Minnesota Statutes Extraordinary Writs; Contempt; Postconviction Relief (Ch. 585-590) § 589.15. Discharging petitioner held under civil process

(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.