Subdivision 1. Requirement, fee. Every person elected at a March election, elected at a special election, or appointed to a town office, within ten days after receiving a certificate or notice of election or appointment, shall take and subscribe the oath required by law. Persons elected at a November election shall take their oath before assuming office. If taken before the town clerk, the oath shall be administered and certified without fee.
Subd. 2. Bond and oath, violations. Before entering upon duties, the person taking the oath shall file it with the town clerk. Failure to file the oath and bond within the time required shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
Subd. 3. Oath, violations. A town officer who enters upon the duties of office before taking the oath required shall forfeit to the town the sum of $50.
1959 c 675 art 6 s 29; 1983 c 359 s 52; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1997 c 147 s 75; 2021 c 31 art 3 s 26
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 367 — Town Officers; Optional Plans
Section 367.01 — Delivery To Successor.
Section 367.02 — When Board Is To Accept Resignations, Notify Clerk.
Section 367.03 — Annual Election Of Officers; Vacancies; Special Elections.
Section 367.033 — May Be On Both Town And School Board Except If Urban Town.
Section 367.05 — Compensation; Town Officers And Employees.
Section 367.10 — Town Clerk; Bond; Oath.
Section 367.11 — Clerk's Duties.
Section 367.12 — Deputy Clerk.
Section 367.13 — Location Of Office.
Section 367.15 — Town Treasurer; Bond.
Section 367.16 — Treasurer's Duties.
Section 367.161 — Deputy Treasurer.
Section 367.17 — Neglect Of Duty.
Section 367.18 — Audited Accounts; Payment, Form.
Section 367.19 — Order Of Payment; Interest.
Section 367.22 — Law Enforcement Official's Bond.
Section 367.23 — Bonds, How Executed.
Section 367.24 — Fees And Duties Of Poundmasters.
Section 367.25 — Oath Of Office; Bond; Filing; Penalties.
Section 367.30 — Optional Plans.
Section 367.31 — Adoption Of Specific Option.
Section 367.32 — Applicable Law; Same Rights, Liabilities, Proceedings.
Section 367.33 — Option A; Election Of Additional Supervisors.
Section 367.34 — Continuance In Office; Elections.
Section 367.35 — Town Administrator.
Section 367.36 — Clerk, Treasurer Combined; Audit Standards.