2006 Minnesota Statutes

239.53 USING FALSE WEIGHT OR MEASURE.
Every person who shall injure or defraud another by using, with knowledge that the same is
false, a false weight, measure, or other apparatus for determining the quantity of any commodity
or article of merchandise, or by knowingly delivering less than the quantity represented; or who
shall retain any weight or measure, knowing it to be false, unless it appears beyond a reasonable
doubt that it was so retained without intent to use it, or permit it to be used in violation of the
foregoing provisions of this section; or who shall knowingly mark or stamp false or short weights
or false tare on any cask or package, or knowingly sell or offer for sale any cask or package
so marked, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: (10401) RL s 5115; 1986 c 444