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Minn. Stat. § 386.71 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.71
§ 386.71 LICENSED ABSTRACTERS, ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
Status: in_force

Licensed abstracters shall have access during ordinary office hours to the public records in the office of the county recorder in the county in which such abstracter is authorized to function, to make such memoranda, microfilm, photostats, photographs, or notations from the records thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of making or compiling abstracts, continuations thereof, or issuing certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state, whether registered or not, and the compiling, posting, copying and keeping up their abstract books, indices, or other records necessary to carry on or perform the duties and functions of a licensed abstracter, provided that such access during ordinary office hours shall in no manner hinder or interfere with the public officer in the performance of official duties.
Minn. Stat. § 281.31 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 281 / Section 281.31
§ 281.31 FAILURE TO SERVE NOTICE TO EXTINGUISH LIEN; 1925 AND PRIOR YEARS.
Status: in_force

No notice of the expiration of the time of redemption upon any certificate of tax judgment sale issued to an actual purchaser, or upon any state assignment certificate, shall issue or be served under the provisions of any law in force at the time of the passage of this section after the expiration of six years from the date of the tax judgment sale described by any such certificate; nor shall any such certificate be recorded in the office of any county recorder after the expiration of seven years from the date of such sale. All such certificates upon which such notice of expiration of redemption shall not be issued and served, and such certificate recorded in the office of the proper county recorder within the times limited by this section, shall be void and of no force or effect for any purpose whatever, and failure to serve such notice or record such certificate within the time herein prescribed shall operate to extinguish the lien of the purchaser for the taxes for the year or years in such certificate described and appearing, anything in any other statute of this state to the contrary notwithstanding.
Minn. Stat. § 144.7405 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.7405
§ 144.7405 CONSENT PROCEDURES GENERALLY.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of sections 144.7401 to 144.7415 , whenever the facility is required to seek consent, the facility shall follow its usual procedure for obtaining consent from an individual or an individual's representative consistent with other law applicable to consent.

(b) Consent from a source individual's representative for blood-borne pathogen testing of an existing blood sample obtained from the source individual is not required if the facility has made reasonable efforts to obtain the representative's consent and consent cannot be obtained within 24 hours of a significant exposure.

(c) If testing of the source individual's blood occurs without consent because the source individual is unable to provide consent or has left the facility and cannot be located, and the source individual's representative cannot be located, the facility shall provide the information required in section 144.7403 to the source individual or representative whenever it is possible to do so.

(d) If a source individual dies before an opportunity to consent to blood collection or testing under sections 144.7401 to 144.7415 , the facility does not need consent of the deceased person's representative for purposes of sections 144.7401 to 144.7415 .
Minn. Stat. § 336.2-613 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2-613
§ 336.2-613 CASUALTY TO IDENTIFIED GOODS.
Status: in_force

Where the contract requires for its performance goods identified when the contract is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of either party before the risk of loss passes to the buyer, or in a proper case under a "no arrival, no sale" term (section 336.2-324 ) then

(a) if the loss is total the contract is avoided; and

(b) if the loss is partial or the goods have so deteriorated as no longer to conform to the contract the buyer may nevertheless demand inspection and either treat the contract as avoided or accept the goods with due allowance from the contract price for the deterioration or the deficiency in quantity but without further right against the seller.
Minn. Stat. § 578.21 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 578 / Section 578.21
§ 578.21 PROPERTY DISTRIBUTION; TIME LIMITATION.
Status: in_force

If the receiver is not appointed within three years after the date found by the court under section 578.06 , the time limited for accounting for, or fixed for distributing, the property or its proceeds, or for barring actions relative thereto, shall be one year after the date of the appointment of the receiver instead of the four years provided in sections 578.15 and 578.20 .

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed as exclusive, but as providing additional and cumulative remedies.
Minn. Stat. § 1.01 — MN Code / Part 1_2A / Chapter 1 / Section 1.01
§ 1.01 EXTENT.
Status: in_force

The sovereignty and jurisdiction of this state extend to all places within its boundaries as defined in the constitution and, concurrently, to the waters forming a common boundary between this and adjoining states, subject only to rights of jurisdiction acquired by the United States over places in it.
Minn. Stat. § 412.361 — MN Code / Part 410_414 / Chapter 412 / Section 412.361
§ 412.361 PUBLIC UTILITY; COMMISSION POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Contract; bid provisions apply. The commission shall have power to extend and to modify or rebuild any public utility and to do anything it deems necessary for its proper and efficient operation; and it may enter into necessary contracts for these purposes. The provisions of section 412.311 relating to advertisement for bids shall apply to contracts of the public utilities commission.

§ Subd. 2. Hire, direct, fix pay for personnel. The commission shall have power to employ all necessary help for the management and operation of the public utility, prescribe duties of officers and employees and fix their compensation.

§ Subd. 3. Buy fuel, supplies, wholesale energy. The commission shall have power to buy all fuel and supplies, and it may purchase wholesale electric energy, steam heat, hot water energy, gas or water, as the case may be, for municipal distribution.

§ Subd. 4. Fix rates; adopt service rules. The commission shall have power to fix rates and to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for utility service supplied by the municipally owned public utilities within its jurisdiction.

§ Subd. 5. Relations, finances with city. The commission shall have power to enter into agreements with the council for payments by the city for utility service, compensation for the use by either the commission or the city of buildings, equipment, and personnel under the control of the other, payments to the city in lieu of taxes, transfers of surplus utility funds to the general fund, and also agreements on other subjects of relationships between the commission and the council.
Minn. Stat. § 469.025 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.025
§ 469.025 DEMOLITION OF UNSAFE OR UNSANITARY BUILDINGS.
Status: in_force

No project for low-rent housing or the clearance of a blighted area involving the construction of new dwellings shall be undertaken by a housing authority unless, subsequent to the initiation of the project, there has been or will be elimination by demolition, condemnation, and effective closing, or compulsory repair, of unsafe or unsanitary buildings situated in the area of operation substantially equal in number to the number of dwelling units provided by the project. The elimination may, upon approval by the commissioner of employment and economic development, be deferred for a period determined by the commissioner if the shortage of decent, safe, or sanitary housing available to families of low income is so acute as to force dangerous overcrowding of those families.
Minn. Stat. § 308C.461 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308C / Section 308C.461
§ 308C.461 DIRECTOR CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Conflict and procedure when conflict arises. (a) A contract or other transaction between a cooperative and one or more of its directors, or between a cooperative and a business entity in or of which one or more of its directors are governors, directors, managers, officers, or legal representatives or have a material financial interest, is not void or voidable because the director or directors or the other business entities are parties or because the director or directors are present at the meeting of the members or the board or a committee at which the contract or transaction is authorized, approved, or ratified, if: (1) the contract or transaction was, and the person asserting the validity of the contract or transaction sustains the burden of establishing that the contract or transaction was, fair and reasonable as to the cooperative at the time it was authorized, approved, or ratified, and: (i) the material facts as to the contract or transaction and as to the director's or directors' interest are disclosed or known to the members; and (ii) the material facts as to the contract or transaction and as to the director's or directors' interest are fully disclosed or known to the board or a committee, and the board or committee authorizes, approves, or ratifies the contract or transaction in good faith by a majority of the board or committee, but the interested director or directors are not counted in determining the presence of a quorum and must not vote; or (2) the contract or transaction is a distribution, contract, or transaction that is made available to all members as part of the cooperative's business. (b) If a committee is elected or appointed to authorize, ratify, or approve a contract or transaction under this section, the members of the committee must not have a conflict of interest and be charged with representing the best interests of the cooperative.

§ Subd. 2. Material financial interest. For purposes of this section: a director has a material financial interest in each organization in which the director or the spouse; parents; children and spouses of children; brothers and sisters and spouses of brothers and sisters; and the brothers and sisters of the spouse of the director or any combination of them have a material financial interest. For purposes of this section, a contract or other transaction between a cooperative and the spouse; parents; children and spouses of children; brothers and sisters and spouses of brothers and sisters; and the brothers and sisters of the spouse of a director or any combination of them, is considered to be a transaction between the cooperative and the director.
Minn. Stat. § 383D.22 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383D / Section 383D.22
§ 383D.22 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. For sections 383D.21 to 383D.35 . For the purpose of sections 383D.21 to 383D.35 , unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the terms defined in this section have the following meanings.

§ Subd. 2. Appointing authority. "Appointing authority" means an official, employee, board, or commission, or other person or body empowered by law, ordinance, or resolution to make an appointment to a position as a county employee within the scope of sections 383D.21 to 383D.35 .

§ Subd. 3. Director. "Director" means the director of the employee relations department.

§ Subd. 4. Employee relations department. "Employee relations department" means the employee relations director and the employees engaged in the administration of the employee relations department.

§ Subd. 5. Board of appeals. "Board of appeals" means the personnel board of appeals established pursuant to section 383D.30 .

§ Subd. 6. Classified service. "Classified service" means all positions existing on July 2, 1987, or subsequently created that are under the jurisdiction of the employee relations department pursuant to section 383D.23, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 7. Unclassified service. "Unclassified service" means all positions that are not in the classified service.
Minn. Stat. § 428A.07 — MN Code / Part 426_435 / Chapter 428A / Section 428A.07
§ 428A.07 ADVISORY BOARD.
Status: in_force

The governing body of the city may create and appoint an advisory board for each special service district in the city to advise the governing body in connection with the construction, maintenance, and operation of improvements, and the furnishing of special services in a district. The advisory board shall make recommendations to the governing body on the requests and complaints of owners, occupants, and users of property within the district and members of the public. Before the adoption of any proposal by the governing body to provide services or impose service charges within the district, the advisory board of the district shall have an opportunity to review and comment upon the proposal.
Minn. Stat. § 299J.18 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299J / Section 299J.18
§ 299J.18 PIPELINE SAFETY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

The pipeline safety account is established as an account in the state treasury. All fees and penalties collected under sections 299J.01 to 299J.17 shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the pipeline safety account.

Money received by the office in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursements, or appropriations from any source shall be credited to the pipeline safety account.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.51 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.51
§ 115A.51 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

(a) Applications for assistance under the program must demonstrate:

(1) that the project is conceptually and technically feasible;

(2) that affected political subdivisions are committed to implement the project, to provide necessary local financing, and to accept and exercise the government powers necessary to the project;

(3) that operating revenues from the project, considering the availability and security of sources of solid waste and of markets for recovered resources or the availability of materials for waste reduction or reuse, together with any proposed federal, state, or local financial assistance, will be sufficient to pay all costs over the projected life of the project;

(4) that the applicant has evaluated the feasible and prudent alternatives to disposal, including using existing solid waste management facilities and facilities conducting waste reduction or reuse with reasonably available capacity sufficient to accomplish the goals of the proposed project, and has compared and evaluated the costs of the alternatives, including capital and operating costs, and the effects of the alternatives on the cost to generators;

(5) that the applicant has identified:

(i) waste management objectives in applicable county and regional solid waste management plans consistent with section 115A.46, subdivision 2 , paragraphs (e) and (f), or 473.149, subdivision 1 ; and

(ii) other solid waste management facilities and facilities conducting waste reduction or reuse identified in the county and regional plans;

(6) that the applicant has conducted a comparative analysis of the project against existing public and private solid waste management facilities and facilities conducting waste reduction or reuse, including an analysis of potential displacement of those facilities, to determine whether the project is the most appropriate alternative to achieve the identified waste management objectives that considers:

(i) conformity with approved county or regional solid waste management plans;

(ii) consistency with the state's solid waste hierarchy and section 115A.46, subdivision 2, paragraphs (e) and (f), or 473.149, subdivision 1 ; and

(iii) environmental standards related to public health, air, surface water, and groundwater;

(7) that the applicant has evaluated the project's environmental impact on climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions; and

(8) that the applicant has reviewed the project's impact on environmental justice areas, conducted stakeholder engagement, and assessed community input.

(b) The commissioner must require completion of a comprehensive solid waste management plan conforming to the requirements of section 115A.46 , before accepting an application. Within five days of filing an application with the agency, the applicant must submit a copy of the application to each solid waste management facility, including each facility used for waste reduction or reuse, mentioned in the portion of the application addressing the requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6).
Minn. Stat. § 336.3-407 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.3-407
§ 336.3-407 ALTERATION.
Status: in_force

(a) "Alteration" means (i) an unauthorized change in an instrument that purports to modify in any respect the obligation of a party, or (ii) an unauthorized addition of words or numbers or other change to an incomplete instrument relating to the obligation of a party.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an alteration fraudulently made discharges a party whose obligation is affected by the alteration unless that party assents or is precluded from asserting the alteration. No other alteration discharges a party, and the instrument may be enforced according to its original terms.

(c) A payor bank or drawee paying a fraudulently altered instrument or a person taking it for value, in good faith and without notice of the alteration, may enforce rights with respect to the instrument (i) according to its original terms, or (ii) in the case of an incomplete instrument altered by unauthorized completion, according to its terms as completed.
Minn. Stat. § 6.60 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 6 / Section 6.60
§ 6.60 STATE AUDITOR, CERTIFICATION OF AMOUNTS DUE.
Status: in_force

On October 1 of each year, the state auditor shall certify the respective amounts due the state from the various political subdivisions, including interest computed to July first, following, to the county auditor of the county having such examination, or to the county auditor of the county in which any political subdivision is, in whole or in part, situated. The county auditor, upon receiving a certificate from the state auditor, or a certificate from the court administrator, as provided in section 6.59 , shall include the amount of the state's claim, with 25 percent added, in the tax levy for general revenue purposes of the political subdivision liable therefor, and such additional levy shall not be within any limitation imposed by law upon the amount of taxes which may be levied for revenue purposes. Upon completion of the June tax settlement following such levy the county treasurer shall deduct from the amount apportioned to the political subdivision for general revenue purposes, the amount due the state, including interest, and remit the same to the commissioner of management and budget.
Minn. Stat. § 204C.361 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 204C / Section 204C.361
§ 204C.361 RULES FOR RECOUNTS.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules according to the Administrative Procedure Act establishing uniform recount procedures. All recounts provided for by sections 204C.35 , 204C.36 , and 206.88 , shall be conducted in accordance with these rules.

(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 8235.0800 , the requirement that ballots be recounted by precinct means that a recount official shall maintain the segregation of ballots by precinct but the recount official may recount more than one precinct at a time in physically separate locations within the room in which the recount is administered.
Minn. Stat. § 168D.14 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168D / Section 168D.14
§ 168D.14 ENFORCEMENT POWERS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Commissioner of public safety. The commissioner is authorized and directed to enforce this chapter. In addition, the commissioner of public safety is authorized and directed to use the Minnesota State Patrol to assist in the enforcement of this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Commissioner of transportation. The commissioner of transportation is authorized and directed to enforce sections 168D.05 and 168D.12 as provided in section 221.221 .

§ Subd. 3. State Patrol. The officers of the Minnesota State Patrol, in addition to all other powers granted to them by Minnesota Statutes, have the power of making arrests, service of process, and appearing in court in all matters and things relating to this chapter and its administration and enforcement.
Minn. Stat. § 18D.331 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18D / Section 18D.331
§ 18D.331 CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. General violation. Except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 3, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if the person violates a provision of this chapter, chapter 18B, 18C, or 18F or a special order, standard, stipulation, agreement, or schedule of compliance of the commissioner.

§ Subd. 2. Violation endangering humans. A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person violates a provision of this chapter, chapter 18B, 18C, or 18F or a special order, standard, stipulation, agreement, or schedule of compliance of the commissioner, and the violation endangers humans.

§ Subd. 3. Violation with knowledge. A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if the person knowingly violates a provision of this chapter, chapter 18B, 18C, or 18F or a standard, special order, stipulation, agreement, or schedule of compliance of the commissioner.

§ Subd. 4. Disposal that becomes hazardous waste. A person who knowingly disposes of an agricultural chemical in violation of this chapter, chapter 18B or 18C, or a standard, special order, stipulation agreement, or schedule of compliance of the commissioner and the agricultural chemical is hazardous waste is subject to the penalties in section 609.671, subdivision 4 .

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2005 c 136 art 7 s 22 ]
Minn. Stat. § 48.03 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48 / Section 48.03
§ 48.03 SHARES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Shareholder list. The president and cashier of any bank of discount and deposit shall at all times keep an accurate verified list of all its shareholders, with the amount of shares held by each, the dates of all transfers and names of transferees.

§ Subd. 2. Shareholder liability. Except as provided in section 302A.425 , no shareholder in any bank of discount and deposit or in any banking or trust corporation or association shall be personally liable for debts of such bank, corporation or association.

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2001 c 56 s 12 ]

§ Subd. 3a. Effect of transfer; share books. The transfer of shares is not binding upon the company until it is regularly entered on the books of the company to show the names of the persons by and to whom transferred, the number or other designation of the shares, and the date of the transfer. The books of the company must be kept to show intelligibly the original shareholders, their respective interests, the amount which has been paid in on their shares, and all transfers of the shares.

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1992 c 587 art 1 s 31 ]

§ Subd. 4a. Record of shares. The directors must cause accurate and complete records to be kept of all corporate proceedings and of all shares subscribed, transferred, canceled, or retired and proper books, accounts, files, and records of all other business transacted.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1992 c 587 art 1 s 31 ]
Minn. Stat. § 192A.12 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.12
§ 192A.12 PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE, BAD CONDUCT DISCHARGE, OR DISMISSAL.
Status: in_force

A dishonorable discharge, bad conduct discharge, or dismissal may not be adjudged by any court-martial unless a complete record of the proceedings and testimony before the court has been made, qualified counsel has been detailed to represent the accused, and a military judge has presided over the trial.