1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 500 - 515B Property Interests and Liens
Chapter 509 Registration; Marks, Names or Devices
Section 509.02 Unlawful use of containers; obliterating name; penalty.

509.02 Unlawful use of containers; obliterating name; penalty.

It shall be unlawful for any person other than the one named in the certificate issued by the secretary of state, as provided in section 509.01, without the written consent of the person named in such certificate, to fill any receptacle bearing a name, mark, or device recorded, as provided in section 509.01, with soda water, mineral or aerated waters, porter, ale, cider, ginger ale, small beer, lager beer, Weiss beer, beer, white beer, malt extract, other beverages, milk, cream, ice cream, or butter, or to deface, erase, obliterate, cover up, or otherwise remove or conceal any such name, mark, or device on any such receptacle, or to buy, sell, give, take, dispose of in any way, or traffic in any receptacle bearing any such name, mark, or device. Any person offending against any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction thereof punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten nor more than 90 days or by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $100 and each such receptacle so unlawfully dealt with as herein set out shall be deemed and held to be a separate offense.

HIST: (8331) 1905 c 340 s 2