Minnesota § 642.03 - TEMPORARY POLICE STATIONS AND LOCKUPS IN CERTAIN CASES IN CITIES OF FIRST CLASS
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 642.03 — TEMPORARY POLICE STATIONS AND LOCKUPS IN CERTAIN CASES IN CITIES OF FIRST CLASS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 642.03. TEMPORARY POLICE STATIONS AND LOCKUPS IN CERTAIN CASES IN CITIES OF FIRST CLASS
When, in the opinion of the board of police commissioners of any city of the first class in the state, or of any board of the city having charge, control, and direction of the administration of the police department of the city, it shall be necessary to remove from and destroy any existing police station or lockup, and to provide and equip new temporary central police stations and lockups, pending the erection by the city, upon the site of the abandoned police station, of a new and permanent central police station and lockup, the city is hereby authorized and empowered, acting by and through its board of police commissioners, or other board having the control and direction of the administration of the police department, of the city, to lease a new site for the temporary central police station and lockup, and to provide and equip the same.
Section 642.02 shall apply to, and be binding upon, the city in the providing of a temporary central police station and lockup, under the circumstances hereinbefore stated.
History:
(10877, 10878) 1911 c 304 s 1,2; 1980 c 602 s 12
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 642.03 ("TEMPORARY POLICE STATIONS AND LOCKUPS IN CERTAIN CASES IN CITIES OF FIRST CLASS") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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