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589.15 DISCHARGING PETITIONER HELD UNDER CIVIL PROCESS.

If it appears on the return that the petitioner is in custody under a valid civil process of a court, the petitioner can be discharged only in the following cases:

(1) if the jurisdiction of the court has been exceeded, either as to matter, place, sum, or person;

(2) if, though the original imprisonment was lawful, yet, by some act, omission, or event which has taken place afterward, the person is entitled to be discharged;

(3) if the process is defective in some matter of substance required by law, rendering it void;

(4) if the process, though in proper form, has been issued in a case not allowed by law;

(5) if the person having the custody of the petitioner under the process is not the person empowered by law to detain the petitioner; or

(6) if the process is not authorized by a judgment or order of a court, or by a provision of law.

History:

(9753) RL s 4587; 1985 c 265 art 9 s 1

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Minnesota > 585-590 > 589 > 589_15

589.15 DISCHARGING PETITIONER HELD UNDER CIVIL PROCESS.

If it appears on the return that the petitioner is in custody under a valid civil process of a court, the petitioner can be discharged only in the following cases:

(1) if the jurisdiction of the court has been exceeded, either as to matter, place, sum, or person;

(2) if, though the original imprisonment was lawful, yet, by some act, omission, or event which has taken place afterward, the person is entitled to be discharged;

(3) if the process is defective in some matter of substance required by law, rendering it void;

(4) if the process, though in proper form, has been issued in a case not allowed by law;

(5) if the person having the custody of the petitioner under the process is not the person empowered by law to detain the petitioner; or

(6) if the process is not authorized by a judgment or order of a court, or by a provision of law.

History:

(9753) RL s 4587; 1985 c 265 art 9 s 1


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Minnesota > 585-590 > 589 > 589_15

589.15 DISCHARGING PETITIONER HELD UNDER CIVIL PROCESS.

If it appears on the return that the petitioner is in custody under a valid civil process of a court, the petitioner can be discharged only in the following cases:

(1) if the jurisdiction of the court has been exceeded, either as to matter, place, sum, or person;

(2) if, though the original imprisonment was lawful, yet, by some act, omission, or event which has taken place afterward, the person is entitled to be discharged;

(3) if the process is defective in some matter of substance required by law, rendering it void;

(4) if the process, though in proper form, has been issued in a case not allowed by law;

(5) if the person having the custody of the petitioner under the process is not the person empowered by law to detain the petitioner; or

(6) if the process is not authorized by a judgment or order of a court, or by a provision of law.

History:

(9753) RL s 4587; 1985 c 265 art 9 s 1