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Minn. Stat. § 237.461

ENFORCEMENT.

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Firstcom, Inc. v. Qwest Corp. (2009)

Most recently applied in In Re Qwest's Performance Assurance Plan (June 2010)

1990 c 598 s 2; 1995 c 156 s 6,25; 1999 c 224 s 3 -5; 2003 c 97 s 2

How often courts cite this section

2005201020
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Subdivision 1. Actions.

This chapter and rules and orders of the commission adopted under this chapter may be enforced by any one or combination of: criminal prosecution, action to recover civil penalties, injunction, action to compel performance, and other appropriate action.

Subd. 2. Civil penalty.

A person who knowingly and intentionally violates a provision of this chapter or rule or order of the commission adopted under this chapter shall forfeit and pay to the state a penalty, in an amount to be determined by the court, of at least $100 and not more than $5,000 for each day of each violation.

Subd. 3.

MS 2004 [Expired, 1999 c 224 s 7 ; 2004 c 261 art 6 s 3 ; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 4 s 117 ]

Subd. 4. Civil penalty proceeds deposited in treasury.

The civil penalties provided for in this section may be recovered by a civil action brought by the attorney general in the name of the state. Amounts recovered under this section must be paid into the state treasury.

Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.