1999 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), as added in Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 7, 
 section 26, 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 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 1999, chapter 
*243, article 11, section 11, is effective July 1, 2000, with 
*respect to counties in the fifth, seventh, and ninth judicial 
*districts.  Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 11, section 13.