The governing body of any city may purchase, build, or lease, maintain, and regulate, one or more lockups for the detention of persons charged with offenses against its ordinances and bylaws, or for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment for violation of these ordinances and bylaws. Under regulations prescribed by the governing body, the lockup may be used for temporary detention of any prisoner under arrest. No purchase or lease, and no plans for building a lockup, or no plans for repairing a lockup at an expense of more than $5,000 shall be finally adopted until the same has been approved by the commissioner of corrections. No contract for erection or repair shall be valid unless the suggestions and advice of the commissioner have been filed with the clerk of the municipality before its execution.
(10875) RL s 5487; 1955 c 491 s 1; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 299 s 5
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 636 - 643 — Local Jail Facilities; Lockups; Workhouse; Juvenile Offender Care; Pardons
Section 642.01 — Lockups; Establishment.
Section 642.02 — Construction, Repair; Presence Of Jailer.
Section 642.03 — Temporary Police Stations And Lockups In Certain Cases In Cities Of First Class.
Section 642.04 — Prisoners Sent To Jails Outside City.
Section 642.05 — Lawful Custody Of Person.
Section 642.06 — County Jail; Use By City Of First Class.
Section 642.07 — Chief Of Police; Duties.
Section 642.08 — Jailer For Opposite Sex; Compensation, Duties.
Section 642.09 — Inspection; Agent Of Community Health Board; Sheriff.
Section 642.10 — Condemnation Of Lockup.
Section 642.11 — Condemnation; How Enforced.
Section 642.12 — Inmates; Liquor And Controlled Substances; Prohibition.