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MN Stat § 546.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.07 — Order Of Trial; Absence Of Parties.

546.07 ORDER OF TRIAL; ABSENCE OF PARTIES. The issues on the calendar of a general term shall be disposed of in the following order, unless the court shall otherwise direct: (1) jury cases; (2) issues of fact to be tried by the court; (3) issues of law. If a party be absent, unless the court for good cause shall otherwise order, the adverse party may proceed with the case and take a dismissal of the action or a verdict or judgment as the case may require. If neither be present, the cause shall be stricken from the calendar. History:  (9291) RL s 4167; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 546.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.08 — Continuance.

546.08 CONTINUANCE. A motion to postpone a trial for the absence of evidence can only be made upon affidavit, stating the evidence expected to be obtained, the reasons for its absence and for expecting that it can be procured, and showing its materiality and that due diligence has been used to procure it; and if the adverse party thereupon admits that such evidence would be given and that it be considered as actually given on the trial, or offered and rejected as improper, the trial shall not be postponed. History:  (9292) RL s 4168
MN Stat § 546.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.10 — Challenges.

546.10 CHALLENGES. In any civil action or proceeding either party may challenge the panel, or individual jurors thereon, for the same causes and in the same manner as in criminal trials, except that the number of peremptory challenges to be allowed on either side shall be as provided in this section. Before challenging a juror, either party may examine the juror in reference to qualifications to sit as a juror in the cause. A sufficient number of jurors shall be called in the action so that six shall remain after the exercise of the peremptory challenges as provided in this section, and to provide alternate jurors when ordered by the court under rule 47.02 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Each party shall be entitled to two peremptory challenges, which shall be made alternately beginning with the defendant. The parties to the action shall be deemed two, all plaintiffs being one party, and all defendants being the other party, except, in case two or more defendants have adverse interests, the court, if satisfied that the due protection of their interests so requires, may allow the defendant or defendants on each side of the adverse interests not to exceed two peremptory challenges. When the peremptory challenges have been exhausted or declined, the first six of the remaining jurors shall constitute the jury. History:  (9294) RL s 4170; 1913 c 217 s 1; 1927 c 281; 1943 c 228 s 2; 1971 c 917 s 3; 1973 c 453 s 1; 1976 c 239 s 47; 1980 c 509 s 178; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 546.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.11 — Order Of Trial.

546.11 ORDER OF TRIAL. In a civil case when the jury is completed and sworn, the trial shall proceed in the following order, unless for special reasons the court shall otherwise direct: (1) the plaintiff, after stating the issue, shall produce the plaintiff's evidence; (2) the defendant may then open the defense, and produce evidence in support thereof; (3) the parties may then respectively offer rebutting evidence only, unless the court, in furtherance of justice, shall permit either to introduce evidence upon each's original case; (4) when the evidence is concluded, unless the case be submitted by one side or both without argument, the defendant shall open and the plaintiff close the argument to the jury; provided, that if the defendant have the affirmative of the issue to be tried the foregoing order of trial shall be reversed; (5) if several defendants, having separate defenses, appear by different counsel, the court shall determine their relative order in respect to both evidence and argument; (6) when the argument is closed the court may charge the jury. History:  (9295) RL s 4171; 1979 c 233 s 21; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 546.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.12 — View Of Premises; Procedure.

546.12 VIEW OF PREMISES; PROCEDURE. In a civil case when the court deems it proper that the jury should view real property which is the subject of litigation, or the place where a material fact occurred, it may order them to be taken, in a body and in the custody of proper officers, to the place, which shall be shown to them by the judge, or by a person appointed by the court for that purpose; and while the jurors are thus absent, no one other than the judge or person so appointed shall speak to them on any subject connected with the trial. History:  (9296) RL s 4172; 1979 c 233 s 22
MN Stat § 546.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.13 — Sickness Of Juror; Food And Lodging.

546.13 SICKNESS OF JUROR; FOOD AND LODGING. If a juror becomes sick or otherwise unable to perform duty, the court may discharge the juror. In that case, unless the parties consent to accept the verdict of the remaining jurors, another may be sworn in place of the discharged juror and the trial begun anew, or the jury may be discharged and another then or afterward impaneled. If the court, while a jury is kept together, shall order that they be provided with food and lodging, the sheriff shall furnish the same at the expense of the state courts. History:  (9297) RL s 4173; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 36
MN Stat § 546.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.15 — Jurors May Take Certain Papers.

546.15 JURORS MAY TAKE CERTAIN PAPERS. On retiring for deliberation, the jury may take with them all papers received in evidence except depositions; but the court may direct that copies be made for their use of such records and documents as ought not, in its judgment, to be taken from those entitled to their possession. The jurors may also take with them notes of the testimony and proceedings made by themselves, but none others. All such papers, except the notes aforesaid, shall be returned to the court administrator before the jurors are discharged. History:  (9299) RL s 4175; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 546.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.16 — Verdict, When Received; Correcting Same; Polling Jury.

546.16 VERDICT, WHEN RECEIVED; CORRECTING SAME; POLLING JURY. While the jury are absent the court may adjourn from time to time, in respect to other business, but it shall be considered open, for all purposes connected with the cause submitted, until a verdict is rendered or the jury discharged. A final adjournment shall discharge the jury. Before the verdict is recorded either party may require the jury to be polled, whereupon the court administrator shall ask if each juror's verdict is the same as the announced verdict. If any answer in the negative, the jury shall be sent out for further deliberation. If the verdict be defective in form or insufficient, it may be corrected under the advice of the court, or the jury may be again sent out. History:  (9300) RL s 4176; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 546.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.17 — Verdict By Five-sixths Of Jury.

546.17 VERDICT BY FIVE-SIXTHS OF JURY. In any civil action or proceeding in any court of record the jury therein may return a verdict, after six hours of deliberation, upon an agreement by five-sixths of its number. The jury's deliberation commences when the officer in charge of the jury is sworn. The court administrator records that time. History:  (9301) 1913 c 63 s 1; 1955 c 220 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 546.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.18 — Verdict; How Signed.

546.18 VERDICT; HOW SIGNED. Where the verdict is agreed to by the full membership of the jury the foreperson only shall sign the verdict, when less than the full number agree on the verdict the same shall be signed by all the jurors who concur therein, and the court administrator shall enter on the minutes the number of jurors concurring in the verdict. History:  (9302) 1913 c 63 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 546.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.19 — Verdict, General And Special.

546.19 VERDICT, GENERAL AND SPECIAL. A general verdict is one by which the jury find generally upon all the issues in favor of the plaintiff or defendant. A special verdict is one by which they find the facts only, and it shall so present the conclusions of fact as established by the evidence that nothing remains to the court but to draw from them conclusions of law. History:  (9303) RL s 4177
MN Stat § 546.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.22 — Jury To Assess Recovery.

546.22 JURY TO ASSESS RECOVERY. When a verdict is found for the plaintiff in an action for the recovery of money, or for the defendant when a counterclaim for the recovery of money is established beyond the amount of the plaintiff's claim as established, the jury shall assess the amount of the recovery. History:  (9306) RL s 4180
MN Stat § 546.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.23 — Verdict In Replevin.

546.23 VERDICT IN REPLEVIN. In an action for the recovery of specific personal property, if the property has not been delivered to the claimant and the jury find that the claimant is entitled to its recovery, or if the property is not in the possession of the respondent, and by answer the respondent claims a return thereof, and the verdict is in the respondent's favor, the jury shall assess the value of the property and the damages, if any are claimed in the complaint or answer, which the prevailing party has sustained by reason of the detention, or taking and withholding, of such property. When the verdict is in favor of the party having possession of the property its value shall not be found. History:  (9307) RL s 4181; 1979 c 18 s 11; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 546.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.24 — Receiving Verdict.

546.24 RECEIVING VERDICT. When the verdict is given, and is such as the court may receive, the court administrator shall immediately file said verdict in open court, and read it to the jury, and inquire of them whether it is their verdict. If any juror disagrees, the fact shall be entered in the minutes, and the jury again sent out; but if no disagreement is expressed, the verdict is complete, and the jury shall be discharged from the case. The court administrator shall forthwith record such verdict in full in the court minutes. History:  (9308) RL s 4182; 1949 c 126 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 546.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.25 — Entries On Receiving Verdict; Reserving Case.

546.25 ENTRIES ON RECEIVING VERDICT; RESERVING CASE. Upon receiving the verdict an entry shall be made in the minutes, specifying the time and place of trial, the names of the jurors and witnesses, the verdict, and any order of the court made in reference to the case. The court may reserve the case for argument and further consideration. History:  (9309) RL s 4183; 1974 c 394 s 9
MN Stat § 546.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.28 — Assessment Of Damages Without Answer.

546.28 ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES WITHOUT ANSWER. A defendant, without answering, may appear in the action and demand in writing an assessment of the amount which the plaintiff is entitled to recover; and thereupon the court, upon application of either party, shall direct the manner of such assessment. When the amount is thus ascertained, the court administrator shall enter judgment therefor as in other cases. History:  (9245) RL s 4122; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 546.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.31 — Trial Unfinished At End Of Term.

546.31 TRIAL UNFINISHED AT END OF TERM. When the trial of any action or proceeding, or of an indictment, is not concluded at the expiration of the term in which it was begun, it may be concluded; and all proceedings may be had in the case in the same manner and with like effect as if it had been concluded within such term. History:  (9314) RL s 4188
MN Stat § 546.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.32 — Trial In Vacation By Consent.

546.32 TRIAL IN VACATION BY CONSENT. With consent of parties the court may try and decide issues of law or fact in vacation, and thereupon judgment may be rendered at any time with the same effect as upon issues tried in term time. History:  (9315) RL s 4189
MN Stat § 546.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.33 — Trial By Referees; Fees Paid By The County.

546.33 TRIAL BY REFEREES; FEES PAID BY THE COUNTY. When, in a trial by referee the court shall state in the order of appointment that the reference is made necessary by press of business, the fees of the referee, as taxed and allowed by the court, shall be paid out of the county treasury, as the salaries of county officers are paid. History:  (9316) RL s 4190; 1921 c 279 s 2; 1974 c 394 s 10
MN Stat § 546.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.35 — Selection Of Referees; Majority May Act.

546.35 SELECTION OF REFEREES; MAJORITY MAY ACT. If the parties do not agree upon the persons to be appointed, the selection shall be made by the court from the resident electors of the state. If two be appointed, they shall meet and act together; if three, all shall meet, but two may do any act which might be done by all. History:  (9318) RL s 4192
MN Stat § 546.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.37 — Minors May Be Excluded, When.

546.37 MINORS MAY BE EXCLUDED, WHEN. When a cause of a scandalous or obscene nature is to be tried, the court or referee may exclude from the courtroom all minors whose presence is not necessary as parties or witnesses. History:  (9320) RL s 4194
MN Stat § 546.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.42 — Persons Disabled In Communication; Interpreters.

546.42 PERSONS DISABLED IN COMMUNICATION; INTERPRETERS. For the purposes of sections 546.42 to 546.44, a person disabled in communication is one who, because of a hearing, speech, or other communication disorder, or because of difficulty in speaking or comprehending the English language, is unable to fully understand the proceedings in which the person is required to participate, or when named as a party to a legal proceeding, is unable by reason of the deficiency to obtain due process of law. History:  1975 c 337 s 1; 1981 c 131 s 1; 1984 c 460 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 546.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.43 — Proceedings Where Interpreter Appointed.

546.43 PROCEEDINGS WHERE INTERPRETER APPOINTED. Subdivision 1. Qualified interpreter. In a civil action in which a disabled person is a litigant or witness, the presiding judicial officer shall appoint a qualified interpreter to serve throughout the proceedings. Subd. 2. Interpreter required. In a proceeding before a board, commission, agency, or licensing authority of the state, or of a political subdivision of the state, where a witness or the principal party in interest is a disabled person, all of the proceedings that are pertinent shall be interpreted in a language the disabled person understands by a qualified interpreter appointed by the board, commission, agency, or licensing authority. History:  1975 c 337 s 2; 2005 c 56 s 1
MN Stat § 546.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 546 — Trials|Section 546.44 — Qualified Interpreter.

546.44 QUALIFIED INTERPRETER. Subdivision 1. Qualifications. No person shall be appointed as a qualified interpreter pursuant to sections 546.42 to 546.44 unless that person is readily able to communicate with the disabled person, translate the proceedings for the disabled person, and accurately repeat and translate the statements of the disabled person to the officials before whom the proceeding is taking place. Subd. 2. Oaths. A qualified interpreter appointed pursuant to the provisions of sections 546.42 to 546.44, before entering upon any duties shall take an oath promising, to the best of skill and judgment, to make a true interpretation to the disabled person being examined of all the proceedings, in a language which the person understands, and that the interpreter will repeat in the English language the statements of the disabled person to the court or other official before whom the proceeding is taking place. Subd. 3. Fees and expenses. The fees and expenses of a qualified interpreter shall be determined by the presiding official and paid by the court, board, commission, agency, or licensing authority before whom the proceeding is taking place. The fees and expenses of a qualified per diem interpreter for a court must be paid by the state courts. Subd. 4. Disclosure. A person serving as an interpreter pursuant to sections 546.42 to 546.44, shall not, without the consent of the person disabled in communication, be allowed to disclose any privileged communication made by the person or any privileged information gathered from the person which was communicated or gathered during the time of service as the interpreter. History:  1975 c 337 s 3; 1981 c 131 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 37; 2005 c 56 s 1
MN Stat § 548.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 548 — Judgments|Section 548.04 — Judgment In Replevin.

548.04 JUDGMENT IN REPLEVIN. In an action to recover the possession of personal property, judgment may be rendered for the plaintiff and for the defendant, or for either. Judgment for either, if the property has not been delivered, and a return is claimed in the complaint or answer, may be for the possession or the value thereof in case possession cannot be obtained, and damages for the detention, or the taking and withholding. If possession cannot be obtained of the whole of such property but may be obtained for part thereof then the party entitled thereto may have possession of the part which may be obtained and recover the value of the remainder or may elect to take judgment for the value of the whole of such property. When the prevailing party is in possession of the property, the value thereof shall not be included in the judgment. If the property has been delivered to the plaintiff, and the action be dismissed before answer, or if the answer so claim, the defendant shall have judgment for a return, and damages, if any, for the detention, or the taking and withholding, of such property; but such judgment shall not be a bar to another action for the same property or any part thereof; provided, that in an action for the recovery of specific personal property by the vendor in a conditional sale contract therefor, or by the vendor's successor in interest, by reason of default in the terms of such conditional sale contract, where it shall appear that the defendant in said action is an innocent purchaser for value of the property and without actual knowledge of the existence of such conditional sale contract, in the event that the plaintiff shall prevail in the action, the measure of the plaintiff's recovery shall be the balance unpaid on the conditional sale contract with interest thereon at the rate fixed in the conditional sale contract, if any, reasonable attorney's fees to be approved by the court and the costs and disbursements of the action. History:  (9395) RL s 4267; 1931 c 202 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 548.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 548 — Judgments|Section 548.05 — Treble Damages For Trespass.

548.05 TREBLE DAMAGES FOR TRESPASS. Whoever shall carry away, use or destroy any wood, timber, lumber, hay, grass, or other personal property of another person, without lawful authority, shall be liable to the owner thereof for treble the amount of damages assessed therefor in an action to recover such damages. If upon trial, the defendant proves having probable cause to believe that such property was the defendant's own, or was owned by the person for whom the defendant acted, judgment shall be given for the actual damages only, and for costs. History:  (9396) RL s 4268; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 548.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 548 — Judgments|Section 548.06 — Damages For Libel.

548.06 DAMAGES FOR LIBEL. In an action for damages for the publication of a libel in a newspaper, the plaintiff shall recover no more than special damages, unless a retraction be demanded and refused as hereinafter provided. The plaintiff shall serve upon the publisher at the principal place of publication, a notice, specifying the statements claimed to be libelous, and requesting that the same be withdrawn. If a retraction thereof be not published on the same page and in the same type and the statement headed in 18-point type or larger "RETRACTION," as were the statements complained of, in a regular issue thereof published within one week after such service, the plaintiff may allege such notice, demand, and failure to retract in the complaint and recover both special and general damages, if the cause of action be maintained. If such retraction be so published, the plaintiff may still recover general damages, unless the defendant shall show that the libelous publication was made in good faith and under a mistake as to the facts. If the plaintiff was a candidate for office at the time of the libelous publication, no retraction shall be available unless published on the same page and in the same type and the statement headed in 18-point type or larger "RETRACTION," as were the statements complained of, in a regular issue thereof published within one week after such service and in a conspicuous place on the editorial page, nor if the libel was published within one week next before the election. This section shall not apply to any libel imputing unchastity. History:  (9397) RL s 4269; 1937 c 299 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 49 s 14
MN Stat § 548.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 548 — Judgments|Section 548.07 — Judgment After Death Of Party.

548.07 JUDGMENT AFTER DEATH OF PARTY. Judgment may be entered after the death of a party upon a verdict, or decision upon an issue of fact, rendered in the party's lifetime. Such judgment shall not be a lien on real property of the decedent, but shall be payable, in the course of administration of the decedent's estate, as if allowed by the district court against the estate. History:  (9398) RL s 4270; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1