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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.022 — Conciliation Court Fee.

357.022 CONCILIATION COURT FEE.
The court administrator in every county shall charge and collect a filing fee of $65 from every plaintiff and from every defendant when the first paper for that party is filed in any conciliation court action. This section does not apply to conciliation court actions filed by the state. The court administrator shall transmit the fees monthly to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
History:
1989 c 335 art 3 s 10; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 73; 1993 c 192 s 93; 1998 c 366 s 76; 2002 c 220 art 11 s 7; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 2 s 3; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 24; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.03 — Extra Fees Of Court Administrator Of District Court.

357.03 EXTRA FEES OF COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT.
In any county of this state where incumbents of the office of court administrator of the district court prior to the incumbent holding office at the time of the passage of this section have neglected for six years to enter or file papers or other documents or index the same in such office which should have been entered or filed by them, and as a result thereof the county records are incomplete, the board of county commissioners may agree with the court administrator of the district court to properly enter or file all such papers and documents and index the same, and for such work may pay such court administrator, in addition to the salary and court administrator hire provided by law, the fees provided for such work by section 357.021; provided, that no such extra fee shall be paid for the doing of any work which should have been done by such incumbent.
History:
(6987-1) 1929 c 207; 1957 c 620 s 3; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.08 — Paid By Appellant In Appeal.

357.08 PAID BY APPELLANT IN APPEAL.
There shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts by the appellant, or moving party or person requiring the service, in all cases of appeal, certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, prohibition, or other original proceeding, when initially filed with the clerk of the appellate courts, the sum of $550 to the clerk of the appellate courts. An additional filing fee of $100 shall be required for a petition for accelerated review by the supreme court. A filing fee of $550 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing of a petition for review from a decision of the court of appeals. A filing fee of $550 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing of a petition for permission to appeal. A filing fee of $100 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the filing by a respondent of a notice of review. The clerk shall transmit the fees to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
The clerk shall not file any paper, issue any writ or certificate, or perform any service enumerated herein, until the payment has been made for it. The clerk shall pay the sum into the state treasury as provided for by section 15A.01.
The charges provided for shall not apply to disbarment proceedings, nor to an action or proceeding by the state taken solely in the public interest, where the state is the appellant or moving party, nor to copies of the opinions of the court furnished by the clerk to the parties before judgment, or furnished to the district judge whose decision is under review, or to such law library associations in counties having a population exceeding 50,000, as the court may direct.
History:
(6992) 1915 c 177 s 1; 1917 c 66 s 1; 1919 c 97 s 1; 1969 c 1148 s 58; 1974 c 394 s 3; 1983 c 247 s 140; 1983 c 301 s 194; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 11; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 74; 1993 c 192 s 94; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 2 s 4; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 25; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.09 — Sheriffs.

357.09 SHERIFFS.
Subdivision 1.
Activities for which fees set.
Fees set under subdivision 8 shall be charged and collected by the sheriff for:
(1) serving a summons, warrant, writ, subpoena, or any process issued by a court of record, for each defendant served and mileage;
(2) taking and approving a bond, and for a certified copy;
(3) collection on execution after levy;
(4) posting three notices of sale;
(5) certificate of sale of real estate; a copy when requested;
(6) selling land on foreclosure of a mortgage, for all services required, including executing a certificate of sale; postponing such a sale;
(7) making diligent search and inquiry and returning a summons when defendants cannot be found;
(8) returning an execution unsatisfied when no service is made;
(9) receiving and paying over money paid on redemption of property and executing a certificate, to be collected from the person redeeming;
(10) securing and safely keeping property in replevin or attachment or on execution;
(11) for services not herein enumerated, if provided by the county board;
(12) for all process when no charge is made for service of a return of not found or unsatisfied.
Subd. 2.
Mileage computation.
When mileage is allowed the sheriff it shall be computed from the place where the court is usually held.
Subd. 3.
Necessary expenses.
The sheriff shall be allowed reasonable and necessary expenses actually paid out for food furnished any prisoner while conducting the prisoner to jail and for the prisoner's transportation by a common carrier.
Subd. 4.
Service of execution.
The fees allowed for the service of an execution, for advertising thereon, and for filing certificate with the county recorder shall be collected by virtue thereof and in the same manner as the sum therein directed to be levied.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1977 c 338 s 4]
Subd. 6.
No affect fees.
This section shall not relate to or affect the fees of the sheriff of Ramsey County.
Subd. 7.
Superseded special laws.
All special laws relating to sheriffs' fees and mileage allowance which are inconsistent with the provisions of Laws 1977, chapter 338, are superseded to the extent of the inconsistency.
Subd. 8.
County board sets fees.
The county board shall set the sheriff's fees with the advice and consultation of the sheriff.
History:
(6993) RL s 2697; 1913 c 197 s 1; 1917 c 363 s 1; 1951 c 375 s 1; 1959 c 689 s 1; 1963 c 240 s 1; 1971 c 537 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1977 c 338 s 1-3,5,6; 1981 c 325 s 1-3; 1981 c 356 s 248; 1982 c 595 s 3; 1984 c 558 art 4 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 176 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.11 — Coroners.

357.11 CORONERS.
Fees for viewing or examining each dead body, for holding an inquest, for preparing folios, and allowances for mileage for necessary travel shall be determined by the county board.
(1) In performing the sheriff's duties a coroner shall receive the fees allowed to the sheriff for like services.
(2) Fees and mileage for physicians called by the coroner to make autopsies shall be determined by the county board. A coroner or deputy coroner, who is duly licensed and registered to practice medicine and surgery in this state, shall not be disqualified from rendering medical care or hospitalization to a recipient of public relief or being appointed an examiner in insanity or incompetency hearings, or from being compensated therefor, by virtue of holding such office. A coroner or deputy coroner, who is a duly licensed funeral director or embalmer in this state, shall not be disqualified from performing any duties prescribed by law for each from rendering such services to a recipient of public relief, or from being compensated therefor, by virtue of holding such office. This chapter shall apply to all counties now having or hereafter having a population of less than 275,000 but shall not apply to any county where such fees are now fixed by special laws.
(3) The county board of any such county may allow the reasonable and necessary expenses of any such coroner or coroner's deputies, incurred for ambulance, telephone tolls, telegrams, or postage, solely for official business.
History:
(6995) RL s 2699; 1909 c 271 s 1; 1913 c 216 s 1; 1943 c 314 s 1; 1945 c 403 s 1; 1945 c 440 s 1; 1963 c 650 s 1; 1971 c 463 s 1; 1976 c 257 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.13 — Police Officers, Fees In State Cases; Advance Payment Of Fees To Public Officials By State Or County.

357.13 POLICE OFFICERS, FEES IN STATE CASES; ADVANCE PAYMENT OF FEES TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS BY STATE OR COUNTY.
Subdivision 1.
City police; witness fees.
No police officer of any city shall receive any witness fee in a suit or prosecution brought in the name of the state, but any county or city may reimburse the officer for expenses actually incurred.
Subd. 2.
Advance payments.
Any law to the contrary notwithstanding the state of Minnesota or any county thereof shall not be obligated to make advance payment of fees, costs, or charges of any nature to any county or municipal official for services, acts, or duties to be rendered by that official.
History:
(6997) RL s 2701; 1967 c 830 s 1; 1983 c 177 s 4; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.16 — Commissioners To Take Testimony.

357.16 COMMISSIONERS TO TAKE TESTIMONY.
A person commissioned to take testimony shall receive the fees as prescribed by the court.
History:
(7000) RL s 2704; 1983 c 359 s 41
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.17 — Notaries Public.

357.17 NOTARIES PUBLIC.
The maximum fees to be charged and collected by a notary public shall be as follows:
(1) for protest of nonpayment of note or bill of exchange or of nonacceptance of such bill; where protest is legally necessary, and copy thereof, $5;
(2) for every other protest and copy, $5;
(3) for making and serving every notice of nonpayment of note or nonacceptance of bill and copy thereof, $5;
(4) for any affidavit or paper for which provision is not made herein, $5 per folio, and $1 per folio for copies;
(5) for each oath administered, $5;
(6) for acknowledgments of deeds and for other services authorized by law, the legal fees allowed other officers for like services;
(7) for recording each instrument required by law to be recorded by the notary, $5 per folio.
History:
(7001) RL s 2705; 1983 c 175 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 301 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.20 — Fees Of Referees; Agreement By Parties.

357.20 FEES OF REFEREES; AGREEMENT BY PARTIES.
The fees of referees shall be not less than $5 nor more than $25 each for every day spent in the business of the reference, as shall be fixed and allowed by the court ordering the reference; but the parties may agree, in writing, upon any other rate of compensation, and such rate shall be allowed, any excess over the rate fixed by the court, as provided above, to be paid by the parties. In addition to the referee's fees, and as a part of the same, the court may tax and allow the usual bailiff's and reporter's fees, where a bailiff, reporter, or both, are employed in connection with the reference.
History:
(7004) RL s 2707; 1921 c 279 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.21 — Services Under Legal Process; Appraisers.

357.21 SERVICES UNDER LEGAL PROCESS; APPRAISERS.
Where no express provision is made for compensation, appraisers of property taken on writ of attachment or replevin, persons appointed under the legal process or order for making partition of real estate, sheriff's aids in criminal cases, and private persons performing like services required by law or in the execution of legal process are each entitled to $5 per day and ten cents per mile for going and returning.
Appraisers of estates of decedents and of persons under guardianship are each entitled to such reasonable fees for services as is allowed by the judge of the district court wherein the proceeding is pending.
History:
(7005) RL s 2708; 1909 c 17 s 1; 1925 c 330 s 1; 1951 c 339 s 2; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.22 — Witnesses.

357.22 WITNESSES.
The fees to be paid to witnesses shall be as follows:
(1) for attending in any action or proceeding in any court or before any officer, person, or board authorized to take the examination of witnesses, $20 for each day;
(2) for travel to and from the place of attendance, to be estimated from the witness's residence, if within the state, or from the boundary line of the state where the witness crossed it, if without the state, 28 cents per mile.
No person is obliged to attend as a witness in any civil case unless one day's attendance and travel fees are paid or tendered the witness in advance.
History:
(7006) RL s 2709; 1961 c 561 s 12; 1974 c 515 s 1; 1983 c 13 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 42; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.23 — Witness Fees Of Officers Of Municipalities.

357.23 WITNESS FEES OF OFFICERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
No officer or employee of any city or county in this state shall receive or be paid any sum as witness fees in any case in which the state of Minnesota, the county, or the city, of which the witness is an officer or employee, is a party, if the case be tried in the witness's city of residence.
History:
(7007) 1895 c 241; 1905 c 141 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.24 — Criminal Cases.

357.24 CRIMINAL CASES.
Witnesses for the state in criminal cases and witnesses attending on behalf of any defendant represented by a public defender or an attorney performing public defense work for a public defense corporation under section 611.216, shall receive the same fees for travel and attendance as provided in section 357.22. Judges also may allow like fees to witnesses attending in behalf of any other defendant. In addition these witnesses shall receive reasonable expenses actually incurred for meals, loss of wages and child care, not to exceed $60 per day. When a defendant is represented by a public defender or an attorney performing public defense work for a public defense corporation under section 611.216, neither the defendant nor the public defender shall be charged for any subpoena fees or for service of subpoenas by a public official. The compensation and reimbursement shall be paid out of the county treasury.
History:
(7008) RL s 2710; 1973 c 689 s 1; 1974 c 375 s 1; 1983 c 13 s 2; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 89; 1993 c 146 art 2 s 17; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.241 — Juvenile Court Witnesses.

357.241 JUVENILE COURT WITNESSES.
Witnesses in juvenile proceedings shall receive the same fees for travel and attendance as provided in section 357.22. In addition these witnesses shall receive reasonable expenses actually incurred for meals, loss of wages, and child care, not to exceed $60 per day.
History:
1983 c 13 s 3; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.242 — Parents Of Juveniles.

357.242 PARENTS OF JUVENILES.
In any proceeding where a parent or guardian attends the proceeding with a minor witness and the parent or guardian is not a witness, one parent or guardian shall be compensated in those cases where witness compensation is mandatory under section 357.22, 357.24, or 357.241, and may be compensated at the discretion of the judge when the minor is a witness on behalf of a defendant in a criminal case or on behalf of a juvenile in a juvenile court proceeding. The court shall award no more than a combined total of $60 to the parent or guardian and the minor witness.
History:
1983 c 13 s 4; 1983 c 216 art 2 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.25 — Expert Witnesses.

357.25 EXPERT WITNESSES.
The judge of any court of record, before whom any witness is summoned or sworn and examined as an expert in any profession or calling, may allow such fees or compensation as may be just and reasonable.
History:
(7009) RL s 2711; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.27 — Coroner Jurors.

357.27 CORONER JURORS.
Each juror sworn before a coroner at an inquest shall receive $3 for each day's attendance and ten cents for each mile traveled in going to and returning from the site of the inquest. The distance shall be computed by the usually traveled route and paid out of the county treasury. The coroner shall deliver to each juror a certificate for the number of days' attendance and miles traveled for which the juror is entitled to compensation. Each juror sworn in any action pending before any sheriff on a writ of inquiry, shall receive $3, to be paid, in the first instance in all civil actions, by the party calling for the jurors. The certificate of the coroner for services rendered as a juror before the coroner shall be filed with the county auditor, who shall draw a warrant upon the county treasurer for the amount. The certificate shall be sufficient voucher for the issuance of the warrant.
History:
(7011) RL s 2713; 1961 c 196 s 1; 1983 c 359 s 43; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.28 — Court Commissioner.

357.28 COURT COMMISSIONER.
Subdivision 1.
Fees.
The fees to be charged and collected by a court commissioner shall be as follows, and no other or greater fees shall be charged:
(1) for examining any petition, complaint, affidavit, or any paper wherein an order is required, $2.50;
(2) for making and entering an order on the same, $1;
(3) for examining a person alleged to have a mental illness or chemical dependency for commitment, $25;
(4) for hearing and deciding on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, $10 for each day necessarily occupied;
(5) for examination of judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution and for all disclosures in garnishment proceedings, in writing, 25 cents per folio;
(6) for all other services rendered by the commissioner, the same fees as are allowed by law to other officers for similar services.
Subd. 2.
Application.
Subdivision 1 shall not apply to any county containing a city of the first class.
History:
(7012) RL s 2715; 1915 c 203 s 2; 1949 c 462 s 1; 1955 c 666 s 1,2; 1965 c 117 s 1; 1965 c 681 s 3; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 59 art 3 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.29 — Services Not Rendered; Illegal Fees.

357.29 SERVICES NOT RENDERED; ILLEGAL FEES.
No judge, sheriff, or other officer, or any other person to whom any fee or compensation is allowed by law for any service, shall take or receive any other or greater fee or reward for the service than allowed by law. No fee or compensation shall be demanded or received by any officer or person for any service unless it was actually rendered, except in the case of prospective costs. Any person violating either of these provisions is liable to the party aggrieved for treble the damages sustained.
History:
(7014) RL s 2717; 1983 c 359 s 44; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.30 — Taxation For Services Not Rendered; Prospective Costs; Attorney As Witness.

357.30 TAXATION FOR SERVICES NOT RENDERED; PROSPECTIVE COSTS; ATTORNEY AS WITNESS.
No fees shall be taxed for services not rendered, except when otherwise expressly provided, and upon entry of judgment or decree no prospective costs shall be taxed except for docketing the same, unless the party demanding judgment shall require the costs of an execution or transcript of judgment to be taxed, in which case it may be done. No attorney or counsel in any cause shall be allowed witness fees therein.
History:
(7015) RL s 2718
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.31 — Copies; Itemized List; Fees Uniform.

357.31 COPIES; ITEMIZED LIST; FEES UNIFORM.
The legal fees paid for certified copies of the depositions of witnesses filed in any court administrator's office, or any documents or papers filed or recorded in any public office, necessarily used on trial of a cause or on the assessment of damages, shall be allowed in the taxation of costs. Any officer receiving fees shall, on demand, furnish an itemized list and receipt the same on payment. On refusal to do so, the officer shall be liable to the party paying the same for three times the amount paid. Every officer shall be entitled to the same fees for performing the same service.
History:
(7016) RL s 2719; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.315 — Cost Of Exhibits And Medical Records.

357.315 COST OF EXHIBITS AND MEDICAL RECORDS.
The cost of obtaining medical records used to prepare a claim, whether or not offered at trial, and the reasonable cost of exhibits shall be allowed in the taxation of costs.
History:
1992 c 569 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.32 — Witness; When And How Paid.

357.32 WITNESS; WHEN AND HOW PAID.
When it appears that any witness subpoenaed or required to appear on behalf of the state has come from another state or country or is indigent, the court may, by order upon the minutes, direct the county treasurer to pay the witness a reasonable sum for expenses. When a prosecution in the name of the state fails, or the defendant proves insolvent, escapes, or is unable to pay the fees when convicted, they shall be paid out of the county treasury, unless otherwise ordered by the court. The court administrator of court upon request of the county attorney or the attorney general may issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses in behalf of the state or county without payment of fees in advance; and, in criminal cases, the witnesses for the defendant shall also be compelled to attend without payment of fees in advance, and failure to attend after being served with a subpoena shall subject any witness to be proceeded against in the same manner as provided by law in other cases where payment of fees is required to be paid in advance. The court administrator of any court in which a witness has attended on behalf of the state in a civil action shall give the witness a certificate of attendance and travel, which entitles the witness to receive the amount from the county treasurer.
History:
(7017) RL s 2720; 1979 c 233 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.33 — Put In County Treasury.

357.33 PUT IN COUNTY TREASURY.
Unless otherwise provided by law, every county official receiving a stated salary shall receive the same in full compensation for all services and expenses whatsoever, and shall, on the first Monday of each month, file with the county auditor a correct statement of all fees received, and turn the same into the county treasury.
History:
(7018) RL s 2721; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.39 — Clerks, Cities Of First Class.

357.39 CLERKS, CITIES OF FIRST CLASS.
Notwithstanding any law or laws or parts of laws of the state of Minnesota to the contrary, the city clerk of each city of the first class in this state may and shall charge and collect fees for the use and benefit of the city, in amounts and for purposes as follows:
(1) for filing any chattel mortgage, or duplicate or certified copy thereof, or assignment or partial release or satisfaction thereof, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing same, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(2) for filing reports of chattel mortgage foreclosure sale, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing the same, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(3) for filing any promissory note, or conditional contract of sale, or copy of either thereof, or memorandum of oral contract, or partial release or satisfaction of either thereof, and indexing and entering and certifying to the date of filing the same, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(4) for filing statements of claims for motor vehicle liens, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(5) for making and filing wolf bounty certificates, and for each certified copy of such certificates for each instrument, 25 cents;
(6) for filing notices of intention of attorneys to claim lien, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing same, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(7) for filing and indexing and entering powers of attorney, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(8) for filing certified copy of execution and return of levy by officer on bulky personal property, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(9) for filing assignments of wages or salaries or orders and acceptances for wages or salaries, for each instrument or order, 25 cents;
(10) for filing trust deeds containing chattel mortgage clauses or tenement leases containing chattel mortgage clauses, and indexing, entering and certifying to the date of filing the same, for each instrument, 25 cents;
(11) for filing assignments of debts, 25 cents each;
(12) for filing reports of proceedings for the sale of pledged personal property, for each report, 25 cents;
(13) for all instruments except instruments specified in clause (5), the fee for certifying the same shall be 50 cents for each copy certified. If copies of any of the foregoing instruments are prepared by the clerk, the clerk shall charge and collect an additional fee of ten cents for each one hundred words contained in each instrument furnished; provided, that the minimum fee for the furnishing of any such instrument shall be the sum of $1.
History:
1949 c 472 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.40 — Collections Credited To General Fund.

357.40 COLLECTIONS CREDITED TO GENERAL FUND.
All fees received by any clerk of any such city under the provisions of section 357.39 shall be credited to the general fund of such city, and the amount of such fees shall not be considered within the cost of government as determined under the provisions of any charter of any such city of the first class.
History:
1949 c 472 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.41 — Clerks, Cities Of First Class In Counties Of 300,000.

357.41 CLERKS, CITIES OF FIRST CLASS IN COUNTIES OF 300,000.
Subdivision 1.
Filing fee.
Notwithstanding any statute or charter to the contrary, the city clerk of each city of the first class located in a county having more than 300,000 inhabitants may and shall charge a fee of 50 cents for filing each instrument which is required by law to be or which may be filed in that office.
Subd. 2.
Additional fees.
For certifying each instrument the clerk shall make a charge of $1, and if copy of an instrument be prepared, the clerk shall charge an additional fee of 20 cents for each one hundred words contained in each copy prepared, the total charge thereof to be not less than $2 nor more than $5.
Subd. 3.
Fees credited to general revenue fund.
All fees received by any clerk of any such city shall be credited to the general fund of such city, and the amount of such fees shall not be considered within the cost of government as determined under the provisions of any charter of any such city of the first class.
History:
1957 c 226 s 1-3; 1963 c 277 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 357 — Fees › Section 357.42 — Treatment Court Fees.

357.42 TREATMENT COURT FEES.
(a) When a court establishes a treatment court process, the court may establish one or more fees for services provided to defendants participating in the process.
(b) In each fiscal year, the court shall deposit the treatment court participation fees in the special revenue fund and credit the fees to a separate account for the trial courts. The balance in this account is appropriated to the trial courts and does not cancel but is available until expended. Expenditures from this account must be made for treatment court purposes.
History:
2007 c 54 art 5 s 8; 2017 c 95 art 2 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.01 — Private Seals Abolished.

358.01 PRIVATE SEALS ABOLISHED.
Private seals are abolished, and all written instruments formerly required by law to be sealed shall be equally effective for all purposes without a seal; but nothing herein shall apply to the use of corporate seals.
History:
(6933) RL s 2652
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.028 — Legislators, Official Stamps.

358.028 LEGISLATORS, OFFICIAL STAMPS.
Every member of the legislature, while in office and residing in the district from which elected, may have an official notarial stamp, in the form provided in section 358.03, with which to authenticate official acts provided for in section 358.15.
History:
1955 c 72 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2010 c 380 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.03 — Form Of Official Seals.

358.03 FORM OF OFFICIAL SEALS.
Upon every seal of a court or officer authorized or required to have a seal there shall be engraved the same device that is engraved on the seal of the state, and the name of the court or office in which it is to be used. The seal of the court, if affixed electronically, must bear the likeness of the seal of the state, and the name of the court in which it is to be used.
History:
(6935) RL s 2654; 1947 c 199 s 1; 2014 c 204 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.04 — Temporary Seal, When Used.

358.04 TEMPORARY SEAL, WHEN USED.
When any court of record is unprovided with a seal, the judge thereof may authorize the use of any temporary seal, or of any device by way of seal, until one is provided.
History:
(6936) RL s 2655
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.05 — Oath Of Office.

358.05 OATH OF OFFICE.
The oath of office to be taken by members and officers of either branch of the legislature shall be that prescribed by the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 8. Every person elected or appointed to any other public office, including every official commissioner, or member of any public board or body, before transacting any of the business or exercising any privilege of such office, shall take and subscribe the oath defined in the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article V, section 6.
History:
(6963) RL s 2677; 1976 c 2 s 172
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.06 — Trustees, Referees.

358.06 TRUSTEES, REFEREES.
Unless otherwise provided by law, every executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, referee, arbitrator, viewer, assessor, appraiser, and other person appointed by or made responsible to the court in any action or proceeding, before entering upon duties as such, shall take and subscribe the following oath:
"I, A.B., do swear that I will faithfully and justly perform all the duties of the office and trust which I now assume as (insert brief description of office), to the best of my ability. So help me God."
History:
(6964) RL s 2678; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.08 — Affirmation In Lieu Of Oath.

358.08 AFFIRMATION IN LIEU OF OATH.
If any person of whom an oath is required shall claim religious scruples against taking the same, the word "swear" and the words "so help you God" may be omitted from the foregoing forms, and the word "affirm" and the words "and this you do under the penalties of perjury" shall be substituted therefor, respectively, and such person shall be considered, for all purposes, as having been duly sworn.
History:
(6966) RL s 2680; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.09 — By Whom And How Administered.

358.09 BY WHOM AND HOW ADMINISTERED.
Any officer authorized by this chapter to take and certify acknowledgments may administer an oath, and, if the same be in writing, may certify the same under the officer's signature, and an official notarial stamp, in the following form: "Subscribed and sworn to before me this ............ day of ................., ....." The mode of administering an oath commonly practiced in the place where it is taken shall be followed, including, in this state, the ceremony of uplifting the hand.
History:
(6967) RL s 2681; 1986 c 444; 2010 c 380 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.10 — Officials May Administer, When.

358.10 OFFICIALS MAY ADMINISTER, WHEN.
(a) All persons holding office under any law of this state, or under the charter or ordinances of any municipal corporation thereof, including judges and clerks of election, and all committee members, commissioners, trustees, referees, appraisers, assessors, and all others authorized or required by law to act or report upon any matter of fact, have the power to administer oaths they deem necessary to the proper discharge of their respective duties.
(b) Any employee of the secretary of state designated by the secretary of state has the power to administer oaths to an individual who wishes to file with the secretary of state an affidavit of candidacy, nominating petition, declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate, or any other document relating to the conduct of elections.
History:
(6968) RL s 2682; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 41
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.11 — Oaths, Where Filed.

358.11 OATHS, WHERE FILED.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the oath required to be taken and subscribed by any person shall be filed as follows:
(1) if that of an officer of the state, whether elective or appointive, with the secretary of state;
(2) if of a county officer, or an officer chosen within or for any county, with the county auditor;
(3) if of a city officer, with the clerk or recorder of the municipality;
(4) if of a town officer, with the town clerk;
(5) if of a school district officer, with the clerk of the district;
(6) if of a person appointed by, or made responsible to, a court in any action or proceeding therein, with the court administrator of such court;
(7) if that of a person appointed by any state, county, or other officer for a special service in connection with official duties, with such officer.
If the person taking such oath be also required to give bond, the oath shall be attached to or endorsed upon such bond and filed therewith, in lieu of other filing.
History:
(6969) RL s 2683; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.116 — Court Documents.

358.116 COURT DOCUMENTS.
Unless specifically required by court rule, a pleading, motion, affidavit, or other document filed with a court of the Minnesota judicial branch, or presented to a judge or judicial officer in support of a request for a court order, warrant, or other relief, is not required to be notarized. Signing a document filed with the court or presented to a judge or judicial officer constitutes "verification upon oath or affirmation" as defined in section 358.52, without administration of an oath under section 358.07, provided that the signature, as defined by court rules, is affixed immediately below a declaration using substantially the following language: "I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct." In addition to the signature, the date of signing and the county and state where the document was signed shall be noted on the document. A person who signs knowing that the document is false in any material respect is guilty of perjury under section 609.48, even if the date, county, and state of signing are omitted from the document.
History:
2014 c 204 s 3; 2017 c 95 art 2 s 8; 2018 c 176 art 2 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.14 — Married Persons.

358.14 MARRIED PERSONS.
No separate examination of each spouse shall be required, but if spouses join in and acknowledge the execution of any instrument, they shall be described in the certificate of acknowledgment in a manner that indicates they are married to each other; and, if they acknowledge it before different officers, or before the same officer at different times, each shall be described in the certificate as the spouse of the other.
History:
(6972) RL s 2686; 1987 c 49 s 10; 2014 c 266 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.15 — Ex Officio Notary Public.

358.15 EX OFFICIO NOTARY PUBLIC.
(a) The following officers have the powers of a notary public within the state:
(1) every member of the legislature, while still a resident in the district from which elected; but no fee or compensation may be received for exercising these powers. The form of the official signature in these cases is: "A.B., Representative (or Senator), ....................................... District, Minnesota, ex officio notary public. My term expires January 1, .......";
(2) the clerks or recorders of towns, and cities. The form of the official signature in these cases is: "A.B. (official title), ....... County, Minnesota, ex officio notary public. My term expires ....... (or where applicable) my term is indeterminate.";
(3) court commissioners, county recorders, and county auditors, and their several deputies, and county commissioners, all within their respective counties. The form of the official signature in these cases: "A.B. (official title), ....... County, Minnesota, ex officio notary public. My term expires ....... (or where applicable) my term is indeterminate."; and
(4) peace officers licensed under section 626.845 for the purpose of administering oaths upon information submitted to establish probable cause to any judge or judicial officer under the Rules of Criminal Procedure. The form of the official signature in these cases is "A.B., Peace Officer License Number ......., ....... County, Minnesota. My license expires June 30, .......".
(b) An officer using the powers of a notary public within the state pursuant to clauses (1) to (3) shall obtain an official stamp as specified under section 359.03, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4, with which to authenticate official acts.
(c) The county auditor and county recorder, and their deputies, and the clerk or recorder of a town or city with ex officio powers under this section may authenticate official acts related to the statutory duties of their respective offices without using the official stamp for 90 days after initially assuming the office, or until the officer acquires an official stamp, whichever is earlier.
History:
(6973) RL s 2687; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 359 s 45; 1985 c 268 s 1; 1995 c 37 s 1; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 107; 2010 c 380 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.25 — Power Given For Taking Acknowledgments For Protesting Bills Of Exchange.

358.25 POWER GIVEN FOR TAKING ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOR PROTESTING BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
Any person authorized to take acknowledgments or administer oaths, who is at the same time an officer, director or stockholder of a corporation, is hereby authorized to take acknowledgments of instruments wherein such corporation is interested, and to administer oaths to any officer, director, or stockholder of such corporation as such, and to protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment bills of exchange, drafts, checks, notes and other negotiable or nonnegotiable instruments which may be owned or held for collection by such corporation, as fully and effectually as if the person were not an officer, director, or stockholder of such corporation.
History:
(6980) 1907 c 406 s 1; 1915 c 20 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.50 — Effect Of Acknowledgment.

358.50 EFFECT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
An acknowledgment made in a representative capacity as defined in section 358.52, subdivision 5, and certified substantially in the form prescribed in this chapter is prima facie evidence that the instrument or electronic record was executed and delivered with proper authority and as the act of the person or entity represented and identified in the instrument or electronic record.
History:
1987 c 26 s 1; 2006 c 260 art 7 s 4; 2007 c 148 art 2 s 65; 2011 c 66 s 2; 2018 c 176 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.51 — Short Title.

358.51 SHORT TITLE.
Sections 358.51 to 358.76 may be cited as the "Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts."
History:
2018 c 176 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.53 — Applicability.

358.53 APPLICABILITY.
Sections 358.51 to 358.76 apply to a notarial act performed on or after January 1, 2019.
History:
2018 c 176 art 1 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.54 — Authority To Perform Notarial Act.

358.54 AUTHORITY TO PERFORM NOTARIAL ACT.
Subdivision 1.
Source.
A notarial officer may perform a notarial act authorized by sections 358.51 to 358.76, 359.04, and other law.
Subd. 2.
Limitation.
A notarial officer may not perform a notarial act with respect to a record to which the officer or the officer's spouse is a party, or in which either of them has a direct beneficial interest. A notarial act performed in violation of this subdivision is voidable.
History:
2018 c 176 art 1 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.55 — Requirements For Certain Notarial Acts.

358.55 REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN NOTARIAL ACTS.
Subdivision 1.
Acknowledgments.
A notarial officer who takes an acknowledgment of a record shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual as set forth in section 358.57, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the acknowledgment has the identity claimed and that the signature on the record is the signature of the individual.
Subd. 2.
Verifications.
A notarial officer who takes a verification of a statement on oath or affirmation shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and making the verification has the identity claimed and that the signature on the statement verified is the signature of the individual.
Subd. 3.
Signatures.
A notarial officer who witnesses or attests to a signature shall determine, from personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of the identity of the individual, that the individual appearing before the officer and signing the record has the identity claimed.
Subd. 4.
Copies.
A notarial officer who certifies or attests a copy of a record or an item that was copied shall determine that the copy is a full, true, and accurate transcription or reproduction of the record or item.
Subd. 5.
Protests.
A notarial officer who makes or notes a protest of a negotiable instrument shall determine the matters set forth in section 336.3-505, paragraph (b).
History:
2018 c 176 art 1 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.56 — Personal Appearance Required.

358.56 PERSONAL APPEARANCE REQUIRED.
Except as otherwise provided in section 358.645, if a notarial act relates to a statement made in or a signature executed on a record, the individual making the statement or executing the signature shall appear personally before the notarial officer.
History:
2018 c 176 art 1 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.57 — Identification Of Individual.

358.57 IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUAL.
Subdivision 1.
Personal knowledge.
A notarial officer has personal knowledge of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the individual is personally known to the officer through dealings sufficient to provide reasonable certainty that the individual has the identity claimed.
Subd. 2.
Identification.
A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence of the identity of an individual appearing before the officer if the officer can identify the individual:
(1) by means of:
(i) a passport, driver's license, or government-issued nondriver identification card that is currently valid; or
(ii) another form of government identification issued to an individual that is currently valid, contains the individual's signature or a photograph of the individual, and is satisfactory to the officer; or
(2) by a verification on oath or affirmation of a credible witness personally appearing before the officer and known to the officer or whom the officer can identify on the basis of a passport, driver's license, or government-issued nondriver identification card that is current or expired not more than three years before performance of the notarial act.
Subd. 3.
Additional information or credentials.
A notarial officer may require an individual to provide additional information or identification credentials necessary to assure the officer of the identity of the individual.
History:
2018 c 176 art 1 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 357 - 359 — Court And Filing Fees; Attestations › Chapter 358 — Seals, Oaths, Acknowledgments › Section 358.58 — Authority To Refuse To Perform Notarial Act.

358.58 AUTHORITY TO REFUSE TO PERFORM NOTARIAL ACT.
Subdivision 1.
Specific grounds.
A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act if the officer is not satisfied that:
(1) the individual executing the record is competent or has the capacity to execute the record; or
(2) the individual's signature is knowingly and voluntarily made.
Subd. 2.
General limitation.
A notarial officer may refuse to perform a notarial act unless refusal is prohibited by law other than sections 358.51 to 358.76.
History:
2018 c 176 art 1 s 8