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Minn. Stat. § 501C.0109 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.0109
§ 501C.0109 METHODS AND WAIVER OF NONJUDICIAL NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Notice to a person under this chapter or the sending of a document to a person under this chapter must be accomplished in a manner reasonably suitable under the circumstances and that is likely to result in receipt of the notice or document. Permissible methods of notice or for sending a document include first-class mail, personal delivery, delivery to the person's last known place of residence or place of business, or a properly directed facsimile or electronic message.

(b) Notice otherwise required under this chapter or a document otherwise required to be sent under this chapter need not be provided to a person whose identity is unknown or whose location is unknown and not reasonably ascertainable by the trustee after making reasonable efforts to locate the person.

(c) Notice under this chapter or the sending of a document under this chapter may be waived in writing by the person to be notified or sent the document.

(d) Notice of a judicial proceeding must be given as provided in sections 501C.0201 to 501C.0208 .
Minn. Stat. § 144.4176 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.4176
§ 144.4176 PETITION; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Petition. The petition must set forth the following: (1) the grounds and underlying facts that demonstrate that the respondent is a health threat to others and, unless an emergency court order is sought under section 144.4182 , has engaged in noncompliant behavior; (2) the petitioner's efforts to alleviate the health threat to others prior to the issuance of a health directive, unless an emergency court order is sought under section 144.4182 ; (3) the petitioner's efforts to issue the health directive to the respondent in person, unless an emergency court order is sought under section 144.4182 ; (4) the type of relief sought; and (5) a request for a court hearing on the allegations contained in the petition.

§ Subd. 2. Hearing notice. The notice must contain the following information: (1) the time, date, and place of the hearing; (2) respondent's right to appear at the hearing; (3) respondent's right to present and cross-examine witnesses; and (4) respondent's right to counsel, including the right, if indigent, to representation by counsel designated by the court or county of venue.
Minn. Stat. § 62D.21 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62D / Section 62D.21
§ 62D.21 FEES.
Status: in_force

Every health maintenance organization subject to sections 62D.01 to 62D.30 shall pay to the commissioner of health the following fees:

(1) filing an application for a certificate of authority: $10,000;

(2) filing an amendment to a certificate of authority: $125;

(3) filing each annual report: $400;

(4) filing each quarterly report: $200; and

(5) filing annual plan review documents, amendments to plan documents, and quality plans: $125.
Minn. Stat. § 518.179 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518 / Section 518.179
§ 518.179 PARTICIPATION IN CUSTODY OR PARENTING TIME WHEN PERSON CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Seeking custody or parenting time. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in section 518.17 or 518.175 , if a person seeking child custody or parenting time has been convicted of a crime described in subdivision 2, the person seeking custody or parenting time has the burden to prove that custody or parenting time by that person is in the best interests of the child if: (1) the conviction occurred within the preceding five years; (2) the person is currently incarcerated, on probation, or under supervised release for the offense; or (3) the victim of the crime was a family or household member as defined in section 518B.01, subdivision 2 . If this section applies, the court may not grant custody or parenting time to the person unless it finds that the custody or parenting time is in the best interests of the child. If the victim of the crime was a family or household member, the standard of proof is clear and convincing evidence. A guardian ad litem must be appointed in any case where this section applies.

§ Subd. 2. Applicable crimes. This section applies to the following crimes or similar crimes under the laws of the United States, or any other state: (1) murder in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.185 , 609.19 , or 609.195 ; (2) manslaughter in the first degree under section 609.20 ; (3) assault in the first, second, or third degree under section 609.221 , 609.222 , or 609.223 ; (4) kidnapping under section 609.25 ; (5) depriving another of custodial or parental rights under section 609.26 ; (6) soliciting, inducing, promoting, or receiving profit derived from prostitution involving a minor under section 609.322 ; (7) criminal sexual conduct in the first degree under section 609.342 ; (8) criminal sexual conduct in the second degree under section 609.343 ; (9) criminal sexual conduct in the third degree under section 609.344, subdivision 1 , clause (a) or (c), or subdivision 1a, clause (f) or (g); (10) solicitation of a child to engage in sexual conduct under section 609.352 ; (11) incest under section 609.365 ; (12) malicious punishment of a child under section 609.377 ; (13) neglect of a child under section 609.378 ; (14) terroristic threats under section 609.713 ; (15) felony harassment under section 609.749, subdivision 4 ; or (16) domestic assault by strangulation under section 609.2247 .
Minn. Stat. § 137.38 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 137 / Section 137.38
§ 137.38 EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 70 art 5 s 16 ]

§ Subd. 2. Primary care. For purposes of sections 137.38 to 137.40 , "primary care" means a type of medical care delivery that assumes ongoing responsibility for the patient in both health maintenance and illness treatment. It is personal care involving a unique interaction and communication between the patient and the physician. It is comprehensive in scope, and includes all the overall coordination of the care of the patient's health care problems including biological, behavioral, and social problems. The appropriate use of consultants and community resources is an important aspect of effective primary care. Primary care physicians include family practitioners, general pediatricians, and general internists.

§ Subd. 3. Goals. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, through the University of Minnesota Medical School, is requested to implement the initiatives required by sections 137.38 to 137.40 in order to increase the number of graduates of residency programs of the medical school who practice primary care by 20 percent over an eight-year period. The initiatives must be designed to encourage newly graduated primary care physicians to establish practices in areas of rural and urban Minnesota that are medically underserved.

§ Subd. 4. Grants. The Board of Regents is requested to seek grants from private foundations and other nonstate sources, including community provider organizations, for the medical school initiatives outlined in sections 137.38 to 137.40 .

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1995 c 212 art 2 s 22 ; 1995 c 263 s 16 ]
Minn. Stat. § 116.46 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116 / Section 116.46
§ 116.46 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 116.47 to 116.50 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 1a. Aboveground storage tank. "Aboveground storage tank" means any one or a combination of containers, vessels, and enclosures, including structures and appurtenances connected to them, that is used to contain or dispense regulated substances, and that is not an underground storage tank.

§ Subd. 2. Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency.

§ Subd. 2a. Installer. "Installer" means a person who places, constructs, or repairs an aboveground or underground tank, or permanently takes an aboveground or underground tank out of service.

§ Subd. 3. Operator. "Operator" means a person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of an underground storage tank.

§ Subd. 4. Owner. "Owner" means a person who owns an underground storage tank and a person who owned it immediately before discontinuation of its use.

§ Subd. 5. Person. "Person" has the meaning given it in section 116.06, subdivision 17 .

§ Subd. 6. Regulated substance. "Regulated substance" means: (1) a hazardous material listed in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 172.101; or (2) petroleum, including crude oil or a fraction of crude oil that is liquid at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute.

§ Subd. 7. Release. "Release" means a spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing from an underground storage tank into the environment. Release does not include designed venting consistent with the agency's air quality rules.

§ Subd. 7a. Retail location. "Retail location" means a facility located in the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2 , where gasoline is offered for sale to the general public for use in automobiles and trucks.

§ Subd. 7b. Transport delivery vehicle. "Transport delivery vehicle" means a liquid fuel cargo tank used to deliver gasoline into underground storage tanks.

§ Subd. 8. Underground storage tank. "Underground storage tank" means any one or a combination of containers including tanks, vessels, enclosures, or structures and underground appurtenances connected to them, that is used to contain or dispense an accumulation of regulated substances and the volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes connected to them, is ten percent or more beneath the surface of the ground.

§ Subd. 9. [Renumbered subd 1a]

§ Subd. 10. Vapor recovery system. "Vapor recovery system" means a system which transfers vapors from underground storage tanks during the filling operation to the storage compartment of the transport vehicle delivering gasoline.
Minn. Stat. § 17.013 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 17 / Section 17.013
§ 17.013 DELEGATIONS OF POWERS TO DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture may designate the deputy commissioner of agriculture to act in the commissioner's stead as a member, with all the commissioner's rights and privileges therein, of any board, committee or commission that the commissioner is made a member of by law. The designation shall be filed with secretary of state.
Minn. Stat. § 84.97 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.97
§ 84.97 CONTROLLED BURNING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Program established. The commissioner may establish a controlled burning program on public and private land to propagate wildlife requiring new vegetative growth and brush habitats, to manage the prairie, and to reduce the wildfire hazard.

§ Subd. 2. Burning permits. (a) A person may not conduct a controlled burn without a permit. (b) The commissioner may provide a manual that describes financial and technical assistance available and provides detailed information on conducting a controlled burn.

§ Subd. 3. Assistance for private burns. The commissioner may provide financial and technical assistance to persons who desire to conduct controlled burns approved by the commissioner. Technical assistance includes controlled burn plan development, demonstration controlled burns, and personnel assistance for a controlled burn.
Minn. Stat. § 306.63 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.63
§ 306.63 SALE OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE.
Status: in_force

Any cemetery corporation incorporated under state law before April 19, 1911, may sell and convey, for other than burial or cemetery purposes, any real estate lawfully acquired by it that is not suitable for cemetery purposes and that has not been platted for those purposes.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.173 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.173
§ 504B.173 APPLICANT SCREENING FEE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Limitations. A landlord may not: (1) charge an applicant a screening fee when the landlord knows or should have known that no rental unit is available at that time or will be available within a reasonable future time; (2) collect or hold an applicant screening fee without giving the applicant a written receipt for the fee, which may be incorporated into the application form, upon request of the applicant; or (3) use, cash, or deposit an applicant screening fee until all prior applicants have either been screened and rejected, or offered the unit and declined to enter into a rental agreement.

§ Subd. 2. Return of applicant screening fee. (a) The landlord must return the applicant screening fee if: (1) the applicant is rejected for any reason not listed in the disclosure required under subdivision 3; or (2) a prior applicant is offered the unit and agrees to enter into a rental agreement. (b) If the landlord does not perform a personal reference check or does not obtain a consumer credit report or tenant screening report, the landlord must return any amount of the applicant screening fee that is not used for those purposes. (c) The applicant screening fee may be returned by mail, may be destroyed upon the applicant's request if paid by check, or may be made available for the applicant to retrieve.

§ Subd. 3. Disclosures to applicant. If a landlord accepts an applicant screening fee from a prospective tenant, the landlord must: (1) disclose in writing prior to accepting the applicant screening fee: (i) the name, address, and telephone number of the tenant screening service the landlord will use, unless the landlord does not use a tenant screening service; and (ii) the criteria on which the decision to rent to the prospective tenant will be based; and (2) notify the applicant within 14 days of rejecting a rental application, identifying the criteria the applicant failed to meet.

§ Subd. 3a. Denial based on pending cases. No landlord may deny a rental application based on any of the following: (1) a pending eviction action; (2) any court file that is not public, has been expunged, or has been destroyed; or (3) any eviction action that has not resulted in a writ of recovery of premises and order to vacate, as that term is defined in section 504B.001, subdivision 15 .

§ Subd. 4. Remedies. (a) In addition to any other remedies, a landlord who violates this section is liable to the applicant for the applicant screening fee plus a civil penalty of up to $100, civil court filing costs, and reasonable attorney fees incurred to enforce this remedy. (b) A prospective tenant who provides materially false information on the application or omits material information requested is liable to the landlord for damages, plus a civil penalty of up to $500, civil court filing costs, and reasonable attorney fees.
Minn. Stat. § 471.3422 — MN Code / Part 471_472B / Chapter 471 / Section 471.3422
§ 471.3422 WEBSITE DOMAIN REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTIES, CITIES, AND TOWNS.
Status: in_force

(a) By June 1, 2026, every county and each municipality that administers absentee voting must use a .gov domain for the website address used by the county or municipality.

(b) If a municipality subject to this section has applied for a .gov domain but has not fully transitioned to using a .gov domain by June 1, 2026, the municipality is not in violation of this section. Such a municipality is in violation of this section if the municipality has not fully transitioned to using a .gov domain by June 1, 2028.
Minn. Stat. § 645.452 — MN Code / Part 645_648 / Chapter 645 / Section 645.452
§ 645.452 DISABILITIES OF MINORITY; TERMINATION AT AGE 18.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by statutes, every disability of minority at common law shall cease when a person reaches 18 years of age.
Minn. Stat. § 13.95 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.95
§ 13.95 ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms have the meanings given. (b) "Administrative courts" means the Office of Administrative Hearings, Tax Court, and Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. (c) "Court services" include hearings, settlement conferences, mediation, and the writing of decisions and orders. (d) "Health-related documents and data" means records, reports, or affidavits created by medical, health care, or scientific professionals that relate to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual, including but not limited to medical history, examinations, diagnoses and treatment, prepetition screening reports, or court-appointed examiner reports.

§ Subd. 2. Judicial work product. All notes and memoranda or drafts thereof prepared by a judge or employee of an administrative court and used in providing a court service are confidential or protected nonpublic data.

§ Subd. 3. Health-related documents and data. Health-related documents and data included in a court file are private data on individuals.
Minn. Stat. § 327.70 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.70
§ 327.70 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. For the purposes of sections 327.70 to 327.76 , the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Guest. "Guest" means a person who is registered at a hotel and to whom a bedroom is assigned. The term "guest" includes members of the guest's family who accompany the guest.

§ Subd. 3. Hotel. "Hotel" means a hotel, motel, resort, boarding house, bed and breakfast, furnished apartment house or other building, which is kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay to guests for transient occupancy.

§ Subd. 4. Innkeeper. "Innkeeper" means an owner or operator of a hotel.

§ Subd. 5. Transient occupancy. "Transient occupancy" means occupancy when it is the intention of the parties that the occupancy will be temporary. There is a rebuttable presumption that, if the unit occupied is the sole residence of the guest, the occupancy is not transient. There is a rebuttable presumption that, if the unit occupied is not the sole residence of the guest, the occupancy is transient.

§ Subd. 6. Valuables. "Valuables" includes money, bank notes, bonds, precious stones, jewelry, ornaments, watches, securities, transportation tickets, photographic cameras, checks, drafts, and other negotiable instruments, business papers, documents, and other papers, and other articles of value.
Minn. Stat. § 245C.29 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245C / Section 245C.29
§ 245C.29 CONCLUSIVE DETERMINATIONS OR DISPOSITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Conclusive maltreatment determination or disposition. Unless otherwise specified in statute, a maltreatment determination or disposition under section 626.557 or chapter 260E is conclusive, if: (1) the commissioner has issued a final order in an appeal of that determination or disposition under section 245A.08, subdivision 5 , or 256.045 ; (2) the individual did not request reconsideration of the maltreatment determination or disposition under section 626.557 or chapter 260E; or (3) the individual did not request a hearing of the maltreatment determination or disposition under section 256.045 .

§ Subd. 2. Conclusive disqualification determination. (a) A disqualification is conclusive for purposes of current and future background studies if: (1) the commissioner has issued a final order in an appeal of the disqualification under section 245A.08, subdivision 5 , 245C.28, subdivision 3 , or 256.045 , or a court has issued a final decision; (2) the individual did not request reconsideration of the disqualification under section 245C.21 on the basis that the information relied upon to disqualify the individual was incorrect; or (3) the individual did not timely request a hearing on the disqualification under this chapter, chapter 14, or section 256.045 after previously being given the right to do so. (b) When a licensing action under section 245A.05 , 245A.06 , or 245A.07 is based on the disqualification of an individual in connection with a license to provide family child care, foster care for children in the provider's own home, or foster care services for adults in the provider's own home, that disqualification shall be conclusive for purposes of the licensing action if a request for reconsideration was not submitted within 30 calendar days of the individual's receipt of the notice of disqualification. (c) If a disqualification is conclusive under this section, the individual has a right to request reconsideration on the risk of harm under section 245C.21 unless the commissioner is barred from setting aside the disqualification under section 245C.24 . The commissioner's decision regarding the risk of harm shall be the final agency decision and is not subject to a hearing under this chapter, chapter 14, or section 256.045 .
Minn. Stat. § 383B.118 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383B / Section 383B.118
§ 383B.118 FEES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fee system. Where the legislature does not by statute establish a charge or the imposition of a fee for the recording, filing, certification, or providing of copies of any instrument, document or other papers, or for the services of any county office, official, department, or employee thereof, or a court system located entirely within any county: the board of county commissioners after a public hearing may establish a system of fees or charges for such services.

§ Subd. 2. Extraordinary services. When in the discretion of the board of county commissioners, a service is requested of any county office or agent, beyond that which would normally be provided in the ordinary course of business of such office or agent, the board of county commissioners after a public hearing may establish a fee or charge therefor based upon the cost of providing such service.
Minn. Stat. § 256B.0643 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 256B / Section 256B.0643
§ 256B.0643 VENDOR REQUEST FOR CONTESTED CASE PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by law, a vendor of medical care, as defined in section 256B.02, subdivision 7 , must use this procedure to request a contested case, as defined in section 14.02, subdivision 3 . A request for a contested case must be filed with the commissioner in writing within 60 days after the date the notification of an action or determination was mailed. The appeal request must specify:

(1) each disputed action or item;

(2) the reason for the dispute;

(3) an estimate of the dollar amount involved, if any, for each disputed item;

(4) the computation or other disposition that the appealing party believes is correct;

(5) the authority in statute or rule upon which the appealing party relies for each disputed item;

(6) the name and address of the person or firm with whom contacts may be made regarding the appeal; and

(7) other information required by the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a right to an administrative appeal or contested case proceeding.