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MN Stat § 542.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.09 — Other Cases; Defendant's Residence Or Where Cause Arose; Corporations.

542.09 OTHER CASES; DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE OR WHERE CAUSE AROSE; CORPORATIONS. All actions not enumerated in sections 542.02 to 542.08 and 542.095 shall be tried in a county in which one or more of the defendants reside when the action is begun or in which the cause of action or some part thereof arose. If none of the parties shall reside or be found in the state, the action may be begun and tried in any county which the plaintiff shall designate. A corporation, other than railroad companies, street railway companies, and street railroad companies whether the motive power is steam, electricity, or other power used by these corporations or companies, also telephone companies, telegraph companies, and all other public service corporations, shall be considered as residing in any county wherein it has an office, resident agent, or business place. The above enumerated public service corporations shall be considered as residing in any county wherein the cause of action shall arise and wherein any part of its lines of railway, railroad, street railway, street railroad, without regard to the motive power of the railroad, street railway, or street railroad, telegraph or telephone lines or any other public service corporation shall extend, without regard to whether the corporation or company has an office, agent, or business place in the county or not. History:  (9214) RL s 4095; 1913 c 552 s 1; 1955 c 614 s 1
MN Stat § 542.095 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.095 — Venue In Motor Vehicle Cases.

542.095 VENUE IN MOTOR VEHICLE CASES. An action against the owner, driver, or operator of any motor vehicle arising out of and by reason of the negligent driving, operation, management, and control of such motor vehicle may be brought in the county where the action arose or in the county of the residence of the defendant or a majority of the defendants against whom the action is brought and when so brought the venue of the action shall not be changed without the written consent of the plaintiff filed with the court or unless changed by order of the court pursuant to section 542.11. History:  (9213-1) 1939 c 148 s 1
MN Stat § 542.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.10 — Change Of Venue As Of Right; Demand.

542.10 CHANGE OF VENUE AS OF RIGHT; DEMAND. If the county designated in the complaint is not the proper county, the action may notwithstanding be tried therein unless, within 20 days after the summons is served, the defendant demands in writing that it be tried in the proper county. This demand shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the defendant, or defendant's agent or attorney, setting forth the county of residence at the time of the commencement of the action, the date of service of the summons, and stating that neither the cause of action nor any part thereof arose in the county designated in the complaint. This demand and affidavit, with proof of service thereof upon the plaintiff's attorney, shall be filed with the court administrator in the county where the action was begun within 30 days from the date of its service and thereupon, unless the county where the action was begun is a county in which the cause of action or some part thereof arose, the place of trial shall be changed to the county where the defendant resides without any other proceedings. If the county designated in the complaint is not the county in which the cause of action or some part thereof arose and if there are several defendants residing in different counties, the trial shall be had in the county upon which a majority of them unite in demanding or, if the numbers be equal, in that whose county seat is nearest. When the place of trial is changed all other proceedings shall be had in the county to which the change is made, unless otherwise provided by consent of parties filed with the court administrator or by order of the court and the papers shall be transferred and filed accordingly. When a demand for a change of the place of trial is made as herein provided the action shall not for any of the reasons specified in section 542.11 be retained for trial in the county where begun, but can be tried therein only upon removal thereto from the proper county in the cases provided by law. A party who has paid the filing fee of the county where the action originated shall not be required to pay the filing fee of the county to which the action is transferred. The transferor county may retain any filing fees received prior to the change of county, but shall in writing advise the county to which the action is transferred of any and all such filing fees paid to the transferor county. History:  (9215) RL s 4096; 1961 c 13 s 1; 1965 c 686 s 1; 1969 c 70 s 1; 1975 c 123 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 542.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.11 — Change Of Venue By Order Of Court; Grounds.

542.11 CHANGE OF VENUE BY ORDER OF COURT; GROUNDS. The venue of any civil action may be changed by order of the court in the following cases: (1) upon written consent of the parties; (2) when it is made to appear on motion that any party has been made a defendant for the purpose of preventing a change of venue under section 542.10; (3) when an impartial trial cannot be had in the county wherein the action is pending; or (4) when the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change. History:  (9216) RL s 4097
MN Stat § 542.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.12 — Action On Contractor's Bond.

542.12 ACTION ON CONTRACTOR'S BOND. An action against the sureties on a public contractor's bond or against such sureties and contractor jointly may be brought in the county where the cause of action arose and when so brought the venue of such action shall not be changed without the written consent of the plaintiff filed with the court or unless changed by order of the court pursuant to section 542.11. History:  (9217) 1923 c 128 s 1
MN Stat § 542.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.13 — Interest Or Bias Of Judge.

542.13 INTEREST OR BIAS OF JUDGE. No judge shall sit in any cause, except to hear a motion to change the venue, if interested in its determination, or if the judge might be excluded for bias from acting therein as a juror. If there is no other judge of the court or district, the judge shall grant a change of the venue when, upon a motion therefor, the interest or bias shall be made to appear, unless before the motion is heard the governor shall have assigned another judge to try such cause. The venue may be changed upon the sole judge's motion upon deeming it improper to sit in the cause. History:  (9218) RL s 4098; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 542.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.14 — Actions In Municipal Court.

542.14 ACTIONS IN MUNICIPAL COURT. All provisions relating to venue shall apply to civil actions begun in the municipal courts, except that the application for such change shall be made after answering and before the time fixed for the trial of the cause; and upon a change of venue being effected in any such action, under any of sections 542.10 to 542.14, the transfer shall be made to the district court of the proper county. History:  (9219) RL s 4099
MN Stat § 542.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.16 — Notice To Remove.

542.16 NOTICE TO REMOVE. Subdivision 1. Initial disqualification. Any party, or the party's attorney, to a cause pending in a district court, except for a proceeding under section 484.702, may make and file with the court administrator in which the action is pending and serve on the opposite party a notice to remove. The notice must be served and filed within ten days after the party receives notice of which judge or judicial officer is to preside at the trial or hearing, or, if no notice of a hearing is served with the summons, then within the time to answer the summons, whichever is later. Thereupon without any further act or proof, the chief judge of the judicial district shall assign any other judge of any court within the district to preside at the trial of the cause or the hearing of the motion or order to show cause, and the cause shall be continued on the calendar, until the assigned judge can be present. In criminal actions the notice to remove shall be made and filed with the court administrator by the defendant, or the defendant's attorney, not less than two days before the expiration of the time allowed by law to prepare for trial and in any of those cases the presiding judge shall be incapacitated to try the cause. In criminal cases, the chief judge, for the purpose of securing a speedy trial, may change the place of trial to another county. Subd. 2. Subsequent disqualifications. After having once disqualified a presiding judge as a matter of right under subdivision 1, a litigant may disqualify the substitute judge, but only by making an affirmative showing of prejudice. A showing that the judge might be excluded for bias from acting as a juror in the matter constitutes an affirmative showing of prejudice. If a litigant makes an affirmative showing of prejudice against a substitute judge, the chief judge of the judicial district shall assign any other judge of any court within the district to hear the cause. History:  (9221) RL s 4101; 1919 c 92 s 1; 1927 c 283; 1931 c 200; 1937 c 237 s 1; 1978 c 647 s 2; 1979 c 233 s 18; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2000 c 372 s 1
MN Stat § 542.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.17 — Expenses Paid In First Instance; Reimbursement.

542.17 EXPENSES PAID IN FIRST INSTANCE; REIMBURSEMENT. When the venue shall be changed in a civil action upon the consent of parties, with or without an order of court, to a county other than the one where the same is properly triable or by an order of the court under section 542.11, clause (3) or (4), the expenses of the trial of such action, including officers and jurors fees, and all expenses caused by the trial of such action which would not otherwise have been incurred by the county where the same is tried shall be paid by the county in which such action was commenced. Such expenses shall be paid in the first instance by the county in which the action is tried and thereupon the court administrator of that county shall prepare, under hand and seal, an itemized statement of such expenses and, upon approval thereof by the judge of the court in which the trial was had, and the filing of such itemized statement and approval in the office of the auditor of the county in which such action was commenced, such auditor shall issue a warrant for the amount of such approved statement in favor of the county in which the trial was had. History:  (9222, 9223) 1917 c 421 s 1,2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 542.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 542 — Venue Of Actions|Section 542.18 — State As Party To Civil Action; Removal From Ramsey County.

542.18 STATE AS PARTY TO CIVIL ACTION; REMOVAL FROM RAMSEY COUNTY. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the trial of any civil action in the county of Ramsey to which the state or any officer, department or agency thereof is a party may, in the discretion of the court, be removed to any other county in which one of the parties resides on motion made to the court as in civil actions by any of the parties to the action, if the court finds (1) that removal is in the interests of justice, (2) that no party to the action will be prejudiced thereby and (3) that the trial of the action will be expedited thereby. The motion may be submitted on pleadings mailed to the court without the necessity of personal appearance. History:  Ex1967 c 22 s 8; 1980 c 598 s 3
MN Stat § 543.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 543 — Summons, Jurisdiction; Certain Cases|Section 543.08 — Summons, Service Upon Certain Corporations.

543.08 SUMMONS, SERVICE UPON CERTAIN CORPORATIONS. If a private domestic corporation has no officer at the registered office of the corporation within the state upon whom service can be made, of which fact the return of the sheriff of the county in which that office is located, or the affidavit of a private person not a party, that none can be found in that county shall be conclusive evidence, service of the summons upon it may be made according to section 5.25. If the defendant is a foreign insurance corporation, the summons may be served in compliance with section 45.028, subdivision 2. History:  (9231) RL s 4109; 1913 c 218 s 1; 1955 c 820 s 48; 1971 c 25 s 90; 1980 c 541 s 9; 3Sp1981 c 2 art 1 s 73; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 618 s 58; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 404 s 188; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 259; 1992 c 564 art 2 s 19; 1995 c 128 art 1 s 19
MN Stat § 543.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 543 — Summons, Jurisdiction; Certain Cases|Section 543.19 — Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresidents.

543.19 PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER NONRESIDENTS. Subdivision 1. Personal jurisdiction. As to a cause of action arising from any acts enumerated in this subdivision, a court of this state with jurisdiction of the subject matter may exercise personal jurisdiction over any foreign corporation or any nonresident individual, or the individual's personal representative, in the same manner as if it were a domestic corporation or the individual were a resident of this state. This section applies if, in person or through an agent, the foreign corporation or nonresident individual: (1) owns, uses, or possesses any real or personal property situated in this state; or (2) transacts any business within the state; or (3) commits any act in Minnesota causing injury or property damage; or (4) commits any act outside Minnesota causing injury or property damage in Minnesota, subject to the following exceptions when no jurisdiction shall be found: (i) Minnesota has no substantial interest in providing a forum; or (ii) the burden placed on the defendant by being brought under the state's jurisdiction would violate fairness and substantial justice. [See Note.] Subd. 2. Service of process. The service of process on any person who is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state, as provided in this section, may be made by personally serving the summons upon the defendant outside this state with the same effect as though the summons had been personally served within this state. Subd. 3. Acts enumerated. Only causes of action arising from acts enumerated in subdivision 1 may be asserted against a defendant in an action in which jurisdiction over the defendant is based upon this section. Subd. 4. No limit right to serve process. Nothing contained in this section shall limit or affect the right to serve any process in any other manner now or hereafter provided by law or the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. Subd. 5. Definition. "Nonresident individual," as used in this section, means any individual, or the individual's personal representative, who is not domiciled or residing in the state when suit is commenced. History: 1967 c 427 s 1; 1978 c 780 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2008 c 185 s 1 NOTE: Subdivision 1 was found preempted by the federal Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act to the extent that it authorizes broader personal jurisdiction for military pension benefits than under federal law in Mortenson v. Mortenson, 409 N.W.2d 20 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987).
MN Stat § 543.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 543 — Summons, Jurisdiction; Certain Cases|Section 543.20 — Personal Jurisdiction In Support Enforcement Cases And Paternity Suits.

543.20 PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT CASES AND PATERNITY SUITS. Subdivision 1. Service. In addition to the methods of service of process provided in the Rules of Civil Procedure, service of a summons, an order to show cause, or an order or judgment within this state may also be made upon an individual by delivering a copy to the individual personally at the individual's place of employment or at a postsecondary education institution in which the individual is enrolled. The employer shall make the individual available for the purpose of delivering a copy. The postsecondary education institution must make the individual's class schedule available to the process server or make the individual available for the purpose of delivering a copy. No employer or postsecondary education institution shall deny a process server admittance to the employer's or postsecondary education institution's premises for the purpose of making service under this section. No service shall be allowed under this section unless such service is made personally on the individual. Subd. 2. Applicability. Service of an employee at a place of employment or of a student at a postsecondary education institution applies only to: (a) a summons in an action for dissolution, annulment, legal separation, or under the Parentage Act and under section 256.87; (b) orders to show cause under both section 256.87 and the revised uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act as well as for contempt of court for failure to pay child support; (c) petitions under the Domestic Abuse Act; and (d) motions, orders, and judgments for the payment of child support when the court orders personal service. Subd. 3. Retaliation prohibited. An employer shall not discharge or otherwise discipline an employee, nor shall a postsecondary education institution dismiss or discipline a student as a result of service under this section. Subd. 4. Definition. For purposes of this section "postsecondary education institution" means any state university, community college, technical college, private college, private postsecondary school, or the University of Minnesota. History:  1983 c 308 s 31; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 75; 1985 c 131 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 258 s 12; 1989 c 246 s 2
MN Stat § 543.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 543 — Summons, Jurisdiction; Certain Cases|Section 543.21 — Service Of Certain Government Entities.

543.21 SERVICE OF CERTAIN GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. If a writ is to be issued to, or a complaint is to be served on, a board or agency created by statute or home rule charter, the writ or complaint shall be captioned in the name of the board or agency and served on the chair or an officer of the board or agency. History:   1996 c 307 s 1
MN Stat § 543.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 543 — Summons, Jurisdiction; Certain Cases|Section 543.22 — Civil Action Summons Notice; Alternative Dispute Resolution Process.

543.22 CIVIL ACTION SUMMONS NOTICE; ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS. When a civil case is commenced against a party, the summons must include a statement that provides the opposing party with information about the alternative dispute resolution process as set forth in the Minnesota General Rules of Practice. History:   1999 c 104 s 2
MN Stat § 544.043 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 544 — Pleadings|Section 544.043 — Defamation By Television And Radio; Defense.

544.043 DEFAMATION BY TELEVISION AND RADIO; DEFENSE. The owner, licensee, or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, or any agent or employee of any such owner, licensee, or operator, is not liable for damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast, by any one other than such owner, licensee, or operator, or agent or employee thereof, if such owner, licensee, operator, or such agent or employee, shows an exercise of due care to prevent the publication or utterance of the statement in that broadcast. Provided, however, the exercise of due care shall be construed to include a bona fide compliance with any federal law or the regulation of any federal regulatory agency. The provisions of this section shall not affect any action or proceeding now pending or which shall be commenced within six months after the passage thereof, in any of the courts of the state. History:  1951 c 532 s 1; 1953 c 680 s 1,2; 1957 c 739 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 544.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 544 — Pleadings|Section 544.15 — Subscription And Verification.

544.15 SUBSCRIPTION AND VERIFICATION. Every pleading may be verified in the manner following: (1) by the affidavit of the party, or of one or more of the parties pleading together, that the affiant knows the contents of the pleading, that the averments thereof are true of affiant's own knowledge, save as to such as are therein stated on information and belief, and that as to those the affiant believes them to be true; (2) if the party is a corporation, the affidavit may be made by any officer thereof having knowledge of the facts sworn to; if the state, or any officer thereof acting in its behalf, by the attorney general; (3) if no party or officer acquainted with the facts and capable of making such affidavit is within the county where the attorney resides, the pleading may be verified by the attorney or agent of the party, stating the fact of such absence and that the pleading is true to the best of the verifier's knowledge and belief. History:  (9265) RL s 4142; 1974 c 394 s 8; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 544.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 544 — Pleadings|Section 544.21 — Incorporation, Pleading And Proof.

544.21 INCORPORATION, PLEADING AND PROOF. In actions by or against a corporation, domestic or foreign, it shall be a sufficient averment of its incorporation to allege, in substance, that the party is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the designated state, country, or place. Unless the adverse party shall specifically aver that the plaintiff or defendant is not a corporation, no proof thereof shall be required at the trial. History:  (9271) RL s 4148
MN Stat § 544.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 544 — Pleadings|Section 544.22 — Partnerships; Proof As To Members.

544.22 PARTNERSHIPS; PROOF AS TO MEMBERS. When two or more persons sue or defend as copartners they may give in evidence any contract admissible under the pleadings. Unless the partnership is specifically denied by the adverse party, no proof shall be required that they are the same persons who composed such copartnership when the contract was made or at any subsequent time. History:  (9272) RL s 4149
MN Stat § 544.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure|Chapter 544 — Pleadings|Section 544.36 — Ad Damnum; Limitation.

544.36 AD DAMNUM; LIMITATION. In a pleading in a civil action which sets forth an unliquidated claim for relief, whether an original claim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, if a recovery of money is demanded in an amount less than $50,000, the amount shall be stated. If a recovery of money in an amount greater than $50,000 is demanded, the pleading shall state merely that recovery of reasonable damages in an amount greater than $50,000 is sought. This section may be superseded by an amendment to the Rules of Civil Procedure adopted after July 31, 1978. History:   1978 c 738 s 3