.state.mn.us/DVS/DVSContacts.htm
   
• Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
  Website: www.bca.state.mn.us/bca.asp
  Phone: (651) 793-2400
  To Download the Questioned Identity Information Sheet click HERE