Subdivision 1.Contents; filing; fee.

Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation which is subject to section 306.761 is required to file, by March 31 if operating on a calendar year basis and by 90 days after the end of the fiscal year if operating on a fiscal year basis, either its independently audited financial statement or a certified letter prepared by a certified public accountant which reviews the permanent care and improvement fund and construction performance bond of the cemetery, mausoleum, or columbarium. The letter or audited financial statement must, at a minimum, review whether the amounts in the entity’s permanent care and improvement fund and construction performance bond comply with the requirements of this chapter. The independently audited financial statement or the certified letter must be filed with the county auditor of the county in which the cemetery, mausoleum, or columbarium is situated. There shall be paid to the county auditor a filing fee of $15 for each certified letter or independently audited financial statement.

Subd. 2.Penalty.

Attorney's Note

Under the Minnesota Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Gross misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $3,000
Misdemeanorup to 90 daysup to $1,000
For details, see § 609.02

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 306.93

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation knowingly violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for a second offense shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.