Minnesota § 556.01 USURPATION OF OFFICE, ILLEGAL ACT

Minnesota Statutes

§ 556.01 — USURPATION OF OFFICE, ILLEGAL ACT

Minnesota § 556.01

PartDECLARATORY, CORRECTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES

Ch. 556USURPATION OF OFFICE AND CORPORATION; LETTERS PATENT

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Minn. Stat. § 556.01 (2026).

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When the attorney general has reason to believe that a cause of action can be proved, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, upon the complaint of a private person, or upon other information, against the person offending, in the following cases:

(1)when any person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises any public office or any franchise, or any office in a corporation created by authority of the state;

(2)when any public officer does or suffers an act which by law causes a forfeiture of office; or

(3)when an association or number of persons acts as a corporation without being duly incorporated.

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When the attorney general has reason to believe that a cause of action can be proved, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, upon the complaint of a private person, or upon other information, against the person offending, in the following cases:
(1) when any person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises any public office or any franchise, or any office in a corporation created by authority of the state;
(2) when any public officer does or suffers an act which by law causes a forfeiture of office; or
(3) when an association or number of persons acts as a corporation without being duly incorporated.