§ 574.34 — Fines, How Disposed of
Plain-Language Summary
This section determines where fine and forfeiture money goes after it is collected. Generally, fines and forfeitures go to the county treasury where the offense occurred. In counties within certain consolidated judicial districts, the money goes to the state general fund. When a city attorney prosecutes a gross misdemeanor, fine proceeds are distributed as if it were a city-prosecuted misdemeanor, and the county pays incarceration costs.
574.34 FINES, HOW DISPOSED OF.
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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), 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.
History:
(9707) RL s 4541; 1983 c 177 s 16; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 64; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 20
History: History: (9707) RL s 4541; 1983 c 177 s 16; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 64; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 11; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 5 s 20