Chapter 325 — Minnesota Unfair Cigarette Sales Act

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The material formerly located here has been renumbered or relocated to section … 325.988 This section number is no longer in use. The material formerly located here has been renumbered or relocated to section … 325.989 This section has been renumbered or relocated to other statute sections. 325D.02 Application This section explains which business activities the unfair trade practices laws cover. Section 325D.03 applies to making … 325D.03 Discrimination Unlawful It is illegal for businesses in Minnesota to charge different prices for the same products in different cities or … 325D.04 Selling Below Cost Forbidden It is illegal for retailers, wholesalers, or vending machine operators to sell goods below their cost in order to hurt a … 325D.05 Bankrupt Sales Not to Be Considered in Fixing Costs When figuring out the cost of goods for below-cost selling rules, businesses cannot use prices from bankruptcy or … 325D.06 Inapplicable Sales The below-cost selling rules do not apply in certain situations: closing out inventory to leave a business, selling … 325D.07 Remedies Cumulative The legal remedies available under the unfair trade practices law are in addition to any other remedies available under … 325D.08 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.09 Unlawful Trade Practices The legislature found that certain trade practices hurt workers, mislead consumers about prices and product quality, and … 325D.10 Definitions This section defines key terms used in the unlawful trade practices law, including 'person,' 'employer,' 'sale,' and … 325D.11 Certain Unlawful Trade Practices It is an unlawful trade practice for a seller to advertise, claim, or imply that a sale or transfer of goods is "at … 325D.12 Retailers Not to Misrepresent Nature of Business A retailer may not misrepresent the true nature of its business, such as by falsely calling itself a manufacturer, … 325D.13 Quality, Misrepresented No one selling merchandise may knowingly misrepresent the true quality, ingredients, or origin of that merchandise. The … 325D.14 Employer Not to Dispose of Other Than Own Products An employer may not sell, or arrange to sell, merchandise to its employees or others if that merchandise is not … 325D.15 Violations; Restraining Orders Violating any of the unlawful trade practice rules in sections 325D.09 to 325D.16 is a misdemeanor, and each prohibited … 325D.16 Application This section provides that nothing in sections 325D.09 to 325D.16 prohibits an employer from selling its own products or … 325D.18 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.19 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.20 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.21 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.22 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.23 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.24 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.25 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.26 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.27 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.28 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.29 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325D.30 Minnesota Unfair Cigarette Sales Act; Findings and Policy The legislature found that selling cigarettes below cost is an unfair business practice that hurts competitors and … 325D.31 Citation This section gives the law its short title. It provides that sections 325D.30 to 325D.42 are to be known as the … 325D.32 Definitions This section defines the terms used in Minnesota's law on cigarette sales below cost (sections 325D.30 to 325D.42). It … 325D.33 Sales at Less Than Cost; Penalty It is unlawful for a wholesaler or retailer to sell or offer to sell cigarettes below their cost in order to injure a … 325D.34 Combination Sales This section covers sales that bundle cigarettes together with another item, gift, or concession for one combined price. … 325D.35 Sales by a Wholesaler to a Wholesaler When one wholesaler sells cigarettes to another wholesaler, the selling wholesaler does not have to add its own cost of … 325D.36 Sales Exceptions The cigarette below-cost pricing rules (sections 325D.30 to 325D.42) do not apply to three kinds of sales. The first is … 325D.37 Transactions Permitted to Meet Lawful Competition This section lets cigarette wholesalers and retailers sell at a price set in good faith to match a competitor who is … 325D.38 Admissible Evidence This section governs what evidence a court may consider when deciding cost to a wholesaler or retailer in a cigarette … 325D.39 Sales Outside Ordinary Channels of Business; Effect This section controls which purchase prices can be used to figure the basic cost of cigarettes to a wholesaler or … 325D.40 Violations This section sets out the remedies for violations of the Minnesota Unfair Cigarette Sales Act. Anyone who would be … 325D.42 Partial Unconstitutionality This section is a severability clause for the Minnesota Unfair Cigarette Sales Act in sections 325D.30 to 325D.42. It … 325D.43 Definitions This section defines the terms used in Minnesota's trademark and marks law (sections 325D.43 to 325D.48). It sets out … 325D.44 Deceptive Trade Practices This is Minnesota's Deceptive Trade Practices Act. It lists 14 acts that count as a deceptive trade practice, including … 325D.45 Remedies This section sets out the remedies for a deceptive trade practice. A person likely to be damaged by another's deceptive … 325D.46 Application This section sets the limits on when the deceptive trade practices law (sections 325D.43 to 325D.48) applies. It does … 325D.47 Uniformity of Application and Construction This section directs how the deceptive trade practices law (sections 325D.43 to 325D.48) should be interpreted. Because … 325D.48 Citation This section is the short title for a group of related laws. It states that Minnesota Statutes sections 325D.43 through … 325D.49 Citation This section is the short title for a group of related laws. It states that Minnesota Statutes sections 325D.49 through … 325D.50 Definitions This section defines the key terms used throughout the Minnesota Antitrust Law (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66). It … 325D.51 Unreasonable Restraint of Trade or Commerce This section is a core prohibition of the Minnesota Antitrust Law. It makes it unlawful for two or more persons to enter … 325D.52 Establishment, Maintenance, or Use of Monopoly Power This section is the Minnesota Antitrust Law's prohibition on monopolization. It makes it unlawful to establish, … 325D.53 Prohibited Contracts, Combinations, and Conspiracies This section lists specific agreements between competitors that are treated as unreasonable restraints of trade and are … 325D.54 Scope of Act This section sets the geographic reach of Minnesota's antitrust law (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66). The law applies to … 325D.55 Exemptions This section lists who and what is exempt from Minnesota's antitrust law (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66). Nonprofit labor, … 325D.56 Penalties for Violation This section sets the penalties for violating Minnesota's antitrust law (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66). A person who … 325D.57 Damages This section sets the damages someone can recover for an antitrust violation under sections 325D.49 to 325D.66. A … 325D.58 Injunctive Relief This section authorizes Minnesota courts to grant injunctive relief to prevent and restrain violations of sections … 325D.59 Authority of the Attorney General This section gives the Minnesota attorney general authority to investigate any alleged violation of sections 325D.49 to … 325D.60 Forfeiture of Charter Rights and Privilege to Do Business When a person fails to comply with a final court judgment or a court-approved consent settlement concerning a violation … 325D.61 Acts of Officers, Directors, Representatives, or Agents Acting Within Scope of Authority A business entity such as a corporation, association, firm, partnership, or limited partnership is liable for the acts … 325D.62 Judgment in Favor of State as Prima Facie Evidence A final judgment or decree in a civil or criminal case brought by or on behalf of the state of Minnesota, its … 325D.63 Notification of Civil Action This section requires the court administrator to notify the attorney general whenever a private civil action is started … 325D.64 Statute of Limitations This section sets the time limit for bringing a lawsuit under Minnesota's antitrust laws (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66). … 325D.65 Venue This section sets the rules for where a lawsuit under Minnesota's antitrust laws (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66) can be … 325D.66 Action Not Barred as Affecting or Involving Interstate or Foreign Commerce This section makes clear that a claim under Minnesota's antitrust laws (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66) cannot be thrown … 325D.67 Petroleum This section prohibits unfair geographic price discrimination by businesses that produce, manufacture, or distribute … 325D.68 Monopolization of Food Products This section makes it a criminal conspiracy for any group of people, whether acting as individuals or through a … 325D.69 This section no longer contains operative law. Subdivision 1 was repealed in 1987, and subdivision 2 was renumbered as … 325D.70 This section has been renumbered or relocated to other statute sections. 325E.01 Delivery Tickets to Accompany Each Fuel Delivery Every fuel delivery must include a written ticket showing the amount, type, and grade of fuel, the buyer's name, and the … 325E.02 Customer Deposits This section governs customer deposits required before service begins from a water, gas, telephone, cable television, … 325E.03 Sale of Beverage Containers Having Detachable Parts This section bans selling or offering for sale in Minnesota any carbonated soft drink, beer, other malt beverage, or … 325E.04 Free Samples; Distribution This section makes it unlawful to deliver advertising, merchandise samples, or promotional material door to door to … 325E.05 Agricultural Implement Dealerships; Return of Stock This section protects franchised agricultural machinery and implement dealers when their dealership is discontinued for … 325E.06 Repurchase of Farm Machinery, Implements, Attachments and Parts Upon Termination of Contract When a contract between a farm implement retailer and a wholesaler, manufacturer, or distributor is terminated, … 325E.07 Cigarette Vending Machines, Notice Relating to Sales This section requires the owner, lessee, or person in control of each cigarette vending machine in Minnesota to post a … 325E.08 Service for Disabled Persons at Gasoline Stations Gasoline service stations that offer both full-service and self-service operations must provide an attendant to pump … 325E.09 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325E.10 Definitions This section provides the definitions used in sections 325E.11 to 325E.112, which deal with motor oil and motor oil … 325E.11 Collection Facilities; Notice Retailers that sell motor oil or motor oil filters must post a notice telling customers where used motor oil and used … 325E.12 Penalty Violating any of the motor oil and motor oil filter provisions in sections 325E.10 to 325E.1151 is a petty misdemeanor. … 325E.13 Tampering With Odometers; Definitions This section provides the definitions that apply to Minnesota's odometer-tampering laws (sections 325E.13 to 325E.16). … 325E.14 Prohibited Acts This section lists the acts that are prohibited under Minnesota's odometer-tampering law. It bans tampering with or … 325E.15 Transfer of Motor Vehicle; Mileage Disclosure This section requires anyone transferring a motor vehicle to disclose the true odometer mileage to the person receiving … 325E.16 Penalties; Remedies This section sets the penalties and remedies for violating Minnesota's odometer-tampering laws (sections 325E.13 to … 325E.17 Unlawful Transfers or Sales of Recordings This section makes it unlawful to knowingly copy or sell sound or video recordings without the master recording owner's … 325E.18 Identity of Transferor This section makes it unlawful to sell, distribute, circulate, or possess for sale or distribution any recording for … 325E.19 Exemptions This section lists exemptions from the recording-identification rules in sections 325E.169 to 325E.201. Those rules do … 325E.20 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325E.21 Dealers in Scrap Metal; Records, Reports, and Registration This section regulates scrap metal dealers, requiring them to keep detailed electronic records of each purchase, pay for … 325E.22 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325E.23 Definitions This section defines key terms used in sections 325E.23 to 325E.25, which govern outdoor advertising. An "advertising … 325E.24 Furnishing of Space; Exceptions This section governs how outdoor advertising businesses furnish advertising space. It makes it unlawful for anyone in … 325E.25 Violations This section sets the penalty for breaking the outdoor advertising rules in sections 325E.23 to 325E.25. Any person who … 325F.01 Asbestos Used in Building and Remodeling It is illegal to use, sell, or deliver powdered asbestos for building construction or remodeling in Minnesota. Violating … 325F.02 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325F.03 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325F.04 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325F.05 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325F.06 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325F.07 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325F.08 Importation, Manufacture, Sale or Distribution of Hazardous Articles This section makes it illegal to import, manufacture, sell, hold for sale, or distribute any toy or other article … 325F.09 Definitions This section defines the terms used in the law on hazardous children's toys and articles. It defines a "child" as anyone … 325F.10 Banning of Hazardous Articles; Rules This section directs the commissioner of commerce to ban from sale or distribution any toy or other article intended for … 325F.11 Testing of Articles to Determine and Insure Compliance This section lets the commissioner of commerce, or a qualified employee or inspector, test toys and other children's … 325F.12 Repurchase of Banned Articles This section requires that banned children's articles be bought back along the chain of sale, whether or not the article … 325F.13 Banned Hazardous Toys; Prohibitions This section bans hazardous toys intended for children. No person may sell, expose for sale, deliver, give away, … 325F.14 Hazardous Toys; Seizure This section authorizes the seizure of hazardous toys. The commissioner must apply to the district court to seize toys … 325F.15 Commissioner's Right of Access to Premises, Records This section gives the commissioner and inspectors a right of access to premises and records to enforce the toy and … 325F.16 Penalties This section sets the penalty for violating the toy and article safety laws in sections 325F.08 to 325F.18. Any person … 325F.17 Citation This section gives the toy safety laws their short title. Sections 325F.08 to 325F.16 may be cited as the "Safe Toys … 325F.19 Home Insulation; Consumer Protection; Definitions This section provides the definitions used in Minnesota's home insulation consumer protection law (sections 325F.19 to … 325F.20 Specifications for Manufacture, Labeling, and Installation of Insulation This section directs the commissioner of commerce to adopt rules setting quality, information, and product safety … 325F.22 Unfair and Deceptive Advertising Practices This section makes it an unfair and deceptive practice to use false or misleading advertising for insulation sold in … 325F.23 Marking, Labeling, and Consumer Information This section requires that insulation containers and wrappings sold in Minnesota be labeled legibly in bold type at … 325F.24 Enforcement; Penalties This section sets the penalties and enforcement tools for Minnesota's home insulation consumer protection law. … 325F.26 Use of Secondhand Material Forbidden in Certain Cases This section bans the use of certain secondhand material when making or remaking any article of bedding. No one may … 325F.27 Sale of Bedding This section prohibits selling certain used bedding. No one may sell, offer for sale, consign for sale, or possess with … 325F.28 Material Must Be Renovated This section requires that all material used to remake or renovate bedding be thoroughly sterilized and disinfected … 325F.29 Sales Forbidden; Exceptions; Penalties This section forbids selling, leasing, delivering, consigning, or possessing with intent to do so any bedding that was … 325F.30 Shoddy Material to Be Labeled This section requires bedding made from shoddy or certain previously-used material to be labeled. No one may make, sell, … 325F.31 Bedding to Be Labeled This section requires that any article of bedding made, remade, sold, or held for sale carry a durable label at least … 325F.32 Feathers to Be Renovated This section requires that feathers used in making, remaking, or renovating bedding be properly sanitized. Whether the … 325F.33 This section no longer contains operative statutory text. It was repealed or renumbered by 1981 1st Special Session … 325F.34 Testimony; Production of Books and Documents In any case or proceeding brought under sections 325F.25 to 325F.32 (the bedding labeling laws), a person cannot refuse … 325F.36 Manufacture and Sale of Cotton Duck or Canvas; Stamps, Brands, and Marks This section requires anyone who manufactures, offers, or exposes for sale cotton duck or canvas (or any article other … 325F.37 Certain Sales Unlawful; Misstatements Forbidden This section makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale cotton duck or canvas, or articles (other than clothing and … 325F.38 This section has been repealed or relocated. 325F.39 Unlawful to Deface Mark This section makes it unlawful for any person to deface, mutilate, obscure, conceal, efface, cancel, or remove any mark … 325F.40 Violations; Penalties This section sets the penalty for violating sections 325F.35 to 325F.39, the provisions governing the marking and … 325F.41 Testimony; Production of Books and Documents This section provides that no person may refuse to testify or to produce books, papers, contracts, agreements, and … 325F.42 Fraud in the Sale of Fur Wearing Apparel This section prohibits selling fur wearing apparel at retail in Minnesota under any false or deceptive name. A name is … 325F.43 Imitation Indian-made Goods to Be Branded This section requires goods made in imitation of genuine American Indian-made products (such as moccasins, bead work, … 325F.44 Brand This section specifies the exact brand or mark required for imitation Indian-made goods under section 325F.43: it must … 325F.45 Goods Not to Be Sold Without Brand This section makes it illegal to sell, offer for sale, or possess for sale the imitation Indian-made goods described in … 325F.46 Remedies This section sets the remedies for violations of sections 325F.43 to 325F.45, which govern branding of imitation … 325F.47 Misrepresentation of Blind-made Articles or Products This section regulates products sold in Minnesota that are represented as "blind-made." To use that label, at least 75 … 325F.48 Prison-made Goods Are Subject to Laws of State This section addresses goods made wholly or in part by convicts or prisoners (other than those on parole or probation) … 325F.49 This section has been renumbered or relocated to other statute sections. 325F.50 This section has been renumbered or relocated to other statute sections. 325F.51 Operation of Airport Foreign Currency Exchanges This section governs foreign currency exchanges operated at airports in Minnesota. Such a facility may not operate … 325F.52 This section has been renumbered or relocated to other statute sections. 325F.53 Retail Merchandise; Price Marking This section requires grocery stores that use electronic or magnetic scanners at checkout to conspicuously display the … 325F.54 Penalties This section sets the penalties for violating the grocery price-marking rules in sections 325F.53 to 325F.55. Knowingly … 325F.55 Local Ordinance Preempted This section preempts local regulation of retail price marking. No subordinate unit of government, such as a city or … 325F.56 Definitions This section defines the terms used in sections 325F.56 to 325F.66, the laws governing repairs of motor vehicles, … 325F.57 Service Calls A repair shop may charge a towing, minimum, or other service charge for making a call at a location other than the shop. … 325F.58 Estimates If a customer asks for a written estimate before repairs begin, a repair shop must provide one listing the parts, … 325F.59 Repairs A repair shop cannot charge for repairs the customer did not authorize. A shop also cannot perform repairs it knows or … 325F.60 Invoice After completing repairs, a shop must give the customer a dated invoice. This applies to any work done under a … 325F.61 Return of Property A shop must return a customer's repaired motor vehicle or appliance, on reasonable demand, once the customer pays the … 325F.62 Required Shop Practices This section sets required practices for motor vehicle and appliance repair shops. If a customer asks before repairs … 325F.63 Remedies; Penalties This section sets the remedies and penalties when a motor vehicle or appliance repair shop breaks the repair rules. If a … 325F.64 Exemptions This section lists situations where the motor vehicle and appliance repair rules in sections 325F.57 to 325F.59 and … 325F.65 Preemption by State This section makes the state repair rules in sections 325F.56 to 325F.66 override local city or county ordinances that … 325F.66 Title This section gives the group of statutes a name. It provides that sections 325F.56 to 325F.65 may be cited as the "Truth … 325F.67 False Statement in Advertisement This section makes it a misdemeanor to publish a false advertisement. Any person, firm, corporation, or association … 325F.68 Definitions This section defines the words and terms used in sections 325F.68 to 325F.70. It explains that "merchandise" covers … 325F.69 Unlawful Practices This is the core "unlawful practices" provision of Minnesota's consumer fraud law. It prohibits any fraud, unfair or … 325F.70 Remedies This section sets out the remedies for violations of sections 325F.68 to 325F.70. The attorney general or any county … 325G.01 Effect of Delivery If a company sends you goods you did not order, those goods are legally a free gift. You do not have to pay for them or … 325G.02 Definitions This section defines key terms used in sections 325G.02 to 325G.04, which deal with financial transaction cards. It … 325G.03 Unsolicited Financial Transaction Cards A person whose name is on a financial transaction card is not liable for charges from using that card if they get no … 325G.04 Lost or Stolen Financial Transaction Cards A person whose name is on an accepted financial transaction card cannot be held liable for more than $50 from … 325G.05 Disputed Accounts Every financial transaction card issuer must print on each billing statement the name, address, and telephone number of … 325G.06 Definitions This section defines the terms used in the home solicitation sale rules in sections 325G.06 to 325G.11. A "home … 325G.07 Buyer's Right to Cancel A buyer in a home solicitation sale has the right to cancel the sale until midnight of the third business day after the … 325G.08 Writing Required; Notice of Right to Cancel; Notice of Cancellation When a home solicitation sale occurs, the seller must orally tell the buyer about the right to cancel and give the buyer … 325G.09 Return of Payments or Goods After a home solicitation sale is canceled or an offer to purchase is revoked, the seller must return the buyer's … 325G.10 Penalties for Violation Anyone found to have violated sections 325G.06 to 325G.09, the home solicitation sales rules, is subject to the … 325G.11 Damages A person who is harmed by a violation of sections 325G.06 to 325G.09, the home solicitation sales rules, can sue to … 325G.12 Definitions This section defines the key terms used in sections 325G.12 to 325G.14, which govern personal solicitation sales to … 325G.13 Disclosure Obligation Before any personal solicitation, a seller must clearly disclose, at the time of initial contact, their own name, the … 325G.14 Penalties; Remedies This section sets the penalties and remedies for violating the personal solicitation disclosure rules in section … 325G.15 Definitions This section defines the terms used in sections 325G.15 and 325G.16, which deal with consumer credit sales. It defines a … 325G.16 Restrictions This section places restrictions on consumer credit sale contracts to protect buyers. The seller may not take a … 325G.17 Definitions This section defines the key terms used in sections 325G.17 to 325G.20, which govern written warranties on consumer … 325G.18 Implied Warranties This section provides that every consumer sale in Minnesota comes with an implied warranty that the goods are … 325G.19 Express Warranties This section governs express warranties in consumer sales of goods. An express warranty on a consumer sale of new goods … 325G.20 Remedies This section sets the remedies for violations of the consumer warranty rules in sections 325G.17 to 325G.20. A violation … 325G.21 Deficiency Judgments; Consumer Transactions; Definitions This section defines the terms used in section 325G.22, which deals with deficiency judgments in consumer credit … 325G.22 Limits on Buyer's Liability This section limits a buyer's personal liability when a seller or lender repossesses or accepts surrender of personal … 325G.23 Definitions This section defines the terms used in the laws governing clubs (sections 325G.23 to 325G.28). It covers health clubs … 325G.24 Right of Cancellation This section gives club members the right to cancel a new membership before midnight of the third business day after … 325G.25 Contract Regulation This section sets the form and content rules for club membership contracts. Every contract must be in writing, signed … 325G.26 Limitation on Membership Period This section limits the length of a club membership contract to no longer than 18 months from the date it is signed. A … 325G.27 Registration Requirements, Surety Bond Requirement, Alternative Security This section requires every buying, health, or social referral club doing business in Minnesota to register with the … 325G.28 Violations This section sets the enforcement tools and remedies for violations of the buying, health, or social referral club laws … 349.30 Definitions This section is the definitions section for sections 349.30 to 349.39. It defines the terms used in those sections, … 349.31 Gambling Device; Possession of This section makes the intentional possession or willful keeping of a gambling device on licensed premises grounds to … 349.32 Issuing Authority to Suspend or Revoke This section provides that proceedings to suspend or revoke a license are held before the issuing authority, which is … 349.33 Peace Officers to Observe and Inspect Premises This section requires every sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, and peace officer to observe and inspect premises … 349.34 Proceedings Before Issuing Authority; Order to Show Cause When an issuing authority, acting on a peace officer's report, believes there is cause to suspend or revoke a license, … 349.35 Revocation of License At the show-cause hearing, if it appears the licensee intentionally possessed or willfully kept any gambling device on … 349.36 Duties of County Attorney or Attorney General This section assigns legal counsel duties for the license suspension or revocation hearing. The county attorney of the … 349.37 Witnesses This section gives the issuing authority power over witnesses at a hearing. The authority may issue subpoenas and compel … 349.38 Property Owners Liability This section protects the owner of premises where a licensed gambling business operated when that business's license is … 349.39 Appeal to District Court; Stay; Continuance Under Bond; Hearing Upon One Year Limitation on Premises This section lets a licensee or an owner of licensed premises appeal an order suspending or revoking a gambling license … 8.31 Additional Duties of Attorney General The attorney general has the power to investigate and prosecute violations of certain laws protecting consumers, …