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MN Stat § 325E.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.16 — Penalties; Remedies.

325E.16 PENALTIES; REMEDIES. Subdivision 1. Criminal penalty. Any person who is found to have violated sections 325E.13 to 325E.16 shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Civil penalty. In addition to the penalties provided in subdivision 1, any person who is found to have violated sections 325E.13 to 325E.16 shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 8.31. Subd. 3. Civil action. Any person injured by a violation of sections 325E.13 to 325E.16 shall recover the actual damages sustained together with costs and disbursements, including a reasonable attorney's fee, provided that the court in its discretion may increase the award of damages to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages sustained or $1,500, whichever is greater. History:   1973 c 264 s 4
MN Stat § 325E.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.165 — Definition.

325E.165 DEFINITION. For purposes of sections 325E.165 to 325E.167, "farm tractor" means a self-propelled vehicle that is designed primarily for pulling or propelling agricultural machinery and implements and used principally in the occupation or business of farming, including an implement of husbandry, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 35, that is self-propelled. History:   2006 c 211 s 1
MN Stat § 325E.166 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.166 — Clock-hour Meters; Prohibited Acts.

325E.166 CLOCK-HOUR METERS; PROHIBITED ACTS. Subdivision 1. Tampering. No person shall, with intent to defraud, knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, change, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect the clock-hour meter of a farm tractor, or cause any of the foregoing to occur to a clock-hour meter of a farm tractor, so as to reflect fewer hours than the farm tractor has actually been in operation. Subd. 2. Operation with disconnected or nonfunctional meter. No person shall, with intent to defraud, operate a farm tractor knowing that the clock-hour meter of the farm tractor is disconnected or nonfunctional. Subd. 3. Tampering device. No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use, or install on any part of a farm tractor or on a clock-hour meter in a farm tractor a device that causes the clock-hour meter to register any hours of operation other than the true hours of operation that the clock-hour meter was designed to measure. Subd. 4. Disclosure. No person shall sell or offer for sale or trade in a farm tractor with knowledge that the hours registered on the clock-hour meter have been altered so as to reflect fewer hours than the farm tractor has actually been in operation, without disclosing the fact to prospective purchasers. Subd. 5. Conspiracy. No person shall conspire with another person to violate this section. History:   2006 c 211 s 2
MN Stat § 325E.167 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.167 — Penalties And Remedies.

325E.167 PENALTIES AND REMEDIES. Subdivision 1. Civil penalty. A person who is found to have violated sections 325E.165 and 325E.166 is subject to the penalties in section 8.31. Subd. 2. Private right of action. A person injured by a violation of sections 325E.165 and 325E.166 may recover the actual damages sustained together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney fees. The court, in its discretion, may increase the award of damages to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages sustained or $1,500, whichever is greater. History:   2006 c 211 s 3
MN Stat § 325E.169 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.169 — Definitions.

325E.169 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purpose of sections 325E.169 to 325E.201, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Person. "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association. Subd. 3. Owner. "Owner" means the person who owns the sounds or images fixed in a master recording upon which sounds or images are recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds or images are directly or indirectly derived. Subd. 4. Recording. "Recording" means the tangible medium on which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored and includes a phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images may be recorded or stored. History:   1993 c 221 s 1
MN Stat § 325E.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.17 — Unlawful Transfers Or Sales Of Recordings.

325E.17 UNLAWFUL TRANSFERS OR SALES OF RECORDINGS. Unless exempt under section 325E.19, it is unlawful for any person knowingly: (1) to transfer or cause to be transferred any sounds or images from one recording to another recording; or (2) to sell, distribute, circulate, offer for sale, distribution or circulation, possess for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation, or cause to be sold, distributed or circulated, offered for sale, distribution or circulation, or possessed for sale, distribution or circulation, any recording without the consent of the owner of the master recording. History:  1973 c 579 s 1; 1993 c 221 s 2
MN Stat § 325E.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.18 — Identity Of Transferor.

325E.18 IDENTITY OF TRANSFEROR. It is unlawful for any person for commercial purposes to sell, distribute, circulate, offer for sale, distribution or circulation, or possess for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation, any recording unless the recording bears the actual name and address of the transferor of the sounds or images in a prominent place on its outside face, label, or package. History:  1973 c 579 s 2; 1993 c 221 s 3
MN Stat § 325E.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.19 — Exemptions.

325E.19 EXEMPTIONS. Sections 325E.169 to 325E.201 do not apply to any person who transfers or causes to be transferred any recordings (a) intended for or in connection with radio or television broadcast transmission or related uses, (b) for archival purposes, (c) for library purposes, (d) for educational purposes, or (e) solely for the personal use of the person transferring or causing the transfer and without any compensation being derived by the person from the transfer. History:  1973 c 579 s 3; 1993 c 221 s 4
MN Stat § 325E.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.201 — Violations; Punishment.

325E.201 VIOLATIONS; PUNISHMENT. A violation of section 325E.17 or 325E.18 is a felony and is punishable upon conviction by: (1) a fine of not more than $100,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, if the violation is a first offense involving more than 100 but not more than 1,000 sound recordings or more than seven but not more than 65 audio-visual recordings; (2) a fine of not more than $250,000, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, if the violation is a second or subsequent offense, or involves more than 1,000 sound recordings or more than 65 audio-visual recordings; or (3) a fine of not more than $25,000, or imprisonment for not more than a year and a day, or both, for any other violation. History:   1993 c 221 s 5
MN Stat § 325E.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.23 — Definitions.

325E.23 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.23 to 325E.25 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Advertising device. "Advertising device" means any billboard, sign, notice, poster, display emblem or similar item located out of doors which is intended to be viewed by the public from a highway or street and includes any structure used for the display of any such outdoor advertising device. Subd. 3. Business of outdoor advertising. "Business of outdoor advertising" means the business conducted for direct profit through rentals, or other compensation received from the erection or maintenance of advertising devices. Subd. 4. Person. "Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation. History:   1965 c 531 s 1
MN Stat § 325E.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.24 — Furnishing Of Space; Exceptions.

325E.24 FURNISHING OF SPACE; EXCEPTIONS. Subdivision 1. Unlawful discrimination prohibited. It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising to directly or indirectly discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed or political affiliation in the furnishing of advertising or advertising service or space for advertisements on advertising devices. This shall not be construed as making mandatory the assignment of space immediately adjacent to previously leased space for the promotion of conflicting services or ideas. Subd. 2. Limits on duty to furnish. The person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising does not have to accept a request for advertising space from any person not willing to pay the prescribed rates or charges and the advertising of any material prohibited by law. History:   1965 c 531 s 2
MN Stat § 325E.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.25 — Violations.

325E.25 VIOLATIONS. Any person violating the provisions of sections 325E.23 to 325E.25 is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:   1965 c 531 s 3
MN Stat § 325E.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.26 — Definitions.

325E.26 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The terms used in sections 325E.26 to 325E.30 have the meanings given them in this section. Subd. 2. Automatic dialing-announcing device. "Automatic dialing-announcing device" means a device that selects and dials telephone numbers and that, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, disseminates a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the telephone number called. Subd. 3. Caller. "Caller" means a person, corporation, firm, partnership, association, or legal or commercial entity who attempts to contact, or who contacts, a subscriber in this state by using a telephone or a telephone line. Subd. 4. Commercial telephone solicitation. "Commercial telephone solicitation" means any unsolicited call to a residential subscriber when the person initiating the call has not had a prior business or personal relationship with the subscriber, and when the purpose of the call is to solicit the purchase or the consideration of purchase of goods or services by the subscriber. Commercial telephone solicitation does not include calls initiated by organizations listed in Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.21, subdivision 3, clauses (a) to (e). Subd. 5. Subscriber. "Subscriber" means a person who has subscribed to telephone service from a telephone company or the other persons living or residing with the subscribing person. Subd. 6. Message. "Message" means any call, regardless of its content. History:  1987 c 294 s 1; 1994 c 534 art 2 s 1; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 38
MN Stat § 325E.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.27 — Use Of Prerecorded Or Synthesized Voice Messages.

325E.27 USE OF PRERECORDED OR SYNTHESIZED VOICE MESSAGES. (a) A caller shall not use or connect to a telephone line an automatic dialing-announcing device unless: (1) the subscriber has knowingly or voluntarily requested, consented to, permitted, or authorized receipt of the message; or (2) the message is immediately preceded by a live operator who obtains the subscriber's consent before the message is delivered. (b) This section and section 325E.30 do not apply to (1) messages from school districts to students, parents, or employees, (2) messages to subscribers with whom the caller has a current business or personal relationship, or (3) messages advising employees of work schedules. This section does not apply to messages from a nonprofit tax-exempt charitable organization sent solely for the purpose of soliciting voluntary donations of clothing to benefit disabled United States military veterans and containing no request for monetary donations or other solicitations of any kind. History:  1987 c 294 s 2; 2009 c 178 art 1 s 60
MN Stat § 325E.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.28 — Requirements On Automatic Dialing-announcing Devices.

325E.28 REQUIREMENTS ON AUTOMATIC DIALING-ANNOUNCING DEVICES. A caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device unless the device is designed and operated so as to disconnect within ten seconds after termination of the telephone call by the subscriber. History:   1987 c 294 s 3
MN Stat § 325E.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.29 — Message Requirements.

325E.29 MESSAGE REQUIREMENTS. Where the message is immediately preceded by a live operator, the operator must, at the outset of the message, disclose: (1) the name of the business, firm, organization, association, partnership, or entity for which the message is being made; (2) the purpose of the message; (3) the identity or kinds of goods or services the message is promoting; and (4) if applicable, the fact that the message intends to solicit payment or commitment of funds. History:   1987 c 294 s 4
MN Stat § 325E.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.30 — Time Of Day Limit.

325E.30 TIME OF DAY LIMIT. A caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device nor make any commercial telephone solicitation before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. History:   1987 c 294 s 5
MN Stat § 325E.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.31 — Remedies.

325E.31 REMEDIES. A person who is found to have violated sections 325E.27 to 325E.30 is subject to the penalties and remedies, including a private right of action to recover damages, as provided in section 8.31. History:   1987 c 294 s 6
MN Stat § 325E.317 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.317 — Definitions.

325E.317 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.317 and 325E.318, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given. Subd. 2. Provider. "Provider" means a provider of wireless telecommunications services. Subd. 3. Telecommunications services. "Telecommunications services" has the meaning given in section 297A.61, subdivision 24, paragraph (a). Subd. 4. Wireless directory assistance service. "Wireless directory assistance service" means any service for connecting calling parties to a wireless telecommunications services customer when the calling parties themselves do not possess the customer's wireless telephone number information. Subd. 5. Wireless telecommunications services. "Wireless telecommunications services" means commercial mobile radio services as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, part 20. Subd. 6. Wireless telephone directory. "Wireless telephone directory" means a directory or database containing wireless telephone number information or any other identifying information by which a calling party may reach a wireless telecommunications services customer. Subd. 7. Wireless telephone number information. "Wireless telephone number information" means the telephone number, electronic address, and any other identifying information by which a calling party may reach a wireless telecommunications services customer, which is assigned by a provider to the customer and includes the customer's name and address. History:  2005 c 163 s 83; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 57
MN Stat § 325E.318 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.318 — Wireless Directories.

325E.318 WIRELESS DIRECTORIES. Subdivision 1. Notice. No provider of wireless telecommunications service, or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a provider, may include the wireless telephone number information of a customer in a wireless telephone directory assistance service database or publish, sell, or otherwise disseminate the contents of a wireless telephone directory assistance service database unless the provider provides a conspicuous notice to the subscriber informing the subscriber that the subscriber will not be listed in a wireless directory assistance service database without the subscriber's prior express authorization. Subd. 2. Authorization. (a) A provider, or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a provider, may not disclose, provide, or sell a customer's wireless telephone number information, or any part thereof, for inclusion in a wireless telephone directory of any form, and may not sell a wireless telephone directory containing a customer's wireless telephone number information without first receiving prior express authorization from the customer. The customer's authorization must meet the following requirements: (1) consent shall be affirmatively obtained separately from the execution of the service contract via verifiable means; and (2) consent shall be unambiguous and conspicuously disclose that the subscriber is consenting to have the customer's dialing number sold or licensed as part of a publicly available directory assistance database. (b) A record of the authorization shall be maintained for the duration of the service contract or any extension of the contract. (c) A subscriber who provides express consent pursuant to paragraph (a) may revoke that consent via verifiable means at any time. A provider must comply with the customer's request to be removed from the directory and remove such listing from directory assistance within 60 days. Subd. 3. No fee to retain privacy. A customer shall not be charged for opting not to be listed in a wireless telephone directory. Subd. 4. Remedies. Every knowing violation of this section is punishable by a fine of up to $500 for each violation with a maximum aggregated amount of $10,000 for a provider, of which $100 per violation shall be paid to each victim of the violation. The attorney general may bring actions to enforce compliance with this section. For the first violation by any company or organization of this section, the attorney general shall notify the company with a letter of warning that the section has been violated. No telephone corporation, nor any official or employee of a telephone corporation, shall be subject to criminal or civil liability for the release of customer information as authorized by this section. History:   2005 c 163 s 84
MN Stat § 325E.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.32 — Waste Tires; Collection.

325E.32 WASTE TIRES; COLLECTION. A person who sells automotive tires at retail must accept waste tires from customers for collection and recycling. The person must accept as many waste tires from each customer as tires are bought by that customer. History:   1988 c 685 s 28
MN Stat § 325E.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.34 — Free Newspapers; Exclusive Right To Distribute Prohibited.

325E.34 FREE NEWSPAPERS; EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTE PROHIBITED. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms in paragraphs (a) and (b) have the meanings given them. (a) "Newspaper" means a publication issued regularly by the same person or corporation, or a successor, whether the name of the publication is the same or different. (b) "Place of public accommodation" has the meaning given in section 363A.03, subdivision 34. Subd. 2. Prohibition. No contract may provide for an exclusive right to display free newspapers for distribution in any place of public accommodation. History:  1990 c 379 s 1; 1990 c 567 s 10; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 171
MN Stat § 325E.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.35 — Definitions.

325E.35 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to section 325E.36. Subd. 2. Agricultural chemical. "Agricultural chemical" has the meaning given in section 18D.01, subdivision 3. Subd. 3. Agricultural production input. "Agricultural production input" means crop production inputs and livestock production inputs. Subd. 4. Crop production input. "Crop production input" means agricultural chemicals, seeds, petroleum products, the custom application of agricultural chemicals and seeds, and labor used in preparing the land for planting, cultivating, growing, producing, harvesting, drying, and storing crops or crop products. Subd. 5. Discounted cash price. "Discounted cash price" means an amount equal to the total of the payments made over the period of the credit sale, discounted by the interest rate index. Subd. 6. Feed. "Feed" means commercial feeds, feed ingredients, mineral feeds, drugs, animal health products, or customer-formula feeds that are used for feeding livestock, including commercial feed as defined in section 25.33, subdivision 5. Subd. 7. Interest rate index. "Interest rate index" means the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal plus two percentage points. Subd. 8. Livestock production input. "Livestock production input" means feed and labor used in raising livestock. Subd. 9. Petroleum product. "Petroleum product" means motor fuels and special fuels that are used in the production of crops and livestock, including petroleum products as defined in section 296A.01, alcohol fuels, propane, lubes, and oils. Subd. 10. Seed. "Seed" means agricultural seeds that are used to produce crops, including agricultural seeds and grains as defined in section 21.72, subdivision 12. History:  1990 c 474 s 1; 1998 c 299 s 30
MN Stat § 325E.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 325E — Trade Practices|Section 325E.36 — Seller-financed Agricultural Input Sales.

325E.36 SELLER-FINANCED AGRICULTURAL INPUT SALES. If a person sells agricultural production inputs at retail on credit and the interest rate charged to the buyer is less than the interest rate index, the person must also offer to sell the agricultural inputs to the buyer at a discounted cash price. Agricultural production inputs are sold on credit if the terms of the sale allow the buyer to submit any portion of the payment for the inputs more than 60 days after the date on which the goods are delivered. History:   1990 c 474 s 2