Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary

Section 480.013 — Terminology Of References To Chief Judge And Associate Judges. - In construing and interpreting constitutional provisions, statutes, legal instruments, records,...

Section 480.02 — Special Terms. - Special terms may be held whenever the court shall so...

Section 480.03 — Pending Cases Continued. - Whenever a term is adjourned, or there is a failure...

Section 480.04 — Writs; Process. - The court shall have power to issue to all courts...

Section 480.05 — Power; Rules. - The supreme court shall have all the authority necessary for...

Section 480.051 — Regulate Pleading, Practice And Procedure. - The supreme court of this state shall have the power...

Section 480.0515 — Papers To Be Submitted On Recycled Paper. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...

Section 480.052 — Advisory Committee. - Before any rules are adopted the supreme court shall appoint...

Section 480.054 — Distribution Of Proposed Rules; Hearing. - Before any rule for the court of appeals or for...

Section 480.055 — Rules Not In Conflict. - Subdivision 1. Other courts. Any court, other than the supreme...

Section 480.056 — Present Laws Effective Until Modified. - All present laws relating to pleading, practice, and procedure, excepting...

Section 480.057 — Promulgation. - Subdivision 1. Effective date of rules; publication. All rules promulgated...

Section 480.058 — Right Reserved. - Subdivision 1. By legislature. Sections 480.051 to 480.058 shall not...

Section 480.059 — Criminal Actions, Pleadings, Practice And Procedure. - Subdivision 1. Rules. The supreme court shall have the power...

Section 480.0591 — Rules Of Evidence. - Subdivision 1. Authority to promulgate. The supreme court may promulgate...

Section 480.0595 — Juvenile Court Rules. - The supreme court shall promulgate rules to regulate the pleadings,...

Section 480.06 — Decisions. - In all cases decided by the court, it shall give...

Section 480.062 — Public Employees Claims Regarding Employment, Costs And Disbursements. - The appellate courts shall allow costs and disbursements in any...

Section 480.065 — Uniform Certification Of Questions Of Law. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. In this section: (1) "State" means a...

Section 480.07 — Clerk; Assistants, Records. - The clerk of the appellate courts may employ necessary clerical...

Section 480.08 — Marshal. - A marshal of the supreme court may be appointed by...

Section 480.09 — State Library. - Subdivision 1. Supervisory control; supreme court. The State Library shall...

Section 480.10 — Janitor. - The justices may appoint, and at pleasure remove, a janitor,...

Section 480.11 — Reporter. - Subdivision 1. Files. The reporter of its decisions, appointed by...

Section 480.12 — Reports Of Decisions; Printing, Sale, And Distribution. - The report of such decisions shall be published in form,...

Section 480.13 — Court Administrator Office Created; Appointment, Term. - There is hereby created a state office to be known...

Section 480.14 — Appointment, Compensation Of Employees; Court Administrator, Employees Not To Practice Law. - The court administrator, with the approval of the chief justice...

Section 480.15 — Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. Powers and duties. The court administrator shall, under...

Section 480.16 — Work Of Courts; Chief Justice's Direction. - The chief justice shall consider all recommendations of the court...

Section 480.17 — Information And Data Requests; Compliance. - Subdivision 1. Compliance with data requests. The judges and court...

Section 480.175 — Qualified Court Interpreters. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The supreme court, through the Office of...

Section 480.18 — Conference Of Judges; Judge's Expenses. - At least once each year the chief justice shall call...

Section 480.181 — Transfer Of Employees To Judicial Branch. - Subdivision 1. State employees; compensation. (a) District court referees, judicial...

Section 480.1811 — Postretirement Benefit Costs. - Where court administration, guardian ad litem, or interpreter employees elect...

Section 480.182 — State Assumption Of Certain Court Costs. - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state courts will...

Section 480.183 — Judicial Districts; Scheduled Dates Of State Transfer; Definition Of Services. - Subdivision 1. Date of state transfer. The court administration expenditures...

Section 480.19 — Application To Supreme And Other Courts. - Sections 480.13 to 480.20 apply to the following courts: the...

Section 480.20 — Application To Substitution Of Probate Judges. - The provisions of sections 480.13 to 480.20 shall in no...

Section 480.21 — Resigned Judges, Appointment As Commissioners. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner appointments. The supreme court may appoint any...

Section 480.22 — Location Of Chambers. - The supreme court shall designate the location of chambers for...

Section 480.23 — Computer Acquisition By Courts. - In order to facilitate the effective management and coordination of...

Section 480.235 — Trial Court Information System. - The cost of operating the trial court information system in...

Section 480.236 — Software Sales. - The supreme court may sell or license self-developed or vendor...

Section 480.237 — Electronic Payments; Convenience Fees; Records Access. - (a) The judicial branch may accept credit cards, charge cards,...

Section 480.24 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Terms. As used in sections 480.24 to 480.244,...

Section 480.242 — Distribution Of Civil Legal Services Funds To Qualified Legal Services Programs. - Subdivision 1. Advisory committee. The supreme court shall establish an...

Section 480.243 — Client Eligibility; Receipt Of Other Funds. - Subdivision 1. Committee eligibility guidelines. The supreme court, with the...

Section 480.244 — Revenue And Expenditure Records; Postaward Audits. - A recipient of funds distributed pursuant to section 480.242 shall...

Section 480.30 — Judicial Training. - Subdivision 1. Child abuse; domestic abuse; harassment. The supreme court's...

Section 480.35 — State Guardian Ad Litem Board. - Subdivision 1. Structure; membership. (a) The State Guardian Ad Litem...

Chapter 480A — Court Of Appeals

Section 480A.01 — Court Of Appeals. - Subdivision 1. One court. There shall be one court of...

Section 480A.02 — Selection Of Judges. - Subdivision 1. Oath. Before entering upon the duties of office,...

Section 480A.03 — Chief Judge. - Subdivision 1. Election; term; removal. The governor shall designate one...

Section 480A.04 — Clerk Of Court. - The clerk of the appellate courts shall serve as clerk...

Section 480A.05 — Chambers. - The judges of the court shall maintain their permanent chambers...

Section 480A.06 — Jurisdiction. - Subdivision 1. Final decisions. The court of appeals has jurisdiction...

Section 480A.07 — Transfer Of Cases. - In any case in which the court determines that further...

Section 480A.08 — Decision Of The Court. - Subdivision 1. Decision of cases. Each case shall be submitted...

Section 480A.09 — Place Of Hearing Oral Argument. - Subdivision 1. Appeals. Oral argument in appeals from trial courts...

Section 480A.10 — Further Review In Supreme Court. - Subdivision 1. After decision in court of appeals. The supreme...

Section 480A.11 — Rules. - The supreme court may adopt Rules of Appellate Procedure governing...

Chapter 480B — Judicial Merit Selection

Section 480B.01 — Commission On Judicial Selection. - Subdivision 1. Judicial vacancies. If a judge of the district...

Chapter 481 — Attorneys-at-law

Section 481.01 — Board Of Law Examiners; Examinations; Alternative Dispute Fees. - The supreme court shall, by rule from time to time,...

Section 481.02 — Unauthorized Practice Of Law. - Subdivision 1. Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any person...

Section 481.03 — Attorneys Shall Not Employ Solicitors. - No attorney at law shall, through any runner, agent or...

Section 481.04 — Soliciting Of Business By Persons Other Than Attorneys; Prohibition. - It shall be unlawful for any person not an attorney...

Section 481.05 — Violations; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Employing solicitors. Any attorney at law who violates...

Section 481.06 — General Duties. - Every attorney at law shall: (1) observe and carry out...

Section 481.07 — Penalties For Deceit Or Collusion. - An attorney who, with intent to deceive a court or...

Section 481.071 — Misconduct By Attorneys. - Every attorney or counselor at law who shall be guilty...

Section 481.08 — Authority. - An attorney may bind a client, at any stage of...

Section 481.09 — Proof Of Authority. - A court, upon motion and hearing, and when reasonable grounds...

Section 481.10 — Consultation With Persons Restrained. - Subdivision 1. Consultation. All officers or persons having in their...

Section 481.11 — Change Of Attorney. - The attorney in a civil action or proceeding may be...

Section 481.12 — Disability; Substitution. - When the sole attorney of a party to any action...

Section 481.13 — Lien For Attorneys' Fees. - Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) An attorney has a lien for...

Section 481.14 — Refusal To Surrender Property To Clients. - When an attorney shall refuse to deliver money or papers...

Section 481.15 — Removal Or Suspension. - Subdivision 1. Causes. An attorney at law may be removed...

Section 481.16 — Certain Attorneys Not To Defend Certain Prosecutions; Penalty. - Every attorney who shall, directly or indirectly, advise in relation...

Section 481.17 — County, City, And School District Attorneys. - In all counties in this state having a population of...

Section 481.20 — Client Security Account. - Fees received under rules or orders adopted by the supreme...

Section 481.21 — Bond Counsel Fees. - An attorney-at-law performing services as bond counsel for the state,...

Section 481.22 — Public Defender Fee. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. (a) The supreme court, through the lawyer...

Chapter 482 — Revisor Of Statutes

Section 482.16 — [Unnecessary] - 482.16 [Unnecessary]

Section 482.17 — [Unnecessary] - 482.17 [Unnecessary]

Chapter 484 — District Courts

Section 484.01 — Jurisdiction. - Subdivision 1. General. The district courts shall have original jurisdiction...

Section 484.011 — Probate Court. - The district court shall also be a probate court. 1982...

Section 484.012 — Court Administrator Of Probate Court, Second Judicial District. - The judicial district administrator in the Second Judicial District may...

Section 484.013 — Housing Calendar Consolidation Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. (a) A program is established in the...

Section 484.014 — Housing Records; Expungement Of Eviction Information. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the...

Section 484.02 — Concurrent Jurisdiction; Boundary Waters. - For the purposes of exercising the concurrent jurisdiction of the...

Section 484.03 — Writs. - Such courts shall have power to issue writs of injunction,...

Section 484.04 — Testing Writs. - Every writ or process issuing from a court of record...

Section 484.06 — Judge Not To Practice Law. - No judge of the district court shall practice as an...

Section 484.065 — Conflicts Of Interest; Certificate Of Compliance. - Subdivision 1. Practice of law prohibited. A judge of the...

Section 484.07 — Court Not Open Sunday; Exception. - No court shall be opened on Sunday for any purpose...

Section 484.08 — District Courts To Be Open At All Times; Terms. - The district courts of the state shall be deemed open...

Section 484.30 — Adjourned And Special Terms. - The judges of each district may adjourn court from time...

Section 484.31 — Nonattendance Of Judge; Adjournment. - If the judge fails to attend on the day appointed...

Section 484.32 — Failure To Hold Term Not To Affect Writs. - When any term of court is not held, all persons...

Section 484.33 — Rules Of Practice. - The judges of the district court shall assemble annually, at...

Section 484.35 — Temporary Courthouses. - When the courthouse or place provided for holding court in...

Section 484.36 — Terms For Naturalization. - The judges may hold general or special terms of the...

Section 484.44 — Deputy Sheriff And Court Administrator; St. Louis County. - There shall be at all times a chief deputy sheriff...

Section 484.45 — Courthouse; Jail; Expenses; St. Louis County. - It is hereby made the duty of the board of...

Section 484.46 — Jurors; St. Louis County. - Grand and petit jurors for each of these general terms...

Section 484.48 — Trial Of Criminal Cases; St. Louis County. - A person bound over to the grand jury, charged with...

Section 484.49 — Trial Of Actions; St. Louis County. - All civil actions brought in the district court of the...

Section 484.50 — Summons; Place Of Trial; St. Louis County. - A party wishing to have an appeal from an order...

Section 484.51 — Papers Where Filed; St. Louis County. - After the place of trial of any cause is determined,...

Section 484.52 — Rules. - The judges of the district court shall have full power...

Section 484.54 — Expenses Of Judges. - Subdivision 1. Travel and subsistence. Except as provided in subdivision...

Section 484.545 — Law Clerks. - Subdivision 1. Law clerk appointments. Each district judge may appoint...

Section 484.546 — Superseded Laws. - Any other law not repealed by Laws 1975, chapter 385,...

Section 484.61 — Retired District Court Judges, Assignments. - Upon the retirement of any judge of the district court...

Section 484.62 — Compensation And Reporter. - When a retired judge undertakes such service, the retired judge...

Section 484.64 — Family Court Division; Second Judicial District. - Subdivision 1. Ramsey County Family Court Division. In the Second...

Section 484.65 — Family Court Division; Fourth Judicial District. - Subdivision 1. Presiding judge. In the Fourth Judicial District, a...

Section 484.66 — District Administrator; Fourth Judicial District. - Subdivision 1. District administrator; court administrator duties. In the county...

Section 484.68 — District Administrator. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. The chief judge of the judicial district...

Section 484.69 — Chief Judge. - Subdivision 1. Election; term; removal. The judges of the district...

Section 484.70 — Referee Positions, Rules. - Subdivision 1. Appointment. The chief judge of the judicial district...

Section 484.702 — Expedited Child Support Hearing Process. - Subdivision 1. Creation; scope. (a) The supreme court shall create...

Section 484.71 — Trial Of Civil And Criminal Actions; St. Louis County. - The district court may, if it deems it necessary, designate...

Section 484.72 — Electronic Recording Of Court Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. Except as provided in subdivision 4, electronic...

Section 484.73 — Judicial Arbitration. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. A majority of the judges of a...

Section 484.74 — Alternative Dispute Resolution. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. In litigation involving an amount in excess...

Section 484.76 — Alternative Dispute Resolution Program. - Subdivision 1. General. The supreme court shall establish a statewide...

Section 484.77 — Facilities. - The county board in each county shall provide suitable facilities...

Section 484.78 — Combined Jurisdiction Program. - Notwithstanding sections 260.031, subdivision 4, and 484.70, subdivisions 6 and...

Section 484.79 — Family Violence Coordinating Councils. - Subdivision 1. Establishment; purpose. A judicial district may establish a...

Section 484.80 — Location Of Trial Rule. - If a municipality is located in more than one county...

Section 484.81 — Pleading; Practice; Procedure. - Subdivision 1. General. Pleading, practice, procedure, and forms in civil...

Section 484.82 — Misdemeanor Offenses. - A person who receives a misdemeanor citation shall proceed as...

Section 484.83 — Reinstatement Of Forfeited Sums. - Subdivision 1. Abandonment of fees. All sums deposited with the...

Section 484.841 — Disposition Of Fines, Fees, And Other Money; Accounts; Hennepin County District Court. - Subdivision 1. Disposition of fines, fees, and other money; accounts....

Section 484.843 — Abandonment Of Nonfelony Bail; Disposition Of Forfeited Sums; Fourth Judicial District. - Subdivision 1. Abandonment of deposits and bail. (a) Any bail...

Section 484.85 — Disposition Of Fines, Fees, And Other Money; Accounts; Ramsey County District Court. - (a) In all cases prosecuted in Ramsey County District Court...

Section 484.86 — Court Divisions. - Subdivision 1. Authority. Subject to the provisions of section 244.19...

Section 484.87 — Pleading, Practice, Procedure, And Forms In Criminal Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Right to jury trial. In any prosecution brought...

Section 484.88 — County Attorney As Prosecutor; Notice To County. - A municipality or other subdivision of government seeking to use...

Section 484.89 — Order For Prison Release. - When a person is confined to the Hennepin County Adult...

Section 484.90 — Fees Payable To Court Administrator. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2009 c 83 art 2 s 50]...

Section 484.91 — Misdemeanor Violations Bureaus; Hennepin County. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. Misdemeanor violations bureaus in the Fourth Judicial...

Section 484.92 — Additional Employees. - Subdivision 1. Bailiffs. The sheriff of a county shall furnish...

Chapter 485 — District Court Administrators

Section 485.01 — Appointment; Bond; Duties. - A clerk of the district court for each county within...

Section 485.018 — Withholding Salary; Collection Of Fees. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1999 c 60 s 3] Subd. 2....

Section 485.021 — Investment Of Funds Deposited With Court Administrator. - When money is paid into court pursuant to court order,...

Section 485.05 — Deputy Court Administrator In St. Louis County. - In all counties in the state now or hereafter having...

Section 485.06 — Search Of Records; Certificate; Public Inspection. - The court administrator, upon request of any person, shall make...

Section 485.07 — Records To Be Kept. - Every court administrator shall procure and keep the following records...

Section 485.08 — Index To Court Records. - Every court administrator shall keep a plaintiff's and defendant's index...

Section 485.10 — Entry Of Unregistered Cases. - Every court administrator shall enter upon the proper registers all...

Section 485.11 — Printed Calendars. - The court administrator of the district court in each of...

Section 485.13 — Destruction Of Files And Documents. - The court administrator of district court in all counties of...

Section 485.15 — Land Title Registration Documents, Disposal. - Subdivision 1. Disposal. The court administrator of district court in...

Section 485.16 — Record All Actions Filed. - Subdivision 1. Records kept. The court administrators of the district...

Section 485.23 — Destruction Of Certain Records. - Subdivision 1. Record destruction. The court administrator of the district...

Section 485.27 — Duties; Assignment. - The court administrator, with approval of the county board of...

Chapter 486 — Court Reporters

Section 486.01 — Appointment, Duties, Bond; Substitutes. - Each judge, by duplicate orders filed with the court administrator...

Section 486.02 — Stenographic Record. - Except as provided in section 484.72, a competent stenographer who...

Section 486.03 — Furnish Transcript; File Record. - As soon as the trial is ended the reporter or...

Section 486.04 — Act When Another Judge Presides. - Unless otherwise directed by the appointing judge, the reporter shall...

Section 486.05 — District Court; Reporters' Salaries And Expenses. - Subdivision 1. Salaries. The salary for each court reporter shall...

Section 486.055 — Court Reporter Transcript Fee Charges; Reporting Requirements. - Each court reporter who charges a fee for the preparation...

Section 486.06 — Charge For Transcript. - In addition to the salary set in section 486.05, the...

Section 486.10 — Freelance Court Reporters; Disclosure Of Financial Arrangements. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply...

Chapter 487 — County Courts

Section 487.22 — Service. - All civil and criminal process and orders may be served...

Section 487.332 — Joint Powers. - Nothing contained in Laws 1983, chapter 177 shall supersede any...

Section 487.35 — Justices Of The Peace; Abolished. - Subdivision 1. Office abolished. The Office of Justice of the...

Chapter 488A — Municipal Courts; Hennepin And Ramsey Counties

Section 488A.06 — Bailiffs. - Subdivision 1. Appointment; duties. The sheriff with approval of a...

Section 488A.114 — [Transitional] - 488A.114 [Transitional]

Section 488A.117 — [Transitional] - 488A.117 [Transitional]

Section 488A.185 — Place Of Holding Court. - The county of Ramsey shall provide suitable quarters, as determined...

Section 488A.25 — Misdemeanor Violations Bureaus. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. Misdemeanor violations bureaus shall be established within...

Chapter 489 — Court Commissioners

Section 489.01 — Election; Term; Office Abolished. - Subdivision 1. Office abolished. The office of court commissioner is...

Section 489.02 — Qualification; Powers. - Court commissioners shall have and may exercise the judicial powers...

Section 489.03 — Oath. - Before entering upon duties, each court commissioner shall deliver an...

Section 489.04 — Records; Court Commissioner. - The court commissioner shall keep a record of all proceedings...

Chapter 490 — Judges Retirement

Section 490.121 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of this chapter, unless the...

Section 490.1211 — Uniformed Service. - (a) A judge who is absent from employment by reason...

Section 490.122 — Administration Of Judges' Retirement. - Subdivision 1. Administration. The policy-making, management, and administrative functions governing...

Section 490.1221 — Judges Plan Programs. - (a) Members of the judges retirement plan are members of...

Section 490.1222 — Application Of Service Credit Limit. - The service credit limit specified in section 490.121, subdivision 22,...

Section 490.123 — Judges' Retirement Fund. - Subdivision 1. Fund creation; revenue and authorized disbursements. (a) There...

Section 490.124 — Maturity Of Benefits; Retirement And Survivors' Annuities. - Subdivision 1. Retirement annuity. (a) Except as qualified hereinafter from...

Section 490.125 — Mandatory Retirement. - Subdivision 1. Mandatory retirement age. Except as otherwise provided in...

Section 490.126 — Procedures. - Subdivision 1. Compulsory retirement. Proceedings for compulsory retirement of a...

Section 490.133 — Retirement; Transition; Transfer To Court Of Appeals. - (a) If a judge to whom or to whose survivors...

Chapter 490A — Board On Judicial Standards

Section 490A.01 — Board On Judicial Standards; Establishment. - Subdivision 1. Establishment; composition. The Board on Judicial Standards is...

Section 490A.02 — Judicial Standards Board; Powers. - Subdivision 1. Judicial disqualification. A judge is disqualified from acting...

Section 490A.03 — Persons Affected. - The provisions of sections 490A.01 and 490A.02 apply to all...

Chapter 491A — Conciliation Court

Section 491A.01 — Establishment; Powers; Jurisdiction. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The district court in each county shall...

Section 491A.02 — Procedure. - Subdivision 1. Procedure; rules; forms. The determination of claims in...

Section 491A.03 — Judges; Administrator; Reporter; Supplies. - Subdivision 1. Judges; referees. The judges of district court may...

Chapter 494 — Community Dispute Resolution

Section 494.01 — Community Dispute Resolution Program. - Subdivision 1. Definition. For purposes of this chapter, "dispute resolution"...

Section 494.015 — Program And Training Guidelines; Certification. - Subdivision 1. Guidelines. The state court administrator shall adopt guidelines...

Section 494.02 — Confidentiality Of Communications. - Any communication relating to the subject matter of the dispute...

Section 494.03 — Exclusions. - The guidelines shall exclude: (1) any dispute involving violence against...

Section 494.04 — Grant Programs. - Subdivision 1. Authority. The state or a municipality may contract...

Section 494.05 — Grants. - Subdivision 1. Eligibility requirements. A community dispute resolution program is...

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Minnesota Statutes Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary

Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 480 - 494 — Judiciary