| Minnesota Criminal Justice Statute Service | Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

588.20.2

Statute ID: 10857

Statute Function ID: 22222

Contempt of Court - Willful Disobedience to Court Mandate

In Effect

New Search Refine Search Back to Results

Details are only available for Penalty and Charging Statutes.

Statute Number:

588.20.2

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1998

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Contempt of Court - Willful Disobedience to Court Mandate

Statute ID:

10857

Created:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

May 13, 2011 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Contempt of Court - Willful Disobedience to Court Mandate

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/588/20.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 11, 2007

Every person who commits a contempt of court, of any one of the following kinds, is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior, committed during the sitting of the court, in its immediate view and presence, and directly tending to interrupt its proceedings, or to impair the respect due to its authority;
(2) behavior of like character in the presence of a referee, while actually engaged in a trial or hearing, pursuant to an order of court, or in the presence of a jury while actually sitting for the trial of a cause, or upon an inquest or other proceeding authorized by law;
(3) breach of the peace, noise, or other disturbance directly tending to interrupt the proceedings of a court, jury, or referee;
(4) willful disobedience to the lawful process or other mandate of a court other than the conduct described in subdivision 1;
(5) resistance willfully offered to its lawful process or other mandate other than the conduct described in subdivision 1;
(6) contumacious and unlawful refusal to be sworn as a witness, or, after being sworn, to answer any legal and proper interrogatory;
(7) publication of a false or grossly inaccurate report of its proceedings; or
(8) willful failure to pay court-ordered child support when the obligor has the ability to pay.
No person may be punished as provided in this subdivision for publishing a true, full, and fair report of a trial, argument, decision, or other court proceeding.