370.01 CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES; CREATION OF NEW COUNTIES. The boundaries of counties may be changed by taking territory from a county and attaching it to an adjoining county, and new counties may be established out of territory of one or more existing counties. A new county shall contain at least 400 square miles and have […]
370.02 PETITION. A separate petition for each affected county signed by at least one-fourth of those voting in the county at the last preceding election, giving the residence of each signer, may be filed with the secretary of state, and a copy with the auditor of each county, at least 90 days before any general […]
370.03 PROCLAMATION TO HAVE ELECTION; ONLY ONE PROPOSITION. The secretary of state must certify, on the basis of information supplied by the county auditor, that the signatures on the petition are registered voters of the affected county and that there is the requisite number of them. Once this determination has been made, the secretary of […]
370.04 RECORD PETITION; PUBLISH NOTICE. Upon issuance of the proclamation, the secretary of state shall record the petitions, affidavits, and proclamation, and transmit a certified copy of the proclamation, by mail, to the auditor of each county. History: (605) RL s 383; 1984 c 543 s 32; 1985 c 109 s 1
370.05 NOTICE OF ELECTION; FORM OF BALLOT. The notice of the next general election of county officers must specify that the question of forming the new county, or changing the boundaries of existing counties, as the case may be, will be voted upon at the election, and must state substantially the facts in the petition. […]
370.06 CANVASS; JUDGES OF ELECTION; COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD. The election judges, in addition to the returns required in other cases, shall transmit to the secretary of state, by certified mail, their certificate of the number of votes cast for and against any proposition submitted within 24 hours after the canvass is completed. The county canvassing […]
370.07 DUTIES AFTER ELECTION. Subdivision 1. State Canvassing Board. The State Canvassing Board shall canvass the returns at the time of canvassing the votes cast for state officers, and in the same manner. The board may use the returns received from the election judges to correct errors and supply omissions in the returns of the […]
370.08 EFFECT OF PROCLAMATION. Upon the issuance of the proclamation, the proposed change of boundaries becomes effective. If the proposition was for the establishment of a new county, it becomes duly organized. The territory of the new county shall remain attached, for judicial purposes, to the county from which it was taken, until the officers […]
370.09 QUALIFY COMMISSIONERS; ELECT CLERK; APPOINT OFFICERS. Immediately after the service upon them of copies of the governor’s proclamation, the persons chosen as commissioners shall meet at the place named as the county seat and qualify. The county board shall elect one of its members to act as clerk until the auditor is qualified; and […]
370.10 COMMISSIONER VACANCIES DUE TO BOUNDARY CHANGES. If a change in the boundaries of a county abolishes a commissioner district or districts in the county, by the removal of all the territory of the district or districts from the original county, or otherwise, or creates a vacancy or vacancies in the board of county commissioners […]
370.12 DUTIES OF AUDITOR; MEETING OF BOARD. Immediately upon the election and qualification of the commissioner or commissioners at large the county auditor shall give written notice, delivered personally or by mail, to each commissioner in the county, of a meeting of the board. The meeting shall be held at least five, but not more […]
370.13 REDISTRICTING OF COUNTY; SUBSEQUENT ELECTION. At least six months before the next general election in the county held after the election and qualification of the commissioner or commissioners at large, unless there is less time between the at-large election and qualification and the general election, in which event the action provided for shall be […]
370.14 BOUNDARIES RESTORED AFTER DETERMINATION. If the territory detached from the county by the change of boundaries is restored to it by the final determination of the courts as a result of a contest or other litigation concerning the change of boundaries of the county, after the appointment or election of the commissioner or commissioners […]
370.15 WHEN HIGHWAY CENTERLINE TO BE CITY AND COUNTY BOUNDARY. Where a city of the fourth class in one county adjoins a city of the first class in another county, and the centerline of a highway running along the boundary line between these cities and counties deviates from the boundary line between these cities and […]
370.17 TOWNS, SCHOOL, AND ROAD DISTRICTS. Subdivision 1. If unaffected by new county lines. The towns, school districts, and road districts whose boundaries are unaffected by the change of county lines shall continue to be the same in the new county, or county to which transferred, under the same officers as before. Subd. 2. If […]
370.18 RECORDS TRANSCRIBED. All records in the office of the county recorder affecting real estate transferred under this chapter from one county to another shall be transcribed by the county recorder of the county to which the transfer is made. In the same manner, the county auditor shall transcribe from the auditor’s office the records […]
370.19 TAXES; LEVY; COLLECTION. No transfer of territory under this chapter shall affect the collection of taxes levied at the date of the filing of the petition. The taxes shall be collected by the officers of the original county, and all money remaining in or coming into the treasury of the original county, or into […]
370.20 NEW COUNTIES; TAX LEVY. When a new county has been, or may be, created and organized out of territory within the boundaries of one or more organized counties in the state, the county board of the new county may, immediately or within 90 days after its organization, levy a tax for county purposes for […]
370.21 TRANSFER OF PLATS. The county recorder of the county from which a land transfer is made under this chapter shall deliver the records, or certified copies, of the original plats of land in the territory transferred, to the county recorder of the county to which the territory is transferred. The county recorder of the […]
370.22 COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS; COUNTY BUILDINGS. All transferred territory is liable for its proportion of the excess indebtedness of the original county above the value of its county buildings and of the balance of funds in its treasury. The share shall be based upon the last assessment, and the value of the buildings, unless agreed upon […]
