Minn. Stat. § 231.04: DEPARTMENT TO ENFORCE WAREHOUSE LAW.

The department shall see that the provisions of the constitution and the statutes of this state affecting warehouse operators or household goods warehouse operators, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in some other officer or tribunal, are enforced and obeyed, that violations thereof are promptly prosecuted, and that penalties due the state therefor are recovered and collected; and, to this end, it may sue in the name of the state.