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MN Stat § 645.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.12 — Posted Notice.

645.12 POSTED NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Definition. The term "posted notice," when used in reference to the giving of notice in any proceeding or the service of any summons, order, or process in judicial proceedings, means the posting, at the beginning of the prescribed period of notice, of a copy of the notice or document referred to, in a manner likely to attract attention, in each of three of the most public places in the town, city, district, or county to which the subject matter of the notice relates, or in which the thing of which notice is given is to occur or to be performed. Subd. 2. Posting; large number of similar notices in same proceeding. Posting, posting in a conspicuous place, or conspicuously posting shall, when the number of notices of like nature in the same proceeding is so large that it would be impractical to affix the notices separately to a wall, post, or bulletin board, include placing the notices in a loose leaf binder or binders with a statement of the contents on the outside thereof, which shall be kept on a table or counter in the designated place of posting, provided that such notices shall be accessible and subject to inspection by the public at all times. Subd. 3. Posting; large number of licenses issued to same person. Posting, posting in a conspicuous place, or conspicuously posting shall, when the number of licenses issued to the same person, persons, copartnership, or corporation is so large that it would be impractical to affix the licenses separately to a wall, post, or fixture, include placing such licenses in a series of open face envelopes with a statement of the contents on the outside thereof, which shall be prominently displayed, provided that such licenses shall be accessible and subject to inspection at all times. History:   1941 c 492 s 12
MN Stat § 645.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.13 — Time; Publication For Successive Weeks.

645.13 TIME; PUBLICATION FOR SUCCESSIVE WEEKS. When the term "successive weeks" is used in any law providing for the publishing of notices, the word "weeks" shall be construed as calendar weeks. The publication upon any day of such weeks shall be sufficient publication for that week, but at least five days shall elapse between each publication. At least the number of weeks specified in "successive weeks" shall elapse between the first publication and the day for the happening of the event for which the publication is made. History:   1941 c 492 s 13
MN Stat § 645.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.14 — Time; Computation Of Months.

645.14 TIME; COMPUTATION OF MONTHS. When, in any law, the lapse of a number of months before or after a certain day is required, such number of months shall be computed by counting the months from such day, excluding the calendar month in which such day occurs, and including the day of the month in the last months so counted having the same numerical order as the day of the month from which the computation is made, unless there be not so many days in the last month so counted, in which case the period computed shall expire with the last day of the month so counted. History:   1941 c 492 s 14
MN Stat § 645.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.15 — Computation Of Time.

645.15 COMPUTATION OF TIME. Where the performance or doing of any act, duty, matter, payment, or thing is ordered or directed, and the period of time or duration for the performance or doing thereof is prescribed and fixed by law, the time, except as otherwise provided in sections 645.13 and 645.14, shall be computed so as to exclude the first and include the last day of the prescribed or fixed period or duration of time. When the last day of the period falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, that day shall be omitted from the computation. History:  1941 c 492 s 15; 1981 c 117 s 1
MN Stat § 645.151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.151 — Timely Delivery Or Filing.

645.151 TIMELY DELIVERY OR FILING. When an application, payment, return, claim, statement, or other document is to be delivered to or filed with a department, agency, or instrumentality of this state or of a political subdivision on or before a prescribed date and the prescribed date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, it is timely delivered or filed if it is delivered or filed on the next succeeding day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. History:   1981 c 117 s 2
MN Stat § 645.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.16 — Legislative Intent Controls.

645.16 LEGISLATIVE INTENT CONTROLS. The object of all interpretation and construction of laws is to ascertain and effectuate the intention of the legislature. Every law shall be construed, if possible, to give effect to all its provisions. When the words of a law in their application to an existing situation are clear and free from all ambiguity, the letter of the law shall not be disregarded under the pretext of pursuing the spirit. When the words of a law are not explicit, the intention of the legislature may be ascertained by considering, among other matters: (1) the occasion and necessity for the law; (2) the circumstances under which it was enacted; (3) the mischief to be remedied; (4) the object to be attained; (5) the former law, if any, including other laws upon the same or similar subjects; (6) the consequences of a particular interpretation; (7) the contemporaneous legislative history; and (8) legislative and administrative interpretations of the statute. History:   1941 c 492 s 16
MN Stat § 645.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.17 — Presumptions In Ascertaining Legislative Intent.

645.17 PRESUMPTIONS IN ASCERTAINING LEGISLATIVE INTENT. In ascertaining the intention of the legislature the courts may be guided by the following presumptions: (1) the legislature does not intend a result that is absurd, impossible of execution, or unreasonable; (2) the legislature intends the entire statute to be effective and certain; (3) the legislature does not intend to violate the Constitution of the United States or of this state; (4) when a court of last resort has construed the language of a law, the legislature in subsequent laws on the same subject matter intends the same construction to be placed upon such language; and (5) the legislature intends to favor the public interest as against any private interest. History:   1941 c 492 s 17
MN Stat § 645.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.18 — Grammar; Syntax; Ellipsis.

645.18 GRAMMAR; SYNTAX; ELLIPSIS. Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a law. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when a sentence is without meaning as it stands. Words and phrases which may be necessary to the proper interpretation of a law and which do not conflict with its obvious purpose and intent nor in any way affect its scope and operation may be added in the construction thereof. History:  1941 c 492 s 18; 1979 c 8 s 1
MN Stat § 645.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.19 — Construction Of Provisos And Exceptions.

645.19 CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISOS AND EXCEPTIONS. Provisos shall be construed to limit rather than to extend the operation of the clauses to which they refer. Exceptions expressed in a law shall be construed to exclude all others. History:   1941 c 492 s 19
MN Stat § 645.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.20 — Construction Of Severable Provisions.

645.20 CONSTRUCTION OF SEVERABLE PROVISIONS. Unless there is a provision in the law that the provisions shall not be severable, the provisions of all laws shall be severable. If any provision of a law is found to be unconstitutional and void, the remaining provisions of the law shall remain valid, unless the court finds the valid provisions of the law are so essentially and inseparably connected with, and so dependent upon, the void provisions that the court cannot presume the legislature would have enacted the remaining valid provisions without the void one; or unless the court finds the remaining valid provisions, standing alone, are incomplete and are incapable of being executed in accordance with the legislative intent. History:   1941 c 492 s 20
MN Stat § 645.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.21 — Presumption Against Retroactive Effect.

645.21 PRESUMPTION AGAINST RETROACTIVE EFFECT. No law shall be construed to be retroactive unless clearly and manifestly so intended by the legislature. History:   1941 c 492 s 21
MN Stat § 645.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.22 — Uniform Laws.

645.22 UNIFORM LAWS. Laws uniform with those of other states shall be interpreted and construed to effect their general purpose to make uniform the laws of those states which enact them. History:   1941 c 492 s 22
MN Stat § 645.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.24 — Penalties For Each Offense.

645.24 PENALTIES FOR EACH OFFENSE. When a penalty or forfeiture is provided for the violation of a law, such penalty or forfeiture shall be construed to be for each such violation. History:   1941 c 492 s 24
MN Stat § 645.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.241 — Punishment For Prohibited Acts.

645.241 PUNISHMENT FOR PROHIBITED ACTS. When the performance of any act is prohibited by a statute, and no penalty for the violation of the same shall be imposed in any statute, the doing of such act shall be a petty misdemeanor. History:  (10047) RL s 4859; 2014 c 312 art 6 s 6; 2015 c 65 art 6 s 22
MN Stat § 645.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.25 — Intent To Defraud.

645.25 INTENT TO DEFRAUD. When an intent to defraud is required in any law in order to constitute an offense, the law shall be construed to require only an intent to defraud any person or body politic. History:   1941 c 492 s 25
MN Stat § 645.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.26 — Irreconcilable Provisions.

645.26 IRRECONCILABLE PROVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Particular controls general. When a general provision in a law is in conflict with a special provision in the same or another law, the two shall be construed, if possible, so that effect may be given to both. If the conflict between the two provisions be irreconcilable, the special provision shall prevail and shall be construed as an exception to the general provision, unless the general provision shall be enacted at a later session and it shall be the manifest intention of the legislature that such general provision shall prevail. Subd. 2. Clauses in same law. When, in the same law, several clauses are irreconcilable, the clause last in order of date or position shall prevail. Subd. 3. Laws passed at same session. When the provisions of two or more laws passed during the same session of the legislature are irreconcilable, the law latest in date of final enactment, irrespective of its effective date, shall prevail from the time it becomes effective, except as otherwise provided in section 645.30. Subd. 4. Laws passed at different sessions. When the provisions of two or more laws passed at different sessions of the legislature are irreconcilable, the law latest in date of final enactment shall prevail. History:   1941 c 492 s 26
MN Stat § 645.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.27 — State Bound By Statute; When.

645.27 STATE BOUND BY STATUTE; WHEN. The state is not bound by the passage of a law unless named therein, or unless the words of the act are so plain, clear, and unmistakable as to leave no doubt as to the intention of the legislature. History:   1941 c 492 s 27
MN Stat § 645.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.28 — Existing Laws; Effect Of Revision Or Code.

645.28 EXISTING LAWS; EFFECT OF REVISION OR CODE. Except as provided in section 645.39, laws in force at the time of the adoption of any revision or code are not repealed by the revision or code unless expressly repealed therein. History:   1941 c 492 s 28
MN Stat § 645.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.29 — Manner Of Amendment.

645.29 MANNER OF AMENDMENT. Bills introduced at any legislative session purporting to amend or repeal any part of the laws of this state by reference in the title and body of such bills to any of the recognized published statutes of Minnesota shall be taken and construed to mean and shall have the same force and validity as if the bills referred to the original enactment. History:   1941 c 492 s 29
MN Stat § 645.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.30 — Effect Of Separate Amendments On Code Provisions Enacted At Same Session.

645.30 EFFECT OF SEPARATE AMENDMENTS ON CODE PROVISIONS ENACTED AT SAME SESSION. When any existing law incorporated into and repealed by a code or revision is also amended by other legislation enacted at the same session of the legislature, such separate amendment shall be construed to be in force, notwithstanding the repeal by the code of the act it amends, and such amendment shall be construed to prevail over the corresponding provisions of the code. History:   1941 c 492 s 30
MN Stat § 645.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.31 — Construction Of Amendatory And Reference Laws.

645.31 CONSTRUCTION OF AMENDATORY AND REFERENCE LAWS. Subdivision 1. Amendatory laws. When a section or part of a law is amended, the amendment shall be construed as merging into the original law, becoming a part thereof, and replacing the part amended, and the remainder of the original enactment and the amendment shall be read together and viewed as one act passed at one time; but the portions of the law which were not altered by the amendment shall be construed as effective from the time of their first enactment, and the new provisions shall be construed as effective only from the date when the amendment became effective. When an act has been amended "so as to read as follows," or otherwise, a later reference to that act either by its original title or as it exists in any compilation of the laws of this state includes the act as amended. Subd. 2. Adoption of law by reference. When an act adopts the provisions of another law by reference it also adopts by reference any subsequent amendments of such other law, except where there is clear legislative intention to the contrary. History:  1941 c 492 s 31; 1965 c 83 s 1
MN Stat § 645.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.32 — Merger Of Subsequent Amendments.

645.32 MERGER OF SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS. When a law has been more than once amended, the latest amendment shall be read into the original law as previously amended and not into such law as originally enacted. History:   1941 c 492 s 32
MN Stat § 645.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.33 — Two Or More Amendments To Same Section; One Overlooking The Other.

645.33 TWO OR MORE AMENDMENTS TO SAME SECTION; ONE OVERLOOKING THE OTHER. When two or more amendments to the same provision of law are enacted at the same or different sessions, one amendment overlooking and making no reference to the other or others, the amendments shall be construed together, if possible, and effect be given to each. If the amendments be irreconcilable, the latest in date of final enactment shall prevail. History:   1941 c 492 s 33
MN Stat § 645.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.34 — Repeal Of Amendatory And Original Laws Subsequently Amended.

645.34 REPEAL OF AMENDATORY AND ORIGINAL LAWS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED. The repeal of an amendatory law does not revive the corresponding provision or section of the original law or of any prior amendment. Except as otherwise provided in section 645.26, subdivision 3, the repeal of the original law, or section or provision of the original law, repeals all subsequent amendments to the original law, or to the original section or provision, as the case may be. History:   1941 c 492 s 34
MN Stat § 645.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.35 — Effect Of Repeal.

645.35 EFFECT OF REPEAL. The repeal of any law shall not affect any right accrued, any duty imposed, any penalty incurred, or any proceeding commenced, under or by virtue of the law repealed. Any civil suit, action, or proceeding pending to enforce any right under the authority of the law repealed shall and may be proceeded with and concluded under the laws in existence when the suit, action, or proceeding was instituted, notwithstanding the repeal of such laws; or the same may be proceeded with and concluded under the provisions of the new law, if any, enacted. History:   1941 c 492 s 35
MN Stat § 645.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.36 — Effect Of Repeal Of Repealer.

645.36 EFFECT OF REPEAL OF REPEALER. When a law is repealed which repealed a former law, the former law shall not thereby be revived, unless it is so specifically provided. History:   1941 c 492 s 36
MN Stat § 645.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.37 — Repeal And Reenactment.

645.37 REPEAL AND REENACTMENT. When a law is repealed and its provisions are at the same time reenacted in the same or substantially the same terms by the repealing law, the earlier law shall be construed as continued in active operation. All rights and liabilities incurred under such earlier law are preserved and may be enforced. History:   1941 c 492 s 37
MN Stat § 645.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.38 — Effect Of Reenactment On Intervening Law.

645.38 EFFECT OF REENACTMENT ON INTERVENING LAW. A law which reenacts the provisions of an earlier law shall not be construed to repeal an intermediate law which modified such earlier law. Such intermediate law shall be construed to remain in force and to modify the reenactment in the same manner as it modified the earlier law. History:   1941 c 492 s 38
MN Stat § 645.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.39 — Implied Repeal By Later Law.

645.39 IMPLIED REPEAL BY LATER LAW. When a law purports to be a revision of all laws upon a particular subject, or sets up a general or exclusive system covering the entire subject matter of a former law and is intended as a substitute for such former law, such law shall be construed to repeal all former laws upon the same subject. When a general law purports to establish a uniform and mandatory system covering a class of subjects, such law shall be construed to repeal preexisting local or special laws on the same class of subjects. In all other cases, a later law shall not be construed to repeal an earlier law unless the two laws are irreconcilable. History:   1941 c 492 s 39
MN Stat § 645.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.40 — Nonexistence Of Reason For Law Does Not Repeal It.

645.40 NONEXISTENCE OF REASON FOR LAW DOES NOT REPEAL IT. A law shall not be deemed repealed because the reason for its passage no longer exists. History:   1941 c 492 s 40
MN Stat § 645.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.41 — No Implied Repeal By Nonuser.

645.41 NO IMPLIED REPEAL BY NONUSER. A law shall not be deemed repealed by the failure to use such law. History:   1941 c 492 s 41
MN Stat § 645.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.42 — Effect Of Separate Repeals On Code Provisions Enacted At Same Session.

645.42 EFFECT OF SEPARATE REPEALS ON CODE PROVISIONS ENACTED AT SAME SESSION. When a law repeals any provision of a law incorporated into a code adopted at the same session of the legislature, the law repealing the provisions so incorporated into the code shall be construed to effect a repeal of the corresponding provision of the code. History:   1941 c 492 s 42
MN Stat § 645.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 645 - 648 — Statutes, Construction|Chapter 645 — Interpretation Of Statutes And Rules|Section 645.43 — Effect Of Repeal On Limitations.

645.43 EFFECT OF REPEAL ON LIMITATIONS. When a limitation or period of time, prescribed in any law for acquiring a right or barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, has begun to run before a law repealing such law takes effect, and the same or any other limitation is prescribed by any other law passed at the same session of the legislature, the time which has already run shall be deemed a part of the time prescribed as such limitation in such law passed at the same session of the legislature. History:   1941 c 492 s 43