Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

325F.40 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Any person, company, or corporation violating any of the provisions of sections 325F.35 to 325F.39 is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: (3972) 1913 c 167 s 7; 1961 c 561 s 10; 1973 c 151 s 3; 1987 c 329 s 21; 2005 c 10 art 3 s 17

325F.41 TESTIMONY; PRODUCTION OF BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing books, papers, contracts, agreements, and documents in any case or proceedings instituted or brought under the provisions of section 325F.40, or in obe…

325F.42 FRAUD IN THE SALE OF FUR WEARING APPAREL. § Subdivision 1.Fur constituent part. Articles of wearing apparel of which fur is a constituent part shall not be sold or offered for sale at retail in the state under any false or deceptive name. § Subd. 2.False and deceptive nam…

325F.43 IMITATION INDIAN-MADE GOODS TO BE BRANDED. All goods, wares, and merchandise known as moccasins, bead work, birchbark baskets, deerskin work, grass rugs, sweet grass baskets, and other goods which are manufactured or produced in imitation of genuine American Indian-made g…

325F.44 BRAND. The brand, label, or mark required by section 325F.43 shall be the words "not Indian-made" and shall be placed or attached outside of and on a conspicuous part of the finished article so as to be plainly visible to the purchasing public, and shall be the size and s…

325F.45 GOODS NOT TO BE SOLD WITHOUT BRAND. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or have in possession for the purpose of sale, imitation goods, wares, or merchandise described in section 325F.43 without the brand, label, or mark required by sections 325F.43 and 325F.44 being pl…

325F.46 REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1.Civil remedy. Any person injured by a violation of sections 325F.43 to 325F.45 may bring a civil action and recover damages, together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees, and receive other equitable relief as determ…

325F.47 MISREPRESENTATION OF BLIND-MADE ARTICLES OR PRODUCTS. § Subdivision 1.Prohibition; interpretation. No person shall sell or offer for sale on either wholesale or retail levels within the state of Minnesota, any article or product which is said or represented to have been "…

325F.48 PRISON-MADE GOODS ARE SUBJECT TO LAWS OF STATE. All goods, wares, and merchandise manufactured, produced, or mined, wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners (except convicts or prisoners on parole or probation), or in any penal or reformatory institutions, transported i…

325F.51 OPERATION OF AIRPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGES. § Subdivision 1.Posted disclosures. No foreign currency exchange shall be operated at an airport in this state unless a conspicuously posted and easily legible sign on the premises discloses (1) the corporate or business na…

325F.53 RETAIL MERCHANDISE; PRICE MARKING. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. In any store primarily engaged in the sale of grocery products at retail using an electronic or magnetic scanner to read the price of grocery products presented for check-out, every canned, bottled, boxed or…

325F.54 PENALTIES. (a) Knowingly and willfully failing to have a clearly readable price indicated on more than six individual items of the same commodity shall constitute a petty misdemeanor and each commodity not priced in compliance with sections 325F.53 to 325F.55 shall consti…

325F.55 LOCAL ORDINANCE PREEMPTED. No subordinate unit of government may adopt or enforce any rule or ordinance requiring individually marked prices on retail merchandise other than that contained in sections 325F.53 to 325F.55. History: 1978 c 737 s 3

325F.56 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 325F.56 to 325F.66, the following terms have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Repairs. "Repairs" means work performed for a total price of more than $100, including the price of parts and materials, to res…

325F.57 SERVICE CALLS. A shop may impose a towing, minimum, or other service charge for making a call at a place other than the shop. The service charge may be imposed in addition to any charges for making an estimate or performing repairs, and it may be imposed even though no es…

325F.58 ESTIMATES. § Subdivision 1.Written estimate required; contents. Upon the request of a customer for a written estimate and prior to the commencement of repairs, a shop shall provide the customer with a written estimate. The shop shall include in the estimate all the parts …

325F.59 REPAIRS. No shop shall charge for unauthorized repairs. No shop shall perform repairs it knows or has reason to know are unnecessary to the restoration of a motor vehicle, appliance, or dwelling place unless the customer authorizes the repairs after the shop informs the c…

325F.60 INVOICE. § Subdivision 1.Definition; requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 325F.56, subdivision 2, for the purpose of this section "repair" means work of any value performed under a manufacturer's warranty, a service contract, or an insurance policy; or …

325F.61 RETURN OF PROPERTY. A shop shall return to a customer, upon reasonable demand, the customer's repaired motor vehicle or appliance if the customer pays the shop's bill except the proportion of the bill which represents: (a) repairs, service calls, or estimates which were p…

325F.62 REQUIRED SHOP PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Return of replaced parts. If a customer makes a request before repairs are commenced, the shop shall return replaced parts to the customer, except parts which the shop is required to return to the manufacturer, distributor, or othe…

325F.63 REMEDIES; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Return of goods to customer. A violation of section 325F.61 shall entitle the customer to the return of the repaired motor vehicle or appliance without payment of the unauthorized or excess charges, or to consequential damages, reasona…

325F.64 EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Insurance or service contracts. Sections 325F.57 to 325F.59 and 325F.61 to 325F.66 shall not apply if an insurer or service contract company pays up to 90 percent of the charge for repairs or pays a charge for repairs above a deductible amount …

325F.65 PREEMPTION BY STATE. The provisions of sections 325F.56 to 325F.66 shall be construed to supersede local ordinances regulating repairs, service calls, and estimates except for more restrictive regulation. History: 1978 c 710 s 10

325F.66 TITLE. Sections 325F.56 to 325F.65 may be cited as the "Truth in Repairs Act." History: 1978 c 710 s 11

325F.67 FALSE STATEMENT IN ADVERTISEMENT. Any person, firm, corporation, or association who, with intent to sell or in anywise dispose of merchandise, securities, service, or anything offered by such person, firm, corporation, or association, directly or indirectly, to the public…

325F.68 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The following words and terms where used in sections 325F.68 to 325F.70 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section. § Subd. 2.Merchandise. "Merchandise" means any objects, wares, goods, commodities, intangibles, real estat…

325F.69 UNLAWFUL PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Fraud, misrepresentation, deceptive or unfair practices. The act, use, or employment by any person of any fraud, unfair or unconscionable practice, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation, misleading statement or deceptive prac…

325F.70 REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1.Injunction. The attorney general or any county attorney may institute a civil action in the name of the state in the district court for an injunction prohibiting any violation of sections 325F.68 to 325F.70. The court, upon proper proof that defe…

325G.01 EFFECT OF DELIVERY. Unless otherwise agreed, where unsolicited goods are addressed to and sent to a person, the person has a right to refuse to accept delivery of the goods and is not bound to return such goods to the sender. The receipt of such unsolicited goods shall fo…

325G.02 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For purposes of sections 325G.02 to 325G.04 the terms defined in this section shall have meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Financial transaction card. "Financial transaction card" means an instrument or device, whether known as a credit ca…

325G.03 UNSOLICITED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS. No person in whose name a financial transaction card is issued shall be liable for any amount resulting from use of that card from which that person or a member of the person's family or household derives no benefit unless the pers…

325G.04 LOST OR STOLEN FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS. § Subdivision 1.Liability limited. No person in whose name a financial transaction card has been issued which the person has accepted as provided in section 325G.03 shall be liable for any amount in excess of $50 resulting from …

325G.05 DISPUTED ACCOUNTS. § Subdivision 1.Billing information. Every financial transaction card issuer shall include on each billing statement the name, address, and telephone number of the department designated by it to receive requests by the customer account holder to correct…

325G.06 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 325G.06 to 325G.11, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Home solicitation sale. "Home solicitation sale" means a sale of goods, services, or improvements to real property by a se…

325G.07 BUYER'S RIGHT TO CANCEL. In addition to any other rights the buyer may have, the buyer has the right to cancel a home solicitation sale until midnight of the third business day after the day on which the home solicitation sale occurs. Cancellation is evidenced by the buye…

325G.08 WRITING REQUIRED; NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CANCEL; NOTICE OF CANCELLATION. § Subdivision 1.Seller's obligations. In a home solicitation sale, at the time the sale occurs, the seller shall: (a) inform the buyer orally of the right to cancel; (b) furnish the buyer with a fully co…

325G.09 RETURN OF PAYMENTS OR GOODS. § Subdivision 1.Seller's obligations. Within ten days after a home solicitation sale has been canceled or an offer to purchase revoked, the seller must tender to the buyer any payments made by the buyer and any note or other evidence of indebt…

325G.10 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION. Any person who is found to have violated sections 325G.06 to 325G.09 shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 8.31. History: 1973 c 443 s 5

325G.11 DAMAGES. Any person injured by a violation of sections 325G.06 to 325G.09 may recover damages, together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney's fees, and receive other equitable relief as determined by the court. History: 1973 c 443 s 6

325G.12 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 325G.12 to 325G.14, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Personal solicitation. "Personal solicitation" means any attempt by a seller who regularly engages in transactions of the …

325G.13 DISCLOSURE OBLIGATION. Before any personal solicitation every seller shall, at the time of initial contact or communication with the potential buyer, clearly and expressly disclose: the individual seller's name, the name of the business firm or organization the seller rep…

325G.14 PENALTIES; REMEDIES. Any person who is found to have violated section 325G.13 shall be subject to the penalties and remedies provided in section 8.31. History: 1975 c 372 s 3

325G.15 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in this section and section 325G.16, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them. § Subd. 2.Consumer credit sale. "Consumer credit sale" means a sale of goods or services in which: (a) credit is granted by a sel…

325G.16 RESTRICTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Instruments. In a consumer credit sale, the seller or lessor may not take a negotiable instrument other than a check as evidence of the obligation of the buyer or lessee. A holder is not in good faith if the holder takes a negotiable instrume…

325G.17 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 325G.17 to 325G.20, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Consumer sale. "Consumer sale" means a sale of new goods, or as regards an express warranty, any goods, purchased primaril…

325G.18 IMPLIED WARRANTIES. § Subdivision 1.Merchantability and fitness for intended purpose. Unless disclaimed in the manner prescribed in subdivision 2, every consumer sale in this state shall be accompanied by an implied warranty that the goods are merchantable, and, in a cons…