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2018 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)
DEFENSES
See also DEFENDANTS
Adultery, woman's marital status unknown, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.36
Adverse claims to real property, value of improvements, taxes, and assessments, Minn. Statutes 2018 559.11
Advisory opinions, Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, Minn. Statutes 2018 10A.02
Agricultural chemicals
Act of God, Minn. Statutes 2018 18D.111, 18D.325
End user or landowner, application, Minn. Statutes 2018 18D.101
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 18D.325
Aircraft, operating under influence of alcohol or controlled substances, Minn. Statutes 2018 360.0752
Alcoholic beverages
Beer, kegs, illegal sales, Minn. Statutes 2018 340A.513
Children, consumption by, consent of parent or guardian, Minn. Statutes 2018 340A.503
Complicity defense, fault defined as, Minn. Statutes 2018 604.01
Illegal sales, Minn. Statutes 2018 340A.503, 340A.513, 340A.801
Intoxication defense, effect on intent, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.075
Proof of age, Minn. Statutes 2018 340A.503, 340A.703
Attempts at crime, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.17
Bank deposits and collections
Presentment warranties, breach, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.4-208, 336.4-302
Transfer warranties, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.4-207
Waivers, unauthorized signatures or alterations, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.4-406
Bankruptcy proceedings, employers, failure to pay benefits or wage supplements, Minn. Statutes 2018 181.74
Beer, kegs, illegal sales, Minn. Statutes 2018 340A.513
Boats and boating, boating while intoxicated, Minn. Statutes 2018 86B.331
Building accessibility, compliance with requirements, affirmative defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 363A.331
Bumpers, evidence of manufacture higher than prescribed height, affirmative defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 169.73
Campaign practices violations, Minn. Statutes 2018 211B.17
Child support
Criminal nonsupport, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.375
Nonparentage, Minn. Statutes 2018 518C.315
Nonpayment of support, Minn. Statutes 2018 518.612
Coercion for use in prostitution, excluded defenses, Minn. Statutes 2018 611A.81, 611A.82
Collateral estoppel, court of appeals decisions, precedential value, Minn. Statutes 2018 480A.08
Collectively bargained health care arrangements, violations, lack of knowledge not a defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 62H.15
Commercial e-mail messages, violations, Minn. Statutes 2018 325F.694
Consent, see specific index headings for crimes
Consumer contracts, plain language, good faith effort to comply, Minn. Statutes 2018 325G.34
Consumer support grants, appeals, Minn. Statutes 2018 256.476
Contagious or infectious diseases, knowing transfer, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.2241
Contracts for deed, failure to record, Minn. Statutes 2018 507.235
Contributing to delinquency or status as juvenile petty offender, Minn. Statutes 2018 260B.425
Contributing to status as child in need of protection or services, Minn. Statutes 2018 260C.425
Controlled substances
Marijuana, possession or sale, Minn. Statutes 2018 152.027
Sale, transfer, or delivery, Minn. Statutes 2018 152.097
Crimes in other jurisdictions, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.025
Criminal vehicular homicide, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.2112
Criminal vehicular operation, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.2113, 609.2114
Dangerous dogs, harm caused by, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.226
Defamation, Minn. Statutes 2018 544.043
Delinquent property taxes, see Defenses or objections under PROPERTY TAXES
Dentists and dental auxiliaries, violations, generally, licenses, lack of, Minn. Statutes 2018 150A.12
Deprivation of custodial or parental rights, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.26
Devisees, liability, prior debts, Minn. Statutes 2018 573.16
Disabled persons, employment, unfair discriminatory practices, Minn. Statutes 2018 363A.25
Dishonored checks, affidavit of service, refusal to accept, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.535
Dissolution of marriage
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 518.06
Marital property, division, power of attorney, use not available as defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 518.58
Drivers' licenses, revocation, suspension, cancellation, or disqualification, notice, Minn. Statutes 2018 171.24
Driving while impaired, generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 169A.46
Electronic communications, illegal access, Minn. Statutes 2018 626A.32
Emergency communications, kidnappings, telephone company employees, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.774
Employee leasing arrangements, violations, generally, lack of knowledge not a defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 62H.15
Employers, bankruptcy, failure to pay benefits or wage supplements, Minn. Statutes 2018 181.74
Energy conservation, violations, adequate remedy not a defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 216C.30
Eviction
Manufactured home parks, Minn. Statutes 2018 327C.10
Real property, Minn. Statutes 2018 504B.285
Residential rental property, Minn. Statutes 2018 504B.285
Failure to appear in court, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.49
Farm products, contracts, readability violations, Minn. Statutes 2018 17.9441
Farm tractors, claims of nonconformity, Minn. Statutes 2018 325F.6657
Female genital mutilation, consent, not a defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.2245
Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.2335
Fire or police state aid, forfeiture, no defense, failure to receive certificate form, Minn. Statutes 2018 69.011
Force, justification or grounds for use
Child abuse, exclusion of reasonable force, Minn. Statutes 2018 626.556
Children, reasonable force used on, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.379
Crime victims, force against perpetrators, Minn. Statutes 2018 611A.08
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.06, 609.066
Peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2018 346.57, 609.06, 629.33
Prisoners, force used on, Minn. Statutes 2018 243.52
Rental property, entry by force, Minn. Statutes 2018 504B.281
Resisting arrest, Minn. Statutes 2018 629.23
School bus drivers, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582
School personnel, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582, 123B.25
School principals, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582, 121A.61
Teachers, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582, 121A.61, 123B.25, 125A.0942, 609.379
Tear gas use, reasonable force, Minn. Statutes 2018 624.731
Fraudulent transfers, generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 513.48
Governmental immunity
Liability insurance, effects, Minn. Statutes 2018 3.736, 16B.85
School districts, liability insurance, waivers, Minn. Statutes 2018 123B.23
Gratuities, agreements to work for less not a defense to action, Minn. Statutes 2018 177.27
Groundwater pollution in sensitive areas, Minn. Statutes 2018 103H.111
Halal foods, misrepresentation of non-Halal foods, Minn. Statutes 2018 31.658
Hazardous substances releases, liability claims, defenses, Minn. Statutes 2018 115B.04, 115B.05, 115B.175
Hazardous waste, air and water quality violations, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.671
Health and accident insurance, policies, limitation, Minn. Statutes 2018 62A.04
Heirs, liability, prior debts, Minn. Statutes 2018 573.16
Housing with services establishments, personal service not a defense to action, Minn. Statutes 2018 144D.03
Insanity, Minn. Statutes 2018 518.06, 611.026
Insurance, claims forms, absence of warnings not a defense for violations, Minn. Statutes 2018 60A.955
Insurance liquidators, assertion, duties, Minn. Statutes 2018 60B.25
Intoxication defense, effect on intent, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.075
Invention developers, contracts, bona fide error, Minn. Statutes 2018 325A.09
Investment securities, see Defenses under SECURITIES
Justification
Defamation, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.765
Force, use of, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.06, 609.066
Homicide, justifiable homicide, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.065
Labor trafficking, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.284
Landlords
Code violation inspection and condemnation orders, Minn. Statutes 2018 504B.195
Code violations lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2018 504B.415
Tenant eviction, contraband or controlled substances, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.5317
Utilities, interruption or termination, Minn. Statutes 2018 504B.221
Legal separation, generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 518.06
Legatees, liability, prior debts, Minn. Statutes 2018 573.16
Littering, civil liability, Minn. Statutes 2018 169.421
Lottery tickets, sale to minors, Minn. Statutes 2018 349A.12
Manslaughter
2d degree manslaughter, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.205
2d degree manslaughter of an unborn child, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.2665
Manufactured home parks, eviction, Minn. Statutes 2018 327C.10
Marijuana, possession or sale, Minn. Statutes 2018 18K.08
Medical malpractice lawsuits, counterclaims, pleading as, statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2018 541.076
Minimum wage, agreements to work for less not a defense to action, Minn. Statutes 2018 177.27
Minnesota Insurance Guaranty Association
Claims, rights, Minn. Statutes 2018 60C.05
Insolvent member insurers, proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2018 60C.195
Motor vehicle dealers, other remedies, not a defense to injunctions, Minn. Statutes 2018 168.27
Motor vehicle insurance, proof of insurance, defense for failure to provide, Minn. Statutes 2018 169.797
Motor vehicles, forfeiture, Minn. Statutes 2018 169A.63
Municipal land use planning, appeals from local government action, Minn. Statutes 2018 462.361
Neglect or endangerment of a child, failure to prevent, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.378
Negligence
Assumption of risk, see ASSUMPTION OF RISK
Comparative negligence, see COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
Contributory negligence, see CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE
Last clear chance doctrine, abolished, Minn. Statutes 2018 604.01
Negotiable instruments
Alteration of instruments, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-406
Conditional issuance of instrument, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-105
Countersignatures, failure to make, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-106
Forged signatures, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-406
Issuance without consideration, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-303
Lack of notice, holders in due course, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-302
Nonissuance of instrument, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-105
Nonperformance of promises, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-303
Obligation to pay instrument, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-305
Other agreements, effect, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-117
Presentment warranties, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-417
Restrictive endorsements, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-206
Signatures, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-308
Transfer warranties, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-416
Wrongful refusal to pay, Minn. Statutes 2018 336.3-411
Next of kin, liability, prior debts, Minn. Statutes 2018 573.16
No-fault automobile insurance, proof of insurance, failure to produce, Minn. Statutes 2018 169.791
No or insufficient consideration, employment agency fees, notes, Minn. Statutes 2018 184.38
Nursery stock, violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 18J.10
Overtime, agreements to work for less not a defense to action, Minn. Statutes 2018 177.27
Pari-mutuel betting, underage bettors, identification, Minn. Statutes 2018 240.13
Partition of real estate, disputes between parties, Minn. Statutes 2018 558.05
Pen registers, trap and trace devices, and mobile tracking devices, Minn. Statutes 2018 626A.391
Perjury, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.48
Plant pests, violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 18J.10
Plants (vegetation), violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 18J.10
Pornographic works involving minors, Minn. Statutes 2018 617.245 to 617.247
Product liability, useful life of product, expiration, Minn. Statutes 2018 604.03
Property taxes, see Defenses or objections under PROPERTY TAXES
Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.325
Public transportation facilities, unfair discriminatory practices, Minn. Statutes 2018 363A.11
Reasonable force, see Force, justification or grounds for use under this topic
Receivers, Minn. Statutes 2018 576.28
Reportable multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs), violations, lack of knowledge not a defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 62H.15
School bus drivers, reasonable force, use, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582
School districts, school buses, advertising on, Minn. Statutes 2018 123B.93
School officials, Fair Dismissal Act, technical violations, good faith exception, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.48
School personnel, force used by, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582, 123B.25
School principals, reasonable force, use, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582
Seeds, violations, generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 18J.10
Self-defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.06, 609.065
Sex crimes
Coercion for use in prostitution, excluded defenses, Minn. Statutes 2018 611A.81, 611A.82
Sexual psychopathic personality, not defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 253D.07
Sexually dangerous person status, not defense, Minn. Statutes 2018 253D.07
Solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.352
Sex trafficking, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.284
Shooting victims, failure to aid, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.662
Signatures, credit agreements, absence, effect, Minn. Statutes 2018 513.33
Smoking regulations, Minn. Statutes 2018 327.742
Soil conservation, good faith practices, Minn. Statutes 2018 103F.441
Solicitation of children to engage in sexual conduct, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.352
Taxes
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 271.09
Jeopardy assessments, Minn. Statutes 2018 270C.36
Teachers, force used by, Minn. Statutes 2018 121A.582, 123B.25
Tenants, eviction actions, Minn. Statutes 2018 504B.285
Theft, trade secrets, Minn. Statutes 2018 609.52
Timber cutting on state lands, Minn. Statutes 2018 90.301
Traffic accidents, drivers, leaving scene of accident to obtain medical aid, Minn. Statutes 2018 169.09
Traffic sign or signal violations, motorcyclists or bicyclists, entering or crossing intersections against red light, Minn. Statutes 2018 169.06
Trespass, Minn. Statutes 2018 471.985
Unauthorized insurers, Minn. Statutes 2018 60A.21
Wild animals, violations, Minn. Statutes 2018 35.95
Wiretapping, Minn. Statutes 2018 626A.13
Workers' compensation
Fraud, claim forms, criminal penalties notice, Minn. Statutes 2018 176.178
Generally, Minn. Statutes 2018 176.001 to 176.862
Willful negligence, Minn. Statutes 2018 176.031