2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 300 - 319B Corporations
Chapter 309 Social and Charitable Organizations
Section 309.57 DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION, PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT.

309.57 DISTRICT COURT JURISDICTION, PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT.
Subdivision 1. General. Upon the application of the attorney general the district court is
vested with jurisdiction to restrain, enjoin, and redress violations of sections 309.50 to 309.61.
The court may make any necessary order or judgment including, but not limited to, injunctions,
restitution, appointment of a receiver for the defendant or the defendant's assets, suspension of
the defendant's registration, awards of reasonable attorney fees, and costs of investigation and
litigation, and may award to the state civil penalties up to $25,000 for each violation of sections
309.50 to 309.61. In ordering injunctive relief, the attorney general shall not be required to
establish irreparable harm but only a violation of statute or that the requested order promotes the
public interest. The court may, as appropriate, enter a consent judgment or decree without the
finding of illegality.
Subd. 2. Assurance of discontinuance. The attorney general may accept an assurance of
discontinuance of any method, act, or practice in violation of sections 309.50 to 309.61 from
any person alleged to be engaged or to have been engaged in the method, act, or practice. The
assurance may, among other terms, include a stipulation for the voluntary payment by the person
of the costs of investigation, or of an amount to be held in escrow pending the outcome of an
action or as restitution to aggrieved persons, or both. Any assurance of discontinuance shall be in
writing and be filed with the district court of the county of the violator's residence or principal
place of business or in Ramsey County. An assurance shall not be considered an admission
of a violation for any purpose. Failure to comply with the assurance of discontinuance shall
be punishable as contempt.
History: 1961 c 309 s 8; 1987 c 336 s 41; 1989 c 151 s 4