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Minn. Stat. § 93.551 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 93 / Section 93.551
§ 93.551 VALIDATION OF CERTAIN STATEMENTS; CORRECTION OF CERTAIN ERRORS.
Status: in_force

A statement of severed mineral interests which was recorded within the time limits specified by section 93.55 is validly and timely recorded even if the interest claimed by the owner does not correctly set forth the whole or fractional interest actually owned; the statement erroneously contained interests from more than one government section; the statement was not properly verified; or the interest, if registered property, was erroneously recorded with the county recorder, or, if the interest was not registered property, was recorded with the registrar of titles. The owner may record an amendment or supplement to the original statement for the purpose of correcting any or all of the errors described in this section.
Minn. Stat. § 412.301 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.301
§ 412.301 FINANCING PURCHASE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.
Status: in_force

(a) The council may issue certificates of indebtedness or capital notes subject to the city debt limits to purchase capital equipment.

(b) For purposes of this section, "capital equipment" means:

(1) public safety equipment, ambulance and other medical equipment, road construction and maintenance equipment, and other capital equipment;

(2) computer hardware and software, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer hardware or software; and

(3) projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09 , paragraph (b), clause (2).

(c) The equipment or software must have an expected useful life at least as long as the terms of the certificates or notes.

(d) Such certificates or notes shall be payable in not more than 20 years and shall be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the council.

(e) If the amount of the certificates or notes to be issued to finance any such purchase exceeds 0.25 percent of the estimated market value of taxable property in the city, they shall not be issued for at least ten days after publication in the official newspaper of a council resolution determining to issue them; and if before the end of that time, a petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters at the last regular municipal election is filed with the clerk, such certificates or notes shall not be issued until the proposition of their issuance has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election.

(f) A tax levy shall be made for the payment of the principal and interest on such certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61 , as in the case of bonds.
Minn. Stat. § 357.03 — MN Code / Part 357_359 / Chapter 357 / Section 357.03
§ 357.03 EXTRA FEES OF COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT.
Status: in_force

In any county of this state where incumbents of the office of court administrator of the district court prior to the incumbent holding office at the time of the passage of this section have neglected for six years to enter or file papers or other documents or index the same in such office which should have been entered or filed by them, and as a result thereof the county records are incomplete, the board of county commissioners may agree with the court administrator of the district court to properly enter or file all such papers and documents and index the same, and for such work may pay such court administrator, in addition to the salary and court administrator hire provided by law, the fees provided for such work by section 357.021 ; provided, that no such extra fee shall be paid for the doing of any work which should have been done by such incumbent.
Minn. Stat. § 465.69 — MN Code / Part 465_466 / Chapter 465 / Section 465.69
§ 465.69 TRAINING OF SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL MEMBERS.
Status: in_force

Any statutory city of this state may provide for the training of members of the school safety patrol at any authorized school patrol camp located in this state and may pay the expense necessarily incurred in providing such training, out of any funds available for said purpose.
Minn. Stat. § 82B.03 — MN Code / Part 82_83 / Chapter 82B / Section 82B.03
§ 82B.03 PROHIBITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. License required. (a) It is unlawful for a person to act as a real estate appraiser in this state unless licensed under this chapter. (b) Only persons licensed under this chapter may advertise or represent themselves to be real estate appraisers. (c) No person, other than a licensed real estate appraiser, may assume or use that title or a title, designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression of licensure as a real estate appraiser by this state.

§ Subd. 2. License not required. (a) An officer or employee of a corporation, partnership, or other business entity may act as a real estate appraiser without obtaining a license under this chapter if the corporation, partnership, or other business entity in which the person is employed or is an officer has an interest in the real estate that is the subject of the appraisal as owners, lenders, investors, or insurers. (b) Notwithstanding licensure under this chapter, any appraisal conducted by a person exempt under this subdivision is only subject to the guidelines for real estate appraisal policies and review procedures of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Reserve Board, the Farm Credit Administration, the National Credit Union Administration, or the comptroller of the currency, if the appraisal was conducted only within the scope and purpose of this subdivision. (c) If a real estate appraisal is made by a person who is exempt from licensing under this subdivision, the person for whom the appraisal is conducted must be given written notice that the appraisal was not conducted by a licensed appraiser, and the appraisal report must clearly state that it was conducted by an interested party and not by a licensed real estate appraiser.

§ Subd. 3. Evaluation. A licensed real estate appraiser may provide an evaluation. When providing an evaluation, a licensed real estate appraiser is not engaged in real estate appraisal activity and is not subject to this chapter. An evaluation by a licensed real estate appraiser under this subdivision must contain a disclosure that the evaluation is not an appraisal.

§ Subd. 4. Minimum damage acquisition report. A real estate appraiser may provide a minimum damage acquisition report for purposes of section 117.036 . When providing a minimum damage acquisition report, a real estate appraiser is not engaged in real estate appraisal activity and is not subject to this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 123A.58 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.58
§ 123A.58 COMMON DISTRICT TO INDEPENDENT DISTRICT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Vote to change organization of district. If six or more eligible voters of a common district desire to change the organization of their district to an independent district, they may call for a vote upon the question at the next annual meeting by filing a petition therefor with the clerk. In the notice for the meeting, the clerk shall include a statement that the question will be voted upon at the meeting.

§ Subd. 2. Board election. At the annual meeting, if a majority of the votes cast on the question favors the conversion to an independent district, a board of six members shall be elected. Nominations may be made from the floor of the meeting and election shall be by secret ballot. All board members elected at this meeting shall serve for terms expiring on the third Tuesday in the next May following the election on which date a regular annual election shall be held in the manner provided by law. At this first annual election for independent districts, six directors shall be elected, two to hold office until July 1 following the next annual election, two to hold office until the expiration of one year from said July 1 and two to hold office until the expiration of two years from said July 1; the time which each director shall hold office being designated on the ballot.

§ Subd. 3. Identification number. If the organization of the district is changed from common to independent at the meeting, the clerk shall notify the auditor and the commissioner. Upon receipt of such notification, the commissioner shall assign a new identification number to the district and shall notify the auditor and the clerk of the district thereof.

§ Subd. 4. Change in district classification. As of the date of election, if a majority of votes cast on the question favor the conversion to an independent district, the classification of the district is changed from common to independent. Title to all the property, real and personal, of the common district passes to the independent district and all current outstanding contractual obligations, including the bonded indebtedness, if any, of the common district, together with any legally valid and enforceable claims against the common district are imposed on the independent district.

§ Subd. 5. Clerk to record district identification number. Upon receipt of the identification number from the commissioner, the clerk of the district shall record such change of number with the county recorder in any county in which the common district owns any real estate.
Minn. Stat. § 123A.40 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123A / Section 123A.40
§ 123A.40 COUNTY AUDITOR PLAT.
Status: in_force

Upon the request of two or more districts that have adopted a resolution to cooperate and combine, the county auditor shall prepare a plat. If the proposed combined district is located in more than one county, the request must be submitted to the county auditor of the county that has the greatest land area in the proposed district. The plat must show:

(1) the boundaries of each of the present districts;

(2) the boundaries of the proposed district;

(3) the boundaries of proposed election districts, if requested; and

(4) other information deemed pertinent by the boards or the county auditor.
Minn. Stat. § 345.20 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 345 / Section 345.20
§ 345.20 DIES, MOLDS; OWNERSHIP.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section: (a) "Customer" means any individual or entity who causes or caused a molder to fabricate, cast, or otherwise make a die, mold, or form to be used for the manufacture of metal or plastic products. (b) "Molder" means any individual or entity, including, but not limited to, a tool or die maker, who fabricates, casts, or otherwise makes a die, mold, or form to be used for the manufacture of metal or plastic products.

§ Subd. 2. Ownership by customer. In the absence of any agreement to the contrary, the customer shall have all rights and title to any die, mold, or form in the possession of the molder.

§ Subd. 3. Destruction or disposition of unclaimed property. If a customer does not claim possession from a molder of a die, mold, or form within three years following the last prior use thereof, all rights and title to any die, mold, or form may be transferred by operation of law to the molder for the purpose of destroying or otherwise disposing of such die, mold, or form, consistent with this section.

§ Subd. 4. Notice to customer. If a molder chooses to have all rights and title to any die, mold, or form transferred to the molder by operation of law, the molder shall send written notice by certified mail to the customer's last known address indicating that the molder intends to terminate the customer's rights and title by having all rights and title transferred to the molder by operation of law pursuant to this section.

§ Subd. 5. Ownership by molder. If a customer does not respond in person or by mail to claim possession of the particular die, mold, or form within 90 days following the date the notice was sent, or does not make other contractual arrangements with the molder for storage thereof, all rights and title of the customer shall transfer by operation of law to the molder. Thereafter, the molder may destroy or otherwise dispose of the particular mold, tool, or die as the molder's own property without any risk of liability to the customer, except that this section shall not be construed in any manner to affect any right of the customer, under federal patent or copyright law or any state or federal law pertaining to unfair competition.

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 ]
Minn. Stat. § 168.1286 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.1286
§ 168.1286 HONORARY CONSUL PLATES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Issuance of plates. The commissioner must issue honorary consul special plates or a single motorcycle plate to an applicant who: (1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, noncommercial one-ton pickup truck, motorcycle, or recreational vehicle; (2) is recognized as an honorary consular official appointed by the respective government to serve in Minnesota, and who provides a letter from the Minnesota Consular Corps; (3) pays a fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12, subdivision 5, for each set of plates, along with any other fees required by this chapter; (4) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013 ; and (5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.

§ Subd. 2. Design. In consultation with the Minnesota Consular Corps, the commissioner must adopt a suitable plate design that includes an emblem and the inscription "Honorary Consul." The unique registration number for each set of special plates issued must contain the International Olympic Committee three-letter country code for the represented country followed by the lowest available sequential number.

§ Subd. 3. Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer fee of $5, special plates issued under this section may be transferred to another motor vehicle if the subsequent vehicle is: (1) qualified under subdivision 1, clause (1), to bear the special plates; and (2) registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.

§ Subd. 4. Plates surrender. A person must return to the commissioner special plates issued under this section if (1) the plates are no longer in use, or (2) the person is no longer recognized as an honorary consular official by the appointing government.

§ Subd. 5. Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 168.1293, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 580.03 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 580 / Section 580.03
§ 580.03 NOTICE OF SALE; SERVICE ON OCCUPANT.
Status: in_force

Six weeks' published notice shall be given that such mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgaged premises or some part thereof, and at least four weeks before the appointed time of sale a copy of such notice shall be served in like manner as a summons in a civil action in the district court upon the person in possession of the mortgaged premises, if the same are actually occupied. If there be a building on such premises used by a church or religious corporation, for its usual meetings, service upon any officer or trustee of such corporation shall be a sufficient service upon it. The notices required by sections 580.041 and 580.042 must be served simultaneously with the notice of foreclosure required by this section.
Minn. Stat. § 127A.095 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 127A / Section 127A.095
§ 127A.095 IMPLEMENTATION OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Continued implementation. The Department of Education shall continue to implement the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act without interruption.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed by amendment, 2016 c 189 art 25 s 39 ]

§ Subd. 3. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2024 c 115 art 10 s 7 ]
Minn. Stat. § 325F.677 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.677
§ 325F.677 AVAILABILITY OF WATER AT PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section, "place of entertainment" has the meaning given in section 325F.676, subdivision 1 , paragraph (h).

§ Subd. 2. Available water requirement. When a place of entertainment's occupancy exceeds 100 attendees and where an attendee must have a ticket in order to access the place of entertainment, a place of entertainment must provide attendees with access to potable water by: (1) providing water at no cost to the attendees; (2) allowing attendees to bring factory-sealed bottled water into the place of entertainment; or (3) allowing attendees to bring an empty water bottle to the place of entertainment and providing attendees with access to potable water to fill the bottle. A place of entertainment may prohibit certain types and sizes of water bottles in order to protect the safety of others.

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. An exhibit, gallery, or presentation space where beverages are prohibited is not required to allow water into the exhibit, gallery, or presentation space if water is available at no cost in an accessible location outside of the exhibit, gallery, or presentation space.
Minn. Stat. § 260.754 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260 / Section 260.754
§ 260.754 POLICY ON TRIBAL-STATE RELATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) The state of Minnesota acknowledges federally recognized Indian Tribes as sovereign political entities that predate the existence of the United States and that have retained inherent sovereign authority to pass their own laws, maintain their own systems of governance, and determine their own jurisdiction. The sovereign authority of Tribes may only be limited by the federal government and not by any action of the state, including the state legislature and state courts.

(b) Inherently, as members of Indian Tribes recognized by the federal government, Indian people have rights and privileges as members of their Tribe which the state of Minnesota recognizes and protects.

(c) Indian people have a right to be protected from being disfranchised or deprived of any of the rights and privileges secured to any citizen in the state and to have the recognition and protection of the rights and privileges flowing from their membership in an Indian Tribe by any state action.

(d) The state of Minnesota recognizes all federally recognized Indian Tribes as having the inherent authority to determine their own jurisdiction for any and all Indian child custody or child placement proceedings regardless of whether the Tribe's members are on or off the reservation and regardless of the procedural posture of the proceeding.

(e) The state of Minnesota has long recognized the importance of Indian children to their Tribes not only as members of Tribal families and communities, but also as the Tribe's greatest resource as future members and leaders of the Tribe. The vitality of Indian children in the state of Minnesota is essential to the health and welfare of both the state and the Tribes and is essential to the future welfare and continued existence of the child's Tribe.

(f) The state of Minnesota recognizes that the historical deprivation of rights of Indian people and Indian Tribes has led to disparate out-of-home placement of Indian children.
Minn. Stat. § 173.20 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 173 / Section 173.20
§ 173.20 CONFLICT OF LAWS.
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 173.13 to 173.231 shall be construed to abrogate or affect the provisions of any other law, municipal ordinance, regulation, or resolution which is more restrictive concerning advertising than the provisions of said sections 173.13 to 173.231 hereof or of the regulations adopted thereunder.
Minn. Stat. § 116J.76 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.76
§ 116J.76 GENERAL FUNCTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The bureau, by and through the director or the director's duly authorized employees, shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:

(1) providing comprehensive information on licenses required for business undertakings, projects, and activities in the state and making the information available to applicants and other persons;

(2) providing interested persons with an opinion as to the number, kind, and source of required licenses and potential difficulties in obtaining the licenses, based on a review of a potential applicant's business concept at an early stage in its planning;

(3) developing with the assistance of other departments a master application procedure to expedite the identification and processing of these licenses;

(4) facilitating or recommending consolidation of hearings required pursuant to licensing applications when feasible and advantageous;

(5) encouraging and facilitating the participation of federal and local government agencies in licensing coordination;

(6) making recommendations for eliminating, consolidating, simplifying, expediting, or otherwise improving licensing procedures affecting business undertakings;

(7) serving as an advocate for small business license applicants with state, federal, and local agencies in the process of applying for licenses and complying with licensing standards and requirements; and

(8) adopting rules, procedures, instructions, and forms as are required to carry out the functions, powers, and duties imposed upon the bureau by sections 116J.73 to 116J.86 .
Minn. Stat. § 325F.015 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.015
§ 325F.015 UNSAFE BLEACHERS.
Status: in_force

A person shall not manufacture, sell, distribute, or install bleachers within this state that do not comply with section 326B.112 . For purposes of this section, "person" means an individual, public or private entity, however organized, or a unit of state or local government.
Minn. Stat. § 630.12 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 630 / Section 630.12
§ 630.12 DEFENDANT; TRUE NAME.
Status: in_force

When the defendant shall be arraigned, the defendant shall be informed that, if the name appearing on the indictment is not correct, the defendant shall then declare the true name, or be proceeded against by the name in the indictment. If the defendant shall give no other name, the court may proceed accordingly; if the defendant shall allege that another name is the true name, the court shall direct an entry thereof in the minutes of the arraignment, and the subsequent proceedings may be had against the defendant by that name, referring also to the name by which the defendant was indicted.
Minn. Stat. § 136D.29 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136D / Section 136D.29
§ 136D.29 TERM OF AGREEMENT; DISSOLUTION, BOND TAXES.
Status: in_force

The agreement shall state the term of its duration and may provide for the method of termination and distribution of assets after payment of all liabilities of the joint school board. No termination shall affect the obligation to continue to levy taxes required for payment of any bonds issued before termination.
Minn. Stat. § 272.11 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 272 / Section 272.11
§ 272.11 EXPENSES OF REASSESSMENT.
Status: in_force

When a reassessment is made pursuant to law the expenses thereof shall be audited and allowed by the board by which such reassessment was ordered and paid out of the county treasury upon the warrant of the county auditor. If the aggregate valuation of taxable property as determined by such reassessment shall be ten percent or more in excess of the aggregate valuation thereof as fixed by the original assessment, the compensation so paid by the county to the officers by whom such reassessment is made shall be charged to the county, city, or town in which such reassessment is made and be deducted by the county auditor from the next moneys coming into the county treasury apportionable to such county, city, or town.