373.01 POWERS. Subdivision 1. Public corporation; listed powers. (a) Each county is a body politic and corporate and may: (1) Sue and be sued. (2) Acquire and hold real and personal property for the use of the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law. (3) Purchase and hold for the benefit of […]
373.02 POWERS, HOW EXERCISED. The powers of the county as a body politic and corporate shall only be exercised by the county board or in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the county board. Deeds and other written instruments made by the county shall be executed in its name by the chair of the county […]
373.03 CONVEYANCES TO COUNTY; EFFECT. All real and personal estate conveyed by any form of conveyance to a county or its inhabitants, or to any person for the use and benefit of a county or its inhabitants, shall be deemed to be the property thereof. The conveyances shall have the same force and effect as […]
373.04 CERTAIN COUNTIES AUTHORIZED TO CONSTRUCT BRANCH RAILROAD TRACKS. When county buildings, or buildings in which a county is interested with other counties, are on land adjacent to or near a railway track, the county where the buildings are located, may pay from its general revenue fund, or from any money raised by it in […]
373.041 POLICE-OPERATED BROADCASTING STATIONS. Subdivision 1. Station and mobile units by sheriff. A county may establish, construct, equip and maintain a radio broadcasting station, with land-fixed repeater stations and two-way communication mobile units as necessary, to be used for public safety purposes under the direction of the sheriff. The county may acquire land by gift, […]
373.05 COUNTY BUILDINGS. Each county shall provide at the county seat, and keep in good repair, a suitable courthouse, supplied with fireproof vaults, a suitable and sufficient jail, and other necessary buildings. History: (643) RL s 412; 1984 c 629 s 1
373.052 COUNTY OFFICES; CLOSING, EFFECT. Subdivision 1. Business days. County offices shall be open for public business on all business days except (a) legal holidays, (b) holidays established by the county board pursuant to contract with certified employee bargaining units, and (c) emergency situations. For purposes of this section “business day” means Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, […]
373.053 WAR MEMORIAL BUILDINGS. Subdivision 1. County war memorial; cost limit. Subject to the limitations of this section, a county may construct and maintain in the county a building, including a hospital, to be erected as a memorial to the men and women who have served in the armed forces of the United States during […]
373.06 ACTIONS AGAINST COUNTIES. No action shall be maintained by any claimant, except the state of Minnesota, against a county upon any claim except county orders, when the only relief demanded is a judgment for money, until the claim has been presented to the board and it has failed to act upon it within the […]
373.07 SUITS AGAINST COUNTIES; SERVICE; JURORS. Service of summons or other original process in actions against a county shall be made upon the chair of the board or upon the county auditor, either during a session of the board, or within ten days before the day appointed for one. The person served shall immediately notify […]
373.08 COUNTY, HOW NAMED IN SUITS. In all actions and proceedings by or against a county, the name in which it shall sue or be sued shall be “The county of …………..” (insert name of the county). This provision shall not prevent county officers, when authorized by law, from suing in their official names for […]
373.09 CLAIMS AGAINST COUNTY; APPEAL. When a claim against a county is disallowed in whole or part by the county board, the claimant may appeal to the district court by (1) filing a written notice of appeal in the office of the auditor within 15 days after written notice is mailed to the claimant by […]
373.10 PROCEEDINGS ON APPEAL. Within ten days after an appeal has been taken, the auditor shall, without charge, file in the office of the court administrator a certified copy of the claim and a transcript of the record of the action of the board on it, together with a copy of the notice of appeal, […]
373.11 APPEALS; COUNTERCLAIM. An appeal from the judgment of the district court may be taken as in other civil cases within 30 days after the actual entry of the judgment. If no appeal is taken, a certified copy of the judgment shall be filed in the office of the auditor. If an appeal is taken, […]
373.12 JUDGMENTS AGAINST COUNTIES; HOW PAID. When a judgment is recovered against a county, or against a county officer, in an action prosecuted by or against the officer officially and the judgment is to be paid by the county, no execution shall issue except as provided in this section. Unless reversed, the judgment shall be […]
373.25 LEVY FOR LAND AND BUILDINGS. Subdivision 1. County building fund. The county board of any county may provide a county building fund. In addition to all other kinds and amounts of taxes permitted by law to be levied for county purposes, the county board may include in its annual tax levy an amount for […]
373.26 COUNTY PARKING FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Application. No motor vehicle, either privately or publicly owned, may be parked upon a parking lot or facilities owned or operated by a county except as authorized by this section. Subd. 2. Regulations by resolution. The county board may regulate, by resolution, the parking of motor vehicles, either privately […]
373.27 GREAT RIVER ROAD, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. Subdivision 1. From county. The county board of any county lying adjacent to the Great River Road or through which the Great River Road passes, may grant to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Minnesota, the commissioner of transportation, or the commissioner of natural resources the money it deems […]
373.30 WHAT PRE-1969 LAWS APPLY IF 1970 CENSUS PASSED 100,000. A county with a population according to the 1960 federal census of less than 100,000 which has a population of over 100,000 according to the 1970 federal census may continue to use authorities granted to counties of under 100,000 population notwithstanding the change in population. […]
373.32 LICENSE BUREAU AUTHORIZED. Any county may establish a county license bureau. The license bureau may be located in the county seat or at another location or locations the county board designates. History: 1973 c 675 s 1; 1984 c 629 s 1
