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Minn. Stat. § 383C.421 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.421
§ 383C.421 SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. The county attorney of St. Louis County shall have authority to appoint, with the approval of the county board, a special investigator whose compensation shall be set by the county board and who shall be allowed necessary expenses and mileage incurred in connection with the employment as investigator.

§ Subd. 2. Salary. The local social services agency is authorized to pay from welfare funds, the proportionate share of the salary and expenses incurred on local social services agency matters as determined by the county attorney.

§ Subd. 3. Validation. The appointment heretofore made of an investigator on the staff of the St. Louis county attorney, and the payment of compensation and expenses as approved by the county board is hereby validated and declared to be legal.
Minn. Stat. § 168.1294 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168 / Section 168.1294
§ 168.1294 LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL PLATES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Issuance of plates. The commissioner shall issue special law enforcement memorial license 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 motor vehicle; (2) pays an additional fee in the amount specified for special plates under section 168.12, subdivision 5 , for each set of plates; (3) pays the registration tax as required under section 168.013 , along with any other fees required by this chapter; (4) contributes $25 upon initial application and a minimum of $5 annually to the Minnesota law enforcement memorial account; and (5) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles and licensing of drivers.

§ Subd. 2. Design. The commissioner, in consultation with representatives from the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association, shall adopt a suitable design for the plate that must include a blue line with a black line of equal proportion above and below the blue line, representing the thin blue line.

§ Subd. 3. Plates transfer. On application to the commissioner and payment of a transfer fee of $5, special plates may be transferred to another qualified motor vehicle that is registered to the same individual to whom the special plates were originally issued.

§ Subd. 4. Exemption. Special plates issued under this section are not subject to section 168.1293, subdivision 2 .

§ Subd. 5. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 68 art 4 s 129 ]

§ Subd. 6. Contributions; memorial account; appropriation. Contributions collected under subdivision 1, clause (4), must be deposited in the Minnesota law enforcement memorial account, which is established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety. This appropriation is first for the annual cost of administering the account funds, and the remaining funds are for distribution to the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association. By August 15 of each year, the commissioner must distribute all funds remaining to the association. The association must use the funds to further the mission of the association in assisting the families and home agencies of Minnesota law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. By January 15 of each year, the association must submit a report to the commissioner of public safety and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation policy and finance. The report must include an itemized list of each expenditure the association made with the funds received under this section for the previous calendar year.
Minn. Stat. § 103I.115 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103I / Section 103I.115
§ 103I.115 COMPLIANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

A person may not construct, repair, or seal a well or boring, except as provided under the provisions of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 508.39 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.39
§ 508.39 NOTICES AFTER REGISTRATION; SERVICE.
Status: in_force

All notices required by this law, after the original registration, either by the registrar or by the court, shall be served on the persons to be notified in the following manner: The notice shall be served upon a resident of the state in the manner now provided by law for the service of a summons in a civil action, and the same proof of such service shall be made. It shall be served upon a person who is not a resident of the state by sending the same by mail to such person at the person's post office address, as stated in the certificate or in any registered instrument on file with the registrar. The certificate of the registrar or court administrator that any notice has been mailed as aforesaid shall be conclusive proof of the service of such notice, but the court may, in any case, order different or other service thereof by publication or otherwise.
Minn. Stat. § 272.37 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 272 / Section 272.37
§ 272.37 APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 272.33 to 272.37 shall also apply to cities having home rule charters adopted prior to November 18, 1958, and having a population of over 50,000 at any time after January 1, 1913.
Minn. Stat. § 115.46 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115 / Section 115.46
§ 115.46 TAXATION BY MUNICIPALITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Limitation does not apply. Any taxes, special assessments, levied or to be levied, and any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued or to be issued for the construction, installation, maintenance, or operation by a municipality of any disposal system or part thereof, shall not be subject to any limitation and shall be excluded in computing amounts subject to any limitation on tax levies, special assessments, bonded indebtedness or other indebtedness and the governing or managing body and the proper officers of the municipality concerned shall have the power and, to comply with any order of the agency, it shall be their duty to levy such taxes and special assessments and issue such bonds and take such other lawful actions as may be appropriate and necessary to provide funds to meet the cost of such construction or work, notwithstanding any such limit and without any election or referendum therefor. A recital in any bond, tax levy, or assessment that the same is issued or made for the purposes of a disposal system or any part thereof ordered by the agency and is not subject to any provisions of law prescribing limits or requiring an election or referendum therefor shall be prima facie evidence thereof and that all requirements of law relating thereto have been complied with. In any suit, action, or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bonds of a municipality or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the municipality to aid in financing a sewage disposal system or part thereof, shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purpose, and in compliance with all requirements of the law relating thereto.

§ Subd. 2. Tax in anticipation of need. For the same purposes as the purposes for which a tax may be levied under subdivision 1, a municipality may levy taxes in anticipation of need and the provision of subdivision 1 shall be applicable so far as appropriate to any such anticipatory levy. If such a tax is levied in anticipation of need, the purpose must be specified in the resolution of the governing body directing the levy, and proceeds of the tax must be used only for that purpose, and until used the proceeds shall be retained in a separate fund or invested as surplus in a sinking fund may be invested under section 118A.04 .
Minn. Stat. § 326B.88 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.88
§ 326B.88 PUBLIC EDUCATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may develop materials and programs to educate the public concerning licensure requirements. The commissioner may develop materials for reporting unlicensed contracting activity. The commissioner shall provide information in other languages.
Minn. Stat. § 519.05 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 519 / Section 519.05
§ 519.05 LIABILITY OF SPOUSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A spouse is not liable to a creditor for any debts of the other spouse. Notwithstanding this paragraph, in a proceeding under chapter 518 the court may apportion such debt between the spouses.

(b) Either spouse may close a credit card account or other unsecured consumer line of credit on which both spouses are contractually liable, by giving written notice to the creditor.

(c) Nothing in this section prevents a creditor's claim against a decedent's estate.
Minn. Stat. § 297B.11 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297B / Section 297B.11
§ 297B.11 REGISTRAR AS AGENT OF COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE; POWERS.
Status: in_force

The state commissioner of revenue is charged with the administration of the sales tax on motor vehicles. The commissioner may prescribe all rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, necessary and advisable for the proper and efficient administration of the law. The collection of this sales tax on motor vehicles shall be carried out by the motor vehicle registrar who shall act as the agent of the commissioner and who shall be subject to all rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, that may be prescribed by the commissioner.

The provisions of chapters 270C, 289A, and 297A relating to the commissioner's authority to audit, assess, and collect the tax, and to issue refunds and to hear appeals, are applicable to the sales tax on motor vehicles. The commissioner may impose civil penalties as provided in chapters 289A and 297A, and the additional tax and penalties are subject to interest at the rate provided in section 270C.40 from the date provided in section 270C.40, subdivision 3 , until paid.
Minn. Stat. § 365.46 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.46
§ 365.46 NOTICE TO SECRETARY OF STATE, OTHERS; RECORDING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. By county auditor. The county auditor shall immediately send a certified copy of the county board's resolution dissolving a town to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall then record the dissolution.

§ Subd. 2. Copies. The county auditor shall also send a copy of the notice of the dissolution to: (1) the state demographer, (2) the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, (3) the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings, and (4) the commissioner of transportation.
Minn. Stat. § 270A.04 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270A / Section 270A.04
§ 270A.04 AGENCY PARTICIPATION.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Collection remedy. The collection remedy under this section is in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedy available by law.

§ Subd. 2. Requirements for submission. Any debt owed to a claimant agency must not be submitted by the agency for collection under the procedure established by sections 270A.01 to 270A.12 if (a) there is a written payment agreement between the debtor and the claimant agency in which revenue recapture is prohibited and the debtor is complying with the agreement, (b) the collection attempt would result in a loss of federal funds, or (c) the agency is unable to supply the department with the necessary identifying information required by subdivision 3 or rules promulgated by the commissioner, or (d) the debt is barred by section 541.05 .

§ Subd. 3. Information required. For each debt submitted, the claimant agency shall provide the commissioner with the name and Social Security number of the debtor and any other identifying information required by rules promulgated by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Information obtained. Whenever possible, a claimant agency shall obtain the identifying information required by subdivision 3 from any individual for whom the agency provides any service or transacts any business and who the claimant agency can foresee may become a debtor of the claimant agency.

§ Subd. 5. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 64 art 15 s 36 ]
Minn. Stat. § 222.54 — MN Code / Part 218_222 / Chapter 222 / Section 222.54
§ 222.54 ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may request any railroad to provide such information as is reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 222.46 to 222.54 . After a reasonable time to comply with the request, the commissioner may make final demand for the requested information. If the information is not provided within 60 days of final demand the commissioner may issue a subpoena to compel production of the information. The commissioner shall exercise all necessary caution to avoid disclosure of confidential information supplied under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 430.09 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 430 / Section 430.09
§ 430.09 TITLE ACQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Title obtained to land designated for park purposes and motor vehicle parking lots under this chapter must be an absolute estate in fee simple, unqualified in any way, and must vest in the city. The city shall take only an easement in other land.
Minn. Stat. § 62A.149 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.149
§ 62A.149 BENEFITS FOR ALCOHOLICS AND DRUG DEPENDENTS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Application. The provisions of this section apply to all group policies of accident and health insurance and group subscriber contracts offered by nonprofit health service plan corporations regulated under chapter 62C, and to a plan or policy that is individually underwritten or provided for a specific individual and family members as a nongroup policy, when the policies or subscriber contracts are issued or delivered in Minnesota or provide benefits to Minnesota residents enrolled thereunder. This section does not apply to policies designed primarily to provide coverage payable on a per diem, fixed indemnity or nonexpense incurred basis or policies that provide accident only coverage. Every insurance policy or subscriber contract included within the provisions of this subdivision, upon issuance or renewal, shall provide coverage that complies with the requirements of section 62Q.47 , paragraphs (b) and (c), for the treatment of alcoholism, chemical dependency, or drug addiction to any Minnesota resident entitled to coverage.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2008 c 344 s 56 ]
Minn. Stat. § 469.010 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.010
§ 469.010 REMOVAL; HEARING; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

For inefficiency or neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, a commissioner may be removed by the governing body of the municipality. The commissioner must be given a copy of the charges at least ten days prior to a hearing at which the commissioner has an opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. When charges in writing have been preferred against a commissioner, pending final action thereon the governing body may temporarily suspend the commissioner. If it is found that those charges have not been substantiated, the commissioner shall immediately be reinstated in office. When any commissioner is removed, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the clerk.
Minn. Stat. § 260C.633 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260C / Section 260C.633
§ 260C.633 ADOPTION DENIED.
Status: in_force

(a) If the court is not satisfied that the proposed adoption is in the best interests of the child to be adopted, the court shall deny the petition and order the responsible social services agency to take appropriate action for the protection and safety of the child. If venue has been transferred under section 260C.621, subdivision 2 , the court denying the petition shall notify the court originally conducting the guardianship reviews under section 260C.607 .

(b) The court responsible for conducting reviews under section 260C.607 shall set a hearing within 30 days of receiving notice of denial of the petition.

(c) Any appeal of the denial of an adoption petition under this section shall be made according to the requirements of the Minnesota Rules of Adoption Procedure.
Minn. Stat. § 508.38 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.38
§ 508.38 FORMS OF RECORDS ADOPTED.
Status: in_force

Instruments affecting the title to land, filed with the registrar, shall be numbered by the registrar consecutively, to the extent practicable and the registrar shall endorse upon each instrument over the registrar's official name, OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF TITLES, ... COUNTY, MINNESOTA, CERTIFIED FILED ON, together with the date, hour, and minute when the instrument is filed, the document number thereof, and a reference to the proper certificate of title. Instruments shall be copied or reproduced as provided by section 15.17 , as amended. Instruments shall then be returned in person or by mail to the party who presented the instruments for filing or to any other party to whom the registrar is directed to deliver the instruments. When the memorial of any instrument is made upon any certificate, the date, number, and time of filing thereof shall also be endorsed upon the certificate. All records and papers relating to registered land in the office of the registrar, shall be open to the inspection of the public at such times and under such conditions as the court may prescribe. Duplicates of all instruments, voluntary or involuntary, filed and registered with the registrar, may be presented with the originals, and shall thereupon be endorsed with the file number, and other memoranda on the originals, and may be attested and sealed by the registrar, and returned to the person presenting the same. The registrar shall furnish certified copies of the instruments filed and registered in the registrar's office, upon payment of a fee as provided in section 508.82 .
Minn. Stat. § 147.011 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 147 / Section 147.011
§ 147.011 DEFINITION.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of this chapter, "regulated person" or "person regulated by the board" means a person licensed, registered, or regulated in any other manner by the Board of Medical Practice.
Minn. Stat. § 505.18 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 505 / Section 505.18
§ 505.18 MINNESOTA COORDINATE SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Minnesota is hereafter to be known and designated as the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 and the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983."

For the purpose of the use of this system the state is divided into a "North Zone," a "Central Zone," and a "South Zone."

The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the North Zone: Beltrami, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Saint Louis.

The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the Central Zone: Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pine, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin.

The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the South Zone: Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Martin, Meeker, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Steele, Swift, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Winona, Wright, and Yellow Medicine.
Minn. Stat. § 169A.26 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 169A / Section 169A.26
§ 169A.26 THIRD-DEGREE DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Degree described. (a) A person who violates section 169A.20, subdivision 1 (driving while impaired crime), is guilty of third-degree driving while impaired if one aggravating factor was present when the violation was committed. (b) A person who violates section 169A.20, subdivision 2 (refusal to submit to chemical test crime), is guilty of third-degree driving while impaired.

§ Subd. 2. Criminal penalty. Third-degree driving while impaired is a gross misdemeanor. The mandatory penalties described in section 169A.275 and the long-term monitoring described in section 169A.277 may be applicable.
Minn. Stat. § 546.44 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 546 / Section 546.44
§ 546.44 QUALIFIED INTERPRETER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Qualifications. No person shall be appointed as a qualified interpreter pursuant to sections 546.42 to 546.44 unless that person is readily able to communicate with the disabled person, translate the proceedings for the disabled person, and accurately repeat and translate the statements of the disabled person to the officials before whom the proceeding is taking place.

§ Subd. 2. Oaths. A qualified interpreter appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 546.42 to 546.44 , before entering upon any duties shall take an oath promising, to the best of skill and judgment, to make a true interpretation to the disabled person being examined of all the proceedings, in a language which the person understands, and that the interpreter will repeat in the English language the statements of the disabled person to the court or other official before whom the proceeding is taking place.

§ Subd. 3. Fees and expenses. The fees and expenses of a qualified interpreter shall be determined by the presiding official and paid by the court, board, commission, agency, or licensing authority before whom the proceeding is taking place. The fees and expenses of a qualified per diem interpreter for a court must be paid by the state courts.

§ Subd. 4. Disclosure. A person serving as an interpreter pursuant to sections 546.42 to 546.44 , shall not, without the consent of the person disabled in communication, be allowed to disclose any privileged communication made by the person or any privileged information gathered from the person which was communicated or gathered during the time of service as the interpreter.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2A-531 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2A-531
§ 336.2A-531 STANDING TO SUE THIRD PARTIES FOR INJURY TO GOODS.
Status: in_force

(1) If a third party so deals with goods that have been identified to a lease contract as to cause actionable injury to a party to the lease contract (a) the lessor has a right of action against the third party, and (b) the lessee also has a right of action against the third party if the lessee:

(i) has a security interest in the goods;

(ii) has an insurable interest in the goods; or

(iii) bears the risk of loss under the lease contract or has since the injury assumed that risk as against the lessor and the goods have been converted or destroyed.

(2) If at the time of the injury the party plaintiff did not bear the risk of loss as against the other party to the lease contract and there is no arrangement between them for disposition of the recovery, the party plaintiff's suit or settlement, subject to the party plaintiff's own interest, is as a fiduciary for the other party to the lease contract.

(3) Either party with the consent of the other may sue for the benefit of whom it may concern.