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Minn. Stat. § 340A.702

GROSS MISDEMEANORS.

Known as the Liquor Act

The act spans §§ 340A.101 to 340A.910 (95 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Rohan (2013)

Most recently applied in Francisco Herrera Sanchez v. State of Minnesota (February 2017)

1985 c 305 art 9 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 45; 1987 c 152 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 1; 1989 c 290 art 7 s 2; 2000 c 472 s 4; 2024 c 79 art 10 s 3

How often courts cite this section

20052010201710
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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.

It is a gross misdemeanor:

(1) to sell an alcoholic beverage without a license authorizing the sale;

(2) for a licensee to refuse or neglect to obey a lawful direction or order of the commissioner or the commissioner's agent, withhold information or a document the commissioner calls for examination, obstruct or mislead the commissioner in the execution of the commissioner's duties or swear falsely under oath;

(3) to violate the provisions of sections 340A.301 to 340A.312 ;

(4) to violate the provisions of section 340A.508 ;

(5) for any person, partnership, or corporation to knowingly have or possess direct or indirect interest in more than one off-sale intoxicating liquor license in a municipality in violation of section 340A.412, subdivision 3 ;

(6) to sell or otherwise dispose of intoxicating liquor within 1,000 feet of a state hospital, training school, reformatory, prison, or other institution under the supervision and control, in whole or in part, of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board or the commissioner of corrections;

(7) to violate the provisions of section 340A.502 ;

(8) except as otherwise provided in section 340A.701 , to violate the provisions of section 340A.503, subdivision 2 , clause (1) or (3);

(9) to withhold any information, book, paper, or other thing called for by the commissioner for the purpose of an examination;

(10) to obstruct or mislead the commissioner in the execution of the commissioner's duties;

(11) to swear falsely concerning any matter stated under oath; or

(12) to violate the provisions of section 340A.503, subdivision 5 , after having been convicted previously of violating section 340A.503, subdivision 5 .

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.