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Minn. Stat. § 323A.0302 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 323A / Section 323A.0302
§ 323A.0302 TRANSFER OF PARTNERSHIP PROPERTY.
Status: in_force

(a) Partnership property may be transferred as follows:

(1) Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under section 323A.0303 , partnership property held in the name of the partnership may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by a partner in the partnership name.

(2) Partnership property held in the name of one or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring the property to them of their capacity as partners or of the existence of a partnership, but without an indication of the name of the partnership, may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by the persons in whose name the property is held, without the necessity of an instrument of transfer executed by a partner in the partnership name.

(3) Partnership property held in the name of one or more persons other than the partnership, without an indication in the instrument transferring the property to them of their capacity as partners or of the existence of a partnership, may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by the persons in whose name the property is held, without the necessity of an instrument of transfer executed by a partner in the partnership name.

(b) A partnership may recover partnership property from a transferee only if it proves that execution of the instrument of initial transfer did not bind the partnership under section 323A.0301 and:

(1) as to a subsequent transferee who gave value for property transferred under subsection (a)(1) and (2), proves that the subsequent transferee knew that the person who executed the instrument of initial transfer lacked authority to bind the partnership; or

(2) as to a transferee who gave value for property transferred under subsection (a)(3), proves that the transferee knew that the property was partnership property and that the person who executed the instrument of initial transfer lacked authority to bind the partnership.

(c) A partnership may not recover partnership property from a subsequent transferee if the partnership would not have been entitled to recover the property, under subsection (b), from any earlier transferee of the property.

(d) If a person holds all of the partners' interests in the partnership, all of the partnership property vests in that person. The person may execute a document in the name of the partnership to evidence vesting of the property in that person and may file or record the document.
Minn. Stat. § 325K.24 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325K / Section 325K.24
§ 325K.24 PRESUMPTIONS IN ADJUDICATING DISPUTES; LIABILITY ALLOCATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Presumptions. In adjudicating a dispute involving a digital signature, a court of this state presumes that: (a) A certificate digitally signed by a licensed certification authority and either published in a recognized repository, or made available by the issuing certification authority or by the subscriber listed in the certificate is issued by the certification authority that digitally signed it and is accepted by the subscriber listed in it. (b) The information listed in a valid certificate and confirmed by a licensed certification authority issuing the certificate is accurate. (c) If a digital signature is verified by the public key listed in a valid certificate issued by a licensed certification authority: (1) that digital signature is the digital signature of the subscriber listed in that certificate; (2) that digital signature was affixed by that subscriber with the intention of signing the message; and (3) the recipient of that digital signature has no knowledge or notice that the signer: (i) breached a duty as a subscriber; or (ii) does not rightfully hold the private key used to affix the digital signature. (d) A digital signature was created before it was time stamped by a disinterested person utilizing a trustworthy system.

§ Subd. 2. Liability allocation. A court of this state shall give effect to liability allocations between the parties provided by contract to the extent not inconsistent with the requirements of this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 31.591 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 31 / Section 31.591
§ 31.591 SLAUGHTER MUST BE HUMANE.
Status: in_force

After July 1, 1961, no slaughterer may slaughter livestock or handle livestock in connection with slaughter except by humane method.
Minn. Stat. § 3.8853 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.8853
§ 3.8853 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Establishment; duties. The Legislative Budget Office is established to provide the house of representatives and senate with nonpartisan, accurate, and timely information on the fiscal impact of proposed legislation, without regard to political factors.

§ Subd. 2. Director; staff. (a) The Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission must appoint a director and establish the director's duties. The director may hire staff necessary to do the work of the office. The director serves in the unclassified service for a term of six years and may not be removed during a term except for cause after a public hearing. (b) The director and staff hired under this section must provide professional and technical assistance to the Tax Expenditure Review Commission under section 3.8855 .

§ Subd. 3. Uniform standards and procedures. The director of the Legislative Budget Office must adopt uniform standards and procedures governing the timely preparation of fiscal notes as required by this section and section 3.98 . The standards and procedures are not effective until they are approved by the Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission. Upon approval, the standards and procedures must be published in the State Register and on the office's website.

§ Subd. 4. Access to data; treatment. Upon request of the director of the Legislative Budget Office, the head or chief administrative officer of each department or agency of state government, including the supreme court, must promptly supply data that are used to prepare a fiscal note, including data that are not public data under section 13.64 or other applicable law, unless there are federal laws or regulations that prohibit the provision of the not public data for this purpose. Not public data supplied under this subdivision may only be used by the Legislative Budget Office to review a department or agency's work in preparing a fiscal note and may not be used or disseminated for any other purpose, including use by or dissemination to a legislator or to any officer, department, agency, or committee within the legislative branch. Violation of this subdivision by the director or other staff of the Legislative Budget Office is cause for removal, suspension without pay, or immediate dismissal at the direction of the oversight commission.

§ Subd. 5. Fiscal note delivery and posting. The director of the Legislative Budget Office must deliver a completed fiscal note to the legislative committee chair who made the request, and to the chief author of the legislation to which it relates. Within 24 hours of completion of a fiscal note, the director of the Legislative Budget Office must post a completed fiscal note on the office's public website. This subdivision does not apply to an unofficial fiscal note that is not public data under section 13.64, subdivision 3 .
Minn. Stat. § 124D.992 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 124D / Section 124D.992
§ 124D.992 SCHOOL LIBRARY AID.
Status: reserved

§ Subdivision 1. School library aid. (a) For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, school library aid for an independent or special school district equals the greater of $16.11 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $40,000. For fiscal years 2024 and 2025, school library aid for a charter school equals the greater of $16.11 times the charter school's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $20,000. (b) For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, school library aid for a district equals the greater of $10.27 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $20,000. For fiscal years 2026 and 2027, school library aid for a charter school equals the greater of $10.27 times the charter school's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $10,000. (c) For fiscal year 2028 and later, school library aid for a district equals the greater of $9.12 times the district's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $20,000. For fiscal year 2028 and later, school library aid for a charter school equals the greater of $9.12 times the charter school's adjusted pupil units for the school year or $10,000.

§ Subd. 1a. State school librarian. In fiscal years 2026 and 2027 only, the Department of Education may retain up to $130,000 of the amount appropriated for school library aid under this section for the costs of the state school librarian under section 127A.151 . The aid for each school district and charter school under subdivision 1 must be reduced proportionately. The reduction in aid under this subdivision must be applied to the current year aid payment.

§ Subd. 2. Uses of school library aid. School library aid must be reserved and used for directly funding the costs of the following purposes within a school library or school library media center, as defined in section 124D.991 : (1) the salaries and benefits of a school library media specialist; (2) electronic and material resources; or (3) furniture, equipment, or supplies.

§ Subd. 3. Report. By January 15, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner of education must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade 12 education on how school districts and charter schools used aid under this section in the previous fiscal year. In preparing the report, the commissioner may use information available from the uniform financial accounting and reporting system. The report must be filed in accordance with section 3.195 .
Minn. Stat. § 85.0506 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 85 / Section 85.0506
§ 85.0506 LAKE VERMILION-SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; HOISTS.
Status: in_force

The Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park mine tour operation is exempt from sections 326B.163 to 326B.191 . The federal mine code for hoists that lift people under Code of Federal Regulations, title 30, part 57, subpart R, applies to the Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park hoist. The commissioner shall employ a hoist safety expert to conduct an annual inspection of the hoist system at the Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-617 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-617
§ 336.9-617 RIGHTS OF TRANSFEREE OF COLLATERAL.
Status: in_force

(a) Effects of disposition. A secured party's disposition of collateral after default:

(1) transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor's rights in the collateral;

(2) discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and

(3) discharges any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien.

(b) Rights of good faith transferee. A transferee that acts in good faith takes free of the rights and interests described in subsection (a), even if the secured party fails to comply with this article or the requirements of any judicial proceeding.

(c) Rights of other transferee. If a transferee does not take free of the rights and interests described in subsection (a), the transferee takes the collateral subject to:

(1) the debtor's rights in the collateral;

(2) the security interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made; and

(3) any other security interest or other lien.
Minn. Stat. § 383C.23 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.23
§ 383C.23 HIGHWAY LOAD LIMITS.
Status: in_force

On all highways under the jurisdiction of the county of St. Louis, if weight and load limitations are imposed by the county board, or the county engineer if so authorized by the board, in accordance with sections 163.02, subdivision 3 , and 169.87 , no exception shall be made to the weight or load limitations for any vehicles except (1) school buses and (2) public utility vehicles used under emergency conditions, and (3) other vehicles used in an emergency of any nature.
Minn. Stat. § 341.32 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 341 / Section 341.32
§ 341.32 LICENSE FEES; EXPIRATION; RENEWAL.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Annual licensure. The commissioner may establish and issue annual licenses subject to the collection of advance fees by the commissioner for promoters, judges, referees, ringside physicians, timekeepers, combatants, trainers, and seconds.

§ Subd. 2. Expiration and application. Licenses issued on or after January 1, 2023, shall expire one year after the date of issuance. A license may be applied for each year by filing an application for licensure and satisfying all licensure requirements established in section 341.30 , and submitting payment of the license fees established in section 341.321 . An application for a license and renewal of a license must be on a form provided by the commissioner.
Minn. Stat. § 245G.10 — MN Code / Part 245_267 / Chapter 245G / Section 245G.10
§ 245G.10 STAFF REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Treatment director. A license holder must have a treatment director.

§ Subd. 2. Alcohol and drug counselor supervisor. A license holder must employ an alcohol and drug counselor supervisor who meets the requirements of section 245G.11 , subdivision 4. An individual may be simultaneously employed as a treatment director, alcohol and drug counselor supervisor, and an alcohol and drug counselor if the individual meets the qualifications for each position. If an alcohol and drug counselor is simultaneously employed as an alcohol and drug counselor supervisor or treatment director, that individual must be considered a 0.5 full-time equivalent alcohol and drug counselor for staff requirements under subdivision 4.

§ Subd. 3. Responsible staff member. A treatment director must designate a staff member who, when present in the facility, is responsible for the delivery of treatment service. A license holder must have a designated staff member during all hours of operation. A license holder providing room and board and treatment at the same site must have a responsible staff member on duty 24 hours a day. The designated staff member must know and understand the implications of this chapter, sections 245A.65 , 626.557 , and 626.5572 , and chapter 260E.

§ Subd. 4. Staff requirement. It is the responsibility of the license holder to determine an acceptable group size based on each client's needs. Group counseling shall not exceed 16 clients. The license holder must maintain a record that documents compliance with this subdivision.

§ Subd. 5. Medical emergency. When a client is present, a license holder must have at least one staff member on the premises who has a current American Red Cross standard first aid certificate or an equivalent certificate and at least one staff member on the premises who has a current American Red Cross community, American Heart Association, or equivalent CPR certificate. A single staff member with both certifications satisfies this requirement.

§ Subd. 6. Notification to commissioner of changes in key staff positions. A license holder must notify the commissioner within five business days of a change or vacancy in a key staff position. The key positions are a treatment director as required by subdivision 1, an alcohol and drug counselor supervisor as required by subdivision 2, and a registered nurse as required by section 245G.08, subdivision 5 , paragraph (c). The license holder must notify the commissioner of the staffing change on a form approved by the commissioner and include the name of the staff person now assigned to the key staff position and the staff person's qualifications for the position. The license holder must notify the program licensor of a vacancy to discuss how the duties of the key staff position will be fulfilled during the vacancy.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.355 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.355
§ 504B.355 FORM OF VERDICT.
Status: in_force

The verdict of the jury or the finding of the court in favor of the plaintiff in an eviction action shall be substantially in the following form:

At a court held at ....., on the ..... day of ....., year ....., before ....., a judge in and for the county of ..... in an action between ....., plaintiff, and ....., defendant, the jury (or, if the action be tried without a jury, the court) find that the facts alleged in the complaint are true, and the plaintiff shall recover possession of the premises and the defendant(s) shall vacate the premises immediately.

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If the verdict or finding is for the defendant, it shall be sufficient to find that the facts alleged in the complaint are not true.
Minn. Stat. § 345.33 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 345 / Section 345.33
§ 345.33 UNCLAIMED FUNDS HELD BY LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

(a) Unclaimed funds, as defined in this section, held and owing by a life insurance corporation shall be presumed abandoned if the last known address, according to the records of the corporation, of the person entitled to the funds is within this state. If a person other than the insured or annuitant is entitled to the funds and no address of such person is known to the corporation or if it is not definite and certain from the records of the corporation what person is entitled to the funds, it is presumed that the last known address of the person entitled to the funds is the same as the last known address of the insured or annuitant according to the records of the corporation.

(b) "Unclaimed funds," as used in this section, means all moneys held and owing by any life insurance corporation unclaimed and unpaid for more than three years after the moneys became due and payable as established from the records of the corporation under any life or endowment insurance policy or annuity contract which has matured. A life insurance policy not matured by actual proof of the death of the insured is deemed to be matured and the proceeds thereof are deemed to be due and payable if such policy was in force when the insured attained the limiting age under the mortality table on which the reserve is based, unless the person appearing entitled thereto has within the preceding three years, (1) assigned, readjusted or paid premiums on the policy, or subjected the policy to loan, or (2) corresponded in writing with the life insurance corporation concerning the policy. Moneys or drafts otherwise payable according to the records of the corporation are deemed due and payable although the policy or contract has not been surrendered as required.
Minn. Stat. § 336.5-101 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.5-101
§ 336.5-101 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code-Letters of Credit.
Minn. Stat. § 508.48 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.48
§ 508.48 INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING TITLE FILED WITH REGISTRAR; NOTICE.
Status: in_force

(a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, or judgment, or other instrument or proceeding, which would affect the title to unregistered land under existing laws, if recorded, or filed with the county recorder, shall, in like manner, affect the title to registered land if filed and registered with the registrar in the county where the real estate is situated, and shall be notice to all persons from the time of such registering or filing of the interests therein created. Neither the reference in a registered instrument to an unregistered instrument or interest nor the joinder in a registered instrument by a party or parties with no registered interest shall constitute notice, either actual or constructive, of an unregistered interest.

(b) An instrument acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section 358.52 on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is otherwise entitled to be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a representative capacity is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358 , without further inquiry into the authority of the person making the acknowledgment.
Minn. Stat. § 345.56 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 345 / Section 345.56
§ 345.56 RULES.
Status: in_force

The commissioner is hereby authorized to make necessary rules to carry out the provisions of sections 345.31 to 345.60 .
Minn. Stat. § 97B.401 — MN Code / Part 97_102 / Chapter 97B / Section 97B.401
§ 97B.401 BEAR LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not take bear without a bear license except as provided in section 97B.415 to protect property.

(b) A person may not place bait for bears on or after the Friday nearest August 14 unless the person has a bear license or is operating under the direction of a person with a valid bear license.

(c) An application for a bear license must be made in the manner prescribed by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 application fee. A person may not make more than one application for each season. 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.
Minn. Stat. § 241.105 — MN Code / Part 241_244 / Chapter 241 / Section 241.105
§ 241.105 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS; INMATE DISCHARGE PLANNING.
Status: in_force

Money received by the commissioner of corrections from the Social Security Administration as a result of the incentive payment agreement under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, Public Law 104-193, section 1611(e)(1), and Public Law 106-170, section 202(x)(3), is appropriated to the commissioner of corrections for discharge planning for inmates with mental illness.
Minn. Stat. § 62T.025 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62T / Section 62T.025
§ 62T.025 EMPLOYER-MEMBER CONTRIBUTION.
Status: in_force

If an employer-member of a purchasing alliance can demonstrate that the member has not offered employee health coverage for a year or more, the member may contribute 25 percent or more of the cost of employee coverage for up to 36 months. This provision only applies to rural purchasing alliances organized under this chapter and operating prior to May 1, 2000. The affected purchasing alliances may develop membership criteria which disallow an employer contribution below 50 percent.