2005 Minnesota Statutes

     589.23 Transferring or concealing person; forfeiture. 

    A person who has custody of a petitioner entitled to a writ 
 of habeas corpus and who, with intent to elude the service of 
 the writ or to avoid its effect, (1) transfers the petitioner to 
 the custody or places the petitioner under the power or control 
 of another person, (2) conceals the petitioner, or (3) changes 
 the place of confinement, shall forfeit $400 to the petitioner, 
 recoverable in a civil action.  

    HIST: (9761) RL s 4595; 1985 c 265 art 9 s 1; 1986 c 444