Section 645.24 — Penalties For Each Offense.
645.24 PENALTIES FOR EACH OFFENSE. When a penalty or forfeiture is provided for the violation of a law, such penalty or forfeiture shall be construed to be for each such violation. History: 1941 c 492 s 24
Section 645.241 — Punishment For Prohibited Acts.
645.241 PUNISHMENT FOR PROHIBITED ACTS. When the performance of any act is prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in any statute, the doing of such act shall be a petty misdemeanor. History: (10047) RL s 4859; 2014 c 312 art 6 s 6; 2015 c […]
Section 645.25 — Intent To Defraud.
645.25 INTENT TO DEFRAUD. When an intent to defraud is required in any law in order to constitute an offense, the law shall be construed to require only an intent to defraud any person or body politic. History: 1941 c 492 s 25
Section 645.26 — Irreconcilable Provisions.
645.26 IRRECONCILABLE PROVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Particular controls general. When a general provision in a law is in conflict with a special provision in the same or another law, the two shall be construed, if possible, so that effect may be given to both. If the conflict between the two provisions be irreconcilable, the special provision […]
Section 645.27 — State Bound By Statute; When.
645.27 STATE BOUND BY STATUTE; WHEN. The state is not bound by the passage of a law unless named therein, or unless the words of the act are so plain, clear, and unmistakable as to leave no doubt as to the intention of the legislature. History: 1941 c 492 s 27
Section 645.28 — Existing Laws; Effect Of Revision Or Code.
645.28 EXISTING LAWS; EFFECT OF REVISION OR CODE. Except as provided in section 645.39, laws in force at the time of the adoption of any revision or code are not repealed by the revision or code unless expressly repealed therein. History: 1941 c 492 s 28
Section 645.18 — Grammar; Syntax; Ellipsis.
645.18 GRAMMAR; SYNTAX; ELLIPSIS. Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a law. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when a sentence is without meaning as it stands. Words and phrases which may be necessary to the proper interpretation of a law and which do not conflict with its obvious purpose and intent […]
Section 645.10 — Bonds.
645.10 BONDS. A law requiring a bond or undertaking with sureties to be given by any person is construed to permit in lieu thereof a bond of indemnity or surety bond for the amount of such bond or undertaking, given by an indemnity or surety company authorized to do business in this state, and approved […]
Section 645.11 — Published Notice.
645.11 PUBLISHED NOTICE. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the words “published notice,” when used in reference to the giving of notice in any proceeding or the service of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, mean the publication in full of the notice, or other paper referred to, in the regular issue of a qualified […]
Section 645.12 — Posted Notice.
645.12 POSTED NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Definition. The term “posted notice,” when used in reference to the giving of notice in any proceeding or the service of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, means the posting, at the beginning of the prescribed period of notice, of a copy of the notice or document referred […]