Section 228.51 Issuing a Nonnegotiable Bill Not So Marked - Minnesota Statutes

228.51 ISSUING A NONNEGOTIABLE BILL NOT SO MARKED.

Subdivision 1.Elements of crime.

A person who with intent to defraud issues or helps to issue a nonnegotiable bill without putting the words "not negotiable" plainly on the face of the bill, is guilty of a crime.

Subd. 2.Penalty.

Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.

History:

(5008) 1917 c 399 s 50; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1988 c 469 art 4 s 1