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Minn. Stat. § 175.27 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 175 / Section 175.27
§ 175.27 DISCLOSURE OF NAMES OF PERSONS GIVING INFORMATION; REFUSAL TO TESTIFY; DENYING ADMISSION; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

Any employee of the Department of Labor and Industry who shall disclose the names of any persons supplying information at the request of such department shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person who, having been duly subpoenaed, shall refuse to attend or testify in any hearing under the direction of the Department of Labor and Industry shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any owner or occupant of any place of employment who shall refuse to admit thereto any employee of the department seeking entrance in the discharge of the employee's duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person, firm, or corporation, or any of its officers or agents, who or which shall refuse to file with the department such reports as are required by it under the provisions of sections 175.24 to 175.27 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 609.034 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.034
§ 609.034 MAXIMUM PENALTY; ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS.
Status: in_force

Any law of this state or municipal charter which limits the power of any statutory or home rule charter city, town, county, or other political subdivision to prescribe a maximum fine of $700 or less for an ordinance shall on or after August 1, 2000, be deemed to provide that the statutory or home rule charter city, town, county, or other political subdivision has the power to prescribe a maximum fine of $1,000.
Minn. Stat. § 165.10 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 165 / Section 165.10
§ 165.10 BONDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certain counties may issue and sell. The county board of any county having no outstanding road and bridge bonds may issue and sell county road bonds in an amount not exceeding 0.12089 percent of the estimated market value of the taxable property within the county, for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, improving, or maintaining any bridge or bridges on any highway under its jurisdiction, without submitting the matter to a vote of the electors of the county.

§ Subd. 2. Bonds issued, sold, and retired. Such bonds shall be general obligations of the county and issued, sold, and retired in the manner provided in chapter 475.
Minn. Stat. § 609.506 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.506
§ 609.506 PROHIBITING GIVING PEACE OFFICER FALSE NAME.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. Whoever with intent to obstruct justice gives a fictitious name other than a nickname, or gives a false date of birth, or false or fraudulently altered identification card to a peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1 , paragraph (c), when that officer makes inquiries incident to a lawful investigatory stop or lawful arrest, or inquiries incident to executing any other duty imposed by law, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 2. Name of another; gross misdemeanor. Whoever with intent to obstruct justice gives the name and date of birth of another person to a peace officer, as defined in subdivision 1, when the officer makes inquiries incident to a lawful investigatory stop or lawful arrest, or inquiries incident to executing any other duty imposed by law, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 3. Fictitious name; gross misdemeanor. Whoever in any criminal proceeding with intent to obstruct justice gives a fictitious name, other than a nickname, or gives a false date of birth to a court official is guilty of a misdemeanor. Whoever in any criminal proceeding with intent to obstruct justice gives the name and date of birth of another person to a court official is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. "Court official" includes a judge, referee, court administrator, or any employee of the court.
Minn. Stat. § 326.785 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.785
§ 326.785 ASBESTOS CONTAINMENT BARRIERS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 4620.3568 , subparts 1 to 4, containment barriers, in the case of tunnel abatement enclosures, are limited to double critical barriers.
Minn. Stat. § 560.07 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 560 / Section 560.07
§ 560.07 IF MAJORITY DOES NOT ACT, MINORITY MAY TAKE OVER.
Status: in_force

An owner of less than a half interest in mineral land may mine the land under conditions in this section.

(a)(1) The owner of a half or greater interest must fail or refuse to use the procedure in this chapter; or (2) after starting to mine the land under this chapter, the owner of the half or greater interest must abandon the work for at least one year.

(b) The ownership of the interest must be shown by properly executed deeds recorded in the county where the land is.

(c) The owner of the interest must start to open and work the land according to this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 323A.0104 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 323A / Section 323A.0104
§ 323A.0104 SUPPLEMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter.

(b) If an obligation to pay interest arises under this chapter and the rate is not specified, the rate is that specified in section 549.09 .
Minn. Stat. § 315.47 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.47
§ 315.47 PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

The board shall control the real property of the association and other property its board of directors or trustees may designate. Real property belonging to the association must not be conveyed, disposed of, or mortgaged without the consent of the board, and it is not liable for a debt or obligation of the association unless the debt is contracted with its approval. Property and its income under the control of the board must be devoted only to the purposes of the association. So long as the directors and managers of the association spend it for these purposes, the income must be paid over to the treasurer of the board of directors or managers.
Minn. Stat. § 257.0763 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 257 / Section 257.0763
§ 257.0763 MATTERS APPROPRIATE FOR REVIEW.
Status: in_force

(a) In selecting matters for review, an ombudsperson should give particular attention to actions of an agency, facility, or program that:

(1) may be contrary to law or rule;

(2) may be unreasonable, unfair, oppressive, or inconsistent with a policy or order of an agency, facility, or program;

(3) may result in abuse or neglect of a child;

(4) may disregard the rights of a child or other individual served by an agency or facility; or

(5) may be unclear or inadequately explained, when reasons should have been revealed.

(b) An ombudsperson shall, in selecting matters for review, inform other interested agencies in order to avoid duplicating other investigations or regulatory efforts, including activities undertaken by a tribal organization under the authority of sections 260.751 to 260.835 .
Minn. Stat. § 325G.23 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325G / Section 325G.23
§ 325G.23 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 325G.23 to 325G.28 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Club. "Club" means any health club, social referral club or buying club.

§ Subd. 3. Contract. "Contract" means any agreement by which one becomes a member of a club.

§ Subd. 4. Health club. "Health club" means any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other business enterprise having the primary purpose of offering one or more facilities for instruction, training, encouragement, or assistance in physical fitness, in return for the payment of a fee entitling the member to the use of the facilities. The term does not include any nonprofit organizations, any private club owned and operated by its members, or any facility operated by the state or any of its political subdivisions.

§ Subd. 5. Social referral club. "Social referral club" means any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other business enterprise organized for profit with the primary purpose of matching members of the opposite sex, by the use of computer or any other means, to facilitate dating or general social contact.

§ Subd. 6. Buying club. "Buying club" means any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other business enterprise organized for profit with the primary purpose of providing benefits to members from the cooperative purchase of services or merchandise.

§ Subd. 7. Member. "Member" means a status by which any natural person is entitled to any of the benefits of a club.

§ Subd. 8. Prepayment. "Prepayment" means any payment over $50 for service or merchandise made before the service is rendered or the merchandise is received. The term "prepayment" includes, but is not limited to, the payment of any service fee, initiation fee, application fee, administrative fee, deposit fee, processing fee, enrollment fee, maintenance fee, or similar fee no matter how the fee is denominated. It is not a prepayment if a payment for service is made on the same day the service is rendered. Money received by a club from a financial institution upon assignment of a contract shall be considered prepayment when and to the extent the member is required to make prepayments to the financial institution pursuant to the contract.

§ Subd. 9. Business day. "Business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday as defined in section 645.44 .

§ Subd. 10. Outstanding liabilities. "Outstanding liabilities" means the amount of prepayment actually received from club members less the amount of the prepayment as prorated over the duration of any contract for services rendered by the club.
Minn. Stat. § 419.07 — MN Code / Part 419_425 / Chapter 419 / Section 419.07
§ 419.07 OFFICERS DISCHARGED ONLY AFTER HEARING.
Status: in_force

No officer or employee other than a peace officer, after six months' continuous employment, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. No newly appointed peace officer after satisfactory completion of the basic peace officers training course pursuant to sections 626.843 to 626.852 and after a period of no longer than 12 months continuous employment thereafter, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. Such charges shall be investigated by or before such civil service commission. The finding and decision of such commission shall be forthwith certified to the chief or other appointed or superior officer, and will be forthwith enforced by such officer. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of any officer to suspend a subordinate for a reasonable period not exceeding 60 days for the purpose of discipline, or pending investigation of charges when the officer deems such suspension advisable. The commission, in any city of the second class situate in two or more counties, may, by resolution adopted by unanimous vote, incorporate in the civil service rules a rule fixing the term of the office of chief of the department at six years from the date of appointment and thereafter the office of chief shall be open to competitive examination for all members of the department qualified to take such examinations. In the event of a new appointment being made to the office of chief as a result of competitive examination, the retiring chief shall be assigned a grade and class in the department as may be determined by the commission. Provided that the limitation of the term of chief as herein provided for shall not affect any person permanently holding the office of chief at the time of the passage of Laws 1947, Chapter 522; provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons referred to in Minnesota Statutes 1969, Section 299D.03 .
Minn. Stat. § 161.40 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 161 / Section 161.40
§ 161.40 JOINT FACILITIES WITH DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may enter into agreements with the state Division of Emergency Management to build, operate and maintain joint facilities in cases where the Division of Emergency Management contributes its proportionate financial share.
Minn. Stat. § 21.113 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 21 / Section 21.113
§ 21.113 CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner shall issue certificates of inspection only when seed potatoes have been inspected while growing in the field and again after being harvested.

(b) For seed potatoes produced in a lab, the commissioner shall issue certificates of inspection only after:

(1) the seed potato lab facility and the lab's records have been inspected; and

(2) the seed potatoes have been inspected after they have been harvested, removed, or released from the lab.

(c) Certificates of inspection under this section shall show the varietal purity and the freedom from disease and physical injury of such potatoes and any other information as may be prescribed by rules adopted and published under sections 21.111 to 21.122 .
Minn. Stat. § 121A.575 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 121A / Section 121A.575
§ 121A.575 ALTERNATIVES TO PUPIL SUSPENSION.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary and in accordance with sections 121A.40 to 121A.56 , after a school administration notifies a pupil of the grounds for suspension, the school administration may, instead of imposing the suspension, do one or more of the following:

(1) strongly encourage a parent or guardian of the pupil to attend school with the pupil for one day;

(2) assign the pupil to attend school on Saturday as supervised by the principal or the principal's designee; and

(3) petition the juvenile court that the student is in need of services under chapter 260C.
Minn. Stat. § 327.651 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.651
§ 327.651 VOLUNTARY REPOSSESSION.
Status: in_force

The secured party and the debtor and occupant, if the debtor is not the occupant, may agree in writing on a voluntary surrender of the title and possession of the manufactured home to the secured party prior to or after the end of the 30-day period specified under section 327.64 . The secured party may file the agreement and any other documents necessary to transfer the title in the manner required under chapter 336. When this provision is exercised, notice under section 327.64, subdivision 2 , is not applicable.
Minn. Stat. § 144.295 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.295
§ 144.295 DISCLOSURE OF HEALTH RECORDS FOR EXTERNAL RESEARCH.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Methods of release. (a) Notwithstanding section 144.293 , subdivisions 2 and 4, health records may be released to an external researcher solely for purposes of medical or scientific research only as follows: (1) health records generated before January 1, 1997, may be released if the patient has not objected or does not elect to object after that date; (2) for health records generated on or after January 1, 1997, the provider must: (i) disclose in writing to patients currently being treated by the provider that health records, regardless of when generated, may be released and that the patient may object, in which case the records will not be released; and (ii) use reasonable efforts to obtain the patient's written general authorization that describes the release of records in item (i), which does not expire but may be revoked or limited in writing at any time by the patient or the patient's authorized representative; (3) the provider must advise the patient of the rights specified in clause (4); and (4) the provider must, at the request of the patient, provide information on how the patient may contact an external researcher to whom the health record was released and the date it was released. (b) Authorization may be established if an authorization is mailed at least two times to the patient's last known address with a postage prepaid return envelope and a conspicuous notice that the patient's medical records may be released if the patient does not object, and at least 60 days have expired since the second notice was sent.

§ Subd. 2. Duties of researcher. In making a release for research purposes, the provider shall make a reasonable effort to determine that: (1) the use or disclosure does not violate any limitations under which the record was collected; (2) the use or disclosure in individually identifiable form is necessary to accomplish the research or statistical purpose for which the use or disclosure is to be made; (3) the recipient has established and maintains adequate safeguards to protect the records from unauthorized disclosure, including a procedure for removal or destruction of information that identifies the patient; and (4) further use or release of the records in individually identifiable form to a person other than the patient without the patient's consent is prohibited.
Minn. Stat. § 85.47 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 85 / Section 85.47
§ 85.47 SPECIAL-USE PERMITS; FEES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Special-use permits. The commissioner may, by written order, develop reasonable policies for special-use permits to use state trails and state water access sites. The policies are exempt from the rulemaking provisions under chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply.

§ Subd. 2. Disposition of fees. Fees collected for special-use permits to use state trails and state water access sites not on state forest, state park, or state recreation area lands must be deposited in the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for operating and maintaining state trails and water access sites.
Minn. Stat. § 128D.04 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 128D / Section 128D.04
§ 128D.04 DISTRICT LIKE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

Such special independent school district shall have all the powers, privileges, duties, and obligations of independent school districts as provided by state laws except as follows or as otherwise provided by a special law or charter provision.
Minn. Stat. § 327C.11 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 327C / Section 327C.11
§ 327C.11 EVICTION PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Right of redemption. The right of redemption, as expressed in section 504B.291 and the common law, is available to a resident from whom a park owner seeks to recover possession for nonpayment of rent, but no resident may exercise that right more than twice in any 12-month period; provided, that a resident may exercise the right of redemption more than twice in any 12-month period by paying the park owner's actual reasonable attorney's fees as part of each additional exercise of that right during the 12-month period.

§ Subd. 2. Waiver by accepting rent. A park owner who gives a resident a notice as provided in section 327C.09, subdivision 3 , 4, 6, or 8, or 327C.095 , does not waive the notice by afterwards accepting rent. Acceptance of rent for a period after the expiration of a final notice to quit waives that notice unless the parties agree in writing after service of the notice that the notice continues in effect.

§ Subd. 3. Writ of recovery stayed. The issuance of a writ of recovery, other than a conditional writ, shall be stayed for a reasonable period not to exceed seven days to allow the resident to arrange to remove the resident's home from the lot.

§ Subd. 4. Conditional writ. Where the interests of justice require the court may issue a conditional writ of recovery, which orders the resident and all those in the resident's household to stop residing in the park within a reasonable period not to exceed seven days, but which allows the resident's home to remain on the lot for 60 days for the purpose of an in park sale, as provided in section 327C.07 . The writ shall also direct the park owner to notify any party holding a security interest in the resident's home and known to the park owner, of the provisions of the writ. If the court issues a conditional writ, the resident may keep the home on the lot for 60 days for an in park sale if: (1) neither the resident nor members of the resident's household reside in the park; (2) the resident complies with all rules relating to home and lot maintenance; and (3) the resident pays on time all rent and utility charges owed to the park owner. If the resident fails to meet any of these conditions, the park owner may, on three days' written notice to the resident, move the court for an order making the writ of recovery unconditional. Sixty-one days after the issuance of a conditional writ, the writ shall become absolute without further court action.
Minn. Stat. § 609.28 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.28
§ 609.28 INTERFERING WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Interference. Whoever, by threats or violence, intentionally prevents another person from performing any lawful act enjoined upon or recommended to the person by the religion which the person professes is guilty of a misdemeanor.

§ Subd. 2. Physical interference prohibited. A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally and physically obstructs any individual's access to or egress from a religious establishment. This subdivision does not apply to the exclusion of a person from the establishment at the request of an official of the religious organization.

§ Subd. 3. Definition. For purposes of subdivision 2, a "religious establishment" is a building used for worship services by a religious organization and clearly identified as such by a posted sign or other means.
Minn. Stat. § 517.20 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 517 / Section 517.20
§ 517.20 APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 517.03, subdivision 1 , paragraph (b), all marriages contracted within this state prior to March 1, 1979 or outside this state that were valid at the time of the contract or subsequently validated by the laws of the place in which they were contracted or by the domicile of the parties are valid in this state.
Minn. Stat. § 306.80 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.80
§ 306.80 TRUST COMPANY TO MAKE ANNUAL REPORT.
Status: in_force

A trust company or board of trustees acting as trustees under sections 306.76 , 306.77 , 306.78 , 306.79 , and this section shall on the first day of each year make a complete written report to the association of the condition and state of the fund in its hands. The report must at all times be open to the inspection of all owners of lots in the cemetery.
Minn. Stat. § 240A.07 — MN Code / Part 240_240A / Chapter 240A / Section 240A.07
§ 240A.07 COOPERATION REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Local governments shall cooperate with the commission to the greatest extent practical in providing facilities for use in amateur sports and Olympic training.
Minn. Stat. § 181.9458 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.9458
§ 181.9458 AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
Status: in_force

An employer may grant paid leave from work to an employee to allow the employee to donate blood.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2A-520 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2A-520
§ 336.2A-520 LESSEE'S INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
Status: in_force

(1) Incidental damages resulting from a lessor's default include expenses reasonably incurred in inspection, receipt, transportation, and care and custody of goods rightfully rejected or goods the acceptance of which is justifiably revoked, any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions in connection with effecting cover, and any other reasonable expense incident to the default.

(2) Consequential damages resulting from a lessor's default include:

(a) any loss resulting from general or particular requirements and needs of which the lessor at the time of contracting had reason to know and which could not reasonably be prevented by cover or otherwise; and

(b) injury to person or property proximately resulting from any breach of warranty.