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MN Stat § 593.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 593 — Juries|Chapter 593 — Juries, Jurors|Section 593.48 — Compensation Of Jurors And Travel Reimbursement.

593.48 COMPENSATION OF JURORS AND TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. A juror shall be reimbursed for round-trip travel between the juror's residence and the place of holding court and compensated for required attendance at sessions of court and may be reimbursed for additional day care expenses incurred as a result of jury duty at rates determined by the supreme court. A juror may request reimbursement for additional parking expenses incurred as a result of jury duty, in which case the reimbursement shall be paid and the juror's compensation for required attendance at sessions of court shall be reduced by the amount of the parking reimbursement. Except in the Eighth Judicial District where the state shall pay directly, the compensation and reimbursement shall be paid out of the county treasury upon receipt of authorization to pay from the jury commissioner. These jury costs shall be reimbursed monthly by the supreme court upon submission of an invoice by the county treasurer. A monthly report of payments to jurors shall be sent to the jury commissioner within two weeks of the end of the month in the form required by the jury commissioner. History:  1977 c 286 s 18; 1983 c 279 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 105; 1993 c 192 s 104; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 12
MN Stat § 593.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 593 — Juries|Chapter 593 — Juries, Jurors|Section 593.50 — Protection Of Jurors' Employment.

593.50 PROTECTION OF JURORS' EMPLOYMENT. Subdivision 1. Juror protection. An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment, or threaten or otherwise coerce the employee with respect thereto, because the employee receives a summons, responds thereto, serves as a juror, or attends court for prospective jury service. Subd. 2. Criminal contempt. An employer who violates subdivision 1 is guilty of criminal contempt and upon conviction may be fined not more than $700 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Subd. 3. Civil action. If an employer discharges an employee in violation of subdivision 1 the employee within 30 days may bring a civil action for recovery of wages lost as a result of the violation and for an order requiring the reinstatement of the employee. Damages recoverable shall not exceed lost wages for six weeks. An employee who prevails shall be allowed a reasonable attorney's fee fixed by the court. History:  1977 c 286 s 20; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 593.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapter 593 — Juries|Chapter 593 — Juries, Jurors|Section 593.51 — Court Rules.

593.51 COURT RULES. The supreme court shall promulgate rules governing jury administration in accordance with this chapter by July 31, 1990. History:   1990 c 553 s 10
MN Stat § 595.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.01 — Witness.

595.01 WITNESS. A witness is a person whose declaration under oath is received as evidence for any purpose, whether such declaration is made on oral examination, or by deposition or affidavit. History:  (9808) RL s 4654
MN Stat § 595.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.021 — News Media; Protection Of Sources; Citation.

595.021 NEWS MEDIA; PROTECTION OF SOURCES; CITATION. Sections 595.021 to 595.025 may be cited as the "Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act." History:  1973 c 735 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 181
MN Stat § 595.022 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.022 — Public Policy.

595.022 PUBLIC POLICY. In order to protect the public interest and the free flow of information, the news media should have the benefit of a substantial privilege not to reveal sources of information or to disclose unpublished information. To this end, the freedom of press requires protection of the confidential relationship between the news gatherer and the source of information. The purpose of sections 595.021 to 595.025 is to insure and perpetuate, consistent with the public interest, the confidential relationship between the news media and its sources. History:  1973 c 735 s 2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 182
MN Stat § 595.023 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.023 — Disclosure Prohibited.

595.023 DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED. Except as provided in section 595.024, no person who is or has been directly engaged in the gathering, procuring, compiling, editing, or publishing of information for the purpose of transmission, dissemination or publication to the public shall be required by any court, grand jury, agency, department or branch of the state, or any of its political subdivisions or other public body, or by either house of the legislature or any committee, officer, member, or employee thereof, to disclose in any proceeding the person or means from or through which information was obtained, or to disclose any unpublished information procured by the person in the course of work or any of the person's notes, memoranda, recording tapes, film or other reportorial data whether or not it would tend to identify the person or means through which the information was obtained. History:  1973 c 735 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 357 s 1
MN Stat § 595.024 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.024 — Exception And Procedure.

595.024 EXCEPTION AND PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Disclosure; application. A person seeking disclosure may apply to the district court of the county where the person employed by or associated with a news media resides, has a principal place of business or where the proceeding in which the information sought is pending. Subd. 2. Disclosure allowed; conditions. The application shall be granted only if the court determines after hearing the parties that the person making application, by clear and convincing evidence, has met all three of the following conditions: (1) that there is probable cause to believe that the specific information sought (i) is clearly relevant to a gross misdemeanor or felony, or (ii) is clearly relevant to a misdemeanor so long as the information would not tend to identify the source of the information or the means through which it was obtained, (2) that the information cannot be obtained by alternative means or remedies less destructive of first amendment rights, and (3) that there is a compelling and overriding interest requiring the disclosure of the information where the disclosure is necessary to prevent injustice. Subd. 3. Determination; appeal. The district court shall consider the nature of the proceedings, the merits of the claims and defenses, the adequacies of alternative remedies, the relevancy of the information sought, and the possibility of establishing by other means that which the source is expected or may tend to prove. The court shall make its appropriate order after making findings of fact. The order may be appealed directly to the court of appeals according to the Rules of Appellate Procedure. The order is stayed and nondisclosure shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the appeal. Where the court finds that the information sought has been published or broadcast, there shall be no automatic stay unless an appeal is filed within two days after the order is issued. Either party may request expedited consideration. History:  1973 c 735 s 4; 1983 c 247 s 204; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 319 s 23; 1998 c 357 s 2
MN Stat § 595.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.025 — Defamation.

595.025 DEFAMATION. Subdivision 1. Disclosure prohibition; applicability. The prohibition of disclosure provided in section 595.023 shall not apply in any defamation action where the person seeking disclosure can demonstrate that the identity of the source will lead to relevant evidence on the issue of actual malice. Subd. 2. Disclosure conditions. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1, the identity of the source of information shall not be ordered disclosed unless the following conditions are met: (a) that there is probable cause to believe that the source has information clearly relevant to the issue of defamation; (b) that the information cannot be obtained by any alternative means or remedy less destructive of first amendment rights. Subd. 3. Determination; appeal. The court shall make its order on the issue of disclosure after making findings of fact, which order may be appealed to the court of appeals according to the Rules of Appellate Procedure. During the appeal the order is stayed and nondisclosure shall remain in full force and effect. History:  1973 c 735 s 5; 1983 c 247 s 205
MN Stat § 595.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.06 — Capacity Of Witness.

595.06 CAPACITY OF WITNESS. When a person is produced as a witness, the court may examine the person to ascertain capacity, and whether the person understands the nature and obligations of an oath, and the court may inquire of any person what peculiar ceremonies the person deems most obligatory in taking an oath. History:  (9819) RL s 4665; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 262 art 4 s 8
MN Stat § 595.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.07 — Convicted Person As Witness.

595.07 CONVICTED PERSON AS WITNESS. Every person convicted of crime shall be a competent witness in any civil or criminal proceeding, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting the weight of the testimony, either by the record or by the convicted person's cross-examination, upon which the convicted person shall answer any proper question relevant to that inquiry; and the party cross-examining shall not be concluded by the convicted person's answer thereto. History:  (9948) RL s 4780; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 595.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 595 — Witnesses|Section 595.08 — Perjury; Action Against Witness.

595.08 PERJURY; ACTION AGAINST WITNESS. When it shall appear probable to a court of record, having general jurisdiction, that a person who has testified in an action or proceeding before it has committed perjury in any testimony so given, it may, by order or process for that purpose, immediately commit the person to prison, or take a recognizance for the person's appearance to answer to an indictment for perjury. In such case, if the court shall deem that any paper or document produced by either party is necessary to be used in the prosecution for perjury, it may detain the same, and direct it to be delivered to the county attorney. History:  (10021) RL s 4836; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 599.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.01 — Laws Of Foreign Countries.

599.01 LAWS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The existence and the tenor or effect of all foreign laws may be proved as facts by parol evidence; but, if it appears that the law in question is contained in a written statute or code, the court may, in its discretion, reject any evidence of such law which is not accompanied by a copy thereof. History:  (9852) RL s 4698
MN Stat § 599.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.02 — Statutes Of Other States.

599.02 STATUTES OF OTHER STATES. Printed copies of the statute laws of any other state, or of a foreign country, which purport to be published under the authority of their respective governments, or if commonly admitted as evidence in their courts, are admissible as prima facie evidence of such laws in all cases in this state. History:  (9855) RL s 4701
MN Stat § 599.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.03 — Common Law Of Other States.

599.03 COMMON LAW OF OTHER STATES. The unwritten or common law of any other state may be proved as a fact by parol evidence, and the books of reports of cases adjudged in the courts of such states may also be admitted as evidence of such law. History:  (9856) RL s 4702
MN Stat § 599.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.04 — Courts To Take Judicial Notice.

599.04 COURTS TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE. Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States. History:  (9852-1) 1939 c 77 s 1
MN Stat § 599.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.05 — Courts May Obtain Information; How.

599.05 COURTS MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION; HOW. The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining such information. History:  (9852-2) 1939 c 77 s 2
MN Stat § 599.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.06 — Determination To Be Made By Court.

599.06 DETERMINATION TO BE MADE BY COURT. The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable. History:  (9852-3) 1939 c 77 s 3
MN Stat § 599.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.07 — Evidence.

599.07 EVIDENCE. Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or otherwise. History:  (9852-4) 1939 c 77 s 4
MN Stat § 599.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.08 — Issue For Court.

599.08 ISSUE FOR COURT. The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in section 599.04 shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 599.04 to 599.07 concerning judicial notice. History:  (9852-5) 1939 c 77 s 5
MN Stat § 599.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.09 — Interpretation Of Sections 599.04 To 599.10.

599.09 INTERPRETATION OF SECTIONS 599.04 TO 599.10. Sections 599.04 to 599.10 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of these states which enact them. History:  (9852-6) 1939 c 77 s 6
MN Stat § 599.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.10 — Citation, Uniform Judicial Notice Of Foreign Law Act.

599.10 CITATION, UNIFORM JUDICIAL NOTICE OF FOREIGN LAW ACT. Sections 599.04 to 599.10 may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act. History:  (9852-7) 1939 c 77 s 7
MN Stat § 599.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.11 — Records Of Foreign Courts.

599.11 RECORDS OF FOREIGN COURTS. The records and judicial proceedings of a court of any other state, or of the United States, or of any foreign country shall be admissible in evidence in all cases when authenticated by the attestation of the court administrator or other officer having charge of the records of such court, under its seal. History:  (9851) RL s 4697; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 599.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.12 — Printed Copies Of Statutes.

599.12 PRINTED COPIES OF STATUTES. Printed copies of all statutes, acts, and resolutions of this state published under its authority, whether of a public or private nature, the journals of the senate and the house of representatives kept by the respective clerks thereof as provided by law, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State, and the printed journals of such houses, respectively, published by authority of law, shall be admitted as sufficient evidence thereof in all cases. History:  (9853) RL s 4699
MN Stat § 599.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.13 — Municipal And County Ordinances.

599.13 MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ORDINANCES. Copies of the ordinances, bylaws, resolutions, and regulations of any city, town, or county, certified by the mayor or president of the council, and the city clerk under its seal in the case of a city, or the chair of the town board and the town clerk in the case of a town, or by the county auditor or chair of the county board in the case of a county, and copies of the same printed in any newspaper, book, pamphlet, or other form, and which purport to be published by authority of the council of such city or county board, shall be prima facie evidence thereof and, after three years from the compilation and publication of any such book or pamphlet, shall be conclusive proof of the regularity of their adoption and publication. History:  (9854) RL s 4700; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974 c 571 s 50; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 361 s 2
MN Stat § 599.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.14 — Records Of Surveys, Evidence When.

599.14 RECORDS OF SURVEYS, EVIDENCE WHEN. Records of surveys made by any municipality, including field notes, profiles, plats, plans, and other files and records of such department, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the correctness of the facts shown and statements made therein. History:  (9857) RL s 4703; 1998 c 324 s 8
MN Stat § 599.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.15 — Copies Of Decisions, Certified By Librarian.

599.15 COPIES OF DECISIONS, CERTIFIED BY LIBRARIAN. Copies of judicial decisions contained in any of the law or equity reports in the state library, and of any other papers or documents contained in such library, certified by the state librarian, shall be received in evidence in like manner and with like effect as the originals. For making and certifying any such copy, the librarian shall be entitled to charge 15 cents a folio. History:  (9858) RL s 4704
MN Stat § 599.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.16 — Land Office Receipts, Evidence Of Title.

599.16 LAND OFFICE RECEIPTS, EVIDENCE OF TITLE. The receipt or certificate, signed by the register or receiver of any United States land office, of the entry or purchase of any tract of land, or the location of any tract by a land warrant, shall be prima facie evidence of title to the lands described in such receipt or certificate in the person named therein. Such receipt or certificate may be filed for record with the county recorder of the county where the land is located, with like force and effect as a conveyance of real estate. History:  (9889) RL s 4732; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 599.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.17 — Land Office Certificate, Evidence Of Title.

599.17 LAND OFFICE CERTIFICATE, EVIDENCE OF TITLE. The certificate of the register or receiver of any United States land office, showing when, how, and by whom any lands within this state were entered under the homestead, preemption, or timber-culture laws of the United States, shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein was at the date of such entry the owner in fee of such lands. History:  (9890) RL s 4733
MN Stat § 599.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.18 — Certificate Of Department Officer.

599.18 CERTIFICATE OF DEPARTMENT OFFICER. The certificate of any officer of any department of the United States government to any fact appearing of record in the officer's department, authenticated by an official seal, if the officer has one, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact. History:  (9891) RL s 4734; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 599.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.19 — Patents And Duplicates.

599.19 PATENTS AND DUPLICATES. Patents of land issued by the United States, or duplicates thereof from the records in the general land office, certified by the commissioner of such land office, may be filed for record with the county recorder of the county in which such land lies. Such records, or certified copies thereof, shall be evidence in like manner and to the same extent as the records or copies of other conveyances. History:  (9893) RL s 4735; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 599.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.20 — Plats Of Surveys From Land Office; Certificate Of County Surveyor.

599.20 PLATS OF SURVEYS FROM LAND OFFICE; CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY SURVEYOR. Any plat of a survey of public lands, certified by the register of the United States land office of the district in which such land is situated to be a true copy of the certified copy of the original on file in the register's office, and any certificate by such register of the surveys or entry and location of, or other facts in relation to, such lands, taken from the books of such land office, or from the certificate endorsed on the copy of the original plat on file therein, are prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. The certificate of any county surveyor or deputy shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, but may be explained or rebutted by other testimony. History:  (9894) RL s 4736; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 599.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.24 — Exemplification Of Judgment In Another State.

599.24 EXEMPLIFICATION OF JUDGMENT IN ANOTHER STATE. An exemplification of a judgment rendered by any justice of the peace in any state, certified by such justice or the justice's successor in office to be a full and correct copy from the justice's docket of all the proceedings in that case, with a certificate of magistracy thereon, signed by a court administrator of a court of record in the county where such judgment was rendered, and authenticated by the seal of such court, shall be evidence in any court of this state of the facts contained in such exemplification. History:  (9885) RL s 4728; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 599.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice|Section 599.25 — Minutes Of Conviction And Judgment.

599.25 MINUTES OF CONVICTION AND JUDGMENT. A copy of the minutes of any conviction and judgment, with a copy of the indictment on which the conviction was had, duly certified by the clerk in whose custody they are, shall be evidence of such conviction and judgment, without the production of the judgment roll. History:  (9880) RL s 4723
MN Stat § 600.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence|Section 600.01 — Business.

600.01 BUSINESS. The term "business" shall include every kind of business, profession, occupation, calling or operation of institutions, whether carried on for profit or not. History:  (9870-1) 1939 c 78 s 1
MN Stat § 600.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence|Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence|Section 600.02 — Business Records As Evidence.

600.02 BUSINESS RECORDS AS EVIDENCE. A record of an act, condition, or event shall, insofar as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition, or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method, and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission. History:  (9870-2) 1939 c 78 s 2; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 48