Change log

MN penalty: short label Minnesota ($25,000 per violation civil + misdemeanor for willful) → Minnesota (misdemeanor for a willful and knowing violation, or for willfully and knowingly giving false information to the attorney general, per § 309.581)

MN penalty: source cite Minn. Stat. §309.57, §309.581 → Minn. Stat. §309.581

MN penalty: source url https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/309.57 → https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/309.581

MN penalty: description Minnesota courts may impose civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation under §309.57 subd. 1, plus restitution, contribution surrender, receiver appointment, and reasonable attorney's fees. Willful and knowing violations (including filing false information) are misdemeanors per §309.581. AG may also accept written assurance of discontinuance — failure to comply is contempt of court. The $25K per-violation cap is among the highest of any audited state. → The court may award injunctions, restitution, a receiver, suspension of registration, attorney fees, investigation and litigation costs, and civil penalties up to $25,000 for each violation of sections 309.50 to 309.61. Any person who willfully and knowingly violates, or who willfully and knowingly gives false information to the attorney general, is guilty of a misdemeanor.; criminal scope organization → both; source quote replaced