reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365 — Town General Law › Section 365.58 — May Adjourn Meeting.

365.58 MAY ADJOURN MEETING.
A town meeting may be adjourned to any other day, or later the same day, to transact any business of the town.
History:
1959 c 675 art 6 s 26; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 1990 c 471 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365 — Town General Law › Section 365.59 — County To Appoint Officers If None Elected.

365.59 COUNTY TO APPOINT OFFICERS IF NONE ELECTED.
Subdivision 1.
Second meeting try.
If a town fails to organize or fails to elect officers at the annual town meeting, 12 landowners of the town may call a town meeting for these purposes. The meeting is called by giving ten days' posted notice of it. The notice must include the time, place, and purpose of the meeting.
Subd. 2.
30-day wait; affidavit.
If the notice under subdivision 1 is not posted within 30 days after the date for the annual town meeting, the county board shall appoint officers for the town. The officers shall hold their offices until their successors qualify. The county board shall act only after an affidavit of a landowner of the town is filed with the county auditor. The affidavit must state the facts that require the county board to act.
History:
1959 c 675 art 6 s 27; 1987 c 229 art 8 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.01 — Towns; Subordinate Service Districts; Purpose.

365A.01 TOWNS; SUBORDINATE SERVICE DISTRICTS; PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of sections 365A.01 to 365A.10 to provide a means by which a town as a unit of general local government can effectively provide and finance various governmental services for its residents.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 48
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.02 — Definitions.

365A.02 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Subordinate service district.
"Subordinate service district" means a defined area within the town in which special services are provided. The boundaries of a single subordinate service district may not embrace an entire town.
Subd. 2.
Special services.
"Special services" means one or more governmental services or additions to townwide services provided by the town specially for the area and financed from revenues from the area.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 49; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.03 — Establishment Of Service District.

365A.03 ESTABLISHMENT OF SERVICE DISTRICT.
Notwithstanding any provision of law requiring uniform property tax rates on real or personal property within the town, a town may establish subordinate service districts to provide and finance a governmental service or function that it is otherwise authorized to undertake. A function or service to be provided may include a function or service that the town ordinarily provides throughout the town only to the extent that there is an increase in the level of the function or service provided in the service district over that provided throughout the town.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 50
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.04 — Creation.

365A.04 CREATION.
Subdivision 1.
Petition.
A petition signed by at least 50 percent of the property owners in the part of the town proposed for the subordinate service district may be submitted to the town board requesting the establishment of a subordinate service district to provide a service that the town is otherwise authorized by law to provide. The petition must include the territorial boundaries of the proposed district and specify the kinds of services to be provided within the district.
Subd. 2.
Public hearing.
Upon receipt of the petition, and the verification of the signatures by the town clerk, the town board shall, within 30 days following verification, hold a public hearing on the question of whether or not the requested district shall be established. The notice of public hearing must specify the special services to be provided within the subordinate service district and must specify the territorial boundaries of the requested district. The notice of public hearing must be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the town at least 14 days prior to the date of the public hearing.
Subd. 3.
Approval; disapproval.
Within 30 days after the public hearing, the town board by resolution shall approve or disapprove the establishment of the requested district. An approving resolution must specify the special services to be provided within the subordinate service district and must specify the territorial boundaries of the district. A resolution approving the establishment of the district may contain amendments or modifications of the district's boundaries or functions as set forth in the petition.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 51; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.05 — Publication And Effective Date.

365A.05 PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
Within 20 days after passage of a resolution authorizing the establishment of a subordinate service district, the town board shall have the resolution published once in a qualified newspaper of general circulation within the town. The resolution must include a general description of the territory to be included within the district, the kind of service to be provided, and a statement of how the service will be financed. A notice must also be mailed to the owner of each parcel within the area proposed to be included in the district. The notice shall be sent to the same address as on the property tax statement. The district shall begin 60 days after publication or at a later date specified in the resolution.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 52
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.06 — Reverse Referendum.

365A.06 REVERSE REFERENDUM.
Subdivision 1.
Petition.
Upon receipt of a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the property owners within the territory of the proposed district, before the effective date of its establishment as specified in section 365A.05, the establishment shall be in abeyance pending referendum vote within the boundaries of the proposed district.
Subd. 2.
Election.
The town board shall hold a special election within the boundaries of the proposed district on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a. The question submitted and voted upon by the property owners within the territory of the proposed district must be phrased substantially as follows:
"Shall a subordinate service district be established to provide (service or services to be provided) financed by (revenue sources)?"
If a majority of those voting on the question favor creation of the district, the district shall begin upon certification of the vote by the town clerk. The town clerk shall administer the election.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 53; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.07 — Expansion Of Boundaries Of A District.

365A.07 EXPANSION OF BOUNDARIES OF A DISTRICT.
The town board, upon petition, may enlarge any existing subordinate service district under the procedures specified in sections 365A.03 to 365A.06. Only property owners residing in territory to be added to the district shall be eligible to participate in an election, unless at least 25 percent of the property owners residing in the existing district petition to participate, in which case all property owners residing in the proposed enlarged district shall be eligible.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 54
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.095 — Petition For Removal Of District; Procedure; Refund Of Surplus.

365A.095 PETITION FOR REMOVAL OF DISTRICT; PROCEDURE; REFUND OF SURPLUS.
Subdivision 1.
Petition; procedure.
A petition signed by at least 75 percent of the property owners in the territory of the subordinate service district requesting the removal of the district may be presented to the town board. Within 30 days after the town board receives the petition, the town clerk shall determine the validity of the signatures on the petition. If the requisite number of signatures are certified as valid, the town board must hold a public hearing on the petitioned matter. Within 30 days after the end of the hearing, the town board must decide whether to discontinue the subordinate service district, continue as it is, or take some other action with respect to it.
Subd. 2.
Option to refund surplus.
If the district is removed under subdivision 1, after all outstanding obligations of the district have been paid in full, the town board may vote to refund any surplus tax revenue or service charge, or any part of it, collected from the district under section 365A.08. The refund must be distributed equally to the owners of any property within the discontinued district that were charged the extra tax or service fee during the most recent tax year for which the tax or service fee was imposed. Any surplus not refunded under this section must be transferred to the town's general fund.
History:
1998 c 389 art 3 s 16; 2008 c 154 art 10 s 8; 2008 c 331 s 2; 2008 c 366 art 6 s 41
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 365A — Subordinate Service Districts › Section 365A.10 — Coordination Of Districts.

365A.10 COORDINATION OF DISTRICTS.
If a county establishes a subordinate service district in part of a town under enabling law for counties, a town may not establish a subordinate service district to provide the same service in the part of the town served by the county. If a town establishes a subordinate service district in part of the town under this chapter or other law, a county may not establish a subordinate service district to provide the same service in the part of the town served by the town.
History:
1989 c 277 art 2 s 57
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.011 — Charges For Emergency Services; Collection.

366.011 CHARGES FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES; COLLECTION.
A town may impose a reasonable service charge for emergency services, including fire, rescue, medical, and related services provided by the town or contracted for by the town. If the service charge remains unpaid 30 days after a notice of delinquency is sent to the recipient of the service or the recipient's representative or estate, the town or its contractor on behalf of the town may use any lawful means allowed to a private party for the collection of an unsecured delinquent debt. The town may also use the authority of section 366.012 to collect unpaid service charges of this kind from delinquent recipients of services who are owners of taxable real property in the state.
The powers conferred by this section are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law for a town to impose a service charge or assessment for a service provided by the town or contracted for by the town.
History:
1997 c 16 s 1; 2005 c 151 art 3 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.012 — Collection Of Unpaid Service Charges.

366.012 COLLECTION OF UNPAID SERVICE CHARGES.
If a town is authorized to impose a service charge for a governmental service provided by the town, the town board may certify to the county auditor of the county in which the recipient of the services owns real property, on or before October 15 for each year, any unpaid service charges which shall then be collected together with property taxes levied against the property. The county auditor shall remit to the town all service charges collected by the auditor on behalf of the town. A charge may be certified to the auditor only if, on or before September 15, the town has given written notice to the property owner of its intention to certify the charge to the auditor. The service charges shall be subject to the same penalties, interest, and other conditions provided for the collection of property taxes. This section is in addition to other law authorizing the collection of unpaid costs and service charges.
History:
1989 c 14 s 1; 2005 c 151 art 3 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.015 — Vote Required On Weed Destruction.

366.015 VOTE REQUIRED ON WEED DESTRUCTION.
Subdivision 1.
Ballot, contents.
The town board at the annual town meeting may submit to a vote by ballot the following question: "Shall persons who own or occupy real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality be required to remove rocks larger than five inches in diameter from and to cut, destroy or remove all weeds, grass and other plants up to three inches in diameter that grow upon the town road adjacent to their land?
Yes .
No . "
Subd. 2.Cost, lien on land.
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote "Yes," a person who owns or occupies real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality shall cut, destroy, or remove the material described on the ballot located upon the town road adjacent to the owner's land. A person who erects or maintains a mailbox on land not owned by the person shall cut, destroy, or remove the material within five feet of the mailbox. If a person fails to comply with this provision, the town board of the town in which the real estate is located may, after ten days' notice in writing, order the local weed inspector or other person to cut, destroy, or remove the weeds or grass. The expense incurred shall be a lien on the real estate. The town board shall certify to the county auditor an itemized statement of the amount of the expense paid by the town. The county auditor shall enter the amount on the tax books as a tax upon the land, which shall be collected in the same manner as other real estate taxes.
History:
1941 c 246 s 1; 1955 c 141 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 25; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.016 — Vote Required On Snow And Ice Removal.

366.016 VOTE REQUIRED ON SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL.
Subdivision 1.
Ballot; content.
The town board at the annual town election may submit to a vote by ballot the following question: "Shall persons who own or occupy real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality be required to remove snow or ice, or both, that has been caused to be deposited by the property owner or occupant upon the town road right-of-way adjacent to their land?
Yes .
No . "
Subd. 2.Cost; lien on land.
If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote "Yes," a person who owns or occupies real estate that adjoins a town road and is not a part of an incorporated municipality shall remove the material described on the ballot located upon the town road right-of-way adjacent to the owner's land. If a person fails to comply with this provision, the town board of the town in which the real estate is located may, after ten days' mailed notice, accompanied by an affidavit of service, cause the removal of snow or ice, or both. The expense of the removal shall be a lien on the real estate. The town board shall certify to the county auditor an itemized statement of the amount of the expense incurred by the town. The county auditor shall enter the amount on the tax books a tax upon the land, which shall be collected in the same manner as other real estate taxes.
History:
1997 c 170 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.017 — Licenses.

366.017 LICENSES.
A person who exhibits a circus, theatrical performance, or show of any kind, or who keeps a billiard, pool, or pigeonhole table, or a bowling alley in a town, without first obtaining a license for it, as provided in section 366.01, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(1050) RL s 652; 1919 c 403; 1971 c 23 s 31; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.03 — Repair Statutory City Streets.

366.03 REPAIR STATUTORY CITY STREETS.
If a statutory city included in the limits of a town neglects to keep its streets in repair, the town board of the town may make repairs and improvements on a city street needed as a highway.
History:
(1052) RL s 654; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.04 — Transfer Surplus Funds.

366.04 TRANSFER SURPLUS FUNDS.
A town board by unanimous vote may transfer a surplus beyond the needs of the current year in a town fund to any other town fund to supply a deficiency.
History:
(1053) 1913 c 13 s 1; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.05 — Prosecute Bonds, Penalties, And Forfeitures.

366.05 PROSECUTE BONDS, PENALTIES, AND FORFEITURES.
The town board shall prosecute, in the name of the town and for its benefit, all actions upon bonds given to the town or the board or its predecessors in office for its benefit. The board shall sue for and collect all penalties and forfeitures, for which no other provision is made, incurred by any officer or inhabitant of the town. The board shall prosecute for any trespass on town property. The money collected under this section shall be paid to the town treasurer.
History:
(1051) RL s 653; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.07 — Treasurer May Select Depository.

366.07 TREASURER MAY SELECT DEPOSITORY.
If the town board fails to act, as provided in section 366.01, subdivision 4, within 30 days after the annual town meeting, the treasurer shall select a depository for town funds and deposit them in the name of the town, obtaining security as provided in section 366.01, subdivision 4.
History:
(1049-2) 1931 c 216 s 2; 1933 c 62 s 2; 1957 c 367 s 4; 1959 c 289 s 2; 1984 c 562 s 26; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.08 — Treasurer Not Liable, When.

366.08 TREASURER NOT LIABLE, WHEN.
The town treasurer, in the absence of negligence, shall not be liable for the loss of money deposited within the limits above specified occasioned by the closing or insolvency of a designated depository.
History:
(1049-3) 1931 c 216 s 3; 1933 c 62 s 3; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.09 — Interest On Funds.

366.09 INTEREST ON FUNDS.
All interest on funds deposited under sections 366.01, subdivision 4, and 366.07 to 366.09 shall be credited to the respective town funds.
History:
(1049-4) 1931 c 216 s 4; 1933 c 62 s 4; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 1990 c 426 art 2 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.095 — Authority To Issue Certificates Of Indebtedness.

366.095 AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
Subdivision 1.
Certificates of indebtedness.
The town board may issue certificates of indebtedness within the debt limits for a town purpose otherwise authorized by law, including projects that eliminate R-22, as defined in section 240A.09, paragraph (b), clause (2). The certificates shall be payable in not more than 20 years and be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the board. If the amount of the certificates to be issued exceeds 0.25 percent of the estimated market value of the town, they shall not be issued for at least ten days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the town of the board's resolution determining to issue them. If within that time, a petition asking for an election on the proposition signed by voters equal to ten percent of the number of voters at the last regular town election is filed with the clerk, the certificates shall not be issued until their issuance has been approved by a majority of the votes cast on the question at a regular or special election. A tax levy shall be made to pay the principal and interest on the certificates as in the case of bonds.
Subd. 2.
Bonds; other obligations.
A town authorized to exercise powers under section 368.01 may issue bonds or other obligations to acquire or better warning systems. Bonds or other obligations authorized by this subdivision must be sold, issued, and secured as provided in chapter 475.
History:
1984 c 562 s 27; 1985 c 169 s 10; 1986 c 314 s 1; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 35; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 1 s 3; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 2009 c 88 art 6 s 6; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 45; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 7 s 1; 2023 c 64 art 12 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.183 — Authority Under Chapter 462.

366.183 AUTHORITY UNDER CHAPTER 462.
Subject to any applicable general or special law or local ordinance, a town board that has adopted land use, zoning, and restrictions in a town under chapter 366 before March 19, 2022, shall have the same authority under chapter 462.
History:
2022 c 38 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.20 — Meetings.

366.20 MEETINGS.
The town board shall be a board of audit and meet each year, on a date fixed by the town board, to audit and settle all charges against the town. All unpaid accounts of town officers for services rendered since the last annual meeting of the board shall be presented at the meeting. It may also meet at other times to audit and settle charges against the town. No allowance of an account shall be made which does not specifically itemize the account. A quorum for the board of audit shall be the same as for the board of supervisors.
History:
(1055) RL s 655; 1969 c 125 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 50; 1984 c 562 s 28; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.21 — Duties.

366.21 DUTIES.
(a) It shall be the duty of the board of audit:
(1) to examine and audit the accounts separately of each town officer authorized by law to receive or disburse money;
(2) to examine and audit every account presented against the town, and to endorse and state on it the amount allowed and disallowed. No allowance shall be made on any account which does not specifically give each item, with its date, amount, and nature. The statement shall be verified by the claimant, the claimant's agent or attorney, and filed with the town clerk. No claim shall be considered or acted upon unless the statement is made and filed;
(3) to examine the character and circumstances of every other demand presented against the town which it is not authorized to audit, and in its report give a summary of it, with its recommendations in regard to it;
(4) to report in detail the items of accounts audited and allowed or disallowed, the nature of each, and the person to whom allowed or disallowed.
(b) The report shall contain a statement of the fiscal affairs of the town, with an estimate of the sum necessary to be raised for the current expenses or other authorized purpose for the ensuing year, and other recommendations as it may deem advisable.
History:
(1056) RL s 656; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.22 — Posting And Reading Report; Fee.

366.22 POSTING AND READING REPORT; FEE.
The clerk shall post a copy of the report at the place of the annual meeting at least half an hour before the time for the annual meeting to convene. The report shall also be publicly read by the clerk to the meeting. The whole report or any part of it may be referred by the meeting to a committee, which shall examine and report to the meeting on it. For making the report the clerk shall receive one-half of the fees allowed by law for making the original report.
History:
(1057) RL s 657; 1976 c 4 s 1; 1977 c 73 s 1; 1983 c 3 s 1; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 366 — Town Board; Powers › Section 366.27 — Firefighters' Relief; Tax Levy.

366.27 FIREFIGHTERS' RELIEF; TAX LEVY.
The town board of any town in this state having therein a platted portion on which resides 1,200 or more people, and wherein a duly incorporated firefighters' relief association is located may each year levy a tax not to exceed 0.00806 percent of estimated market value for the benefit of the relief association.
History:
1951 c 151 s 1; 1973 c 773 s 1; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 29; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.01 — Delivery To Successor.

367.01 DELIVERY TO SUCCESSOR.
Every town officer shall, immediately after qualifying, demand from the officer's predecessor or other person having control or possession of them, all books, records, and other property belonging to the office. Every person having control or possession of any of them shall, upon the demand, deliver them to the officer.
History:
(1088) RL s 681; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.02 — When Board Is To Accept Resignations, Notify Clerk.

367.02 WHEN BOARD IS TO ACCEPT RESIGNATIONS, NOTIFY CLERK.
(a) The town board, for sufficient cause shown to it, shall accept the resignation of any town officer.
(b) The board shall promptly give notice of the resignation to the town clerk.
History:
(1085) RL s 678; 1984 c 562 s 29; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.033 — May Be On Both Town And School Board Except If Urban Town.

367.033 MAY BE ON BOTH TOWN AND SCHOOL BOARD EXCEPT IF URBAN TOWN.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person may serve on both a school board, however organized, and a town board of supervisors concurrently.
(b) This section does not apply to members of the town board of a town exercising the powers of a statutory city under section 368.01, or a special law.
History:
1971 c 420 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.05 — Compensation; Town Officers And Employees.

367.05
Subdivision 1.
MS 2002 [Renumbered 367.05]
Subd. 2.
MS 1982 [Repealed, 1984 c 562 s 48]
Subd. 3.
MS 1945 [Repealed, 1949 c 119 s 110]
Subd. 4.
MS 1971 [Repealed, 1974 c 143 s 2]
367.05 COMPENSATION; TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.
The town board shall set the compensation of supervisors, town assessors, the treasurer, clerk, deputy clerk, if one is employed, deputy treasurer, if one is employed, and other employees of the town. In addition, supervisors, assessors, treasurers, clerks, deputy clerks, deputy treasurers, and other employees of the town shall be entitled to mileage for the use of their own automobile at a rate to be determined by the town board for necessary travel on official town business. The town board may fix the hours of employment for town employees, and reimburse a town assessor for expenses.
History:
(1089, 1089 1/2) RL s 682; 1907 c 402; 1911 c 37; 1913 c 558; 1919 c 384; 1923 c 219; 1927 c 403 s 1,2; 1933 c 411; 1935 c 151; 1935 c 375; 1937 c 158 s 1; 1937 c 249 s 1; Ex1937 c 16; 1945 c 481 s 2; 1947 c 420 s 1; 1949 c 651 s 1; 1949 c 697 s 1; 1951 c 77 s 1; 1951 c 345 s 1; 1951 c 688 s 1; 1955 c 359 s 1; 1959 c 334 s 1; 1965 c 186 s 1; 1969 c 179 s 1; 1971 c 817 s 1; 1974 c 143 s 1; 1975 c 71 s 1; 1980 c 366 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 30; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1993 c 24 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.10 — Town Clerk; Bond; Oath.

367.10 TOWN CLERK; BOND; OATH.
Every town clerk, before beginning the duties of the office, shall give bond to the town in an amount to be determined by the town board, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of clerk. The bond shall be filed with the county auditor.
History:
(1062) RL s 658; 1982 c 507 s 1; 1984 c 562 s 31; 1985 c 169 s 12; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.11 — Clerk's Duties.

367.11 CLERK'S DUTIES.
It shall be the duty of the town clerk:
(1) to act as clerk of the town board and keep in the clerk's office a true record of all of its proceedings;
(2) unless otherwise provided by law, to have custody of the records, books, and papers of the town and file and safely keep all papers required by law to be filed in the clerk's office;
(3) to record minutes of the proceedings of every town meeting in the book of town records and enter in them at length every order or direction and all rules and regulations made by the town meeting;
(4) to file and preserve all accounts audited by the town board or allowed at a town meeting and enter a statement of them in the book of records;
(5) to record every request for a special vote or special town meeting and properly post the requisite notices of them;
(6) to post, as required by law, fair copies of all bylaws made by the town, and make a signed entry in the town records, of the time when and the places where they were posted and record in full all ordinances passed by the town board in an ordinance book;
(7) to furnish to the annual meeting of the town board of audit every statement from the county treasurer of money paid to the town treasurer, and all other information about fiscal affairs of the town in the clerk's possession, and all accounts, claims, and demands against the town filed with the clerk; and
(8) to perform any other duties required by law.
History:
(1064) RL s 660; 1983 c 359 s 51; 1984 c 562 s 32; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.12 — Deputy Clerk.

367.12 DEPUTY CLERK.
Each town clerk may appoint a deputy, for whose acts the clerk shall be responsible, and who, in the clerk's absence or disability, shall perform the clerk's duties. If a town clerk has not appointed a deputy, the town treasurer shall perform the duties of the clerk relating to receiving candidate filings when the clerk is absent.
History:
(1063) RL s 659; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 46
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.13 — Location Of Office.

367.13 LOCATION OF OFFICE.
The clerk of a town may hold office in a statutory city the territory of which was, before incorporation, a part of the town.
History:
(1065) 1905 c 98 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.14 — New Town.

367.14 NEW TOWN.
When a new town is organized, embracing part of an existing town, the clerk of the existing town shall deliver to the clerk of the new town all papers and files pertaining to the new town that can be moved, and certified copies of all records, papers, and files that cannot be moved. When deposited in the office of the clerk of the new town, the certified copies shall have the same effect as originals that were originally filed there.
History:
(1066) RL s 661; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.15 — Town Treasurer; Bond.

367.15 TOWN TREASURER; BOND.
Every town treasurer, before beginning the duties of the office, shall give bond to the town in an amount to be determined by the board, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of treasurer. The bond shall be filed for record with the county auditor.
History:
(1067) RL s 662; 1975 c 8 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1982 c 507 s 2; 1984 c 562 s 33; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.16 — Treasurer's Duties.

367.16 TREASURER'S DUTIES.
It is the duty of the town treasurer:
(1) to receive and take charge of all money belonging to the town, or which is required to be paid into its treasury, and to pay it out only upon the lawful order of the town or its officers;
(2) to preserve all books, papers, and property pertaining to or filed in the treasurer's office;
(3) to keep a true account of all money received as treasurer and the manner in which it is disbursed, in a book provided for that purpose, and provide the account, with the treasurer's vouchers, to the town board of audit, at its annual meeting, for adjustment;
(4) to deliver, on demand, all books and property belonging to the treasurer's office, and all money in the treasurer's hands as treasurer, to a qualified successor;
(5) to keep in a suitable book a register of all town orders presented for payment that cannot be paid for want of funds, with the date presented, and to endorse upon the back of each the words "not paid for want of funds," with the date of the endorsement, signed by the treasurer;
(6) to draw from the county treasurer, from time to time, money received by the county treasurer for the town, and receipt for it;
(7) to make and file with the town clerk, within five days preceding the annual town meeting, a statement, in writing, of the money received from the county treasurer and all other sources, and all money paid out as town treasurer. The statement shall show the items of money received and from whom, on what account and when each was received. The statement shall also show the items of payment and to whom, for what purpose, when and the amount of each that was made, and the unexpended balance on hand; and
(8) to perform other duties required by law.
History:
(1068) RL s 663; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.161 — Deputy Treasurer.

367.161 DEPUTY TREASURER.
Each town treasurer may appoint a deputy not currently serving as an elected official of the town for whose acts the treasurer is responsible, and who, in case of the treasurer's absence or disability, shall perform the treasurer's duties.
History:
1990 c 471 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.17 — Neglect Of Duty.

367.17 NEGLECT OF DUTY.
A town treasurer who refuses or neglects to comply with section 367.16 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and shall also forfeit office as treasurer.
History:
(1069) RL s 664; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.18 — Audited Accounts; Payment, Form.

367.18 AUDITED ACCOUNTS; PAYMENT, FORM.
Accounts audited and allowed, and the amount of any account voted to be allowed, at any town meeting, shall be paid by the town treasurer, on the order of the town board, signed by the chair and countersigned by the clerk. Each order shall be drawn so that when signed by the treasurer in an appropriate place, it becomes a check on the town depository. The order shall be received in payment of town taxes of the town.
History:
(1070) RL s 665; 1953 c 319 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.19 — Order Of Payment; Interest.

367.19 ORDER OF PAYMENT; INTEREST.
Town orders shall bear interest at the rate provided in section 475.55 from the date presented to the treasurer for payment. They shall be paid in the order in which they are registered, out of the first money that comes into the treasurer's hands for that purpose.
History:
(1071) RL s 666; 1943 c 254 s 1; 1967 c 761 s 2; 1984 c 562 s 34; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.22 — Law Enforcement Official's Bond.

367.22 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL'S BOND.
Before beginning duties, and within ten days after being notified of appointment, every law enforcement official shall give bond to the town, in a sum directed and with sureties approved by the chair of the town board, conditioned for the faithful discharge of official duties. The chair shall endorse approval on the bond, and have it filed with the town clerk, for the benefit of any person aggrieved by the acts or omissions of the law enforcement official. Any person aggrieved may maintain an action on the bond, in the person's own name, against the law enforcement official and the sureties. The town may also maintain an action.
History:
(1083) RL s 676; 1978 c 681 s 6; 1982 c 595 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.23 — Bonds, How Executed.

367.23 BONDS, HOW EXECUTED.
Every bond required of a town officer shall be executed to the town by its name. When no other provision is made, it shall be in a sum fixed by the town board or, if none is fixed, in the sum of the bond of the last incumbent of the office. Every bond shall be filed with the town clerk within the time prescribed for filing the oath of office, except the bonds of the clerk and the treasurer, which shall be filed with the county auditor. When the town board deems a bond insufficient, it may require an additional bond to be made and filed in a sum and within a time not less than ten days to be fixed by it.
History:
(1084) RL s 677; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1984 c 562 s 35; 1985 c 169 s 13; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.24 — Fees And Duties Of Poundmasters.

367.24 FEES AND DUTIES OF POUNDMASTERS.
Poundmasters shall be allowed fees in amounts determined by the town board for:
(1) taking animals into the pound and discharging them;
(2) keeping animals in pound; and
(3) selling impounded animals.
The poundmaster shall have a lien on impounded animals for fees, which shall be paid before the animals are discharged. If not discharged within four days, they shall be advertised by the poundmaster for sale at public auction to the highest bidder, at the place where impounded, upon 15 days' posted notice. At the time and place fixed by the notice the poundmaster shall sell the animals pursuant to the notice. Out of the money received from the sale the poundmaster shall deduct fees and charges. The poundmaster shall pay the balance to the chair of the town board and, at the same time, deliver to the chair a correct written description of each animal sold and a statement of the amount received for it. The poundmaster shall take duplicate receipts for the animals, one of which shall be filed with the clerk. If the owner of an animal sold appears within 30 days, the money received by the chair shall be paid to the owner. If not claimed within that time, it shall be paid into the town treasury.
History:
(1090) RL s 683; 1984 c 562 s 36; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.25 — Oath Of Office; Bond; Filing; Penalties.

367.25 OATH OF OFFICE; BOND; FILING; PENALTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Requirement, fee.
Every person elected at a March election, elected at a special election, or appointed to a town office, within ten days after receiving a certificate or notice of election or appointment, shall take and subscribe the oath required by law. Persons elected at a November election shall take their oath before assuming office. If taken before the town clerk, the oath shall be administered and certified without fee.
Subd. 2.
Bond and oath, violations.
Before entering upon duties, the person taking the oath shall file it with the town clerk. Failure to file the oath and bond within the time required shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
Subd. 3.
Oath, violations.
A town officer who enters upon the duties of office before taking the oath required shall forfeit to the town the sum of $50.
History:
1959 c 675 art 6 s 29; 1983 c 359 s 52; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1997 c 147 s 75; 2021 c 31 art 3 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.30 — Optional Plans.

367.30 OPTIONAL PLANS.
Subdivision 1.
Option A; five-member town board.
A town may provide for a five-member board of supervisors as provided in sections 367.30 to 367.36. This is option A.
Subd. 2.
Option B; appointment of clerk and treasurer.
A town may provide for the appointment by the town board of its clerk or treasurer, or both, or if combined pursuant to the adoption of option D as defined in subdivision 4, its clerk-treasurer, as provided in sections 367.30 to 367.36. This is option B.
Subd. 3.
Option C; town administrator.
A town may provide for the appointment of an administrator as provided in sections 367.30 to 367.36. This is option C.
Subd. 4.
Option D; combining clerk and treasurer.
A town may combine the offices of clerk and treasurer. This is option D. The combined office may be made elective or appointive pursuant to option B as provided in subdivision 2. Unless the board action or petition seeking the adoption of option D specifies that the appropriate ballot question for option B is also to be submitted to the voters at the same time as the ballot question on option D, the combined position shall be filled in the manner currently being used for the town clerk position.
History:
1975 c 274 s 1; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 86; 1984 c 562 s 37; 1988 c 639 s 2,3; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 2003 c 60 s 1,2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.32 — Applicable Law; Same Rights, Liabilities, Proceedings.

367.32 APPLICABLE LAW; SAME RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, PROCEEDINGS.
Subdivision 1.
Applicable law.
All laws applicable to a town before adoption of an option and consistent with the option shall govern the town after adoption of an option.
Subd. 2.
Ordinances or resolutions.
Any ordinance or resolution in effect at the time of adoption of an option shall continue in effect until amended or repealed, notwithstanding the adoption of the option.
Subd. 3.
Rights, liabilities; proceedings.
No valid and legally subsisting right or liability and no judicial proceeding shall be affected by a change in the form of town government unless otherwise provided.
History:
1975 c 274 s 3; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.33 — Option A; Election Of Additional Supervisors.

367.33 OPTION A; ELECTION OF ADDITIONAL SUPERVISORS.
Subdivision 1.
Election at annual election or special election.
Following the adoption of option A in a town, except a town exercising the powers of a statutory city, the town board may call a special town election to be held on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a, to elect two additional members to the board of supervisors. In lieu of a special election, the town board may determine to elect the additional members at the next annual town election.
If the town is exercising the powers of a statutory city under section 368.01 or a special law granting substantially similar powers, the town board shall call a special election to be held on a date authorized by section 205.10, subdivision 3a, at which option A is adopted to elect the two additional supervisors.
Subd. 2.
Notice of special election.
If a special election is called under subdivision 1, the clerk shall give ten days' posted notice of it, specifying its purpose. If a newspaper is published in the town, the clerk shall give one week's published notice of the election.
Subd. 3.
Affidavits of candidacy.
Section 205.13 shall apply to the filing of affidavits of candidacy, except that if the additional supervisors are to be elected at a special election, the affidavits shall be filed not more than three weeks nor less than ten days before the election, and notice of the first and last dates for filing affidavits of candidacy shall be published at least two weeks before the first day for filing. If publication schedules do not allow sufficient time to give two weeks' notice, at least one weeks notice shall be given.
Subd. 4.
Terms.
If the additional supervisors are elected at a special election, they shall serve until the next annual town election. Additional members shall then be elected, one for two years and one for three years. A candidate for one of the additional supervisor positions shall specify in the affidavit of candidacy that the candidate is filing for either the two-year or the three-year term.
Subd. 5.
Abandonment of option A.
In a town where option A is abandoned, the terms of incumbent supervisors shall not be affected, but if one or more supervisors are elected at the annual town election on the same day as the annual town election at which the option is abandoned, the election of one supervisor, or two if more than one is elected, shall be null. Otherwise the offices of the two incumbent supervisors expiring at the annual town election or elections next following the annual election at which the option is abandoned shall not be filled. Thereafter the town board shall be composed of three supervisors unless option A is again adopted.
History:
1975 c 274 s 4; 1980 c 509 s 145; 1987 c 90 s 7-9; 1989 c 24 s 5,6; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1990 c 585 s 32; 2017 c 92 art 2 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 365 - 368 — Towns › Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans › Section 367.34 — Continuance In Office; Elections.

367.34 CONTINUANCE IN OFFICE; ELECTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Option B; incumbent clerk and treasurer.
If option B is adopted at an election at which a clerk or treasurer, or a clerk-treasurer under option D, is elected, the candidate elected to that office shall not take office and that candidate's election shall be null. Otherwise, when option B is adopted in a town, the incumbent clerk or treasurer, or clerk-treasurer, shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms or until an earlier vacancy.
Subd. 2.
Abandonment of option B.
When option B is abandoned, the offices of clerk or treasurer, or the office of clerk-treasurer under option D, shall be filled conditionally at that election. The ballot shall indicate that the successful candidate shall take office only if the option is abandoned at the election.
History:
1975 c 274 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 639 s 5; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 2003 c 60 s 4