2002 Minnesota Statutes

     574.34 Fines, how disposed of. 

    Subdivision 1.    General.  Fines and forfeitures not 
 specially granted or appropriated by law shall be paid into the 
 treasury of the county where they are incurred, except in a 
 county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 
 1, paragraph (b), the fines and forfeitures must be deposited in 
 the state treasury and credited to the general fund. 

    Subd. 2.    Municipal prosecution; gross misdemeanors.  
 If a city or municipal attorney prosecutes a gross misdemeanor 
 offense, the proceeds of any fine collected by the court shall 
 be disbursed in the same manner as though the offense was a 
 misdemeanor prosecuted by the city or municipal attorney in 
 district court.  The county shall pay for any costs associated 
 with incarceration.  

    HIST: (9707) RL s 4541; 1983 c 177 s 16; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 
 64; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 20 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 2001, First 
*Special Session chapter 5, article 5, section 20, is effective 
*July 1, 2003, in the second and fourth districts; July 1, 2004, 
*in the first and third districts; and July 1, 2005, in the sixth 
*and tenth districts.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 
*5, article 5, section 20, the effective date.