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MN Stat § 485.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 485 — District Court Administrators|Section 485.23 — Destruction Of Certain Records.

485.23 DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN RECORDS. Subdivision 1. Record destruction. The court administrator of the district court in all counties is authorized to destroy, or otherwise dispose of, the following documents on file in their respective offices under the conditions herein specified: (1) not less than ten years after filing: (i) county board petit jury lists, order to draw petit jury, venire for petit jury, order appointing bailiffs, copies of certificates for per diem and mileage for jurors, witnesses, and bailiffs, and copies of court calendars; (ii) delinquent personal property tax lists; (iii) all warrants and citations of personal property tax delinquents in which judgment for such delinquent taxes has not been entered; (iv) notice of election or appointment, and notice of qualification of city and township officers on file in the court administrator of district court office. (2) not less than two years from the date thereof: (i) copies of law library receipts; (ii) copies of certificates for payment of local registrars of vital records; (iii) affidavits or statements on application for certified copies of records for veterans purposes or for use by branches of military service; (iv) affidavits and prescriptions filed with court administrator of district court as provided in Laws 1919, chapter 455; (v) all copies of rules of state departments filed with the court administrator of district court. (3) not less than one year after the final determination of any civil action, and with the order of approval of any judge of the respective district: (i) all exhibits, except written instruments, X-ray negatives, maps, surveys, plats, and profiles in drainage proceedings or other actions or proceedings affecting real estate or the title thereto; (ii) settled cases, including stipulations for and order settling such case. Subd. 2. Affect of statute. This section shall not affect any existing statute for destruction of files and documents in the court administrator of district court office in certain counties, or any special rule for destruction of records of the court administrator of district court office which may now be in effect or hereafter be adopted by the judge or judges of the respective judicial districts. History:  1957 c 132 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 485.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 485 — District Court Administrators|Section 485.27 — Duties; Assignment.

485.27 DUTIES; ASSIGNMENT. The court administrator, with approval of the county board of commissioners, may transfer to the county board of commissioners duties of the court administrator relating to vital records under sections 144.211 to 144.227, to notaries public under section 359.061, to hospital liens under sections 514.69 and 514.70, and to marriage licenses under chapter 517. The county board of commissioners shall assign these duties to the appropriate county department. In the event of full state funding of the court administrator's offices in a judicial district, the functions shall become county functions in that judicial district. History:  1990 c 484 s 1; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 33; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 109
MN Stat § 486.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 486 — Court Reporters|Section 486.01 — Appointment, Duties, Bond; Substitutes.

486.01 APPOINTMENT, DUTIES, BOND; SUBSTITUTES. Each judge, by duplicate orders filed with the court administrator and county auditor of the several counties of the judge's district, may appoint a competent stenographer as reporter of the court, to hold office during the judge's pleasure, and to act as the judge's secretary in all matters pertaining to official duties. Such reporter shall give bond to the state in the sum of $2,000, to be approved by the appointing judge, conditioned for the faithful and impartial discharge of all the reporter's duties, which bond, with the oath of office, shall be filed with the court administrator in the county in which the judge resides. Whenever the official reporter so appointed, because of sickness or physical disability, is temporarily unable to perform duties, the judge of the court affected may, if another official court reporter is not available, secure for the temporary period of disability of the official court reporter, another competent reporter to perform such duties for not to exceed 60 days in any calendar year. The substitute court reporter so appointed shall receive as salary an amount equal to the salary of the official court reporter for the period of time involved and shall also receive in addition thereto expenses and fees provided by sections 486.05 and 486.06. The salary of such substitute reporter shall be paid in the manner now provided by law for the payment of the salary of the official court reporter. The substitute court reporter shall not be required to furnish bond, unless ordered by the judge to do so. The employment of and the compensation paid to such substitute reporter shall in no way affect or prejudice the employment of and the compensation paid to the official court reporter of said court. History:  (201) RL s 115; 1955 c 770 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 486.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 486 — Court Reporters|Section 486.02 — Stenographic Record.

486.02 STENOGRAPHIC RECORD. Except as provided in section 484.72, a competent stenographer who meets minimum qualifications promulgated by the supreme court, shall make a complete stenographic record of all testimony given and all proceedings had before the judge upon the trial of issues of fact, with or without a jury, or before any referee appointed by such judge. In so doing the stenographer shall take down all questions in the exact language thereof, and all answers thereto precisely as given by the witness or by the sworn interpreter. The stenographer shall also record, verbatim, all objections made, and the grounds thereof as stated by counsel, all rulings thereon, all exceptions taken, all motions, orders, and admissions made and the charge to the jury. When directed so to do by the judge, the stenographer shall make a like record of any other matter or proceeding, and shall read to such judge or referee any record made by the stenographer, or transcribe the same, without charge, for any purpose in furtherance of justice. History:  (202) RL s 116; 1981 c 303 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 486.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 486 — Court Reporters|Section 486.03 — Furnish Transcript; File Record.

486.03 FURNISH TRANSCRIPT; FILE RECORD. As soon as the trial is ended the reporter or operator of electronic recording equipment shall file a stenographic report, or tape recording, thereof with the court administrator, or elsewhere, if the judge shall so direct; and, upon request of any person interested and payment or tender of fees therefor, the reporter or operator shall furnish a transcript of such record in the words and figures represented by the characters used in making the same and for that purpose may take and retain such record so long as may be necessary, when it shall be returned to the files. History:  (203) RL s 117; 1981 c 303 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 486.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 486 — Court Reporters|Section 486.04 — Act When Another Judge Presides.

486.04 ACT WHEN ANOTHER JUDGE PRESIDES. Unless otherwise directed by the appointing judge, the reporter shall serve as such in all matters heard by another judge when acting in place of the former and shall perform in relation to such matters all the duties required of the reporter by law. History:  (204) RL s 118; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 486.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 486 — Court Reporters|Section 486.05 — District Court; Reporters' Salaries And Expenses.

486.05 DISTRICT COURT; REPORTERS' SALARIES AND EXPENSES. Subdivision 1. Salaries. The salary for each court reporter shall be set as provided in judicial branch personnel policies and collective bargaining agreements within the range established under section 480.181 as provided in the judicial branch personnel rules. Subd. 1a.  [Repealed, 2017 c 95 art 2 s 19] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1957 c 701 s 3] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1957 c 701 s 3] History:  (205) RL s 119; 1909 c 108 s 1; 1921 c 170; 1939 c 289; 1941 c 442; 1943 c 89 s 1; 1945 c 423 s 1-4; 1947 c 177 s 1; 1949 c 190 s 1; 1951 c 642 s 1; 1955 c 750 s 1; 1957 c 701 s 1,2; 1959 c 264 s 1; 1961 c 310 s 1; 1963 c 679 s 1; 1967 c 727 s 1; 1969 c 919 s 1; 1971 c 567 s 1; 1973 c 111 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1975 c 241 s 1; 1978 c 780 s 1; 1981 c 133 s 1; 1985 c 273 s 2; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 361; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 25,26; 2017 c 95 art 2 s 12
MN Stat § 486.055 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 486 — Court Reporters|Section 486.055 — Court Reporter Transcript Fee Charges; Reporting Requirements.

486.055 COURT REPORTER TRANSCRIPT FEE CHARGES; REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. Each court reporter who charges a fee for the preparation of transcripts shall by April 15 of each year file with the district administrator of the reporter's judicial district an accounting of gross receipts and net income from these receipts for the prior calendar year. The accounting report shall specify the amount received in payment for the sale of transcripts. History:  1982 c 568 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 27
MN Stat § 486.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 486 — Court Reporters|Section 486.06 — Charge For Transcript.

486.06 CHARGE FOR TRANSCRIPT. In addition to the salary set in section 486.05, the court reporter may charge for a transcript of a record ordered by any person other than the judge at a rate set by the chief justice. A court reporter may impose a fee authorized under this section only if the transcript is delivered to the person who ordered it within a reasonable time after it was ordered. History:  (206, 206-1) RL s 120; 1927 c 262 s 1,3; 1953 c 452 s 1; 1973 c 111 s 2; 1973 c 361 s 2; 1975 c 258 s 3; 1983 c 103 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 132; 1985 c 125 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 28; 2017 c 95 art 2 s 13
MN Stat § 487.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 487 — County Courts|Section 487.22 — Service.

487.22 SERVICE. All civil and criminal process and orders may be served and enforced anywhere within the state. History:   1971 c 951 s 22
MN Stat § 487.332 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 487 — County Courts|Section 487.332 — Joint Powers.

487.332 JOINT POWERS. Nothing contained in Laws 1983, chapter 177 shall supersede any powers any governmental unit has under section 471.59. History:   1983 c 177 s 13
MN Stat § 487.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 487 — County Courts|Section 487.35 — Justices Of The Peace; Abolished.

487.35 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE; ABOLISHED. Subdivision 1. Office abolished. The Office of Justice of the Peace is abolished. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1977 c 432 s 49] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1977 c 432 s 49] Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1977 c 432 s 49] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1977 c 432 s 49] Subd. 6.  [Repealed, 1977 c 432 s 49] History:  1971 c 951 s 35; 1977 c 432 s 27
MN Stat § 488A.114 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 488A — Municipal Courts; Hennepin And Ramsey Counties|Section 488A.114 — [transitional]

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MN Stat § 488A.117 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 488A — Municipal Courts; Hennepin And Ramsey Counties|Section 488A.117 — [transitional]

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MN Stat § 488A.185 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 488A — Municipal Courts; Hennepin And Ramsey Counties|Section 488A.185 — Place Of Holding Court.

488A.185 PLACE OF HOLDING COURT. The county of Ramsey shall provide suitable quarters, as determined by the court, for the holding of regular terms of court at one centrally located site outside the city of Saint Paul and within the county of Ramsey. History:  1987 c 145 s 1; 1992 c 468 s 2
MN Stat § 488A.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 488A — Municipal Courts; Hennepin And Ramsey Counties|Section 488A.25 — Misdemeanor Violations Bureaus.

488A.25 MISDEMEANOR VIOLATIONS BUREAUS. Subdivision 1. Establishment. Misdemeanor violations bureaus shall be established within those municipalities in which court sessions are conducted and at such additional places as a majority of the judges of the court establish consistent with rule 23 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. Subd. 2. Supervision. The court shall supervise and the administrator shall operate the misdemeanor violations bureaus in accordance with rule 23 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The administrator shall assign a sufficient number of employees to staff and operate the bureaus. Subd. 3. Administrator. The administrator shall perform the duties relating to misdemeanor violations bureaus authorized to be performed by the court administrator pursuant to rule 23 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure. History:  1961 c 436 s 8; 1973 c 708 s 17,18,36; 1979 c 233 s 20; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 489.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 489 — Court Commissioners|Section 489.01 — Election; Term; Office Abolished.

489.01 ELECTION; TERM; OFFICE ABOLISHED. Subdivision 1. Office abolished. The office of court commissioner is abolished. No vacancy in the office of court commissioner shall be filled. Subd. 2. Incumbents. Persons holding the office of court commissioner in all counties except Ramsey County may continue to serve until the incumbent's term of office expires. The person holding the office of court commissioner on January 1, 1981, in Ramsey County may continue to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority under the terms and conditions of this appointment. Subd. 3. Court commissioner. In each county in the state there shall be elected at the general election in 1918 a court commissioner. The term of office of the court commissioner shall be four years and begin on the first Monday in January next succeeding the election. One person may hold at the same time the offices of court commissioner and probate judge. History:  (246, 820, 821) RL s 147; 1913 c 458 s 1,2; 1915 c 168 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 3 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 489.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 489 — Court Commissioners|Section 489.02 — Qualification; Powers.

489.02 QUALIFICATION; POWERS. Court commissioners shall have and may exercise the judicial powers of a judge of the district court at chambers. Among other powers conferred by law, they are empowered to issue writs of habeas corpus, to take acknowledgments of deeds and other written instruments, to take depositions and certify to the same, to perform the marriage ceremony, to take disclosures in garnishment proceedings pending in the district court, and orders for the examination of judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution may be made returnable before the court commissioner. History:  (247) RL s 148; 1909 c 59 s 1
MN Stat § 489.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 489 — Court Commissioners|Section 489.03 — Oath.

489.03 OATH. Before entering upon duties, each court commissioner shall deliver an oath of office to the county recorder who shall record it. History:  (248) RL s 149; 1945 c 208 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 119
MN Stat § 489.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 489 — Court Commissioners|Section 489.04 — Records; Court Commissioner.

489.04 RECORDS; COURT COMMISSIONER. The court commissioner shall keep a record of all proceedings in books procured at the expense of the county, and shall be supplied with necessary stationery, which books and unused stationery shall be delivered to a successor. History:  (249) RL s 150; 1915 c 203 s 1; 1975 c 258 s 4; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 490.122 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement|Section 490.122 — Administration Of Judges' Retirement.

490.122 ADMINISTRATION OF JUDGES' RETIREMENT. Subdivision 1. Administration. The policy-making, management, and administrative functions governing the operation of the judges' retirement fund and the administration of this chapter are vested in the board of directors and executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System. In administering the plan and fund, the board and the director have the same duties, authority, and responsibility as are provided in chapter 352. Subd. 2. Inapplicability of certain laws. Except as otherwise specified, no provision of chapter 352 applies to the judges' retirement fund or any judge. Subd. 3. Fiduciary responsibility. Fiduciary activities relating to the uniform judges' retirement plan must be undertaken in a manner consistent with chapter 356A. History:  1973 c 744 s 2; 1981 c 224 s 227; 1989 c 319 art 8 s 29; 2006 c 271 art 11 s 22
MN Stat § 490.1221 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement|Section 490.1221 — Judges Plan Programs.

490.1221 JUDGES PLAN PROGRAMS. (a) Members of the judges retirement plan are members of either the tier I or tier II program. (b) A tier I program judge is a person who was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, who was not eligible for the tier II program because the judge had five or more years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, or did not elect that program. (c) A tier II program judge is a person who: (1) was first appointed or elected as a judge after June 30, 2013; or (2) was first appointed or elected as a judge before July 1, 2013, had less than five years of allowable service on or before December 30, 2013, and made an election under Laws 2013, chapter 111, article 14, section 14, to be in the tier II program. History:   2013 c 111 art 14 s 8
MN Stat § 490.1222 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement|Section 490.1222 — Application Of Service Credit Limit.

490.1222 APPLICATION OF SERVICE CREDIT LIMIT. The service credit limit specified in section 490.121, subdivision 22, does not apply to a judge in the tier II program. History:   2013 c 111 art 14 s 9
MN Stat § 490.125 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement|Section 490.125 — Mandatory Retirement.

490.125 MANDATORY RETIREMENT. Subdivision 1. Mandatory retirement age. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a judge shall terminate active service as a judge on the judge's mandatory retirement date. Subd. 2. Exception. Any judge in office on December 31, 1973 who shall have attained 70 years of age on or prior to such date shall retire upon the expiration of the term of office of such judge. History:  1973 c 744 s 5 subds 1,2; 1986 c 444; 2006 c 271 art 11 s 40,41,48
MN Stat § 490.126 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement|Section 490.126 — Procedures.

490.126 PROCEDURES. Subdivision 1. Compulsory retirement. Proceedings for compulsory retirement of a judge, if necessary, must be conducted in accordance with rules issued by the supreme court under section 490A.02. Subd. 2. Vacancies. Any judge may make written application to the governor for retirement. The governor thereupon shall direct the judge's retirement by written order which, when filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, effects a vacancy in the office to be filled as provided by law. Subd. 3. Application for annuity or refund. An application for an annuity or a refund under this chapter may be made by the potential annuitant or by someone authorized to act for the potential annuitant. Every application for an annuity or refund, accompanied by a proof of age and by a record of years of service when required, must be submitted to the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System in a form prescribed by the director. Except as provided for in this chapter, the application for an annuity, benefit, or refund under this chapter must comply with the filing procedures in section 352.115, subdivision 7a. Subd. 4. Manner of payment. Unless otherwise specifically provided by statute or agreed upon by the annuitant and the board of directors of the Minnesota State Retirement System, annuities payable under this chapter must be paid in the manner and at the intervals as prescribed by the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System. The annuity ceases with the last payment received by the annuitant while living. Subd. 5. Exemption from process; no assignment. The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the judges retirement plan. History:  1973 c 744 s 6; 1981 c 224 s 233; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 668 s 10; 1997 c 203 art 6 s 92; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 79; 2006 c 271 art 11 s 42,48; 1Sp2019 c 8 art 1 s 13
MN Stat § 490.133 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement|Section 490.133 — Retirement; Transition; Transfer To Court Of Appeals.

490.133 RETIREMENT; TRANSITION; TRANSFER TO COURT OF APPEALS. (a) If a judge to whom or to whose survivors benefits would be payable under Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 490.101 to 490.12, is elected or appointed to the court of appeals, that judge and the judge's survivors continue to be eligible for benefits under those sections and not under sections 490.121 to 490.126. (b) In the case of a judge to whom paragraph (a) applies, the service of the judge in the court of appeals must be added to the prior service as district judge, probate judge, or judge of any other court of record in determining eligibility and the compensation of a judge of the court of appeals at the time of the judge's death, disability, or retirement is the "compensation allotted to the office" for the purposes of calculating benefit amounts. (c) All other judges of the court of appeals and their survivors are subject to the retirement and survivor's annuity provisions of this chapter. History:  1982 c 501 s 24; 2006 c 271 art 11 s 43,48; 2010 c 382 s 76
MN Stat § 490A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary|Chapter 490A — Board On Judicial Standards|Section 490A.01 — Board On Judicial Standards; Establishment.

490A.01 BOARD ON JUDICIAL STANDARDS; ESTABLISHMENT. Subdivision 1. Establishment; composition. The Board on Judicial Standards is established. The board is a continuation of the board established by Laws 1971, chapter 909, sections 1 and 2, as amended. Subd. 2. Composition; appointment. (a) The board consists of one judge of the court of appeals, three trial court judges, two lawyers who have practiced law in the state for at least ten years, and four citizens who are not judges, retired judges, or lawyers. (b) All members must be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Senate confirmation is not required for judicial members. Subd. 3. Term maximum; membership termination. No member may serve more than two full four-year terms or their equivalent. Membership terminates if a member ceases to hold the position that qualified the member for appointment. Subd. 4. Member terms; compensation; removal. The membership terms, compensation, removal of members, and filling of vacancies on the board are as provided in section 15.0575. Subd. 5. Executive secretary appointment; salary. (a) The board shall appoint the executive secretary. (b) The salary of the executive secretary of the board is 85 percent of the maximum salary provided for an administrative law judge under section 15A.083, subdivision 6a. History:   2006 c 271 art 11 s 44