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Minn. Stat. § 27.14 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 27 / Section 27.14
§ 27.14 RULES.
Status: in_force

In the manner provided by law, the commissioner, from time to time, shall make and publish uniform rules, not inconsistent with law, for carrying out and enforcing the provisions of sections 27.01 to 27.14 and 27.19 and governing the rates charged by, and the buying, selling, advertising and trading practices of, dealers at wholesale.
Minn. Stat. § 56.001 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 56 / Section 56.001
§ 56.001 DEFINITIONS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Terms. When used in this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them, unless their context requires a different meaning.

§ Subd. 2. Actuarial method. "Actuarial method" means the method of allocating payments made on a loan between the principal amount and interest whereby a payment is applied first to the accumulated interest and then to the unpaid principal amount.

§ Subd. 3. Applicable charge. "Applicable charge" means the amount of interest attributable to each monthly installment period of the loan contract. The applicable charge is computed as if each installment period were one month and any charge for extending the first installment period beyond one month, or reduction in charge for a first installment less than one month, is ignored. The applicable charge for any installment period is that which would have been made for the period had the loan been made on an interest-bearing basis at the single annual percentage rate permitted by section 56.131, subdivision 1 , based upon the assumption that all payments were made according to schedule. For convenience in computation, the licensee may round the single annual rate to the nearest one quarter of one percent.

§ Subd. 4. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2014 c 222 art 1 s 58 ]

§ Subd. 6. [Repealed, 2014 c 222 art 1 s 58 ]

§ Subd. 7. Precomputed loan. "Precomputed loan" means a loan in which the debt is a sum comprising the principal amount and the amount of interest computed actuarially in advance on the assumption that all scheduled payments will be made when due.

§ Subd. 8. Person. "Person" includes individuals, copartnerships, associations, and corporations.

§ Subd. 9. Principal amount. "Principal amount" means the amount of cash paid to, or paid or payable for, the account of the borrower.
Minn. Stat. § 508.80 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 508 / Section 508.80
§ 508.80 FRAUDULENT INSTRUMENT OR ENTRY; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

Whoever fraudulently procures, or assists in fraudulently procuring, or is privy to the fraudulent procurement of, any certificate of title or other instrument or of any entry in the register of titles, or other book kept in the office of any registrar, or of any erasure or alteration in any entry in any of these books, or in any instrument authorized by this chapter, or knowingly defrauds, or is privy to defrauding, any person by means of a false or fraudulent instrument, certificate, statement, or affidavit affecting registered land, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or by both.
Minn. Stat. § 572B.21 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 572B / Section 572B.21
§ 572B.21 REMEDIES; FEES AND EXPENSES OF ARBITRATION PROCEEDING.
Status: in_force

(a) An arbitrator may award punitive damages or other exemplary relief if such an award is authorized by law in a civil action involving the same claim and the evidence produced at the hearing justifies the award under the legal standards otherwise applicable to the claim.

(b) An arbitrator may award attorney fees and other reasonable expenses of arbitration if such an award is authorized by law in a civil action involving the same claim or by the agreement of the parties to the arbitration proceeding.

(c) As to all remedies other than those authorized by subsections (a) and (b), an arbitrator may order such remedies as the arbitrator considers just and appropriate under the circumstances of the arbitration proceeding. The fact that such a remedy could not or would not be granted by the court is not a ground for refusing to confirm an award under section 572B.22 or for vacating an award under section 572B.23 .

(d) An arbitrator's expenses and fees, together with other expenses, must be paid as provided in the award.

(e) If an arbitrator awards punitive damages or other exemplary relief under subsection (a), the arbitrator shall specify in the award the basis in fact justifying and the basis in law authorizing the award and state separately the amount of the punitive damages or other exemplary relief.
Minn. Stat. § 315.22 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 315 / Section 315.22
§ 315.22 EXISTING CHURCHES MAY INCORPORATE; REINCORPORATION; PROPERTY TO VEST.
Status: in_force

A church or society organized as such, and not incorporated, may become a corporation by executing, acknowledging, and having recorded with the proper officers a certificate of incorporation under this chapter. When it does, and when any existing religious corporation reincorporates under this chapter, property and franchises belonging to the society, or original corporation vest in the corporation so organized. Rights in pews possessed by members at the time of reorganization are not impaired. The board of trustees or other governing body of a reorganizing corporation, or their survivors, when requested by the governing board of the new corporation, shall convey to the new corporation, by sufficient deed, all property owned by it. The conveyance must recite the fact of reorganization, and pass title to the property described in it possessed by the corporation in whose behalf it is executed. It is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in it.
Minn. Stat. § 507.27 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.27
§ 507.27 COPY OF WILL AND ORDER ADMITTING TO PROBATE.
Status: in_force

An authenticated or certified copy of any will devising lands, or any interest therein, and the order admitting the will to probate, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands lie.
Minn. Stat. § 306.05 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 306 / Section 306.05
§ 306.05 LAND ACQUIRED FOR CEMETERY PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

Every such corporation may own, by purchase or gift, in the county where it is located and in an adjoining county, a maximum of 300 acres of land to be used and occupied exclusively for the burial or cremation of the dead and for other purposes necessary or proper to those purposes. Land required for that purpose must be surveyed and divided into lots of a size determined by the trustees, with the avenues, alleys, and walks they consider proper. A map of the survey must be filed with the county recorder of the county where the cemetery is located. When the corporation desires to enlarge its cemetery and cannot agree with the owners of the land desired for the cemetery, the land may be acquired under the power of eminent domain. However, public necessity, propriety, and convenience requiring the proposed enlargement, together with the boundaries of the cemetery, shall be first established and determined as issues of fact.
Minn. Stat. § 124D.123 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 124D / Section 124D.123
§ 124D.123 DIVISION OF CHILDREN INTO GROUPS.
Status: in_force

The board of any district operating a flexible learning year program in one or more of the facilities within the district must divide the students of each selected facility into as many groups as necessary to accommodate this program. Students of the same family must be placed in the same group unless one or more of these students is enrolled in a special education class or unless the parent or guardian of these students requests that the students be placed in different groups. No board may discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sex, or national origin when assigning pupils to attendance groups pursuant to this section.
Minn. Stat. § 72C.09 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72C / Section 72C.09
§ 72C.09 FLESCH SCALE ANALYSIS READABILITY SCORE, PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

A Flesch scale analysis readability score shall be measured as provided in this section.

(1) For contracts containing 10,000 words or less of text, the entire contract shall be analyzed. For contracts containing more than 10,000 words the readability of two 200 word samples per page may be analyzed in lieu of the entire contract. The samples shall be separated by at least 20 printed lines. For purposes of this clause a word shall be counted as five printed characters or spaces between characters.

(2)(a)(i) The number of words and sentences in the text shall be counted and the total number of words divided by the total number of sentences. The figure obtained shall be multiplied by a factor of 1.015.

(ii) The total number of syllables shall be counted and divided by the total number of words. The figure obtained shall be multiplied by a factor of 84.6.

(iii) The sum of the figures computed under (i) and (ii) subtracted from 206.835 equals the Flesch scale analysis readability score for the policy or contract.

(b) For purposes of clause (a) the following procedures shall be used:

(i) A contraction, hyphenated word, or numbers and letters, when separated by spaces, shall be counted as one word;

(ii) A unit of words ending with a period, semicolon or colon, but excluding headings, captions, and lists, shall be counted as a sentence; and

(iii) A syllable means a unit of spoken language consisting of one or more letters of a word as divided by an accepted dictionary. Where the dictionary shows two or more equally acceptable pronunciations of a word, the pronunciation containing fewer syllables may be used.
Minn. Stat. § 507.41 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.41
§ 507.41 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DISCHARGE.
Status: in_force

When any mortgagee, mortgagee's personal representative or assignee, upon full performance of the conditions of the mortgage, shall fail to discharge the same within ten days after being thereto requested and after tender of the mortgagee's reasonable charges therefor, that mortgagee shall be liable to the mortgagor, the mortgagor's heirs or assigns, for all actual damages thereby occasioned; and a claim for such damages may be asserted in an action for discharge of the mortgage. If the defendant be not a resident of the state, such action may be maintained upon the expiration of 60 days after the conditions of the mortgage have been performed, without such previous request or tender.
Minn. Stat. § 86B.341 — MN Code / Part 85_87A / Chapter 86B / Section 86B.341
§ 86B.341 DUTIES AND LIABILITIES AT ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Operator's duty at accident or incident. (a) The operator of a watercraft involved in an accident or incident resulting in injury or death to a person or in damage to property shall, if possible without serious danger to the watercraft or the persons aboard, immediately stop at the scene of the accident or incident and render assistance as may be practicable and necessary. (b) The operator must give the operator's name, address, and license number of the watercraft and the name and address of the owner of the watercraft to the person injured or the operator or occupants of the other watercraft or owner or occupant of the property involved. The operator must promptly report the accident or incident to the sheriff of the county where the accident or incident occurred. Sheriffs are required to report all accidents and incidents to the commissioner of natural resources, who must periodically transmit a summary of the reports to the commissioner of public safety, and transmit statistics on boating accidents and incidents to the United States Coast Guard.

§ Subd. 2. Owner's and operator's liability. (a) The owner and operator of a watercraft are jointly and severally liable for any injury or damage caused by the negligent operation of a watercraft whether the negligence consists of a violation of the provisions of the statutes of this state or neglecting to observe ordinary care in the operation as the common law requires. The owner is not liable if the watercraft is being operated without the owner's express or implied consent. It is presumed that the operation of a watercraft is with the knowledge and consent of the owner if at the time of the injury or damage the watercraft is under the control of the owner's spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, or other member of the owner's immediate family. (b) This subdivision may not be construed to: (1) relieve other persons from liability which the persons would otherwise have; or (2) authorize or allow recovery in excess of the injury or damage actually incurred.
Minn. Stat. § 325B.11 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 325B / Section 325B.11
§ 325B.11 MANAGEMENT.
Status: in_force

No brewer shall require or prohibit any change in management or personnel of any wholesaler unless the current or potential management or personnel fails to meet reasonable qualifications and standards required by the brewer.
Minn. Stat. § 327.67 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 327 / Section 327.67
§ 327.67 FILING OF ORDER.
Status: in_force

A secured party shall, in the manner provided by the Uniform Commercial Code of this state, record a certified copy of the court order returning possession of a manufactured home to the secured party to perfect title to the manufactured home in the secured party, except in cases of voluntary repossession.
Minn. Stat. § 290.431 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290 / Section 290.431
§ 290.431 NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.
Status: in_force

Every individual who files an income tax return or property tax refund claim form may designate on their original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be payable by or to that individual and paid into an account to be established for the management of nongame wildlife. The commissioner of revenue shall, on the income tax return and the property tax refund claim form, notify filers of their right to designate that a portion of their tax or refund shall be paid into the nongame wildlife management account. The sum of the amounts so designated to be paid shall be credited to the nongame wildlife management account for use by the nongame program in the Department of Natural Resources. All interest earned on money accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the program, and reimbursements of expenditures in the nongame wildlife management account shall be credited to the account by the commissioner of management and budget, except that gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner of natural resources and directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects or geographic areas shall be handled according to section 84.085 , subdivision 1.

The state pledges and agrees with all contributors to the nongame wildlife management account to use the funds contributed solely for the management of nongame wildlife projects and further agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available funds for the most efficient and effective management of nongame wildlife. The commissioner may use funds appropriated for nongame wildlife programs for the purpose of developing, preserving, restoring, and maintaining wintering habitat for neotropical migrant birds in Latin America and the Caribbean under agreement or contract with any nonprofit organization dedicated to the construction, maintenance, and repair of such projects that are acceptable to the governmental agency having jurisdiction over the land and water affected by the projects. Under this authority, the commissioner may execute agreements and contracts if the commissioner determines that the use of the funds will benefit neotropical migrant birds that breed in or migrate through the state.
Minn. Stat. § 340A.907 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 340A / Section 340A.907
§ 340A.907 INSPECTION.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of public safety or any duly authorized employee may, at all reasonable hours, enter in and upon the premises of any licensee or permit holder under this chapter to inspect the premises and examine the books, papers, and records of a manufacturer, wholesaler, importer, or retailer for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this chapter are being complied with. If the commissioner or any duly authorized employee is denied free access or is hindered or interfered with in making an inspection or examination, the licensee or permit holder is subject to revocation pursuant to section 340A.304 in the case of a wholesaler, manufacturer, or importer, and section 340A.415 in the case of a retailer. For a holder of a temporary license under section 340A.403, subdivision 2 , or 340A.404, subdivision 10 , the commissioner's authority under this section extends for two years beyond the expiration of the temporary license or the permit.
Minn. Stat. § 201.096 — MN Code / Part 200_212 / Chapter 201 / Section 201.096
§ 201.096 SCHOOL ELECTIONS; USE OF VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
Status: in_force

The county auditor shall allow independent or special school districts to use the necessary portions of the statewide registration system for school district elections. The county auditor may impose reasonable requirements to preserve the security and integrity of the system. The county auditor and the school district shall provide by agreement for the details of the use of the system by the school district. The school board may designate a member of the board or an employee as registration officer. The provisions of this chapter and chapter 203B relating to registration of voters apply to school district elections in which the statewide registration system is used.
Minn. Stat. § 6.52 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 6 / Section 6.52
§ 6.52 TESTIMONIAL POWERS.
Status: in_force

In all matters relating to official duties, the state auditor shall have the powers possessed by courts of law to issue subpoenas and cause them to be served and enforced. All state and county auditors, treasurers, and other public officials, and their respective deputies and employees, all officers, directors, and employees of all railway and other companies required by law to pay taxes to the state upon a gross earnings basis, and all persons having dealings with or knowledge of the affairs or methods of such companies, and likewise all corporations, firms, and individuals having business involving the receipt, disbursement, or custody of the public funds shall at all times afford reasonable facilities for such examinations, make such returns and reports to the state auditor as required, attend and answer under oath the auditor's lawful inquiries, produce and exhibit such books, accounts, documents, and property as the auditor may desire to inspect, and in all things aid the auditor in the performance of duties.
Minn. Stat. § 297A.85 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297A / Section 297A.85
§ 297A.85 CANCELLATION OF PERMITS.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may cancel a permit if one of the following conditions occurs:

(1) the permit holder has not filed a sales or use tax return for at least one year;

(2) the permit holder has not reported any sales or use tax liability on the permit holder's returns for at least two years;

(3) the permit holder requests cancellation of the permit;

(4) the permit is subject to cancellation under section 270C.722, subdivision 2 , paragraph (a);

(5) the permit is subject to cancellation under section 297A.84 ; or

(6) the permit holder is a taxable cannabis product retailer as defined in section 295.81 , subdivision 1, paragraph (s), other than a lower-potency hemp edible retailer as licensed under section 342.43, subdivision 1 , and its license to sell a taxable cannabis product as defined in section 295.81, subdivision 1 , paragraph (r), has been revoked by the Office of Cannabis Management.
Minn. Stat. § 447.04 — MN Code / Part 447_450 / Chapter 447 / Section 447.04
§ 447.04 CHARITY BUREAU.
Status: in_force

The council of a statutory city with a population over 8,000 may establish and maintain a public charity bureau to give public charitable relief to the city's poor, to help ex-service persons get hospitalization, sick relief, federal aid or benefits, and to pay for the relief.
Minn. Stat. § 473.611 — MN Code / Part 473_473J / Chapter 473 / Section 473.611
§ 473.611 PLANS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPMENT GUIDE.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1977 c 417 s 14 ]

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1977 c 417 s 14 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1977 c 417 s 14 ]

§ Subd. 4. [Repealed, 1977 c 417 s 14 ]

§ Subd. 5. New or existing airports. Any long-term comprehensive plans adopted by the commission for the betterment and enlargement of existing airports, for the acquisition and construction of new airports, and for the categories of use of airports owned or controlled by the commission shall be consistent with the development guide of the Metropolitan Council.
Minn. Stat. § 307.04 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 307 / Section 307.04
§ 307.04 CONVEYANCE OF LOTS.
Status: in_force

Every religious corporation owning such cemetery may sell and convey lots therein for burial purposes only. Deeds thereof may be executed by the treasurers of such corporations, or by one or more of the trustees thereunto authorized by resolution duly adopted by its board of trustees.
Minn. Stat. § 318.05 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 318 / Section 318.05
§ 318.05 UNLAWFUL TO TRANSACT BUSINESS PRIOR TO COMPLIANCE.
Status: in_force

No such association organized after April 20, 1961, may transact or conduct any business, within this state, under any "declaration of trust" or "business trust" without first complying with the provisions and requirements of sections 318.01 and 318.02 and in addition thereto complying with the provisions and requirements of sections 318.03 and 318.04 when applicable.
Minn. Stat. § 469.128 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.128
§ 469.128 GRANTS.
Status: in_force

A city may accept grants or other financial assistance from the government of the United States or any other entity to do studies, construct and operate the pedestrian skyway system, underground pedestrian concourses, people mover systems, and other public improvements authorized by sections 469.124 to 469.133 .
Minn. Stat. § 117.231 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.231
§ 117.231 PAYMENT IN INSTALLMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Option of property owner. Whenever private property is acquired for public purposes by purchase or eminent domain proceedings, the property owner shall have the option of receiving the purchase price or the award as finally adjudicated, either in a lump sum or in not more than four annual installments.

§ Subd. 2. Eminent domain; procedure. When the property is acquired by eminent domain proceedings and the amount the owner shall receive for said property is finally determined, the owner is entitled to payment thereof, and before payment is made, may elect, by making written request thereof to the petitioner, to have the amount paid in not more than four annual installments, and without interest on the deferred installments. After the first installment is paid the petitioner may make its final certificate, as provided by law, in the same manner as though the entire amount had been paid.

§ Subd. 3. Purchase of property; procedure. When the property is purchased from the private owner, the amount of the purchase price shall be paid in a lump sum, unless the property owner at the time of delivering the conveyance to the condemning authority shall elect to have the purchase price paid in not more than four annual installments and without interest on the deferred installments.