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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapter 593 — Juries › Chapter 593 — Juries, Jurors › Section 593.48 — Compensation Of Jurors And Travel Reimbursement.

593.48 COMPENSATION OF JURORS AND TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.
A juror shall be reimbursed for round-trip travel between the juror's residence and the place of holding court and compensated for required attendance at sessions of court and may be reimbursed for additional day care expenses incurred as a result of jury duty at rates determined by the supreme court. A juror may request reimbursement for additional parking expenses incurred as a result of jury duty, in which case the reimbursement shall be paid and the juror's compensation for required attendance at sessions of court shall be reduced by the amount of the parking reimbursement. Except in the Eighth Judicial District where the state shall pay directly, the compensation and reimbursement shall be paid out of the county treasury upon receipt of authorization to pay from the jury commissioner. These jury costs shall be reimbursed monthly by the supreme court upon submission of an invoice by the county treasurer. A monthly report of payments to jurors shall be sent to the jury commissioner within two weeks of the end of the month in the form required by the jury commissioner.
History:
1977 c 286 s 18; 1983 c 279 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 105; 1993 c 192 s 104; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapter 593 — Juries › Chapter 593 — Juries, Jurors › Section 593.50 — Protection Of Jurors' Employment.

593.50 PROTECTION OF JURORS' EMPLOYMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Juror protection.
An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment, or threaten or otherwise coerce the employee with respect thereto, because the employee receives a summons, responds thereto, serves as a juror, or attends court for prospective jury service.
Subd. 2.
Criminal contempt.
An employer who violates subdivision 1 is guilty of criminal contempt and upon conviction may be fined not more than $700 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Subd. 3.
Civil action.
If an employer discharges an employee in violation of subdivision 1 the employee within 30 days may bring a civil action for recovery of wages lost as a result of the violation and for an order requiring the reinstatement of the employee. Damages recoverable shall not exceed lost wages for six weeks. An employee who prevails shall be allowed a reasonable attorney's fee fixed by the court.
History:
1977 c 286 s 20; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.021 — News Media; Protection Of Sources; Citation.

595.021 NEWS MEDIA; PROTECTION OF SOURCES; CITATION.
Sections 595.021 to 595.025 may be cited as the "Minnesota Free Flow of Information Act."
History:
1973 c 735 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 181
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.022 — Public Policy.

595.022 PUBLIC POLICY.
In order to protect the public interest and the free flow of information, the news media should have the benefit of a substantial privilege not to reveal sources of information or to disclose unpublished information. To this end, the freedom of press requires protection of the confidential relationship between the news gatherer and the source of information. The purpose of sections 595.021 to 595.025 is to insure and perpetuate, consistent with the public interest, the confidential relationship between the news media and its sources.
History:
1973 c 735 s 2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 182
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.023 — Disclosure Prohibited.

595.023 DISCLOSURE PROHIBITED.
Except as provided in section 595.024, no person who is or has been directly engaged in the gathering, procuring, compiling, editing, or publishing of information for the purpose of transmission, dissemination or publication to the public shall be required by any court, grand jury, agency, department or branch of the state, or any of its political subdivisions or other public body, or by either house of the legislature or any committee, officer, member, or employee thereof, to disclose in any proceeding the person or means from or through which information was obtained, or to disclose any unpublished information procured by the person in the course of work or any of the person's notes, memoranda, recording tapes, film or other reportorial data whether or not it would tend to identify the person or means through which the information was obtained.
History:
1973 c 735 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 357 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.024 — Exception And Procedure.

595.024 EXCEPTION AND PROCEDURE.
Subdivision 1.
Disclosure; application.
A person seeking disclosure may apply to the district court of the county where the person employed by or associated with a news media resides, has a principal place of business or where the proceeding in which the information sought is pending.
Subd. 2.
Disclosure allowed; conditions.
The application shall be granted only if the court determines after hearing the parties that the person making application, by clear and convincing evidence, has met all three of the following conditions:
(1) that there is probable cause to believe that the specific information sought (i) is clearly relevant to a gross misdemeanor or felony, or (ii) is clearly relevant to a misdemeanor so long as the information would not tend to identify the source of the information or the means through which it was obtained,
(2) that the information cannot be obtained by alternative means or remedies less destructive of first amendment rights, and
(3) that there is a compelling and overriding interest requiring the disclosure of the information where the disclosure is necessary to prevent injustice.
Subd. 3.
Determination; appeal.
The district court shall consider the nature of the proceedings, the merits of the claims and defenses, the adequacies of alternative remedies, the relevancy of the information sought, and the possibility of establishing by other means that which the source is expected or may tend to prove. The court shall make its appropriate order after making findings of fact. The order may be appealed directly to the court of appeals according to the Rules of Appellate Procedure. The order is stayed and nondisclosure shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the appeal. Where the court finds that the information sought has been published or broadcast, there shall be no automatic stay unless an appeal is filed within two days after the order is issued. Either party may request expedited consideration.
History:
1973 c 735 s 4; 1983 c 247 s 204; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 319 s 23; 1998 c 357 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.025 — Defamation.

595.025 DEFAMATION.
Subdivision 1.
Disclosure prohibition; applicability.
The prohibition of disclosure provided in section 595.023 shall not apply in any defamation action where the person seeking disclosure can demonstrate that the identity of the source will lead to relevant evidence on the issue of actual malice.
Subd. 2.
Disclosure conditions.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1, the identity of the source of information shall not be ordered disclosed unless the following conditions are met:
(a) that there is probable cause to believe that the source has information clearly relevant to the issue of defamation;
(b) that the information cannot be obtained by any alternative means or remedy less destructive of first amendment rights.
Subd. 3.
Determination; appeal.
The court shall make its order on the issue of disclosure after making findings of fact, which order may be appealed to the court of appeals according to the Rules of Appellate Procedure. During the appeal the order is stayed and nondisclosure shall remain in full force and effect.
History:
1973 c 735 s 5; 1983 c 247 s 205
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.06 — Capacity Of Witness.

595.06 CAPACITY OF WITNESS.
When a person is produced as a witness, the court may examine the person to ascertain capacity, and whether the person understands the nature and obligations of an oath, and the court may inquire of any person what peculiar ceremonies the person deems most obligatory in taking an oath.
History:
(9819) RL s 4665; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 262 art 4 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.07 — Convicted Person As Witness.

595.07 CONVICTED PERSON AS WITNESS.
Every person convicted of crime shall be a competent witness in any civil or criminal proceeding, but the conviction may be proved for the purpose of affecting the weight of the testimony, either by the record or by the convicted person's cross-examination, upon which the convicted person shall answer any proper question relevant to that inquiry; and the party cross-examining shall not be concluded by the convicted person's answer thereto.
History:
(9948) RL s 4780; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 595 — Witnesses › Section 595.08 — Perjury; Action Against Witness.

595.08 PERJURY; ACTION AGAINST WITNESS.
When it shall appear probable to a court of record, having general jurisdiction, that a person who has testified in an action or proceeding before it has committed perjury in any testimony so given, it may, by order or process for that purpose, immediately commit the person to prison, or take a recognizance for the person's appearance to answer to an indictment for perjury. In such case, if the court shall deem that any paper or document produced by either party is necessary to be used in the prosecution for perjury, it may detain the same, and direct it to be delivered to the county attorney.
History:
(10021) RL s 4836; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.01 — Laws Of Foreign Countries.

599.01 LAWS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
The existence and the tenor or effect of all foreign laws may be proved as facts by parol evidence; but, if it appears that the law in question is contained in a written statute or code, the court may, in its discretion, reject any evidence of such law which is not accompanied by a copy thereof.
History:
(9852) RL s 4698
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.02 — Statutes Of Other States.

599.02 STATUTES OF OTHER STATES.
Printed copies of the statute laws of any other state, or of a foreign country, which purport to be published under the authority of their respective governments, or if commonly admitted as evidence in their courts, are admissible as prima facie evidence of such laws in all cases in this state.
History:
(9855) RL s 4701
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.03 — Common Law Of Other States.

599.03 COMMON LAW OF OTHER STATES.
The unwritten or common law of any other state may be proved as a fact by parol evidence, and the books of reports of cases adjudged in the courts of such states may also be admitted as evidence of such law.
History:
(9856) RL s 4702
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.04 — Courts To Take Judicial Notice.

599.04 COURTS TO TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE.
Every court of this state shall take judicial notice of the common law and statutes of every state, territory, and other jurisdiction of the United States.
History:
(9852-1) 1939 c 77 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.05 — Courts May Obtain Information; How.

599.05 COURTS MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION; HOW.
The court may inform itself of such laws in such manner as it may deem proper, and the court may call upon counsel to aid it in obtaining such information.
History:
(9852-2) 1939 c 77 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.06 — Determination To Be Made By Court.

599.06 DETERMINATION TO BE MADE BY COURT.
The determination of such laws shall be made by the court and not by the jury, and shall be reviewable.
History:
(9852-3) 1939 c 77 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.07 — Evidence.

599.07 EVIDENCE.
Any party may also present to the trial court any admissible evidence of such laws, but, to enable a party to offer evidence of the law in another jurisdiction or to ask that judicial notice be taken thereof, reasonable notice shall be given to the adverse parties either in the pleadings or otherwise.
History:
(9852-4) 1939 c 77 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.08 — Issue For Court.

599.08 ISSUE FOR COURT.
The law of a jurisdiction other than those referred to in section 599.04 shall be an issue for the court, but shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 599.04 to 599.07 concerning judicial notice.
History:
(9852-5) 1939 c 77 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.09 — Interpretation Of Sections 599.04 To 599.10.

599.09 INTERPRETATION OF SECTIONS 599.04 TO 599.10.
Sections 599.04 to 599.10 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of these states which enact them.
History:
(9852-6) 1939 c 77 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.10 — Citation, Uniform Judicial Notice Of Foreign Law Act.

599.10 CITATION, UNIFORM JUDICIAL NOTICE OF FOREIGN LAW ACT.
Sections 599.04 to 599.10 may be cited as the Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act.
History:
(9852-7) 1939 c 77 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.11 — Records Of Foreign Courts.

599.11 RECORDS OF FOREIGN COURTS.
The records and judicial proceedings of a court of any other state, or of the United States, or of any foreign country shall be admissible in evidence in all cases when authenticated by the attestation of the court administrator or other officer having charge of the records of such court, under its seal.
History:
(9851) RL s 4697; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.12 — Printed Copies Of Statutes.

599.12 PRINTED COPIES OF STATUTES.
Printed copies of all statutes, acts, and resolutions of this state published under its authority, whether of a public or private nature, the journals of the senate and the house of representatives kept by the respective clerks thereof as provided by law, and deposited in the Office of the Secretary of State, and the printed journals of such houses, respectively, published by authority of law, shall be admitted as sufficient evidence thereof in all cases.
History:
(9853) RL s 4699
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.13 — Municipal And County Ordinances.

599.13 MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ORDINANCES.
Copies of the ordinances, bylaws, resolutions, and regulations of any city, town, or county, certified by the mayor or president of the council, and the city clerk under its seal in the case of a city, or the chair of the town board and the town clerk in the case of a town, or by the county auditor or chair of the county board in the case of a county, and copies of the same printed in any newspaper, book, pamphlet, or other form, and which purport to be published by authority of the council of such city or county board, shall be prima facie evidence thereof and, after three years from the compilation and publication of any such book or pamphlet, shall be conclusive proof of the regularity of their adoption and publication.
History:
(9854) RL s 4700; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974 c 571 s 50; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 361 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.14 — Records Of Surveys, Evidence When.

599.14 RECORDS OF SURVEYS, EVIDENCE WHEN.
Records of surveys made by any municipality, including field notes, profiles, plats, plans, and other files and records of such department, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the correctness of the facts shown and statements made therein.
History:
(9857) RL s 4703; 1998 c 324 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.15 — Copies Of Decisions, Certified By Librarian.

599.15 COPIES OF DECISIONS, CERTIFIED BY LIBRARIAN.
Copies of judicial decisions contained in any of the law or equity reports in the state library, and of any other papers or documents contained in such library, certified by the state librarian, shall be received in evidence in like manner and with like effect as the originals. For making and certifying any such copy, the librarian shall be entitled to charge 15 cents a folio.
History:
(9858) RL s 4704
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.16 — Land Office Receipts, Evidence Of Title.

599.16 LAND OFFICE RECEIPTS, EVIDENCE OF TITLE.
The receipt or certificate, signed by the register or receiver of any United States land office, of the entry or purchase of any tract of land, or the location of any tract by a land warrant, shall be prima facie evidence of title to the lands described in such receipt or certificate in the person named therein. Such receipt or certificate may be filed for record with the county recorder of the county where the land is located, with like force and effect as a conveyance of real estate.
History:
(9889) RL s 4732; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.17 — Land Office Certificate, Evidence Of Title.

599.17 LAND OFFICE CERTIFICATE, EVIDENCE OF TITLE.
The certificate of the register or receiver of any United States land office, showing when, how, and by whom any lands within this state were entered under the homestead, preemption, or timber-culture laws of the United States, shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein was at the date of such entry the owner in fee of such lands.
History:
(9890) RL s 4733
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.18 — Certificate Of Department Officer.

599.18 CERTIFICATE OF DEPARTMENT OFFICER.
The certificate of any officer of any department of the United States government to any fact appearing of record in the officer's department, authenticated by an official seal, if the officer has one, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact.
History:
(9891) RL s 4734; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.19 — Patents And Duplicates.

599.19 PATENTS AND DUPLICATES.
Patents of land issued by the United States, or duplicates thereof from the records in the general land office, certified by the commissioner of such land office, may be filed for record with the county recorder of the county in which such land lies. Such records, or certified copies thereof, shall be evidence in like manner and to the same extent as the records or copies of other conveyances.
History:
(9893) RL s 4735; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.20 — Plats Of Surveys From Land Office; Certificate Of County Surveyor.

599.20 PLATS OF SURVEYS FROM LAND OFFICE; CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY SURVEYOR.
Any plat of a survey of public lands, certified by the register of the United States land office of the district in which such land is situated to be a true copy of the certified copy of the original on file in the register's office, and any certificate by such register of the surveys or entry and location of, or other facts in relation to, such lands, taken from the books of such land office, or from the certificate endorsed on the copy of the original plat on file therein, are prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. The certificate of any county surveyor or deputy shall be evidence of the facts therein stated, but may be explained or rebutted by other testimony.
History:
(9894) RL s 4736; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.24 — Exemplification Of Judgment In Another State.

599.24 EXEMPLIFICATION OF JUDGMENT IN ANOTHER STATE.
An exemplification of a judgment rendered by any justice of the peace in any state, certified by such justice or the justice's successor in office to be a full and correct copy from the justice's docket of all the proceedings in that case, with a certificate of magistracy thereon, signed by a court administrator of a court of record in the county where such judgment was rendered, and authenticated by the seal of such court, shall be evidence in any court of this state of the facts contained in such exemplification.
History:
(9885) RL s 4728; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 599 — Judicial Notice › Section 599.25 — Minutes Of Conviction And Judgment.

599.25 MINUTES OF CONVICTION AND JUDGMENT.
A copy of the minutes of any conviction and judgment, with a copy of the indictment on which the conviction was had, duly certified by the clerk in whose custody they are, shall be evidence of such conviction and judgment, without the production of the judgment roll.
History:
(9880) RL s 4723
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.02 — Business Records As Evidence.

600.02 BUSINESS RECORDS AS EVIDENCE.
A record of an act, condition, or event shall, insofar as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at or near the time of the act, condition, or event, and if, in the opinion of the court, the sources of information, method, and time of preparation were such as to justify its admission.
History:
(9870-2) 1939 c 78 s 2; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 48
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.03 — Interpretation.

600.03 INTERPRETATION.
Sections 600.01 to 600.03 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact them.
History:
(9870-3) 1939 c 78 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.04 — Citation, Uniform Business Records As Evidence Act.

600.04 CITATION, UNIFORM BUSINESS RECORDS AS EVIDENCE ACT.
Sections 600.01 to 600.04 may be cited as the "Uniform Business Records as Evidence Act."
History:
(9870-4) 1939 c 78 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.05 — Account Books; Loose-leaf System.

600.05 ACCOUNT BOOKS; LOOSE-LEAF SYSTEM.
When a party in any cause or proceeding shall produce at the trial the party's account books, and prove that the same are the party's account books kept for that purpose, that they contain the original entries for moneys paid, goods or other articles delivered, services performed or material furnished; that such entries were made at the time of the transactions therein entered; that they are in the party's handwriting or that of a person authorized to make charges in such books, and are just and true to the best knowledge and belief of the person making the proof, such books, subject to all just exceptions as to their credibility, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the charges therein contained. If any book has marks which show that the items have been transferred to a ledger, it shall not be received unless the ledger is produced. The entry of charges or credits, involving money, goods, chattels, or services furnished or received, when the furnishing or receipt thereof constitutes a part of the usual course of business of the person on whose behalf such entry is made, shall be received as evidence tending to prove the fact of the furnishing or receiving of such moneys, goods, chattels, or services, whether the same be contained in an account book, or in a so-called loose-leaf, card, or similar system of keeping accounts, and whether the same be made by handwriting, typewriting, or other similar means, if it shall appear that such entry was made by a duly authorized person contemporaneously with the transaction therein referred to, as a part of the general system of accounts of the person on whose behalf the entry is made, and that the same is made in the usual and ordinary course of such business.
History:
(9876) RL s 4719; 1909 c 251 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.06 — Book Entries By A Person Deceased.

600.06 BOOK ENTRIES BY A PERSON DECEASED.
Entries made in any book by a person now dead authorized to make the same, may be received as evidence in a case proper for the admission of such book as evidence on proof that the same are in the deceased person's handwriting and in a book kept for such entries, without further verification.
History:
(9877) RL s 4720; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.07 — Books Proved By Deposition.

600.07 BOOKS PROVED BY DEPOSITION.
When such books or entries therein are proved by deposition, the production of the books before the officer taking the deposition shall be equivalent to producing the same at the trial, and copies of the entries therein contained desired to be introduced in evidence may be attached to the deposition as exhibits, and shall be evidence of like force and effect as the books.
History:
(9878) RL s 4721
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.08 — Letterpress Copies.

600.08 LETTERPRESS COPIES.
The production of a letterpress copy of any letter, before the officer taking the deposition, shall be equivalent to producing the same at the trial and, when so produced, a copy thereof may be attached to the deposition as an exhibit, and shall be evidence of like force and effect as the letterpress copy itself; but such copies shall not be used if the original letters are produced at the trial.
History:
(9879) RL s 4722
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.09 — Affidavits, Taken Out Of State.

600.09 AFFIDAVITS, TAKEN OUT OF STATE.
All oaths and affidavits taken out of the state before any officer authorized to administer oaths, and certified by the court administrator of a court of record, may be used and read upon the argument of any motion, with the same effect as if taken within this state. If such affidavit be taken before a notary public or commissioner for this state, the court administrator's certificate shall not be required.
History:
(9838) RL s 4684; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.10 — Affidavit Of Publication.

600.10 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION.
When notice of any application to a court or judicial officer is required by law to be published in a newspaper, an affidavit by the printer of such newspaper, or the printer's lead supervisor or clerk, annexed to a printed copy of such notice taken from the newspaper in which it was published, specifying the times when, and the newspaper in which, such notice was published, may be filed with the proper officer of the court, or with the judicial officer before whom such proceeding is pending, at any time within six months after the last day of the publication of such notice, unless sooner specially required. A like affidavit of such printer, lead supervisor, or clerk may within the same time be filed for record with the county recorder of the county where any real estate affected by such notice is situated.
History:
(9859) RL s 4705; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.11 — Printer's Affidavit.

600.11 PRINTER'S AFFIDAVIT.
The original affidavit of the printer of any newspaper, or of the printer's lead supervisor or court administrator, of the publication of any summons, notice, order, resolution, or other advertisement which by law is required or authorized to be published in such newspaper, and copies of the same, or of the record thereof, certified by the officer in whose custody the same may be, shall be prima facie evidence of such publication and of the facts stated therein. If any such publication relates to the sale of real estate, such affidavit may be filed for record with the county recorder of the county in which the real estate lies.
History:
(9860) RL s 4706; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.12 — Affidavit Of Officer Of Historical Society As To Publication.

600.12 AFFIDAVIT OF OFFICER OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY AS TO PUBLICATION.
When a legal notice appears in any newspaper, purporting to have been published in this state prior to 1900 and filed with the state historical society, the affidavit of any officer of such society, setting forth a copy of such notice, and stating that it is a true copy of the same as contained in such newspaper, and naming the place where it purports to have been published and the dates of the different issues thereof so on file containing such notice, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county in which there is real estate which may be affected by such notice; and such affidavit or record shall be prima facie evidence that the newspaper containing the notice was regularly published at the time and place so stated.
History:
(9861) RL s 4707; 1909 c 19 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.135 — Photographic Copies Of Business And Public Records.

600.135 PHOTOGRAPHIC COPIES OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC RECORDS.
Subdivision 1.
Records; destruction, photographic copies.
If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical disk imaging, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity or unless its preservation is required by law. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of court. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement or facsimile, does not preclude admission of the original.
Subd. 2.
In the regular course of business.
The phrase "in the regular course of business" as used in subdivision 1 with reference to making reproductions of originals not held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity nor required by law to be preserved and also with reference to destroying such originals shall be construed to include reproducing at any time and destroying at any time, respectively, if done in good faith and without intent to defraud, and with reference to making reproductions of originals held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity shall be construed to mean reproducing at any time in good faith and without intent to defraud and whether or not made with the intention of thereafter destroying such originals. Neither the manner in which an original is destroyed, whether voluntarily or by casualty or otherwise, nor the fact that it was destroyed while it was held in a custodial or fiduciary capacity shall affect the admissibility of a reproduction. This subdivision shall not be construed to exclude from evidence any document or copy thereof which is otherwise admissible under the Rules of Evidence.
Subd. 3.
Uniform.
This section shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose of making uniform the law of those states which enact it.
Subd. 4.
Citation.
This section may be cited as the Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act.
History:
1951 c 125 s 1-4; 1953 c 190 s 1; 1990 c 506 art 2 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.14 — Instruments Acknowledged; Evidence.

600.14 INSTRUMENTS ACKNOWLEDGED; EVIDENCE.
Every written instrument, except promissory notes, bills of exchange, and the last wills of deceased persons, may be acknowledged in the manner now provided by law for taking the acknowledgment of deeds, and the certificate of the proper officer endorsed thereon shall entitle such instrument to be read in evidence in all courts and elsewhere without other proof of execution.
History:
(9864) RL s 4710
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.15 — Written Instruments; Signatures; Pleading And Proof.

600.15 WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS; SIGNATURES; PLEADING AND PROOF.
Every written instrument purporting to have been signed or executed by any person shall be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, section 336.3-308(a).
History:
(9887) RL s 4730; 1965 c 812 s 24; 1992 c 565 s 113
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.16 — Endorsement Of Money Received.

600.16 ENDORSEMENT OF MONEY RECEIVED.
An endorsement of money received on any promissory note, which appears to have been made when it was against the interest of the holder to make it, is prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
History:
(9888) RL s 4731
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.17 — Copies Of Government Records And Documents.

600.17 COPIES OF GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS.
(1) Copies of any books, records, papers or other documents in any of the executive departments of the United States government, or of any corporation all of the stock of which is beneficially owned by the United States, either directly or indirectly, shall be admitted in evidence equally with the originals thereof, when duly authenticated under the seal of such department or corporation, respectively.
(2) Books or records of account in whatever form, and minutes, or portions thereof, of proceedings, of any such executive department or corporation, or copies of such books, records, or minutes authenticated under the seal of such department or corporation, shall be admissible as evidence of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event as a memorandum of which such books, records, or minutes were kept or made.
(3) The seal of any such executive department or corporation shall be judicially noticed.
History:
(9869) RL s 4715; 1945 c 405 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.18 — Federal Census; Population.

600.18 FEDERAL CENSUS; POPULATION.
The governor shall obtain from the director of the federal census such certified copies thereof as will show the population of the several political divisions of this state, which certified copies shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, and thereafter the several political divisions of the state for all purposes, unless otherwise provided, shall be deemed to have the population thereby disclosed. Copies thereof, duly certified to by the secretary of state, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein disclosed in all the courts of this state.
History:
(9892) 1911 c 200 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.19 — Abstracts Of Title To Be Received In Evidence.

600.19 ABSTRACTS OF TITLE TO BE RECEIVED IN EVIDENCE.
In any action wherein the title to real property is in controversy, any abstract of title thereof, duly certified by any bonded abstracter or by any county recorder of any county wherein such real property is situated, shall be received as prima facie evidence of all instruments therein referred to, together with the records thereof as recorded in the office of the county recorder of such county.
History:
(9896) 1915 c 283 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.20 — Marriage Certificate And Record.

600.20 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE AND RECORD.
The original certificate and record of marriage, made by the person solemnizing such marriage as prescribed by law, and the record thereof or a duly certified copy of such record, shall be prima facie evidence of such marriage.
History:
(9898) RL s 4739
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.21 — Copies Of Record Of Death; Recordation.

600.21 COPIES OF RECORD OF DEATH; RECORDATION.
In all cases of joint tenancy in lands, and in all cases where any estate, title interest in, or lien upon, lands, has been or may be created, which estate, title interest, or lien was, or is, to continue only during the life of any person named or described in the instrument by which such estate, title, interest, or lien was created, a copy of the record of the death of any such joint tenant, or of the person upon whose life such estate, title, interest, or lien was, or is, limited, duly certified by any officer who is required by the law of the state or country in which such record is made, to keep a record of the death of persons occurring within the jurisdiction of such officer, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county in which such lands are situated, and such certified copy or such record thereof in such office, or a duly certified copy of such last mentioned record, shall be prima facie evidence of the death of such person and the termination of such joint tenancy and of all such estate, title, interest, and lien as was, or is, limited upon the life of such person. When a certified copy of such death record is attached to an affidavit of survivorship the same shall, prior to recordation in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles, be presented to the county auditor of the county wherein such estate, title, interest, or lien is situated and the county auditor shall note the transfer on the books and shall inscribe upon the instrument over the auditor's official signature the words "Transfer entered." Until so presented and indication made thereon, said instrument shall not be entitled to record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles of said county.
History:
(9870) 1913 c 251 s 1; 1953 c 150 s 1; 1967 c 850 s 4; 1969 c 228 s 2; 1973 c 582 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1981 c 49 s 11; 1984 c 514 art 4 s 14; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32; 2005 c 4 s 152
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.22 — Instruments, Records Thereof, And Copies.

600.22 INSTRUMENTS, RECORDS THEREOF, AND COPIES.
All original instruments and certified copies thereof authorized by law to be recorded and, if recorded, the record thereof, or a duly certified transcript of such record, shall be received in evidence without further proof, subject to rebuttal.
History:
(9895) RL s 4737
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.23 — Recorders.

600.23 RECORDERS.
Subdivision 1.
Deposit of papers.
Every county recorder, upon being paid the legal fees therefor, may receive and deposit in the office any instruments or papers which are offered for that purpose and, if requested, shall give to the person depositing the same a receipt therefor.
Subd. 2.
Endorsed and filed.
Any such instruments or papers so received shall be filed by the officer receiving the same, and so endorsed as to indicate their general nature, the names of the parties thereto, and time when received, and shall be deposited and kept by the officer and successors in office in the same manner as the officer's official papers, but in a place separate therefrom.
Subd. 3.
Withdrawal.
Papers and instruments so deposited shall not be made public or withdrawn from the office except upon the written order of the person depositing the same, or the person's executors or administrators, or on the order of some court for the purpose of being read in the court, and then to be returned to the office.
Subd. 3a.
Retention and disposal.
Papers and instruments deposited for safekeeping shall be retained, at a minimum, until the earlier of:
(1) the county recorder learns of the depositor's death, at which time the county recorder may deliver the paper or instrument to the appropriate court, or deliver the paper or instrument to the depositor's executors or administrators; or
(2) 20 years following the deposit of the paper or instrument, at which time the county recorder shall dispose of the paper or instrument pursuant to its county's retention policy.
Subd. 4.
Certificate that instrument cannot be found.
The certificate of any officer to whom the legal custody of any instrument belongs, stating that the officer has made diligent search for such instrument and that it cannot be found, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact so certified to in all cases, matters, and proceedings.
History:
(9865, 9866, 9867, 9868) RL s 4711,4712,4713,4714; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1980 c 603 s 30; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 13; 2023 c 52 art 19 s 39
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.24 — Finding Of Presumed Death Under Federal Missing Persons Act.

600.24 FINDING OF PRESUMED DEATH UNDER FEDERAL MISSING PERSONS ACT.
A written finding of presumed death, made by the Secretary of Defense or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding, pursuant to the following provisions of the Federal Missing Persons Act, United States Code, title 5, section 5565; United States Code, title 10, section 1507; and United States Code, title 37, section 555, as now or hereafter amended, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office or other place in this state as prima facie evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances and place of disappearance.
History:
1947 c 229 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 81
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.25 — Prima Facie Evidence.

600.25 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in section 600.24 or by any other law of the United States to make same, shall be received in any court, office or other place in this state as prima facie evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, as the case may be.
History:
1947 c 229 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 600 — Documents As Evidence › Section 600.26 — Authority Presumed.

600.26 AUTHORITY PRESUMED.
For the purposes of section 600.24 and section 600.25 any finding, report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer or employee of the United States as is described in said sections, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by such an officer or employee pursuant to law, and the person signing same shall prima facie be deemed to have acted within the scope of authority. If a copy purports to have been certified by a person authorized by law to certify the same, such certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of authority so to certify.
History:
1947 c 229 s 3; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 601 — Lost Instruments › Section 601.01 — Proof Of Loss.

601.01 PROOF OF LOSS.
When a party to an action is permitted to prove by the party's own oath the loss of any instrument, in order to admit other proof of the contents thereof, the adverse party, before the admission of such proof, may also be examined on oath to disprove such loss and to account for such instrument.
History:
(9871) RL s 4716; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 601 — Lost Instruments › Section 601.04 — Deed Or Court Records Destroyed; Abstract Of Title As Evidence.

601.04 DEED OR COURT RECORDS DESTROYED; ABSTRACT OF TITLE AS EVIDENCE.
When, upon the trial of any action or proceeding which is now, or hereafter may be, pending in any court in this state, any party to such action or proceeding, or the party's agent or attorney, shall make and file an affidavit in such cause, stating that the original of any deed or other instrument in writing or the records of any court relating to any lands, the title or any interest therein being in controversy or question in such action or proceeding, are lost or destroyed, and not within the power of such party to produce the same; and the record of such deed, instrument, or other writing has been destroyed by fire or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the court to receive as evidence in such action or proceeding, any abstract of title to such lands made in the ordinary course of business before such loss or destruction. It shall also be lawful for the court to receive as evidence any copy, extract, or minutes from such destroyed records or from the original thereof, which were, at the date of such destruction or loss, in the possession of any person then engaged in the business of making abstracts of title for others for hire.
History:
(9874) 1905 c 193 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 601 — Lost Instruments › Section 601.05 — Copies As Evidence.

601.05 COPIES AS EVIDENCE.
A sworn copy of any writing admissible under section 601.04, made by the person having possession of such writing, shall be admissible in like manner and with like effect as such writing, provided that the party desiring to use such sworn copy as evidence shall have given the opposite party a reasonable opportunity to verify the correctness of such copy.
History:
(9875) 1905 c 193 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 595 - 603 — Evidence › Chapter 602 — Competent Evidence › Section 602.01 — Certain Statements Presumed To Be Fraudulent.

602.01 CERTAIN STATEMENTS PRESUMED TO BE FRAUDULENT.
Any statement secured from an injured person at any time within 30 days after such injuries were sustained shall be presumably fraudulent in the trial of any action for damages for injuries sustained by such person or for the death of such person as the result of such injuries. No statement can be used as evidence in any court unless the party so obtaining the statement shall give to such injured person a copy thereof within 30 days after the same was made.
History:
(5687-8) 1929 c 289 s 4; 1945 c 592 s 1