CONTEMPTS

See also BREACH OF THE PEACE

Administration Department, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.08

Aeronautics, orders, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 360.015

Affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.04

Agriculture Department, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 31A.27

Aircraft, violations of prohibited operation, Minn. Statutes 2025 360.075

Ambulance services, subpoenas, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2025 144E.30

Appearance

Illness, excuse, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.15

Requirement, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.05

Arbitrators and arbitration panels, subpoenas, order for compliance, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 179A.16

Arrest warrants

Bail, directions regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.06

First warrant, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.04, 588.07

Nonbailable warrants, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.08

Second warrant, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.14

Attorneys

Contempt of court, removal, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 481.15

Misbehavior in office, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Bail

Arrest warrants, directions to admit to bail, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.06, 588.07

Cash bail, judgment creditors, Minn. Statutes 2025 550.011

Recognizance to appear, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.07, 588.08, 588.14

Business records, order to produce, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2025 8.16

Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 10A.022

Charitable organizations, violations, assurance of discontinuance, Minn. Statutes 2025 309.57

Child abuse victims, video recorded interviews, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2025 634.35

Child support, see Contempts under CHILD SUPPORT

Collection agencies, failure to obey order to compel disclosures, Minn. Statutes 2025 332.40

Collective bargaining group representatives

Orders to appear, disobeying, Minn. Statutes 2025 45.027

Subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 179.16

Commerce Department, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 216C.29

Constructive contempts

Procedure, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.04

Types of offenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Coroners, misbehavior in office, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Court administrators, misbehavior in office, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Criminal contempt

Criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.20

Jurors, Minn. Statutes 2025 593.50

Subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.20

Damages, amount, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.14

Debtors, supplementary proceedings, bonds, failure to give, Minn. Statutes 2025 575.03

Direct contempts

Summary punishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.04

Types of offenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Disorderly conduct, see DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Dissolution of marriage, orders, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.131

District court, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.02

Domestic abuse protection orders, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 518B.01

Election-related errors or omissions, order for relief, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.44

Employers, retaliation against victims or witnesses for absence to testify, Minn. Statutes 2025 611A.036

Fines, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.02, 588.10

Gambling, appearances or evidence, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 349.151

Gang activity, injunctions, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 617.95

Garnishment, orders, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 571.84

Gender-affirming health care, not basis for contempt, Minn. Statutes 2025 543.23

Habeas corpus, eligibility for, Minn. Statutes 2025 589.01, 589.14

Harassment, restraining order violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.748

Health Department, subpoenas, failure to obey compliance orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.054

Hearing aid dispensing, investigations, subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2025 153A.15

Hearings, procedure, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.09

Human Rights Department, subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 363A.06

Immunity from criminal prosecution, dentists, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2025 150A.08

Imprisonment

Failure to perform, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.12

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.02

Term, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.10

Indictments for same offense, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.13

Industrial hemp, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 18J.04

Insurance, unfair trade practices, subpoenas, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2025 72A.22

Insurance companies, audits and examinations, orders, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 60A.031

Investigations, hearing aid dispensing, subpoenas, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2025 153A.15

Iron sulphide mining data, subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 298.48

Judgment debtors, conciliation court, failure to notify creditors, Minn. Statutes 2025 491A.02

Judgments

Disobedience generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 550.02

Jurors

Failure to report for duty, Minn. Statutes 2025 628.48

Failure to serve, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Improper communications, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Juvenile court orders, interference with, Minn. Statutes 2025 260B.421, 260C.421

Juvenile courts, Minn. Statutes 2025 260B.154, 260C.154

Juveniles returned to state under Interstate Compact for Juveniles, expenses, refusal or failure to pay, Minn. Statutes 2025 260.55

Labor and Industry Department, subpoenas, failure to obey, occupational safety and health, inspections, Minn. Statutes 2025 182.659

Legal separation, orders, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.131

Legislative auditor, refusal to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.978

Legislature, Minn. Const. art 4 s 25, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.14, 3.15

Management and Budget Department, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.08

Mining data, subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 298.48

Minnesota Code of Military Justice, Minn. Statutes 2025 192A.26, 192A.445

Motor vehicle dealers, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 168.27

Natural Resources Department, subpoenas, failure to obey, water-use permit hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.311

Nursery stock, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 18J.04

Orders

Cash bail posted for unpaid judgments, payment to judgment creditors, Minn. Statutes 2025 550.011

Disobedience generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Indemnification of injured party, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.11

Show cause orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.04

Summary punishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.03

Parenting time, unwarranted denials or interference, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.175

Parents, children, cost of care, examination, or treatment, juvenile court orders, failure to pay, Minn. Statutes 2025 260B.331, 260C.331

Paternity, judgments or orders, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 257.67

Persons in custody

Court appearance, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.05

Illness, excuse for, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.15

Plant pests, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 18J.04

Plants (vegetation), subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 18J.04

Pollution Control Agency, subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 115.03

Professional fund raisers, violations, assurance of discontinuance, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2025 309.57

Prostitution promoters, violations of protection orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.3232

Provocative language, Minn. Statutes 2025 625.15

Public interest labor disputes, orders, refusal to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 179.08

Public nuisance abatement, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 617.86, 617.87

Public Utilities Commission, Minn. Statutes 2025 216B.29

Railroad companies, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 270.83

Revenue Department, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 270C.32

Seeds, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 18J.04

Semitaconite mining data, subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 298.48

Sheriffs, misbehavior in office, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Sheriff's civil service commissions, subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 387.40

Spousal maintenance, see Contempts under SPOUSAL MAINTENANCE

Subpoenas, disobedience, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01, 588.20

Taconite mining data, subpoenas, disobedience, Minn. Statutes 2025 298.48

Tax administration and compliance matters, disobedience of injunction, Minn. Statutes 2025 270C.32, 270C.61

Tax Court, subpoenas or orders, refusal to comply, Minn. Statutes 2025 271.13

Tax returns, failure to file complete and proper return, civil fine per day, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.21

Telephone companies, disobedience of laws, orders, or judgments, Minn. Statutes 2025 237.27

Traffic violations, surcharges for peace officer training, refusal to pay, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Unfair and discriminatory trade practices, assurance of discontinuance, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2025 8.31

Visitation, parenting time, unwarranted denials or interference, Minn. Statutes 2025 518.175

Water and Soil Resources Board, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2025 103A.331

Wiretapped evidence, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2025 626A.08

Witnesses

Criminal trials outside state, failure to travel and testify, Minn. Statutes 2025 634.06

Detaining, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Refusal to be sworn or answer, Minn. Statutes 2025 588.01

Work release, Minn. Statutes 2025 631.425

Workers' compensation, subpoenas, failure to obey, proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.351

Workers' compensation insurance, inspections, subpoenas, failure to comply, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.184