{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-14.045","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 14.045","heading":"AGENCIES; LIMITS ON PENALTIES AND FINES.","body":"Subdivision 1. Limit on penalties.\nAn agency may not, under authority of rule, levy a total fine or penalty of more than $700 for a single violation unless the agency has specific statutory authority to levy a fine in excess of that amount.\nSubd. 2. Criminal penalty.\nAn agency may not, by rule, establish a criminal penalty unless the agency has specific statutory authority to do so.\nSubd. 3. Factors.\n(a) If a statute or rule gives an agency discretion over the amount of a fine, the agency must take the following factors into account in determining the amount of the fine:\n(1) the willfulness of the violation;\n(2) the gravity of the violation, including damage to humans, animals, and the natural resources of the state;\n(3) the history of past violations;\n(4) the number of violations;\n(5) the economic benefit gained by the person by allowing or committing the violation; and\n(6) other factors that justice may require.\n(b) For a violation after an initial violation, the following factors must be considered in addition to the factors in paragraph (a):\n(1) similarity of previous violations to the current violation to be penalized;\n(2) time elapsed since the last violation;\n(3) number of previous violations; and\n(4) response of the person to the most recent previous violation identified.\nSubd. 4. Effect on other law.\nThis section does not affect the right of an agency to deny a permit, revoke a license, or take similar action, other than the imposition of a fine, even if the cost of the denial, revocation, or other action to the affected party exceeds $700.\nSubd. 5. Application.\nSubdivisions 1, 2, and 4 apply only to fines and penalties imposed under rules for which notice of intent to adopt rules is published after July 1, 1996.","path":["STATE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 14. ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE","GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/14.045","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:25Z","sha256":"2da7959f8addf37448ec971cf7ab637f7f8232b5b90fcdafa8fc3b25c86c85e7","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-14.04","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-14.05"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}