Minn. Stat. § 609.74

PUBLIC NUISANCE.

Known as the Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 609–609 (377 sections).

Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case Reserve Mining Company, a Minnesota Corporation v. Environmental Protection Agency and William D. Ruckelshaus, Individually Andas Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Reserve Mining Company v. United States of America, United States of America v. Reserve Mining Company, Reserve Mining Company v. United States of America, the State of Wisconsin v. Reserve Mining Company, Minnesota Environmental Law Institute, Inc. v. United States of America, the State of Michigan v. Reserve Mining Company (1975)

Most recently applied in City of West St. Paul v. Krengel (May 2008)

1963 c 753 art 1 s 609 .74; 1971 c 23 s 74; 1986 c 444

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Whoever by an act or failure to perform a legal duty intentionally does any of the following is guilty of maintaining a public nuisance, which is a misdemeanor:

(1) maintains or permits a condition which unreasonably annoys, injures or endangers the safety, health, morals, comfort, or repose of any considerable number of members of the public; or

(2) interferes with, obstructs, or renders dangerous for passage, any public highway or right-of-way, or waters used by the public; or

(3) is guilty of any other act or omission declared by law to be a public nuisance and for which no sentence is specifically provided.

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.