Minnesota Administrative Rules Agency 162 - Pardons Board
Here’s a detailed overview of Agency 162 – Board of Pardons in the Minnesota Administrative Rules:
📘 Agency 162 – Board of Pardons
🔹 Scope & Structure
One chapter: 6600 – Procedural Rules, covering Parts 6600.0100 through 6600.1100 (regulations.justia.com).
These rules govern how the Board schedules meetings, processes applications, notifies parties, and conducts hearings.
🗓️ Chapter Highlights
Part 6600.0700 – Calendar for Pardons Board Meeting
The Board secretary must prepare a meeting calendar, distributing pardon/commutation matters at least 14 days before the hearing.
Also includes a summary of rejected applications with an explanation.
“Recommendations” are prepared: grant, modify, reject, or further review (regulations.justia.com).
(Other parts address submissions, hearings, oral testimony, recordkeeping, etc.—let me know if you want details.)
🏛️ Board Composition & Authority
The Board consists of:
The Governor
The Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
The Attorney General (en.wikipedia.org).
It has authority to grant pardons, reprieves, and commutations for state crimes (except for impeachment) (mncourts.libguides.com).
At minimum, the Board meets twice a year, or more as needed, and all meetings are open to the public (en.wikipedia.org).
📊 Reporting Requirement
By Feb 15 each year, the Board must submit a report to the legislature including:
Numbers of applications received (pardons, extraordinary pardons, commutations)
Numbers granted
Offenses, conviction year, and offender’s age at time of offense (en.wikipedia.org).
✅ In Summary
Agency 162 = Minnesota Board of Pardons procedural rules (Chapter 6600).
Covers scheduling, application review, hearings, notifications, and recordkeeping.
Board is a tripartite panel (Governor, Chief Justice, Attorney General) with public meetings.
Annual report required with detailed application and decision statistics.
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