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MN Stat § 329.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants|Section 329.12 — License Required For Certain Sales; False Affidavit.

329.12 LICENSE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN SALES; FALSE AFFIDAVIT. It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant to advertise, represent, or hold forth as being sold for an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee, trustee, testator, executor, administrator, receiver, syndicate, wholesaler or manufacturer, or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, damaged by smoke, fire, water, or otherwise, or in any similar form, unless such transient merchant shall file with the auditor of the county in which the application for license is filed and issued for such purpose an affidavit at the same time the application is filed, showing all the facts relating to the reasons and character of such sale so to be advertised or represented, and showing that such sale is in fact as is to be advertised and represented, including a statement of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares, and merchandise so to be advertised or represented were obtained, the date of the delivery to the person applying for the license, and the place from which the goods, wares, and merchandise were last taken, and all details necessary to exactly locate and fully itemize all goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold. If such affidavit shall fail to show that such sale is of the character as the same is intended to be advertised or represented as shown in such affidavit, and fails to disclose the facts as herein required, then such auditor shall refuse the applicant a license for such sale. Should license be issued to such applicant, then such license shall state that such person is authorized and licensed to sell such goods, wares, and merchandise, and advertise and represent and hold forth the same as being sold as such insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee, trustee, testator, executor, administrator, receiver, syndicate, wholesaler or manufacturer, or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, damaged by smoke, fire, water, or otherwise, or in any similar manner present other facts as shown in such affidavit. The affidavit shall be sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths by such person so applying for such license, or, if a partnership, by a member of such partnership, or, if a corporation, by one of the officers of such corporation. Every person making a false statement of any fact in such affidavit shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be punished for such offense as is provided by the Criminal Code of this state. History:  (7339) 1911 c 39 s 3
MN Stat § 329.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants|Section 329.13 — Evidence.

329.13 EVIDENCE. When it appears that any such stock of goods, wares, and merchandise has been brought into any county in this state by a person not a resident therein, and that it is claimed that such stock is to be closed out at reduced prices, such facts shall be prima facie evidence that the person, copartnership, or corporation so offering such goods for sale is a transient merchant. History:  (7341) 1911 c 39 s 5
MN Stat § 329.135 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants|Section 329.135 — Prohibited Sales.

329.135 PROHIBITED SALES. No transient merchant or seller at a flea market, except an authorized manufacturer's representative, shall offer for sale any of the following items: (1) infant formula or other food intended primarily for consumption by a child under the age of two years; and (2) over-the-counter drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics. History:   1995 c 64 s 2
MN Stat § 329.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants|Section 329.14 — Certain Sales Excepted.

329.14 CERTAIN SALES EXCEPTED. The provisions of sections 329.10 to 329.13 and 329.14 to 329.17 shall not apply to sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business, nor to bona fide sales of goods, wares, and merchandise by sample, catalog, or brochure, for future delivery, or to hawkers on the street, or to peddlers from vehicles, baskets, or packs carried on their backs, or to sheriffs or other public officers selling goods, wares, and merchandise according to law; nor to bona fide assignees or receivers appointed in this state selling goods, wares, and merchandise for the benefit of creditors, nor to persons who may sell or peddle the products of the farm or garden occupied and cultivated by themselves, nor to sales made by a seller at a residential premises pursuant to an invitation issued by the owner or legal occupant of the premises. History:  (7342) 1911 c 39 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 64 s 3; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 329.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants|Section 329.15 — Municipalities May Regulate.

329.15 MUNICIPALITIES MAY REGULATE. Nothing in sections 329.10 to 329.17 contained shall be construed as prohibiting, or in any way limiting or interfering with, the right of any city, or other municipal corporation or governmental subdivision of the state, to regulate or license the carrying on within such municipality the business of a transient merchant in any case where authority has been, or shall hereafter be, conferred upon it so to do, but the requirements of sections 329.10 to 329.17 shall be in addition thereto. A city, or with respect to the area outside the corporate limits of a city, a county, may enact a transient merchant licensing requirement excluding certain classes of transient merchant events, or determine by resolution of its governing body that certain classes of transient merchant events need not comply with section 329.11. History:  (7343) 1911 c 39 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1984 c 594 s 1
MN Stat § 329.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants|Section 329.16 — Disposal Of Fees.

329.16 DISPOSAL OF FEES. All license fees collected under section 329.11 shall be paid into the general revenue fund of the county. History:  (7344) 1911 c 39 s 8; 1984 c 594 s 2
MN Stat § 329.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants|Section 329.17 — Violations; Penalties.

329.17 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Gross misdemeanor. Every person, either as principal or agent, who shall in any manner engage in, do, or transact any business as a transient merchant, without having first obtained a license, or who shall conduct any sale, or who shall sell or expose for sale any goods, wares, and merchandise contrary to the provisions of sections 329.10 to 329.16, or who shall advertise, represent, or hold forth any sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, to be conducted contrary to the provisions of sections 329.10 to 329.16, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Misdemeanor. Every person who shall engage in or follow the business of a hawker or peddler without having first obtained a license is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (7335, 7345) 1911 c 39 s 9; 1911 c 121 s 8; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 3 s 18
MN Stat § 330.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.01 — Auctioneers' Licenses, To Whom Granted.

330.01 AUCTIONEERS' LICENSES, TO WHOM GRANTED. Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) The county auditor may license any person having the qualifications specified in paragraph (b) as an auctioneer. The license shall be issued by the auditor and shall authorize the licensee to conduct the business of an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota for the period of one year. It shall be recorded by the auditor in a book kept for that purpose. The license must specify the county issuing the license and must contain a number that individually identifies the auctioneer holding the license. Before the license is issued the applicant shall pay into the county treasury a fee of $20. (b) A natural person is qualified to be licensed as an auctioneer if 18 years of age or over and a resident of the county of application for at least six months immediately preceding the date of application. No copartnership, association or corporation may be licensed as an auctioneer. However, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as preventing auctioneers who are duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, from combining in associations, copartnerships, or corporations, provided that each and every member of these associations or copartnerships and each and every person or agent conducting auction sales on behalf of these corporations is a duly licensed auctioneer as provided in this chapter. Nothing herein shall be construed to apply to the owner of property for at least six months selling it at an auction. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1965 c 874 s 10] History:  (7322) RL s 2813; 1901 c 249; 1913 c 11 s 1; 1917 c 87 s 1; 1927 c 173; 1937 c 313 s 1; 1941 c 170; 1943 c 311 s 1; 1949 c 516 s 1; 1965 c 874 s 1; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1969 c 737 s 1; 1973 c 725 s 58; 3Sp1981 c 2 art 1 s 57; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 251 s 14; 2005 c 32 s 1
MN Stat § 330.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.02 — Bond.

330.02 BOND. Every auctioneer, before making sales, shall give a corporate surety bond to the county in a penal sum of not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000 to be fixed by the treasurer and with sureties approved by the treasurer, conditioned that the auctioneer will pay all sums required by law and in all things conform to the laws relating to auctioneers. The treasurer, for approval, shall endorse the bond, and file it in the treasurer's office. History:  (7323) RL s 2814; 1965 c 874 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 330.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.025 — City Or Town Licenses.

330.025 CITY OR TOWN LICENSES. Notwithstanding sections 412.221, subdivision 19, and 368.01, subdivision 11, or other law or provision of home rule charter to the contrary, a statutory or home rule charter city or town may not require a person licensed as an auctioneer by a county and bonded under this chapter to obtain an additional license or give an additional bond in order to act as an auctioneer in the city or town. A statutory or home rule charter city or town may require an auctioneer who intends to conduct an auction in the city or town to submit proof of licensure and compliance with the bond requirements of this chapter at least 14 days before the date of the auction. History:   1993 c 251 s 1
MN Stat § 330.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.03 — Account Of Sales.

330.03 ACCOUNT OF SALES. Every auctioneer shall keep an accurate account of all property sold, the names of the persons from whom the same was received and of those to whom it was sold, and the price. History:  (7324) RL s 2815; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 330.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.04 — Forfeiture For Receiving Goods From Minors Or Servants.

330.04 FORFEITURE FOR RECEIVING GOODS FROM MINORS OR SERVANTS. Any licensed auctioneer who shall receive property for sale from any minor or servant, knowing the person to be a minor or servant, shall forfeit to any person injured a sum not exceeding $200. History:  (7325) RL s 2816; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 330.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.05 — Sales In Unauthorized Places; Penalty.

330.05 SALES IN UNAUTHORIZED PLACES; PENALTY. Any person occupying or having control of any building, who knowingly permits the sale of property at public auction in such building, or in any apartment or yard appertaining thereto, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (7326) RL s 2817
MN Stat § 330.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.06 — Unlicensed Sales.

330.06 UNLICENSED SALES. Any person who shall sell or attempt to sell, either directly or indirectly, or as the agent of a duly licensed auctioneer, any property at auction without being licensed as an auctioneer, as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; but the provisions of this chapter shall not extend to sales made by sheriffs, coroners, collectors of taxes or sales of personal property under chattel mortgage or other lien. History:  (7327) RL s 2818; 1943 c 297 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 330.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.08 — Advertisements.

330.08 ADVERTISEMENTS. All advertisements of auction sales shall carry the name or names, address or addresses, and the license number or numbers of the auctioneer or auctioneers conducting said sales. History:  1965 c 874 s 3; 1969 c 737 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 251 s 15; 2005 c 32 s 2
MN Stat § 330.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.09 — Notification Of Change Of Address.

330.09 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Notice in writing shall be given to the auditor of the county where licensed by each licensee of any change of address, whereupon the auditor shall issue a duplicate license showing the licensee's new address for which a fee of $3 shall be paid into the county treasury. A change of address, without notification to the auditor, shall result in the automatic cancellation of any license theretofore issued after the expiration of 30 days from the date of such change of address. History:  1965 c 874 s 4; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 251 s 16
MN Stat § 330.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.10 — Written Contract With Owner Or Consignee Of Property Or Merchandise From Transient Merchants.

330.10 WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH OWNER OR CONSIGNEE OF PROPERTY OR MERCHANDISE FROM TRANSIENT MERCHANTS. Subdivision 1. Written contract. Prior to sale at public auction every auctioneer shall enter into a written contract with the owner or consignee of any property to be sold, containing the terms and conditions upon which the sale will be conducted. Subd. 2. Property from transient merchant. Prior to sale at public auction of any property received or acquired, directly or indirectly, from a transient merchant as defined in section 329.099, the auctioneer shall require proof that section 329.11 has been complied with by the transient merchant with respect to such property; and the auctioneer shall retain such proof for one year. History:   1965 c 874 s 5
MN Stat § 330.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.11 — Application By Nonresident.

330.11 APPLICATION BY NONRESIDENT. Subdivision 1. Reciprocity. A resident of another state which issues auctioneers' licenses to citizens of the state of Minnesota on the same or similar basis as to citizens of such state may be licensed as an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota upon compliance with the laws of the state of Minnesota relating to auctioneers' licenses. Eligibility of a nonresident applicant shall be tested by reference to the law of the resident state, and in no case shall it be tested by reference to the law of some other state having reciprocity with the state of Minnesota in which the nonresident may qualify. Subd. 2. License and other state's laws. A nonresident applicant must submit to the county auditor with the application a duly certified copy of the applicant's auctioneer's license, if one was issued by the resident state, and a copy of the state auction laws such as exist in the resident state, certified by the secretary of state or other authorized state official of such state, that the submitted copy is a true copy of the auction laws of such state, as they exist at the date of application, in order that the attorney general of the state of Minnesota may determine whether reciprocity exists. If, subsequent to the issuance of a nonresident license, the laws of the state of such nonresident shall not be reciprocal with the state of Minnesota, it shall result in the automatic revocation of the nonresident auctioneer's license issued to any resident of such state under the provisions of this chapter. Subd. 3. Consent to suits and actions. Every nonresident applicant shall file an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced against such applicant in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by the service on the secretary of state of any summons, process, or pleadings authorized by the laws of the state of Minnesota. This consent shall stipulate that the service of such process or pleadings on the secretary of state shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service had been made upon the applicant in the state of Minnesota. In case any summons, process, or pleadings are served upon the secretary of state, it shall be according to section 5.25. History:  1965 c 874 s 6; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 404 s 172; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 209; 1995 c 128 art 1 s 17
MN Stat § 330.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.12 — Penalties.

330.12 PENALTIES. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:   1965 c 874 s 8
MN Stat § 330.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 330 — Auctioneers|Section 330.13 — Exceptions.

330.13 EXCEPTIONS. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to auction sales of registered or purebred livestock or auction sales conducted under the auspices of the Future Farmers of America, 4-H clubs, county agricultural societies, national, state or district shows and breed associations, except that the auctioneer conducting such auction shall be required to have a license as provided in this chapter. History:   1965 c 874 s 7
MN Stat § 331A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers|Section 331A.03 — Where Notice Published.

331A.03 WHERE NOTICE PUBLISHED. Subdivision 1. Generally. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a public notice shall be published in a qualified newspaper, and except as otherwise provided by law, in one that is likely to give notice in the affected area or to whom it is directed. When a statute or other law requires publication in a newspaper located in a designated political subdivision or area and no qualified newspaper is located there, publication shall be made in a qualified newspaper likely to give notice unless the particular statute or law expressly provides otherwise. If no qualified newspaper exists, then publication is not required. Subd. 2. Exception; certain cities of the fourth class. A public notice required to be published by a statutory or home rule charter city of the fourth class located in the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, is not required to be published in a qualified newspaper if there is no qualified nondaily newspaper of general circulation in the city, provided the notice is printed in a newsletter or similar printed means of giving notice that is prepared by the city and either mailed or delivered to each household in the city. Subd. 3. Alternative dissemination of bids and requests. (a) In addition to or as an alternative to the statutory requirements for newspaper publication, a political subdivision may disseminate solicitations of bids, requests for information, and requests for proposals by a means authorized in paragraph (b), if the political subdivision simultaneously publishes, either as part of the minutes of a regular meeting of the governing body or in a separate notice published in the official newspaper, a description of all solicitations or requests so disseminated, along with the means by which the dissemination occurred. (b) A political subdivision may use its website or recognized industry trade journals as an alternative means of dissemination. A dissemination by alternative means must be in substantially the same format and for the same period of time as a publication required by this chapter. (c) For the first six months after a political subdivision designates an alternative means of dissemination, it must continue to publish solicitation of bids, requests for information, and requests for proposals in the official newspaper in addition to the alternative method. The publication in the official newspaper must indicate where to find the designated alternative method. After the expiration of the six-month period, an alternative means of dissemination satisfies the publication requirements of law for solicitation of bids, requests for information, and requests for proposals. History:  1984 c 543 s 22; 1991 c 53 s 1; 2004 c 182 s 12,13
MN Stat § 331A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection|Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers|Section 331A.06 — Rates For Publication.

331A.06 RATES FOR PUBLICATION. Subdivision 1. Maximum rate. The maximum rate charged for publication of a public notice shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the public notice appears, and shall include all cash discounts, multiple insertion discounts, and similar benefits extended to the newspaper's regular customers. Subd. 2. Rate increases. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, no newspaper may increase its rates for publication of public notices by more than ten percent per year, as compared to the maximum rate actually charged by the newspaper in the previous year for publication of public notices, and in any case the new rate shall not exceed the rate described in subdivision 1. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to mean that such an increase is required. Subd. 3. Rate from competitive bidding. When the governing board of a political subdivision awards a contract for the publication of public notices based on competitive bidding, the rate established by the competitive bidding shall be the rate charged for publication of the public notices. Subd. 4. Publication at legal rate. When a statute refers to publication of a public notice at the legal rate the maximum rate shall be as provided in this section. Subd. 5. Multiyear publication contracts. Notwithstanding other law, a political subdivision may enter into multiyear contracts with a qualified newspaper for publication of the political subdivision's public notices. No multiyear contract may be for a term longer than three years. History:  1984 c 543 s 25; 1985 c 174 s 2; 1994 c 465 art 2 s 18; 2004 c 182 s 20,21