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Minn. Stat. § 513.54 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 513 / Section 513.54
§ 513.54 EXCEPTIONS.
Status: in_force

The seller disclosure requirements in sections 513.52 to 513.60 do not apply to any of the following:

(1) real property that is not residential real property;

(2) a gratuitous transfer;

(3) a transfer pursuant to a court order;

(4) a transfer to a government or governmental agency;

(5) a transfer by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure;

(6) a transfer to heirs or devisees of a decedent;

(7) a transfer from a cotenant to one or more other cotenants;

(8) a transfer made to a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, or grandchild of the seller;

(9) a transfer between spouses resulting from a decree of marriage dissolution or from a property settlement agreement incidental to that decree;

(10) a transfer of newly constructed residential property that has not been inhabited;

(11) an option to purchase a unit in a common interest community, until exercised;

(12) a transfer to a person who controls or is controlled by the grantor as those terms are defined with respect to a declarant under section 515B.1-103 , clause (2);

(13) a transfer to a tenant who is in possession of the residential real property; or

(14) a transfer of special declarant rights under section 515B.3-104 .
Minn. Stat. § 360.63 — MN Code / Part 360_362 / Chapter 360 / Section 360.63
§ 360.63 DEALER'S LICENSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Qualifications. Any person engaged in the business of selling, purchasing, or dealing in aircraft, new or used, and who desires to withhold aircraft owned by that person from tax as provided in sections 360.511 to 360.67 , may apply to the commissioner for an aircraft dealer's license. In order to qualify for an aircraft dealer's license the applicant shall show that the applicant has an established place of business approved by the commissioner that has the necessary buildings, facilities, and equipment for the proper storage and maintenance of aircraft in accordance with such rules as may be established by the commissioner. The commissioner may charge a fee of $10 for each license, which license shall be effective for one year from the date of its issuance, or may authorize an aircraft dealer to operate under a flight operator's license as otherwise provided by this chapter. The commissioner is empowered to suspend or revoke any license issued by the commissioner on determining that the holder thereof has violated any of the provisions of sections 360.511 to 360.67 or has failed to maintain any of the requirements necessary to obtain such license.

§ Subd. 2. Aircraft demonstration. Any aircraft owned by an aircraft dealer, licensed under this section, may be used for the purpose of demonstration or for any purpose incident to the usual conduct and operation of business as an aircraft dealer; provided the aircraft has been first listed with the commissioner on an aircraft withholding form provided by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 17.9892 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.9892
§ 17.9892 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in this section apply to sections 17.9891 to 17.993 .

§ Subd. 2. Certification. "Certification" means a producer has demonstrated compliance with all applicable environmental rules and statutes for all of the producer's owned and rented agricultural land and has achieved a satisfactory score through the certification instrument as verified by a certifying agent.

§ Subd. 3. Certifying agent. "Certifying agent" means a person who is authorized by the commissioner to assess producers to determine whether a producer satisfies the standards of the program.

§ Subd. 4. Effective control. "Effective control" means possession of land by ownership, written lease, or other legal agreement and authority to act as decision-maker for the day-to-day management of the operation at the time the producer achieves certification and for the required certification period.

§ Subd. 5. Eligible land. "Eligible land" means all acres of a producer's agricultural operation, whether contiguous or not, that are under the effective control of the producer at the time the producer enters into the program and that the producer operates with equipment, labor, and management.

§ Subd. 6. Program. "Program" means the Minnesota agricultural water quality certification program.

§ Subd. 7. Technical assistance. "Technical assistance" means professional, advisory, or cost-share assistance provided to individuals in order to achieve certification.
Minn. Stat. § 299F.32 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.32
§ 299F.32 STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that this chapter is necessary for the public safety, health, peace, and welfare, is remedial in nature, and shall be construed liberally and this chapter shall not be declared unconstitutional and void for the reason that any section or provision thereof may be in contravention of the constitution.
Minn. Stat. § 383C.797 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.797
§ 383C.797 ST. LOUIS COUNTY; 7TH COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

The area of St. Louis County previously organized as the township of Payne and now part of the township of Meadowlands is assigned to the 7th county commissioner district for all purposes until the next decennial redistricting.
Minn. Stat. § 273.1321 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 273 / Section 273.1321
§ 273.1321 VACANT COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. A city may establish, by ordinance, a program to encourage redevelopment, provide for better utilization of commercial-industrial property, and eliminate blighting influences by revoking the eligibility of individual commercial-industrial properties to receive the credit authorized under section 273.1398, subdivision 4 . The program may revoke eligibility of a property only if: (1) the property has been vacant, as defined in subdivision 3, clause (1), (2), or (3), for three or more consecutive years prior to the current assessment year; or (2) the property has been vacant as defined under subdivision 3, clause (4), for five or more consecutive years prior to the current assessment year.

§ Subd. 2. Minimum program requirements. The program must provide: (1) standards for determining whether a property is vacant; (2) written assessment notice by the city or county to the property owner informing the owner that the property's eligibility will be revoked; (3) opportunity for the property owner to appeal the revocation at the local and county board of appeal and equalization; (4) timely notice to the county assessor of the property's eligibility revocation, or if the city has a city assessor and the city assessor has revoked the property's eligibility; and (5) any other provisions the city determines are necessary or appropriate to the operation of the program to achieve its purposes.

§ Subd. 3. Definition of vacant. A program established under this section may provide that a property is vacant if the property is: (1) condemned, dangerous, or having multiple building code violations; (2) condemned and illegally occupied; (3) either occupied or unoccupied, during which time the enforcement officer for the municipality has issued multiple orders to correct nuisance conditions; or (4) unoccupied and not utilized for a commercial or industrial purpose.

§ Subd. 4. Notice to property owner. The municipality shall give notice to the property owner stating that the property may cease to be eligible for the credit under section 273.1398, subdivision 4 , unless the property is occupied, the conditions in subdivision 3, clauses (1) to (3), are remedied, and the property is used for a commercial or industrial purpose for at least 180 days during the next 12-month period.
Minn. Stat. § 60L.04 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60L / Section 60L.04
§ 60L.04 AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorization. Subject to the provisions of sections 60L.01 to 60L.15 , an insurer may loan or invest its funds, and may buy, sell, hold title to, possess, occupy, pledge, convey, manage, protect, insure, and deal with its investments, property, and other assets to the same extent as any other corporation or other person under the laws of this state or the United States.

§ Subd. 2. Board of directors; duties. With respect to all of the insurer's investments, the board of directors of an insurer shall exercise the judgment and care, under the circumstances then prevailing, that persons of reasonable prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of a like enterprise, not in regard to speculating but in regard to the permanent disposition of their funds, considering the probable income as well as the probable safety of their capital. Investments must be of sufficient value, liquidity, and diversity to ensure the insurer's ability to meet its outstanding obligations based on reasonable assumptions as to new business production for current lines of business. As part of its exercise of judgment and care, the board of directors shall take into account the prudence evaluation criteria specified under section 60L.05 .

§ Subd. 3. Internal controls. The insurer shall establish and implement internal controls and procedures to ensure compliance with investment policies and procedures to ensure that: (1) the insurer's investment staff and any consultants used are reputable and capable; (2) a periodic evaluation and monitoring process occurs for assessing the effectiveness of investment policy and strategies; (3) management's performance is assessed in meeting the stated objectives within the investment policy; and (4) appropriate analyses are undertaken of the degree to which asset cash flows are adequate to meet liability cash flows under different economic environments. The analyses must be conducted at least annually and make specific reference to economic conditions.

§ Subd. 4. Compliance. Compliance with sections 60L.01 to 60L.15 is determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time of the insurer's decision or action and not by hindsight.
Minn. Stat. § 60A.136 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60A / Section 60A.136
§ 60A.136 ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS OF ASSETS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Materiality. No acquisitions or dispositions of assets need be reported pursuant to section 60A.135 if the acquisitions or dispositions are not material. For purposes of sections 60A.135 to 60A.137 , a material acquisition (or the aggregate of any series of related acquisitions during any 30-day period) or disposition (or the aggregate of any series of related dispositions during any 30-day period) is one that is nonrecurring and not in the ordinary course of business and involves more than five percent of the reporting insurer's total admitted assets as reported in its most recent statutory statement filed with the commissioner of commerce.

§ Subd. 2. Scope. (a) Asset acquisitions subject to sections 60A.135 to 60A.137 include every purchase, lease, exchange, merger, consolidation, succession, or other acquisition other than the construction or development of real property by or for the reporting insurer or the acquisition of materials for this purpose. (b) Asset dispositions subject to sections 60A.135 to 60A.137 include every sale, lease, exchange, merger, consolidation, mortgage, hypothecation, assignment (whether for the benefit of creditors or otherwise), abandonment, destruction, or other disposition.

§ Subd. 3. Information to be reported. (a) The following information is required to be disclosed in a report of a material acquisition or disposition of assets: (1) date of the transaction; (2) manner of acquisition or disposition; (3) description of the assets involved; (4) nature and amount of the consideration given or received; (5) purpose of, or reason for, the transaction; (6) manner by which the amount of consideration was determined; (7) gain or loss recognized or realized by the insurer as a result of the transaction; and (8) name of each person from whom the assets were acquired or to whom they were disposed. (b) Insurers are required to report material acquisitions and dispositions on a nonconsolidated basis unless the insurer is part of a consolidated group of insurers that uses a pooling arrangement or 100 percent reinsurance agreement that affects the solvency and integrity of the insurer's reserves and the insurer ceded substantially all of its direct and assumed business to the pool. An insurer is considered to have ceded substantially all of its direct and assumed business to a pool if the insurer has less than $1,000,000 total direct plus assumed written premiums during a calendar year that are not subject to a pooling arrangement and the net income of the business not subject to the pooling arrangement represents less than five percent of the insurer's capital and surplus.
Minn. Stat. § 523.16 — MN Code / Part 520_523 / Chapter 523 / Section 523.16
§ 523.16 AFFIDAVIT AS PROOF OF AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Multiple attorneys-in-fact. If the attorney-in-fact exercising a power pursuant to a power of attorney has authority to act as a result of the death, incompetency, or resignation of one or more attorneys-in-fact named in the power of attorney, an affidavit executed by the attorney-in-fact setting forth the conditions precedent to the attorney-in-fact's authority to act under the power of attorney and stating that those conditions have occurred is conclusive proof as to any party relying on the affidavit of the occurrence of those conditions.

§ Subd. 2. Attorney-in-fact for member of military. If an attorney-in-fact is exercising a power pursuant to a power of attorney executed by a member of the military in a form prepared under section 523.231 , an affidavit executed by the attorney-in-fact setting forth the conditions precedent to the authority to act and stating the existence of those conditions is conclusive proof as to any party relying on the affidavit of the existence of those conditions.
Minn. Stat. § 466A.04 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 466A / Section 466A.04
§ 466A.04 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

A city may establish a community initiatives program as part of the community resource plan. No more than ten percent of the community resource money may be distributed under the community initiatives program. State money used for the community initiatives program must be used for implementing activities included in the community resources program. Financial assistance or service contracts awarded to a single nonprofit organization under this subdivision are limited to $10,000 annually.
Minn. Stat. § 16A.134 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16A / Section 16A.134
§ 16A.134 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.
Status: in_force

An employee's contribution to a registered combined charitable organization defined in section 43A.50 may be deducted from the employee's pay. On the employee's written request, the commissioner shall deduct a requested amount from the pay of the employee for each pay period. The commissioner shall issue a payment in that amount to the specified organization.
Minn. Stat. § 174.247 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 174 / Section 174.247
§ 174.247 ANNUAL TRANSIT REPORT.
Status: in_force

(a) By February 15 annually, the commissioner must submit a report to the legislature on transit services outside the metropolitan area. Any public transportation system receiving assistance under section 174.24 must provide assistance in creating the report, as requested by the commissioner.

(b) The report must include, at a minimum, the following:

(1) a descriptive overview of public transportation in Minnesota;

(2) a descriptive summary of funding sources and assistance programs;

(3) a summary of each public transportation system receiving assistance under section 174.24 ;

(4) data that identifies use of volunteers in providing transit service;

(5) financial data that identifies for each public transportation system and for each transit system classification under section 174.24, subdivision 3b :

(i) the operating and capital costs;

(ii) each of the funding sources used to provide financial assistance; and

(iii) for federal funds, the amount from each specific federal program under which funding is provided;

(6) a summary of the differences in program implementation requirements and aid recipient eligibility between federal aid and state sources of funds; and

(7) an analysis of public transportation system needs and operating expenditures on an annual basis, which must include a methodology for identifying monetary needs, and calculations of:

(i) the total monetary needs for all public transportation systems, for the year of the report and the ensuing five years;

(ii) the total expenditures from local sources for each transit system classification;

(iii) the comprehensive transit assistance percentage for each transit system classification, which equals (A) the expenditures identified under item (ii), for a transit system classification, divided by (B) the amounts identified under subitem (A), plus the sum of state sources of funds plus federal funds provided to all transit systems in that classification; and

(iv) the amount of surplus or insufficient funds available for paying capital and operating costs to fully implement the greater Minnesota transit investment plan under section 174.24 , subdivision 1a.
Minn. Stat. § 604.204 — MN Code / Part 604_605 / Chapter 604 / Section 604.204
§ 604.204 ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

In an action for sexual exploitation, evidence of the plaintiff's sexual history is not admissible except when:

(1) the defendant requests a hearing prior to trial and makes an offer of proof of the relevancy of the history; and

(2) the court finds that the history is relevant and that the probative value of the history outweighs its prejudicial effect.

The court shall allow the admission only of specific information or examples of the plaintiff's conduct that are determined by the court to be relevant. The court's order shall detail the information or conduct that is admissible and no other such evidence may be introduced.

Violation of the terms of the order may be grounds for a new trial.
Minn. Stat. § 171.122 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 171 / Section 171.122
§ 171.122 ENHANCED DRIVERS' LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS; LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

Provisions of this chapter that relate expressly to enhanced drivers' licenses or enhanced identification cards apply only to drivers' licenses within the meaning of section 171.01, subdivision 31a , and identification cards within the meaning of section 171.01 , subdivision 31b, unless otherwise expressly provided in statute.
Minn. Stat. § 508A.29 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.29
§ 508A.29 APPEALS.
Status: in_force

An appeal may be taken to the court of appeals from any order of the district court relating to land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 within 60 days from the filing of the order. The appeal shall be as in other civil cases.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.431 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.431
§ 504B.431 SERVICE OF JUDGMENT.
Status: in_force

A copy of the judgment must be personally served on every residential and commercial tenant of the residential building whose obligations will be affected by the judgment. If, with due diligence, personal service cannot be made, service may be made by posting a notice of the judgment on the entrance door of the residential tenant's dwelling or commercial tenant's unit and by mailing a copy of the judgment to the residential tenant or commercial tenant by certified mail.
Minn. Stat. § 304A.021 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 304A / Section 304A.021
§ 304A.021 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the words, terms, and phrases defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. General benefit corporation. "General benefit corporation" means a public benefit corporation that elects in its articles to pursue general public benefit and that may state in its articles a specific public benefit purpose it elects to pursue.

§ Subd. 3. General public benefit. "General public benefit" means a net material positive impact from the business and operations of a general benefit corporation on society, the environment, and the well-being of present and future generations.

§ Subd. 4. Independent. "Independent" means having no material relationship with a public benefit corporation or a parent, a subsidiary, or other affiliate of a public benefit corporation.

§ Subd. 5. Minimum status vote. "Minimum status vote" means that the shareholders shall take action by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of all of the issued and outstanding shares.

§ Subd. 6. Organization. "Organization" means a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, whether domestic or foreign, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, association, trust, estate, enterprise, or other legal or commercial entity.

§ Subd. 7. Public benefit corporation. "Public benefit corporation" means a corporation formed under chapter 302A: (1) that has elected to become subject to this chapter; and (2) whose status as a public benefit corporation has not been terminated or revoked.

§ Subd. 8. Specific benefit corporation. "Specific benefit corporation" means a public benefit corporation that states in its articles a specific public benefit purpose it elects to pursue, but does not include a general benefit corporation that states in its articles a specific public benefit purpose it elects to pursue.

§ Subd. 9. Specific public benefit. "Specific public benefit" means one or more positive impacts, or reduction of a negative impact, on specified categories of natural persons, entities, communities, or interests, other than shareholders in their capacity as shareholders, as enumerated in the articles of a public benefit corporation.

§ Subd. 10. Third-party standard. "Third-party standard" means: (1) a publicly available standard or guideline for defining, reporting, and assessing the performance of a business enterprise as a social or benefit corporation; (2) promulgated by a natural person or an organization; and (3) that is independent of the public benefit corporation.
Minn. Stat. § 173.025 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 173 / Section 173.025
§ 173.025 MUNICIPAL IDENTIFICATION SIGN.
Status: in_force

A local road authority may erect a municipal identification entrance sign within the right-of-way of a trunk highway with the written permission of the commissioner. Municipal identification entrance signs erected without the written permission of the commissioner are prohibited.