1999 Minnesota Statutes

     231.39 Persons violating act or order; penalty. 

    Any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse 
 operator and each person who, either individually or acting as 
 an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator or 
 household goods warehouse operator, violates or fails to comply 
 with any provisions of this chapter, or fails to observe, obey, 
 or comply with any order, decision, rule, direction, or 
 requirement or any part or portion thereof of the department 
 made or issued under authority of this chapter or who procures, 
 aids, or abets any warehouse operator or household goods 
 warehouse operator in the violation of this chapter or in the 
 failure to observe, obey, or comply with this chapter or any 
 such order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement or any 
 part or portion thereof in a case in which a penalty is not 
 otherwise provided for in this chapter is guilty of a gross 
 misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine 
 not exceeding $3,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year 
 or both.  

    Each violation of this chapter, or of any order, decision, 
 rule, direction, or requirement of the department, or any part 
 or portion thereof, by any warehouse operator or household goods 
 warehouse operator is a separate and distinct offense.  

    In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter 
 relating to penalties, the act, omission, or failure of any 
 officer, agent, or employee of any warehouse operator or 
 household goods warehouse operator, acting within the scope of 
 official duties or employment, shall in each case be and be 
 deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such warehouse 
 operator or household goods warehouse operator.  

    HIST: (5207) 1915 c 210 s 36; 1965 c 412 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 67; 
 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 110 s 
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