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Minn. Stat. § 282.15 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 282 / Section 282.15
§ 282.15 SALES OF FORFEITED AGRICULTURAL LANDS.
Status: in_force

The sale shall be conducted by the auditor of the county in which the parcels lie. The parcels shall be sold to the highest bidder but not for less than the appraised value. The sales shall be for cash or on the following terms: The appraised value of all merchantable timber on agricultural lands shall be paid for in full at the date of sale. At least 15 percent of the purchase price of the land shall be paid in cash at the time of purchase. The balance shall be paid in not more than 20 equal annual installments, with interest at a rate equal to the rate in effect at the time under section 549.09 on the unpaid balance each year. Both principal and interest are due and payable on December 31 each year following that in which the purchase was made. The purchaser may pay any number of installments of principal and interest on or before their due date. When the sale is on terms other than for cash in full, the purchaser shall receive from the county auditor a contract for deed, in a form prescribed by the attorney general. The county auditor shall make a report to the commissioner of natural resources not more than 30 days after each public sale showing the lands sold at the sales, and submit a copy of each contract of sale.

All lands sold pursuant to this section must be restored to the tax rolls and become subject to taxation in the same manner as they were assessed and taxed before becoming the absolute property of the state for the assessment year determined under section 272.02, subdivision 38 , paragraph (c).
Minn. Stat. § 519A.10 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.10
§ 519A.10 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

The chapter shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among those states which enact it.
Minn. Stat. § 165.06 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 165 / Section 165.06
§ 165.06 HIGHWAY BRIDGE AND APPROACH OVER RAILROAD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Width of bridge. The clear roadway width between curbs on any bridge hereafter constructed on any public highway, including city streets, over the tracks of any railroad shall be at least four feet wider than the surface portion of the highway, but in no event less than 28 feet; provided that the requirement that the width of the bridge be at least four feet wider than the surface portion of the highway may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with the plans approved by the commissioner; further provided that in the case of bridges hereafter constructed on any town road over the tracks of any railroad the minimum width shall be 20 feet.

§ Subd. 2. Bridge approach. The approaches to the bridge shall be at least eight feet wider than the surfaced portion of the roadway, but not less than 32 feet wide, and the grade of the approach shall not exceed five feet rise in 100 feet, provided that the requirement that the grade of the approach may be modified by the commissioner in accordance with plans approved by the commissioner; provided that in the case of town roads the minimum width of the approaches to the bridge shall be 24 feet. It shall leave a clear space from the railroad rails of at least 22 feet measured vertically.
Minn. Stat. § 375.56 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.56
§ 375.56 CREATE DEPARTMENT; APPOINT APPEALS BOARD TO ESTABLISH.
Status: in_force

A county board may establish a county personnel administration system by adopting a resolution creating a personnel department, establishing an effective date and appointing a personnel appeals board pursuant to section 375.65 .
Minn. Stat. § 561.10 — MN Code / Part 553_566 / Chapter 561 / Section 561.10
§ 561.10 TRESPASS AFTER EXECUTION OR FORECLOSURE SALE.
Status: in_force

When real property is sold on execution or under judgment or mortgage, the purchaser thereof, or any person who has succeeded to the purchaser's interest, after the estate becomes absolute, may recover damages for injury to the property by the tenant in possession after the sale, and before possession is delivered under the conveyance.
Minn. Stat. § 629.24 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 629 / Section 629.24
§ 629.24 CIVIL PROCESS NOT TO BE SERVED.
Status: in_force

A person brought into this state by, or after waiver of, extradition based on a criminal charge, shall not be subject to service of personal process in civil actions arising out of the same facts as the criminal proceedings to answer which the person is being or has been returned, until the person has been convicted in the criminal proceeding, or, if acquitted, until the person has had reasonable opportunity to return to the state from which the person was extradited.

Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed any crime in another state or alleged to have escaped from confinement, or broken the terms of bail, probation, or parole, may waive the issuance and service of the warrant provided for in sections 629.07 and 629.08 and all other procedure incidental to extradition proceedings, by executing or subscribing, in the presence of a judge of any court of record within this state, a writing which states that the person consents to return to the demanding state; provided, that before such waiver shall be executed or subscribed by such person it shall be the duty of such judge to inform such person of the person's rights to the issuance and service of a warrant of extradition and to obtain a writ of habeas corpus, as provided for in section 629.10 .

If and when such consent has been duly executed, it shall forthwith be forwarded to the Office of the Governor of this state and filed therein. The judge shall direct the officer having such person in custody to deliver forthwith such person to the duly accredited agent or agents of the demanding state, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such agent or agents a copy of such consent; provided, that nothing in this section shall be deemed to limit the rights of the accused person to return voluntarily and without formality to the demanding state, nor shall this waiver procedure be deemed to be an exclusive procedure or to limit the powers, rights, or duties of the officers of the demanding state or of this state.

Nothing in sections 629.01 to 629.29 shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by this state of its right, power, or privilege to try such demanded person for crime committed within this state, or of its right, power, or privilege to regain custody of such person by extradition proceedings or otherwise for the purpose of trial, sentence, or punishment for any crime committed within this state, nor shall any proceedings had under sections 629.01 to 629.29 which result in, or fail to result in, extradition be deemed a waiver by this state of any of its rights, privileges, or jurisdiction in any way.
Minn. Stat. § 52.212 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 52 / Section 52.212
§ 52.212 SENIOR CITIZEN LOCATIONS.
Status: in_force

In addition to its primary member location, a credit union may operate part-time locations in nursing homes and senior citizen housing facilities if they are operated in a manner consistent with safe and sound practices.
Minn. Stat. § 6.76 — MN Code / Part 4_9 / Chapter 6 / Section 6.76
§ 6.76 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EXPENDITURES FOR LOBBYISTS.
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 31 of each year, all political subdivisions shall report to the state auditor, on forms prescribed by the auditor, their estimated expenditures paid for the previous calendar year to a lobbyist as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 21 , except payments to associations of political subdivisions that are reported under paragraph (b), and to any staff person not registered as a lobbyist, over 25 percent of whose time is spent during the legislative session on legislative matters.

(b) Associations of political subdivisions subject to this section shall report annually, on or before January 31, to the state auditor and the association's members the proportionate amount of each member's dues spent for lobbying purposes.

(c) For purposes of this section, "political subdivision" has the meaning given in section 6.465 , but also includes a metropolitan or regional agency or a public corporation audited by the legislative auditor.
Minn. Stat. § 18C.561 — MN Code / Part 17_43 / Chapter 18C / Section 18C.561
§ 18C.561 SAMPLING METHODS.
Status: in_force

The methods of sampling and analysis of agricultural liming materials must be those adopted by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. In cases not covered by those methods, or in cases where methods are available in which improved applicability has been demonstrated, the commissioner may adopt appropriate methods from other sources.
Minn. Stat. § 10A.275 — MN Code / Part 10_12B / Chapter 10A / Section 10A.275
§ 10A.275 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL PARTY EXPENDITURES.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Exceptions. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the following expenditures by a party unit, or two or more party units acting together are not considered contributions to or expenditures on behalf of a candidate for the purposes of section 10A.25 or 10A.27 and must not be allocated to candidates under section 10A.20, subdivision 3 , paragraph (h): (1) expenditures on behalf of candidates of that party generally without referring to any of them specifically in a published, posted, or broadcast advertisement; (2) expenditures for the preparation, display, mailing, or other distribution of an official party sample ballot listing the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear on the ballot; (3) expenditures for a telephone call, voice mail, text message, multimedia message, Internet chat message, or email when the communication includes the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear on the ballot; (4) expenditures for a booth at a community event, county fair, or state fair that benefits three or more individuals whose names are to appear on the ballot; (5) expenditures for a political party fundraising effort on behalf of three or more candidates; or (6) expenditures for party committee staff services that benefit three or more candidates.

§ Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1999 c 220 s 51 ]

§ Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1999 c 220 s 51 ]
Minn. Stat. § 281.10 — MN Code / Part 272_289 / Chapter 281 / Section 281.10
§ 281.10 AUDITOR TO DETERMINE PROPORTION.
Status: in_force

When a partial redemption is asked for pursuant to section 281.08 or section 281.09 , the county auditor, after notice to all parties interested, shall determine the proportion to be paid by the person applying to redeem and the auditor's decision shall be final thereon. Such notice shall be given by delivering a copy of the notice to the party to be notified, or, if the party cannot be found in the county, by leaving a copy thereof at the party's residence or usual place of business therein; but, if the party have no such residence or place of business, and cannot be found in the county, of which facts, or either of them, the affidavit of the person appointed by the auditor to give such notice shall be evidence, the auditor shall give two weeks' published notice thereof; the last publication to be not less than ten days prior to the day fixed by the auditor for the determination of such matter. The auditor shall not be required to proceed under this section until the applicant pay to the auditor such sum as shall be reasonably sufficient to reimburse the auditor for expenses necessarily to be incurred in giving or publishing such notice.
Minn. Stat. § 117.56 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.56
§ 117.56 INAPPLICABILITY TO HAZARDOUS AND SUBSTANDARD BUILDING PROCEEDINGS.
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 117.50 to 117.56 shall not apply to any proceedings brought by a governmental subdivision under sections 463.15 to 463.26 .
Minn. Stat. § 631.13 — MN Code / Part 625_634 / Chapter 631 / Section 631.13
§ 631.13 CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SECOND TRIAL PERMITTED.
Status: in_force

If a jury is discharged or prevented from giving a verdict because of accident, disagreement, or other cause, the case may be again tried at the same or another term, unless the defendant is discharged during the trial or after the case has been submitted to the jury.
Minn. Stat. § 62A.3021 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 62A / Section 62A.3021
§ 62A.3021 COVERAGE OF DEPENDENTS BY PLANS OTHER THAN HEALTH PLANS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Scope of coverage. This section applies to coverage described in section 62A.011, subdivision 3 , clauses (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10).

§ Subd. 2. Dependent. "Dependent" means an eligible employee's spouse, unmarried child who is under the age of 25, dependent child of any age who is disabled and who meets the eligibility criteria in section 62A.14, subdivision 2 , or any other person whom state or federal law requires to be treated as a dependent for purposes of health plans. For the purpose of this definition, a child includes a child for whom the employee or the employee's spouse has been appointed legal guardian and an adoptive child as provided in section 62A.27 . A child also includes grandchildren as provided in section 62A.042 with continued eligibility of grandchildren as provided in section 62A.302, subdivision 4 .
Minn. Stat. § 70A.16 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 70A / Section 70A.16
§ 70A.16 JOINT UNDERWRITING OR JOINT REINSURANCE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Joint underwriting. Every group, association, or other organization of insurers which engages in joint underwriting shall be subject to all the provisions of this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Joint reinsurance. Every group, association, or other organization of insurers which engages in joint reinsurance, shall be subject to the provisions of sections 70A.18 and 70A.20 to 70A.22 .

§ Subd. 3. Unfair or unreasonable practice. If, after a hearing, the commissioner finds that any activity or practice of any group, association or other organization referred to in subdivision 1 or 2 is unfair, unreasonable, or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall issue a written order specifying in what respects that activity or practice is unfair, unreasonable or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, and requiring the discontinuance of the activity or practice.
Minn. Stat. § 507.0941 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 507 / Section 507.0941
§ 507.0941 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

For purposes of sections 507.0941 to 507.0948 :

(a) "Document" means information that is:

(1) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and

(2) eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the recorder or registrar.

(b) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.

(c) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the recorder or registrar in an electronic form.

(d) "Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission" and "commission" mean the commission established by sections 507.0941 to 507.0948 .

(e) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.

(f) "Legislative Coordinating Commission" means the commission established by section 3.303 .

(g) "Paper document" means a document that a recorder or registrar receives in a form that is not an electronic document.

(h) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(i) "Recorder" means the county recorder for the county in which a document is received.

(j) "Registrar" means the registrar of titles for the county in which a document is received.
Minn. Stat. § 541.36 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 541 / Section 541.36
§ 541.36 SHORT TITLE.
Status: in_force

Sections 541.30 to 541.35 may be cited as the Uniform Conflict of Laws-Limitations Act.
Minn. Stat. § 297H.115 — MN Code / Part 296_299 / Chapter 297H / Section 297H.115
§ 297H.115 USE TAX.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Imposition; liability of generators and self-haulers. (a) A use tax is imposed on the sales price of mixed municipal solid waste management services received by a residential generator at the rate imposed under section 297H.02 , unless the tax imposed under section 297H.02 was paid. The residential generator is liable. (b) A use tax is imposed on the sales price of mixed municipal solid waste management services received by a commercial generator at the rate imposed under section 297H.03 , unless the tax imposed under section 297H.03 was paid. The commercial generator is liable. (c) A use tax is imposed on the volume of nonmixed municipal solid waste that is managed at the rate imposed under section 297H.04 , unless the tax imposed under section 297H.04 was paid. The generator is liable. (d) A use tax is imposed on the sales price of mixed municipal solid waste management services received by a self-hauler at the rate imposed under section 297H.05, paragraph (a) , unless the tax imposed under section 297H.05, paragraph (a) , was paid. The self-hauler is liable. (e) A use tax is imposed on the volume of nonmixed municipal solid waste managed at the rate imposed under section 297H.05, paragraph (b) , unless the tax imposed under section 297H.05, paragraph (b) , was paid. The self-hauler is liable.

§ Subd. 2. Payment; reporting. A generator or self-hauler that is liable under subdivision 1 shall report the use tax on a return prescribed by the commissioner of revenue, and shall remit the tax with the return. The return and the tax must be filed using the filing cycle and due dates provided for taxes imposed under chapter 297A.

§ Subd. 3. Commissioner assessment. (a) The commissioner of revenue may not assess the generator or self-hauler a use tax on a transaction for which the waste management service provider has paid the solid waste management tax, except as provided in paragraph (b). (b) If the waste management service provider who is an accrual basis taxpayer remits a payment and thereafter offsets the amount as a bad debt under section 297H.09 , the commissioner of revenue may assess the generator or self-hauler a use tax for the offset amount.
Minn. Stat. § 346.021 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 346 / Section 346.021
§ 346.021 FINDER TO GIVE NOTICE.
Status: in_force

A person who finds an estray and knows who owns the estray must notify the estray's owner within seven days after finding the estray and request that the owner pay all reasonable charges and take the estray away. A finder who does not know who owns an estray must either:

(1) within ten days, file a notice with the town or city clerk and post a physical or online notice of the finding of the estray. The notice must briefly describe the estray or provide a photograph of the estray, provide the residence or contact information of the finder, and provide the approximate location and time when the finder found the estray; or

(2) within seven days, surrender the estray to a local animal control agency or to a kennel as defined in section 347.31, subdivision 2 .
Minn. Stat. § 462A.15 — MN Code / Part 460_463 / Chapter 462A / Section 462A.15
§ 462A.15 STATE PLEDGE AGAINST IMPAIRMENT OF CONTRACTS.
Status: in_force

The state pledges and agrees with the holders of any notes or bonds issued under this chapter, that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested in the agency to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders thereof, or in any way impair the rights and remedies of the holders until the notes or bonds, together with the interest thereon, with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. The agency is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of such notes or bonds.
Minn. Stat. § 67A.161 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 67A / Section 67A.161
§ 67A.161 APPRAISAL OF DISPUTED LOSSES.
Status: in_force

If a township mutual fire insurance company and an insured fail to agree on the actual cash value of an item or amount of a loss, on written demand by either party, the insured and the company shall each, within 20 days of the demand, select a competent and disinterested appraiser and notify the other party of the appraiser's identity. If either party fails to select an appraiser within the time provided, the presiding judge of the district court in the county in which the loss occurred shall appoint an appraiser to represent that party. The appointment shall be made upon application to the court by the party not failing to make the required selection and upon five days' written notice to the other party. The appraisers appointed pursuant to this section shall make a good faith effort to select a competent and disinterested umpire. If the appraisers fail to agree upon an umpire within 15 days of their appointment, the presiding judge of the district court in the county in which the loss occurred shall appoint an umpire upon application by either party and five days' written notice to the other party. The appraisers shall appraise the loss, stating separately actual value and loss to each item. If the appraisers fail to agree, they shall submit their differences to the umpire, whose decision shall control to the extent of the differences between the appraisers. An award in writing, approved by the appraisers or by an appraiser and the umpire, upon being filed with the company shall be conclusive evidence of the actual value and loss to an item. An appraiser shall be paid by the party represented, and the expenses of the appraisal and the umpire shall be paid in equal shares by the two parties.
Minn. Stat. § 302A.675 — MN Code / Part 300_323A / Chapter 302A / Section 302A.675
§ 302A.675 TAKEOVER OFFER; FAIR PRICE.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Fair price requirement. An offeror may not acquire shares of a publicly held corporation within two years following the last purchase of shares pursuant to a takeover offer with respect to that class, including, but not limited to, acquisitions made by purchase, exchange, merger, consolidation, partial or complete liquidation, redemption, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reorganization, or any other similar transaction, unless the shareholder is afforded, at the time of the proposed acquisition, a reasonable opportunity to dispose of the shares to the offeror upon substantially equivalent terms as those provided in the earlier takeover offer.

§ Subd. 2. Exception. Subdivision 1 does not apply if the proposed acquisition of shares is approved, before the purchase of any shares by the offeror pursuant to the earlier takeover offer, by a committee of the board, comprised solely of directors who: (1) neither are officers or employees of, nor were during the five years preceding the formation of the committee officers or employees of, the corporation or a related organization; (2) are neither the offerors nor affiliates or associates of the offeror; (3) were not nominated for election as directors by the offeror or an affiliate or associate of the offeror; and (4) were directors at the time of the first public announcement of the takeover offer or were nominated, elected, or recommended for election as directors by a majority of the directors.