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MN Stat § 357.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.13 — Police Officers, Fees In State Cases; Advance Payment Of Fees To Public Officials By State Or County.

357.13 POLICE OFFICERS, FEES IN STATE CASES; ADVANCE PAYMENT OF FEES TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS BY STATE OR COUNTY. Subdivision 1. City police; witness fees. No police officer of any city shall receive any witness fee in a suit or prosecution brought in the name of the state, but any county or city may reimburse the officer for expenses actually incurred. Subd. 2. Advance payments. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding the state of Minnesota or any county thereof shall not be obligated to make advance payment of fees, costs, or charges of any nature to any county or municipal official for services, acts, or duties to be rendered by that official. History:  (6997) RL s 2701; 1967 c 830 s 1; 1983 c 177 s 4; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.16 — Commissioners To Take Testimony.

357.16 COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE TESTIMONY. A person commissioned to take testimony shall receive the fees as prescribed by the court. History:  (7000) RL s 2704; 1983 c 359 s 41
MN Stat § 357.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.17 — Notaries Public.

357.17 NOTARIES PUBLIC. The maximum fees to be charged and collected by a notary public shall be as follows: (1) for protest of nonpayment of note or bill of exchange or of nonacceptance of such bill; where protest is legally necessary, and copy thereof, $5; (2) for every other protest and copy, $5; (3) for making and serving every notice of nonpayment of note or nonacceptance of bill and copy thereof, $5; (4) for any affidavit or paper for which provision is not made herein, $5 per folio, and $1 per folio for copies; (5) for each oath administered, $5; (6) for acknowledgments of deeds and for other services authorized by law, the legal fees allowed other officers for like services; (7) for recording each instrument required by law to be recorded by the notary, $5 per folio. History:  (7001) RL s 2705; 1983 c 175 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 301 s 1
MN Stat § 357.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.20 — Fees Of Referees; Agreement By Parties.

357.20 FEES OF REFEREES; AGREEMENT BY PARTIES. The fees of referees shall be not less than $5 nor more than $25 each for every day spent in the business of the reference, as shall be fixed and allowed by the court ordering the reference; but the parties may agree, in writing, upon any other rate of compensation, and such rate shall be allowed, any excess over the rate fixed by the court, as provided above, to be paid by the parties. In addition to the referee's fees, and as a part of the same, the court may tax and allow the usual bailiff's and reporter's fees, where a bailiff, reporter, or both, are employed in connection with the reference. History:  (7004) RL s 2707; 1921 c 279 s 1
MN Stat § 357.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.21 — Services Under Legal Process; Appraisers.

357.21 SERVICES UNDER LEGAL PROCESS; APPRAISERS. Where no express provision is made for compensation, appraisers of property taken on writ of attachment or replevin, persons appointed under the legal process or order for making partition of real estate, sheriff's aids in criminal cases, and private persons performing like services required by law or in the execution of legal process are each entitled to $5 per day and ten cents per mile for going and returning. Appraisers of estates of decedents and of persons under guardianship are each entitled to such reasonable fees for services as is allowed by the judge of the district court wherein the proceeding is pending. History:  (7005) RL s 2708; 1909 c 17 s 1; 1925 c 330 s 1; 1951 c 339 s 2; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
MN Stat § 357.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.22 — Witnesses.

357.22 WITNESSES. The fees to be paid to witnesses shall be as follows: (1) for attending in any action or proceeding in any court or before any officer, person, or board authorized to take the examination of witnesses, $20 for each day; (2) for travel to and from the place of attendance, to be estimated from the witness's residence, if within the state, or from the boundary line of the state where the witness crossed it, if without the state, 28 cents per mile. No person is obliged to attend as a witness in any civil case unless one day's attendance and travel fees are paid or tendered the witness in advance. History:  (7006) RL s 2709; 1961 c 561 s 12; 1974 c 515 s 1; 1983 c 13 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 42; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 4
MN Stat § 357.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.23 — Witness Fees Of Officers Of Municipalities.

357.23 WITNESS FEES OF OFFICERS OF MUNICIPALITIES. No officer or employee of any city or county in this state shall receive or be paid any sum as witness fees in any case in which the state of Minnesota, the county, or the city, of which the witness is an officer or employee, is a party, if the case be tried in the witness's city of residence. History:  (7007) 1895 c 241; 1905 c 141 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.24 — Criminal Cases.

357.24 CRIMINAL CASES. Witnesses for the state in criminal cases and witnesses attending on behalf of any defendant represented by a public defender or an attorney performing public defense work for a public defense corporation under section 611.216, shall receive the same fees for travel and attendance as provided in section 357.22. Judges also may allow like fees to witnesses attending in behalf of any other defendant. In addition these witnesses shall receive reasonable expenses actually incurred for meals, loss of wages and child care, not to exceed $60 per day. When a defendant is represented by a public defender or an attorney performing public defense work for a public defense corporation under section 611.216, neither the defendant nor the public defender shall be charged for any subpoena fees or for service of subpoenas by a public official. The compensation and reimbursement shall be paid out of the county treasury. History:  (7008) RL s 2710; 1973 c 689 s 1; 1974 c 375 s 1; 1983 c 13 s 2; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 89; 1993 c 146 art 2 s 17; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 5
MN Stat § 357.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.241 — Juvenile Court Witnesses.

357.241 JUVENILE COURT WITNESSES. Witnesses in juvenile proceedings shall receive the same fees for travel and attendance as provided in section 357.22. In addition these witnesses shall receive reasonable expenses actually incurred for meals, loss of wages, and child care, not to exceed $60 per day. History:  1983 c 13 s 3; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 6
MN Stat § 357.242 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.242 — Parents Of Juveniles.

357.242 PARENTS OF JUVENILES. In any proceeding where a parent or guardian attends the proceeding with a minor witness and the parent or guardian is not a witness, one parent or guardian shall be compensated in those cases where witness compensation is mandatory under section 357.22, 357.24, or 357.241, and may be compensated at the discretion of the judge when the minor is a witness on behalf of a defendant in a criminal case or on behalf of a juvenile in a juvenile court proceeding. The court shall award no more than a combined total of $60 to the parent or guardian and the minor witness. History:  1983 c 13 s 4; 1983 c 216 art 2 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 7
MN Stat § 357.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.25 — Expert Witnesses.

357.25 EXPERT WITNESSES. The judge of any court of record, before whom any witness is summoned or sworn and examined as an expert in any profession or calling, may allow such fees or compensation as may be just and reasonable. History:  (7009) RL s 2711; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.27 — Coroner Jurors.

357.27 CORONER JURORS. Each juror sworn before a coroner at an inquest shall receive $3 for each day's attendance and ten cents for each mile traveled in going to and returning from the site of the inquest. The distance shall be computed by the usually traveled route and paid out of the county treasury. The coroner shall deliver to each juror a certificate for the number of days' attendance and miles traveled for which the juror is entitled to compensation. Each juror sworn in any action pending before any sheriff on a writ of inquiry, shall receive $3, to be paid, in the first instance in all civil actions, by the party calling for the jurors. The certificate of the coroner for services rendered as a juror before the coroner shall be filed with the county auditor, who shall draw a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount. The certificate shall be sufficient voucher for the issuance of the warrant. History:  (7011) RL s 2713; 1961 c 196 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 43; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.28 — Court Commissioner.

357.28 COURT COMMISSIONER. Subdivision 1. Fees. The fees to be charged and collected by a court commissioner shall be as follows, and no other or greater fees shall be charged: (1) for examining any petition, complaint, affidavit, or any paper wherein an order is required, $2.50; (2) for making and entering an order on the same, $1; (3) for examining a person alleged to have a mental illness or chemical dependency for commitment, $25; (4) for hearing and deciding on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, $10 for each day necessarily occupied; (5) for examination of judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution and for all disclosures in garnishment proceedings, in writing, 25 cents per folio; (6) for all other services rendered by the commissioner, the same fees as are allowed by law to other officers for similar services. Subd. 2. Application. Subdivision 1 shall not apply to any county containing a city of the first class. History:  (7012) RL s 2715; 1915 c 203 s 2; 1949 c 462 s 1; 1955 c 666 s 1,2; 1965 c 117 s 1; 1965 c 681 s 3; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 59 art 3 s 6
MN Stat § 357.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.29 — Services Not Rendered; Illegal Fees.

357.29 SERVICES NOT RENDERED; ILLEGAL FEES. No judge, sheriff, or other officer, or any other person to whom any fee or compensation is allowed by law for any service, shall take or receive any other or greater fee or reward for the service than allowed by law. No fee or compensation shall be demanded or received by any officer or person for any service unless it was actually rendered, except in the case of prospective costs. Any person violating either of these provisions is liable to the party aggrieved for treble the damages sustained. History:  (7014) RL s 2717; 1983 c 359 s 44; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.30 — Taxation For Services Not Rendered; Prospective Costs; Attorney As Witness.

357.30 TAXATION FOR SERVICES NOT RENDERED; PROSPECTIVE COSTS; ATTORNEY AS WITNESS. No fees shall be taxed for services not rendered, except when otherwise expressly provided, and upon entry of judgment or decree no prospective costs shall be taxed except for docketing the same, unless the party demanding judgment shall require the costs of an execution or transcript of judgment to be taxed, in which case it may be done. No attorney or counsel in any cause shall be allowed witness fees therein. History:  (7015) RL s 2718
MN Stat § 357.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.31 — Copies; Itemized List; Fees Uniform.

357.31 COPIES; ITEMIZED LIST; FEES UNIFORM. The legal fees paid for certified copies of the depositions of witnesses filed in any court administrator's office, or any documents or papers filed or recorded in any public office, necessarily used on trial of a cause or on the assessment of damages, shall be allowed in the taxation of costs. Any officer receiving fees shall, on demand, furnish an itemized list and receipt the same on payment. On refusal to do so, the officer shall be liable to the party paying the same for three times the amount paid. Every officer shall be entitled to the same fees for performing the same service. History:  (7016) RL s 2719; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 357.315 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.315 — Cost Of Exhibits And Medical Records.

357.315 COST OF EXHIBITS AND MEDICAL RECORDS. The cost of obtaining medical records used to prepare a claim, whether or not offered at trial, and the reasonable cost of exhibits shall be allowed in the taxation of costs. History:   1992 c 569 s 23
MN Stat § 357.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.32 — Witness; When And How Paid.

357.32 WITNESS; WHEN AND HOW PAID. When it appears that any witness subpoenaed or required to appear on behalf of the state has come from another state or country or is indigent, the court may, by order upon the minutes, direct the county treasurer to pay the witness a reasonable sum for expenses. When a prosecution in the name of the state fails, or the defendant proves insolvent, escapes, or is unable to pay the fees when convicted, they shall be paid out of the county treasury, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court administrator of court upon request of the county attorney or the attorney general may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses in behalf of the state or county without payment of fees in advance; and, in criminal cases, the witnesses for the defendant shall also be compelled to attend without payment of fees in advance, and failure to attend after being served with a subpoena shall subject any witness to be proceeded against in the same manner as provided by law in other cases where payment of fees is required to be paid in advance. The court administrator of any court in which a witness has attended on behalf of the state in a civil action shall give the witness a certificate of attendance and travel, which entitles the witness to receive the amount from the county treasurer. History:  (7017) RL s 2720; 1979 c 233 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 357.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.33 — Put In County Treasury.

357.33 PUT IN COUNTY TREASURY. Unless otherwise provided by law, every county official receiving a stated salary shall receive the same in full compensation for all services and expenses whatsoever, and shall, on the first Monday of each month, file with the county auditor a correct statement of all fees received, and turn the same into the county treasury. History:  (7018) RL s 2721; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.39 — Clerks, Cities Of First Class.

357.39 CLERKS, CITIES OF FIRST CLASS. Notwithstanding any law or laws or parts of laws of the state of Minnesota to the contrary, the city clerk of each city of the first class in this state may and shall charge and collect fees for the use and benefit of the city, in amounts and for purposes as follows: (1) for filing any chattel mortgage, or duplicate or certified copy thereof, or assignment or partial release or satisfaction thereof, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing same, for each instrument, 25 cents; (2) for filing reports of chattel mortgage foreclosure sale, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing the same, for each instrument, 25 cents; (3) for filing any promissory note, or conditional contract of sale, or copy of either thereof, or memorandum of oral contract, or partial release or satisfaction of either thereof, and indexing and entering and certifying to the date of filing the same, for each instrument, 25 cents; (4) for filing statements of claims for motor vehicle liens, for each instrument, 25 cents; (5) for making and filing wolf bounty certificates, and for each certified copy of such certificates for each instrument, 25 cents; (6) for filing notices of intention of attorneys to claim lien, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing same, for each instrument, 25 cents; (7) for filing and indexing and entering powers of attorney, for each instrument, 25 cents; (8) for filing certified copy of execution and return of levy by officer on bulky personal property, for each instrument, 25 cents; (9) for filing assignments of wages or salaries or orders and acceptances for wages or salaries, for each instrument or order, 25 cents; (10) for filing trust deeds containing chattel mortgage clauses or tenement leases containing chattel mortgage clauses, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing the same, for each instrument, 25 cents; (11) for filing assignments of debts, 25 cents each; (12) for filing reports of proceedings for the sale of pledged personal property, for each report, 25 cents; (13) for all instruments except instruments specified in clause (5), the fee for certifying the same shall be 50 cents for each copy certified. If copies of any of the foregoing instruments are prepared by the clerk, the clerk shall charge and collect an additional fee of ten cents for each one hundred words contained in each instrument furnished; provided, that the minimum fee for the furnishing of any such instrument shall be the sum of $1. History:  1949 c 472 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.40 — Collections Credited To General Fund.

357.40 COLLECTIONS CREDITED TO GENERAL FUND. All fees received by any clerk of any such city under the provisions of section 357.39 shall be credited to the general fund of such city, and the amount of such fees shall not be considered within the cost of government as determined under the provisions of any charter of any such city of the first class. History:   1949 c 472 s 2
MN Stat § 357.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.41 — Clerks, Cities Of First Class In Counties Of 300,000.

357.41 CLERKS, CITIES OF FIRST CLASS IN COUNTIES OF 300,000. Subdivision 1. Filing fee. Notwithstanding any statute or charter to the contrary, the city clerk of each city of the first class located in a county having more than 300,000 inhabitants may and shall charge a fee of 50 cents for filing each instrument which is required by law to be or which may be filed in that office. Subd. 2. Additional fees. For certifying each instrument the clerk shall make a charge of $1, and if copy of an instrument be prepared, the clerk shall charge an additional fee of 20 cents for each one hundred words contained in each copy prepared, the total charge thereof to be not less than $2 nor more than $5. Subd. 3. Fees credited to general revenue fund. All fees received by any clerk of any such city shall be credited to the general fund of such city, and the amount of such fees shall not be considered within the cost of government as determined under the provisions of any charter of any such city of the first class. History:  1957 c 226 s 1-3; 1963 c 277 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 357.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 357 — Fees|Section 357.42 — Treatment Court Fees.

357.42 TREATMENT COURT FEES. (a) When a court establishes a treatment court process, the court may establish one or more fees for services provided to defendants participating in the process. (b) In each fiscal year, the court shall deposit the treatment court participation fees in the special revenue fund and credit the fees to a separate account for the trial courts. The balance in this account is appropriated to the trial courts and does not cancel but is available until expended. Expenditures from this account must be made for treatment court purposes. History:  2007 c 54 art 5 s 8; 2017 c 95 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 358.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments|Section 358.01 — Private Seals Abolished.

358.01 PRIVATE SEALS ABOLISHED. Private seals are abolished, and all written instruments formerly required by law to be sealed shall be equally effective for all purposes without a seal; but nothing herein shall apply to the use of corporate seals. History:  (6933) RL s 2652
MN Stat § 358.028 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments|Section 358.028 — Legislators, Official Stamps.

358.028 LEGISLATORS, OFFICIAL STAMPS. Every member of the legislature, while in office and residing in the district from which elected, may have an official notarial stamp, in the form provided in section 358.03, with which to authenticate official acts provided for in section 358.15. History:  1955 c 72 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2010 c 380 s 2
MN Stat § 358.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments|Section 358.03 — Form Of Official Seals.

358.03 FORM OF OFFICIAL SEALS. Upon every seal of a court or officer authorized or required to have a seal there shall be engraved the same device that is engraved on the seal of the state, and the name of the court or office in which it is to be used. The seal of the court, if affixed electronically, must bear the likeness of the seal of the state, and the name of the court in which it is to be used. History:  (6935) RL s 2654; 1947 c 199 s 1; 2014 c 204 s 2
MN Stat § 358.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments|Section 358.04 — Temporary Seal, When Used.

358.04 TEMPORARY SEAL, WHEN USED. When any court of record is unprovided with a seal, the judge thereof may authorize the use of any temporary seal, or of any device by way of seal, until one is provided. History:  (6936) RL s 2655
MN Stat § 358.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations|Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments|Section 358.05 — Oath Of Office.

358.05 OATH OF OFFICE. The oath of office to be taken by members and officers of either branch of the legislature shall be that prescribed by the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 8. Every person elected or appointed to any other public office, including every official commissioner, or member of any public board or body, before transacting any of the business or exercising any privilege of such office, shall take and subscribe the oath defined in the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article V, section 6. History:  (6963) RL s 2677; 1976 c 2 s 172