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6.53 REFUSAL TO ASSIST; PENALTY.
Every person who shall refuse or neglect to obey any lawful direction of the state auditor,
or the auditor's deputy or assistants; withhold any information, book, record, paper, or other
thing called for by the auditor for the purpose of examination; willfully obstruct or mislead the
auditor in the execution of duties; or swear falsely concerning any matter stated under oath, shall
be guilty of a felony, the minimum penalty whereof shall be a fine of $3,000, or imprisonment
in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater for one year.
History: (3284) 1913 c 555 s 11; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1984 c 628 art 3 s
11; 1986 c 444

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