Minn. Stat. § 375.28: REWARDS FOR CAPTURE.

A county board may offer and pay rewards in the amounts, not exceeding $500 in any one case, as it deems advisable for the apprehension, arrest, or conviction, or for information leading to the apprehension, arrest, or conviction, of persons accused of crime in any court in the county or for the apprehension, or for information leading to the apprehension, of any prisoner escaped from a jail in the county.