When the attorney general has reason to believe that a cause of action can be proved, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, upon the complaint of a private person, or upon other information, against the person offending, in the following cases:
(1) when any person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises any public office or any franchise, or any office in a corporation created by authority of the state;
(2) when any public officer does or suffers an act which by law causes a forfeiture of office; or
(3) when an association or number of persons acts as a corporation without being duly incorporated.
(9711) RL s 4545; 1986 c 444
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies
Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent
Section 556.01 — Usurpation Of Office, Illegal Act.
Section 556.02 — Usurping Office; Complaint; Judgment.
Section 556.03 — Claimant To Have Office.
Section 556.04 — Claimants May Be Joined.
Section 556.05 — Judgment For Usurpation; Fine.
Section 556.06 — Act Of Incorporation, Annulment.
Section 556.07 — Corporate Charter, Vacation.
Section 556.08 — Corporation, When Dissolved.
Section 556.10 — Judgment Against Corporation; Receiver.
Section 556.11 — Letters Patent, Vacation.