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Minn. Stat. § 72A.496 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 72A / Section 72A.496
§ 72A.496 INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMER REPORTS.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Notice. An insurer, insurance agent, or insurance-support organization must not prepare or request an investigative consumer report about an individual in connection with an insurance transaction involving an application for insurance, a policy renewal, a policy reinstatement, or a change in insurance benefits, unless the insurer or insurance agent informs the person: (1) that the individual may request to be interviewed in connection with the preparation of the investigative consumer report; and (2) that, upon a request pursuant to section 72A.497 , the individual is entitled to receive a copy of the investigative consumer report.

§ Subd. 2. Reports prepared by insurers. If an investigative consumer report is to be prepared by an insurer or insurance agent, the insurer or insurance agent shall institute reasonable procedures to conduct a personal interview requested by an individual.

§ Subd. 3. Reports prepared by insurance-support organizations. If an investigative consumer report is to be prepared by an insurance-support organization, the insurer or insurance agent desiring the report shall inform the insurance-support organization whether a personal interview has been requested by the individual. The insurance-support organization shall institute reasonable procedures for conducting an interview, if requested.
Minn. Stat. § 574.19 — MN Code / Part 570_583 / Chapter 574 / Section 574.19
§ 574.19 COST OF SURETY BONDS; PROPER EXPENSE ITEMS.
Status: in_force

Any receiver, assignee, trustee, committee, guardian, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, required by law to give bond as such, may include as a part of lawful expenses such actual sum paid for such suretyship, not exceeding $10 per annum when the amount of the bond is not more than $1,000, and not more than one percent per annum on the excess when over $1,000, as the head of the department, court, judge, or officer by whom, or the court or body by which, the fiduciary is appointed allows; and in all actions or proceedings the party entitled to recover costs may include therein the reasonable fees of such company for executing or guaranteeing any bond or undertaking therein. The several county and town boards, and the governing body of any city, or school district, may allow the treasurer of the municipality such reasonable sum, not exceeding the amount herein specified, as may have been paid by the treasurer for such suretyship, to be paid out of the general revenue fund of the municipality. The officers required by law to approve such bill may first designate the surety company to be employed, if its charges be as low as those offered by any other responsible company.
Minn. Stat. § 84.765 — MN Code / Part 83A_84 / Chapter 84 / Section 84.765
§ 84.765 OPERATING OFF-ROAD RECREATIONAL VEHICLES WHILE IMPAIRED.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section, "controlled substance," "intoxicating substance," and "off-road recreational vehicle" have the meanings given in section 169A.03 .

§ Subd. 2. Acts prohibited. (a) An owner or other person having charge or control of an off-road recreational vehicle must not authorize or allow an individual the person knows or has reason to believe is under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance, or an intoxicating substance to operate the off-road recreational vehicle anywhere in the state or on the ice of a boundary water of the state. (b) A person who operates or is in physical control of an off-road recreational vehicle anywhere in the state or on the ice of a boundary water of the state is subject to chapter 169A. (c) The provisions of chapters 169A, 171, and 609 relating to revoking, suspending, or canceling a driver's license, an instruction permit, or a nonresident operating privilege for alcohol, controlled substance, or intoxicating substance violations apply to operators of off-road recreational vehicles and operating privileges for off-road recreational vehicles. (d) The commissioner of public safety must notify a person of the period during which the person is prohibited from operating an off-road recreational vehicle under section 169A.52 , 169A.54 , or 171.177 . (e) The court must promptly forward to the commissioner of public safety copies of all convictions and criminal and civil sanctions imposed under chapter 169A and section 171.177 . (f) If the person operating or in physical control of an off-road recreational vehicle is a program participant in the ignition interlock device program described in section 171.306 , the off-road recreational vehicle may be operated only if it is equipped with an approved ignition interlock device and all requirements of section 171.306 are satisfied. For purposes of this paragraph, "program participant" and "ignition interlock device" have the meanings given in section 171.306, subdivision 1 .

§ Subd. 3. Penalties. (a) A person who violates subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or an ordinance conforming to subdivision 2, paragraph (a), is guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) A person who operates an off-road recreational vehicle during the period the person is prohibited from operating an off-road recreational vehicle under subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is subject to the penalty provided in section 171.24 .
Minn. Stat. § 216I.28 — MN Code / Part 216_217 / Chapter 216I / Section 216I.28
§ 216I.28 ROUTE APPLICATION FEE; APPROPRIATION; FUNDING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Application fee; appropriation. An applicant for a site or route permit must pay to the commission a fee to cover the necessary and reasonable costs incurred by the commission to act on the permit application and carry out the requirements of this chapter. The commission may adopt rules providing for fee payment. Section 16A.1283 does not apply to establishment of the fee under this subdivision. All money received under this subdivision must be deposited in a special account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commission to pay expenses incurred to process applications for site and route permits in accordance with this chapter and, in the event expenses are less than the fee paid, to refund the excess fee paid to the applicant.

§ Subd. 2. Funding; assessment. The commission shall finance its baseline studies, general environmental studies, development of criteria, inventory preparation, monitoring of conditions placed on site and route permits, and all other work, other than specific site and route designation, from an assessment made quarterly, at least 30 days before the start of each quarter, by the commission against all utilities with annual retail kilowatt-hour sales greater than 4,000,000 kilowatt-hours in the previous calendar year. Each share shall be determined as follows: (1) the ratio that the annual retail kilowatt-hour sales in the state of each utility bears to the annual total retail kilowatt-hour sales in the state of all these utilities, multiplied by 0.667, plus (2) the ratio that the annual gross revenue from retail kilowatt-hour sales in the state of each utility bears to the annual total gross revenues from retail kilowatt-hour sales in the state of all these utilities, multiplied by 0.333, as determined by the commission. The assessment shall be credited to the special revenue fund and shall be paid to the state treasury within 30 days after receipt of the bill, which shall constitute notice of said assessment and demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may be assessed to the several utilities under authority of this subdivision shall not exceed the sum of the annual budget of the commission for carrying out the purposes of this subdivision. The assessment for the third quarter of each fiscal year shall be adjusted to compensate for the amount by which actual expenditures by the commission for the preceding fiscal year were more or less than the estimated expenditures previously assessed.
Minn. Stat. § 336.7-503 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 336 / Section 336.7-503
§ 336.7-503 DOCUMENT OF TITLE TO GOODS DEFEATED IN CERTAIN CASES.
Status: in_force

(a) A document of title confers no right in goods against a person that before issuance of the document had a legal interest or a perfected security interest in the goods and that did not:

(1) deliver or entrust the goods or any document of title covering the goods to the bailor or the bailor's nominee with:

(A) actual or apparent authority to ship, store, or sell;

(B) power to obtain delivery under section 336.7-403 ; or

(C) power of disposition under section 336.2-403 , 336.2A-304 (2), 336.2A-305 (2), 336.9-320 , or 336.9-321 (c) or other statute or rule of law; or

(2) acquiesce in the procurement by the bailor or its nominee of any document.

(b) Title to goods based upon an unaccepted delivery order is subject to the rights of any person to which a negotiable warehouse receipt or bill of lading covering the goods has been duly negotiated. That title may be defeated under section 336.7-504 to the same extent as the rights of the issuer or a transferee from the issuer.

(c) Title to goods based upon a bill of lading issued to a freight forwarder is subject to the rights of any person to which a bill issued by the freight forwarder is duly negotiated. However, delivery by the carrier in accordance with part 4 pursuant to its own bill of lading discharges the carrier's obligation to deliver.
Minn. Stat. § 548.73 — MN Code / Part 540_552 / Chapter 548 / Section 548.73
§ 548.73 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND INTERPRETATION.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
Minn. Stat. § 609.507 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.507
§ 609.507 FALSELY REPORTING CHILD ABUSE.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:

(1) informs another person that a person has committed sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect of a child, as defined in section 260E.03 ;

(2) knows that the allegation is false or is without reason to believe that the alleged abuser committed the abuse or neglect; and

(3) has the intent that the information influence a child custody hearing.
Minn. Stat. § 117.086 — MN Code / Part 117_119 / Chapter 117 / Section 117.086
§ 117.086 NONCONTIGUOUS TRACTS, TREATMENT AS UNIT.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Certain land considered as a unit. In all eminent domain proceedings brought under this chapter noncontiguous tracts of land may be considered as a unit for the purpose of the assessment of the damages for a taking from only one of such tracts, provided that the use to which the tracts are applied is so connected, that the taking from one in fact damages the other.

§ Subd. 2. Notice of appeal. In the event that an appeal is taken, a party claiming a unity in noncontiguous tracts shall give notice thereof in the notice of appeal as provided in section 117.145 .

§ Subd. 3. Determination of taking, damage. The petitioner, after receiving notice that the landowner claims a unity in noncontiguous tracts, may upon ten days' written notice to the landowner, move the court for its order determining whether, as a matter of law, the landowner has suffered a taking of, or damage to, noncontiguous tracts by reason of the eminent domain proceedings brought under this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 123B.07 — MN Code / Part 120_129C / Chapter 123B / Section 123B.07
§ 123B.07 MISSING CHILDREN; VOLUNTARY FINGERPRINTING.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this section: (a) "child" means a person under 18 years old; and (b) "missing child" means a child who has run away or is otherwise missing from the home or the care, custody, and control of the child's parents, guardian, legal custodian, or other person having responsibility for the child.

§ Subd. 2. Authority. Each district may develop a fingerprinting program for pupils and children who reside in the district. The principal or chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school may develop a fingerprinting program for pupils of the school. If developed, the program must be developed in conjunction with law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction within the district or the place where the nonpublic school is located. The law enforcement agencies must cooperate fully with the district or the nonpublic school in the development of its fingerprinting program.

§ Subd. 3. Limitations and procedures. If developed, the fingerprinting program may be developed only for the purpose of assisting in the location and identification of missing children, and must be operated according to the following procedures: (a) No child may be required to participate in the program. (b) Before a child may participate in the program, the child's parents, guardian, legal custodian, or other person responsible for the child must authorize the child's participation by signing a form developed by the district or the principal or chief administrative officer of the nonpublic school. (c) Fingerprinting of children must be done by law enforcement personnel on fingerprint cards provided to the district or nonpublic school by the commissioner of public safety or on fingerprint cards acquired elsewhere. (d) The school must give the fingerprint card to the child's parents, guardian, legal custodian, or other person responsible for the child. No copy of the fingerprint card may be retained by the law enforcement agency, school, or district. (e) The child's name, sex, hair and eye color, height, weight, and date and place of birth must be written on the fingerprint card. Districts and nonpublic schools that develop fingerprinting programs under this section shall offer them on a periodic basis, and shall notify parents, guardians, legal custodians, and residents of the district or communities served by the school of the program and its purpose. Notification may be made by means of memoranda, letters, newspaper articles, or other reasonable means.

§ Subd. 4. Evidentiary use of fingerprints. Fingerprints of a child obtained pursuant to this section are inadmissible as evidence against the child in any criminal or juvenile court proceeding.

§ Subd. 5. Other fingerprinting programs unaffected. This section does not apply to fingerprinting programs for children that are provided by private organizations other than nonpublic schools, or governmental entities other than districts.
Minn. Stat. § 290.9729 — MN Code / Part 289A_295 / Chapter 290 / Section 290.9729
§ 290.9729 TAX ON PASSIVE INVESTMENT INCOME.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Tax imposed. There is imposed a tax for the taxable year on the taxable income of an S corporation, if for the taxable year an S corporation has: (1) subchapter C earnings and profits at the close of such taxable year; and (2) gross receipts more than 25 percent of which are passive investment income. The tax is imposed at the rate prescribed by section 290.06, subdivision 1 . The terms "subchapter C earnings and profits," "passive investment income," and "gross receipts" have the same meanings as when used in sections 1362(d)(3) and 1375 of the Internal Revenue Code.

§ Subd. 2. Taxable income. For the purposes of this section, taxable income means the lesser of: (1) the amount of the S corporation's excess net passive income, as determined under section 1375 of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the provisions of sections 290.0133 to 290.0135 , that is allocable to this state under section 290.17 , 290.191 , or 290.20 ; or (2) the amount of the S corporation's federal taxable income, as determined under section 1374(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the provisions of sections 290.0133 to 290.0135 , that is allocable to this state under section 290.17 , 290.191 , or 290.20 .

§ Subd. 3. Waiver of tax. The tax imposed by this section shall be waived if the taxpayer receives a waiver for federal income tax purposes under section 1375(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Minn. Stat. § 179.26 — MN Code / Part 175_187 / Chapter 179 / Section 179.26
§ 179.26 DEFINITIONS.
Status: in_force

When used in sections 179.26 to 179.29 , unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, "employee," "labor organization," "strike," and "lockout" have the meanings given them in section 179.01 .
Minn. Stat. § 79.50 — MN Code / Part 59A_79A / Chapter 79 / Section 79.50
§ 79.50 PURPOSES.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this chapter are to:

(a) promote public welfare by regulating insurance rates so that premiums are not excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory;

(b) promote quality and integrity in the databases used in workers' compensation insurance ratemaking;

(c) prohibit price fixing agreements and anticompetitive behavior by insurers;

(d) define the function and scope of activities of data service organizations; and

(e) encourage insurers to provide alternative innovative methods whereby employers can meet the requirements imposed by section 176.181 .
Minn. Stat. § 609.355 — MN Code / Part 609_624 / Chapter 609 / Section 609.355
§ 609.355 BIGAMY.
Status: in_force

§ Subdivision 1. Definition. In this section "cohabit" means to live together under the representation or appearance of being married.

§ Subd. 2. Acts constituting. Whoever does any of the following is guilty of bigamy and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both: (1) knowingly having a prior marriage that is not dissolved, contracts a marriage in this state; or (2) contracts a marriage with another in this state with knowledge that the prior marriage of the other is not dissolved; or (3) marries another outside this state with knowledge that either of them has a prior marriage that has not been dissolved, and then cohabits with the other in this state.
Minn. Stat. § 239.34 — MN Code / Part 239 / Chapter 239 / Section 239.34
§ 239.34 STANDARD WEIGHT OF COAL AND CHARCOAL.
Status: in_force

In all contracts for the sale of coal, charcoal, and ice, the term "ton" shall mean 2,000 pounds. A sale of coal and charcoal, except by weight, is hereby prohibited.
Minn. Stat. § 103I.301 — MN Code / Part 103A_114B / Chapter 103I / Section 103I.301
§ 103I.301 WELL SEALING REQUIREMENTS.
Status: repealed

§ Subdivision 1. Wells and borings. (a) A property owner must have a well or boring sealed if: (1) the well or boring is contaminated or may contribute to the spread of contamination; (2) the well or boring was attempted to be sealed but was not sealed according to the provisions of this chapter; or (3) the well or boring is located, constructed, or maintained in a manner that its continued use or existence endangers groundwater quality or is a safety or health hazard. (b) A well or boring that is not in use must be sealed unless the property owner has a maintenance permit for the well. (c) The property owner must have a well or boring sealed by a licensed person authorized to seal the well or boring, consistent with provisions of this chapter.

§ Subd. 2. Environmental wells. The owner of the property where an environmental well is located must have the environmental well sealed when the well is no longer in use. The owner must have a well contractor, limited well/boring sealing contractor, or an environmental well contractor seal the environmental well.

§ Subd. 3. Dewatering wells. (a) The owner of the property where a dewatering well is located must have the dewatering well sealed when the dewatering well is no longer in use. (b) A well contractor, limited well/boring sealing contractor, or limited dewatering well contractor shall seal the dewatering well.

§ Subd. 3a. Temporary boring. (a) The owner of the property where a temporary boring is located must have the temporary boring sealed within 72 hours after the start of construction of the temporary boring. (b) The owner must have a well contractor, a limited well/boring sealing contractor, or an environmental well contractor seal the temporary boring.

§ Subd. 4. Sealing procedures. Wells and borings must be sealed according to rules adopted by the commissioner.

§ Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1990 c 597 s 73 ]

§ Subd. 6. Notification required. A person may not seal a well or temporary boring until a notification of the proposed sealing is filed as prescribed by the commissioner. A single notification is required for all temporary borings sealed on a single property. Temporary borings less than 25 feet in depth are exempt from the notification requirements in this chapter.
Minn. Stat. § 386.47 — MN Code / Part 370_403 / Chapter 386 / Section 386.47
§ 386.47 OBSOLETE RECORDS, DESTRUCTION.
Status: in_force

Any county board or the governing body of any municipality may by resolution authorize the destruction of the following instruments filed in the office of the county recorder of the county or clerk of the municipality:

(1) all satisfactions of chattel mortgages and releases of conditional sales contracts filed for record more than ten years; and

(2) all unsatisfied chattel mortgages and unreleased conditional sales contracts ten years after maturity; if no maturity date is shown, then ten years after the date of filing.
Minn. Stat. § 136F.68 — MN Code / Part 135A_137 / Chapter 136F / Section 136F.68
§ 136F.68 STATE PROPERTY AGREEMENTS.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 16B.24 , or other law to the contrary, the board may enter into an agreement with an intermediate school district for the cooperative use of state property for any period of time specified in the agreement.
Minn. Stat. § 16D.15 — MN Code / Part 16A_16E / Chapter 16D / Section 16D.15
§ 16D.15 COMPROMISE OF DEBT.
Status: in_force

Unless expressly prohibited by other federal or state law, a state agency may compromise debts owed to the state, whether reduced to judgment or not, where the state agency determines that it is in the best interests of the state to do so.
Minn. Stat. § 324.03 — MN Code / Part 324_342 / Chapter 324 / Section 324.03
§ 324.03 RESULTS OF CONSIGNMENT; ARTIST-ART DEALER RELATIONSHIPS.
Status: in_force

A consignment of a work of fine art results in all of the following:

(1) the art dealer, after delivery of the work of art, is an agent of the artist for the purpose of sale or exhibition of the consigned work of art within the state of Minnesota;

(2) the work of art is property held in trust by the consignee for the benefit of the consignor and is not subject to claim by a creditor of the consignee;

(3) the consignee is responsible for the loss of, or damage to, the work of art; and

(4) the proceeds from the sale of the work of art must be held in trust by the consignee for the benefit of the consignor. The proceeds must first be applied to pay any balance due to the consignor, unless the consignor expressly agrees otherwise in writing.
Minn. Stat. § 469.123 — MN Code / Part 466A_470 / Chapter 469 / Section 469.123
§ 469.123 EXAMINATION AND AUDIT OF LOCAL AGENCY.
Status: in_force

The accounts, books, and records of any local or area agency, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, mortgages, investments, and other matters relating to its finances, operation, and affairs shall be examined and audited from time to time by the state auditor as provided by law.