Whoever is a public officer or public employee and under color of office or employment intentionally asks, receives, or agrees to receive a fee or other compensation in excess of that allowed by law or where no such fee or compensation is allowed, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 609.45
PUBLIC OFFICER; UNAUTHORIZED COMPENSATION.
Known as the Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 609–609 (377 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Erickson v. County of Clay (1990)
Most recently applied in State v. Flicek (March 2003)
1963 c 753 art 1 s 609 .45; 1971 c 23 s 47; 1986 c 444
How often courts cite this section
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.
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.