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Minn. Stat. § 550.22 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 550 / Section 550.22
§ 550.22 CERTIFICATE OF SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

When a sale of real property is made upon execution, or pursuant to a judgment or order of a court, unless otherwise specified therein, the officer shall execute and deliver to the purchaser a certificate containing:

(1) a description of the execution, judgment, or order;

(2) a description of the property;

(3) the date of the sale and the name of the purchaser;

(4) the price paid for each parcel separately;

(5) if subject to redemption, the time allowed by law therefor;

(6) the interest rate in effect on the date of the sheriff's sale; and

(7) the amount of the debtor's homestead exemption, if any, as determined under section 550.175 .

Such certificate shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the manner provided by law for a conveyance of real property, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated, and, upon expiration of the time for redemption, shall operate as a conveyance to the purchaser of all the right, title, and interest of the person whose property is sold in and to the same, at the date of the lien upon which the same was sold. Any person desiring to perpetuate evidence that any real property sold under this section was not homestead real property may procure an affidavit by the person enforcing the judgment, or that person's attorney, or someone having knowledge of the facts, setting forth that the real property was not homestead real property. The affidavit shall be recorded by the county recorder or registrar of titles, and the affidavit and certified copies of the affidavit shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.825 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.825
§ 326B.825 LOSS OF QUALIFYING PERSON.
Status: in_force

Upon the departure or disqualification of a licensee's qualifying person because of death, disability, retirement, position change, or other reason, the licensee must notify the commissioner within 15 business days. The licensee shall have 120 days from the departure of the qualifying person to obtain a new qualifying person. Failure to secure a new qualifying person within 120 days will, with or without notice, result in the automatic termination of the license.
Minn. Stat. § 28A.10 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 28A / Section 28A.10
§ 28A.10 POSTING OF LICENSE; RULES.
Status: in_force

All such licenses shall be issued for a period of one year and shall be posted or displayed in a conspicuous place at the place of business so licensed. The commissioner may adopt such rules in conformity with law as the commissioner deems necessary to effectively and efficiently carry out the provisions of sections 28A.01 to 28A.16 .
Minn. Stat. § 271.02 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 271 / Section 271.02
§ 271.02 OFFICERS.
Status: in_force

The judges of the Tax Court shall choose a chief judge. The chief judge shall coordinate and make hearing assignments, and appoint employees who shall be in the unclassified service. The chief judge may delegate administrative duties to the employees appointed. The court administrator of district court in each county shall be the court administrator of the Tax Court in that county. Filing fees and library fees deposited with the court administrator of district court in the capacity of court administrator of the Tax Court and in cases originally commenced in district court and transferred to the Tax Court shall be retained by the court administrator of district court. The court administrator of the Tax Court in each county shall be subject to the supervision of the administrator in Tax Court matters.
Minn. Stat. § 209A.02 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 209A / Section 209A.02
§ 209A.02 CONTESTANT; GROUNDS.
Status: in_force

Any eligible voter, including a candidate, wishing to contest the election of the presidential elector or alternate in the courts of this state whether over an irregularity in the conduct of an election or canvass of votes, over the question of who received the largest number of votes legally cast, on the grounds of deliberate, serious, and material violations of Minnesota election law, or on any other ground must do so according to this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 626A.16 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626A / Section 626A.16
§ 626A.16 TELEPHONE COMPANY TO AID IN DETECTION.
Status: in_force

Subject to regulation by the Minnesota public utilities commission, any telephone or telegraph company shall, upon request of any subscriber and upon responsible offer to pay the reasonable cost thereof, and with the discretion of the carrier; subject, however, to an appropriate court order to furnish whatever services may be within its command for the purpose of detecting any unlawful interception of communications. All such requests by subscribers shall be subject to the provisions of section 626A.05 and the company shall disclose only the existence or absence of interception that is not the subject of a court order under that section. All such requests by subscribers shall be kept confidential unless divulgence is authorized in writing by the requesting subscriber.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.953 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.953
§ 326B.953 INSPECTION PERSONNEL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Inspectors. The department may employ such inspectors and other persons as are necessary to efficiently perform the duties and exercise the powers imposed upon the department.

§ Subd. 2. Chief boiler inspector. The commissioner shall appoint a chief boiler inspector who, under the direction and supervision of the commissioner, shall administer this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter. The chief boiler inspector must: (1) be licensed as a chief Grade A engineer; and (2) possess a current commission issued by the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. The chief boiler inspector shall be the state of Minnesota representative on the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, shall be the final interpretative authority of the rules adopted under this chapter, and shall perform other duties in administering this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter as assigned by the commissioner. Any person aggrieved by a ruling of the chief boiler inspector may appeal the ruling in accordance with chapter 14.
Minn. Stat. § 83A.02 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 83A / Section 83A.02
§ 83A.02 POWERS AND DUTIES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of natural resources shall:

(1) determine the correct and most appropriate names of the lakes, streams, places and other geographic features in the state, and the spelling thereof by written order published in the State Register. Name designations are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply;

(2) pass upon and give names to lakes, streams, places, and other geographic features in the state for which no single, generally accepted name has been in use;

(3) in cooperation with the county boards and with their approval, change the names of lakes, streams, places, and other geographic features, with the end in view of eliminating, as far as possible, duplication of names within the state;

(4) prepare and publish an official state dictionary of geographic names and publish the same, either as a completed whole or in parts, when ready;

(5) serve as the state representative of the United States Geographic Board and cooperate with that board to the end that there shall be no conflict between the state and federal designations of geographic features in the state.
Minn. Stat. § 270C.09 — MN Code / Part 270_271 / Chapter 270C / Section 270C.09
§ 270C.09 OPINION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL; EFFECT.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may in writing request the opinion of the attorney general upon any matter regarding the state revenue laws. Any written opinion of the attorney general upon any such matter rendered in response to such request shall have the force and effect of law unless and until overruled by a decision of the Tax Court or a court of competent jurisdiction.
Minn. Stat. § 315.121 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.121
§ 315.121 RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS, CERTAIN CONVEYANCES VALIDATED.
Status: in_force

All conveyances executed by any religious corporation or society organized under this chapter, conveying real property within this state that have been of record for more than six years in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which the real estate conveyed is located, and the record of the conveyance, are legalized, validated, and confirmed, even though the corporate records do not disclose that the execution of the conveyance was authorized by the congregation of the religious corporation in the manner provided by law, or the record of the authorization has not been recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which the real estate conveyed is located, or the certificate or any other document specified by section 315.03 has not been recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the real estate is located or in which the place of worship of the corporation or society is located.
Minn. Stat. § 48.63 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48 / Section 48.63
§ 48.63 SECURITY FOR DEPOSITS NOT REQUIRED.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provisions of law of this state requiring security for deposits in any bank or trust company in the form of collateral, surety bond or any other form, security for such deposits shall not be required to the extent the deposits are insured under the provisions of section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (Mason's United States Code Annotated, title 12, section 264), or any amendments thereto.
Minn. Stat. § 144E.14 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144E / Section 144E.14
§ 144E.14 TRANSFER OF LICENSE OR OWNERSHIP.
Status: in_force

A license, or the ownership of a licensed ambulance service, may be transferred only upon approval of the director, based upon a finding that the proposed licensee or proposed new owner of a licensed ambulance service meets or will meet the requirements of sections 144E.101 to 144E.127 . If the proposed transfer would result in an addition of a new base of operations, expansion of the service's primary service area, or provision of a new type or types of ambulance service, the director shall require the prospective licensee or owner to comply with section 144E.11 . The director may approve the license or ownership transfer prior to completion of the application process described in section 144E.11 upon obtaining written assurances from the proposed licensee or proposed new owner that no expansion of the service's primary service area or provision of a new type or types of ambulance service will occur during the processing of the application. If requesting a transfer of its base of operations, an applicant must comply with the requirements of section 144E.15 .
Minn. Stat. § 574.35 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.35
§ 574.35 PROSECUTION FOR FINES; COURT; COMMITMENT.
Status: in_force

All fines and forfeitures imposed as a punishment for any offense or for the violation of any duty imposed by statute may be prosecuted for and recovered by indictment in the district court. In all cases of the imposition of a fine pursuant to statute, as punishment for any offense, the offender may be committed until it is paid or the offender is otherwise discharged according to law.
Minn. Stat. § 306.86 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.86
§ 306.86 CONVEYANCES OF CEMETERY LOTS AND LANDS TO HOLDING CORPORATIONS LEGALIZED; RECONVEYANCE TO CITIES OF FIRST CLASS FOR CEMETERY PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

A deed or other instrument of conveyance of a right, title, or interest in any cemetery land or lot in a cemetery in this state executed before March 31, 1927, conveying the land or plot to a corporation authorized to acquire, hold, and convey title to real estate is lawful and conveys all right, title, and interest of the grantor to the corporation. By the conveyance, the corporation acquires all right, title, and interest that the grantor had in the land and property subject to any limitations contained in the instrument of conveyance. The corporation has the right to convey the property for cemetery purposes to any city of the first class in this state, including those organized and operating under a home rule charter adopted under the Minnesota Constitution, and the state laws relating to it.
Minn. Stat. § 507.061 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.061
§ 507.061 WORDS OF INHERITANCE NOT NEEDED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Word "heirs" unnecessary. The word "heirs," or other words of inheritance, shall not be necessary to create or convey an estate in fee simple.

§ Subd. 2. Pre-3/2/1875 conveyances. Every conveyance by deed without words of inheritance therein executed prior to March 2, 1875, shall be received as prima facie proof of an intention on the part of the parties thereto to convey an estate in fee simple.
Minn. Stat. § 543.20 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 543 / Section 543.20
§ 543.20 PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT CASES AND PATERNITY SUITS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Service. In addition to the methods of service of process provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure, service of a summons, an order to show cause, or an order or judgment within this state may also be made upon an individual by delivering a copy to the individual personally at the individual's place of employment or at a postsecondary education institution in which the individual is enrolled. The employer shall make the individual available for the purpose of delivering a copy. The postsecondary education institution must make the individual's class schedule available to the process server or make the individual available for the purpose of delivering a copy. No employer or postsecondary education institution shall deny a process server admittance to the employer's or postsecondary education institution's premises for the purpose of making service under this section. No service shall be allowed under this section unless such service is made personally on the individual.

§ Subd. 2. Applicability. Service of an employee at a place of employment or of a student at a postsecondary education institution applies only to: (a) a summons in an action for dissolution, annulment, legal separation, or under the Parentage Act and under section 518A.82 ; (b) orders to show cause under both section 518A.82 and the revised uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act as well as for contempt of court for failure to pay child support; (c) petitions under the Domestic Abuse Act; and (d) motions, orders, and judgments for the payment of child support when the court orders personal service.

§ Subd. 3. Retaliation prohibited. An employer shall not discharge or otherwise discipline an employee, nor shall a postsecondary education institution dismiss or discipline a student as a result of service under this section.

§ Subd. 4. Definition. For purposes of this section "postsecondary education institution" means any state university, community college, technical college, private college, private postsecondary school, or the University of Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 18H.10 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18H / Section 18H.10
§ 18H.10 STORAGE OF NURSERY STOCK.
Status: in_force

(a) All nursery stock must be kept and displayed under conditions of temperature, light, and moisture sufficient to maintain the viability and vigor of the nursery stock.

(b) Packaged nursery stock must be stored under conditions that retard growth, prevent etiolated growth, and protect its viability.

(c) Balled and burlapped nursery stock being held for sale must be kept in a moisture-holding material approved by the commissioner and not toxic to plants. The moisture-holding material must adequately cover and protect the ball of earth and must be kept moist at all times. The commissioner may approve alternative nursery stock management practices to maintain the viability of balled and burlapped stock.
Minn. Stat. § 259.10 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 259 / Section 259.10
§ 259.10 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Procedure. A person who shall have resided in this state for six months may apply to the district court in the county where the person resides to change the person's name, the names of minor children, if any, and the name of a spouse, if the spouse joins in the application, in the manner herein specified. The person shall state in the application the name and age of the spouse and each of the children, if any, and shall describe all lands in the state in or upon which the person, the children and the spouse if their names are also to be changed by the application, claim any interest or lien, and shall appear personally before the court and prove identity by at least two witnesses. If the person be a minor, the application shall be made by the person's guardian or next of kin. The court shall accept the certificate of dissolution prepared pursuant to section 518.148 as conclusive evidence of the facts recited in the certificate and may not require the person to provide the court a copy of the judgment and decree of dissolution. Every person who, with intent to defraud, shall make a false statement in any such application shall be guilty of a misdemeanor provided, however, that no minor child's name may be changed without both parents having notice of the pending of the application for change of name, whenever practicable, as determined by the court.

§ Subd. 2. Witness and victim protection name changes; private data. If the court determines that the name change for an individual is made in connection with the individual's participation in a witness and victim protection program, the court shall order that the court records of the name change are not accessible to the public; except that they may be released, upon request, to a law enforcement agency, probation officer, or corrections agent conducting a lawful investigation. The existence of an application for a name change described in this subdivision may not be disclosed except to a law enforcement agency conducting a lawful investigation.
Minn. Stat. § 447.05 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.05
§ 447.05 HOSPITALS; CHARTER CITIES OF THE THIRD OR FOURTH CLASS.
Status: in_force

A home rule charter city of the third or fourth class may acquire, establish, and operate hospitals. The city may take those actions by resolution or ordinance approved by two-thirds of the city council.
Minn. Stat. § 548.65 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 548 / Section 548.65
§ 548.65 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

In sections 548.64 to 548.74 :

(1) "Canada" means the sovereign nation of Canada and its provinces and territories. "Canadian" has a corresponding meaning.

(2) "Canadian judgment" means a judgment of a court of Canada, other than a judgment that recognizes the judgment of another foreign country.
Minn. Stat. § 103G.405 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103G / Section 103G.405
§ 103G.405 WATER LEVEL CONTROL FOR LANDLOCKED LAKES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the commissioner must issue a water level control permit to establish a control elevation for a landlocked lake below the ordinary high-water level for the lake if:

(1) the commissioner finds that:

(i) the control is necessary to prevent adverse impacts to the lake or adjoining property;

(ii) other reasonable or cost-effective alternatives are not available; and

(iii) natural resource or hydrologic conditions exist in the watershed that would limit the potential for continuous discharge of excess waters from the lake; and

(2) the outlet and discharge of excess waters is addressed in an approved water management plan under chapter 103B or 103D.

(b) In addition to the requirements in section 103G.301, subdivision 6 , if the proposed control elevation is more than 1-1/2 feet below the ordinary high-water level, the permit applicant shall serve a copy of the application on each county and municipality within which any portion of the lake is located and the lake improvement district, if one exists.

(c) The commissioner may not issue a permit to establish a control elevation more than 1-1/2 feet below the ordinary high-water level of a lake if a county, municipality, watershed district, or lake improvement district required to be served under paragraph (b) or section 103G.301, subdivision 6 , files a written objection to the issuance of the permit with the commissioner within 30 days after receiving a copy of the application.
Minn. Stat. § 8.07 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 8 / Section 8.07
§ 8.07 OPINIONS: QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE; PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Status: in_force

The attorney general on application shall give an opinion, in writing, to county, city, town, public pension fund attorneys, or the attorneys for the board of a school district or unorganized territory on questions of public importance; and on application of the commissioner of education shall give an opinion, in writing, upon any question arising under the laws relating to public schools. On all school matters such opinion shall be decisive until the question involved shall be decided otherwise by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Minn. Stat. § 15.57 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.57
§ 15.57 TRAVEL EXPENSES OF EMPLOYEES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTS.
Status: in_force

A receiving agency in this state may, in accordance with the travel rules of such agency, pay travel expenses of persons assigned thereto under sections 15.51 to 15.57 during the period of such assignments on the same basis as if they were regular employees of the receiving agency.
Minn. Stat. § 97C.841 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97C / Section 97C.841
§ 97C.841 APPRENTICE LICENSE.
Status: in_force

(a) A person with a commercial fishing license may list one person as an apprentice on the license. A person acting as an apprentice for a commercial fishing licensee must have an apprentice license. The commercial fishing licensee or the apprentice listed on the license must be present at all commercial fishing operations including going to and from fishing locations, or in setting or lifting nets, or removing fish from nets. A person possessing an angling license may assist the holder of a master's or apprentice license in going to and from fishing locations, or in setting or lifting nets, or removing fish from nets.

(b) An apprentice license is transferable to another by the holder of a master's license applying to the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 604A.302 — MN Code / Part 604_605 / Chapter 604A / Section 604A.302
§ 604A.302 ASSISTANCE ANIMAL ACCESS TO REAL PROPERTY; PROPERTY OWNER IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Assistance animal" means an animal that assists, supports, or provides a service to a person with a disability. (c) "Owner" means the owner of real property, a contract for deed vendee, receiver, personal representative, trustee, lessor, lessee, agent, or other person directly or indirectly in control of the real property. (d) "Real property" includes any physical location or portion of real property that federal or state law or local ordinance requires to be accessible to a person with a disability who is using an assistance animal.

§ Subd. 2. Immunity. An owner of real property is not liable for any injury or damage caused by an assistance animal if: (1) the owner believes in good faith that the animal is an assistance animal or the individual using the assistance animal represents that the animal is an assistance animal; and (2) the injury or damage is not caused by the negligence of the owner of the real property and the owner is not liable under section 347.22 .