2005 Minnesota Statutes

     617.296 Penalties; injunctive remedies. 

    Subdivision 1.    Gross misdemeanor.  Except as otherwise 
 provided in subdivision 
 1a, a violation of any provision of sections 617.291 to 617.297 
 is a gross misdemeanor.  

    Subd. 1a.    Penalty for display of harmful materials.  
 A violation of section 617.293, subdivision 2, is a misdemeanor. 

    Subd. 2.    Temporary restraining order or temporary injunction. 
  Whenever any county attorney, or the attorney 
 general of this state, has reasonable cause to believe that any 
 person within this state is violating sections 617.291 to 
 617.297, the prosecuting attorney may by verified petition seek 
 a temporary restraining order or temporary injunction in the 
 district court in the county in which the alleged violation 
 occurred.  No temporary restraining order or preliminary 
 injunction shall be issued without a prior show cause notice of 
 hearing to the respondents named in the petition, and an 
 opportunity for the respondents to be heard.  Personal service 
 of the show cause order and of the petition made as in civil 
 actions on the named respondents, or upon any of their employees 
 or agents found within the state, shall constitute sufficient 
 notice.  Such show cause order for hearing may be returnable on 
 the third day from the date of service as to a respondent who is 
 present in this state, and on the fifth day as to a person not a 
 resident or not found within this state.  

    HIST: 1969 c 1071 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 452 s 2,3