No county treasurer or deputy shall either directly or indirectly contract for or purchase any orders or warrants issued by the treasurer's county, or any state warrants, or the orders or warrants of any city, town, or other body politic for which the treasurer is the collector of taxes, at any discount; and any treasurer or deputy who shall directly or indirectly contract for, purchase, or procure any such orders or warrants at any discount whatever, shall not be allowed, on settlement, the amount of these orders or warrants, or any part thereof, and shall forfeit the whole amount due thereon and $100 for every breach of the provisions of this section, to be recovered in a civil action at the suit of the state for the use of the county. The person to whom the county treasurer is required to return the state, county, city, town, school, or road tax is prohibited from receiving from any county treasurer any orders, warrants, or bonds in payment of taxes collected, unless, with the orders, warrants, or bonds, such treasurer shall file an affidavit with the person entitled to receive the tax, stating therein that all such orders, warrants, and bonds were received at their par value.
(866) RL s 520; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities
Chapter 385 — County Treasurer
Section 385.01 — Election; Eligibility.
Section 385.02 — Deputies; Bonds, Except For Ramsey County.
Section 385.03 — Failure To Qualify.
Section 385.04 — Accurate Account Kept.
Section 385.05 — Receipt And Payment Of Money.
Section 385.06 — Accounts Audited.
Section 385.07 — Funds, Where Deposited Or Invested.
Section 385.071 — Electronic Funds Transfer.
Section 385.09 — Bonds Of Depositories.
Section 385.10 — Proposals By Banks.
Section 385.12 — Deposit In Official Capacity; Failure.
Section 385.13 — Public Funds Kept Separate.
Section 385.14 — Insurance, Loss By Robbery Or Burglary.
Section 385.18 — Exemption From Liability.
Section 385.19 — Accounts Exhibited.
Section 385.20 — Failure To Settle.
Section 385.21 — Action Against.
Section 385.23 — Money Collected.
Section 385.24 — Refusal To Execute Process.
Section 385.25 — Proceedings Against Deputy.
Section 385.26 — New Bond; Insolvency Of Surety.
Section 385.27 — Failure To Give Bond.
Section 385.28 — Purchase Of Orders Or Warrants At Discount Prohibited.
Section 385.29 — Lending Of County Funds Prohibited; Penalty.
Section 385.30 — To Prosecute Bonds.
Section 385.31 — Payment Of County Orders Or Warrants.
Section 385.32 — Temporary Fund Transfer To Save Interest On Warrants.
Section 385.33 — Laws Not Repealed.
Section 385.34 — To Deposit Orders; Auditor's Duty.
Section 385.373 — Salaries, Fees, Budget; Counties Under 75,000; Appeals.
Section 385.38 — Employees, Pay In Certain Counties; Fees.
Section 385.39 — Money And Books Delivered To Successor.