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MN Stat § 385.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.02 — Deputies; Bonds, Except For Ramsey County.

385.02 DEPUTIES; BONDS, EXCEPT FOR RAMSEY COUNTY. Subdivision 1. Appointment of deputies. County treasurers may by certificate in writing appoint one or more deputies, who, before entering upon their duties, shall record with the county recorder such certificates, with their oaths of office endorsed thereon. Such deputies may sign all papers and do all other things which county treasurers may themselves do. County treasurers are responsible for the acts of their deputies and may revoke their appointments at pleasure. Subd. 2. Bonds. (a) Before entering upon the duties of office the county treasurer, every deputy county treasurer and every employee in the office of the county treasurer shall give bond, to be approved by the county board, and in such sum as the board directs. In counties of over 150,000 inhabitants, the bond of the county treasurer shall not be less than $500,000, unless the surety is a corporation duly authorized by law to be surety, in which case it shall be not less than $250,000. Such bond shall be payable to the state, conditioned that the treasurer shall faithfully execute the duties of office, and for the safekeeping and paying over according to law of all moneys which come into the treasurer's hands for state, county, town, school, road, bridge, poor, and all other purposes. (b) In lieu of the individual bonds required for deputies and employees in the office of the county treasurer a schedule or position bond or undertaking may be given in the respective amounts so required conditioned as above and upon a form to be prescribed by the commissioner of administration. (c) The county board shall pay the premiums upon such bonds or undertakings out of the treasury of the county in cases where the surety is a corporation duly authorized by law to be surety. (d) This subdivision does not apply to Ramsey County. History:  (839-1, 840) RL s 495; 1923 c 293; 1927 c 406; 1935 c 273; 1939 c 164; 1974 c 435 art 7 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1980 c 519 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 72
MN Stat § 385.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.03 — Failure To Qualify.

385.03 FAILURE TO QUALIFY. If any person elected to the office of county treasurer shall not take the oath and give the bond required by law on or before the first Monday of January next succeeding election, it shall be deemed a refusal to serve. History:  (841) RL s 496; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.04 — Accurate Account Kept.

385.04 ACCURATE ACCOUNT KEPT. The county treasurer shall keep a full and accurate account of all money received, showing the amount thereof, the time when, by whom, and on what account paid and shall keep books so as to show the amount received and paid on account of separate and distinct funds or appropriations, which shall be exhibited in separate accounts, and every warrant shall be paid only from the cash on hand in the fund from which it may be properly payable. In case of payments of money under any special contract entered into by the county board, such payments shall be kept separate under the name of the particular contract on account of which it was made, and under the general title of the fund from which such warrant is payable. No money received for taxes charged in the duplicate of the current year shall be entered by the treasurer on the treasurer's account with the county until the treasurer makes the annual settlement with the county auditor and county board in each year. The treasurer's books shall be provided at the expense of the county. History:  (842) RL s 497; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.05 — Receipt And Payment Of Money.

385.05 RECEIPT AND PAYMENT OF MONEY. The county treasurer shall receive all money directed by law to be paid to the treasurer and pay them out only on the order of the proper authority. All money belonging to the county shall be paid out upon the order of the county board, signed by the chair thereof, and attested by the county auditor, or upon the warrant of the county auditor upon the presentation to the auditor of the proper certificate of the person or tribunal allowing the same, and not otherwise. All money due the state, arising from the collection of taxes or from other sources, shall be paid upon the draft of the commissioner of management and budget and a duplicate copy of the receipt for payment of such draft shall be forwarded by the commissioner of management and budget to the county auditor, who shall preserve the same, and credit the county treasurer with the amount thereof. The county auditor shall issue a warrant in favor of the state for the amount of such draft and the county treasurer shall pay the warrant forthwith without endorsement thereof by the commissioner of management and budget or other state official, and without expense to the state for collection charges. History:  (843) RL s 498; 1919 c 417; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 43; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 385.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.06 — Accounts Audited.

385.06 ACCOUNTS AUDITED. Subdivision 1. Audit. The county board in each county may carefully examine and audit such accounts, books, and vouchers of the county treasurer as will enable it to ascertain the kind, description, and amount of funds in the treasury of such county, or belonging thereto, without previous notice to the treasurer. The county board shall also witness and attest the transfer and delivery of accounts, books, vouchers, and funds by each outgoing treasurer to the successor in office. Subd. 2. Board may employ assistants. The county board may employ the assistance of any county officer or employee or any certified public accountant where such assistance is deemed necessary by the county board to accomplish the internal audit or other functions involved. A certified public accountant is a person who for a period of three years prior to the date of such employment has been actively engaged in the practice of public accounting in accordance with chapter 326A. History:  (844) RL s 499; 1909 c 22 s 1; 1953 c 101 s 1; 1967 c 409 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2010 c 191 s 7
MN Stat § 385.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.07 — Funds, Where Deposited Or Invested.

385.07 FUNDS, WHERE DEPOSITED OR INVESTED. (a) All county funds shall be deposited promptly and intact by the county treasurer in the name of the county or invested as provided in section 118A.04. Interest and profits which accrue from such investment shall, when collected, be credited to the general revenue fund of the county. (b) In addition to the authority for deposit of county funds pursuant to paragraph (a), the county treasurer may deposit county funds in a designated depository in accordance with the following conditions: (1) The designated depository is authorized by the county treasurer to (i) arrange for the redeposit of the funds into deposit accounts in one or more banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions that are located in the United States, and (ii) serve as custodian for the county with respect to the funds redeposited into such accounts. (2) The full amount of the redeposited county funds, plus accrued interest, if any, must be insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund. Any entity serving as subcustodian for the designated depository shall have had at least five years of general custodial experience. History:  (846) RL s 500; 1907 c 352 s 1; 1945 c 559 s 1; 1947 c 29 s 1; 1959 c 531 s 1; 1965 c 278 s 1; 1965 c 300 s 2; 1967 c 409 s 3; 1969 c 527 s 1; 1978 c 678 s 2; 1980 c 486 s 2; 1985 c 204 s 1; 1996 c 399 art 2 s 4; 2012 c 209 s 3
MN Stat § 385.071 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.071 — Electronic Funds Transfer.

385.071 ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER. Electronic funds transfer is the process of value exchange via mechanical means without the use of checks, drafts, or similar negotiable instruments. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a county may make electronic funds transfers for investment purposes and for all county expenditures. The county board shall establish policies and procedures for investment and expenditure transactions via electronic funds transfer. History:   1985 c 204 s 2
MN Stat § 385.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.09 — Bonds Of Depositories.

385.09 BONDS OF DEPOSITORIES. Every bank or banker, before being designated as a depository, shall deposit with the county treasurer a bond, to be approved by the county board, in at least double the amount to be deposited, payable to such county, and signed by not less than five resident landowners as sureties; who shall, in the aggregate, qualify for the full penalty named in such bond. Any county in which there is no such bank or banker may be exempt from the foregoing provisions which relate to depositing its funds, if in the judgment of the county board such deposit would be detrimental to its interests. In cases where the bond furnished by the depository is that of a surety company authorized to do business in this state, the amount of such bond need not be more than the amount to be deposited in such depository. History:  (848) RL s 502; 1909 c 124 s 1; 1967 c 409 s 5; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 15
MN Stat § 385.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.10 — Proposals By Banks.

385.10 PROPOSALS BY BANKS. All bonds of depositories shall be given for the term of two years from the date of their approval by the county board, and renewed every two years thereafter; but in counties having no depository, the board may advertise for proposals and designate depositories at any time when required by the public interests. History:  (849) RL s 503; 1909 c 104 s 1; 1967 c 409 s 6
MN Stat § 385.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.11 — Sureties.

385.11 SURETIES. The county board shall not accept, and shall not approve, as sureties upon the bonds of depositories, stockholders or owners of such depositories, unless they are satisfied, upon full investigation, that their responsibility would in no wise be affected by the failure of the bank or banker in behalf of which the stockholders or owners sign as sureties. History:  (850) RL s 504; 1967 c 409 s 7
MN Stat § 385.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.12 — Deposit In Official Capacity; Failure.

385.12 DEPOSIT IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY; FAILURE. No county treasurer shall deposit any public funds in the treasurer's individual name, or in any other capacity than as treasurer, under the penalty of $500 for each deposit so made. History:  (851) RL s 505; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.13 — Public Funds Kept Separate.

385.13 PUBLIC FUNDS KEPT SEPARATE. The public funds shall at all times be kept separate from any private funds of the treasurer or any private person, and all amounts found at any time in any of the county treasuries of the state, or officially deposited by the county treasurers, shall be deemed public funds, and, if in excess of the amount properly called for by the auditor's and treasurer's books and accounts, shall be turned over by the county board or by the state auditor to the county revenue fund. History:  (852) RL s 506; 1967 c 409 s 8; 1973 c 492 s 7
MN Stat § 385.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.14 — Insurance, Loss By Robbery Or Burglary.

385.14 INSURANCE, LOSS BY ROBBERY OR BURGLARY. The treasurer of each county of the state may procure insurance against loss by robbery or burglary or both of public moneys in the treasury of the county or in course of transportation for the purpose of deposit, in such amount as may be approved by the board of county commissioners. The cost of such insurance shall be a charge upon the county and shall be paid in the same manner as other claims against the county are paid. History:  (852-1) 1927 c 137 s 1
MN Stat § 385.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.15 — Payment.

385.15 PAYMENT. All payments by treasurers of counties having designated depositories at their county seat, and by all others as far as practicable, shall be made by checks upon the depositories. Each depository shall furnish the auditor of the county to which the funds belong a true and itemized statement of the treasurer's account on the first day of each month, which statement shall be filed and preserved in the auditor's office. All sums of interest accruing upon the funds deposited in any bank or with any banker under the provisions of Laws 1881, chapter 124, shall be credited to such deposit account on the first day of each month, for the month preceding; and a monthly statement of such interest, as computed from the daily balances by the bank or banker, shall be rendered by such depository to the county auditor on the first day of each month, and the auditor shall charge the county treasurer with the amount thereof, and credit the same to the revenue fund of the county. History:  (853) RL s 507
MN Stat § 385.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.18 — Exemption From Liability.

385.18 EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY. When any portion of the funds of a county shall be deposited by any county treasurer hereunder, such treasurer and the sureties on the treasurer's bond shall be exempt from liability for the loss of any such deposited funds from the failure, bankruptcy, or other acts of the depository, to the extent and amount of such funds so lost then in the hands of such depository. History:  (856) RL s 510; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.19 — Accounts Exhibited.

385.19 ACCOUNTS EXHIBITED. On the last days of February and October in each year, the treasurer shall exhibit the accounts since the last settlement, balanced to that day, to the county board and county auditor, or, if the board is not in session, to the county auditor alone, showing all the money received and disbursed since the last settlement, and the balance remaining on hand. The books, accounts, and vouchers of the treasurer and all money remaining in the treasury shall at all times be subject to the inspection and examination of the county board or any committee thereof. History:  (857) RL s 511; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.20 — Failure To Settle.

385.20 FAILURE TO SETTLE. Any county treasurer who fails to make settlement with the commissioner of management and budget within 15 days of the time prescribed by law, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $100, in addition to the penalties provided in section 385.21, to be recovered in a civil action, which forfeiture shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general fund. The commissioner of management and budget, for good cause shown, may remit the penalty at any time before an action is commenced. History:  (858) RL s 512; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 385.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.21 — Action Against.

385.21 ACTION AGAINST. If any county treasurer fails to make return or settlement, or to pay over all money with which the treasurer stands charged, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law, the county auditor, on receiving instructions for that purpose from the state auditor or from the county board, shall cause an action to be commenced against such treasurer and the treasurer's sureties in the district court of the county; and judgment may be rendered therein against them for the amount due from such treasurer, with interest and a penalty of ten percent thereon. History:  (859) RL s 513; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 30; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.22 — Removal.

385.22 REMOVAL. When an action is commenced against any delinquent county treasurer, as aforesaid, the county board may remove such treasurer from office and fill by appointment the vacancy thereby created. History:  (860) RL s 514
MN Stat § 385.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.23 — Money Collected.

385.23 MONEY COLLECTED. The sheriff or other officer who collects any money from a delinquent county treasurer or the treasurer's sureties shall within ten days thereafter pay the same into the treasury of the county to which it is due. History:  (861) RL s 515; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.24 — Refusal To Execute Process.

385.24 REFUSAL TO EXECUTE PROCESS. If any sheriff or other officer to whom an execution against a delinquent treasurer and the treasurer's sureties is delivered neglects or refuses to execute the same, or neglects or refuses to pay over any money collected thereon, as required in section 385.23, the sheriff and the sheriff's sureties shall be liable to the same penalties and proceeded against in the same manner as provided by law in the case of delinquent treasurers. History:  (862) RL s 516; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 50
MN Stat § 385.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.25 — Proceedings Against Deputy.

385.25 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DEPUTY. If the deputy treasurer fails to pay over to the deputy's principal on demand any taxes or other money collected as such deputy, the same proceedings may be had against the deputy and the deputy's sureties at the instance of the treasurer as are authorized against treasurers for failing to make payment according to law. History:  (863) RL s 517; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.26 — New Bond; Insolvency Of Surety.

385.26 NEW BOND; INSOLVENCY OF SURETY. The county board may require the county treasurer to give a new bond, with sureties to be approved by them when, in the opinion of a majority of the board, the sureties, or any of them, on the original bond are insufficient, and may also require a new bond, with sureties to be approved by them, when the penalty of such original bond is deemed insufficient; but the taking of any new bond shall not affect or impair the original bond, or the rights and liabilities of the parties thereto, incurred or existing at or prior to the time of the approval and acceptance of such new bond. Where the original bond was a corporate surety bond, and such bond since the first day of January 1933 has become inoperative due to the insolvency of the surety company, the treasurer shall furnish a new bond with sureties to be approved by the county board, and the liability of the sureties on such new bond shall only include and extend from the date of the execution of the new bond. History:  (864) RL s 518; Ex1933 c 4
MN Stat § 385.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.27 — Failure To Give Bond.

385.27 FAILURE TO GIVE BOND. If any county treasurer fails or refuses to give such additional bond for ten days after the day on which the same is required by the county board, the treasurer's office shall become vacant, and be filled as provided by law. History:  (865) RL s 519; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.28 — Purchase Of Orders Or Warrants At Discount Prohibited.

385.28 PURCHASE OF ORDERS OR WARRANTS AT DISCOUNT PROHIBITED. No county treasurer or deputy shall either directly or indirectly contract for or purchase any orders or warrants issued by the treasurer's county, or any state warrants, or the orders or warrants of any city, town, or other body politic for which the treasurer is the collector of taxes, at any discount; and any treasurer or deputy who shall directly or indirectly contract for, purchase, or procure any such orders or warrants at any discount whatever, shall not be allowed, on settlement, the amount of these orders or warrants, or any part thereof, and shall forfeit the whole amount due thereon and $100 for every breach of the provisions of this section, to be recovered in a civil action at the suit of the state for the use of the county. The person to whom the county treasurer is required to return the state, county, city, town, school, or road tax is prohibited from receiving from any county treasurer any orders, warrants, or bonds in payment of taxes collected, unless, with the orders, warrants, or bonds, such treasurer shall file an affidavit with the person entitled to receive the tax, stating therein that all such orders, warrants, and bonds were received at their par value. History:  (866) RL s 520; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.29 — Lending Of County Funds Prohibited; Penalty.

385.29 LENDING OF COUNTY FUNDS PROHIBITED; PENALTY. Any county treasurer who lends any money belonging to the county with or without interest or uses the same for personal purposes, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense not more than $1,000 nor less than $500 to be recovered in a civil action at the suit of the state for the use of the county, city, town, or body politic injured. History:  (867) RL s 521; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 385.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 385 — County Treasurer|Section 385.30 — To Prosecute Bonds.

385.30 TO PROSECUTE BONDS. The treasurers of the several counties in their official capacity may prosecute to final judgment and execution all actions on bonds, notes, or other securities given to them or their predecessors in office, and all pending actions commenced by their predecessors in office. History:  (868) RL s 523