{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-31a.11","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 31A.11","heading":"FORGING OF OFFICIAL MARKS OR CERTIFICATES.","body":"Subdivision 1. Unauthorized marks or certificates.\nNo brand manufacturer, printer, or other person may cast, print, lithograph, or otherwise make a device containing an official mark, simulation of an official mark, label bearing a mark or simulation, or form of official certificate or simulation, except as authorized by the commissioner.\nSubd. 2. Prohibitions.\nNo person may:\n(1) forge an official device, mark, or certificate;\n(2) without authorization from the commissioner use a real or simulated official device, mark, or certificate, or alter, detach, deface, or destroy an official device, mark, or certificate;\n(3) contrary to the rules prescribed by the commissioner, detach, deface, destroy, or fail to use an official device, mark, or certificate;\n(4) knowingly possess, without promptly notifying the commissioner or the commissioner's representative, an official device, a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official certificate, or a device, label, or carcass, part, or product of an animal bearing a counterfeit, simulated, forged, or improperly altered official mark;\n(5) knowingly make a false statement in a shipper's certificate or other certificate provided for in the rules of the commissioner; or\n(6) knowingly represent falsely that an article has been inspected and passed, or exempted, under this chapter.","path":["AGRICULTURE","CHAPTER 31A. MEAT AND POULTRY INSPECTION"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/31A.11","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:26Z","sha256":"803aee30d8fb93abc5cb43d1e1bfe9529995610b30c7814ea2db771c73ce4730","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-31a.10","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-31a.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}