Minnesota Code § 609.3785

UNHARMED NEWBORNS LEFT AT A SAFE PLACE; AVOIDANCE OF PROSECUTION.
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A person may leave a newborn with an employee at a safe place, as defined in section 145.902 , in this state pursuant to section 260C.139, subdivision 4 , without being subjected to prosecution for that act, provided that:
(1) the newborn was born within seven days of being left at the safe place, as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty;
(2) the newborn is left in an unharmed condition; and
(3) in cases where the person leaving the newborn is not the newborn's mother, the person has the mother's approval to do so.

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