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Minn. Stat. § 325K.20 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325K / Section 325K.20
§ 325K.20 UNRELIABLE DIGITAL SIGNATURES.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by law or contract, the recipient of a digital signature assumes the risk that a digital signature is forged, if reliance on the digital signature is not reasonable under the circumstances. If the recipient determines not to rely on a digital signature under this section, the recipient must promptly notify the signer of any determination not to rely on a digital signature and the grounds for that determination. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to obligate a person to accept a digital signature or to respond to an electronic message containing a digital signature.
Minn. Stat. § 641.165 — MN Code / Part 636_643 / Chapter 641 / Section 641.165
§ 641.165 CONTRABAND ARTICLES FORBIDDEN; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. "Contraband" is any controlled substance as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 4 , or any intoxicating or alcoholic liquor or malt beverage.

§ Subd. 2. Acts prohibited. (a) Whoever introduces or in any manner causes the introduction of contraband, as defined in subdivision 1, into any jail, lockup, or correctional facility, as defined in section 241.021, subdivision 1 , without the consent of the person in charge, or is found in possession of contraband while within the facility or upon the grounds thereof, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (b) Whoever introduces or in any manner causes the introduction of a dangerous weapon, as defined in section 609.02, subdivision 6 , into any jail, lockup, or correctional facility, as defined in section 241.021, subdivision 1 , without the consent of the person in charge, or is found in possession of a dangerous weapon while within the facility or upon the grounds thereof, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years.

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to physicians carrying drugs into such institutions for use in the practice of their profession, nor to peace officers carrying revolvers or firearms in the discharge of their duties.
Minn. Stat. § 638.01 — MN Code / Part 636_643 / Chapter 638 / Section 638.01
§ 638.01 BOARD OF PARDONS.
Status: in_force

The Board of Pardons consists of the governor, the chief justice of the supreme court, and the attorney general. The governor in conjunction with the board may grant clemency according to this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 365.58 — MN Code / Part 365_368 / Chapter 365 / Section 365.58
§ 365.58 MAY ADJOURN MEETING.
Status: in_force

A town meeting may be adjourned to any other day, or later the same day, to transact any business of the town.
Minn. Stat. § 115.1701 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 115 / Section 115.1701
§ 115.1701 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application. For purposes of sections 115.1701 to 115.1707 , the following terms have the meanings given them.

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

§ Subd. 3. Ballast water. "Ballast water" means water taken on board a vessel to control trim, list, draft, stability, or stresses of the vessel, including matter suspended in the water, or any water placed into a ballast tank during cleaning, maintenance, or other operations.

§ Subd. 4. Ballast water management. "Ballast water management" means mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes used, either singularly or in combination, to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediment.

§ Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency.

§ Subd. 6. Constructed. "Constructed" means a state of construction of a vessel at which the keel is laid, construction identifiable with the specific vessel begins, assembly of the vessel has begun comprising at least 50 tons or one percent of the estimated mass of all structural material of the vessel, whichever is less, or the vessel undergoes a major conversion.

§ Subd. 7. Foreign vessel. "Foreign vessel" means a vessel of foreign registry or operated under the authority of a foreign country.

§ Subd. 8. Sediment. "Sediment" means matter that has settled out of ballast water within a vessel.

§ Subd. 9. State waters of Lake Superior. "State waters of Lake Superior" means the surface waters of Lake Superior and waters that discharge, flow, or otherwise are transferred into Lake Superior that are under the jurisdiction of the state.
Minn. Stat. § 84D.14 — MN Code / Part 84A_84D / Chapter 84D / Section 84D.14
§ 84D.14 EXEMPTIONS.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not apply to:

(1) pathogens and terrestrial arthropods regulated under sections 18G.01 to 18G.14 ; or

(2) mammals and birds defined by statute as livestock.
Minn. Stat. § 84A.57 — MN Code / Part 84A_84D / Chapter 84A / Section 84A.57
§ 84A.57 CERTAIN TAX-FORFEITED LAND HELD IN TRUST FOR COUNTY.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, land that forfeits to the state for nonpayment of taxes and is in a game preserve, area, or project established under section 84A.01 , 84A.20 , or 84A.31 must be held in trust for the taxing district as land outside a game preserve, area, or project. The lands must be disposed of and managed, and have income from the land allocated, in the same manner as land that is outside a game preserve, area, or project.
Minn. Stat. § 508A.12 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508A / Section 508A.12
§ 508A.12 EXAMINER OF TITLES; DEPUTIES.
Status: in_force

The examiner of titles and deputy examiners shall be those appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 508.12 and shall hold office and be compensated as provided in that section.
Minn. Stat. § 160.294 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 160 / Section 160.294
§ 160.294 SPECIFIC SERVICE SIGN DETAILS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Construction of sign. Specific service sign panels shall be made of reflective sheeting and shall be on blue background with white letters, arrows and border. The directional arrow and mileage shall be displayed on the same side of the panel as the direction of turn on specific service sign panels located on nonfreeway trunk highways at grade intersections and on exit ramps at interchanges located on bypasses of outstate municipalities. The specific service sign panel shall display only the name or optional business panel, or both, when installed on nonfreeway trunk highways at interchanges located on bypasses of outstate municipalities.

§ Subd. 1a. Business panels. Business panels shall be made of reflective sheeting and shall not resemble a traffic sign, signal, or device. The business' trademark, symbol, or logo shall be consistent on all business panels for a specific business. The business panel shall not include any supplemental messages or additional verbiage.

§ Subd. 2. Specific service sign assemblies. No specific service sign or assembly shall be placed at a location that will interfere with other necessary signing as determined by the commissioner of transportation.
Minn. Stat. § 116J.015 — MN Code / Part 116J_116O / Chapter 116J / Section 116J.015
§ 116J.015 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW; EXPIRATION OF REPORT MANDATES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over employment and economic development by February 15 of each year, beginning February 15, 2024, the following:

(1) a list of all reports required from the commissioner of employment and economic development to the legislature that are mandated by statute and the enabling legislation does not include a date for the submission of a final report;

(2) a discussion regarding the usefulness of continuation for each report; and

(3) any additional information the commissioner considers appropriate regarding whether the reporting requirement should be set to expire by the legislature.
Minn. Stat. § 41A.19 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 41A / Section 41A.19
§ 41A.19 REPORT; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS.
Status: in_force

By January 15 each year, the commissioner shall report on the incentive programs under sections 41A.16 , 41A.17 , 41A.18 , and 41A.20 to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and agriculture policy and finance. The report shall include information on production and incentive expenditures under the programs.
Minn. Stat. § 123B.935 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123B / Section 123B.935
§ 123B.935 ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY TRAINING.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Training required. (a) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 3 with age-appropriate active transportation safety training. At a minimum, the training must include pedestrian safety, including crossing roads. (b) Each district must provide public school pupils enrolled in grades 4 through 8 with age-appropriate active transportation safety training. At a minimum, the training must include: (1) pedestrian safety, including crossing roads safely using the searching left, right, left for vehicles in traffic technique; (2) bicycle safety, including relevant traffic laws, use and proper fit of protective headgear, bicycle parts and safety features, and safe biking techniques; and (3) electric-assisted bicycle safety, including that a person under the age of 15 is not allowed to operate an electric-assisted bicycle. (c) A nonpublic school may provide nonpublic school pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 8 with training as specified in paragraphs (a) and (b).

§ Subd. 2. MS 2024 [Repealed, 1Sp2025 c 10 art 2 s 26 ]

§ Subd. 3. Instruction. (a) A district may provide active transportation safety training through distance learning. (b) A district and a nonpublic school must make reasonable accommodations for the active transportation safety training of pupils known to speak English as a second language and pupils with disabilities.

§ Subd. 4. Model program. The commissioner of transportation must maintain a comprehensive collection of active transportation safety training materials that meets the requirements under this section.
Minn. Stat. § 276A.08 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 276A / Section 276A.08
§ 276A.08 REASSESSMENTS AND OMITTED PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Reassessment orders. If the commissioner of revenue orders a reassessment of all or any portion of the property in a municipality other than in the form of a mathematically prescribed adjustment of valuation, or if omitted property is placed upon the tax rolls, and the reassessment has not been completed or the property placed upon the rolls by November 15, the net tax capacity of the affected property must, for purposes of sections 276A.02 to 276A.06 , be determined from the abstracts filed by the county auditor with the commissioner of revenue.

§ Subd. 2. Adjustment of value. If the reassessment, when completed and incorporated in the commissioner's certification of the net tax capacity of the municipality, or the listing of omitted property, when placed on the rolls, results in an increase in the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial property in the municipality which differs from that used, pursuant to subdivision 1, for purposes of sections 276A.02 to 276A.06 , the increase in the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial property in that municipality in the succeeding year, as otherwise computed under section 276A.04 , must be adjusted in a like amount, by an increase if the reassessment or listing discloses a larger increase than was used for purposes of sections 276A.02 to 276A.06 , or by a decrease if the reassessment or listing discloses a smaller increase than was used for those purposes, provided that no adjustment shall reduce the amount determined under section 276A.04 to an amount less than zero.

§ Subd. 3. Exceptions. Subdivisions 1 and 2 do not apply to the determination of the tax rate under section 276A.06, subdivision 4 , or to the determination of the net tax capacity of commercial-industrial property and each item thereof for purposes of section 276A.06, subdivision 7 .
Minn. Stat. § 185.19 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 185 / Section 185.19
§ 185.19 APPLICATION OF SECTIONS 185.07 TO 185.18.
Status: in_force

Sections 185.07 to 185.18 shall not be held to apply to police officers or firefighters or any other public officials charged with duties relating to public safety.
Minn. Stat. § 469.093 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.093
§ 469.093 PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Enabling resolution. The creation of an authority by a city must be by written resolution referred to as the enabling resolution. Before adopting the enabling resolution, the city council shall conduct a public hearing. Notice of the time and place of hearing, a statement of the purpose of the hearing, and a summary of the resolution must be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the city once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication must appear not more than 30 days from the date of the public hearing.

§ Subd. 2. Modifications. All modifications to the enabling resolution must be by written resolution and must be adopted after notice is given and a public hearing conducted as required for the original adoption of the enabling resolution.
Minn. Stat. § 462A.057 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.057
§ 462A.057 MINNESOTA URBAN AND RURAL HOMESTEADING PROGRAM.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. The agency may establish the Minnesota urban and rural homesteading program for the purpose of making grants or loans to eligible applicants to acquire, rehabilitate, demolish or remove existing structures and construct new housing, and sell single family residential properties to home buyers committed to strengthening the neighborhood and following a good neighbor policy. If the grant or loan is used for demolition or removal of existing structures, the cleared land must be used for construction of housing owned by persons who meet the income limits of this program and the demolition and new construction must be less expensive than acquisition and rehabilitation.

§ Subd. 2. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 3. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 4. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 5. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 6. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 7. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 8. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 9. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]

§ Subd. 10. MS 1990 [Repealed, 1992 c 522 s 48 ]
Minn. Stat. § 97A.525 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97A / Section 97A.525
§ 97A.525 TRANSPORTING WILD ANIMALS BY COMMON CARRIER.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Generally. A person may transport wild animals by common carrier without being in the vehicle if the person has the license required to take the animals and they are shipped to the person or to a licensed taxidermist, tanner, or fur buyer.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2009 c 176 art 2 s 71 ]

§ Subd. 3. Employee of carrier. An employee of a carrier may not transport wild animals as baggage while performing duties for the carrier.

§ Subd. 4. Statement required for protected wild animals. A person that transports protected wild animals by common carrier, including animals carried in baggage, must attach a statement to each shipment. The statement must include the name, address, and license number of the person shipping the animals, the number and species of the animals in the shipment, and the signature of the licensee.

§ Subd. 5. Shipper's license required. A common carrier may not accept a shipment of big or small game unless the carrier is shown the license of the shipper to take the game.

§ Subd. 6. Waybill requirements. The waybill or receipt issued by a common carrier to a shipper must specify the number and species of wild animals being shipped.

§ Subd. 7. Animals in possession of shipper. Wild animals that are transported by common carrier are considered to be in the possession of the shipper.
Minn. Stat. § 589.24 — MN Code / Part 585_590 / Chapter 589 / Section 589.24
§ 589.24 REFUSING TO FURNISH COPY OF DOCUMENT AUTHORIZING DETENTION.
Status: in_force

An officer or another who detains a person and refuses to deliver a copy of an order, warrant, process, or other authority by which the person is detained to any one who requests the copy and who offers to pay the reproduction costs, shall forfeit $200 to the person detained.
Minn. Stat. § 609A.01 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609A / Section 609A.01
§ 609A.01 EXPUNGEMENT OF CRIMINAL RECORDS.
Status: in_force

This chapter provides the grounds and procedures for expungement of criminal records under section 13.82 ; 152.18, subdivision 1 ; 299C.11 , where expungement is automatic under sections 609A.015 , 609A.017 , or 609A.035 , or a petition is authorized under section 609A.02, subdivision 3 ; expungement is automatic under section 609A.055 ; expungement is considered by a panel under section 609A.06 ; or other applicable law. The remedy available is limited to a court order or grant of expungement under section 609A.015 sealing the records and prohibiting the disclosure of their existence or their opening except under court order or statutory authority. Nothing in this chapter authorizes the destruction of records or their return to the subject of the records.
Minn. Stat. § 558A.19 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 558A / Section 558A.19
§ 558A.19 ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS APPORTIONED.
Status: in_force

The attorney fees, costs, charges, and disbursements of sale or in kind partition may be paid from the sale proceeds in the case of a sale, or against a party or parties respectively entitled to share in the land, and in the case of an in kind partition, the amounts to be paid by each shall be determined by the court, and specified in the final judgment. In making the award the court may consider the actions of the parties necessitating the partition, the conduct and cooperation of the parties to the partition and the benefits of the partition confirmed upon the parties. The judgment may be docketed, and payment of such the amounts may be enforced by execution against the property of the respective judgment debtors, even if the property is a homestead, as in the case of other judgments for money.
Minn. Stat. § 15B.02 — MN Code / Part 15B / Chapter 15B / Section 15B.02
§ 15B.02 BOUNDARY OF CAPITOL AREA.
Status: in_force

(a) The Capitol Area is that part of the city of St. Paul inside the boundary described in paragraph (b).

(b)(1) Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of Pennsylvania Avenue and the center line of Marion Street;

(2) then go southerly along the center line of Marion Street and its extension to a point 50 feet southerly of the south curb of Concordia Avenue;

(3) then, southeasterly along a line 50 feet southerly of, and parallel with, the south curb of Concordia Avenue to a point 125 feet westerly of the west curb of southbound John Ireland Boulevard;

(4) then, southwesterly along a line 125 feet westerly of, and parallel with, the west curb of southbound John Ireland Boulevard to the south curb of Dayton Avenue;

(5) then, easterly along the south curb of Dayton Avenue to the west curb of southbound John Ireland Boulevard;

(6) then, northeasterly in a straight line to the intersection of the center line of Old Kellogg Boulevard and the center line of Summit Avenue;

(7) then, northeasterly along the center line of Summit Avenue to the center line of eastbound new West Kellogg Boulevard;

(8) then, southeasterly along the center line of eastbound and then, southbound new West Kellogg Boulevard to the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 35-E;

(9) then, northeasterly along the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 35-E to the southerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 94;

(10) then, easterly along the southerly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway 94 to the west curb of St. Peter Street;

(11) then, southeasterly along the west curb of St. Peter Street to the south curb of Exchange Street;

(12) then, northeasterly along the south curb of Exchange Street to the west curb of Cedar Street;

(13) then, northwesterly along the west curb of Cedar Street to the center line of Tenth Street;

(14) then, northeasterly along the center line of Tenth Street to the center line of Minnesota Street;

(15) then, northwesterly along the center line of Minnesota Street to the center line of Eleventh Street;

(16) then, northeasterly along the center line of Eleventh Street to the center line of Jackson Street;

(17) then, northerly along the center line of Jackson Street to the center line of Pennsylvania Avenue;

(18) then, westerly along the center line of Pennsylvania Avenue and its extension to the point of beginning.
Minn. Stat. § 419.10 — MN Code / Part 419_425 / Chapter 419 / Section 419.10
§ 419.10 NOTICE OF EXAMINATIONS; CREATION OF ELIGIBLE REGISTER; REMOVAL AND ADDITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Notice of examinations. (a) Notice of the time, place, and scope of each examination shall be given by publication and posting as specified in section 419.06 , and by mailing such notice to each applicant upon the appropriate list of the application register ten days in advance. (b) The notice may provide that other examinations may be administered from time to time during the life of the eligible register, without an additional publication or ten-day notice, to applicants meeting threshold requirements.

§ Subd. 2. Creation of eligible register. The names of those found eligible upon examination, after giving credit for character and previous successful experience, shall be entered with their address and percentages on the eligible register.

§ Subd. 3. Removal of names. No name shall remain upon the eligible register more than two years without a new application, and, if the rules of the commission so require, a new examination. When a vacancy has been filled or new appointment made, the names selected shall be stricken from the eligible register and transferred to the service register.

§ Subd. 4. Addition of names. If the notice under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), is given at the time of initial examination, additional examinations may be administered to applicants meeting threshold requirements without an additional publication or ten-day notice. Applicants passing a later examination shall be added to the eligible register in the order of their standing relative to the remaining applicants on the register.