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Minn. Stat. § 10.597 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 10 / Section 10.597
§ 10.597 AMERICAN ALLIES DAY.
Status: in_force

(a) June 30 of each year is designated American Allies Day for the purpose of honoring foreign-born persons who fought in conflicts around the world on behalf of and alongside the United States armed forces.

(b) Each year the governor shall issue a proclamation honoring this observance.

(c) Schools are encouraged to offer instruction on the role of America's allies during its military conflicts, including but not limited to sharing the stories of those who fought for freedom and democracy against tyranny and despotism with special emphasis on those who fought on behalf of American allies or alongside American armed forces and later emigrated to Minnesota.
Minn. Stat. § 38.15 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 38 / Section 38.15
§ 38.15 SITES AND BUILDINGS.
Status: in_force

The county board in any county may appropriate money for the purpose of procuring a suitable site and erecting on it a suitable county building, for the building or repairing of a race track and for grading and improving the grounds, to be used in connection with a county fair, but the site and the building and improvements remain the property of the county, and the appropriation shall be used only for the purpose of acquiring the site and building and grading and for the necessary care, repair, maintenance, and upkeep thereof.
Minn. Stat. § 501C.1302 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 501C / Section 501C.1302
§ 501C.1302 ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SIGNATURES.
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 501C.0101 to 501C.1208 governing the legal effect, validity, or enforceability of electronic records or electronic signatures, and of contracts formed or performed with the use of such records or signatures, conform to the requirements of section 102 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, United States Code, title 15, section 7002, and supersede, modify, and limit the requirements of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Minn. Stat. § 300.68 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 300 / Section 300.68
§ 300.68 VALIDATION OF PRIOR GIFTS.
Status: in_force

Sections 300.66 and 300.67 do not invalidate contributions or gifts made before March 22, 1949 by a corporation. All contributions or gifts made by corporations prior to that date are as valid as if made after that date.
Minn. Stat. § 299C.64 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299C / Section 299C.64
§ 299C.64 BUREAU IMMUNITY.
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise arise under sections 299C.60 to 299C.63 , based on the accuracy or completeness of any records it receives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, if the bureau acts in good faith.
Minn. Stat. § 276.07 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 276 / Section 276.07
§ 276.07 UNDIVIDED INTEREST; PAYMENT AND RECEIPT.
Status: in_force

A person holding an undivided interest in taxable real property, including mortgagees, lessees, and others, who by law or contract are required or entitled to pay taxes to protect any right, title, interest, claim, or lien held by them in, to, or upon it, may pay the taxes on the undivided interests. The county treasurer may issue a receipt for the amount paid and specify the interest paid. The treasurer shall enter on the tax list the name of the person who paid the taxes and the undivided interest, and shall report the payment and nature of the interest to the county auditor. If the taxes have been paid, the undivided interests are exempt from proceedings to enforce the collection of the same tax against other undivided interests upon which the tax has not been paid. The tax upon the undivided interests upon which the taxes have not been paid must be collected as though the undivided interests were a separate description.
Minn. Stat. § 626.04 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 626 / Section 626.04
§ 626.04 PROPERTY; SEIZURE, KEEPING, AND DISPOSAL.
Status: in_force

(a) When any officer seizes, with or without warrant, any property or thing, it shall be safely kept by direction of the court as long as necessary for the purpose of being produced as evidence on any trial. If the owner of the property makes a written request to the seizing officer's agency for return of the property, and the property has not been returned within 48 hours of the request, excluding Saturday, Sunday, or legal holidays, the person whose property has been seized may file a petition for the return of the property in the district court in the district in which the property was seized. The court administrator shall provide a form for use as a petition under this section. A filing fee, equal to the civil motion filing fee, shall be required for filing the petition. The district court shall send a copy of the petition to the agency acting as custodian of the property with at least ten days' notice of a hearing date. A hearing on the petition shall be held within 30 days of filing unless good cause is shown for an extension of time. The determination of the petition must be without jury trial and by a simple and informal procedure. At the hearing, the court may receive relevant evidence on any issue of fact necessary to the decision on the petition without regard to whether the evidence would be admissible under the Minnesota Rules of Evidence. The court shall allow if requested, or on its own motion may require, the custodian or the custodian's designee to summarize the status and progress of an ongoing investigation that led to the seizure. Any such summary shall be done ex parte and only the custodian, the custodian's designee, and their attorneys may be present with the court and court staff. The court shall seal the ex parte record. After a hearing, the court shall not order the return if it finds that:

(1) the property is being held in good faith as potential evidence in any matter, charged or uncharged;

(2) the property may be subject to forfeiture proceedings;

(3) the property is contraband or may contain contraband; or

(4) the property is subject to other lawful retention.

(b) The court shall make findings on each of these issues as part of its order. If the property is ordered returned, the petitioner shall not be liable for any storage costs incurred from the date the petition was filed. If the petition is denied, the court may award reasonable costs and attorney fees. After the trial for which the property was being held as potential evidence, and the expiration date for all associated appeals, the property or thing shall, unless otherwise subject to lawful detention, be returned to its owner or any other person entitled to possess it. Any property or thing seized may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of under the direction of the court. Any money found in gambling devices when seized shall be paid into the county treasury. If the gambling devices are seized by a police officer of a municipality, the money shall be paid into the treasury of the municipality.
Minn. Stat. § 148.266 — MN Code / Part 144_159 / Chapter 148 / Section 148.266
§ 148.266 DISCIPLINARY RECORD ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Status: in_force

Upon judicial review of any board disciplinary action taken under sections 148.171 to 148.285 , the reviewing court shall seal the administrative record, except for the board's final decision, and shall not make the administrative record available to the public.
Minn. Stat. § 363A.16 — MN Code / Part 363_363A / Chapter 363A / Section 363A.16
§ 363A.16 CREDIT DISCRIMINATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Personal or commercial credit. It is an unfair discriminatory practice to discriminate in the extension of personal or commercial credit to a person, or in the requirements for obtaining credit, because of race, color, creed, religion, disability, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, or marital status, or due to the receipt of federal, state, or local public assistance including medical assistance.

§ Subd. 2. Personal or commercial credit; tenant on assistance. It is an unfair discriminatory practice to discriminate in the extension of personal or commercial credit against any person who is a tenant receiving federal, state, or local housing subsidies, including rental assistance or rent supplements because the person is a recipient of those subsidies or assistance.

§ Subd. 3. Credit card issuer. It is an unfair discriminatory practice for a credit card issuer to refuse to issue a credit card to a woman under her current or former surname unless there is an intent to defraud or mislead, except that a credit card issuer may require that a woman requesting a card under a former surname open a separate account in that name. A credit card issuer may also require disclosure of any other names under which the credit card applicant may have a credit history.
Minn. Stat. § 325D.48 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325D / Section 325D.48
§ 325D.48 CITATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 325D.43 to 325D.48 may be cited as the "Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act."
Minn. Stat. § 518C.703 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 518C / Section 518C.703
§ 518C.703 RELATIONSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES TO UNITED STATES CENTRAL AUTHORITY.
Status: in_force

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families of this state is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the convention.
Minn. Stat. § 48.48 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 48 / Section 48.48
§ 48.48 REPORTS TO COMMISSIONER.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Submission and publication. At least four times in each year, and at any other time when so requested by the commissioner, every bank or trust company shall, within 30 days of the date of notice, make and transmit to the commissioner or to the commissioner's designee, in a form the commissioner prescribes, a report, attested to in the official minutes of its directors, stating in detail, under appropriate heads, as required by the commissioner, its assets and liabilities at the close of business on the day specified in the request. The commissioner may accept a report made to a federal authority having supervision of banks or trust companies in fulfilling this requirement. That portion of the report constituting the statement of assets, liabilities, and capital and statement of income and expenses must be made available to the public within 45 days of the notice at every location of the bank or trust company including detached facilities and trust service offices.

§ Subd. 2. Penalties for late submission. For failure to send these reports to the commissioner or to the commissioner's designee in the time specified, a bank or trust company shall forfeit to the state the sum of $25 for each day of delay and shall pay the accumulated sum to the commissioner upon a formal demand for payment by the commissioner. If it appears that a report was transmitted by a bank or trust company on or before the end of the 30-day period, the commissioner shall waive any forfeit. In the event it does not appear that a report was timely transmitted, the commissioner may nevertheless waive forfeit upon a showing by the bank or trust company to the satisfaction of the commissioner that failure to send the reports was the result of causes beyond the control of the bank or trust company.
Minn. Stat. § 308C.911 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 308C / Section 308C.911
§ 308C.911 REVOCATION OF DISSOLUTION PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Authority to revoke. Dissolution proceedings may be revoked before the articles of dissolution are filed with the secretary of state.

§ Subd. 2. Revocation by members. The president may call a member meeting to consider the advisability of revoking the dissolution proceedings. The question of the proposed revocation shall be submitted to the members at the member meeting called to consider the revocation. The dissolution proceedings are revoked if the proposed revocation is approved at the member meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership of record in the cooperative or, for a cooperative with articles or bylaws requiring a greater number of affirmative votes, the number of memberships required by the articles or bylaws.

§ Subd. 3. Filing with secretary of state. Revocation of dissolution proceedings is effective when a notice of revocation is filed with the secretary of state. After the notice is filed, the cooperative may resume business.
Minn. Stat. § 601.01 — MN Code / Part 595_603 / Chapter 601 / Section 601.01
§ 601.01 PROOF OF LOSS.
Status: in_force

When a party to an action is permitted to prove by the party's own oath the loss of any instrument, in order to admit other proof of the contents thereof, the adverse party, before the admission of such proof, may also be examined on oath to disprove such loss and to account for such instrument.
Minn. Stat. § 325C.08 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325C / Section 325C.08
§ 325C.08 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

Sections 325C.01 to 325C.07 may be cited as the "Uniform Trade Secrets Act."
Minn. Stat. § 13.791 — MN Code / Part 13_13C / Chapter 13 / Section 13.791
§ 13.791 REHABILITATION DATA.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. Unless the data is summary data or is otherwise classified by statute or federal law, all data collected and maintained by the Department of Labor and Industry or the Department of Employment and Economic Development that pertain to individuals applying for or receiving rehabilitation services is private data on individuals.

§ Subd. 2. Harmful data. Medical, psychological, or other rehabilitation data determined to be harmful to the individual by either the commissioner of labor and industry or the commissioner of employment and economic development shall not be released directly to the individual but must be provided through the individual's legal representative, a physician, or a psychological practitioner.

§ Subd. 3. Data on blind vendors. The commissioner of employment and economic development may release the name, business address, and business telephone number of an individual licensed under section 248.07, subdivision 8 . The State Committee of Blind Vendors organized in accordance with Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 395.14, has access to private data in the Department of Employment and Economic Development on an individual licensed under section 248.07, subdivision 8 , to the extent necessary to complete its duties.
Minn. Stat. § 448.23 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 448 / Section 448.23
§ 448.23 COMPENSATION FOR LAND CONDEMNED FOR PARKS.
Status: in_force

When any city of the first class in this state, shall cause to be condemned any land for public parks or parkway purposes, it shall thereupon cause to be paid to the owner of this property the amount of damages, over and above all benefits, which may have been awarded therefor, within one year after confirmation of the award or assessment, or the final determination of any appeals therefor, with interest at the rate of five percent per annum, but nothing in sections 448.23 to 448.25 shall take away any existing right to annul and abandon the proceedings.
Minn. Stat. § 3.08 — MN Code / Part 3_3E / Chapter 3 / Section 3.08
§ 3.08 ELECTION; DUTIES.
Status: in_force

In addition to the duties prescribed by law, the officers and employees shall perform the services required of them by rule or vote of the appointing body or by direction of a committee of the appointing body.
Minn. Stat. § 354.095 — MN Code / Part 352_356B / Chapter 354 / Section 354.095
§ 354.095 MEDICAL LEAVE.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon granting a medical leave, an employing unit must certify the leave to the association on a form specified by the executive director. A member of the association who is on an authorized medical leave of absence is entitled to receive allowable service credit, not to exceed five years, for the period of leave, upon making the prescribed payment to the fund under section 354.72 . A member may not receive more than one year of allowable service credit during any fiscal year by making payment under this section. A member may not receive disability benefits under section 354.48 and receive allowable service credit under this section for the same period of time.

(b) The executive director shall reject an application for disability benefits under section 354.48 if the member is applying only because an employer-sponsored provider of private disability insurance benefits requires the application and the member would not have applied for disability benefits in the absence of the requirement. The member shall submit a copy of the disability insurance policy that requires an application for disability benefits from the plan if the member wishes to assert that the application is only being submitted because of the disability insurance policy requirement.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any agreement to the contrary, employee and employer contributions may not be made to receive allowable service credit under this section if the member does not retain the right to full reinstatement both during and at the end of the medical leave.
Minn. Stat. § 287.035 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 287 / Section 287.035
§ 287.035 IMPOSITION OF TAX.
Status: in_force

A tax is imposed on the privilege of recording a mortgage. The tax rate is .0023 of the debt or portion of a debt that is secured by any recorded mortgage of real property located in this state. The person liable for the tax is the mortgagor. The tax is not imposed on the lawful interest amounts that may accrue with respect to a debt.
Minn. Stat. § 504B.181 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 504B / Section 504B.181
§ 504B.181 LANDLORD OR AGENT DISCLOSURE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Disclosure to tenant. There shall be disclosed to the residential tenant either in the rental agreement or otherwise in writing prior to commencement of the tenancy the name and address of: (1) the person authorized to manage the premises; and (2) the landlord of the premises or an agent authorized by the landlord to accept service of process and receive and give receipt for notices and demands.

§ Subd. 2. Posting of notice. (a) A printed or typewritten notice containing the information which must be disclosed under subdivision 1 shall be placed in a conspicuous place on the premises. This subdivision is complied with if notices posted in compliance with other statutes or ordinances contain the information required by this section. (b) Unless the landlord is required to post a notice by section 471.9995 , the landlord shall also place a notice in a conspicuous place on the property that states that a copy of the statement required by section 504B.275 is available from the attorney general to any residential tenant upon request.

§ Subd. 3. Service of process. If subdivisions 1 and 2 have not been complied with and a person desiring to make service of process upon or give a notice or demand to the landlord does not know the name and address of the landlord or the landlord's agent, as that term is used in subdivision 1, then a caretaker or manager of the premises or an individual to whom rental payments for the premises are made shall be deemed to be an agent authorized to accept service of process and receive and give receipt for notices and demands on behalf of the landlord. In case of service of process upon or receipt of notice or demand by a person who is deemed to be an agent pursuant to this subdivision, this person shall give the process, notice, or demand, or a copy thereof, to the landlord personally or shall send it by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the landlord at the landlord's last known address.

§ Subd. 4. Information required for maintenance of action. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, no action to recover rent or possession of the premises shall be maintained unless the information required by this section has been disclosed to the tenant in the manner provided in this section, or unless the information required by this section is known by or has been disclosed to the tenant at least 30 days prior to the initiation of such action. Failure by the landlord to post a notice required by subdivision 2, paragraph (b), or section 471.9995 shall not prevent any action to recover rent or possession of the premises.

§ Subd. 5. Notice to landlord. Any residential tenant who moves from or subleases the premises without giving the landlord at least 30 days written notice shall void any provision of this section as to that tenant.

§ Subd. 6. Successors. This section extends to and is enforceable against any successor landlord or individual to whom rental payments for the premises are made.
Minn. Stat. § 216B.029 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216B / Section 216B.029
§ 216B.029 STANDARDS FOR DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Standards. (a) The commission and each cooperative electric association and municipal utility shall adopt standards for safety, reliability, and service quality for distribution utilities. Standards for cooperative electric associations and municipal utilities should be as consistent as possible with the commission standards. (b) Reliability standards must be based on the system average interruption frequency index, system average interruption duration index, and customer average interruption duration index measurement indices. Service quality standards must specify, if technically and administratively feasible: (1) average call center response time; (2) customer disconnection rate; (3) meter-reading frequency; (4) complaint resolution response time; (5) service extension request response time; (6) recording of service and circuit interrupter data; (7) summary reporting; (8) historical reliability performance reporting; (9) notices of interruptions of bulk power supply facilities and other interruptions of power; and (10) customer complaints. (c) Minimum performance standards developed under this section must treat similarly situated distribution systems similarly and recognize differing characteristics of system design and hardware. (d) Electric distribution utilities shall comply with all applicable governmental and industry standards required for the safety, design, construction, and operation of electric distribution facilities, including section 326B.35 .

§ Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (a) The "system average interruption frequency index" is the average number of interruptions per customer per year. It is determined by dividing the total annual number of customer interruptions by the average number of customers served during the year. (b) The "system average interruption duration index" is the average customer-minutes of interruption per customer. It is determined by dividing the annual sum of customer-minutes of interruption by the average number of customers served during the year. (c) The "customer average interruption duration index" is the average customer-minutes of interruption per customer interruption. It approximates the average length of time required to complete service restoration. It is determined by dividing the annual sum of all customer-minutes of interruption durations by the annual number of customer interruptions.
Minn. Stat. § 299F.055 — MN Code / Part 299A_299N / Chapter 299F / Section 299F.055
§ 299F.055 CONFIDENTIAL DATA; EVIDENCE.
Status: in_force

Any data received pursuant to sections 299F.052 to 299F.057 by an authorized person or insurance company shall be confidential data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 3 until its release is required pursuant to a criminal or civil proceeding.