Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 645.241 (2026)
Punishment For Prohibited Acts
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When the performance of any act is prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in any statute, the doing of such act shall be a petty misdemeanor.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1974–1993 · leading case: Bloom v. O'BRIEN, 841 F. Supp. 277 (D. Minnesota 1993).
Bloom v. O'BRIEN, 841 F. Supp. 277 (D. Minnesota 1993). “3 constitutes a misdemeanor under Minn.Stat. § 645.241 (1992). A violation is punishable by up to 90 days in jail or a $700.”
Channel 10, Inc. v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 709, 215 N.W.2d 814 (Minn. 1974). “The defendant contended in the court below that plaintiffs failed to pursue the remedy afforded by § 645.241 and were therefore not entitled to any equitable relief.”
Employers Ass'n v. United Steelworkers of Am., 803 F. Supp. 1558 (D. Minnesota 1992). “In further support of this view, the Court considers Minnesota Statutes, § 645.241. This section declares that any act prohibited by statute is a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty for the violation is imposed.”
Hodgson v. Flakne, 463 F. Supp. 67 (D. Minnesota 1978). “423(1) contains no explicit enforcement mechanism and the parties are in dispute as to which, if any, of the general statutory enforcement procedures apply.”
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