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MN Stat § 372.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 372 — Changing County Seats|Section 372.08 — Canvass; Certificate Of Canvassing Board.

372.08 CANVASS; CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD. When the canvass is completed the canvassing board shall immediately make, subscribe, and file with the auditor a certificate stating the total number of votes cast at the election; the number cast in each election district in favor of and against the change; the majority in each district for or against the change; the number cast in favor of and against the change in the county; and the majority in the county for or against the change. If 55 percent of all the votes cast at the election are in favor of the change, the board shall set a date at least 60 but not more than 90 days after the election to change the county seat. History:  (632) RL s 403; 1984 c 543 s 36; 1985 c 109 s 3
MN Stat § 372.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 372 — Changing County Seats|Section 372.09 — Elections Held Only Once In Five Years.

372.09 ELECTIONS HELD ONLY ONCE IN FIVE YEARS. When an election for a change of county seat has been held in any county, a subsequent election for the removal of the county seat shall not be held, notice of intention to circulate a petition for a change shall not be published or posted, and a petition shall not be circulated, for the next five years. A subsequent election shall not be ordered unless the petition for the change is signed by 60 percent of those voting in the county at the last preceding general election. History:  (633) RL s 404; 1985 c 109 s 3
MN Stat § 372.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 372 — Changing County Seats|Section 372.10 — Duplicate Petitions Consolidated.

372.10 DUPLICATE PETITIONS CONSOLIDATED. When two or more petitions are presented to the county auditor substantially at the same time they shall be attached together and constitute one petition. History:  (634) RL s 405; 1985 c 109 s 3
MN Stat § 372.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 372 — Changing County Seats|Section 372.11 — One Place Only Voted For.

372.11 ONE PLACE ONLY VOTED FOR. An election shall not be called or held under this chapter to vote upon the question of changing any county seat to more than one place at the same time and all elections shall be held as far as practicable at the same place as the last preceding general election. History:  (635) RL s 406; 1985 c 109 s 3
MN Stat § 372.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 372 — Changing County Seats|Section 372.12 — Failure To Give Notice.

372.12 FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE. Willful failure or refusal by an owner or manager of a newspaper to publish notice required by this chapter shall not affect the sufficiency of the notice, nor invalidate any of the proceedings. Failure to post notice shall be disregarded unless it affirmatively appears that a sufficient number of voters were prevented from voting to change the result. History:  (636) RL s 407; 1985 c 109 s 3
MN Stat § 372.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 372 — Changing County Seats|Section 372.13 — Neglect Of Duty A Misdemeanor.

372.13 NEGLECT OF DUTY A MISDEMEANOR. Any county auditor or other official who willfully neglects or refuses to perform the duties required by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (637) RL s 408; 1985 c 109 s 3
MN Stat § 373.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.02 — Powers, How Exercised.

373.02 POWERS, HOW EXERCISED. The powers of the county as a body politic and corporate shall only be exercised by the county board or in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the county board. Deeds and other written instruments made by the county shall be executed in its name by the chair of the county board and by the clerk of the board. History:  (641) RL s 411; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 373.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.03 — Conveyances To County; Effect.

373.03 CONVEYANCES TO COUNTY; EFFECT. All real and personal estate conveyed by any form of conveyance to a county or its inhabitants, or to any person for the use and benefit of a county or its inhabitants, shall be deemed to be the property thereof. The conveyances shall have the same force and effect as if made to the county by its corporate name. History:  (640) RL s 410; 1984 c 629 s 1
MN Stat § 373.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.04 — Certain Counties Authorized To Construct Branch Railroad Tracks.

373.04 CERTAIN COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CONSTRUCT BRANCH RAILROAD TRACKS. When county buildings, or buildings in which a county is interested with other counties, are on land adjacent to or near a railway track, the county where the buildings are located, may pay from its general revenue fund, or from any money raised by it in excess of its proportionate share for the institution, the costs of procuring a right-of-way for and the building of a branch track suitable for transportation from the railway track to the buildings of the articles and commodities needed by the institution and of persons going to and from it. History:  (639) 1915 c 55; 1984 c 629 s 1
MN Stat § 373.041 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.041 — Police-operated Broadcasting Stations.

373.041 POLICE-OPERATED BROADCASTING STATIONS. Subdivision 1. Station and mobile units by sheriff. A county may establish, construct, equip and maintain a radio broadcasting station, with land-fixed repeater stations and two-way communication mobile units as necessary, to be used for public safety purposes under the direction of the sheriff. The county may acquire land by gift, purchase or condemnation for use as a site or sites for the station or stations. The county shall exercise its powers under this subdivision in conformance with any statewide plan for a coordinated system of radio communications adopted by the Department of Public Safety after consultation with the professional communications officers representing law enforcement agencies involved in the plan. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules to implement the statewide plan. Subd. 2. Rules and regulations; FCC. A county owning and maintaining a broadcasting station under subdivision 1 may, subject to the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, extend its facilities to any city located in the county, and to any adjoining county and any city in an adjoining county, upon application of its governing body to the county board requesting radio communication and service. All mobile radio equipment and apparatus for two-way communication used for the extended service shall be owned, maintained and serviced by the county owning the broadcasting station. Charges for the service extended to counties and municipalities shall be made on a cost-sharing basis. Subd. 3. Sheriff radio and maintenance account. All money received as charges for the service rendered under subdivision 2 shall be kept in an account designated the "Sheriff Radio and Maintenance Account," shall not be transferred or apportioned to any other fund or account, and shall be used for no other purpose than the purchase of radio equipment and maintenance of radio equipment and apparatus. Subd. 4. Sheriff; duties. The sheriff of the county owning the radio facilities shall broadcast all police dispatches and reports submitted which, in the opinion of the sheriff, have a reasonable relation to or connection with the apprehension of criminals, the prevention of crime and the maintenance of peace and order throughout the area serviced by the broadcasting station or stations. History:  1949 c 387 s 1-4; 1971 c 149 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 373.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.05 — County Buildings.

373.05 COUNTY BUILDINGS. Each county shall provide at the county seat, and keep in good repair, a suitable courthouse, supplied with fireproof vaults, a suitable and sufficient jail, and other necessary buildings. History:  (643) RL s 412; 1984 c 629 s 1
MN Stat § 373.052 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.052 — County Offices; Closing, Effect.

373.052 COUNTY OFFICES; CLOSING, EFFECT. Subdivision 1. Business days. County offices shall be open for public business on all business days except (a) legal holidays, (b) holidays established by the county board pursuant to contract with certified employee bargaining units, and (c) emergency situations. For purposes of this section "business day" means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Subd. 1a. Hours by board. The county board shall establish the hours during which county offices shall be open on business days. Subd. 1b. Closing. The county board by resolution may authorize the closing of a county office on other days as stated in the resolution, if there is an emergency situation, public business is transacted at other reasonable times and places, and the public interest is served. An emergency closing may be retroactively approved by the county board at its next succeeding meeting. Subd. 2. No loss if closed. Any act authorized, required, or permitted by law or contract to be performed at or in county buildings, or their offices, which are closed as provided in this section, may be performed on the next succeeding regular business day and no liability or loss of rights on the part of any person shall result from the closing. History:  1959 c 349 s 1; 1959 c 393 s 1,2; 1978 c 678 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 1
MN Stat § 373.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.06 — Actions Against Counties.

373.06 ACTIONS AGAINST COUNTIES. No action shall be maintained by any claimant, except the state of Minnesota, against a county upon any claim except county orders, when the only relief demanded is a judgment for money, until the claim has been presented to the board and it has failed to act upon it within the time fixed by law, or the board consents to the institution of the action. No action shall be brought by any person, except the state of Minnesota, upon any county order until the expiration of 30 days after a demand for payment of it has been made. Any judgment against the county entered in an action brought on an order without a demand is void. History:  (994) RL s 620; 1923 c 210; 1984 c 629 s 1
MN Stat § 373.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.07 — Suits Against Counties; Service; Jurors.

373.07 SUITS AGAINST COUNTIES; SERVICE; JURORS. Service of summons or other original process in actions against a county shall be made upon the chair of the board or upon the county auditor, either during a session of the board, or within ten days before the day appointed for one. The person served shall immediately notify the county attorney of the service and give the board at its next regular meeting all the information the person has regarding the action. In actions in which the county is a party, its inhabitants, if otherwise qualified, may be jurors. History:  (644) RL s 413; 1974 c 394 s 5; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 373.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.08 — County, How Named In Suits.

373.08 COUNTY, HOW NAMED IN SUITS. In all actions and proceedings by or against a county, the name in which it shall sue or be sued shall be "The county of .............." (insert name of the county). This provision shall not prevent county officers, when authorized by law, from suing in their official names for the benefit of the county. History:  (645) RL s 414; 1984 c 629 s 1
MN Stat § 373.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.09 — Claims Against County; Appeal.

373.09 CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTY; APPEAL. When a claim against a county is disallowed in whole or part by the county board, the claimant may appeal to the district court by (1) filing a written notice of appeal in the office of the auditor within 15 days after written notice is mailed to the claimant by the county auditor showing the disallowance of the claim and (2) giving security for costs, to be approved by the auditor. The auditor shall notify the county attorney of the appeal. When a claim is allowed in whole or in part by the board, no order shall be issued to pay it or any part of it, until three days after the date of the decision. The county attorney may, on behalf and in the name of the county, appeal from the decision to the district court, by filing a written notice of appeal in the office of the auditor within three days after the date of the decision appealed from. Any seven taxpayers of the county may appeal in their own names from the decision to the district court by (1) filing a written notice of appeal stating the grounds in the office of the auditor within three days after the date of the decision appealed from, and (2) giving security to the claimant for the claimant's costs and disbursements. The security shall be approved by a judge of the district court. After filing of a notice of appeal no order shall be issued in payment of the claim until a certified copy of the judgment of the court is filed in the office of the auditor. Upon filing of a notice of appeal, the court has jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject matter, and may compel a return to be made. History:  (646) RL s 415; 1925 c 317 s 1; 1933 c 191; 1943 c 114 s 1; 1945 c 246 s 1; 1959 c 212 s 1; 1969 c 673 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 54; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 373.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.10 — Proceedings On Appeal.

373.10 PROCEEDINGS ON APPEAL. Within ten days after an appeal has been taken, the auditor shall, without charge, file in the office of the court administrator a certified copy of the claim and a transcript of the record of the action of the board on it, together with a copy of the notice of appeal, and the date of its filing in the auditor's office. The proceedings shall be put upon the calendar for trial as an issue of fact. The court shall direct pleadings to be made as in a civil action, upon which the proceeding shall be tried, and all questions of law summarily heard and determined. Issues of fact shall be tried and judgment rendered and perfected as in a civil action but no execution shall issue on the judgment except for the collection of a counterclaim or costs and disbursements in case of a judgment for them against a claimant. History:  (647) RL s 416; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 373.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.11 — Appeals; Counterclaim.

373.11 APPEALS; COUNTERCLAIM. An appeal from the judgment of the district court may be taken as in other civil cases within 30 days after the actual entry of the judgment. If no appeal is taken, a certified copy of the judgment shall be filed in the office of the auditor. If an appeal is taken, the determination of the court of appeals shall be certified to the district court and judgment entered in accordance with it, and that judgment certified to and filed in the office of the county auditor. In either case, after the certified copy is filed, orders shall be drawn on the county treasury in payment of any judgment in favor of a claimant. Execution may issue out of the district court for the collection of any costs awarded against a claimant. If costs are awarded against a claimant and there is any allowance on the claim in favor of the claimant, the amount of the costs shall be deducted from the allowance. In any case of an appeal, the county may interpose in the district court as a counterclaim any demand which it has against the claimant, and have execution for the collection of any judgment in its favor. History:  (648) RL s 417; 1983 c 247 s 146; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 373.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.12 — Judgments Against Counties; How Paid.

373.12 JUDGMENTS AGAINST COUNTIES; HOW PAID. When a judgment is recovered against a county, or against a county officer, in an action prosecuted by or against the officer officially and the judgment is to be paid by the county, no execution shall issue except as provided in this section. Unless reversed, the judgment shall be paid from funds in the treasury, if available. If funds are not available, the unpaid amount of the judgment shall be levied and collected as other county charges, and, when collected, shall be paid to the person in whose favor the judgment was rendered, upon the delivery of a proper voucher. If payment is not made within 30 days after the time the treasurer is required by law to make settlement with the auditor next after the rendition of the judgment, execution may issue, but only the property of the county shall be liable on it. History:  (649) RL s 418; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 373.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.25 — Levy For Land And Buildings.

373.25 LEVY FOR LAND AND BUILDINGS. Subdivision 1. County building fund. The county board of any county may provide a county building fund. In addition to all other kinds and amounts of taxes permitted by law to be levied for county purposes, the county board may include in its annual tax levy an amount for the county building fund. Its proceeds shall be credited to the county building fund. A county building fund established pursuant to this section to which a tax is credited may be used by the county solely to acquire, construct, reconstruct, maintain and repair buildings used in the administration of county affairs and to acquire lands necessary for those purposes. Subd. 2. Add to older law. This section does not repeal or supersede any other law authorizing a levy for the same purpose. History:  1949 c 693 s 1,2; 1973 c 583 s 20; 1978 c 743 s 13; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1988 c 519 s 1
MN Stat § 373.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.26 — County Parking Facilities.

373.26 COUNTY PARKING FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Application. No motor vehicle, either privately or publicly owned, may be parked upon a parking lot or facilities owned or operated by a county except as authorized by this section. Subd. 2. Regulations by resolution. The county board may regulate, by resolution, the parking of motor vehicles, either privately or publicly owned, including the authority to make charges for parking privileges, upon any parking lot or facility owned or operated by the county. Subd. 3. Enforcement. Regulations promulgated under subdivision 2 shall be enforced by the sheriff unless the county board has entered into a service contract for enforcement with the municipality where the parking lot or facility is located. Subd. 4. Removal and impounding of vehicles. A motor vehicle parked upon a parking lot or facility owned and operated by the county not in conformity with the resolution of the county board regulating its operation and use may be deemed a public nuisance and the board may provide for the abatement of the nuisance by resolution. Subd. 5. Penalties. A person, state, or county official, elective or appointed, firm, association, or corporation which violates a provision of this section or a resolution of the county board adopted under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. All fines imposed and collected by a court for violations of the regulations shall be remitted by the court to the treasurer of the county within 30 days after the collection of the fine. History:  1963 c 163 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 1
MN Stat § 373.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 373 — Counties; Powers, Duties, Privileges|Section 373.27 — Great River Road, Financial Assistance.

373.27 GREAT RIVER ROAD, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. Subdivision 1. From county. The county board of any county lying adjacent to the Great River Road or through which the Great River Road passes, may grant to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Minnesota, the commissioner of transportation, or the commissioner of natural resources the money it deems advisable, for the following purposes: (a) to promote and develop the Great River Road in Minnesota; (b) to pay actual expenses of commission members incurred in the performance of their duties as commissioners; (c) to purchase stationery and office supplies; (d) to pay dues to the national Mississippi River Parkway Commission; and (e) to purchase lands and interests in lands including scenic easements, in addition to the normal right-of-way required for the Great River Road. Lands and interests in lands purchased may include parkway features such as lands necessary for recreation, safety rest areas, and the conservation of natural scenic beauty, including submarginal lands, faces of adjacent hillsides, lakeshore and river banks, swamps and residual parcels and areas of historical, archaeological or scientific interest, in accordance with the joint report to Congress and the plan proposed by the state and approved by the secretary of commerce and the secretary of the interior. Subd. 2. May tax for. County grants may come from any money available in the county treasury and the county may levy a tax upon the taxable property in the county to make the grants authorized by this section. Subd. 3. State appropriation; use. All money grants under subdivision 1 shall be deposited in the special revenue fund in the state treasury and is appropriated to the commission or commissioner for the purposes specified in the grant. The money shall not cancel but shall remain available until expended for the purpose or purposes for which it was granted. If no specific purpose is named in the grant, the money shall be available to the commission or commissioner for any of the purposes set forth in subdivision 1. History:  1963 c 169 s 1,2; 1965 c 237 s 1; 1969 c 399 s 49; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1973 c 583 s 21,22; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1984 c 629 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 83