Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties

Section 4.046 — Opioids, Substance Use, And Addiction Subcabinet. - Subdivision 1. Subcabinet established; purposes. The Opioids, Substance Use, and...

Section 4.055 — Governor's Residence Employees And Governor Appointee Background Checks. - The governor's office may request a check of: (1) systems...

Section 4.06 — Vacancy; Succession; Disability. - (a) When a vacancy occurs, from any cause whatever, in...

Section 4.07 — Governor As State Agency For Federal Funds. - Subdivision 1. When no state agency is designated. Whenever the...

Section 4.071 — Oil Overcharge Money. - Subdivision 1. Appropriation required. "Oil overcharge money" means money received...

Section 4.075 — Administration Of Highway Safety Program; Federal Funds. - Subdivision 1. Duties. The governor of this state shall be...

Section 4.077 — St. Paul Landmark Authority. - Subdivision 1. Plan to renovate courts building. (a) The Old...

Section 4.46 — Washington Office. - The governor may appoint employees for the Washington, D.C., office...

Section 4.47 — Report On Compulsive Gambling. - The governor shall report to the legislature by February 1...

Section 4.51 — Expenses Of Governor-elect. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) "Governor-elect" means the person who is...

Section 4.60 — Poet Laureate. - (a) The position of poet laureate of the state of...

Chapter 4A — Strategic And Long-range Planning

Section 4A.01 — Strategic And Long-range Planning. - Subdivision 1. Duties. The commissioner of administration is the state...

Section 4A.02 — State Demographer. - (a) The commissioner shall appoint a state demographer. The demographer...

Section 4A.03 — Population Estimates And Projections; State Agencies. - Each state agency shall submit to the director for comment...

Section 4A.04 — Cooperative Contracts. - (a) The director may apply for, receive, and expend money...

Section 4A.06 — Firearms Report Required. - The Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center of the Office of...

Section 4A.07 — Sustainable Development For Local Government. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) "Local unit of government" means a...

Section 4A.11 — Milestones Report. - The commissioner must review the statewide system of economic, social,...

Chapter 5 — Secretary Of State

Section 5.001 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. As used in this chapter, the terms...

Section 5.002 — Email Addresses. - (a) The secretary of state is authorized to provide a...

Section 5.01 — Custodian Of Records And State Seal. - The secretary of state shall be the custodian of the...

Section 5.02 — Assistants. - The secretary of state shall appoint an assistant secretary of...

Section 5.05 — Duties Of Secretary. - The secretary of state shall attend at the beginning of...

Section 5.06 — Amendment To United States Constitution; Ratification, Notice. - When the legislature shall ratify any amendment to the Constitution...

Section 5.07 — Oaths, Acknowledgments. - The secretary of state shall have power to administer oaths...

Section 5.071 — Secretary Of State's Duties. - The secretary of state shall secure, file, and retain custodial...

Section 5.08 — Legislative Manual. - Subdivision 1. Preparation. The secretary of state shall prepare, compile,...

Section 5.09 — Legislative Manual, Students' Edition. - The secretary of state may prepare, compile, edit, and distribute...

Section 5.12 — Certificates And Certifications. - Subdivision 1. Fees. The secretary of state shall charge a...

Section 5.14 — Transaction Surcharge. - The secretary of state may impose a surcharge of $20...

Section 5.15 — Online Signatures, Acknowledgment Or Notarization On Documents; Penalties Of Perjury. - (a) No document submitted to the Office of the Secretary...

Section 5.16 — Correction Of Documents. - Subdivision 1. Procedure to correct inaccurate or defective instruments. Whenever...

Section 5.17 — Substantial Compliance. - The secretary of state may accept a filing if the...

Section 5.19 — Return Of Documents. - Whenever the secretary of state is required to return a...

Section 5.23 — Removal Of Documents From Public Record. - Subdivision 1. Failure to pay filing fee. If a person...

Section 5.24 — Supplemental Filing And Information Services. - (a) The secretary of state may offer services to the...

Section 5.25 — Service Of Process. - Subdivision 1. Who may be served. A process, notice, or...

Section 5.26 — Good Standing. - Subdivision 1. Definition. "Good standing" means that a business entity...

Section 5.29 — Global Filings. - (a) When a registered agent for multiple business entities files...

Section 5.30 — Help America Vote Act Account. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The Help America Vote Act account is...

Section 5.31 — Statewide Voter Registration System. - The secretary of state may sell intellectual property rights associated...

Section 5.33 — Returning Combat Veterans. - If any Minnesota business or nonprofit corporation, limited liability company,...

Section 5.34 — Annual Renewal Filings. - (a) Any business registered with the secretary of state required...

Section 5.35 — Automatic Name Reservation. - Upon the dissolution or termination of the filing of any...

Section 5.36 — Registered Agent For Service Of Process. - Subdivision 1. Registered office. A business entity shall continuously maintain...

Section 5.37 — Names Including Words: Bank, Trust, Insurance. - Any business entity document filed through the online filing system...

Section 5.38 — Authority To Accept Funds. - The secretary of state may enter into agreements with a...

Section 5.39 — Prefiling Document Review. - Subdivision 1. Authorization and initiation. (a) The secretary of state...

Section 5.41 — Study Abroad Programs. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...

Section 5.50 — Executive Order List Serve. - The secretary of state shall maintain a list of email...

Chapter 5A — International Student Exchange Organizations

Section 5A.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to...

Section 5A.02 — Organization Registration. - (a) All international student exchange visitor placement organizations that place...

Section 5A.03 — Organization Application For Registration. - Subdivision 1. Placing high school students in Minnesota. (a) An...

Section 5A.04 — Rules. - (a) The secretary of state shall adopt by rule standards...

Section 5A.05 — Informational Document. - International student exchange organizations that have agreed to provide services...

Section 5A.06 — Complaints. - The secretary of state may, upon receipt of a complaint...

Section 5A.07 — Violations; Misdemeanor. - A person who fails to register as required by this...

Chapter 5B — Data Protection For Victims Of Violence

Section 5B.01 — Findings; Purpose. - The legislature finds that individuals attempting to escape from actual...

Section 5B.02 — Definitions. - (a) For purposes of this chapter and unless the context...

Section 5B.03 — Address Confidentiality Program. - Subdivision 1. Application. The secretary of state shall certify an...

Section 5B.04 — Certification Cancellation. - (a) If the program participant obtains a legal change of...

Section 5B.05 — Use Of Designated Address. - (a) When a program participant presents the address designated by...

Section 5B.06 — Voting By Program Participant; Absentee Ballot. - A program participant who is otherwise eligible to vote may...

Section 5B.07 — Data Classification. - Subdivision 1. Classification of data. (a) Except for a program...

Section 5B.08 — Adoption Of Rules. - Enactment of this section satisfies the requirements of section 14.388,...

Section 5B.09 — Report To Legislature. - The secretary of state shall annually report to the chairs...

Section 5B.10 — Display And Release Of Name Prohibited. - Subdivision 1. Display by landlord. If a program participant has...

Section 5B.11 — Legal Proceedings; Protective Order. - If a program participant's address is protected under section 5B.05,...

Section 5B.12 — Authority To Accept Funds. - Notwithstanding sections 16A.013 to 16A.016, the secretary of state may...

Section 5B.13 — Criminal Penalty. - When the performance of any act is prohibited under this...

Chapter 6 — State Auditor

Section 6.01 — Duties, Seal. - The state auditor shall superintend and manage the fiscal concerns...

Section 6.02 — Deputies, Employees. - The state auditor shall appoint a deputy, who may perform...

Section 6.46 — Transfer Of Powers Of Public Examiner To State Auditor. - Except as otherwise provided for in Laws 1973, chapter 492,...

Section 6.465 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Application. For the purposes of this chapter, the...

Section 6.47 — Accounting And Budgeting Systems; Investigation, Forms. - The state auditor shall inquire into the accounting and budgeting...

Section 6.475 — City And Town Accounting System Software. - (a) The state auditor may charge a onetime user fee...

Section 6.48 — - 6.48 [Repealed, 2015 c 77 art 2 s 88; 1Sp2015...

Section 6.481 — County Audits. - Subdivision 1. Powers and duties. All the powers and duties...

Section 6.49 — Cities Of First Class. - All powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the state...

Section 6.495 — Examination Of Fire Relief Associations. - Subdivision 1. Audit and examinations. All powers and duties conferred...

Section 6.496 — Volunteer Firefighter Relief Associations; State Board Of Investment Options. - (a) Annually, on or before March 1, the state auditor...

Section 6.50 — Cities Of Second, Third, Or Fourth Class. - The state auditor shall have like power and duty to...

Section 6.51 — Other Political Subdivisions. - All powers and duties of the state auditor herein imposed...

Section 6.515 — Audit Of Federal Money. - The state auditor, in respect to any political subdivision subject...

Section 6.52 — Testimonial Powers. - In all matters relating to official duties, the state auditor...

Section 6.53 — Refusal To Assist; Penalty. - Every person who shall refuse or neglect to obey any...

Section 6.54 — Examination Of Political Subdivision Records; Petition. - Subdivision 1. Petition of voters for audit. The registered voters...

Section 6.55 — Examination Of Records; Resolution Of Governing Body. - The governing body of any political subdivision by appropriate resolution...

Section 6.551 — Examination Of Grantees And Contractors Of Political Subdivisions. - The state auditor may examine the books, records, documents, and...

Section 6.552 — Audit Of County Or Municipal Hospitals And County Nursing Homes. - Subdivision 1. Hospitals. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to...

Section 6.56 — Cost Of Examination, Payment. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2008 c 200 s 22] Subd. 2....

Section 6.57 — Cost Of Examination, Collection. - On July 1 of each year, the state auditor shall...

Section 6.581 — State Auditor Enterprise Fund. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp2017 c 4 art 2 s 66]...

Section 6.582 — Personnel Plan. - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state auditor shall...

Section 6.59 — Claim Of State For Cost Of Examination, Contest. - On or before September 1 of each year, following service...

Section 6.60 — State Auditor, Certification Of Amounts Due. - On October 1 of each year, the state auditor shall...

Section 6.61 — Subject To Prior Enactment Of Laws. - Subject to the provisions of Laws 1939, chapter 431, the...

Section 6.62 — Postaudit; Tax Levy. - Subdivision 1. Levy of tax. Counties, cities and towns are...

Section 6.63 — Application. - The units of government set forth in sections 6.465, 6.57,...

Section 6.64 — Cooperation With Public Accountants. - There shall be mutual cooperation between the state auditor and...

Section 6.65 — Minimum Procedures For Auditors, Prescribed. - The state auditor shall prescribe minimum procedures and the audit...

Section 6.66 — Certain Practices Of Public Accountants Authorized. - Any certified public accountant may engage in the practice of...

Section 6.67 — Public Accountants; Report Of Possible Misconduct. - Whenever a public accountant in the course of auditing the...

Section 6.68 — State Auditor May Assist Public Accountant In Audit. - Subdivision 1. Request to governing body. If in an audit...

Section 6.69 — Information Furnished Public Accountant By State Auditor. - Subdivision 1. Governmental accounting information. The state auditor, whenever time...

Section 6.70 — Access To Reports. - The state auditor and the public accountants shall have reasonable...

Section 6.71 — Scope Of Auditor's Investigation. - Whenever the governing body of a political subdivision shall have...

Section 6.715 — Classification Of State Auditor's Data. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, "audit"...

Section 6.72 — State Auditor; Report To Legislature On Volunteer Firefighters' Relief Associations. - Subdivision 1. Reporting requirements. (a) Annually, the state auditor shall...

Section 6.74 — Information Collected From Local Governments. - The state auditor, or a designated agent, shall collect annually...

Section 6.745 — Summary Budget Data To State Auditor. - Subdivision 1. Cities. Annually, upon adoption of the city budget,...

Section 6.75 — Annual Report. - The state auditor shall make and file, annually, in the...

Section 6.755 — Reports To The Legislature. - Section 3.195 applies to the state auditor. For purposes of...

Section 6.756 — Special Districts; Information Required To Be Filed With State Auditor; Audits. - Subdivision 1. Governance documents must be filed. Each special district...

Section 6.76 — Political Subdivision Expenditures For Lobbyists. - (a) On or before January 31 of each year, all...

Section 6.78 — Best Practices Reviews. - The state auditor shall conduct best practices reviews that examine...

Section 6.79 — State Mandates. - A county, town, school district, or statutory or home rule...

Section 6.80 — Rule And Law Waiver Requests. - Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) A local government unit may request...

Section 6.91 — Local Performance Measurement And Reporting. - Subdivision 1. Reports of local performance measures. (a) A county...

Section 6.92 — Litigation Expenses; Legislative Report. - The state auditor must report to the chairs and ranking...

Chapter 8 — Attorney General

Section 8.01 — Appearance. - The attorney general shall appear for the state in all...

Section 8.02 — Deputies, Assistants. - Subdivision 1. Appointment of deputies and assistants. The attorney general...

Section 8.025 — Part-time Special Attorneys, Payment On Hourly Basis. - No part-time special attorney assigned to any professional or occupational...

Section 8.03 — Prosecutions. - The attorney general shall cause to be prosecuted all assessors...

Section 8.04 — Public Lands. - The attorney general shall begin and prosecute actions against all...

Section 8.05 — Forms Prepared; Opinions. - The attorney general shall prepare forms for bonds and other...

Section 8.06 — Attorney For State Officers, Boards, Or Commissions; Employ Counsel. - The attorney general shall act as the attorney for all...

Section 8.065 — Private Attorney Contracts. - The attorney general may not enter into a contract for...

Section 8.07 — Opinions: Questions Of Public Importance; Public Schools. - The attorney general on application shall give an opinion, in...

Section 8.08 — Report. - The attorney general shall report to the governor biennially on...

Section 8.09 — Claims Of State Against United States; Retain Counsel. - The attorney general is hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to...

Section 8.10 — Compensation Of Attorneys. - The compensation of these attorneys for this service shall be...

Section 8.11 — Bringing Action To Recover On Bonds. - The attorney general is hereby authorized, with the approval of...

Section 8.12 — Solicitor General; Duties. - There shall be in the Office of the Attorney General...

Section 8.13 — Contest Of Barriers On Dairy Products. - The attorney general is authorized to take such action as...

Section 8.14 — Actions Challenging State Expenditures; Intervention. - In any action in which the state of Minnesota or...

Section 8.15 — Attorney General Costs. - Subdivision 1. Fee schedules. The attorney general in consultation with...

Section 8.16 — Attorney General; Administrative Subpoenas. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The attorney general, or any deputy, assistant,...

Section 8.20 — Delegation Of Contract Review. - The attorney general may delegate the power to approve contracts...

Section 8.30 — Compromise Of Tax And Fee Claims. - Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, the...

Section 8.31 — Additional Duties Of Attorney General. - Subdivision 1. Investigate offenses against provisions of certain designated sections;...

Section 8.32 — Consumer Affairs. - Subdivision 1. Generally. The attorney general has the responsibilities and...

Section 8.33 — Representation Of Consumer And Small Business Interest In Public Utility Matters. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the...

Section 8.34 — Bias-motivated Crime Prosecution Training. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, "prosecuting...

Section 8.35 — Public Education Campaign. - The attorney general, in consultation with the commissioner of human...

Chapter 9 — Executive Council

Section 9.011 — Members; Duties, Powers. - Subdivision 1. Members. The Executive Council consists of the governor,...

Section 9.021 — Meetings. - The Executive Council shall meet upon the call of the...

Section 9.031 — Depositories For State Funds. - Subdivision 1. Requirements for depositories. The Executive Council shall designate...

Section 9.041 — Settlement Of Claims And Controversies With United States. - Subdivision 1. Proposing terms; accepting patents; reconveying. The Executive Council...

Section 9.061 — Additional Powers; Emergencies. - Subdivision 1. Prevention and relief; commandeering property. The Executive Council...

Section 9.071 — Settlement Of Claims; Other Specified Powers. - The council has the powers with respect to: (1) timberlands...

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Minnesota Statutes Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties

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Chapters 4 - 9 — Constitutional Offices And Duties