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309.55.5
Statute ID:
17703
Statute Function ID:
36727
Business, social and charitable organizations - False or deceptive practices
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Charge
Classifications
Offense Level:
Petty Misdemeanor (PM)
General Offense Code:
Property (2)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Counterfeiting/Fraud, etc (C) (Rank 23)
Detailed Offense Code:
Fraudulent Trade/Commerce (290)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
26A
Fraud Offenses-False Pretenses/Swindle/Confidence Game
26C
Fraud Offenses-Impersonation
90Z
All Other Offenses
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
Yes
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
309.55.5
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 1975
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Business, social and charitable organizations - False or deceptive practices
Statute ID:
17703
Created:
Jul 8, 2020 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Dec 10, 2020 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Last amended 1975 c 386 s 1,2; Misdemeanor; Penalty in 309.581
Summary Text:
Business, social and charitable organizations - False or deceptive practices
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/309/55.html
Legislative Session:
1975 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jul 8, 2020
No charitable organization and no person acting on behalf of a charitable organization shall use or employ any fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, misleading statement, misleading name, mark or identification, or deceptive practice, method or device, with the intent that others should rely thereon in connection with any charitable solicitation, including any such actions or omissions designed to confuse or mislead a person to believe that such organization is another organization having the same or like purposes; or to believe that the funds being solicited are or will be used for purposes and programs conducted within or for persons located within the state of Minnesota when such is not the case; or to otherwise present purposes and uses of the funds which are not as provided within the purposes and uses filed upon registration of said organization under this chapter, or if no such registration has been filed, then as provided under the exemption of said organization from federal and state income taxes as an organization formed and operating for charitable purposes as defined herein.
