What the public report states
A signed Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) investigative report, issued under Minn. Stat. § 13.055 and dated April 1, 2026, describes a multi-year defect in the public criminal-history system. According to the BCA's own reporting, the defect affected approximately 595 people / 640 court counts, and affected records were distributed to roughly ten commercial vendors. The report indicates that substitute notice (media and website posting) was used.
These are the report's own figures and characterizations. They are reproduced here as public-record facts, not as independent findings of this site.
What this means — and what it does not
This report is the systemic backdrop: a confirmed, signed, multi-record state data issue distributed to commercial vendors. It is not, by itself, a determination about any individual person's records.
Whether any specific person is among those the report describes is a separate question. Two facts illustrate why individual situations may differ:
- The report describes affected records that "should have been removed from the public site" — a different situation from a record that should remain public but display a corrected severity.
- The report describes a fix implemented in early 2026, yet individual records may have continued to display incorrectly after that date.
For those reasons, the relationship between any one person's record and the report's population is a fact-specific question, not something this site resolves.
Open questions (pending independent legal review)
The following points are not resolved and are under independent legal review (expected to continue after July 1, 2026). They are listed as open questions, not conclusions:
- Whether any class action is viable.
- Whether, and to what extent, damages are available under Minn. Stat. § 13.08.
- The merits of the § 609.13 firearms-disability question.
- Related constitutional questions.
This site does not assert any outcome on these points and does not promise restoration of any right.
If you already received a § 13.055 breach notice
If you already received the State's § 13.055 data-breach notice, you may use the voluntary register-interest page to record your interest and seek counsel.
Registering is entirely voluntary self-identification. This site does not possess, request, or solicit any list of affected people. Whether you are affected is something you determine from your own notice and your own records.
Disclaimer
This page is informational only. It is not legal advice, not a solicitation, and not a prediction of any outcome.