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3 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2025 626.19 Subd. 11. Notice; disclosure of warrant. (a) Within a reasonable time but not later than 90 days after the court unseals a warrant under this subdivision, the issuing or denying judge shall cause to be served on the persons named in the warrant and the application an inventory that shall include notice of: (1) the issuance of the warrant or application; (2) the date of issuance and the period of authorized, approved, or disapproved collection of information, or the denial of the application; and (3) whether information was or was not collected during the period. (b) A warrant authorizing collection of information with a UAV must direct that: (1) the warrant be sealed for a period of 90 days or until the objective of the warrant has been accomplished, whichever is shorter; and (2) the warrant be filed with the court administrator within ten days of the expiration of the warrant. (c) The prosecutor may request that the warrant, supporting affidavits, and any order granting the request not be filed. An order must be issued granting the request in whole or in part if, from affidavits, sworn testimony, or other evidence, the court finds reasonable grounds exist to believe that filing the warrant may cause the search or a related search to be unsuccessful, create a substantial risk of injury to an innocent person, or severely hamper an ongoing investigation. (d) The warrant must direct that, following the commencement of any criminal proceeding using evidence obtained in or as a result of the search, the supporting application or affidavit must be filed either immediately or at any other time as the court directs. Until the filing, the documents and materials ordered withheld from filing must be retained by the judge or the judge's designee. Subd. 12. Reporting. (a) By January 15 of each year, each law enforcement agency that maintains or uses a UAV shall report to the commissioner of public safety the following information for the preceding calendar year: (1) the number of times a UAV was deployed without a search warrant issued under this chapter, identifying the date of deployment and the authorized use of the UAV under subdivision 3; and (2) the total cost of the agency's UAV program. (b) By June 15 of each year, the commissioner of public safety shall compile the reports submitted to the commissioner under paragraph (a), organize the reports by law enforcement agency, submit the compiled report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over data practices and public safety, and make the compiled report public on the department's website. (c) By January 15 of each year, a judge who has issued or denied approval of a warrant under this section that expired during the preceding year shall report to the state court administrator: (1) that a warrant or extension was applied for; (2) the type of warrant or extension applied for; (3) whether the warrant or extension was granted as applied for, modified, or denied; Official Publication of the State of Minnesota Revisor of Statutes