Minnesota § 586.10 FINES FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY

Minnesota Statutes

§ 586.10 — FINES FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY

Minnesota § 586.10

PartEXTRAORDINARY WRITS; CONTEMPT; POSTCONVICTION RELIEF

Ch. 586MANDAMUS

This text of Minnesota § 586.10 (FINES FOR NEGLECT OF DUTY) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Minnesota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 586.10 (2026).

Text

When a peremptory mandamus is directed to a public officer, body, or board, commanding the performance of any public duty specially enjoined by law, if it shall appear to the court that such officer, or any member of such body or board, without just excuse, has refused or neglected to perform the duty so enjoined, it may impose a fine of not more than $250, which fine, when collected, shall be paid into the state treasury; and the payment thereof shall be a bar to an action for any penalty incurred by such officer or member, by reason of the refusal or neglect.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

When a peremptory mandamus is directed to a public officer, body, or board, commanding the performance of any public duty specially enjoined by law, if it shall appear to the court that such officer, or any member of such body or board, without just excuse, has refused or neglected to perform the duty so enjoined, it may impose a fine of not more than $250, which fine, when collected, shall be paid into the state treasury; and the payment thereof shall be a bar to an action for any penalty incurred by such officer or member, by reason of the refusal or neglect.