Minnesota constitution

Section 1 - Government is instituted for the security, benefit and protection of...

Section 2 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised or deprived...

Section 3 - The liberty of the press shall forever remain inviolate, and...

Section 4 - The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, and...

Section 5 - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,...

Section 6 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right...

Section 7 - No person shall be held to answer for a criminal...

Section 8 - Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the...

Section 9 - Treason against the state consists only in levying war against...

Section 10 - The right of the people to be secure in their...

Section 11 - No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or any...

Section 12 - No person shall be imprisoned for debt in this state,...

Section 13 - Private property shall not be taken, destroyed or damaged for...

Section 14 - The military shall be subordinate to the civil power and...

Section 15 - All lands within the state are allodial and feudal tenures...

Section 16 - The enumeration of rights in this constitution shall not deny...

Section 17 - No religious test or amount of property shall be required...

Section 1 - This state shall be called the state of Minnesota and...

Section 2 - The state of Minnesota has concurrent jurisdiction on the Mississippi...

Section 1 - The powers of government shall be divided into three distinct...

Section 1 - The legislature consists of the senate and house of representatives.

Section 2 - The number of members who compose the senate and house...

Section 3 - At its first session after each enumeration of the inhabitants...

Section 4 - Representatives shall be chosen for a term of two years,...

Section 5 - No senator or representative shall hold any other office under...

Section 6 - Senators and representatives shall be qualified voters of the state,...

Section 7 - Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, sit...

Section 8 - Each member and officer of the legislature before entering upon...

Section 9 - The salary of senators and representatives shall be prescribed by...

Section 10 - The members of each house in all cases except treason,...

Section 11 - Two or more members of either house may dissent and...

Section 12 - Neither house during a session of the legislature shall adjourn...

Section 13 - A majority of each house constitutes a quorum to transact...

Section 14 - Each house shall be open to the public during its...

Section 15 - Each house shall elect its presiding officer and other officers...

Section 16 - In all elections by the legislature members shall vote viva...

Section 17 - No law shall embrace more than one subject, which shall...

Section 18 - All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house...

Section 19 - Every bill shall be reported on three different days in...

Section 20 - Every bill passed by both houses shall be enrolled and...

Section 21 - No bill shall be passed by either house upon the...

Section 22 - The style of all laws of this state shall be:...

Section 23 - If a bill presented to the governor contains several items...

Section 24 - Each order, resolution or vote requiring the concurrence of the...

Section 25 - During a session each house may punish by imprisonment for...

Section 26 - Passage of a general banking law requires the vote of...

Section 1 - The executive department consists of a governor, lieutenant governor, secretary...

Section 2 - The term of office for the governor and lieutenant governor...

Section 3 - The governor shall communicate by message to each session of...

Section 4 - The term of office of the secretary of state, attorney...

Section 5 - In case a vacancy occurs from any cause whatever in...

Section 6 - Each officer created by this article before entering upon his...

Section 7 - The governor, the attorney general and the chief justice of...

Section 1 - The judicial power of the state is vested in a...

Section 2 - The supreme court shall appoint to serve at its pleasure...

Section 3 - The district court has original jurisdiction in all civil and...

Section 4 - The number and boundaries of judicial districts shall be established...

Section 5 - Judges of the supreme court, the court of appeals and...

Section 6 - A judge of the supreme court, the court of appeals...

Sec. 7 - The term of office of all judges shall be six...

Section 8 - Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of judge...

Section 9 - The legislature may provide by law for retirement of all...

Section 10 - As provided by law a retired judge may be assigned...

Section 11 - Original jurisdiction in law and equity for the administration of...

Section 12 - If the probate court is abolished by law, judges of...

Section 13 - There shall be in each county one clerk of the...

Section 1 - Every person 18 years of age or more who has...

Section 2 - For the purpose of voting no person loses residence solely...

Section 3 - The legislature shall provide for a uniform oath or affirmation...

Section 4 - During the day on which an election is held no...

Section 5 - All elections shall be by ballot except for such town...

Section 6 - Every person who by the provisions of this article is...

Section 7 - The official year for the state of Minnesota commences on...

Section 8 - The returns of every election for officeholders elected statewide shall...

Section 9 - The amount that may be spent by candidates for constitutional...

Section 1 - The house of representatives has the sole power of impeachment...

Section 2 - The governor, secretary of state, auditor, attorney general and the...

Section 3 - No officer shall exercise the duties of his office after...

Section 4 - No person shall be tried on impeachment before he has...

Section 5 - The legislature of this state may provide for the removal...

Section 6 - A member of the senate or the house of representatives,...

Section 1 - A majority of the members elected to each house of...

Section 2 - Two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the...

Section 3 - A convention called to revise this constitution shall submit any...

Section 1 - The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended or...

Section 2 - To encourage and promote forestation and reforestation of lands whether...

Section 3 - Every person engaged in the business of mining or producing...

Section 4 - The state may levy an excise tax upon any means...

Section 5 - The legislature may tax aircraft using the air space overlying...

Section 6 - Laws of Minnesota 1963, Chapter 81, relating to the taxation...

Section 8 - The legislature may authorize on-track parimutuel betting on horse racing...

Section 1 - No money shall be paid out of the treasury of...

Section 2 - The credit of the state shall not be given or...

Section 3 - The state shall not be a party in carrying on...

Section 4 - The state may contract public debts for which its full...

Section 5 - As authorized by law political subdivisions may engage in the...

Section 6 - No certificates shall be issued in an amount which with...

Section 7 - Public debt other than certificates of indebtedness authorized in section...

Section 8 - A board of investment consisting of the governor, the state...

Section 9 - The permanent university fund of this state may be loaned...

Section 10 - As the legislature may provide, any of the public lands...

Section 11 - School and other public lands of the state better adapted...

Section 12 - The legislature shall not authorize any county, township or municipal...

Section 13 - All officers and other persons charged with the safekeeping of...

Section 14 - A permanent environment and natural resources trust fund is established...

Section 15 - Beginning July 1, 2009, until June 30, 2034, the sales...

Section 1 - In all cases when a general law can be made...

Section 2 - Every law which upon its effective date applies to a...

Section 3 - The legislature may provide by law for the creation, organization,...

Section 4 - Any local government unit when authorized by law may adopt...

Section 5 - The legislature shall provide by law for charter commissions. Notwithstanding...

Section 1 - The stability of a republican form of government depending mainly...

Section 2 - In no case shall any public money or property be...

Section 3 - All the rights, immunities, franchises and endowments heretofore granted or...

Section 4 - Land may be taken for public way and for the...

Section 5 - The legislature shall not authorize any lottery or the sale...

Section 6 - Any combination of persons either as individuals or as members...

Section 7 - Any person may sell or peddle the products of the...

Section 8 - The state may pay an adjusted compensation to persons who...

Section 9 - The legislature shall pass laws necessary for the organization, discipline...

Section 10 - The seat of government of the state is in the...

Section 11 - A seal of the state shall be kept by the...

Section 12 - Hunting and fishing and the taking of game and fish...

Section 1 - The state may construct, improve and maintain public highways, may...

Section 2 - Any route added by the legislature to the trunk highway...

Section 3 - A county state-aid highway system shall be constructed, improved and...

Section 4 - A municipal state-aid street system shall be constructed, improved and...

Section 5 - There is hereby created a highway user tax distribution fund...

Section 6 - There is hereby created a trunk highway fund which shall...

Section 7 - There is hereby created a county state-aid highway fund. The...

Section 8 - There is hereby created a municipal state-aid street fund to...

Section 9 - The legislature by law may tax motor vehicles using the...

Section 10 - The legislature may levy an excise tax on any means...

Section 11 - The legislature may provide by law for the sale of...

Section 12 - Beginning with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2007, 63.75...

Section 13 - The revenue apportioned in section 12 must be allocated for...