1998 Minnesota Statutes

     509.04 Recovery of receptacles; search warrant. 

    When any person who has filed for record any name, mark, or 
 device or who has acquired from the owner in writing the 
 ownership of the name, mark, or device or the right to the 
 exclusive use of it, or anyone representing the person, swears 
 before any judge that the person has reason to believe and does 
 believe that any receptacle bearing the name, mark, or device is 
 being unlawfully used or filled or possessed by any person, the 
 judge shall issue a search warrant to discover and obtain the 
 receptacle.  The judge may also cause the person possessing the 
 receptacle to be brought before the court and shall then inquire 
 into the circumstances of possession.  If found guilty of 
 violating any provisions of sections 509.01 to 509.06, the 
 person shall be punished as prescribed and the possession of the 
 property taken upon the warrant shall be awarded to its owner.  
 The remedy provided by this section is not exclusive, and 
 violators of any provision of those sections may also be 
 prosecuted as in case of other misdemeanors.  

    HIST: (8333) 1905 c 340 s 4; 1983 c 359 s 73; 1986 c 444