Any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator and each person who, either individually or acting as an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator, violates or fails to comply with any provisions of this chapter, or fails to observe, obey, or comply with any order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement or any part or portion thereof of the department made or issued under authority of this chapter or who procures, aids, or abets any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator in the violation of this chapter or in the failure to observe, obey, or comply with this chapter or any such order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement or any part or portion thereof in a case in which a penalty is not otherwise provided for in this chapter is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $3,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding one year or both.
Each violation of this chapter, or of any order, decision, rule, direction, or requirement of the department, or any part or portion thereof, by any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator is a separate and distinct offense.
In construing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter relating to penalties, the act, omission, or failure of any officer, agent, or employee of any warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator, acting within the scope of official duties or employment, shall in each case be and be deemed to be the act, omission, or failure of such warehouse operator or household goods warehouse operator.
(5207) 1915 c 210 s 36; 1965 c 412 s 5; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 110 s 21
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 223 - 236A — Farm Products, Commercial Practices
Section 231.035 — Inspection Authority.
Section 231.04 — Department To Enforce Warehouse Law.
Section 231.08 — Warehouse Operator And Household Goods Warehouse Operator Requirements.
Section 231.09 — Uniform Receipt Issuance.
Section 231.11 — Schedule Of Rates; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.12 — Change Of Rates; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.13 — Charging More Or Less Than The Published Rate; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.14 — Discrimination In Rates; Storing Household Goods.
Section 231.15 — Rates For Storage Of Household Goods.
Section 231.16 — Warehouse Operator Or Household Goods Warehouse Operator License.
Section 231.17 — Bonds Of Warehouse Operators; Legal Liability Insurance.
Section 231.18 — Claims Against A Bond.
Section 231.24 — Complaint That Rate Is Unreasonable; Duty Of Department.
Section 231.28 — Failure To Obey Order Or Law.
Section 231.32 — Proceedings In The Name Of The State.
Section 231.34 — Action On Bond In The Name Of The State.
Section 231.36 — Falsification Or Destruction Of Accounts.
Section 231.37 — Penalty For Divulging Information.
Section 231.375 — Opening Or Abandoning Warehouse Building.
Section 231.38 — Penalty For Transacting Business Without A License.