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MN Stat § 345.515 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.515 — Agreements To Locate Reported Property.

345.515 AGREEMENTS TO LOCATE REPORTED PROPERTY. It is unlawful for a person to seek or receive from another person or contract with a person for a fee or compensation for locating property, knowing it to have been reported or paid or delivered to the commissioner pursuant to chapter 345 prior to 24 months after the date the property is paid or delivered to the commissioner. No agreement entered into after 24 months after the date the property is paid or delivered to the commissioner is valid if a person thereby undertakes to locate property included in a report for a fee or other compensation exceeding ten percent of the value of the recoverable property unless the agreement is in writing and signed by the owner and discloses the nature and value of the property and the name and address of the holder thereof as such facts have been reported. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an owner from asserting at any time that an agreement to locate property is based upon an excessive or unjust consideration. History:  1977 c 137 s 11; 1983 c 301 s 234; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 439 art 1 s 21; 2000 c 483 s 52
MN Stat § 345.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.52 — Election To Take Payment Or Delivery.

345.52 ELECTION TO TAKE PAYMENT OR DELIVERY. The commissioner, after receiving reports of property deemed abandoned pursuant to sections 345.31 to 345.60, may decline to receive any property reported on deeming it to have a value less than the cost of giving notice and holding sale, or the commissioner may, on deeming it desirable because of the small sum involved, postpone taking possession until a sufficient sum accumulates. Unless the holder of the property is notified to the contrary within 120 days after filing the report required under section 345.41, the commissioner shall be deemed to have elected to receive the custody of the property. History:  1969 c 725 s 22; 1983 c 301 s 234; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 345.525 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.525 — Property Having No Apparent Commercial Or Historical Value.

345.525 PROPERTY HAVING NO APPARENT COMMERCIAL OR HISTORICAL VALUE. The commissioner may withhold the property from sales under this section. If it is determined that property delivered to the commissioner has no commercial or historical value the commissioner may thereafter destroy or otherwise dispose of the property, and in that event no action or proceeding shall be brought or maintained against the state or any officer thereof or against the holder for or on account of any action taken by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 345 with respect to the property. The commissioner shall keep a record of all items destroyed under this section, and all items held by the historical society, including the name and address of the owner of the property and the person who delivered the property to the commissioner, the date of delivery, a description of the property destroyed and the date of destruction. History:  1977 c 137 s 12; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 88; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 345.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.53 — Examination Of Records.

345.53 EXAMINATION OF RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Commissioner's duties. The commissioner may at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice examine the records of any person if there is reason to believe that the person has failed to report property that should have been reported pursuant to sections 345.31 to 345.60. Subd. 2. Examination charges. If an examination of the records of a person results in the disclosure of property reportable and deliverable under sections 345.31 to 345.60, the commissioner may assess the cost of the examination against the holder at the rate of $15 per hour per examiner, but in no case may the charges exceed the value of the property found to be reportable and deliverable. History:  1969 c 725 s 23; 1981 c 356 s 353; 1983 c 301 s 234; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 345.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.54 — Proceeding To Compel Delivery Of Abandoned Property.

345.54 PROCEEDING TO COMPEL DELIVERY OF ABANDONED PROPERTY. If any person refuses to deliver property to the commissioner as required under sections 345.31 to 345.60, or pay the interest provided for by section 345.55, subdivision 3, the commissioner may bring an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to enforce such delivery or payment. History:  1969 c 725 s 24; 1978 c 664 s 2; 1983 c 301 s 234
MN Stat § 345.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.55 — Penalties.

345.55 PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor. Any person who willfully fails to render any report or perform other duties required under sections 345.31 to 345.60, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Gross misdemeanor. Any person who willfully refuses to pay or deliver abandoned property to the commissioner as required under sections 345.31 to 345.60 shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Subd. 3. Interest assessment after demand. In addition to any damages, penalties, or fines for which a person may be liable under other provisions of law, any person who fails to pay or deliver unclaimed property within the time prescribed by this chapter after written demand therefor by the commissioner made after March 29, 1978, shall pay to the commissioner interest at the rate of 12 percent per annum on the property or value thereof from the date of the written demand. History:  1969 c 725 s 25; 1978 c 664 s 3; 1983 c 301 s 234
MN Stat § 345.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.56 — Rules.

345.56 RULES. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make necessary rules to carry out the provisions of sections 345.31 to 345.60. History:  1969 c 725 s 26; 1983 c 301 s 234; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 345.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.57 — Effect Of Laws Of Other States.

345.57 EFFECT OF LAWS OF OTHER STATES. Sections 345.31 to 345.60 shall not apply to any property that has been presumed abandoned or escheated under the laws of another state prior to July 1, 1969. History:   1969 c 725 s 27
MN Stat § 345.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.58 — Cutoff Date.

345.58 CUTOFF DATE. Except as to property required to be reported pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 1967, sections 48.521 to 48.528, sections 345.31 to 345.60 shall not apply to property otherwise subject to sections 345.31 to 345.60 which became due or payable or which was in the possession of the holder before January 1, 1944. History:   1969 c 725 s 28
MN Stat § 345.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.59 — Uniformity Of Interpretation.

345.59 UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION. 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. History:   1969 c 725 s 30
MN Stat § 345.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.60 — Citation.

345.60 CITATION. Sections 345.31 to 345.60 as enacted and hereafter amended, may be cited as the "Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act." History:   1969 c 725 s 31
MN Stat § 345.70 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.70 — Minnesota Museum Property Act; Definitions.

345.70 MINNESOTA MUSEUM PROPERTY ACT; DEFINITIONS. (a) As used in this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them. (b) "Archives repository" means a nonprofit organization or a public agency whose primary functions include selecting, preserving, and making available records of historical or enduring value, and that is open to the public on a regular basis. Archives repository does not include a public library. (c) "Loan" means the placement of property with a museum or archives repository that is not accompanied by a transfer of title of the property to the museum or archives repository and for which there is some record that the owner intended to retain title to the property. Loan does not include transfers between museums, between archives repositories, or between museums and archives repositories unless the transferring institution specifically provides in writing that the transfer is a loan under this section. (d) "Museum" means a nonprofit organization or a public agency that is operated primarily for the purpose of collecting, cataloging, preserving, or exhibiting property of educational, scientific, historic, cultural, or aesthetic interest and that is open to the public on a regular basis. Museum does not include a public library. (e) "Property" means personal property. History:   2004 c 213 s 1
MN Stat § 345.71 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.71 — Loans Of Property To A Museum Or Archives Repository.

345.71 LOANS OF PROPERTY TO A MUSEUM OR ARCHIVES REPOSITORY. Subdivision 1. Ownership records. Each museum or archives repository shall keep accurate records of all property on loan to the museum or archives repository, including the name and address of the owner, if known, and the beginning and ending date of the loan period. At the time that a person makes a loan to a museum or archives repository, the museum or archives repository shall give the owner of the property a copy of this section. If a museum or archives repository is notified of a change in the ownership of any property loaned to a museum or archives repository, the museum or archives repository shall inform the new owner of the provisions of the loan agreement and shall send the new owner a copy of this section. Not less than 90 days before a museum or archives repository changes its address or dissolves, the museum or archives repository shall notify all owners of that change of address or dissolution. If a museum or archives repository becomes the owner of property under section 345.72 or 345.73, the museum or archives repository shall maintain any records that the museum or archives repository has regarding the property for not less than two years after the date on which the museum or archives repository becomes the owner of the property. Subd. 2. Change in address or ownership. The owner of property loaned to a museum or archives repository shall provide the museum or archives repository with written notice of any change of the owner's address, of the owner's designated agent, of the designated agent's address, and of the name and address of the new owner if there is a change in the ownership of the property loaned to the museum or archives repository. History:   2004 c 213 s 2
MN Stat § 345.73 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.73 — Acquiring Title To Undocumented Property.

345.73 ACQUIRING TITLE TO UNDOCUMENTED PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Acquisition. Property in the possession of a museum or archives repository which the museum or archives repository has reason to believe may be on loan and, for which the museum or archives repository does not know the owner, or have any reasonable means of determining the owner, becomes the property of the museum or archives repository if no person has claimed the property within seven years after the museum or archives repository took possession of the property. The museum or archives repository becomes the owner of the property on the day after the seven-year period ends, and after following the notification process outlined in subdivision 2, free from all claims. Subd. 2. Notification. The museum or archives repository that wishes to acquire title to undocumented property described in subdivision 1 shall provide public notice in the manner described in section 345.72. Subd. 3. Presumption of gift to museum. Effective August 1, 2004, property that: (1) is found in or on property controlled by the museum; (2) is from an unknown source; and (3) might reasonably be assumed to have been intended as a gift to the museum, is conclusively presumed to be a gift to the museum if ownership of the property is not claimed by a person within 90 days of its discovery. History:   2004 c 213 s 4
MN Stat § 345.74 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.74 — Conservation Of Museum Property.

345.74 CONSERVATION OF MUSEUM PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Protection of loaned property. Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may apply conservation measures to property on loan to the museum without the lender's permission or formal notice if action is required to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum, or the property on loan is a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff, and either: (1) the museum is unable to reach the lender at the lender's last known address within three days before the time the museum determines action is necessary; or (2) the lender does not respond or will not agree to the protective measures the museum recommends and does not terminate the loan and retrieve the property within three days. Subd. 2. Lien. If a museum applies conservation measures to property under this section, or with the agreement of the lender, unless the agreement provides otherwise, the museum acquires a lien on the property in the amount of the costs incurred by the museum. Subd. 3. Liability. The museum is not liable for injury to or loss of the property if the museum: (1) had a reasonable belief at the time the action was taken that the action was necessary to protect the property on loan or other property in the custody of the museum, or that the property on loan was a hazard to the health and safety of the public or the museum staff; and (2) exercised reasonable care in the choice and application of conservation measures. History:   2004 c 213 s 5
MN Stat § 345.75 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 345 — Unclaimed Property|Section 345.75 — Abandoned Tangible Personal Property.

345.75 ABANDONED TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. The ownership of abandoned tangible personal property that is not subject to any other provision of statute may be transferred as provided by this section. If property has not been removed within six months after it comes into the possession of a person, it is abandoned and shall become the property of the person in possession, after notice to the prior owner. Thirty days' notice that the time period has elapsed and that the ownership will be transferred at the end of the 30 days shall be given to the prior owner personally or by certified mail, which is actually received. If the name of the prior owner is not known, and cannot be ascertained with reasonable diligence, three weeks' published notice shall be given in the county where the property is located. The prior owner or another person claiming an interest in the property may petition the district court to stay the transfer of ownership for a reasonable period to allow the removal of the property. The transfer is stayed while the petition is pending before the court. History:   2005 c 109 s 7
MN Stat § 346.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.01 — Who May Take Up.

346.01 WHO MAY TAKE UP. No person shall take up any estray, except horses or mules, unless such estray shall be found on lands owned or occupied by the person in the town wherein the person resides. History:  (7267) RL s 2769; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 346.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.02 — Finder To Give Notice; Penalty.

346.02 FINDER TO GIVE NOTICE; PENALTY. A person who finds an estray and knows who owns it shall notify the owner within seven days after finding the estray and request the owner to pay all reasonable charges and take such estray away. A finder who does not know who owns the estray shall within ten days file a notice with the town clerk. The clerk shall transmit a copy thereof to the county recorder, who shall record the same in a book designated "estray book." The finder shall give posted notice of the finding of the estray in said town. The notice shall briefly describe the estray, giving its marks, natural and artificial, as nearly as practicable, naming the residence of the finder, and specifying the town, section, and time when taken up. For failure to give such notice, the finder shall be liable to the owner of the estray in double the amount of damages sustained by the owner thereby. History:  (7268) RL s 2770; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1984 c 543 s 31; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 346.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.03 — Appraisement.

346.03 APPRAISEMENT. Every finder of an estray of the value of $10 or more at the time of taking up shall, within one month, have it appraised by a county or municipal judge. The certificate of appraisement shall be filed with the town clerk. The finder shall pay 50 cents for the certificate and six cents per mile for each mile necessarily traveled to make the appraisal. History:  (7269) RL s 2771; 1983 c 359 s 34
MN Stat § 346.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.04 — Charges For Keeping.

346.04 CHARGES FOR KEEPING. The person entitled to the possession of any estray, at any time within one year after notice is filed with the town clerk, may have it restored upon proving the right to it and paying all lawful charges that occur in relation to it. If the person and the finder cannot agree as to the amount of the charges, or upon what should be allowed for the use of the estray, either party, on notice to the other, may apply to a district court judge to settle the disagreement. The judge may examine witnesses on oath. If any amount is owed to the finder, over the value of the use of the estray, the money, with costs, shall be a lien upon the estray. The costs of the adjudication shall be allocated by the judge. History:  (7270) RL s 2772; 1983 c 359 s 35; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 33
MN Stat § 346.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.05 — Sale Of Estray.

346.05 SALE OF ESTRAY. If no claimant for such estray shall cause its return to the claimant as before provided, and if such estray shall not have been appraised at more than $10, the finder shall thereupon become the owner thereof; but, if such appraised value exceeds $10, the estray shall be sold at public auction by any peace officer of the county on the request of the finder. Notice thereof shall be given and the sale conducted and the same fees allowed as in case of sales upon justice's execution. The finder may bid at such sale, and at the time thereof shall deliver to such officer a statement, in writing, of the finder's charges. After deducting such charges, if reasonable, and the costs of sale, the officer shall deposit the remainder of the money, together with the written statement and a statement of the costs of sale, with the county treasurer, taking the treasurer's receipt therefor. If the finder of any such estray shall fail to cause the sale to be made, the finder shall pay to the town the value of the estray, to be recovered in an action by the town. History:  (7271) RL s 2773; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 346.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.06 — Money, How Disposed Of.

346.06 MONEY, HOW DISPOSED OF. If the money so deposited be not claimed by the former owner of the estray within one year after such sale, the same shall be paid by the county treasurer into the public school fund. History:  (7272) RL s 2774
MN Stat § 346.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.07 — Removal Of Estray; Neglect To Give Notice.

346.07 REMOVAL OF ESTRAY; NEGLECT TO GIVE NOTICE. If any person, without the consent of the finder, shall take away any estray taken up pursuant to this chapter, without first paying all lawful charges incurred in relation to the same, the person shall be liable to the finder for the value of the estray; and, if any person taking up the estray shall neglect to comply with the provisions of this chapter, that person shall be precluded from acquiring any right of property in such estray and from receiving any charges or compensation in relation thereto. History:  (7273) RL s 2775; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 346.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.08 — Distraint Of Animals Doing Damage.

346.08 DISTRAINT OF ANIMALS DOING DAMAGE. The owner or occupant of lands may distrain any beast doing damage thereon, either while upon the premises or upon immediate pursuit of such beast escaping therefrom, and before returning to the enclosure or immediate care of the owner or keeper, and keep such beast upon the distrainer's premises, or in some public ground in the distrainer's town, until the damages shall be appraised, as hereinafter provided. History:  (7274) RL s 2776; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 346.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 343 - 348 — Animals And Property|Chapter 346 — Animals|Section 346.09 — Animals Doing Damage.

346.09 ANIMALS DOING DAMAGE. Subdivision 1. Notice; appraisers. The person distraining shall give notice to the owner of the beast, if known to the distrainer, within 24 hours if the owner resides in the same town, and within 48 hours if the owner resides in another town in the same county, Sundays excepted. The notice shall specify the time when and the place where distrained, the number of beasts, and the place of their detention, and that at a time and place stated therein, which shall not be less than 12 hours after the service of the notice, nor more than three days after the distress, the distrainer will apply to a designated judge of the county for the appointment of appraisers to appraise the damages. If the owner is unknown or does not reside in the county, the distraining person shall apply for the appointment of appraisers within 24 hours after the distress without notice. After the application, the judge shall appoint three disinterested residents of the town to appraise the damages. Subd. 2. Owners right to appraisal. If the distraining person fails to apply for appointment of appraisers within the time designated in subdivision 1, the owner of the beasts distrained may in the same manner apply for appointment of appraisers. History:  (7275) RL s 2777; 1953 c 8 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 36; 1986 c 444; 2006 c 260 art 5 s 7