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Minn. Stat. § 53B.55 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 53B / Section 53B.55
§ 53B.55 REFUNDS.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to:

(1) money received for transmission that is subject to the federal remittance rule under Code of Federal Regulations, title 12, part 1005, subpart B, as amended or recodified from time to time; or

(2) money received for transmission pursuant to a written agreement between the licensee and payee to process payments for goods or services provided by the payee.

(b) A licensee must refund to the sender within ten days of the date the licensee receives the sender's written request for a refund of any and all money received for transmission, unless:

(1) the money has been forwarded within ten days of the date on which the money was received for transmission;

(2) instructions have been given committing an equivalent amount of money to the person designated by the sender within ten days of the date on which the money was received for transmission;

(3) the agreement between the licensee and the sender instructs the licensee to forward the money at a time that is beyond ten days of the date on which the money was received for transmission. If money has not been forwarded in accordance with the terms of the agreement between the licensee and the sender, the licensee must issue a refund in accordance with the other provisions of this section; or

(4) the refund is requested for a transaction that the licensee has not completed based on a reasonable belief or a reasonable basis to believe that a crime or violation of law, rule, or regulation has occurred, is occurring, or may occur.

(c) A refund request does not enable the licensee to identify:

(1) the sender's name and address or telephone number; or

(2) the particular transaction to be refunded in the event the sender has multiple transactions outstanding.
Minn. Stat. § 192A.51 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192A / Section 192A.51
§ 192A.51 IMPROPER USE OF COUNTERSIGN.
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who, during a time when the state military forces are engaged with the enemy, discloses the parole or countersign or code word to any person not entitled to receive it, or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign a different parole or countersign from that which, to that person's knowledge, the person was authorized and required to give, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Minn. Stat. § 554.17 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 554 / Section 554.17
§ 554.17 CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

Sections 554.07 to 554.19 must be broadly construed and applied to protect the exercise of the right of freedom of speech and of the press, the right to assemble and petition, and the right of association, guaranteed by the United States Constitution or Minnesota Constitution.
Minn. Stat. § 473F.03 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473F / Section 473F.03
§ 473F.03 ADMINISTRATIVE AUDITOR.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Election of administrative auditor. On or before July 1 of 1972 and each subsequent even-numbered year the auditors of the counties within the area shall meet at the call of the auditor of Hennepin County and elect from among their number one auditor to serve as administrative auditor for a period of two years and until a successor is elected. If a majority is unable to agree upon a person to serve as administrative auditor, the commissioner of management and budget shall appoint one from among the auditors of the counties in the area. If the administrative auditor ceases to serve as a county auditor within the area during the term for which elected or appointed, a successor shall be chosen in the same manner as is provided herein for the original selection, to serve for the unexpired term.

§ Subd. 2. Staff; facilities; reimbursement. The administrative auditor shall utilize the staff and facilities of the auditor's office of the county served to perform the functions imposed by sections 473F.01 to 473F.13 . The administrative auditor's county shall be reimbursed for the marginal expenses incurred by its county auditor and auditor's staff hereunder by contributions from each other county in the area in an amount which bears the same proportion to the total expenses as the population of the other county bears to the total population of the area. The administrative auditor shall annually, on or before February 1, certify the amounts of total expense for the preceding calendar year, and the share of each county, to the treasurer of each other county. Payment shall be made by the treasurer of each other county to the treasurer of the county incurring expense on or before the succeeding March 1.
Minn. Stat. § 348.13 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 348 / Section 348.13
§ 348.13 BOUNTIES PAID BY TOWNS, REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

The four feet of striped and gray gophers and woodchucks, and both front feet of pocket gophers shall be produced to the chair of the town board of the town where they were killed, and if the chair shall be satisfied that they were killed within the designated territory and by the person producing them, the chair shall certify to the county auditor the number of each kind so killed. The certificate shall be issued by the chair of the town board at the end of each month and shall show the names of all persons entitled to bounty for the preceding month, the number of each kind of animals killed, and the amount of bounty that each person is entitled to receive. The county auditor shall issue thereon a warrant on the county treasurer payable to the chair of the town board who issued the certificate, for the full amount of the bounty allowed by law according to the certificate, and upon receipt of the warrant the chair shall pay the proper persons the bounty allowed by law for the preceding month.

The chair to whom such feet are produced shall immediately cause such feet to be destroyed.

Any town board may also offer a bounty for the destruction of the animals described in section 348.12 and adopt rules for the payment thereof, which bounty so offered by a town shall be in addition to any bounty which may be offered by the board of county commissioners.

The town board of any town located in any county having over 45,000 and less than 49,000 inhabitants according to the 1950 federal census, may by resolution require that the tail instead of the feet of striped, gray and pocket gophers be produced.
Minn. Stat. § 315.34 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.34
§ 315.34 CONSOLIDATION OF RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS.
Status: in_force

Two or more incorporated churches, congregations, parishes, or religious societies, or an incorporated parish and an incorporated cathedral, may consolidate and reorganize as a single church, congregation, parish, cathedral, or religious society by complying with the provisions of this chapter for the formation of a church, congregation, parish, cathedral, or society.
Minn. Stat. § 325F.981 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325F / Section 325F.981
§ 325F.981 CHECK CASHING PRACTICES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Provision of credit card number. A person shall not require as a condition of acceptance of a check, or as a means of identification, that the person presenting the check provide a credit card number.

§ Subd. 2. Display without recordation. Subdivision 1 does not prohibit a person from requesting the person presenting the check to display a credit card, but the only information concerning a credit card which may be recorded is the type and issuer of the credit card and the expiration date. Subdivision 1 does not require acceptance of a check whether or not a credit card is presented.

§ Subd. 3. Exception. A person may require production of and may record a credit card number as a condition for cashing a check only if: (1) the person requesting the card number has agreed with the issuer to cash or accept checks from the issuer's cardholders; (2) the issuer has agreed to guarantee cardholder checks cashed or accepted by that person; and (3) the cardholder has given actual, apparent, or implied authority for use of the card number in this manner and for this purpose.
Minn. Stat. § 65B.162 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 65B / Section 65B.162
§ 65B.162 NOTICE OF POSSIBLE CANCELLATION.
Status: in_force

A written notice shall be provided to all applicants for private passenger insurance, at the time the application is submitted, containing the following language in bold print: "THE INSURER MAY ELECT TO CANCEL COVERAGE AT ANY TIME DURING THE FIRST 59 DAYS FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF THE COVERAGE FOR ANY REASON WHICH IS NOT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY STATUTE."
Minn. Stat. § 383C.75 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 383C / Section 383C.75
§ 383C.75 AUTOMOBILE GARAGE AND REPAIR SHOP.
Status: in_force

The St. Louis County Board, whenever it determines it to be necessary and for the best interests of the county, may erect and maintain on the courthouse grounds at the county seat, an automobile storage garage and repair shop with such equipment therein as may be found necessary by the county board, and without submitting the proposition to a vote of the people of said county, for the purpose of storing therein automobiles, trucks, and other equipment owned and used by the county in road work and for other purposes; and to pay the cost of erecting and equipping the building out of the general fund and the road and bridge fund of the county in the same manner as other general expenses of the county are paid.
Minn. Stat. § 16B.287 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16B / Section 16B.287
§ 16B.287 DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS FROM SURPLUS STATE-OWNED LAND.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Sale proceeds credited to general fund. Money received from the sale of surplus state-owned land according to sections 16B.281 to 16B.287 shall be credited to the general fund except as provided in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Use of sale proceeds. A portion of the proceeds from the sale equal in amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses incurred by the commissioner of administration or other state official in rendering the property salable shall be remitted to the account from which the expenses were paid and are appropriated and immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as other money in the account.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.095 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326B / Section 326B.095
§ 326B.095 INCOMPLETE LICENSE APPLICATIONS.
Status: in_force

This section applies to both applications for initial licenses and license renewal applications. If the department determines that an application is incomplete, the department must notify the applicant of the deficiencies that must be corrected in order to complete the application. The department must receive the corrected application within 30 days after the date the department notified the applicant of the deficiencies that must be corrected. If the application is for license renewal and the department receives the corrected application after the license has expired, then the corrected application must be accompanied by the late fee.
Minn. Stat. § 308B.901 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308B / Section 308B.901
§ 308B.901 METHODS OF DISSOLUTION.
Status: in_force

A cooperative may be dissolved by the members or by order of the court.
Minn. Stat. § 524.2-704 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.2-704
§ 524.2-704 POWER OF APPOINTMENT; MEANING OF SPECIFIC REFERENCE REQUIREMENT.
Status: in_force

If a governing instrument creating a power of appointment expressly requires that the power be exercised by a reference, an express reference, or a specific reference, to the power or its source, it is presumed that the donor's intention, in requiring that the donee exercise the power by making reference to the particular power or to the creating instrument, was to prevent an inadvertent exercise of the power and an attempt to exercise the power by a donee who had knowledge of and intended to exercise the power is effective.
Minn. Stat. § 168A.16 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 168A / Section 168A.16
§ 168A.16 INAPPLICABLE LIEN OR SECURITY INTEREST.
Status: in_force

(a) Sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 do not apply to or affect:

(1) a lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle;

(2) a lien given by statute to the United States;

(3) a security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the vehicle for sale.

(b) Sections 168A.17 to 168A.19 do not apply to or affect a lien given by statute or assignment to this state or any political subdivision of this state.
Minn. Stat. § 501B.45 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501B / Section 501B.45
§ 501B.45 SALE OF BANKS OWNED BY CHARITABLE TRUSTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, "charitable trust" means a charitable trust subject to supervision by the attorney general under the Supervision of Charitable Trusts and Trustees Act, sections 501B.33 to 501B.45 , that is required to divest excess business holdings by section 4943 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that owned 100 percent of a bank holding company on May 26, 1969, the date of enactment of section 4943 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

§ Subd. 2. Authorization. The stock or assets of one or more banks or a bank holding company owned directly or indirectly by a charitable trust may be sold, assigned, merged, or transferred by the charitable trust under the procedures in section 48.93 to a bank holding company, bank, or other qualified entity as permitted by applicable banking laws without regard to whether the entity acquiring the stock or assets is located in a reciprocating state.

§ Subd. 3. Legislative intent. It is the express intention of the Minnesota legislature to act pursuant to United States Code, title 12, section 1842(d), to permit certain charitable trusts to sell, assign, or transfer certain financial institutions' assets without regard to whether the entity acquiring the assets of the charitable trust is located outside of this state.

§ Subd. 4. Additional acquisitions. A bank holding company, other than a reciprocating state bank holding company as defined in section 48.92, subdivision 8 , that directly or indirectly acquires control of a bank located in this state under the provisions of this section may acquire additional bank assets through the expenditure of an annual amount not to exceed five percent of the Minnesota assets of the acquired bank holding company as of December 31 of the preceding year. The restrictions within this subdivision apply only until the bank holding company making an acquisition under this section becomes a reciprocating state bank holding company. This section does not prohibit the bank holding company from being granted a charter for a de novo bank or from establishing de novo detached facilities pursuant to Minnesota law.
Minn. Stat. § 192.41 — MN Code / Part 190_195 / Chapter 192 / Section 192.41
§ 192.41 STATE QUARTERMASTER AND PROPERTY OFFICER.
Status: in_force

The state quartermaster shall be the property officer of the state and as such shall have charge of and be accountable for, under the adjutant general, all the state military property and shall make such property returns and reports on the same as the governor may direct. The quartermaster shall be under bond to the state to such amount as the governor may deem necessary.
Minn. Stat. § 336.4-504 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.4-504
§ 336.4-504 PRIVILEGE OF PRESENTING BANK TO DEAL WITH GOODS; SECURITY INTEREST FOR EXPENSES.
Status: in_force

(a) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner.

(b) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subsection (a), the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller's lien.
Minn. Stat. § 558A.07 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 558A / Section 558A.07
§ 558A.07 COMPLAINT.
Status: in_force

The complaint shall particularly set forth the interests of all persons in the property, whether by way of ownership or lien, so far as known to the plaintiff; and if any such person, or the person's share or interest, is unknown to the plaintiff, or is uncertain or contingent, or the ownership of the inheritance depends upon an executory devise, or there is a contingent remainder, so that such person cannot be named, that fact shall be set forth.
Minn. Stat. § 86B.705 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 86B / Section 86B.705
§ 86B.705 ALLOCATING WATER RECREATION ACCOUNT, FINES, AND FORFEITED BAIL MONEY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Water recreation account. (a) A portion of the money in the water recreation account shall be utilized by the commissioner of natural resources to implement this chapter and a portion shall be paid to counties and in an amount the commissioner shall determine and be used to defray the expenses of enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the expenses of a county sponsored or administered watercraft and swimming safety instructional program. (b) The commissioner may withhold up to $25,000 per biennium of the allocation for the purpose of payments to counties and other political subdivisions for specific boat and water safety projects beyond the capability of previously allocated funds. (c) Counties and other political subdivisions shall make application for payment of the funds on forms and for purposes as prescribed by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 2. Fines and bail money. (a) All fines, installment payments, and forfeited bail money collected from persons convicted of violating this chapter or rules adopted thereunder must be deposited in the state treasury. (b) Half the receipts must be credited to the general fund, and half the receipts must be credited to the water recreation account for the purpose of boat and water safety.
Minn. Stat. § 645.241 — MN Code / Part 645_648 / Chapter 645 / Section 645.241
§ 645.241 PUNISHMENT FOR PROHIBITED ACTS.
Status: in_force

When the performance of any act is prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in any statute, the doing of such act shall be a petty misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 326.76 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 326 / Section 326.76
§ 326.76 DUTIES OF CONTRACTING ENTITIES.
Status: in_force

A contracting entity intending to have asbestos-related work or asbestos management activity performed for its benefit shall include in the specifications and contracts for the work a requirement that the work be performed by contractors and subcontractors licensed or certified by the commissioner under sections 326.70 to 326.81 and in accordance with rules prescribed by the commissioner related to asbestos-related work and asbestos management activity. No contracting entity shall allow asbestos-related work or asbestos management activity to be performed for its benefit unless it has seen that the person has a valid license or certificate. A contracting entity's failure to comply with this section does not relieve a person from any responsibilities under sections 326.70 to 326.81 .
Minn. Stat. § 114C.27 — MN Code / Part 114C_116I / Chapter 114C / Section 114C.27
§ 114C.27 NO EFFECT ON OTHER RIGHTS.
Status: in_force

Sections 114C.20 to 114C.28 do not affect, impair, or alter:

(1) rights of a regulated entity that chooses not to participate, or is not eligible to participate, in the environmental improvement program; or

(2) rights of other persons relative to the matters addressed by the environmental improvement program.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.18 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.18
§ 216B.18 SERVICE OF NOTICE.
Status: in_force

Service of notice of all hearings, investigations, and proceedings pending before the commission and of complaints, reports, orders, and other documents must be made personally, by electronic service as provided in section 216.17 , or by mail as the commission may direct. Regulated utilities and state agencies must provide an electronic address to the commission for electronic service purposes and agree to accept electronic service as official service.
Minn. Stat. § 80F.12 — MN Code / Part 80B_81A / Chapter 80F / Section 80F.12
§ 80F.12 SECURITY DEPOSIT.
Status: in_force

A security deposit shall not be required except for the purpose of securing against loss of or damage to real or personal property or payment of money due to the supplier or credit extended to the dealer. Any security deposit required of the dealer may be satisfied by a letter of credit or the deposit of cash or a pledge of a savings account or its equivalent in a banking institution located in Minnesota. In the event that the security deposit is made by the dealer by depositing cash with the supplier, the deposit shall earn interest at the rate of six percent per year which shall accrue to the benefit of the dealer and be payable to the dealer upon termination of the security deposit, less any charges to which the supplier is entitled to collect from the security deposit or interest earned on it. In the event that the security deposit is made by the pledge of a savings account, a savings account shall be opened in the joint name of the supplier and the dealer and neither party shall be entitled to withdraw the funds without the consent of the other party; upon termination of the security deposit arrangement, the principal deposit together with accrued interest at the rate paid for the account shall be payable to the dealer after deduction of any charges to which the supplier may be entitled.
Minn. Stat. § 84.0285 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.0285
§ 84.0285 GAME AND FISH CITATION QUOTAS PROHIBITED.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of natural resources, or the director of the Division of Enforcement, may not order, mandate, require, or in any manner suggest, directly or indirectly, to a conservation officer that the conservation officer issue a certain number of game and fish law violations on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly quota basis.
Minn. Stat. § 16B.242 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16B / Section 16B.242
§ 16B.242 ENTERPRISE REAL PROPERTY ACCOUNT.
Status: in_force

The enterprise real property technology system and services account is created in the special revenue fund. Receipts credited to the account are appropriated to the commissioner of administration for the purpose of funding the personnel and technology to maintain the enterprise real property system and services.