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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 327C — Manufactured Home Park Lot Rentals › Section 327C.16 — Class I Manufactured Home Park.

327C.16 CLASS I MANUFACTURED HOME PARK.
Subdivision 1.
Qualifications.
(a) To qualify as a class I manufactured home park, as defined in section 327C.015, subdivision 2, a park owner, or on-site attendant as an employee of the manufactured home park, must satisfy 12 hours of qualifying education courses every three years, as prescribed in this subdivision. Park owners or on-site attendants may begin accumulating qualifying hours to qualify as a class I manufactured home park beginning in 2017.
(b) The qualifying education courses required for classification under this subdivision must be continuing education courses approved by the Department of Labor and Industry or the Department of Commerce for:
(1) continuing education in real estate; or
(2) continuing education for residential contractors and manufactured home installers.
(c) The qualifying education courses must include:
(1) two hours on fair housing, approved for real estate licensure or residential contractor licensure;
(2) one hour on the Americans with Disabilities Act, approved for real estate licensure or residential contractor licensure;
(3) four hours on legal compliance related to any of the following: landlord/tenant, licensing requirements, or home financing under chapters 58, 327, 327B, 327C, and 504B, and Minnesota Rules, chapter 1350 or 4630;
(4) three hours of general education approved for real estate, residential contractors, or manufactured home installers; and
(5) two hours of HUD-specific manufactured home installer courses as required under section 327B.041.
(d) If the qualifying owner or employee attendant is no longer the person meeting the requirements under this subdivision, but did qualify during the current assessment year, then the manufactured home park shall still qualify for the class rate provided for class 4c property classified under section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (d), clause (5), item (iii).
Subd. 2.
Proof of compliance.
(a) A park owner that has met the requirements of subdivision 1 shall provide an affidavit to the park owner's county assessor certifying that the park owner, corporate officer, or on-site attendant has complied with subdivision 1 and that the park meets the definition of a class I manufactured home park as defined in this section, and is entitled to the property tax classification rate for class I manufactured home parks in section 273.13, subdivision 25. The park owner shall retain the original course completion certificates issued by the course sponsor under this section for three years and, upon written request for verification, provide these to the county assessor within 30 days.
(b) A park owner must provide the county assessor written notice of any change in compliance status of the manufactured home park no later than December 15 of the assessment year.
History:
2017 c 94 art 11 s 2; 2022 c 55 art 2 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.095 — Deaf Or Masquerading As Deaf.

329.095 DEAF OR MASQUERADING AS DEAF.
Subdivision 1.
Prohibition.
No person shall, while engaged in the business of peddling, sell or distribute finger alphabet cards or printed matter stating that the person is deaf, or use finger alphabet cards or such printed matter or masquerade as a deaf person in any way as a means of inducement in the sale of merchandise; and no state or local license as provided in this chapter shall be issued to any person for the purpose of peddling finger alphabet cards or printed matter stating that the person is deaf, or masquerading as a deaf person.
Subd. 2.
Penalties.
Any person who, while engaged in the business of peddling, sells or distributes finger alphabet cards or such printed matter, or uses the same, or masquerades as a deaf person in any way as a means of inducement in the sale of merchandise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1969 c 406 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.099 — Definition.

329.099 DEFINITION.
The term "transient merchant" includes any person, individual, copartnership, limited liability company, and corporation, both as principal and agent, who engage in, do, or transact any temporary and transient business in this state, either in one locality, or in traveling from place to place in this state, selling goods, wares, and merchandise; and who, for the purpose of carrying on such business, hire, lease, occupy, or use a building, structure, vacant lot, or railroad car for the exhibition and sale of such goods, wares, and merchandise. The term "transient merchant" does not include a seller or exhibitor in a firearms collector show involving two or more sellers or exhibitors.
History:
(7340) 1911 c 39 s 4; 1913 c 504 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 123; 1995 c 64 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.10 — License Required.

329.10 LICENSE REQUIRED.
It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant to engage in, do, or transact any business as such without first having obtained a license as hereinafter provided.
History:
(7337) 1911 c 39 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.12 — License Required For Certain Sales; False Affidavit.

329.12 LICENSE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN SALES; FALSE AFFIDAVIT.
It shall be unlawful for any transient merchant to advertise, represent, or hold forth as being sold for an insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee, trustee, testator, executor, administrator, receiver, syndicate, wholesaler or manufacturer, or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, damaged by smoke, fire, water, or otherwise, or in any similar form, unless such transient merchant shall file with the auditor of the county in which the application for license is filed and issued for such purpose an affidavit at the same time the application is filed, showing all the facts relating to the reasons and character of such sale so to be advertised or represented, and showing that such sale is in fact as is to be advertised and represented, including a statement of the names of the persons from whom the goods, wares, and merchandise so to be advertised or represented were obtained, the date of the delivery to the person applying for the license, and the place from which the goods, wares, and merchandise were last taken, and all details necessary to exactly locate and fully itemize all goods, wares, and merchandise to be sold. If such affidavit shall fail to show that such sale is of the character as the same is intended to be advertised or represented as shown in such affidavit, and fails to disclose the facts as herein required, then such auditor shall refuse the applicant a license for such sale. Should license be issued to such applicant, then such license shall state that such person is authorized and licensed to sell such goods, wares, and merchandise, and advertise and represent and hold forth the same as being sold as such insurance, bankrupt, insolvent, assignee, trustee, testator, executor, administrator, receiver, syndicate, wholesaler or manufacturer, or closing out sale, or as a sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, damaged by smoke, fire, water, or otherwise, or in any similar manner present other facts as shown in such affidavit. The affidavit shall be sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths by such person so applying for such license, or, if a partnership, by a member of such partnership, or, if a corporation, by one of the officers of such corporation. Every person making a false statement of any fact in such affidavit shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be punished for such offense as is provided by the Criminal Code of this state.
History:
(7339) 1911 c 39 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.13 — Evidence.

329.13 EVIDENCE.
When it appears that any such stock of goods, wares, and merchandise has been brought into any county in this state by a person not a resident therein, and that it is claimed that such stock is to be closed out at reduced prices, such facts shall be prima facie evidence that the person, copartnership, or corporation so offering such goods for sale is a transient merchant.
History:
(7341) 1911 c 39 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.135 — Prohibited Sales.

329.135 PROHIBITED SALES.
No transient merchant or seller at a flea market, except an authorized manufacturer's representative, shall offer for sale any of the following items:
(1) infant formula or other food intended primarily for consumption by a child under the age of two years; and
(2) over-the-counter drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics.
History:
1995 c 64 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.14 — Certain Sales Excepted.

329.14 CERTAIN SALES EXCEPTED.
The provisions of sections 329.10 to 329.13 and 329.14 to 329.17 shall not apply to sales made to dealers by commercial travelers or selling agents in the usual course of business, nor to bona fide sales of goods, wares, and merchandise by sample, catalog, or brochure, for future delivery, or to hawkers on the street, or to peddlers from vehicles, baskets, or packs carried on their backs, or to sheriffs or other public officers selling goods, wares, and merchandise according to law; nor to bona fide assignees or receivers appointed in this state selling goods, wares, and merchandise for the benefit of creditors, nor to persons who may sell or peddle the products of the farm or garden occupied and cultivated by themselves, nor to sales made by a seller at a residential premises pursuant to an invitation issued by the owner or legal occupant of the premises.
History:
(7342) 1911 c 39 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 64 s 3; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.15 — Municipalities May Regulate.

329.15 MUNICIPALITIES MAY REGULATE.
Nothing in sections 329.10 to 329.17 contained shall be construed as prohibiting, or in any way limiting or interfering with, the right of any city, or other municipal corporation or governmental subdivision of the state, to regulate or license the carrying on within such municipality the business of a transient merchant in any case where authority has been, or shall hereafter be, conferred upon it so to do, but the requirements of sections 329.10 to 329.17 shall be in addition thereto. A city, or with respect to the area outside the corporate limits of a city, a county, may enact a transient merchant licensing requirement excluding certain classes of transient merchant events, or determine by resolution of its governing body that certain classes of transient merchant events need not comply with section 329.11.
History:
(7343) 1911 c 39 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1984 c 594 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.16 — Disposal Of Fees.

329.16 DISPOSAL OF FEES.
All license fees collected under section 329.11 shall be paid into the general revenue fund of the county.
History:
(7344) 1911 c 39 s 8; 1984 c 594 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 329 — Peddlers, Transient Merchants › Section 329.17 — Violations; Penalties.

329.17 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.
Subdivision 1.
Gross misdemeanor.
Every person, either as principal or agent, who shall in any manner engage in, do, or transact any business as a transient merchant, without having first obtained a license, or who shall conduct any sale, or who shall sell or expose for sale any goods, wares, and merchandise contrary to the provisions of sections 329.10 to 329.16, or who shall advertise, represent, or hold forth any sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, to be conducted contrary to the provisions of sections 329.10 to 329.16, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.
Misdemeanor.
Every person who shall engage in or follow the business of a hawker or peddler without having first obtained a license is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(7335, 7345) 1911 c 39 s 9; 1911 c 121 s 8; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 3 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.01 — Auctioneers' Licenses, To Whom Granted.

330.01 AUCTIONEERS' LICENSES, TO WHOM GRANTED.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
(a) The county auditor may license any person having the qualifications specified in paragraph (b) as an auctioneer. The license shall be issued by the auditor and shall authorize the licensee to conduct the business of an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota for the period of one year. It shall be recorded by the auditor in a book kept for that purpose. The license must specify the county issuing the license and must contain a number that individually identifies the auctioneer holding the license. Before the license is issued the applicant shall pay into the county treasury a fee of $20.
(b) A natural person is qualified to be licensed as an auctioneer if 18 years of age or over and a resident of the county of application for at least six months immediately preceding the date of application. No copartnership, association or corporation may be licensed as an auctioneer. However, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as preventing auctioneers who are duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, from combining in associations, copartnerships, or corporations, provided that each and every member of these associations or copartnerships and each and every person or agent conducting auction sales on behalf of these corporations is a duly licensed auctioneer as provided in this chapter. Nothing herein shall be construed to apply to the owner of property for at least six months selling it at an auction.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1965 c 874 s 10]
History:
(7322) RL s 2813; 1901 c 249; 1913 c 11 s 1; 1917 c 87 s 1; 1927 c 173; 1937 c 313 s 1; 1941 c 170; 1943 c 311 s 1; 1949 c 516 s 1; 1965 c 874 s 1; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1969 c 737 s 1; 1973 c 725 s 58; 3Sp1981 c 2 art 1 s 57; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 251 s 14; 2005 c 32 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.02 — Bond.

330.02 BOND.
Every auctioneer, before making sales, shall give a corporate surety bond to the county in a penal sum of not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000 to be fixed by the treasurer and with sureties approved by the treasurer, conditioned that the auctioneer will pay all sums required by law and in all things conform to the laws relating to auctioneers. The treasurer, for approval, shall endorse the bond, and file it in the treasurer's office.
History:
(7323) RL s 2814; 1965 c 874 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.025 — City Or Town Licenses.

330.025 CITY OR TOWN LICENSES.
Notwithstanding sections 412.221, subdivision 19, and 368.01, subdivision 11, or other law or provision of home rule charter to the contrary, a statutory or home rule charter city or town may not require a person licensed as an auctioneer by a county and bonded under this chapter to obtain an additional license or give an additional bond in order to act as an auctioneer in the city or town. A statutory or home rule charter city or town may require an auctioneer who intends to conduct an auction in the city or town to submit proof of licensure and compliance with the bond requirements of this chapter at least 14 days before the date of the auction.
History:
1993 c 251 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.03 — Account Of Sales.

330.03 ACCOUNT OF SALES.
Every auctioneer shall keep an accurate account of all property sold, the names of the persons from whom the same was received and of those to whom it was sold, and the price.
History:
(7324) RL s 2815; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.04 — Forfeiture For Receiving Goods From Minors Or Servants.

330.04 FORFEITURE FOR RECEIVING GOODS FROM MINORS OR SERVANTS.
Any licensed auctioneer who shall receive property for sale from any minor or servant, knowing the person to be a minor or servant, shall forfeit to any person injured a sum not exceeding $200.
History:
(7325) RL s 2816; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.05 — Sales In Unauthorized Places; Penalty.

330.05 SALES IN UNAUTHORIZED PLACES; PENALTY.
Any person occupying or having control of any building, who knowingly permits the sale of property at public auction in such building, or in any apartment or yard appertaining thereto, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
(7326) RL s 2817
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.06 — Unlicensed Sales.

330.06 UNLICENSED SALES.
Any person who shall sell or attempt to sell, either directly or indirectly, or as the agent of a duly licensed auctioneer, any property at auction without being licensed as an auctioneer, as herein provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; but the provisions of this chapter shall not extend to sales made by sheriffs, coroners, collectors of taxes or sales of personal property under chattel mortgage or other lien.
History:
(7327) RL s 2818; 1943 c 297 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.08 — Advertisements.

330.08 ADVERTISEMENTS.
All advertisements of auction sales shall carry the name or names, address or addresses, and the license number or numbers of the auctioneer or auctioneers conducting said sales.
History:
1965 c 874 s 3; 1969 c 737 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 251 s 15; 2005 c 32 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.09 — Notification Of Change Of Address.

330.09 NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
Notice in writing shall be given to the auditor of the county where licensed by each licensee of any change of address, whereupon the auditor shall issue a duplicate license showing the licensee's new address for which a fee of $3 shall be paid into the county treasury. A change of address, without notification to the auditor, shall result in the automatic cancellation of any license theretofore issued after the expiration of 30 days from the date of such change of address.
History:
1965 c 874 s 4; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 251 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.10 — Written Contract With Owner Or Consignee Of Property Or Merchandise From Transient Merchants.

330.10 WRITTEN CONTRACT WITH OWNER OR CONSIGNEE OF PROPERTY OR MERCHANDISE FROM TRANSIENT MERCHANTS.
Subdivision 1.
Written contract.
Prior to sale at public auction every auctioneer shall enter into a written contract with the owner or consignee of any property to be sold, containing the terms and conditions upon which the sale will be conducted.
Subd. 2.
Property from transient merchant.
Prior to sale at public auction of any property received or acquired, directly or indirectly, from a transient merchant as defined in section 329.099, the auctioneer shall require proof that section 329.11 has been complied with by the transient merchant with respect to such property; and the auctioneer shall retain such proof for one year.
History:
1965 c 874 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.11 — Application By Nonresident.

330.11 APPLICATION BY NONRESIDENT.
Subdivision 1.
Reciprocity.
A resident of another state which issues auctioneers' licenses to citizens of the state of Minnesota on the same or similar basis as to citizens of such state may be licensed as an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota upon compliance with the laws of the state of Minnesota relating to auctioneers' licenses. Eligibility of a nonresident applicant shall be tested by reference to the law of the resident state, and in no case shall it be tested by reference to the law of some other state having reciprocity with the state of Minnesota in which the nonresident may qualify.
Subd. 2.
License and other state's laws.
A nonresident applicant must submit to the county auditor with the application a duly certified copy of the applicant's auctioneer's license, if one was issued by the resident state, and a copy of the state auction laws such as exist in the resident state, certified by the secretary of state or other authorized state official of such state, that the submitted copy is a true copy of the auction laws of such state, as they exist at the date of application, in order that the attorney general of the state of Minnesota may determine whether reciprocity exists.
If, subsequent to the issuance of a nonresident license, the laws of the state of such nonresident shall not be reciprocal with the state of Minnesota, it shall result in the automatic revocation of the nonresident auctioneer's license issued to any resident of such state under the provisions of this chapter.
Subd. 3.
Consent to suits and actions.
Every nonresident applicant shall file an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced against such applicant in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state by the service on the secretary of state of any summons, process, or pleadings authorized by the laws of the state of Minnesota. This consent shall stipulate that the service of such process or pleadings on the secretary of state shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding as if due service had been made upon the applicant in the state of Minnesota. In case any summons, process, or pleadings are served upon the secretary of state, it shall be according to section 5.25.
History:
1965 c 874 s 6; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 404 s 172; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 209; 1995 c 128 art 1 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 330 — Auctioneers › Section 330.13 — Exceptions.

330.13 EXCEPTIONS.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to auction sales of registered or purebred livestock or auction sales conducted under the auspices of the Future Farmers of America, 4-H clubs, county agricultural societies, national, state or district shows and breed associations, except that the auctioneer conducting such auction shall be required to have a license as provided in this chapter.
History:
1965 c 874 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.03 — Where Notice Published.

331A.03 WHERE NOTICE PUBLISHED.
Subdivision 1.
Generally.
Except as provided in subdivision 2, a public notice shall be published in a qualified newspaper, and except as otherwise provided by law, in one that is likely to give notice in the affected area or to whom it is directed. When a statute or other law requires publication in a newspaper located in a designated political subdivision or area and no qualified newspaper is located there, publication shall be made in a qualified newspaper likely to give notice unless the particular statute or law expressly provides otherwise. If no qualified newspaper exists, then publication is not required.
Subd. 2.
Exception; certain cities of the fourth class.
A public notice required to be published by a statutory or home rule charter city of the fourth class located in the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2, is not required to be published in a qualified newspaper if there is no qualified nondaily newspaper of general circulation in the city, provided the notice is printed in a newsletter or similar printed means of giving notice that is prepared by the city and either mailed or delivered to each household in the city.
Subd. 3.
Alternative dissemination of bids and requests.
(a) In addition to or as an alternative to the statutory requirements for newspaper publication, a political subdivision may disseminate solicitations of bids, requests for information, and requests for proposals by a means authorized in paragraph (b), if the political subdivision simultaneously publishes, either as part of the minutes of a regular meeting of the governing body or in a separate notice published in the official newspaper, a description of all solicitations or requests so disseminated, along with the means by which the dissemination occurred.
(b) A political subdivision may use its website or recognized industry trade journals as an alternative means of dissemination. A dissemination by alternative means must be in substantially the same format and for the same period of time as a publication required by this chapter.
(c) For the first six months after a political subdivision designates an alternative means of dissemination, it must continue to publish solicitation of bids, requests for information, and requests for proposals in the official newspaper in addition to the alternative method. The publication in the official newspaper must indicate where to find the designated alternative method. After the expiration of the six-month period, an alternative means of dissemination satisfies the publication requirements of law for solicitation of bids, requests for information, and requests for proposals.
History:
1984 c 543 s 22; 1991 c 53 s 1; 2004 c 182 s 12,13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.06 — Rates For Publication.

331A.06 RATES FOR PUBLICATION.
Subdivision 1.
Maximum rate.
The maximum rate charged for publication of a public notice shall not exceed the lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space in the newspapers in which the public notice appears, and shall include all cash discounts, multiple insertion discounts, and similar benefits extended to the newspaper's regular customers.
Subd. 2.
Rate increases.
Notwithstanding subdivision 1, no newspaper may increase its rates for publication of public notices by more than ten percent per year, as compared to the maximum rate actually charged by the newspaper in the previous year for publication of public notices, and in any case the new rate shall not exceed the rate described in subdivision 1. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to mean that such an increase is required.
Subd. 3.
Rate from competitive bidding.
When the governing board of a political subdivision awards a contract for the publication of public notices based on competitive bidding, the rate established by the competitive bidding shall be the rate charged for publication of the public notices.
Subd. 4.
Publication at legal rate.
When a statute refers to publication of a public notice at the legal rate the maximum rate shall be as provided in this section.
Subd. 5.
Multiyear publication contracts.
Notwithstanding other law, a political subdivision may enter into multiyear contracts with a qualified newspaper for publication of the political subdivision's public notices. No multiyear contract may be for a term longer than three years.
History:
1984 c 543 s 25; 1985 c 174 s 2; 1994 c 465 art 2 s 18; 2004 c 182 s 20,21
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.07 — Affidavit Of Publication.

331A.07 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION.
No compensation shall be recoverable for publishing a public notice in any newspaper unless the bill is accompanied by an affidavit of the publisher of the newspaper or the publisher's designated agent, having knowledge of the facts, stating that the newspaper has complied with all the requirements to constitute a qualified newspaper. The affidavit must set forth the dates of the month and year and the day of the week upon which the public notice was published in the newspaper. The affidavit must also include the publisher's lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space, as determined pursuant to section 331A.06.
History:
1984 c 543 s 26; 1993 c 48 s 7; 2004 c 182 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.08 — Computation Of Time.

331A.08 COMPUTATION OF TIME.
Subdivision 1.
Time for publication.
The time for publication of public notices shall be computed to exclude the first day of publication and include the day on which the act or event, of which notice is given, is to happen or which completes the full period required for publication.
Subd. 2.
Time for act or proceeding.
The time within which an act is to be done or proceeding had or taken, as prescribed by the rules of procedure, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last. If the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday the party shall have the next secular day in which to do the act or take the proceeding.
Subd. 3.
Publication of proceedings.
Notwithstanding other statutory publication requirements, if the governing body of a political subdivision conducts regular meetings not more than once every 30 days, the governing body need not publish the meeting minutes in the official newspaper until ten days after the proceedings have been approved by the governing body.
History:
1984 c 543 s 27; 2004 c 182 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.09 — Publication On Sunday Or Holiday.

331A.09 PUBLICATION ON SUNDAY OR HOLIDAY.
Any public notice may lawfully be printed in a newspaper published on a Sunday or holiday. Any notice that, by law or the order of any court, is required to be published for any given number of weeks may be published on any day in each week of the term, and if published as many weeks and as many times in each week as required by the law or order, it is a lawful publication.
History:
1984 c 543 s 28; 2004 c 182 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.10 — Change Of Name Or Discontinuance Of Newspaper.

331A.10 CHANGE OF NAME OR DISCONTINUANCE OF NEWSPAPER.
Subdivision 1.
Change of name.
When a public notice is required or ordered to be published in a particular newspaper and the name of the newspaper is changed before the publication is completed, the publication shall be made or continued in the newspaper under its new name with the same effect as if the name had not been changed. The proof of the publication, in addition to other requirements, shall state the change of name and specify the period of publication in the newspaper under each name.
Subd. 2.
Discontinuance.
When a newspaper ceases to be published before the publication of a public notice is commenced, or when commenced ceases before the publication is completed, the order for publication, when one is required in the first instance, may be amended by order of the court or judge, to designate another newspaper, as may be necessary. If no order is required in the first instance, publication may be made or completed in any other qualified newspaper. Any time during which the notice is published in the first newspaper shall be calculated as a part of the time required for the publication, proof of which may be made by affidavit of any person acquainted with the facts.
History:
1984 c 543 s 29; 2004 c 182 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.11 — Application.

331A.11 APPLICATION.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
Sections 331A.01 to 331A.11 apply to all political subdivisions of the state.
Subd. 2.
Notices excluded.
Sections 331A.01 to 331A.11 do not apply to notices required by private agreements or local laws to be published in newspapers, unless they refer expressly or by implication to this chapter or to particular provisions of this chapter.
History:
1984 c 543 s 30; 2004 c 182 s 26,27
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 331A — Qualified Newspapers › Section 331A.12 — Website Advertisement For Transportation Project Bids.

331A.12 WEBSITE ADVERTISEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT BIDS.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) The terms defined in this subdivision and section 331A.01 apply to this section.
(b) "Website" means a specific, addressable location provided on a server connected to the Internet and hosting World Wide Web pages and other files that are generally accessible on the Internet all or most of the day.
Subd. 2.
Designation.
At the meeting of the governing body of a political subdivision at which the governing body designates its official newspaper for the year, the governing body may designate in the same manner publication of transportation projects on the political subdivision's website. Publication on the website may be used in place of or in addition to any other required form of publication. Each year after designating publication on the website for transportation projects, the political subdivision must publish, in a qualified newspaper in the jurisdiction and on the website, notice that the political subdivision will publish any advertisements for bids on its website.
Subd. 3.
Form, time for publication same.
A political subdivision that publishes on its website under this section must post the information in substantially the same format and for the same period of time as required for publication in an official newspaper or other print publication.
Subd. 4.
Record retention.
A political subdivision that publishes notice on its website under this section must ensure that a permanent record of publication is maintained in a form accessible by the public.
History:
1Sp2003 c 19 art 2 s 56; 2014 c 287 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.30 — Accelerated Mortgage Payment Provider; Bond Requirements.

332.30 ACCELERATED MORTGAGE PAYMENT PROVIDER; BOND REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Before beginning business in this state, an accelerated mortgage payment provider, as defined in section 332A.02, subdivision 8, clause (9), shall submit to the commissioner of commerce an authorization fee of $250 and either:
(1) a surety bond in which the accelerated mortgage payment provider is the obligor, in an amount determined by the commissioner; or
(2) if the commissioner agrees to accept it, a deposit:
(i) in cash in an amount equivalent to the bond amount; or
(ii) of authorized securities, as defined in section 50.14, with an aggregate market value equal to the bond amount. The cash or securities must be deposited with the commissioner of management and budget.
(b) The amount of the bond required by the commissioner shall vary with the amount of Minnesota client funds held or to be held by the obligor. For new businesses, the bond must be no less than $100,000, except as provided in section 332.301. The commissioner may increase the required bond amount upon 30 days' notice to the accelerated mortgage payment provider.
(c) If a bond is submitted, it must name as surety an insurance company authorized to transact fidelity and surety business in this state. The bond must run to the state of Minnesota for the use of the state and of any person who may have a claim against the obligor arising out of the obligor's activities as an accelerated mortgage payment provider. The bond must be conditioned that the obligor will not commit any fraudulent act and will faithfully conform to and abide by the provisions of accelerated mortgage payment agreements with Minnesota residents.
(d) If an accelerated mortgage payment provider has failed to account to a mortgagor or distribute funds to the mortgagee as required by an accelerated mortgage payment agreement, the mortgagor or the mortgagor's legal representative or receiver or the commissioner shall have, in addition to any other legal remedies, a right of action in the name of the debtor on the bond or the security given pursuant to this section.
(e) Section 58A.04, subdivisions 2 and 3, apply to this section.
History:
1994 c 638 s 2; 1999 c 151 s 46; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 72; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2020 c 80 art 1 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.301 — Bond; Background Check.

332.301 BOND; BACKGROUND CHECK.
The commissioner may accept an initial surety bond or deposit in an amount less than $100,000 based upon the business plan of the accelerated mortgage payment provider, provided the commissioner obtains a third-party background check at the expense of the accelerated mortgage payment provider and from a source to be determined by the commissioner. The commissioner may require a third-party background check in connection with any accelerated mortgage payment provider at the expense of the accelerated mortgage payment provider, but no more often than annually.
History:
1994 c 638 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.302 — Contracts; Notice To Mortgagor.

332.302 CONTRACTS; NOTICE TO MORTGAGOR.
A contract entered into between an accelerated mortgage payment provider and a mortgagor shall be in writing and include all applicable terms and conditions including, but not limited to, all fees, costs, and charges. A conforming copy must be provided to the mortgagor before any fees in connection with the accelerated mortgage payment services are received by the accelerated mortgage payment provider. A contract shall provide that the arrangement between the accelerated mortgage payment provider and lender or lenders requires:
(1) that if the original terms of the mortgage, mortgage note, or escrow agreement are in default because of nonpayment by the accelerated mortgage payment provider, the lender or lenders mail or otherwise deliver to the mortgagor a written notice within 30 days of the default; and
(2) that a written summary of payments received by the accelerated mortgage payment provider by date and amount, payments made to the lender or lenders on behalf of the mortgagor by date and amount, and unremitted balance held by the accelerated mortgage payment provider be provided to the mortgagor at least annually or more frequently on a date or dates mutually agreed upon between the accelerated mortgage payment provider and mortgagor.
History:
1994 c 638 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.303 — Segregated Accounts.

332.303 SEGREGATED ACCOUNTS.
A payment received by an accelerated mortgage payment provider from or on behalf of a client shall be held by the accelerated mortgage payment provider in a separate trust account clearly designated for client funds. The account shall be in a bank or other depository institution authorized or chartered under the laws of any state or of the United States. The accelerated mortgage payment provider shall not commingle funds held for payment to lenders with its own property or funds.
History:
1994 c 638 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.31 — Definitions.

332.31 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Terms.
The terms in this section for the purposes of sections 332.31 to 332.44 shall have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Person.
"Person" means and includes individuals, partnerships, associations or corporations.
Subd. 3.
Collection agency.
"Collection agency" or "licensee" means (1) a person engaged in the business of collection for others any account, bill, or other indebtedness, except as hereinafter provided; or (2) a debt buyer. It includes persons who furnish collection systems carrying a name which simulates the name of a collection agency and who supply forms or form letters to be used by the creditor, even though such forms direct the debtor to make payments directly to the creditor rather than to such fictitious agency.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1979 c 144 s 7]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1979 c 144 s 7]
Subd. 6.
Collector.
"Collector" is a person acting under the authority of a collection agency under subdivision 3 or a debt buyer under subdivision 8, and on its behalf in the business of collection for an account, bill, or other indebtedness except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
Subd. 7.
[Repealed, 2010 c 384 s 104]
Subd. 8.
Debt buyer.
"Debt buyer" means a business engaged in the purchase of any charged-off account, bill, or other indebtedness for collection purposes, whether the business collects the account, bill, or other indebtedness, hires a third party for collection, or hires an attorney for litigation related to the collection.
Subd. 9.
Affiliated company.
"Affiliated company" means a company that: (1) directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another company or companies; (2) has the same executive management team or owner that exerts control over the business operations of the company; (3) maintains a uniform network of corporate and compliance policies and procedures; and (4) does not engage in active collection of debts.
History:
1969 c 766 s 1; 1973 c 720 s 54 subd 2; 1987 c 37 s 1; 2000 c 389 s 1; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 18; 1Sp2021 c 4 art 5 s 1-4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.311 — Transfer Of Administrative Functions.

332.311 TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS.
The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the consumer services section under sections 332.31 to 332.44 relating to collection agencies and debt buyers are hereby transferred to and imposed upon the commissioner of commerce.
History:
1973 c 720 s 54 subd 1; 1979 c 144 s 4; 1980 c 516 s 2; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 19; 1Sp2021 c 4 art 5 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.32 — Exclusions.

332.32 EXCLUSIONS.
(a) The term "collection agency" does not include banks when collecting accounts owed to the banks and when the bank will sustain any loss arising from uncollectible accounts, abstract companies doing an escrow business, real estate brokers, public officers, persons acting under order of a court, lawyers, trust companies, insurance companies, credit unions, savings associations, loan or finance companies unless they are engaged in asserting, enforcing or prosecuting unsecured claims which have been purchased from any person, firm, or association when there is recourse to the seller for all or part of the claim if the claim is not collected.
(b) The term "collection agency" shall not include a trade association performing services authorized by section 604.15, subdivision 4a, but the trade association in performing the services may not engage in any conduct that would be prohibited for a collection agency under section 332.37.
History:
1969 c 766 s 2; 1995 c 202 art 1 s 25; 2012 c 173 s 2; 1Sp2021 c 4 art 5 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.3351 — Exemption From Licensure.

332.3351 EXEMPTION FROM LICENSURE.
A collection agency shall be exempt from the licensing and registration requirements of this chapter if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) the agency is located in another state that regulates and licenses collection agencies, but does not require a Minnesota collection agency to obtain a license to collect debts in the agency's state if the agency's collection activities are limited in the same manner;
(2) the agency's collection activities are limited to collecting debts not incurred in this state from consumers located in this state; and
(3) the agency's collection activities in Minnesota are conducted by means of interstate communications, including telephone, mail, electronic mail, or facsimile transmission.
History:
2010 c 384 s 93
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.34 — Bond.

332.34 BOND.
The commissioner of commerce shall require each licensee to file and maintain in force a corporate surety bond, in a form to be prescribed by, and acceptable to, the commissioner, and in a sum of at least $50,000 plus an additional $5,000 for each $100,000 received by the collection agency from debtors located in Minnesota during the previous calendar year, less commissions earned by the collection agency on those collections for the previous calendar year. The total amount of the bond shall not exceed $100,000. A licensee may deposit cash in and with a depository acceptable to the commissioner in an amount and in the manner prescribed and approved by the commissioner in lieu of a bond.
History:
1969 c 766 s 4; 1973 c 720 s 54 subd 2; 1979 c 144 s 6; 1980 c 516 s 2; 1981 c 229 s 1; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 37 s 3; 1996 c 439 art 1 s 16; 1997 c 222 s 52; 2010 c 384 s 94; 1Sp2021 c 4 art 5 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.345 — Segregated Accounts.

332.345 SEGREGATED ACCOUNTS.
A payment collected by a collector or collection agency on behalf of a customer shall be held by the collector or collection agency in a separate trust account clearly designated for customer funds. The account must be in a bank or other depository institution authorized or chartered under the laws of any state or of the United States. This section does not apply to a debt buyer, except to the extent the debt buyer engages in third-party debt collection for others.
History:
2008 c 344 s 55; 1Sp2021 c 4 art 5 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 332 — Collection, Credit Services › Section 332.35 — Prior Conviction Or Judgment As Disqualification.

332.35 PRIOR CONVICTION OR JUDGMENT AS DISQUALIFICATION.
No registration shall be accepted for, and no license shall be issued to, any person, firm, corporation or association who or which, or any of the officers of which have, within the past five years:
(1) been convicted in any court of fraud or any felony;
(2) been convicted of any misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor involving identity theft or any financial crime;
(3) been unable to certify that they have no civil judgments against them for failure to account to a client or customer for money or property collected by them for the client or customer. A civil judgment does not disqualify an applicant for registration under this section, or under section 45.027, subdivision 7, clause (4), unless the civil judgment is for failure to account to a client or customer for money or property; or
(4) had a license to practice law revoked or involuntarily suspended.
History:
1969 c 766 s 5; 2004 c 208 s 3; 2012 c 225 s 3