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Minn. Stat. § 517.14 — MN Code / Part 517_519A / Chapter 517 / Section 517.14
§ 517.14 ILLEGAL CIVIL MARRIAGE; FALSE CERTIFICATE; PENALTY.
Status: in_force

A person authorized by law to solemnize civil marriages who knowingly solemnizes a civil marriage contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or knowing of any legal impediment to the proposed civil marriage, or who willfully makes a false certificate of any civil marriage or pretended civil marriage is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Minn. Stat. § 333.15 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 333 / Section 333.15
§ 333.15 THREATENED USE MAY BE RESTRAINED.
Status: in_force

When there shall be an actual or threatened violation of section 333.14 , an application may be made to a court or justice having jurisdiction to issue an injunction, upon notice to the defendant of not less than five days, for an injunction to enjoin and restrain the actual or threatened violation; and if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court or justice that the defendant is in fact so using or threatening to use the name and mark "AQUATENNIAL" or any other name or mark confusingly similar thereto, or any other name, mark, emblem, insignia, or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase used by the corporation in carrying out its purposes or confusingly similar to any such other name, mark, emblem, insignia or badge, designation, or distinguishing descriptive word or phrase used by the corporation in carrying out its purposes, or the corporate name of the corporation or a confusingly similar name, an injunction may be issued by the court or justice enjoining and restraining such actual or threatened violation without requiring proof that any person has in fact been misled or deceived thereby.
Minn. Stat. § 15.87 — MN Code / Part 14_15A / Chapter 15 / Section 15.87
§ 15.87 VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE.
Status: in_force

In furtherance of the state policy of zero tolerance for violence in section 1.50 , the state shall have a goal of providing:

(1) every victim of violence in Minnesota, regardless of the county of residence, access to necessary services, including, but not limited to:

(i) crisis intervention services, including a 24-hour emergency telephone line;

(ii) safe housing;

(iii) counseling and peer support services; and

(iv) assistance in pursuing legal remedies and appropriate medical care; and

(2) every child who is a witness to abuse or who is a victim of violence, access to necessary services, including, but not limited to:

(i) crisis child care;

(ii) safe supervised parenting time or independent, neutral exchange locations for parenting time, when needed;

(iii) age appropriate counseling and support; and

(iv) assistance with legal remedies, medical care, and needed social services.
Minn. Stat. § 345.59 — MN Code / Part 343_348 / Chapter 345 / Section 345.59
§ 345.59 UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 345.31 to 345.60 shall be so construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
Minn. Stat. § 524.8-103 — MN Code / Part 524_532 / Chapter 524 / Section 524.8-103
§ 524.8-103 EARLY EFFECTIVE DATE.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 524.8-101 , the provisions of Laws 1974, chapter 442 relating to bonds found at sections 524.3-603 to 524.3-606 and Laws 1974, chapter 442, article 9, and that portion of Laws 1974, chapter 442, article 8, section 524.8-102, which repeals Minnesota Statutes 1971, sections 525.32 to 525.324 , are effective August 1, 1974.
Minn. Stat. § 611.44 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 611 / Section 611.44
§ 611.44 CONTESTED HEARING PROCEDURES.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Request for hearing. (a) The prosecutor or defense counsel may request a hearing on the court examiner's competency report by filing a written objection no later than ten days after the report is filed. (b) A hearing shall be held as soon as possible but no longer than 30 days after the request, unless extended by agreement of the prosecutor and defense counsel, or by the court for good cause. (c) If an independent court examiner is retained, the hearing may be continued up to 14 days after the date the independent court examiner's report is filed. The court may continue the hearing for good cause.

§ Subd. 2. Competency hearing. (a) The court may admit all relevant and reliable evidence at the competency hearing. The court examiner is considered the court's witness and may be called and questioned by the court, prosecutor, or defense counsel. The report of the court examiner shall be admitted into evidence without further foundation. (b) Defense counsel may testify, subject to the prosecutor's cross-examination, but shall not violate attorney-client privilege. Testifying does not automatically disqualify defense counsel from continuing to represent the defendant. The court may inquire of defense counsel regarding the attorney-client relationship and the defendant's ability to communicate with counsel. The court shall not require counsel to divulge communications protected by attorney-client privilege, and the prosecutor shall not cross-examine defense counsel concerning responses to the court's inquiry.

§ Subd. 3. Determination without hearing. If neither party files an objection, the court shall determine the defendant's competency based on the reports of all examiners.

§ Subd. 4. Burden of proof and decision. The defendant is presumed incompetent unless the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant is competent.
Minn. Stat. § 572B.20 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 572B / Section 572B.20
§ 572B.20 CHANGE OF AWARD BY ARBITRATOR.
Status: in_force

(a) On motion to an arbitrator by a party to the arbitration proceeding, the arbitrator may modify or correct an award:

(1) upon the grounds stated in section 572B.24 , subsection (a)(1) or (3);

(2) because the arbitrator has not made a final and definite award upon a claim submitted by the parties to the arbitration proceeding; or

(3) to clarify the award.

(b) A motion under subsection (a) must be made and served on all parties within 20 days after the movant receives notice of the award.

(c) A party to the arbitration proceeding must serve any objections to the motion within ten days after receipt of the notice.

(d) If a motion to the court is pending under sections 572B.22 , 572B.23 , and 572B.24 , the court may submit the claim to the arbitrator to consider whether to modify or correct the award:

(1) upon the grounds stated in section 572B.24 , subsection (a)(1) or (3);

(2) because the arbitrator has not made a final and definite award upon a claim submitted by the parties to the arbitration proceeding; or

(3) to clarify the award.

(e) An award modified or corrected pursuant to this section is subject to sections 572B.22 , 572B.23 , and 572B.24 .
Minn. Stat. § 514.18 — MN Code / Part 500_515B / Chapter 514 / Section 514.18
§ 514.18 RETAINING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Mechanics' lien on personal property. Whoever, at the request of the owner or legal possessor of any personal property, shall store or care for or contribute in any of the modes mentioned in section 514.19 to its preservation, care, or to the enhancement of its value, shall have a lien upon such property for the price or value of such storage, care, or contribution, and for any legal charges against the same paid by such person to any other person, and the right to retain possession of the property until such lien is lawfully discharged.

§ Subd. 1a. [Renumbered 168B.045]

§ Subd. 2. Nonpossessory lien; notice. Notwithstanding the voluntary surrender or other loss of possession of the property on which the lien is claimed, the person entitled thereto may preserve the lien upon giving notice of the lien at any time within 60 days after the surrender or loss of possession, by filing in the appropriate filing office under the Uniform Commercial Code, section 336.9-501 , a verified statement and notice of intention to claim a lien. The statement shall contain a description of the property upon which the lien is claimed, the work performed or materials furnished and the amount due.

§ Subd. 3. Priority; security; interest; foreclosure. The lien shall be valid against everyone except a purchaser or encumbrancer in good faith without notice and for value whose rights were acquired prior to the filing of the lien statement and who has filed a statement of interest in the appropriate filing office. The lien shall be considered a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code and foreclosure thereon shall be in the manner prescribed for security interests under article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

§ Subd. 4. Motor vehicles excluded. Subdivisions 2 and 3 shall apply to machinery, implements and tools of all kinds but shall not apply to motor vehicles.
Minn. Stat. § 324.05 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.05
§ 324.05 APPLICATION.
Status: in_force

Sections 324.01 to 324.05 do not apply to a written contract executed prior to August 1, 1983, unless either the parties agree by mutual consent that sections 324.01 to 324.05 apply, or the contract is extended or renewed after August 1, 1983.

The provisions of sections 324.01 to 324.05 prevail over any conflicting or inconsistent provisions of chapter 336 affecting the subject matter of these sections.
Minn. Stat. § 1.145 — MN Code / Part 1_2A / Chapter 1 / Section 1.145
§ 1.145 STATE BIRD.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Loon. The loon, Gavia immer , is the official bird of the state of Minnesota.

§ Subd. 2. Photograph. A photograph of the loon shall be preserved in the Office of the Secretary of State.
Minn. Stat. § 103F.205 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103F / Section 103F.205
§ 103F.205 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 103F.201 to 103F.227 .

§ Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.

§ Subd. 3. Municipality. "Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city.

§ Subd. 4. Shoreland. "Shoreland" means land located within the following distances from the ordinary high water elevation of public waters: (1) land within 1,000 feet from the normal high watermark of a lake, pond, or flowage; and (2) land within 300 feet of a river or stream or the landward side of a floodplain delineated by ordinance on the river or stream, whichever is greater.
Minn. Stat. § 138.586 — MN Code / Part 138_140 / Chapter 138 / Section 138.586
§ 138.586 COUNTY BOARDS MAY ACQUIRE HISTORIC SITES.
Status: in_force

The board of county commissioners of any county is hereby authorized to acquire and maintain tracts of land within the county which are designated as having historical or archaeological significance and whose acquisition and maintenance are approved by the Minnesota Historical Society and to aid in the construction of markers on such lands.
Minn. Stat. § 65A.28 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 65A / Section 65A.28
§ 65A.28 DISCLOSURE AND FILING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Annual report. Each insurer writing homeowner's insurance for property located in the metropolitan area or a statutory or home rule charter city of the first class shall compile and file annually with the commissioner on or before May 1 a report for the preceding calendar year. This report shall contain the following information reported by postal zip code areas for each zip code area located in a city of the first class which contains property for which the insurer wrote, declined to write, or canceled homeowner's insurance: (a) the number of policies written; (b) the number of policies canceled; (c) the number of policies nonrenewed; and (d) the number of applications for homeowner's insurance declined. If the commissioner determines that additional information is necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 65A.27 to 65A.29 and 72A.20, subdivision 13 , the commissioner may require, by rule: (i) that the required information be reported for additional areas of the state, or (ii) that additional types of information, including premium and claims data, be reported for some or all of the areas subject to the reporting requirements. If the commissioner has reason to believe that an insurance company or insurance agent has violated section 72A.20, subdivision 13 or 14, the commissioner may issue an order requiring the company or agent to compile and submit within a reasonable time information on its homeowner's insurance marketing, underwriting, or rating practices for a specific geographic area or areas. This information may be in addition to the types and categories of information required to be reported by this section or rules promulgated under subdivision 4.

§ Subd. 2. Reports available for public inspection. The commissioner shall make the reports filed pursuant to subdivision 1 available for public inspection.

§ Subd. 3. Failure to report; penalty. Any insurer required to report under this section which fails to file a report, containing the data and within the time prescribed by this section or rules promulgated under subdivision 4, shall be subject to a penalty of $10 for each day in default. Any penalty imposed under this section may be recovered in a civil action brought by and in the name of the state.

§ Subd. 4. Rules. The commissioner may prescribe rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The rules may provide for classifications, differentiations, adjustments or exceptions, as in the judgment of the commissioner are necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of, prevent circumvention or evasion of, or to facilitate compliance with this section.
Minn. Stat. § 173.01 — MN Code / Part 160_174A / Chapter 173 / Section 173.01
§ 173.01 DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Status: in_force

It is hereby found and declared that in the interest of and to promote the general welfare of the people and to conserve the natural beauty of areas adjacent to certain highways, it is necessary to reasonably and effectively regulate and control the erection or maintenance of advertising devices on land adjacent to such highways. It is further declared that inasmuch as outdoor advertising is an integral part of the business and marketing function, an established segment of the national economy, and a legitimate commercial use of property adjacent to roads and highways, it should be allowed to operate where other business and commercial activities are conducted, and the regulation of outdoor advertising should occur by the application of reasonable regulatory standards consistent with customary use of outdoor advertising and zoning principles in this state which will properly and adequately carry out each and all of the purposes of Laws 1971, chapter 883; that the regulatory standards set forth in Laws 1971, chapter 883, are consistent with customary use in this state. It is the intention hereby to comply with the policies declared by Congress in United States Code, title 23, "Highways."
Minn. Stat. § 56.07 — MN Code / Part 46_59 / Chapter 56 / Section 56.07
§ 56.07 CONTROL OVER LOCATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. General. Not more than one place of business shall be maintained under the same license, but the commissioner may issue more than one license to the same licensee upon compliance with all the provisions of this chapter governing an original issuance of a license, for each such new license. To the extent that previously filed applicable information remains substantially unchanged, the applicant need not refile this information, unless requested. When a licensee shall wish to change a place of business, the licensee shall give written notice thereof 30 days in advance to the commissioner, who shall within 30 days of receipt of such notice, issue an amended license approving the change. No change in the place of business of a licensee to a location outside of its current trade area or more than 25 miles from its present location, whichever distance is greater, shall be permitted under the same license unless all of the requirements of section 56.04 have been met. A licensed location must be open for business and examination purposes on a schedule provided to and approved by the commissioner. This schedule of regular business must be conspicuously posted at the licensed location.

§ Subd. 2. Interactive kiosk locations. Licensed locations providing limited services on an interactive telephone-customer service communications terminal are required to comply with paragraphs (a) to (c). (a) The licensee must maintain business books, accounts, and records on a suitable alternative system of maintenance approved by the commissioner. (b) The license required to be posted under section 56.05 may be displayed on the customer service communications terminal screen for a period of no less than 15 seconds. (c) The full and accurate schedule of charges required by section 56.14 , clause (5), may be displayed on the customer service communications terminal screen for no less than 20 seconds.
Minn. Stat. § 375.21 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 375 / Section 375.21
§ 375.21 CONTRACTS OF COUNTY BOARDS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Procedure, conditions. When required by the dollar limitations of section 471.345 , a contract for work or labor, or to purchase furniture, fixtures, or other property, or to construct or repair roads, bridges, or buildings shall be made by a county board only after advertising for bids or proposals in a qualified legal newspaper of the county. For the purchase of property or for work and labor, two weeks' published notice that proposals will be received, stating the time and place, shall be given. For the construction or repair of roads, bridges, or buildings, three weeks' published notice shall be given. The notice shall state the time and place of awarding the contract and contain a brief description of the work. Every contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder and duly executed in writing. The person to whom a contract is awarded for work or labor or for the construction or repair of roads, bridges, or buildings shall give a sufficient bond to the board for its faithful performance. If no satisfactory bid is received, the board may readvertise. An advertised standard requirement price contract for supplies or services established by competitive bids may contain an escalation clause and may provide for a negotiated price increase or decrease. The escalation or negotiated change shall be based upon a demonstrable industrywide or regional increase or decrease in the vendor's costs. Every contract made without compliance with this section is void. In case of an emergency arising from the destruction or impassability of roads or bridges by floods, rain or snow, or other casualty, or from the breaking or damaging of any property in the county, if the public health, safety, or welfare would suffer by delay, contracts for purchase or repairs may be made without advertising for bids, but in that case the action of the board shall be recorded in its official proceedings.

§ Subd. 1a. Except Hennepin County. This section does not apply to Hennepin County.

§ Subd. 1b. Best value alternative. As an alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 1, a county board may award a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, or repair work to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1 , paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).

§ Subd. 2. MS 1965 [Repealed, 1967 c 364 s 2 ]

§ Subd. 3. MS 1965 [Repealed, 1967 c 364 s 2 ]
Minn. Stat. § 60B.171 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 60B / Section 60B.171
§ 60B.171 USE, SALE, OR TRANSFER OF ASSETS DURING REHABILITATION.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Rehabilitator authority to use, sell, or transfer assets. In addition to the powers of the rehabilitator provided in this chapter, during rehabilitation of a health maintenance organization, the rehabilitator may use, sell, or transfer assets as provided in this section.

§ Subd. 2. Ordinary course of business. (a) The rehabilitator may use, sell, or transfer assets in which a person has a lien, which are not cash or cash equivalents, in the ordinary course of business without approval of the court, except that the rehabilitator must provide sufficient protection for that lien unless the lienholder consents. (b) The rehabilitator may use, sell, or transfer cash or cash equivalents in which any person has a lien in the ordinary course of business only if: (1) each person who has a lien in the assets consents; or (2) after notice and a hearing, the court finds that the rehabilitator has or will provide the person who has a lien with sufficient protection for that lien.

§ Subd. 3. Out of the ordinary course of business. (a) The rehabilitator may use, sell, or transfer assets in which any person has a lien out of the ordinary course of business with court approval where: (1) the person that has a lien consents; or (2) the rehabilitator provides sufficient protection for that lien. Sufficient protection includes, but is not limited to, equivalent substitute collateral or payments in the amount approximately equal to decrease in value or amount of collateral. (b) Any sale or transfer shall be free and clear of all lien interests if: (1) all persons with liens in the assets to be sold or transferred consent to the sale or transfer; (2) the consideration for the sale or transfer exceeds the total amount of all liens in the assets to be transferred; (3) the rehabilitator provides sufficient protection for all lien claims in the assets; or (4) other law permits a sale or transfer free and clear of any lien.
Minn. Stat. § 336.9-204 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.9-204
§ 336.9-204 AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY; FUTURE ADVANCES.
Status: in_force

(a) After-acquired collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security agreement may create or provide for a security interest in after-acquired collateral.

(b) When after-acquired property clause not effective. Subject to subsection (b.1), a security interest does not attach under a term constituting an after-acquired property clause to:

(1) consumer goods, other than an accession when given as additional security, unless the debtor acquires rights in them within ten days after the secured party gives value; or

(2) a commercial tort claim.

(b.1) Limitation on subsection (b). Subsection (b) does not prevent a security interest from attaching:

(1) to consumer goods as proceeds under section 336.9-315 (a) or commingled goods under section 336.9-336 (c);

(2) to a commercial tort claim as proceeds under section 336.9-315 (a); or

(3) under an after-acquired property clause to property that is proceeds of consumer goods or a commercial tort claim.

(c) Future advances and other value. A security agreement may provide that collateral secures, or that accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes are sold in connection with, future advances or other value, whether or not the advances or value are given pursuant to commitment.
Minn. Stat. § 645.11 — MN Code / Part 645_648 / Chapter 645 / Section 645.11
§ 645.11 PUBLISHED NOTICE.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise specifically provided, the words "published notice," when used in reference to the giving of notice in any proceeding or the service of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, mean the publication in full of the notice, or other paper referred to, in the regular issue of a qualified newspaper, once each week for the number of weeks specified. When the publication day of any newspaper falls upon Thanksgiving Day, or upon any legal holiday, the publication of notice in any proceeding or the publication of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, may be made either the day before or the day after Thanksgiving Day, or such legal holiday. When the published notice contains a description of real estate which is located within the legal limits of any city, which city is situated in more than one county, such published notice may be published in any legal newspaper within such city.