1999 Minnesota Code
Chapters 570 - 583 Compensatory and Collection Remedies
Chapter 574 Bonds, Fines, Forfeitures
Section 574.34 Fines, how disposed of.
574.34 Fines, how disposed of.
Subdivision 1. General. Fines and forfeitures not specially granted or appropriated by law shall be paid into the treasury of the county where they are incurred, except in a county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), as added in Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 7, section 26, the fines and forfeitures must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
Subd. 2. Municipal prosecution; gross misdemeanors. If a city or municipal attorney prosecutes a gross misdemeanor offense, the proceeds of any fine collected by the court shall be disbursed in the same manner as though the offense was a misdemeanor prosecuted by the city or municipal attorney in district court. The county shall pay for any costs associated with incarceration.
HIST: (9707) RL s 4541; 1983 c 177 s 16; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 64; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 11
* NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 1999, chapter *243, article 11, section 11, is effective July 1, 2000, with *respect to counties in the fifth, seventh, and ninth judicial *districts. Laws 1999, chapter 243, article 11, section 13.
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