1997 Minnesota Statutes

     231.14 Discrimination in rates; storing household goods. 

    Except as herein otherwise specified, no warehouse operator 
 storing household goods, or any officer, agent, or employee 
 thereof, shall, directly or indirectly, by remittance, rebate, 
 or any device, inducement, or other means, suffer or permit any 
 corporation or person to obtain any service, or the storage of 
 any household goods at less than the rates then established and 
 in force as shown by the schedule of rates filed and in effect 
 at the time.  No person or corporation shall, directly or 
 indirectly, by any device, inducement, or means, either with or 
 without the consent or connivance of a warehouse operator 
 storing household goods, or any of the officers, agents, or 
 employees thereof, obtain, or seek to obtain, any service, or 
 the storage of any household goods at less than the rates then 
 established and in force therefor.  Any warehouse operator 
 storing household goods, or the officers, agents, or employees 
 thereof, or any person acting for or employed by it, or 
 transacting business with it, or any other person, who shall 
 violate any provision of this section, shall be guilty of a 
 gross misdemeanor; and, upon conviction, subject to imprisonment 
 not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding $3,000, or 
 both.  

    HIST: (5187) 1915 c 210 s 16; 1965 c 412 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 3 
 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 212 s 5