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Minn. Stat. § 136A.66 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136A / Section 136A.66
§ 136A.66 LIST OF REGISTERED INSTITUTIONS.
Status: in_force

The office shall maintain a list of registered institutions authorized to grant degrees and schools authorized to use the name "college" or "university" and shall make such list available to the public.
Minn. Stat. § 542.06 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 542 / Section 542.06
§ 542.06 REPLEVIN.
Status: in_force

Actions to recover the possession of personal property wrongfully taken shall be tried in the county in which the taking occurred or in the county in which the property is situated.
Minn. Stat. § 336.4A-108 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.4A-108
§ 336.4A-108 RELATIONSHIP TO ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFER ACT.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this article does not apply to a funds transfer any part of which is governed by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978 (Title XX, Public Law 95-630, 92 Stat. 3728, United States Code, title 15, section 1693 et seq.) as amended from time to time.

(b) This article applies to a funds transfer that is a remittance transfer as defined in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, United States Code, title 15, section 1693o-1, as amended from time to time, unless the remittance transfer is an electronic fund transfer as defined in the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, United States Code, title 15, section 1693a, as amended from time to time.

(c) In a funds transfer to which this article applies, in the event of an inconsistency between an applicable provision of this article and an applicable provision of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the provision of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act governs to the extent of the inconsistency.
Minn. Stat. § 176.205 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 176 / Section 176.205
§ 176.205 PERSON DEEMED EMPLOYER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fraudulent device to evade responsibility to worker. Subject to subdivision 2, a person who creates or executes any fraudulent scheme, artifice, or device to enable the person to execute work without being responsible to the worker under this chapter, is deemed an "employer" and is subject to the liabilities which this chapter imposes on employers.

§ Subd. 2. Contractor, subcontractor. Subdivision 1 does not apply to an owner who in good faith lets a contract to a contractor. In such case, the contractor or subcontractor is deemed the "employer."

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. A person shall not be deemed a contractor or subcontractor where: (1) the person performs work upon another's premises, with the other's tools or appliances, and under the other's direction; or (2) the person does what is commonly called "piece work"; or (3) in any way the system of employment merely provides a method of fixing the worker's wages.

§ Subd. 4. Calculation of compensation. Where compensation is claimed against a person under the terms of this section, the compensation shall be calculated with reference to the wages the worker was receiving at the time of the injury or death from the person by whom the worker was immediately employed.
Minn. Stat. § 296A.02 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 296A / Section 296A.02
§ 296A.02 ADMINISTRATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Enforcement responsibility. The commissioner of revenue shall enforce and administer the provisions of this chapter with the assistance of the commissioners of public safety, commerce, and transportation.

§ Subd. 2. Powers of commissioner. The commissioner, or duly authorized agents, may conduct investigations, inquiries, and hearings under this chapter. In connection with such investigations, inquiries, and hearings, the commissioner and the duly authorized agents have all the powers conferred upon the commissioner and the commissioner's examiners by chapter 270C, and the provisions of that chapter apply to all such investigations, inquiries, and hearings.

§ Subd. 3. Rules; administration and enforcement. The commissioner may adopt rules relating to the administration and enforcement of laws regulating the sale, distribution, and use of petroleum products, electricity sold as vehicle fuel, and special fuel. The rules shall be reasonable and consistent with the law.

§ Subd. 4. Application to foreign or interstate commerce. No provision of this chapter shall apply to, or be construed to apply to, foreign or interstate commerce, except insofar as the same may be permitted under the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

§ Subd. 5. Forms. The commissioner shall prescribe the content, format, and manner of all forms and other documents required to be filed under this chapter pursuant to section 270C.30 .
Minn. Stat. § 61A.071 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 61A / Section 61A.071
§ 61A.071 APPLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

No individual life insurance policy shall be issued or delivered in this state to a person age 65 or older unless a signed and completed copy of the application for insurance is left with the applicant at the time application is made. This requirement will not apply to life insurers who mail a copy of the signed, completed application to the applicant within 24 hours of receiving the application. However, where an individual life policy is marketed on a direct response basis, a copy of any application signed by the applicant shall be delivered to the insured along with, or as part of, the policy.
Minn. Stat. § 572B.23 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 572B / Section 572B.23
§ 572B.23 VACATING AWARD.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon motion of a party to the arbitration proceeding, the court shall vacate an award if:

(1) the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or other undue means;

(2) there was:

(A) evident partiality by an arbitrator appointed as a neutral;

(B) corruption by an arbitrator; or

(C) misconduct by an arbitrator prejudicing the rights of a party to the arbitration proceeding;

(3) an arbitrator refused to postpone the hearing upon showing of sufficient cause for postponement, refused to consider evidence material to the controversy, or otherwise conducted the hearing contrary to section 572B.15 , so as to prejudice substantially the rights of a party to the arbitration proceeding;

(4) an arbitrator exceeded the arbitrator's powers;

(5) there was no agreement to arbitrate, unless the person participated in the arbitration proceeding without raising the objection under section 572B.15 , subsection (c), not later than the commencement of the arbitration hearing; or

(6) the arbitration was conducted without proper notice of the initiation of an arbitration as required in section 572B.09 so as to prejudice substantially the rights of a party to the arbitration proceeding.

(b) A motion under this section must be filed within 90 days after the movant receives notice of the award in a record pursuant to section 572B.19 or within 90 days after the movant receives notice of an arbitrator's award in a record on a motion to modify or correct an award pursuant to section 572B.20 , unless the motion is predicated upon the ground that the award was procured by corruption, fraud, or other undue means, in which case it must be filed within 90 days after such a ground is known or by the exercise of reasonable care should have been known by the movant.

(c) In vacating an award on a ground other than that set forth in subsection (a)(5), the court may order a rehearing before a new arbitrator. If the award is vacated on the ground stated in subsection (a)(3), (4), or (6), the court may order a rehearing before the arbitrator who made the award or the arbitrator's successor. The arbitrator must render the decision in the rehearing within the same time as that provided in section 572B.19 , subsection (b), for an award.

(d) If a motion to vacate an award is denied and a motion to modify or correct the award is not pending, the court shall confirm the award.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-322 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-322
§ 336.2-322 DELIVERY "EX-SHIP."
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise agreed a term for delivery of goods "ex-ship" (which means from the carrying vessel) or in equivalent language is not restricted to a particular ship and requires delivery from a ship which has reached a place at the named port of destination where goods of the kind are usually discharged.

(2) Under such a term unless otherwise agreed

(a) the seller must discharge all liens arising out of the carriage and furnish the buyer with a direction which puts the carrier under a duty to deliver the goods; and

(b) the risk of loss does not pass to the buyer until the goods leave the ship's tackle or are otherwise properly unloaded.
Minn. Stat. § 321.1207 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 321 / Section 321.1207
§ 321.1207 SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect an action commenced, proceeding brought, or right accrued before this chapter takes effect.
Minn. Stat. § 242.47 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 242 / Section 242.47
§ 242.47 INTERFERENCE WITH INMATES.
Status: in_force

Every person who abducts, conceals, entices, carries away, or improperly interferes with, any juvenile inmate of a Minnesota correctional facility for juveniles is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 61A.06 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 61A / Section 61A.06
§ 61A.06 AVIATION AND WAR RISK EXCLUSION PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

Policies of life insurance may be delivered or issued for delivery in this state which limit the amount to be paid in the event of death occurring as a result of travel or flight in, or descent from or with, any kind of aircraft if the insured (1) is a pilot, officer or member of the crew of such aircraft, or is participating in aeronautic or aviation training during such flight, or (2) is in the military, naval or air forces of any country and is being transported in a military, naval or air force aircraft. Such amount shall not be less than the reserve on the policy plus any dividends standing to the credit of the policy and the reserve for any paid-up additions, less any indebtedness to the company on the policy. Such limitation may be made by a provision in the policy or by a rider made a part thereof provided, that no such limitation shall be effective unless and until the insured or applicant shall agree in writing thereto; and provided, further, that except in case of policies issued on the lives of persons who have received aeronautic or aviation training or whose occupation entails duty aboard aircraft in flight, such limitation shall apply only in event death occurs within five years after date of issue of the policy. This section shall not affect the validity of provisions which limit the amount to be paid in the event of death of the insured while in the military, naval or air forces of any country at war, or of provisions relative to benefits in the event of total and permanent disability, or of provisions which grant additional insurance specifically against death by accident. Policies issued by life insurance companies organized under the laws of this state for delivery in any other state, territory, district, or country may contain any provisions limiting the amount to be paid in the event of death which are permitted by the laws of such other state, territory, district, or country.
Minn. Stat. § 322.02 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322 / Section 322.02
§ 322.02 FORMATION.
Status: in_force

Two or more persons desiring to form a limited partnership shall:

(1) Sign and acknowledge or swear to a certificate, which shall state:

(a) the name of the partnership;

(b) the character of the business;

(c) the location of the principal place of business;

(d) the name and place of residence of each member; general and limited partners being, respectively designated;

(e) the term for which the partnership is to exist;

(f) the amount of cash and a description of and the agreed value of the other property contributed by each limited partner;

(g) the additional contributions, if any, agreed to be made by each limited partner and the times at which or events on the happening of which they shall be made;

(h) the time, if agreed upon, when the contribution of each limited partner is to be returned;

(i) the share of the profits or the other compensation by way of income which each limited partner shall receive by reason of that partner's contribution;

(j) the right, if given, of a limited partner to substitute an assignee as contributor in that partner's place, and the terms and conditions of the substitution;

(k) the right, if given, of the partners to admit additional limited partners;

(l) the right, if given, of one or more of the limited partners to priority over other limited partners, as to contributions or as to compensation by the way of income, and the nature of such priority;

(m) the right, if given, of the remaining general partner or partners to continue the business on the death, retirement, or insanity of a general partner; and

(n) the right, if given, of a limited partner to demand and receive property other than cash in return for that partner's contribution; and

(2) Record the certificate in the office of the county recorder of the county where the principal place of business is situated.

A limited partnership is formed if there has been substantial compliance in good faith with the requirements of this section.
Minn. Stat. § 501B.37 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.37
§ 501B.37 REGISTER OF TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment of register; transfer to attorney general. The attorney general shall establish and maintain a register of charitable trusts and trustees subject to sections 501B.33 to 501B.45 .

§ Subd. 2. Filing of instruments. Except as otherwise provided in section 501B.36 , a charitable trust shall register and file with the attorney general a copy of its articles of incorporation or the instrument that created the charitable trust, including any amendments, within three months after the charitable trust first receives possession or control of property authorized or required to be applied, either at present or in the future, for charitable purposes.

§ Subd. 3. Registration fee. A $25 registration fee shall be paid by every charitable trust filing the information required by this section.
Minn. Stat. § 17A.05 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.05
§ 17A.05 AMOUNT OF BONDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Livestock market agencies. The amount of each livestock market agency bond filed with the commissioner shall be not less than $10,000 or such larger amount as required, based on the commissioner's consideration of the principal's financial statement, the volume of business reported, or any other factor the commissioner deems pertinent for the protection of the public. Each such bond shall be executed on a Packers and Stockyards Act form and shall contain the condition clause applicable when the principal sells on commission. A bond equivalent executed in accordance with the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended, (United States Code, title 7, section 181 et seq.) is acceptable.

§ Subd. 2. Livestock dealers. The amount of each livestock dealer bond filed with the commissioner shall be not less than $10,000 or such larger amount as required, based on the commissioner's consideration of the principal's financial statement, the volume of business reported, or any other factor the commissioner deems pertinent for the protection of the public. Each such bond shall contain the condition clause applicable when the principal buys on commission or as a dealer. A livestock dealer's bond shall be executed on a form furnished by the commissioner or in accordance with the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended (United States Code, title 7, section 181 et seq.). When a bond is executed on a state form furnished by the commissioner, the bond shall be for the protection of both the buyer and the seller named in the transaction when the principal fails to pay when due for livestock purchased or sold for the principal's own account or the account of others and shall be limited to the protection of claimants whose residence or principal place of livestock business is in the state of Minnesota at the time of the transaction. If the bond is filed on a form in accordance with the Packers and Stockyards Act, the bond shall cover claimants regardless of place of residence.
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-815 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-815
§ 524.3-815 ADMINISTRATION IN MORE THAN ONE STATE; DUTY OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE.
Status: in_force

(a) All assets of estates being administered in this state are subject to all claims, allowances and charges existing or established against the personal representative wherever appointed.

(b) If the estate either in this state or as a whole is insufficient to cover all family exemptions and allowances determined by the law of the decedent's domicile, prior charges and claims, after satisfaction of the exemptions, allowances and charges, each claimant whose claim has been allowed either in this state or elsewhere in administrations of which the personal representative is aware, is entitled to receive payment of an equal proportion of the claim. If a preference or security in regard to a claim is allowed in another jurisdiction but not in this state, the creditor so benefited is to receive dividends from local assets only upon the balance of the claim after deducting the amount of the benefit.

(c) In case the family exemptions and allowances, prior charges and claims of the entire estate exceed the total value of the portions of the estate being administered separately and this state is not the state of the decedent's last domicile, the claims allowed in this state shall be paid their proportion if local assets are adequate for the purpose, and the balance of local assets shall be transferred to the domiciliary personal representative. If local assets are not sufficient to pay all claims allowed in this state the amount to which they are entitled, local assets shall be marshalled so that each claim allowed in this state is paid its proportion as far as possible, after taking into account all dividends on claims allowed in this state from assets in other jurisdictions.
Minn. Stat. § 274.09 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 274 / Section 274.09
§ 274.09 CORRECTION OF FALSE LISTS AND RETURNS.
Status: in_force

If the county auditor believes that any person has given the assessor a false statement of personal property, or that the assessor has not returned the full amount of all property required to be listed in the assessor's town or district, or has omitted, or made an erroneous return of, any property subject to taxation, the auditor shall correct the return of the assessor. At any time before the final settlement with the county treasurer, the auditor shall charge the owners of the property on the tax lists with the proper amount of taxes.

For purposes of this section the auditor may issue compulsory process, require the attendance of any person supposed to have a knowledge of the property, or its value, and examine the person, on oath, about the statement or return. Before making the entry on the tax list, the county auditor shall notify the person required to list the property of the right to show that the person's statement or the return of the assessor is correct. The county auditor shall file in the auditor's office a statement of the facts or evidence upon which the auditor made the corrections. The county auditor must not reduce the amount returned by the assessor without the written consent of the commissioner of revenue. A statement supporting the reduction must be submitted by the county auditor or the party aggrieved to the commissioner of revenue.
Minn. Stat. § 469.069 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.069
§ 469.069 ALBERT LEA.
Status: in_force

The city of Albert Lea may establish a port authority commission that has the same powers as a port authority established under section 469.049 or other law. If the city establishes a port authority commission, the city shall exercise all the powers relating to the port authority granted to a city by sections 469.048 to 469.068 or other law. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the city may choose the name of the commission and may appoint a seven-member commission.
Minn. Stat. § 117.027 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.027
§ 117.027 CONDEMNATION FOR BLIGHT MITIGATION AND CONTAMINATION REMEDIATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Buildings not structurally substandard in areas of blight mitigation; feasible alternatives. In taking property to mitigate blight, a condemning authority must not take buildings that are not structurally substandard unless there is no feasible alternative to the taking of the parcels on which the buildings are located in order to remediate the blight and all possible steps are taken to minimize the taking of buildings that are not structurally substandard.

§ Subd. 2. Uncontaminated property in environmental contamination remediation areas; feasible alternatives. In taking property to remediate environmental contamination, a condemning authority must not take uncontaminated parcels in the area unless there is no feasible alternative to the taking of the uncontaminated parcels in order to complete remediation of the contaminated parcels and all possible steps are taken to minimize the taking of the uncontaminated parcels.

§ Subd. 3. Contribution to condition by developer disallowed. If a developer involved in the redevelopment of the project area contributed to the blight or environmental contamination within the project area, the condition contributed to by the developer must not be used in the determination of blight or environmental contamination.
Minn. Stat. § 62B.05 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62B / Section 62B.05
§ 62B.05 TERM OF CREDIT INSURANCE.
Status: in_force

The term of any credit life insurance, credit accident and health insurance, or credit involuntary unemployment insurance shall, subject to acceptance by the insurer, commence on the date when the debtor becomes obligated to the creditor, except that, where a group policy provides coverage with respect to existing obligations, the insurance on a debtor with respect to the indebtedness shall commence on the effective date of the policy. Where evidence of insurability is required and the evidence is furnished more than 30 days after the date when the debtor becomes obligated to the creditor, the term of the insurance may commence on the date on which the insurance company determines the evidence to be satisfactory, and in that event there shall be an appropriate refund or adjustment of any charge to the debtor for insurance. The term of the insurance shall not extend more than 15 days beyond the scheduled maturity date of the indebtedness except when extended without additional cost to the debtor.

If an indebtedness is prepaid in full before its scheduled maturity, except by performance of the insurer's obligation under the policy, the insurance shall be deemed canceled and a refund shall be paid or credited as provided in section 62B.08 . Upon prepayment in full, the creditor shall make the refund of unearned premium, unless the credit insurance was originated by a third party, in which case the creditor shall promptly notify the third party who shall make the refund.