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Minn. Stat. § 560.08 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 560 / Section 560.08
§ 560.08 NO LIENS EXCEPT JUDGMENTS MAY ATTACH TO THE LAND.
Status: in_force

No liens created by statute for mechanics, material suppliers, or laborers, or for other supplies or other liens except those of judgment against owners of interests in the land, may attach to mineral land on or in which mining operations are carried on under this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 88.35 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.35
§ 88.35 REREFERENCE OF PETITION.
Status: in_force

If, at such hearing, after the presentation of the evidence on behalf of all parties interested, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the county board that the appraisers have made unequal or improper assessments or estimates of benefits or damages, or for any reason the estimates of benefits or damages, as reported by the appraisers, are not fair and just, or are not in the proper proportion, or that the engineer's report is incorrect or for any reason not according to facts, it may refer back to the appraisers and to the engineer, or to either of them, their reports for correction and amendment; or, at the hearing, it may order them amended to conform to the facts and, upon the amendments being made, the amended reports shall be treated as the final reports of the engineer or the appraisers, as the case may be.
Minn. Stat. § 519.03 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 519 / Section 519.03
§ 519.03 RESPONSIBLE FOR TORTS AND BOUND BY CONTRACT.
Status: in_force

Every married woman is bound by her contracts and responsible for her torts, and her property shall be liable for her debts and torts to the same extent as if unmarried. She may make any contract which she could make if unmarried, and shall be bound thereby, except that every conveyance and contract for the sale of her real estate or any interest therein, shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of section 507.02 .
Minn. Stat. § 44.13 — MN Code / Part 44 / Chapter 44 / Section 44.13
§ 44.13 CONTRACTS, TECHNICAL SERVICES.
Status: in_force

With the approval of the council or independent board or commission responsible in the particular case for the payment of the cost incurred, the board may contract with the state or any other political subdivision, or any public or private agency, for the conduct of competitive examinations, for the formulation of classification plans, or for the performance of any other technical service in connection with the discharge of its duties under this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 47.41 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 47 / Section 47.41
§ 47.41 NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS, FACSIMILE SIGNATURES, DISBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
Status: in_force

Any public officer or other person who is authorized singly or in conjunction with another or others, to sign checks, drafts, warrants, warrant-checks, vouchers or other orders on public funds on deposit in a depository bank may authorize the bank to honor any such instrument bearing a facsimile of that person's signature and to charge the same to the account upon which drawn, as fully as though it bore a manually written signature. Instruments so honored shall be wholly operative and binding in favor of the bank although such facsimile signature shall have been affixed without authority of such officer or other person. Any one or more or all of the signatures upon any such instrument may be facsimile as herein provided. As here used "public funds" means funds of the state or of any county, city, town, school district, any political subdivision of the state, or of any commission, board, department or agency of any thereof.
Minn. Stat. § 92.72 — MN Code / Part 92_94 / Chapter 92 / Section 92.72
§ 92.72 PAYMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Cancellation of certificate of sale. If the state acquires an interest in real property prior to the cancellation of a certificate of sale or upon completion of the cancellation process by advertisement or court order, the state must make provision to pay all taxes, interests, costs, penalties, and assessments. The commissioner of natural resources must request the certificate of sale vendee to make a good faith attempt to pay the debt. If the commissioner determines that the vendee is unwilling or unable to pay the debt, the commissioner may pay the debt and seek redress against the vendee.

§ Subd. 2. Voluntary and involuntary reversions. (a) If a grantee on a certificate of sale or state deed desires the state to exercise its reversionary interest in real property, the grantee must pay all real estate taxes, costs, interest, penalties, and assessments on the property prior to reversion. (b) If a grantee on a certificate of sale or state deed breaches the contractual terms of the certificate or deed, the commissioner of natural resources must request the grantee to make a good faith attempt to pay all real estate taxes, costs, interest, penalties, and assessments on the property prior to reversion. If the commissioner determines that the grantee is unwilling or unable to pay the debt, the commissioner may pay the debt and seek redress against the grantee.
Minn. Stat. § 115C.113 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115C / Section 115C.113
§ 115C.113 ORDERS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of commerce may issue an order requiring a registrant or applicant for registration to show cause why the registration should not be revoked or suspended, the registrant censured, the application denied, or other sanction imposed under section 115C.112 . The order must be calculated to give reasonable notice of the time and place for hearing on the matter, and must state the reasons for the entry of the order. The commissioner of commerce may by order summarily suspend a registration pending final determination of an order to show cause. A hearing on the merits must be held within 30 days of the issuance of the order of summary suspension. All hearings must be conducted under chapter 14. After the hearing, the commissioner of commerce shall enter an order disposing of the matter as the facts require. If the registrant or applicant for registration fails to appear at a hearing after having been duly notified of it, the person shall be considered in default, and the proceeding may be determined against the registrant or applicant for registration upon consideration of the order to show cause, the allegations of which may be considered to be true.
Minn. Stat. § 604.415 — MN Code / Part 604_605 / Chapter 604 / Section 604.415
§ 604.415 CIVIL LIABILITY FOR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

Except when a case would be the basis for a valid cause of action in this state, a person against whom a judgment is entered pursuant to the laws of any other state based on the alleged provision, receipt, assistance in the provision or receipt, or material support in the provision or receipt of any reproductive health care services that are permitted in this state may bring an action against the person who brought the action leading to that judgment or who sought to enforce that judgment for:

(1) actual damages in the amount of the judgment in the other state;

(2) costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred in defending the action that resulted in the judgment in the other state; and

(3) costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred to bring an action under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 515A.4-113 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 515A / Section 515A.4-113
§ 515A.4-113 EXCLUSION OR MODIFICATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as limited by subsection (b) implied warranties:

(1) may be excluded or modified by agreement of the parties; and

(2) are excluded by expression of disclaimer, such as "as is," "with all faults," or other language which in common understanding calls the buyer's attention to the exclusion of warranties.

(b) With respect to a purchaser of a unit which may be occupied for residential use, no general disclaimer of implied warranties is effective, but a declarant may disclaim liability in an instrument signed by the purchaser for a specified defect or specified failure to comply with applicable law, if the defect or failure entered into and became a part of the basis of the bargain.
Minn. Stat. § 137.56 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 137 / Section 137.56
§ 137.56 ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

The commissioner must not make an annual payment required by this act until the board has completed an environmental review of the stadium project and the commissioner determines that the board is performing the duties of the responsible governmental unit as prescribed in the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, chapter 116D, and the rules adopted under that chapter. The legislature ratifies the Environmental Quality Board's designation of the board as a responsible governmental unit.
Minn. Stat. § 116C.721 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 116C / Section 116C.721
§ 116C.721 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Information meetings. The board shall conduct public information meetings within an area designated in a draft area recommendation report, final area recommendation report, draft area characterization plan, or final area characterization plan. Information meetings shall be held within 30 days after the board receives each of the reports.

§ Subd. 2. Notice. The board shall notify the public of information meetings and the availability of the area recommendation reports and the area characterization plans. Copies of the reports shall be made available for public review and distribution at the board office, the Minnesota Geological Survey office, regional development commission offices in regions that include a part of the potentially impacted areas, county courthouses in counties that include a part of a potentially impacted area, and other appropriate places determined by the board to provide public accessibility.

§ Subd. 3. Transmitting public concerns. The board shall transmit public concerns expressed at public information meetings to the department of energy.
Minn. Stat. § 145.67 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 145 / Section 145.67
§ 145.67 PROTECTION OF PATIENT.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in sections 145.61 to 145.67 shall be construed to relieve any person of any liability which the person has incurred or may incur to a patient as a result of furnishing health care to such patient.
Minn. Stat. § 260D.05 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 260D / Section 260D.05
§ 260D.05 ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF CHILD IN VOLUNTARY FOSTER CARE FOR TREATMENT.
Status: in_force

The administrative reviews required under section 260C.203 must be conducted for a child in voluntary foster care for treatment, except that the initial administrative review must take place prior to the submission of the report to the court required under section 260D.06, subdivision 2 . When a child is placed in a qualified residential treatment program as defined in section 260C.007, subdivision 26d , the responsible social services agency must submit evidence to the court as specified in section 260C.712 .
Minn. Stat. § 97B.647 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.647
§ 97B.647 TAKING WOLVES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. License required. Except as provided under section 97B.645 or 97B.671 , a person may not take a wolf without a wolf-hunting or wolf-trapping license.

§ Subd. 2. Open seasons. Wolves may be taken with legal firearms, with bow and arrow, and by trapping. The open season to take wolves with firearms begins each year on the same day as the opening of the firearms deer-hunting season. The commissioner may by rule prescribe the open seasons for wolves according to this subdivision.

§ Subd. 3. Open areas. The commissioner may by rule designate areas where wolves may be taken.

§ Subd. 4. Daily and possession limits. The commissioner may establish by rule the daily and possession limits for wolves.

§ Subd. 5. Limit on number of hunters and trappers. The commissioner may by rule limit the number of persons that may hunt or trap wolves in an area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters and trappers. The commissioner shall establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select the hunters and trappers for an area.

§ Subd. 6. Application for license. An application for a wolf-hunting or wolf-trapping license must be made in a manner provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 application fee and proof that the applicant holds a current or previous year hunting license. The $4 application fee shall be credited to the wolf management and monitoring account and appropriated to the commissioner to pay for costs associated with conducting the wolf license drawing and wolf management. A person may not make more than one application for each season as prescribed by the commissioner. 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. 7. Quotas. The commissioner may by rule set an annual quota for the number of wolves that can be taken by hunting and trapping. The commissioner may establish a method to monitor harvest and close the season when the quota is reached. The commissioner shall reserve a portion of the annual quota for the trapping season.
Minn. Stat. § 306.25 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.25
§ 306.25 CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE OF LOTS BY CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS; REFUNDS.
Status: in_force

When a cemetery association organized under state law agrees to convey to a person the right of burial upon any platted lot or designated piece of ground or in an entombment or inurnment space in a mausoleum within the cemetery, by which contract the association reserves the right to terminate the contract in case of default by the purchaser, and to forfeit the payments made as liquidated damages, it may do so by serving upon the purchaser, a personal representative, or assigns, the notice provided in section 559.21 . The notice must specify the conditions defaulted upon, and state that the contract will terminate 30 days after the service of the notice, unless before the expiration of that time the purchaser complies with the conditions and pays the costs of service. If the contract allows it, the notice may be served upon the purchaser by certified mail with return receipt requested by depositing the notice in the post office, with the postage prepaid, and addressed to the purchaser at the address given in the contract or as later changed by written notice to the association. If the notice of default is served by mail, the 30-day period provided in this section begins to run on the date the notice is deposited in the post office.

If a burial has been made on the platted lot or designated piece of ground, or in an entombment or inurnment space in a mausoleum sold under the previously mentioned contract, the contract may be terminated only as to the part of the premises or entombment or inurnment space not actually occupied by the burial or by an entombment or inurnment.

Laws 1943, chapter 216, does not apply to contracts existing prior to its passage.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.453 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.453
§ 302A.453 VOTING TRUSTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authorization; period; termination. Shares in a corporation may be transferred to a trustee pursuant to written agreement, for the purpose of conferring on the trustee the right to vote and otherwise represent the beneficial owner of those shares for a period not exceeding 15 years, except that if the agreement is made in connection with an indebtedness of the corporation, the voting trust may extend until the indebtedness is discharged. Unless otherwise specified in the agreement, the voting trust may be terminated at any time by the beneficial owners of a majority of the voting power of the shares held by the trustee. A copy of the agreement shall be filed with the corporation.

§ Subd. 2. Voting by trustees. Unless otherwise provided in the trust agreement, if there are two or more trustees, the manner of voting is determined as provided in section 302A.445, subdivision 5 .
Minn. Stat. § 243.552 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 243 / Section 243.552
§ 243.552 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PROHIBITION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, an "unmanned aerial vehicle" means an aircraft that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.

§ Subd. 2. Crimes. (a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who knowingly flies an unmanned aerial vehicle in the airspace over a state correctional facility or over the grounds belonging to or land controlled by the facility without the written consent of the commissioner of corrections or designee. (b) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates paragraph (a) and uses the vehicle to: (1) record images, including but not limited to video and photographs, of the correctional facility or its grounds; or (2) introduce or attempt to introduce any items that are not contraband under section 243.55 .
Minn. Stat. § 297A.73 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297A / Section 297A.73
§ 297A.73 IMPROPER USE OF ITEM OBTAINED WITH EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE.
Status: in_force

If a purchaser who gives an exemption certificate makes any use of the item that is not for a purpose exempted under this chapter, that use is considered a retail sale by the purchaser and the sales price to the purchaser is considered the gross receipts. If the sole use is rental while holding for sale, the purchaser shall include in the purchaser's gross receipts the amount of the rental charged. Upon subsequent sale of the item, the seller shall include the entire amount of gross receipts received from the sale without deduction of amounts previously received as rentals.
Minn. Stat. § 238.241 — MN Code / Part 237_238 / Chapter 238 / Section 238.241
§ 238.241 CONDITIONS FOR ACCESS BY ALTERNATIVE PROVIDER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Channel capacity. Cable systems granted access to a multiple dwelling complex under section 238.25 shall provide equipment with sufficient channel capacity to be used by alternative providers of television programming or cable communications services.

§ Subd. 2. Technical plan approval. The cable communications system shall determine the technical plan best suited for providing the necessary channel capacity sufficient to allow access to other providers. The plan must be submitted to the property owner for approval. The owner's approval may not be unreasonably withheld. No additional compensation for evaluation of the plan may be paid or given to the property owner over and above that permitted under section 238.24, subdivision 8 .

§ Subd. 3. Duplicate connections. The cable communications system is not required to provide equipment for connecting more than one television receiver in one dwelling unit within the multiple dwelling complex. However, the system may provide duplicate connections at its discretion.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-612 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-612
§ 336.2-612 "INSTALLMENT CONTRACT"; BREACH.
Status: in_force

(1) An "installment contract" is one which requires or authorizes the delivery of goods in separate lots to be separately accepted, even though the contract contains a clause "each delivery is a separate contract" or its equivalent.

(2) The buyer may reject any installment which is nonconforming if the nonconformity substantially impairs the value of that installment and cannot be cured or if the nonconformity is a defect in the required documents; but if the nonconformity does not fall within subsection (3) and the seller gives adequate assurance of its cure the buyer must accept that installment.

(3) Whenever nonconformity or default with respect to one or more installments substantially impairs the value of the whole contract there is a breach of the whole. But the aggrieved party reinstates the contract by accepting a nonconforming installment without seasonably notifying of cancellation or by bringing an action with respect only to past installments or by demanding performance as to future installments.
Minn. Stat. § 79.561 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79 / Section 79.561
§ 79.561 DISAPPROVAL OF RATES OR RATING PLANS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Disapproval; time period. The commissioner may disapprove a rate and rating plan or amendment thereto prior to its effective date, as provided under section 79.56, subdivision 1 , if the commissioner determines that it is excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. If the commissioner disapproves any rate or rating plan filing or amendment thereto, the commissioner shall advise the filing insurer what rate and rating plan the commissioner has reason to believe would be in compliance with section 79.55 , and the reasons for that determination. An insurer may not implement a rate and rating plan or amendment thereto which has been disapproved under this subdivision. If the commissioner disapproves any rate and rating plan filing or amendment thereto, an insurer may use its current rate and rating plan for writing any workers' compensation insurance in this state. Following any disapproval, the commissioner and insurer may reach agreement on a rate or rating plan filing or amendment thereto. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in such cases, the rate or rating plan filing or amendment thereto may be implemented by the insurer immediately.

§ Subd. 2. Hearing. If an insurer's rate or rating plan filing or amendment thereto is disapproved under subdivision 1, the insurer may request a contested case hearing under chapter 14. The insurer shall have the burden of proof to justify that its rate and rating plan or amendment thereto is in compliance with section 79.55 . The hearing must be scheduled promptly and in no case later than three months from the date of disapproval or else the rate and rating plan or amendment thereto shall be considered effective and may be implemented by the insurer. A determination pursuant to chapter 14 must be made within 90 days following the closing of the hearing record.

§ Subd. 3. Consultants and costs. The commissioner may retain consultants, including a consulting actuary or other experts, that the commissioner determines necessary for purposes of this chapter. The salary limit set by section 43A.17 does not apply to a consulting actuary retained under this subdivision. A consulting actuary shall be a fellow in the casualty actuarial society and shall have demonstrated experience in workers' compensation insurance ratemaking. Any individual not so qualified shall not render an opinion or testify on actuarial aspects of a filing, including but not limited to, data quality, loss development, and trending. The commissioner may determine the costs necessary for implementing and conducting a contested case hearing under subdivision 2, including, but not limited to, retaining any consulting actuaries and experts, and those costs shall be reimbursed by the special compensation fund.