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Minn. Stat. § 578.01 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 578 / Section 578.01
§ 578.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. For the purpose of sections 578.01 , 578.02 , 578.08 , 578.10 , and 578.15 to 578.21 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Court. "Court" means the court having probate jurisdiction for the county where an absentee last resided.

§ Subd. 3. Person. "Person in interest" means the absentee, heirs, any person who would have an interest in the absentee's estate had the absentee died intestate at any time between the commencement of the absence and the date set for any proceeding prescribed by section 578.17 , any person who would have an interest under the absentee's will or purported will, an insurer or surety of the absentee, an owner of any reversionary, remainder, joint or contractual interest which might be affected by the death of the absentee, creditor of the absentee, and any other person whom the court finds is properly in interest.
Minn. Stat. § 181.946 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.946
§ 181.946 LEAVE FOR CIVIL AIR PATROL SERVICE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section, "employee" and "employer" have the meanings given them in section 181.945 .

§ Subd. 2. Unpaid leave required. Unless the leave would unduly disrupt the operations of the employer, an employer shall grant a leave of absence without pay to an employee for time spent rendering service as a member of the civil air patrol on the request and under the authority of the state or any of its political subdivisions.
Minn. Stat. § 387.45 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 387 / Section 387.45
§ 387.45 VETERANS PREFERENCE LAW NOT AFFECTED.
Status: in_force

Sections 387.31 to 387.45 do not exclude or modify the application of sections 197.455 and 197.46 , known as the Veterans Preference Law.
Minn. Stat. § 325G.16 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325G / Section 325G.16
§ 325G.16 RESTRICTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Instruments. In a consumer credit sale, the seller or lessor may not take a negotiable instrument other than a check as evidence of the obligation of the buyer or lessee. A holder is not in good faith if the holder takes a negotiable instrument with notice that it is issued in violation of this section.

§ Subd. 2. Provision restrictions. No contract or obligation relating to a consumer credit sale shall contain any provision by which: (a) the consumer agrees not to assert against an assignee any claim or defense arising out of the transaction; (b) in the absence of consumer's default, the holder may arbitrarily and without reasonable cause, accelerate the maturity of any part or all of the amount owing thereunder; (c) a power of attorney is given to confess judgment in this state, or an assignment of wages is given; (d) the seller or holder of the contract or obligation, or a person acting on the seller's or holder's behalf, is given authority to enter upon the consumer's premises unlawfully or to commit any breach of the peace in the repossession of the goods; (e) the consumer waives any right of action against the seller or holder of the contract or obligation, or any other person acting on the seller's or holder's behalf, for any illegal act committed in the collection of payments under the contract or obligation or in the repossession of goods; (f) the consumer relieves the seller from any liability for any legal remedy which the consumer may have against the seller under the contract or obligation or any separate instrument executed in connection therewith.

§ Subd. 3. Claims and defenses. Any assignee of the contract or obligation relating to the consumer credit sale shall be subject to all claims and defenses of the consumer against the seller arising from the sale, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary. Provided, however, that the assignee's liability under this subdivision shall not exceed the amount owing to the assignee at the time the claim or defense is asserted against the assignee. The rights of the consumer under this subdivision can only be asserted as a matter of defense to or set off against a claim by the assignee.

§ Subd. 4. Interest retained by bailor or lessor. Any lease or bailment of goods which constitutes a consumer credit sale shall be deemed to be a sale for all purposes. The interest retained by the bailor or lessor in any such transaction shall be a security interest only.

§ Subd. 5. Mandatory provision. All contracts or obligations in the form of terminable bailment or lease of goods relating to consumer credit sales shall specify whether the goods which are the subject of the sale are new or used.
Minn. Stat. § 169A.76 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169A / Section 169A.76
§ 169A.76 CIVIL ACTION; PUNITIVE DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(a) In a civil action involving a motor vehicle accident, it is sufficient for the trier of fact to consider an award of punitive damages if there is evidence that the accident was caused by a driver:

(1) with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more;

(2) who was under the influence of a controlled substance;

(3) who was under the influence of alcohol and refused to take a test required under section 169A.51 (chemical tests for intoxication); or

(4) who was under the influence of an intoxicating substance and the person knows or has reason to know that the substance has the capacity to cause impairment.

(b) A criminal charge or conviction is not a prerequisite to consideration of punitive damages under this section. At the trial in an action where the trier of fact will consider an award of punitive damages, evidence that the driver has been convicted of violating section 169A.20 (driving while impaired), 609.2112 , 609.2113 , or 609.2114 (criminal vehicular homicide or injury) is admissible into evidence.
Minn. Stat. § 5B.13 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 5B / Section 5B.13
§ 5B.13 CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Status: in_force

When the performance of any act is prohibited under this chapter as of February 1, 2015, but no criminal or civil penalty is provided, the commission of the act is a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 542.16 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 542 / Section 542.16
§ 542.16 NOTICE TO REMOVE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Initial disqualification. Any party, or the party's attorney, to a cause pending in a district court, except for a proceeding under section 484.702 , may make and file with the court administrator in which the action is pending and serve on the opposite party a notice to remove. The notice must be served and filed within ten days after the party receives notice of which judge or judicial officer is to preside at the trial or hearing, or, if no notice of a hearing is served with the summons, then within the time to answer the summons, whichever is later. Thereupon without any further act or proof, the chief judge of the judicial district shall assign any other judge of any court within the district to preside at the trial of the cause or the hearing of the motion or order to show cause, and the cause shall be continued on the calendar, until the assigned judge can be present. In criminal actions the notice to remove shall be made and filed with the court administrator by the defendant, or the defendant's attorney, not less than two days before the expiration of the time allowed by law to prepare for trial and in any of those cases the presiding judge shall be incapacitated to try the cause. In criminal cases, the chief judge, for the purpose of securing a speedy trial, may change the place of trial to another county.

§ Subd. 2. Subsequent disqualifications. After having once disqualified a presiding judge as a matter of right under subdivision 1, a litigant may disqualify the substitute judge, but only by making an affirmative showing of prejudice. A showing that the judge might be excluded for bias from acting as a juror in the matter constitutes an affirmative showing of prejudice. If a litigant makes an affirmative showing of prejudice against a substitute judge, the chief judge of the judicial district shall assign any other judge of any court within the district to hear the cause.
Minn. Stat. § 246.715 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 246 / Section 246.715
§ 246.715 TESTING OF AVAILABLE BLOOD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Procedures with consent. If a sample of the patient's blood is available, the state-operated treatment program shall ensure that blood is tested for blood-borne pathogens with the consent of the patient, provided the conditions in sections 246.711 and 246.712 are met.

§ Subd. 2. Procedures without consent. If the patient has provided a blood sample, but does not consent to blood-borne pathogens testing, the state-operated treatment program shall ensure that the blood is tested for blood-borne pathogens if the employee requests the test, provided all of the following criteria are met: (1) the employee and state-operated treatment program have documented exposure to blood or body fluids during performance of the employee's work duties; (2) a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant has determined that a significant exposure has occurred under section 246.711 and has documented that blood-borne pathogen test results are needed for beginning, modifying, continuing, or discontinuing medical treatment for the employee as recommended by the most current guidelines of the United States Public Health Service; (3) the employee provides a blood sample for testing for blood-borne pathogens as soon as feasible; (4) the state-operated treatment program asks the patient to consent to a test for blood-borne pathogens and the patient does not consent; (5) the state-operated treatment program has provided the patient and the employee with all of the information required by section 246.712 ; and (6) the state-operated treatment program has informed the employee of the confidentiality requirements of section 246.719 and the penalties for unauthorized release of patient information under section 246.72 .

§ Subd. 3. Follow-up. The state-operated treatment program shall inform the patient whose blood was tested of the results. The state-operated treatment program shall inform the employee's health care provider of the patient's test results without the patient's name or other uniquely identifying information.
Minn. Stat. § 518C.905 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.905
§ 518C.905 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act."
Minn. Stat. § 242.45 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 242 / Section 242.45
§ 242.45 CHILDREN COMMITTED BY UNITED STATES COURTS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of corrections shall receive into custody and keep until duly discharged all children within the prescribed ages committed to the commissioner by order of any court of the United States within the state for offenses committed against the laws of the United States, and for the support of which children the United States shall undertake to pay a per diem charge as determined by the commissioner of corrections.
Minn. Stat. § 271.03 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 271 / Section 271.03
§ 271.03 SEAL.
Status: in_force

The Tax Court shall have a seal, engraved with the words, "State of Minnesota, Tax Court." Such seal may be used to authenticate the official acts of the Tax Court or any judge thereof, but failure to use the seal shall not invalidate any such act.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.0921 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.0921
§ 326B.0921 BOND REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) All bonds that are required by this chapter must be in the form of a corporate surety bond conditioned upon the faithful and lawful performance of all work contracted for or performed in the state of Minnesota. The bond must be for the benefit of any person injured or suffering financial loss by reason of the licensee's failure to comply with the requirements of this chapter, the State Building Code, and all contracts entered into.

(b) The licensee must file the bond with the commissioner on the bond form provided by the commissioner. The bond must be in lieu of all other license bonds to any other political subdivision. The bond must be written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state of Minnesota.

(c) The penal sum of the bond is cumulative and must be aggregated every two years that the bond is in force. The aggregate liability shall be limited to the bond penalty shown on the bond form for each two-year period that the bond remains in effect for any losses that occur during each two-year period. The bond shall be effective continuously from the date of issue but may be canceled as to future liability by the surety upon 30 days' written notice mailed to the commissioner by certified mail. In the event the surety pays a claim that reduces the penal sum of the bond, the surety must notify the commissioner in writing of the payment of the claim and the reduced penal sum of the bond within 15 days of the payment of the claim.

(d) A licensee that is required to maintain a bond as a condition of licensure must ensure that it has a valid bond filed with the commissioner at all times that its license is active and that the required penal sum of the bond is maintained at all times.
Minn. Stat. § 629.63 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 629 / Section 629.63
§ 629.63 SURETY ARREST OF DEFENDANT.
Status: in_force

If a surety believes that a defendant for whom the surety is acting as bonding agent (1) is about to flee, (2) will not appear as required by the defendant's recognizance, or (3) will otherwise not perform the conditions of the recognizance, the surety may arrest or have another person or the sheriff arrest the defendant.

If the surety or another person at the surety's direction arrests the defendant, the surety or the other person shall take the defendant before the judge before whom the defendant was required to appear and surrender the defendant to that judge.

If the surety wants the sheriff to arrest the defendant, the surety shall deliver a certified copy of the recognizance under which the defendant is held to the sheriff, with a direction endorsed on the recognizance requiring the sheriff to arrest the defendant and bring the defendant before the appropriate judge.

Upon receiving a certified copy of the recognizance and payment of the sheriff's fees, the sheriff shall arrest the defendant and bring the defendant before the judge.

Before a surety who has arrested a defendant who has violated the conditions of release may personally surrender the defendant to the appropriate judge, the surety shall notify the sheriff. If the defendant at the hearing before the judge is unable to post increased bail or meet alternative conditions of release in accordance with rule 6.03 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, the sheriff or a deputy shall take the defendant into custody.
Minn. Stat. § 49.013 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 49 / Section 49.013
§ 49.013 INSOLVENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; ASSIGNMENT PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

No financial institution shall make an assignment by reason of existing or probable insolvency. Its governing board or managing officers, if satisfied that it is, or is about to become, insolvent, shall immediately report that fact to the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 179A.225 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 179A / Section 179A.225
§ 179A.225 COURT EMPLOYEES; NEGOTIATIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Employer. The employer of court employees is, for purposes of sections 179A.01 to 179A.25 , the state court administrator or designated representative.

§ Subd. 2. State court administrator; duties. In all negotiations between the state court system and exclusive representatives of court employees, the state court system must be represented by the state court administrator or designated representative. All judges and managerial, confidential, and supervisory personnel of the supreme court, the court of appeals, and the judicial districts that are under section 480.181, subdivision 1 , paragraph (b), shall cooperate with the designated representative of the state court administrator in conducting negotiations and shall make available any personnel and other resources necessary to enable the representative of the state court administrator to conduct effective negotiations.

§ Subd. 3. Agreements. The state court administrator is authorized to enter into agreements with exclusive representatives.
Minn. Stat. § 169.8665 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169 / Section 169.8665
§ 169.8665 SPECIAL SOYBEAN MEAL-HAULING VEHICLE PERMIT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Special three-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit for a vehicle that transports soybean meal and meets the following requirements: (1) is a combination of vehicles, including a truck-tractor and a semitrailer drawing one additional semitrailer, and no semitrailer used in the three-vehicle combination has an overall length in excess of 28-1/2 feet; (2) does not exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of 106,000 pounds; and (3) is operated only in this state on marked U.S. Highway 75 in Crookston to marked U.S. Highway 2, and on marked U.S. Highway 2 from Crookston to the North Dakota border.

§ Subd. 2. Special two-unit vehicle permit. The commissioner may issue a permit for a vehicle that transports soybean meal and meets the following requirements: (1) is a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and a single semitrailer that may exceed 48 feet, but not 53 feet, if the distance from the kingpin to the centerline of the rear axle group of the semitrailer does not exceed 43 feet; (2) does not exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of 106,000 pounds; and (3) is operated only on the highways specified in subdivision 1, clause (3).

§ Subd. 3. Restrictions. (a) A vehicle issued a permit under subdivision 1 or 2: (1) is subject to the axle weight limits in section 169.824 ; (2) is subject to bridge load limits posted pursuant to section 169.84 ; (3) is subject to seasonal load restrictions under section 169.87 ; (4) may not be operated with a load that exceeds the tire manufacturer's recommended load under section 169.823 , the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating as affixed to the vehicle, or other certification of gross weight rating under Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 567.4 to 567.7; (5) may not be operated on the interstate highway system; and (6) may be operated on streets or highways under the control of a local authority only upon the approval of the local authority. However, vehicles may have reasonable access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and for continuity of route within one mile of the national network as provided by section 169.81, subdivision 3 , and Code of Federal Regulations, title 23, section 658.19. (b) The seasonal weight increases authorized under section 169.826 do not apply to permits issued under this section.

§ Subd. 4. Permit fee; appropriation. Vehicle permits issued under subdivision 1 must be annual permits. The fee is $850 for each vehicle, or a proportional amount as provided in section 169.86, subdivision 5 , and must be deposited in the trunk highway fund. An amount sufficient to administer the permit program is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the commissioner for the costs of administering the permit program.

§ Subd. 5. Expiration date. Upon request of the permit applicant, the expiration date for a permit issued under this section must be the same as the expiration date of the permitted vehicle's registration.
Minn. Stat. § 48A.16 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48A / Section 48A.16
§ 48A.16 DETACHED FACILITIES.
Status: in_force

A state trust institution may establish or acquire and maintain detached facilities for the conduct of any or all of the activities permitted for a trust institution following the procedure and in compliance with sections 47.52 to 47.57 .
Minn. Stat. § 192A.025 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.025
§ 192A.025 JURISDICTION TO TRY CERTAIN PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fraudulent discharge. Each person discharged from the state military forces not in federal active service who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained the discharge is, subject to section 192A.235 , subject to trial by court-martial on that charge and is after apprehension subject to this code while in the custody of the military for that trial. Upon conviction of that charge the person is subject to trial by court-martial for all offenses under this code committed before the fraudulent discharge.

§ Subd. 2. Deserters. No person who has deserted from the state military forces not in federal active service may be relieved from the jurisdiction of this code by virtue of a separation from any later period of service.
Minn. Stat. § 185.11 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 185 / Section 185.11
§ 185.11 RESTRAINING ORDERS OR INJUNCTIONS NOT ISSUED ON CERTAIN GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

No court of the state shall have jurisdiction to issue a restraining order, or temporary or permanent injunction, upon the ground that any of the persons participating or interested in a labor dispute constitute or are engaged in an unlawful combination or conspiracy because of the doing in concert of the acts enumerated in section 185.10 .
Minn. Stat. § 317A.447 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 317A / Section 317A.447
§ 317A.447 ACTION BY BALLOT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) and unless prohibited or limited by the articles or bylaws, an action that may be taken at a regular or special meeting of members may be taken without a meeting if the corporation mails or otherwise delivers a ballot to every member entitled to vote on the matter. A corporation may deliver a ballot by electronic communication only if the corporation complies with section 317A.450, subdivision 5 , as if the ballot were a notice. Consent by a member to receive notice by electronic communication in a certain manner constitutes consent to receive a ballot by electronic communication in the same manner.

(b) A ballot must:

(1) set forth each proposed action; and

(2) provide an opportunity to vote for or against each proposed action.

(c) Approval by ballot under this section is valid only if the number of votes cast by ballot equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action, and the number of approvals equals or exceeds the number of votes that would be required to approve the matter at a meeting at which the total number of votes cast was the same as the number of votes cast by ballot.

(d) Solicitations for votes by written ballot must:

(1) indicate the number of responses needed to meet the quorum requirements;

(2) state the percentage of approvals necessary to approve each matter other than election of directors; and

(3) specify the time by which a ballot must be received by the corporation in order to be counted.

(e) Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, a ballot may not be revoked.

(f) A ballot delivered to the corporation by electronic communication is valid only if authenticated as provided in section 317A.011, subdivision 3a .
Minn. Stat. § 358.60 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 358 / Section 358.60
§ 358.60 NOTARIAL ACT IN THIS STATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorized persons. A notarial act may be performed in this state by: (1) a notary public of this state; (2) a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of a court of this state; or (3) any other individual authorized to perform the specific act by the law of this state.

§ Subd. 2. Significance of signature and title. The signature and title of an individual performing a notarial act in this state are prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine and that the individual holds the designated title.

§ Subd. 3. Authority of officer established. The signature and title of a notarial officer described in subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), conclusively establish the authority of the officer to perform the notarial act.