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Minn. Stat. § 216B.21 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.21
§ 216B.21 SUMMARY INVESTIGATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. Whenever the commission has reason to believe that any rate or charge may be unreasonable or unjustly discriminatory or that any service is inadequate or cannot be obtained or that an investigation of any matter relating to any public utility should for any reason be made, it may on its own motion summarily investigate the same with or without notice.

§ Subd. 2. Formal hearing. If, after making the summary investigation, the commission becomes satisfied that sufficient grounds exist to warrant a formal hearing being ordered as to the matters investigated, it shall set a time and place for a hearing.

§ Subd. 3. Notice. Notice of the time and place for the hearing shall be made as provided in sections 216B.17 and 216B.18 .
Minn. Stat. § 227.52 — MN Code / Part 223_236A / Chapter 227 / Section 227.52
§ 227.52 ISSUING A SECOND RECEIPT WITHOUT "DUPLICATE" ON IT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Elements of crime. A warehouse operator, or an officer, agent, or employee of a warehouse operator, who issues or helps to issue a negotiable receipt for goods knowing that another negotiable receipt for some or all of the goods is outstanding and uncanceled, without putting the word "duplicate" plainly on the face of the receipt is guilty of a crime.

§ Subd. 2. Exception. If the original receipt is lost, stolen, or destroyed, and if proceedings have been conducted as provided by law, it is not a crime under subdivision 1 to issue a duplicate receipt without putting the word "duplicate" plainly on it.

§ Subd. 3. Penalty. Whoever commits the crime described in subdivision 1 may be sentenced for each offense to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both.
Minn. Stat. § 152.028 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 152 / Section 152.028
§ 152.028 PERMISSIVE INFERENCE OF KNOWING POSSESSION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Residences. The presence of a controlled substance in open view in a room, other than a public place, under circumstances evincing an intent by one or more of the persons present to unlawfully mix, compound, package, or otherwise prepare for sale the controlled substance permits the fact finder to infer knowing possession of the controlled substance by each person in close proximity to the controlled substance when the controlled substance was found. The permissive inference does not apply to any person if: (1) one of them legally possesses the controlled substance; or (2) the controlled substance is on the person of one of the occupants.

§ Subd. 2. Passenger automobiles. The presence of a controlled substance in a passenger automobile permits the fact finder to infer knowing possession of the controlled substance by the driver or person in control of the automobile when the controlled substance was in the automobile. This inference may only be made if the defendant is charged with violating section 152.021 , 152.022 , 152.023 , 152.0261 , or 152.0262 . The inference does not apply: (1) to a duly licensed operator of an automobile who is at the time operating it for hire in the lawful and proper pursuit of the operator's trade; (2) to any person in the automobile if one of them legally possesses a controlled substance; or (3) when the controlled substance is concealed on the person of one of the occupants.
Minn. Stat. § 17A.036 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17A / Section 17A.036
§ 17A.036 CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT FOR SHIPPERS PROCEEDS.
Status: in_force

Every market agency engaged in selling livestock on a commission or agency basis in this state shall establish and maintain a separate bank account designated as "custodial account for shippers proceeds."
Minn. Stat. § 463.25 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 463 / Section 463.25
§ 463.25 HAZARDOUS EXCAVATIONS.
Status: in_force

If in any municipality, an excavation for building purposes is left open for more than six months without proceeding with the erection of a building thereon, whether or not completed, or if any excavation or basement is not filled to grade or otherwise protected after a building is destroyed, demolished or removed, the governing body may order such excavation to be filled or protected or in the alternative that erection of a building begin forthwith if the excavation is for building purposes. The order shall be served upon the owner or the owner's agent in the manner provided by section 463.17 . If the owner of the land fails to comply with the order within 15 days after the order is served, the governing body shall cause the excavation to be filled to grade or protected and the cost shall be charged against the real estate as provided in section 463.21 .
Minn. Stat. § 115C.093 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115C / Section 115C.093
§ 115C.093 CORRECTIVE ACTION; PERFORMANCE AUDITS.
Status: in_force

The board may contract for performance audits of corrective actions for which reimbursement is sought under section 115C.09 , and may contract for audits of other corrective actions. Money in the fund is appropriated to the board for the purposes of this section.
Minn. Stat. § 60F.08 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60F / Section 60F.08
§ 60F.08 APPLICABILITY.
Status: in_force

A joint self-insurance plan is not an insurer for purposes of chapter 60C.
Minn. Stat. § 518D.314 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518D / Section 518D.314
§ 518D.314 APPEALS.
Status: in_force

An appeal may be taken from a final order in a proceeding under sections 518D.301 to 518D.317 in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, rule 127 . Unless the court enters a temporary emergency order under section 518D.204 , the enforcing court may not stay an order enforcing a child custody determination pending appeal.
Minn. Stat. § 332A.11 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 332A / Section 332A.11
§ 332A.11 RIGHT TO CANCEL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Debtor's right to cancel. A debtor has the right to cancel the debt management services agreement without cause at any time upon ten days' written notice to the debt management services provider. In the event of cancellation, the debt management services provider must, within ten days of the cancellation, notify the debtor's creditors of the cancellation and provide a refund of all unexpended funds paid by or for the debtor to the debt management services provider.

§ Subd. 2. Notice of debtor's right to cancel. A debt management services agreement must contain, on its face, in an easily readable type immediately adjacent to the space for signature by the debtor, the following notice: "Right To Cancel: You have the right to cancel this contract at any time on ten days' written notice."

§ Subd. 3. Automatic termination. Upon the payment of all listed debts and fees, the debt management services agreement must automatically terminate, and all unexpended funds paid by or for the debtor to the debt management services provider must be immediately returned to the debtor.

§ Subd. 4. Debt management services provider's right to cancel. A debt management services provider may cancel a debt management services agreement with good cause upon 30 days' written notice to the debtor. Within ten days after the cancellation, the debt management services provider must: (1) notify the debtor's creditors of the cancellation; and (2) return to the debtor all unexpended funds paid by or for the debtor.
Minn. Stat. § 243.255 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.255
§ 243.255 PRIVATE INSURANCE POLICIES; SUBROGATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections; (b) "inmate" means a person who has been sentenced to incarceration in a state or local correctional facility, including persons committed in accordance with section 631.425 or released for employment under section 241.26 ; and (c) "private insurance coverage" means coverage for medical care or services under any insurance plan regulated by chapter 62A, 62C, 62D, 64B, or 65B. Private insurance coverage also includes any self-insurance plan providing medical care or services.

§ Subd. 2. Subrogation rights. When the commissioner or a county agency provides medical care or services pursuant to section 241.021, subdivision 4 , or any rule adopted under it to any inmate having private insurance coverage, the commissioner or county agency shall be subrogated, to the extent of the cost of services provided, to any rights the inmate may have under the terms of any private insurance coverage. This provision supersedes any inconsistent policy provision.

§ Subd. 3. Civil action. The county attorney may institute a civil action against the carrier of the private insurance coverage to recover under this section on behalf of the county agency.

§ Subd. 4. Policy exclusions prohibited. The provisions of section 62A.044 apply to this section.
Minn. Stat. § 343.25 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 343 / Section 343.25
§ 343.25 DOCKING HORSES; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person who cuts the bony part of a horse's tail for the purpose of docking it, or who causes or knowingly permits the same to be done upon premises of which the person is owner, lessee, or user, or who assists in the cutting is guilty of a misdemeanor. When a horse is found so cut, upon the premises or in the custody of any person, and the wound resulting is unhealed, that fact shall constitute prima facie evidence that the offense was committed by the person. All fines resulting from complaint made by an officer or agent of any society of this state for the prevention of cruelty to animals for any offense specified in this section shall be paid to the society whose officer or agent made the complaint.
Minn. Stat. § 142A.48 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142A / Section 142A.48
§ 142A.48 EDUCATE PARENTS PARTNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may work in partnership with health care providers and community organizations to provide parent information to parents of newborns at the time of birth. The commissioner may coordinate the partnership and the distribution of informational material to the parents of newborns before they leave the hospital with early childhood organizations, including, but not limited to, early childhood family education, child care resource and referral, and interagency early intervention committees. The commissioner may develop a resource website that promotes, at a minimum, the department website for information and links to resources on child development, parent education, child care, and consumer safety information.
Minn. Stat. § 325E.0951 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325E / Section 325E.0951
§ 325E.0951 MOTOR VEHICLE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (a) Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine and designed for use on the public highways, such as automobiles, trucks, and buses. (b) Person. "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, incorporated and unincorporated association, or any other legal or commercial entity. (c) Air pollution control system. "Air pollution control system" means any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in order to comply with pollutant emission restrictions established for the motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine by federal statute or regulation.

§ Subd. 2. Prohibited acts. (a) A person may not knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, change, or disconnect any air pollution control system on a motor vehicle or on a motor vehicle engine. (b) A person may not manufacture, advertise, offer for sale, sell, use, or install a device that causes any air pollution control system not to be functional as designed. (c) A person may not sell or transfer a motor vehicle with knowledge that any air pollution control system is either not in place or is not functional.

§ Subd. 3. Repairs. This section does not prevent the service, repair, or replacement of any air pollution control system.

§ Subd. 3a. [Repealed, 2008 c 287 art 1 s 126 ]

§ Subd. 4. Penalty. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141 ]

§ Subd. 6. Nonapplication. This section does not apply to a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle for the purpose of scrapping, dismantling, or destroying it.
Minn. Stat. § 336.3-504 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.3-504
§ 336.3-504 EXCUSED PRESENTMENT AND NOTICE OF DISHONOR.
Status: in_force

(a) Presentment for payment or acceptance of an instrument is excused if (i) the person entitled to present the instrument cannot with reasonable diligence make presentment, (ii) the maker or acceptor has repudiated an obligation to pay the instrument or is dead or in insolvency proceedings, (iii) by the terms of the instrument presentment is not necessary to enforce the obligation of endorsers or the drawer, (iv) the drawer or endorser whose obligation is being enforced has waived presentment or otherwise has no reason to expect or right to require that the instrument be paid or accepted, or (v) the drawer instructed the drawee not to pay or accept the draft or the drawee was not obligated to the drawer to pay the draft.

(b) Notice of dishonor is excused if (i) by the terms of the instrument notice of dishonor is not necessary to enforce the obligation of a party to pay the instrument, or (ii) the party whose obligation is being enforced waived notice of dishonor. A waiver of presentment is also a waiver of notice of dishonor.

(c) Delay in giving notice of dishonor is excused if the delay was caused by circumstances beyond the control of the person giving the notice and the person giving the notice exercised reasonable diligence after the cause of the delay ceased to operate.
Minn. Stat. § 322C.0801 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 322C / Section 322C.0801
§ 322C.0801 GOVERNING LAW.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope of foreign law. The law of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited liability company is formed governs: (1) the internal affairs of the company; and (2) the liability of a member as member, a manager as manager, and a governor as governor for the debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the company.

§ Subd. 2. Restriction on denial of certificate of authority. A foreign limited liability company may not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of any difference between the law of the jurisdiction under which the company is formed and the law of this state.

§ Subd. 3. No increase in foreign company's powers. A certificate of authority does not authorize a foreign limited liability company to engage in any business or exercise any power that a limited liability company may not engage in or exercise in this state.
Minn. Stat. § 38.36 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 38 / Section 38.36
§ 38.36 COUNTY EXTENSION COMMITTEE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Committee composition. A county must have an extension committee. The committee must have nine members. Two members must be county commissioners appointed by the county board. The county auditor or the auditor's designee must be a member. If the county has no office of auditor, the county board shall appoint a member from the county administration. Six members must be appointed at large by the county board as provided in this section. The county board at its annual meeting shall appoint for a term of three years the number of members required to fill the memberships on that committee expiring at that time.

§ Subd. 2. Budget recommendations. In cooperation with the director of extension, or the director's designee, the county extension committee, each year, in accordance with county budgetary deadlines, shall prepare a budget showing the total funds available and needed and shall recommend to the county board the amount of county funds necessary to maintain, support, and pay the expenses of county extension work during the following year. A copy of the budget must be presented to the county board.

§ Subd. 3. County appropriations, how spent. The county board shall consider the recommended county share of money necessary to maintain, support, and pay the expenses of county extension work during the following year. For these purposes, the county board may appropriate money annually from its general revenue fund and may include the amount of the county's share in the annual levy of county taxes or may make a special levy for county extension purposes or both. The money set aside and appropriated by the county board for these purposes is the county extension fund. Money from the fund may be paid out by orders of the director of extension, or the director's designee, to pay a part of the compensation of the agents employed, to pay directly the compensation of county support employees, and to pay other expenses incident to county extension work. An order to pay money from the fund must not be issued until the expenditure has been audited and signed by the county auditor or other appropriate county official. A balance in the county extension fund at the end of a year must be carried over or reappropriated.
Minn. Stat. § 123B.25 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123B / Section 123B.25
§ 123B.25 LEGAL ACTIONS AGAINST DISTRICTS AND TEACHERS.
Status: in_force

(a) An action may be brought against any district, either upon a contract made with the district or its board, in its official capacity and within the scope of its authority, or for an injury to the rights of the plaintiff arising from some act or omission of such board. The action may be brought against the district even if the members of the board making the contract, or guilty of the act or omission complained of, are no longer in office.

(b) Upon written request of the teacher involved, any district, however organized, must provide legal counsel for any school teacher against whom claim is made or action is brought for recovery of damages in any tort action involving physical injury to any person or property or for wrongful death arising out of or in connection with the employment of such teacher with the district. The choice of legal counsel shall be made only after consultation with the teacher. Provision of counsel under this paragraph shall not be construed to render the district liable for its torts, except as otherwise provided by law; or for reimbursement of costs of counsel provided to the teacher pursuant to the contract obligation of another or otherwise than under this paragraph; or for payment of any judgments or any other costs or disbursements in connection with a judgment where the judgment, cost or disbursement is against the teacher and not against the school district.

(c) It is a defense to a civil action for damages against a school official, as defined in section 609.2231, subdivision 5 , to prove that the force used by the official was reasonable, was in the exercise of lawful authority, and was necessary under the circumstances to restrain the pupil or to prevent bodily harm or death to another.
Minn. Stat. § 116B.11 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116B / Section 116B.11
§ 116B.11 LONG-ARM STATUTE; ACTIONS UNDER THIS CHAPTER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Personal jurisdiction. As to any cause of action arising under sections 116B.01 to 116B.13 , the district court may exercise personal jurisdiction over any foreign corporation or any nonresident individual in the same manner as if it were a domestic corporation or the individual were a resident of this state. This section applies if, in person or through an agent, the foreign corporation or nonresident individual: (1) commits or threatens to commit any act in the state that would impair, pollute, or destroy the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state; (2) commits or threatens to commit any act outside the state that would impair, pollute, or destroy the air, water, land, or other natural resources located within the state; or (3) engages in any other of the activities specified in section 543.19 .

§ Subd. 2. Service of process. The service of process on any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, as provided in this section, may be made by personally serving the summons upon the defendant outside this state with the same effect as though the summons had been personally served within this state.

§ Subd. 3. Allowable causes of action. Only causes of action arising from acts enumerated or referenced in subdivision 1 may be asserted against a defendant in an action in which jurisdiction over the defendant is based upon this section.

§ Subd. 4. Other law. Nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process in any other manner now or hereafter provided by law or the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure.
Minn. Stat. § 332A.17 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 332A / Section 332A.17
§ 332A.17 DEBT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT RESCISSION.
Status: in_force

Any debtor has the right to rescind any debt management services agreement with a debt management services provider that commits a material violation of this chapter. On rescission, all fees paid to the debt management services provider or any other person other than creditors of the debtor must be returned to the debtor entering into the debt management services agreement within ten days of rescission of the debt management services agreement.
Minn. Stat. § 16B.53 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16B / Section 16B.53
§ 16B.53 SALE OF LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner shall provide for the sale and distribution of copies of laws and resolutions on file in the Office of the Secretary of State in accordance with this section. The secretary of state shall cooperate with the commissioner in furnishing the services provided for in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Charges. The commissioner shall establish charges for those laws and resolutions sufficient to cover their cost. Fees established for the sale and distribution of laws and resolutions, including mailing and postage charges, may be accepted by the commissioner in advance, and any unused portions amounting to $1 or more may be returned to the person entitled to them upon request, notwithstanding the provision of any other law prohibiting refunds.

§ Subd. 3. Revolving fund. Money collected by the commissioner under this section must be deposited in the general services revolving fund in the state treasury. Money in that fund is annually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of carrying out this section.
Minn. Stat. § 386.78 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.78
§ 386.78 SECURITY DEPOSITS.
Status: in_force

The county recorder in each county may accept security deposits to guarantee payment of charges. The county recorder shall deposit any accepted security deposit in a security fund with the county treasurer. The county treasurer may invest said funds and the income therefrom shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.

The county recorder shall extend credit to any person who has made such deposit up to the amount of the deposit.

Any person may withdraw any such deposit provided that any unpaid items shall first be deducted therefrom, except that the county recorder may require a reasonable minimum deposit be maintained based on anticipated monthly charges of the depositor.
Minn. Stat. § 513.61 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 513 / Section 513.61
§ 513.61 RADON DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

A seller of residential real property must comply with the radon disclosure requirements under section 144.496 .