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Source:  Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes

    Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. Whoever does any of the following against a family or
household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, commits an assault and is
guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) commits an act with intent to cause fear in another of immediate bodily harm or death; or
(2) intentionally inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily harm upon another.
    Subd. 2. Gross misdemeanor. Whoever violates subdivision 1 within ten years of a previous qualified domestic violence-related offense conviction or adjudication of delinquency against a family or household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.
    Subd. 3. Domestic assaults; firearms. (a) When a person is convicted of a violation of this section or section 609.221, 609.222, 609.223, 609.224, or 609.2247, the court shall determine and make written findings on the record as to whether:
(1) the assault was committed against a family or household member, as defined in section
518B.01, subdivision 2;
(2) the defendant owns or possesses a firearm; and
(3) the firearm was used in any way during the commission of the assault.
(b) If the court determines that the assault was of a family or household member, and that the
offender owns or possesses a firearm and used it in any way during the commission of the assault, it shall order that the firearm be summarily forfeited under section 609.5316, subdivision 3.
(c) When a person is convicted of assaulting a family or household member and is
determined by the court to have used a firearm in any way during commission of the assault,
the court may order that the person is prohibited from possessing any type of firearm for any
period longer than three years or for the remainder of the person's life. A person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. At the time of the conviction, the court shall inform the defendant whether and for how long the defendant is prohibited from possessing a firearm and that it is a gross misdemeanor to violate this paragraph. The failure of the court to provide this information to a defendant does not affect the applicability of the firearm possession prohibition or the gross misdemeanor penalty to that defendant.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), when a person is convicted of a violation
of this section or section 609.224 and the court determines that the victim was a family or
household member, the court shall inform the defendant that the defendant is prohibited from
possessing a pistol for three years from the date of conviction and that it is a gross misdemeanor
offense to violate this prohibition. The failure of the court to provide this information to a
defendant does not affect the applicability of the pistol possession prohibition or the gross
misdemeanor penalty to that defendant.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), a person is not entitled to possess a
pistol if the person has been convicted after August 1, 1992, of domestic assault under this
section or assault in the fifth degree under section 609.224 and the assault victim was a family or household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2, unless three years have elapsed from the date of conviction and, during that time, the person has not been convicted of any other violation of this section or section 609.224. Property rights may not be abated but access may be restricted by the courts. A person who possesses a pistol in violation of this paragraph is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
    Subd. 4. Felony. Whoever violates the provisions of this section or section 609.224,
subdivision 1 , within ten years of the first of any combination of two or more previous qualified
domestic violence-related offense convictions or adjudications of delinquency is guilty of a
felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or payment of a fine
of not more than $10,000, or both.