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588.20.2(6)

Statute ID: 7053

Statute Function ID: 4960

Contempt Court - Refuse Be Sworn as Witness or Answer Interrogatory

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Classifications

Offense Level:

Misdemeanor (M)

General Offense Code:

Other (9)

Offense Summary Code & Rank:

Crimes Against Adm of Justice (X) (Rank 18)

Detailed Offense Code:

Contempt (970.03)

Offense Severity Level:

Function Text:

UCR Code

Description

90Z

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Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

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DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

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Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

588.20.2(6)

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1998

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Contempt Court - Refuse Be Sworn as Witness or Answer Interrogatory

Statute ID:

7053

Created:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

System

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Contempt Court - Refuse Be Sworn as Witness or Answer Interrogatory

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:

Sep 1, 2006

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.