Chapter 15C — Liability for Certain Acts

15C.01 Definitions This section defines the key terms used in Minnesota's False Claims Act. A 'claim' broadly covers any request for money … 15C.02 Liability for Certain Acts This section creates civil liability for seven categories of fraudulent conduct involving state or local government … 15C.03 Exclusion This section expressly excludes tax-related claims, records, and statements from the Minnesota False Claims Act. … 15C.04 Responsibilities of Prosecuting Attorney This section authorizes the prosecuting attorney — primarily the attorney general — to investigate and bring civil … 15C.05 Private Remedies; Complaint Under Seal; Copy of Complaint and Written Disclosure of Evidence to Be Sent to Prosecuting Attorney This section governs qui tam actions — lawsuits filed by private citizens on behalf of the state or a political … 15C.06 Prosecuting Attorney Intervention; Motion to Extend Time; Unsealing of Complaint This section governs what happens after the prosecuting attorney receives a sealed qui tam complaint. Within 60 days the … 15C.07 Service of Unsealed Complaint and Response by Defendant This section provides that once a qui tam complaint is unsealed, it must be served on the defendant under the Minnesota … 15C.08 Prosecuting Attorney and Private Party Roles This section sets out the roles of the prosecuting attorney and the private plaintiff once the qui tam case proceeds. If … 15C.09 Stay of Discovery; Extension This section allows the court to stay the relator's discovery for up to 60 days if the prosecuting attorney shows that … 15C.10 Court-imposed Limitation Upon Participation of Private Plaintiff in Action This section allows the court to limit a relator's participation in a qui tam case when the government has intervened, … 15C.11 Limitation of Actions; Remedies This section sets the time limits for bringing False Claims Act actions. The case must be filed within three years after … 15C.12 Award of Expenses and Attorney Fees This section provides that prevailing plaintiffs — whether the government or a relator — are entitled to attorney fees, … 15C.13 Distribution to Private Plaintiff in Certain Actions This section sets the relator's share of any recovery. If the government intervened at the start, the relator gets … 15C.14 This section has been repealed and is no longer in effect. 15C.145 Relief From Retaliatory Actions This section protects employees, contractors, and agents from retaliation for blowing the whistle on False Claims Act … 15C.15 Deposit of State Funds; False Claims Account This section governs how money recovered by the state under the False Claims Act is distributed. Actual damages … 15C.16 Reporting This section requires the attorney general to submit an annual report to the legislature by January 15 each year on the …