2005 Minnesota Statutes

     382.16 Records are public; copies.  

    The several judges having probate jurisdiction, county 
 auditors, county recorders, and court administrators of the 
 district court, during the hours when their respective offices 
 are open, or are required by law to be kept open, shall exhibit 
 any papers, files, or records of their office or in their 
 official custody, for the inspection of any person demanding the 
 same, free of charge, except in cases where fees are provided by 
 law, and then upon tender of such fees.  

    The several county auditors, judges having probate 
 jurisdiction, and clerks of the district court, during the hours 
 when their respective offices are required by law to be open, 
 shall furnish to any person demanding the same a certified copy 
 of any record, file, or paper in their office or in their 
 official custody upon tender of such fees therefor as are by law 
 allowed to county recorders for like services. 

    HIST: (987, 988) RL s 614,615; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 
 1 s 82; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1