Minnesota § 227.54 DELIVERY OF GOODS WITHOUT GETTING NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT

Minnesota Statutes

§ 227.54 — DELIVERY OF GOODS WITHOUT GETTING NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT

Minnesota § 227.54

PartFARM PRODUCTS, COMMERCIAL PRACTICES

Ch. 227CRIMES INVOLVING WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS

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Minn. Stat. § 227.54 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Elements of crime; exception. If:

(1)a warehouse operator, or an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator, delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouse operator;

(2)the deliverer knows that a negotiable receipt is outstanding and uncanceled and that if the receipt were negotiated it would transfer the right to possess the goods; and

(3)the deliverer does not get possession of the receipt at or before the delivery; then the deliverer is guilty of a crime, unless the delivery is permitted by law. Subd. 2.Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.

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Subdivision 1.Elements of crime; exception.
If:
(1) a warehouse operator, or an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator, delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouse operator;
(2) the deliverer knows that a negotiable receipt is outstanding and uncanceled and that if the receipt were negotiated it would transfer the right to possess the goods; and
(3) the deliverer does not get possession of the receipt at or before the delivery;
then the deliverer is guilty of a crime, unless the delivery is permitted by law.

Subd. 2.Penalty.
Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than 364 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.