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88.75 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.
    Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor offenses; damages; injunctive relief. Any person who
violates any of the provisions of sections 88.03 to 88.22 for which no specific penalty is therein
prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished accordingly.
Failure by any person to comply with any provision or requirement of sections 88.03 to
88.22 to which such person is subject shall be deemed a violation thereof.
Any person who violates any provisions of sections 88.03 to 88.22, in addition to any
penalties therein prescribed, or hereinbefore in this section prescribed, for such violation, shall
also be liable in full damages to any and every person suffering loss or injury by reason of such
violation, including liability to the state, and any of its political subdivisions, for all expenses
incurred in fighting or preventing the spread of, or extinguishing, any fire caused by, or resulting
from, any violation of these sections. All expenses so collected by the state shall be deposited
in the general fund. When a fire set by any person spreads to and damages or destroys property
belonging to another, the setting of the fire shall be prima facie evidence of negligence in setting
and allowing the same to spread.
At any time the state, or any political subdivision thereof, either of its own motion, or at the
suggestion or request of the director, may bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction
to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise prohibit any violation of sections 88.03 to 88.22, whether
therein described as a crime or not, and likewise to restrain, enjoin, or prohibit any person from
proceeding further in, with, or at any timber cutting or other operations without complying with
the provisions of those sections, or the requirements of the director pursuant thereto; and the court
may grant such relief, or any other appropriate relief, whenever it shall appear that the same may
prevent loss of life or property by fire, or may otherwise aid in accomplishing the purposes
of sections 88.03 to 88.22.
    Subd. 2.[Renumbered 18.436]
    Subd. 3. Felony offenses. Any person who willfully or knowingly cuts or removes any
timber or forest product contrary to the provisions of sections 88.47 to 88.53; or willfully or
knowingly makes any false statement or representation in any application, certificate, or other
paper or document required by, or purporting to be made pursuant to, sections 88.47 to 88.53; or
wrongfully and intentionally falsifies, or changes, any such application, certificate, or document;
or uses any artifice, trick, scheme, or device, or who conspires with others so to do, under color of
sections 88.47 to 88.53, for the purpose of wrongfully evading or escaping the levy, assessment,
or payment of any taxes, assessments, or claims of the state, or any political subdivision or agency
thereof, shall be guilty of a felony.
    Subd. 4.[Renumbered 84A.30, subd 2]
    Subd. 5.[Obsolete, See 1949 c 546 s 10]
History: (4031-28, 4031-70, 4031-87, 5887-41) Ex1919 c 32 s 3; 1925 c 407 s 28; 1927 c
247 s 11; 1933 c 402 s 13; 1971 c 24 s 12; 1978 c 735 s 7; 1987 c 271 s 2; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 101

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