Section 609.54 Embezzlement of Public Funds

609.54 EMBEZZLEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

Whoever does an act which constitutes embezzlement under the provisions of Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 13 may be sentenced as follows:

(1) if the value of the funds so embezzled is $2,500, or less, to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; or

(2) if such value is more than $2,500, to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both.

History:

1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.54; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11