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Minn. Stat. § 303.23 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 303 / Section 303.23
§ 303.23 CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY SECRETARY OF STATE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Prima facie evidence; recording. Copies of the certificates certified, and any certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, by the secretary of state shall be prima facie evidence of the matters stated therein.

§ Subd. 2. Certificate that corporation has no certificate of authority. A certificate of the secretary of state to the effect that a foreign corporation is not authorized to transact business in this state shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
Minn. Stat. § 336.3-410 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.3-410
§ 336.3-410 ACCEPTANCE VARYING DRAFT.
Status: in_force

(a) If the terms of a drawee's acceptance vary from the terms of the draft as presented, the holder may refuse the acceptance and treat the draft as dishonored. In that case, the drawee may cancel the acceptance.

(b) The terms of a draft are not varied by an acceptance to pay at a particular bank or place in the United States, unless the acceptance states that the draft is to be paid only at that bank or place.

(c) If the holder assents to an acceptance varying the terms of a draft, the obligation of each drawer and endorser that does not expressly assent to the acceptance is discharged.
Minn. Stat. § 136D.281 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136D / Section 136D.281
§ 136D.281 BONDS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Purpose. The intermediate school board, acting in its own behalf, may issue bonds for the acquisition and betterment of school facilities or equipment or for the funding or refunding of outstanding bonds, warrants, orders, or certificates of indebtedness.

§ Subd. 2. General law. Chapter 475 shall be applicable in all respects.

§ Subd. 3. Resolution. The purpose and the amount of any borrowing shall first be approved by resolution of the school board of the intermediate school district. When the resolution has been adopted by the intermediate school board it shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in said district.

§ Subd. 4. Referendum. (a) The intermediate school board shall not sell and issue bonds for acquisition or betterment purposes until the question of their issuance has been submitted to the voters of the intermediate school district at a special election held in and for the intermediate district. The date of the election, the question to be submitted, and all other necessary conduct of the election shall be fixed by the intermediate school board. The election shall be conducted and canvassed under the direction of the intermediate school board in accordance with chapter 205A, insofar as applicable. (b) If a majority of the total number of votes cast on the question within the intermediate school district is in favor of the question, the intermediate school board may proceed with the sale and issuance of the bonds.

§ Subd. 5. General obligation bonds. The full faith, credit, and unlimited taxing powers of the intermediate school district shall be pledged to the payment of all bonds and certificates of indebtedness, and none of the obligations shall be included in the net debt of any participating school district as defined by section 475.51, subdivision 4 , or any other similar law.

§ Subd. 6. Levies for payment. The intermediate school board upon awarding a contract for the sale of the bonds shall certify to the county auditor or county auditors the years and amounts of taxes required to be levied for the payment of the bonds as provided by section 475.61 . The county auditor shall cause taxes to be spread in each year until bonds and interest have been paid upon all of the assessable, taxable valuation of the intermediate school district.

§ Subd. 7. Tax-exempt securities. In all other respects chapter 475 shall apply and the bonds shall be deemed authorized securities within the provisions of section 50.14 and shall be deemed instruments of a public governmental agency.

§ Subd. 8. Expiration. The intermediate school board may not issue bonds under this section after July 1, 1994.
Minn. Stat. § 97A.434 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.434
§ 97A.434 PRAIRIE-CHICKEN LICENSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Number of licenses to be issued. If the commissioner establishes an open season for prairie chickens, the commissioner shall also determine, by rule, the number of licenses to be issued.

§ Subd. 2. Eligibility. Eligibility for a prairie-chicken license shall be determined by this section and by rule adopted by the commissioner. A person is eligible for a prairie-chicken license only if the person is a resident.

§ Subd. 3. Application for license. An application for a prairie-chicken license must be made in a manner provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 application fee. The $4 application fee is appropriated as prescribed in section 84.027, subdivision 15 , paragraph (c), to pay for costs associated with conducting the prairie-chicken-license drawing. A person may not make more than one application for each season. If a person makes more than one application, the person is ineligible for a license for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing.

§ Subd. 4. Separate selection of eligible licensees. (a) The commissioner may conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the prairie-chicken licenses to be issued for any area. Only persons who are owners or tenants of at least 40 acres of prairie or grassland in the area, and their family members, are eligible applicants for prairie-chicken licenses for the separate selection. The qualifying prairie or grassland may be noncontiguous. Persons who are unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses. Persons who obtain a license in a separate selection must allow public prairie-chicken hunting on their land during that prairie-chicken season. (b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family members under this subdivision.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.63 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.63
§ 325F.63 REMEDIES; PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Return of goods to customer. A violation of section 325F.61 shall entitle the customer to the return of the repaired motor vehicle or appliance without payment of the unauthorized or excess charges, or to consequential damages, reasonable attorney's fees as determined by the court, and punitive damages not to exceed three times the total charges. Acceptance by the shop of the amount offered by the customer shall not be an admission that the amount offered is the true and correct amount owing and payable.

§ Subd. 2. Failure to return parts. If a shop refuses return of a customer's replaced parts in violation of section 325F.62, subdivision 1 despite a timely request, the shop shall be liable for the reasonable value of the parts.

§ Subd. 3. Violation as fraud, misrepresentation, or deceptive practice. Any violation of sections 325F.56 to 325F.66 shall be deemed a violation of section 325F.69, subdivision 1 , and the provisions of section 8.31 , shall apply.

§ Subd. 4. Remedies cumulative. The remedies of this section are to be construed as cumulative in addition to those provided by the common law and other statutes of this state.
Minn. Stat. § 617.298 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 617 / Section 617.298
§ 617.298 OBSCENE MOTION PICTURES AT DRIVE-IN THEATERS; DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and section 617.299 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Obscene. "Obscene" has the meaning given to it in section 617.241 .

§ Subd. 3. Nudity. "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic areas, or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of an uncovered, or less than opaquely covered, female breast below a point immediately above the top of the nipple, or the breast with the nipple and immediately adjacent area only covered.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1983 c 204 s 14 ]
Minn. Stat. § 473.603 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.603
§ 473.603 METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION; POWERS; STRUCTURE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Public corporation. For the purposes provided in sections 473.601 to 473.679 the Metropolitan Airports Commission has been created as a public corporation.

§ Subd. 1a. Also in Laws 1974, chapter 455. Except as provided otherwise in Laws 1974, chapter 455, the existence and the powers, responsibilities, rights, and obligations of this corporation are confirmed and extended in accordance with the provisions of those sections, as they now exist and as they are now and may hereafter be amended and supplemented.

§ Subd. 2. Organization, structure, administration. The commission shall be organized, structured and administered as provided in sections 473.601 to 473.679 .
Minn. Stat. § 122A.05 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 122A / Section 122A.05
§ 122A.05 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES; INTENT.
Status: in_force

The purpose of sections 122A.05 to 122A.09 is to develop standards of ethical conduct for the guidance and improvement of the teaching profession and to provide measures through which the observance of standards by the members of the profession may be promoted and enforced.
Minn. Stat. § 559.216 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 559 / Section 559.216
§ 559.216 APPLICATION OF CURATIVE PROVISIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Expiration periods. Upon expiration of the periods specified in this section, the provisions of section 559.215 apply to a termination of a contract for the conveyance of real property or an interest in real property subject to this section: (1) as to section 559.215 , clause (2), item (iv), and clause (3), five years after the last day of the correct reinstatement period of the purchaser or the purchaser's personal representatives or assigns; and (2) as to all other provisions of section 559.215 , one year after the last day of the reinstatement period of the purchaser or the purchaser's personal representatives or assigns.

§ Subd. 2. Pending and newly commenced actions. This section and section 559.215 , as enacted by Laws 1990, chapter 575, sections 8 and 9, do not affect any action or proceeding pending on August 1, 1990, or commenced before February 1, 1991, involving the validity of the termination or conveyance. The amendments to this section and section 559.215 by Laws 1996, chapter 338, article 1, shall not affect any action pending on August 1, 1996, or that is commenced before February 1, 1997, involving the validity of the termination or conveyance.
Minn. Stat. § 79.10 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79 / Section 79.10
§ 79.10 REVIEW OF ACTS OF INSURERS.
Status: in_force

The Department of Commerce staff may investigate on the request of any person or on its own initiative the acts of the rating association, an insurer, or an agent that are subject to provisions of chapter 79 and may make findings and recommendations that the commissioner issue an order requiring compliance with the provisions thereof. The proposed findings and recommended order shall be served on all affected parties at the same time that the staff transmits its findings and recommendations to the commissioner. Any party adversely affected by the proposed findings and recommended order may request that a hearing be held concerning the issues raised therein within 15 days after service of the findings and recommended order. This hearing shall be conducted as a contested case pursuant to sections 14.001 to 14.69 . If a hearing is not requested within the time specified in this section, the proposed findings and recommended order may be adopted by the commissioner as a final order.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-506 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-506
§ 336.9-506 EFFECT OF ERRORS OR OMISSIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Minor errors and omissions. A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading.

(b) Financing statement seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with section 336.9-503 (a) is seriously misleading.

(c) Financing statement not seriously misleading. If a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor's correct name, using the filing office's standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with section 336.9-503 (a), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.

(d) Debtor's correct name. For purposes of section 336.9-508 (b), the "debtor's correct name" in subsection (c) means the correct name of the new debtor.
Minn. Stat. § 116C.76 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116C / Section 116C.76
§ 116C.76 NUCLEAR WASTE DEPOSITORY; RELEASE INTO GROUNDWATER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Radionuclide release levels. Radioactive waste management facilities for spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes must be designed to provide a reasonable expectation that the undisturbed performance of the radioactive waste management facility will not cause the radionuclide concentrations, averaged over any year, in groundwater to exceed: (1) five picocuries per liter of radium-226 and radium-228; (2) 15 picocuries per liter of alpha-emitting radionuclides including radium-226 and radium-228, but excluding radon; or (3) the combined concentrations of radionuclides that emit either beta or gamma radiation that would produce an annual dose equivalent to the total body of any internal organ greater than four millirems per year if an individual consumed two liters per day of drinking water from the groundwater.

§ Subd. 2. Disposal restricted. The location or construction of a radioactive waste management facility for high-level radioactive waste is prohibited where the average annual radionuclide concentrations in groundwater before construction of the facility exceed the limits in subdivision 1.

§ Subd. 3. Protecting against release. Radioactive waste management facilities must be selected, located, and designed to keep any allowable radionuclide releases to the groundwater as low as reasonably achievable.
Minn. Stat. § 38.331 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 38 / Section 38.331
§ 38.331 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application. In sections 38.33 to 38.38 , the definitions in this section apply.

§ Subd. 2. County extension work. "County extension work" means educational programs and services provided by extension educators in the areas of agriculture; agricultural finance; economic development; nutrition; youth leadership development including 4-H programs; leadership; and environment and natural resources.

§ Subd. 3. Director of extension. "Director of extension" means the dean and director of the Minnesota Extension Service of the University of Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 37.14 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 37 / Section 37.14
§ 37.14 MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY; GENERAL OFFICES.
Status: in_force

The custody, management, and control of the fairgrounds and all fairgrounds structures are vested in the society as a department of the state, and its general offices containing its property and records must be maintained upon the fairgrounds.
Minn. Stat. § 138.662 — MN Code / Part 138_140 / Chapter 138 / Section 138.662
§ 138.662 HISTORIC SITES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Named. Historic sites established and confirmed as historic sites together with the counties in which they are situated are listed in this section and shall be named as indicated in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Alexander Ramsey House. Alexander Ramsey House; Ramsey County.

§ Subd. 3. Birch Coulee Battlefield. Birch Coulee Battlefield; Renville County.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 2014 c 174 s 8 ]

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1996 c 452 s 40 ]

§ Subd. 6. Camp Coldwater. Camp Coldwater; Hennepin County.

§ Subd. 7. Charles A. Lindbergh House. Charles A. Lindbergh House; Morrison County.

§ Subd. 8. Folsom House. Folsom House; Chisago County.

§ Subd. 9. Forest History Center. Forest History Center; Itasca County.

§ Subd. 10. Fort Renville. Fort Renville; Chippewa County.

§ Subd. 11. Fort Ridgely. Fort Ridgely; Nicollet County.

§ Subd. 12. Grand Mound. Grand Mound; Koochiching County.

§ Subd. 13. Harkin Store. Harkin Store; Nicollet County.

§ Subd. 14. Historic Fort Snelling. Historic Fort Snelling; Hennepin County.

§ Subd. 15. Itasca Headwaters. Itasca Headwaters; Clearwater County.

§ Subd. 16. James J. Hill House. James J. Hill House; Ramsey County.

§ Subd. 17. Jeffers Petroglyphs. Jeffers Petroglyphs; Cottonwood County.

§ Subd. 18. Lac Qui Parle Mission. Lac Qui Parle Mission; Chippewa County.

§ Subd. 19. Lower Sioux Agency. Lower Sioux Agency; Redwood County.

§ Subd. 20. Marine Mill. Marine Mill; Washington County.

§ Subd. 21. Historic Forestville. Historic Forestville; Fillmore County.

§ Subd. 22. Mille Lacs Indian Museum. Mille Lacs Indian Museum; Mille Lacs County.

§ Subd. 23. Minnehaha Depot. Minnehaha Depot; Hennepin County.

§ Subd. 24. Minnesota State Capitol. Minnesota State Capitol; Ramsey County.

§ Subd. 25. Morrison Mounds. Morrison Mounds; Otter Tail County.

§ Subd. 26. North West Company Fur Post. North West Company Fur Post; Pine County.

§ Subd. 27. Oliver H. Kelley Farm. Oliver H. Kelley Farm; Sherburne County.

§ Subd. 27a. Sibley Historic Site. Sibley Historic Site; Dakota County.

§ Subd. 28. Solomon G. Comstock House. Solomon G. Comstock House; Clay County.

§ Subd. 29. Split Rock Lighthouse. Split Rock Lighthouse; Lake County.

§ Subd. 30. Stumne Mounds. Stumne Mounds; Pine County.

§ Subd. 31. Trail Along Railroad Right-Of-Way. Trail Along Railroad Right-Of-Way; Hennepin County.

§ Subd. 32. Traverse des Sioux. Traverse des Sioux; Nicollet County.

§ Subd. 33. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2024 c 116 art 8 s 19 ]

§ Subd. 33a. Washburn Crosby Complex (Mill City Museum). Washburn Crosby Complex (Mill City Museum); Hennepin County.

§ Subd. 34. [Repealed, 2014 c 174 s 8 ]

§ Subd. 35. William W. Mayo House. William W. Mayo House; Le Sueur County.
Minn. Stat. § 121A.70 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 121A / Section 121A.70
§ 121A.70 SECRET FRATERNITIES AND SOCIETIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Membership regulated. It is unlawful for any pupil, registered and attending any public school to join, become a member of, or to solicit any other pupil of any public school to join, or become a member of, any secret fraternity or society wholly or partially formed from the membership of pupils attending any public schools or to take part in the organization or formation of any fraternity or society, except societies or associations sanctioned by the district school board.

§ Subd. 2. Penalties. A school board may suspend or dismiss any pupil from school, or prevent the pupil from graduating or participating in school honors when, after investigation, in the judgment of the board or a majority of its membership, the pupil is guilty of violating any of the provisions of this section or is guilty of violating any rule or regulation adopted by the board for the purpose of governing its schools, or enforcing this section.

§ Subd. 3. "Rushing" or soliciting forbidden. It is a misdemeanor for any person, not a pupil of the schools, to be upon school grounds, or to enter any school building, for the purpose of "rushing" or soliciting any pupil of the schools to join any fraternity, society, or association organized outside of the schools. The district court has jurisdiction of offenses committed under this subdivision. All persons found guilty shall be fined not less than $2, nor more than $10, to be paid to the county treasurer or, upon failure to pay the fine, to be imprisoned for not more than ten days.
Minn. Stat. § 116J.3952 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.3952
§ 116J.3952 LOWER POPULATION DENSITY GRANT PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment. A lower population density grant program is established in the Department of Employment and Economic Development. The purpose of the lower population density grant program is to provide broadband service to unserved and underserved areas of the state where a 50 percent match formula is not adequate to make a business case for the extension of broadband facilities.

§ Subd. 2. Grants. Grants awarded under this section may fund up to 75 percent of the total cost of a project and must otherwise adhere to section 116J.395, subdivisions 1 to 6 and subdivision 7, paragraph (b).
Minn. Stat. § 365.125 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.125
§ 365.125 ORDINANCE FORMALITIES; PUBLISH, POST, RECORD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Formalities; title, style. An ordinance must be enacted by a majority vote of all the members of the town board unless a larger number is required by law. An ordinance must be signed by the chair of the town board and attested by the clerk. An ordinance must have a title and must begin with words like "The board of supervisors of the town of ......... ordains:".

§ Subd. 2. Publication. An ordinance must be published once in a qualified newspaper having general circulation in the town. The whole ordinance must be published unless the town board decides that publishing its title and a summary of it clearly tells the public of its intent and effect. The text of the ordinance, if published, must be in body type no smaller than brevier or 8-point type.

§ Subd. 3. If summary published. The town board must approve the words in the summary. The decision to publish only the title and a summary must be made by a two-thirds vote of a three-member board and a four-fifths vote of a five-member board. A notice must be published with the summary. The notice must say that a printed copy of the whole ordinance is available for inspection by any person during the clerk's regular office hours and at another named place. The publishing of the title and summary is legally the same as publishing the whole ordinance.

§ Subd. 4. Posting. A copy of the whole ordinance must be posted in the community library, if there is one. If there is no library, the whole ordinance must be posted in another public place that the town board names.

§ Subd. 5. Recording. An ordinance must be recorded in the town's ordinance book within 20 days after the ordinance, or its title and summary, is published. Proof of publication must be attached to the recorded ordinance.
Minn. Stat. § 246C.211 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 246C / Section 246C.211
§ 246C.211 FEDERAL GRANTS FOR MINNESOTA INDIANS.
Status: in_force

The Direct Care and Treatment executive board is authorized to enter into contracts with the United States Departments of Health and Human Services; Education; and Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, for the purposes of receiving federal grants for the welfare and relief of Minnesota Indians.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.301 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.301
§ 504B.301 EVICTION ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION.
Status: in_force

A person may be evicted if the person has unlawfully or forcibly occupied or taken possession of real property or unlawfully detains or retains possession of real property.
Minn. Stat. § 372.13 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 372 / Section 372.13
§ 372.13 NEGLECT OF DUTY A MISDEMEANOR.
Status: in_force

Any county auditor or other official who willfully neglects or refuses to perform the duties required by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.