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Minn. Stat. § 447.345 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.345
§ 447.345 TEMPORARY BORROWING AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certificates of indebtedness. A hospital district located wholly outside the seven-county metropolitan area and created or reorganized under sections 447.31 to 447.37 may borrow money by issuing certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of taxes previously levied, revenues, and federal aids. Total indebtedness for the certificates must not exceed $50,000. The proceeds must be used for expenses of administration, operation, and maintenance of the district's hospital and nursing home facilities.

§ Subd. 2. Resolution. The district may authorize and borrow and issue the certificates of indebtedness on passage of a resolution specifying the amount and reasons for borrowing. The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of its board members. The board shall fix the amount, date, maturity, form, denomination, and other details of the certificates and the date and place for receipt of bids for their purchase. The board shall direct the clerk to give notice of the date and place fixed.

§ Subd. 3. Terms of certificates. Certificates must become due and payable no later than two years from the date of issuance. Certificates must be negotiable and payable to the order of the payee and have a definite due date but may be payable on or before the due date. Certificates must be sold for at least par and accrued interest and must bear interest at not more than eight percent a year. Interest must be payable at maturity or earlier as the board determines. The proceeds of the current tax levies and revenues derived from the facilities of the district and future federal aids and any other district funds that become available must be applied to the extent necessary to repay the certificates. The full faith and credit of the hospital district must be pledged for their payment.
Minn. Stat. § 524.3-605 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.3-605
§ 524.3-605 DEMAND FOR BOND BY INTERESTED PERSON.
Status: in_force

Any person apparently having an interest in the estate worth in excess of $1,000, or any creditor having a claim in excess of $1,000, may make a written demand that a personal representative give bond. The demand must be filed with the court and a copy mailed to the personal representative, if appointment and qualification have occurred. Thereupon, the court may require or excuse the requirement of a bond. After having received notice and until the filing of the bond or until the requirement of bond is excused, the personal representative shall refrain from exercising any powers of office except as necessary to preserve the estate. Failure of the personal representative to meet a requirement of bond by giving suitable bond within 30 days after receipt of notice is cause for removal and appointment of a successor personal representative. An interested person who initially waived bond may demand bond under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 142A.411 — MN Code / Part 142A_142G / Chapter 142A / Section 142A.411
§ 142A.411 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 142A.41 to 142A.416 and 144.226, subdivision 3 .

§ Subd. 2. Act. "Act" means the Children's Trust Fund for the Prevention of Child Abuse Act.

§ Subd. 3. Child. "Child" means a person under 18 years of age.

§ Subd. 4. Child abuse. "Child abuse" means sexual abuse, neglect, or physical abuse as defined in section 260E.03, subdivisions 15, 18, and 20.

§ Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of children, youth, and families.

§ Subd. 6. Local council. "Local council" means a child abuse prevention council established under section 142A.413 .

§ Subd. 7. Prevention program. "Prevention program" means a system that directly provides primary or secondary child abuse prevention services to a child, parent or prospective parent, guardian, or professional who works regularly with children, and may also include a research program related to the prevention of child abuse.

§ Subd. 8. Primary prevention. "Primary prevention" means a program or service designed to promote the general welfare of children and families.

§ Subd. 9. Secondary prevention. "Secondary prevention" means a program or service designed to prevent abuse of children who are in circumstances where there is a high risk that abuse will occur.

§ Subd. 10. Tertiary prevention. "Tertiary prevention" means a program or service provided after child abuse has occurred that is designed to prevent its recurrence.

§ Subd. 11. Trust fund. "Trust fund" means the children's trust fund for the prevention of child abuse established under section 142A.412 .
Minn. Stat. § 552.01 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 552 / Section 552.01
§ 552.01 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.

§ Subd. 2. Public authority. "Public authority" means the public authority responsible for child support enforcement.

§ Subd. 3. Judgment debtor. "Judgment debtor" means an obligor against whom the public authority has a judgment for the recovery of money owed pursuant to a support order as defined in section 518A.26, subdivision 21 .

§ Subd. 4. Third party. "Third party" means the person or entity upon whom the execution levy is served.

§ Subd. 5. Claim. "Claim" means the unpaid balance of the public authority's judgment against the judgment debtor, including all lawful interest and costs incurred.

§ Subd. 6. Financial institution. "Financial institution" means all entities identified in section 13B.06 .

§ Subd. 7. Judgment. "Judgment" means a child support judgment by operation of law under section 548.091, subdivision 1a , or under a proceeding under section 548.091, subdivision 2a .
Minn. Stat. § 53A.02 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 53A / Section 53A.02
§ 53A.02 LICENSE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Requirement. A person may not engage in the business of a currency exchange without first obtaining a license from the commissioner. Not more than one place of business may be operated under the same license, but the commissioner may issue more than one license to the same licensee upon compliance by the applicant with all the provisions of this chapter for each new license issued.

§ Subd. 2. Distance limitation. No license may be issued or renewed under this chapter if the place of business to be operated under the license is located or proposed to be located within one-half mile of another licensed currency exchange. The distance limitation imposed by this subdivision is measured by a straight line from the closest points of the closest structures involved.

§ Subd. 3. Prohibition. A licensee may not contract with another person or business entity to manage the currency exchange business. This subdivision does not prohibit the licensee from employing persons to operate a currency exchange facility.
Minn. Stat. § 88.09 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.09
§ 88.09 ACQUIRING LAND FOR FIRE PROTECTION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Acceptance of lands. The commissioner may on behalf of the state accept the title to any tract of land, not exceeding 40 acres in area, or to accept any easement in or upon any tract of land, which the commissioner deems necessary or convenient for the use of the state as locations for fire lookout towers, warehouses, or other buildings of any kind, or as locations for firebreaks, or for other use which the commissioner may deem suitable.

§ Subd. 2. Purchase, lease, or condemnation. The commissioner may on behalf of the state, where no suitable state lands are available, purchase, lease or acquire easements on small tracts or parcels of lands, not exceeding 40 acres in area, to be used as locations for fire lookout towers, warehouses, or other buildings of any kind, or as locations for firebreaks, or for any other use which the commissioner may deem suitable; also acquire by condemnation any tract of land, not exceeding 40 acres, for these purposes; also acquire, by gift, purchase, or condemnation, any easement or right-of-way that may be necessary to provide access to any tract of land so acquired.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-1004 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-1004
§ 524.2-1004 INTERNATIONAL WILLS; OTHER POINTS OF FORM.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Multiple pages. The signatures must be placed at the end of the will. If the will consists of several sheets, each sheet must be signed by the testator or, if the testator is unable to sign, by the person signing on the testator's behalf or, if there is no such person, by the authorized person. In addition, each sheet must be numbered.

§ Subd. 2. Date. The date of the will must be the date of its signature by the authorized person. That date must be noted at the end of the will by the authorized person.

§ Subd. 3. Safekeeping. The authorized person shall ask whether the testator wishes to make a declaration concerning the safekeeping of the will. If so and at the express request of the testator, the place where the testator intends to have the will kept must be mentioned in the certificate provided for in section 524.2-1005 .

§ Subd. 4. Validity. A will executed in compliance with section 524.2-1003 is not invalid merely because it does not comply with this section.
Minn. Stat. § 303.10 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 303 / Section 303.10
§ 303.10 OFFICE AND AGENT.
Status: in_force

Every non-Minnesota corporation shall have a registered office and shall have a registered agent, and may change its registered office or change its registered agent, and the agent may resign or change its business address or name, in the manner prescribed by section 5.36 .
Minn. Stat. § 89.21 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 89 / Section 89.21
§ 89.21 CAMPGROUNDS; ESTABLISHMENT AND FEES.
Status: in_force

(a) The commissioner is authorized to establish and develop state forest campgrounds and may establish minimum standards not inconsistent with the laws of the state for the care and use of such campgrounds and charge fees for such uses as specified by the commissioner of natural resources.

(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.1283 , the commissioner shall, by written order, establish fees providing for the use of state forest campgrounds. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply.

(c) All fees shall be deposited in an account in the natural resources fund and are appropriated annually to the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 379.01 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 379 / Section 379.01
§ 379.01 ORGANIZATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Manner; petition; name. When a majority of the registered voters of any congressional township containing not less than 25 legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the township is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. Towns thus formed shall be named in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of its voters. If they fail to request a name, the board shall select one.

§ Subd. 2. Petition by freeholders. When a majority of the resident freeholders of any one, two, three, four, or five congressional townships containing in the aggregate not less than 25 freeholders who are legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the townships is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the county auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. For the purposes of this section, the word "freeholders" shall be construed to include any person who is a legal voter in any such town occupying real estate therein under the homestead or preemption laws of the United States or under contract of purchase from any person or corporation or from the state of Minnesota.

§ Subd. 3. Organizational meeting. If the result of an election held under this section is in the affirmative, the county shall arrange for the holding of the first organizational meeting not more than 30 days after the election in the township to be organized.

§ Subd. 4. Conduct of election; costs. The county auditor shall have the ballots printed for an election under this section and shall otherwise make preparation for the election including having a notice published in the official newspaper of the county once a week for two successive weeks stating the date of the election and the question to be voted on. The last publication shall be no later than ten days before the election. The cost of the election shall be borne by the county.
Minn. Stat. § 80F.11 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 80F / Section 80F.11
§ 80F.11 RELEASE AND WAIVER.
Status: in_force

No party to a marketing agreement shall require as a condition of entering into the marketing agreement that the other party assent to a release or waiver of any rights provided by this chapter, or include in a marketing agreement a release of claims. Any such waiver or release is void. The right of either party to the interposition of counterclaims or crossclaims shall not be waived by the marketing agreement, and any such provision is void.
Minn. Stat. § 336.2A-109 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.2A-109
§ 336.2A-109 OPTION TO ACCELERATE AT WILL.
Status: in_force

A term providing that one party or the party's successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional collateral "at will" or "when the party deems self insecure" or in words of similar import must be construed to mean that the party has power to do so only if the party in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired.
Minn. Stat. § 371.13 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 371 / Section 371.13
§ 371.13 COUNTY BOARD TO PROVIDE COURTHOUSE.
Status: in_force

The county board of the new county shall make arrangements for suitable offices for the county officers before the consolidation becomes effective. If the county is not going to succeed to any building or buildings appropriate for this purpose, the board may lease suitable space or buildings.
Minn. Stat. § 115A.144 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115A / Section 115A.144
§ 115A.144 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

Sections 115A.144 to 115A.1463 may be cited as the "Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act."
Minn. Stat. § 181.90 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 181 / Section 181.90
§ 181.90 USE WAGNER-PEYSER SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

An employer who uses the federal work clearance order system under the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, Statutes at Large, volume 48, page 113, as amended, is deemed to recruit the migrant workers who are thereby induced to travel to Minnesota to perform agricultural labor. The provisions of sections 181.85 to 181.89 shall not be construed to prohibit the use of the work clearance order system by an employer who recruits migrant workers, but use of the federal work clearance order system by an employer shall not excuse the employer from compliance with sections 181.85 to 181.89 .
Minn. Stat. § 144.341 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 144 / Section 144.341
§ 144.341 LIVING APART FROM PARENTS AND MANAGING FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any minor who is living separate and apart from parents or legal guardian, whether with or without the consent of a parent or guardian and regardless of the duration of such separate residence, and who is managing personal financial affairs, regardless of the source or extent of the minor's income, may give effective consent to personal medical, dental, mental and other health services, and the consent of no other person is required.
Minn. Stat. § 356.245 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 356 / Section 356.245
§ 356.245 LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.
Status: in_force

An elected official who is covered by section 353.01, subdivision 2a , or 353D.01 , subdivision 2, whichever applies, is eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan under section 356.24 . The applicable local governmental unit may make the matching employer contributions authorized by that section on the part of a participating elected official.
Minn. Stat. § 252.06 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 252 / Section 252.06
§ 252.06 SHERIFF TO TRANSPORT PERSONS.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the sheriff of any county, upon the request of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board, to take charge of, transport, and deliver any person who has been committed by the district court of any county to the care and custody of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board to a state-operated services facility as may be designated by the Direct Care and Treatment executive board.
Minn. Stat. § 484.07 — MN Code / Part 480_494 / Chapter 484 / Section 484.07
§ 484.07 COURT NOT OPEN SUNDAY; EXCEPTION.
Status: in_force

No court shall be opened on Sunday for any purpose other than to receive a verdict, give additional instructions to or discharge a jury; but this provision shall not prevent a judge of such court from exercising jurisdiction in any case where it is necessary for the preservation of the peace, the sanctity of the day, or the arrest and commitment of an offender.
Minn. Stat. § 88.82 — MN Code / Part 88_91 / Chapter 88 / Section 88.82
§ 88.82 MINNESOTA RELEAF PROGRAM.
Status: in_force

(a) The Minnesota releaf program is established in the Department of Natural Resources to encourage, promote, and fund the inventory, planting, assessment, maintenance, improvement, protection, utilization, and restoration of trees and forest resources in this state to enhance community forest ecosystem health and sustainability as well as to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and promote energy conservation.

(b) Priority for grants awarded under this section must be given to projects located in whole or in part in an area identified using the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool methodology provided in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's environmental justice screen technical documentation dated July 31, 2024.
Minn. Stat. § 245.52 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245 / Section 245.52
§ 245.52 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF DIRECT CARE AND TREATMENT AS COMPACT ADMINISTRATOR.
Status: in_force

The chief executive officer of Direct Care and Treatment is hereby designated as "compact administrator." The chief executive officer shall have the powers and duties specified in the compact, and may, in the name of the state of Minnesota, subject to the approval of the attorney general as to form and legality, enter into such agreements authorized by the compact as the chief executive officer deems appropriate to effecting the purpose of the compact. The chief executive officer shall, within the limits of the appropriations for the care of persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities, authorize such payments as are necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this state by the compact or any agreement entered into under the compact.

If the patient has no established residence in a Minnesota county, the commissioner of human services shall designate the county of financial responsibility for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the Interstate Compact on Mental Health as it pertains to patients being transferred to Minnesota. The commissioner of human services shall designate the county which is the residence of the person in Minnesota who initiates the earliest written request for the patient's transfer.
Minn. Stat. § 18D.315 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18D / Section 18D.315
§ 18D.315 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Assessment. (a) In determining the amount of the administrative penalty, the commissioner shall consider the economic gain received by the person allowing or committing the violation, the gravity of the violation in terms of actual or potential damage to human health and the environment, and the violator's culpability, good faith, and history of violations. (b) The commissioner may assess an administrative penalty of up to $1,500 per day for a violation of a corrective action order or remedial action order. (c) An administrative penalty may be assessed if the person subject to a corrective action order or remedial action order does not comply with the order in the time provided in the order. The commissioner must state the amount of the administrative penalty in the corrective action order or remedial action order.

§ Subd. 2. Collection of penalty. (a) If a person subject to an administrative penalty fails to pay the penalty, which must be part of a final order by the commissioner, by 30 days after the final order is issued, the commissioner may commence a civil action for double the assessed penalty plus attorney fees and costs. (b) An administrative penalty may be recovered in a civil action in the name of the state brought in the district court of the county where the violation is alleged to have occurred or the district court where the commissioner has an office.
Minn. Stat. § 306.66 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.66
§ 306.66 SUBDIVISION OR REARRANGEMENT OF CEMETERIES.
Status: in_force

The cemetery corporation mentioned in section 306.65 may from time to time subdivide or rearrange its cemetery as necessary in the conduct of the business, but no plat of the subdivision or rearrangement may interfere with the rights and privileges of the lot owners of the cemetery without their consent, and the plat need not be filed in the office of the county recorder. A plat of the subdivision or rearrangement must be kept for public inspection at the cemetery. Cement or other nondestructible markers at least three inches in diameter and at least eight inches in length, with one of the markers showing the number of the lot, must be placed at the corners of each lot of the subdivision or rearrangement.
Minn. Stat. § 624.24 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 624 / Section 624.24
§ 624.24 OFFICERS MAY SEIZE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.
Status: in_force

The state fire marshal, or any sheriff, police officer, or local fire marshal, shall seize, take, remove, or cause to be removed, at the expense of the owner, all stocks of fireworks or combustibles offered or exposed for sale, stored, or held in violation of sections 624.20 to 624.25 .
Minn. Stat. § 550.34 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 550 / Section 550.34
§ 550.34 DISTRICT COURT TO DETERMINE AMOUNT.
Status: in_force

When any such creditor redeems from the foreclosure of a mortgage under the provisions of sections 550.30 to 550.35 the district court shall determine the amount that shall be credited on the creditor's claim against the estate.
Minn. Stat. § 192A.45 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.45
§ 192A.45 DISRESPECT TOWARDS SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who behaves with disrespect towards that person's superior commissioned officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.