COUNTY OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Administrators, see County administrators under this topic

Aeronautics, enforcement of laws, Minn. Statutes 2025 360.015

Appointment

County auditors' duties, county officers appointed to perform, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.16

County executives, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

County hospitals, Minn. Statutes 2025 376.06

County manager, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.03, 375A.04

New counties, Minn. Statutes 2025 370.09

Optional county government, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.1205

Armed forces members, salary differential, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.975

At-large chair, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.05

Attorney fees, reimbursement, Minn. Statutes 2025 465.76

Audits and examinations, Minn. Statutes 2025 6.481

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries), see County officers and employees under BONDS (OFFICERS AND FIDUCIARIES)

Bonds (public debt)

Contracts, continuing disclosure agreements, authority, Minn. Statutes 2025 475.60

Intentional noncompliance with law, Minn. Statutes 2025 475.72

Sales, noncompliance with law, Minn. Statutes 2025 475.60

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 475.60, 475.72

Business expenses

Imprest fund, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.162

Incidental expenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.16

Candidates for office, requirements

Affidavits of candidacy, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.06

Filing fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.11

General elections, notice of filing, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.33

Nominating petitions, signatures, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.08

Certificates and certification, false certification, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.65

Child care expenses, advisory councils and committees, members, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.059

Civil service

County purchasing department, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.74

Personnel administration systems, see under COUNTIES

Procedures, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

Veterans preference, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.63

Claims against

Judgments, payment procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 373.12

Motor vehicle accidents, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.31

Permitting false claims against the government, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.455

Presenting false claims to, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.465

Clerk hire, petition to increase, Minn. Statutes 2025 382.265

Collective bargaining, personnel administration systems, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.64

Commuter vans, public employer vanpools, Minn. Statutes 2025 174.27

Comparable worth, Minn. Rules 3920.0100 to 3920.1300

Compensation and salaries

Advance payments, Minn. Statutes 2025 357.13

Armed forces members, salary differential, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.975

Assignment, sale, or transfer, rights, Minn. Statutes 2025 181.063

At-large chair, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.05

Attachment, Minn. Statutes 2025 570.071

County executive, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.02, 375A.03

County hospitals, Minn. Statutes 2025 376.06

County manager, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

County nursing home administrators, Minn. Statutes 2025 376.58

Credit cards, guidelines for using, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.171

Director of purchasing, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.74

Expense allowances, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.47

Fees, exclusion from salary, Minn. Statutes 2025 357.33

Garnishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 571.77

Guardianship and protective proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 524.5-502

Highest salaries, data, notice and publication, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.701

Incidental expenses, provision of, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.16

Individual annuity contracts, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.615

National Guard members, salary differential, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.975

Optional county government, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.11

Payroll, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.61

Personnel Administration Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.60

Publication, in financial statements, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.17

Receipt of unauthorized compensation, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.45

State Fair exhibit supervisor, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.80

Unauthorized compensation, receipt of, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.45

Conciliation court, appearance for county, Minn. Statutes 2025 491A.02

Consolidation of counties, Minn. Statutes 2025 371.12, 371.13

Consolidation of offices, optional county government, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.10, 375A.11

Consulting engineers, Minn. Statutes 2025 163.08

Continuity, personnel administration systems, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.64

Contract administrators, timber sales, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.04

Contracts and agreements, bonds (public debt), disclosure agreements regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 475.60

Coordinators, see COUNTY COORDINATORS

Coroners, see CORONERS

Costs and disbursements (courts), reimbursement, Minn. Statutes 2025 465.76

County abstract clerks, Minn. Statutes 2025 384.10

County administrators

Abandonment of position, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.12

Authorization, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.01

Claims against county, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.18

County auditor serving as, auditor-administrator plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.08

Data, responsible authorities, administrators defined as, Minn. Statutes 2025 13.02

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.06

Hennepin County, see County administrator under HENNEPIN COUNTY

Service of process, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.83

County agricultural inspectors or designated employees

Assault on, 4th degree assault, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.2231

County-designated employees, definition, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.77

Definition, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.77

Expenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.81, 18.88

Funds distribution, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.81

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.80, 18.81, 18.83

Noxious weed control

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.83

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.81

Eradication, transportation, or rules violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.87

Funding for expenses and reimbursement of, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.88

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.78

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.82

Weed control agreements, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.78

County assessors, see COUNTY ASSESSORS

County attorneys, see COUNTY ATTORNEYS

County auditor-administrators, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.01, 375A.08

County auditor-treasurers, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.18, 375A.10, 383D.09

County auditors, see COUNTY AUDITORS

County civil counsel, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.10

County clerks, see COUNTY CLERKS

County commissioners, see Members under COUNTY BOARDS

County coordinators, see COUNTY COORDINATORS

County engineers, see COUNTY ENGINEERS

County executives

Board functions, conditions regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.02

County feedlot pollution control officers

Defined, Minn. Rules 7020.0300

Duties, see County feedlot pollution control officers under ANIMAL FEEDLOTS

County government study commissions, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.12, 375A.13

County highway engineers, see under COUNTY ENGINEERS

County highway, workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.011

County hospital boards and superintendents, see COUNTY HOSPITALS

County law libraries, use, Minn. Statutes 2025 134A.02

County license bureau

Director, Minn. Statutes 2025 373.35, 373.37

Implementation, notice, Minn. Statutes 2025 373.34

County managers

Authorization, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.01

Board functions, conditions regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

Claims against county, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.18

Dakota County, Minn. Statutes 2025 383D.76

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.03

County nursing home officers and employees, see COUNTY NURSING HOMES

County personnel administration system, see Personnel administration systems under COUNTIES

County recorders, see COUNTY RECORDERS

County regional jail employees, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.263

County surveyors, see COUNTY SURVEYORS

County treasurers, see COUNTY TREASURERS

County veterans service officers

Data, classification and disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.603

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.603

Education program, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.609

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.604

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.60

Grant program, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.608

Joint action by two or more counties, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.602

Jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.606

Qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.601

State resources available, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.605

Veterans service office grants, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 197.608

Court administrators, see COURT ADMINISTRATORS

Court commissioners, see COURT COMMISSIONERS

Court employees

Hennepin County Municipal Court bailiffs, county boards to contract for, Minn. Statutes 2025 488A.06

Transfer to state employment, Minn. Statutes 2025 480.181

Criminal history checks, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.72

Dakota County, see County officers and employees under DAKOTA COUNTY

Deferred compensation, see STATE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Definitions

Animal feedlots, Minn. Rules 7020.0300

Bribery, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.415

County probation officer, Community Corrections Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 401.01

Elected officials, removal, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.14

Government data practices, Minn. Rules 1205.0200

Social Security, Minn. Statutes 2025 355.01

Workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.011

Designated employees, noxious weed control, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.79

Digital signatures, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.381

Directors of purchasing, compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.74

Disclosure agreements, bonds (public debt), Minn. Statutes 2025 475.60

Disqualification, officials removed from office, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.20

District court administrators, see COURT ADMINISTRATORS

District court judges, see DISTRICT COURT JUDGES

Drainage inspectors, Minn. Statutes 2025 103E.021, 103E.065, 103E.241

Driver's license agents, Minn. Rules 7404.0100 to 7404.0900

Elected executive plan

Authorization, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.01

Provisions generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.02

Election of

Contests, see Contested elections under ELECTIONS

Recounts, see under BALLOTS

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 204D.02

Employees

Blind persons, policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2025 256C.01

County commissioners, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.09

Disabled persons, policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2025 256C.01

Recognition services, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.46

Social Security, Minn. Statutes 2025 355.01

Workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.011

Excluded from executive branch, Minn. Statutes 2025 43A.02

Fair Labor Standards Act, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 177.23

Fallen officers, qualified individuals, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.198

Fence viewers, Minn. Statutes 2025 344.01 to 344.20

Force, grounds for use, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.06

Gifts to, accepting, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.895

Great River Road, financial assistance, Minn. Statutes 2025 373.27

Grievances, personnel administration systems, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.64

Group insurance, see Officers and employees under PUBLIC CORPORATIONS

Guardians and conservators, vulnerable adults, Minn. Statutes 2025 626.557

Health care, preventive health services, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.45, 15.46

Hennepin County, employees, Minn. Statutes 2025 352.01, 480.181

Highway engineers, see County highway engineers under COUNTY ENGINEERS

Holidays, religious holidays, Minn. Statutes 2025 15A.22

Hospital employees, see Employees under COUNTY HOSPITALS

Human services board employees, county employees continued, Minn. Statutes 2025 402.05

Human services merit system, Minn. Statutes 2025 256.012, Minn. Rules 9575.0010 to 9575.1580

Impersonating, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.475

Indemnification

Exception, Minn. Statutes 2025 181.970

Liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 466.07

Motor vehicle operation, damage, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.31

Insurance

Long-term care insurance, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.61

Public employees insurance program, see under PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Interchange among government agencies, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.51 to 15.59

Jails, duties regarding, inmates, employment, Minn. Statutes 2025 641.08

Land commissioners

Appointment, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.13

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.09, 282.13, 282.19

Conflicts of interest, Minn. Statutes 2025 382.18

Cooperation, soil and water conservation districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 103C.235

County forest access road account, Minn. Statutes 2025 89.72

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.13

Expenses, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.226

Mileage, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.19

Minnesota Association of County Land Commissioners, Minn. Statutes 2025 89A.09

Representation, Minn. Statutes 2025 89A.03, 89A.09

Saint Louis County, Land Investment Board, Minn. Statutes 2025 383C.072

Tax-forfeited land sales expenses, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.09, 282.19

Timber growth rates, auxiliary forests, Minn. Statutes 2025 88.52

Lawsuits

Guardians and conservators of vulnerable adults, retaliation, Minn. Statutes 2025 626.557

Public expression protection lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 554.07 to 554.20

Quality assurance dating, perishable foods, restraint of violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 31.787

Tax administration violations, Revenue Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 270C.85

Leaves of absence

Athletic leave of absence, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.62

Legislative service, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.088

Military service, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.26, 192.261

Legislative matters, expenditures, reports about, Minn. Statutes 2025 6.76

Liability

Contract payments requiring excess property tax levies, Minn. Statutes 2025 275.27

Government immunity, Minn. Statutes 2025 466.03

Indemnification, Minn. Statutes 2025 466.07

Limitation of liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 466.04

Minimum-maintenance roads, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.095

Natural preservation routes, Minn. Statutes 2025 162.021

Park roads, torts, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.82

Premium payments, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.32

Unauthorized credit card purchases, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.381

Voidable purchases, contracts, sales, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.76

Liability insurance, tax-forfeited lands, structures or buildings, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.04

Local forces, see under COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAYS

Local officials, gifts, lobbyists, Minn. Rules 4512.0010 to 4512.0600

Malfeasance

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.14

New counties, establishment, refusal to perform duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 370.24

Managers, see County managers under this topic

Medical examiners, see MEDICAL EXAMINERS

Memberships

County government study commissions, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.13

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2025 353.03

Mileage allowances, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.665

Military or uniformed service, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.261

Military service

Leaves of absence, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.26

Pension and retirement rights, preserved, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.262

Mine inspectors, acting as, Minn. Statutes 2025 180.01, 180.03

Miscellaneous fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 373.41

Misconduct, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.43, 628.61

Motor vehicles

Publicly owned motor vehicles, personal use, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.666

Rideshare, Minn. Statutes 2025 174.257

National Guard members, see NATIONAL GUARD

New counties, appointment, Minn. Statutes 2025 370.09

Nonconsensual common law liens, presumptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 514.99

Notices

Criminal identification data, refusal to furnish, penalty, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.21

Posting by sheriff, Minn. Statutes 2025 387.04

Nurses

Contracting tuberculosis, care and compensation, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.87, 176.871

Public health nurses, medical assistance, see same under this topic

Oaths

Abandonment of option, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.12

Adoption of options, procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.12

Authorization and enumeration, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.01

Filing, Minn. Statutes 2025 358.11

Modifications of options, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.10

Optional county government, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.01, 375A.10, 375A.11

Offices and supplies, Minn. Statutes 2025 371.13, 375.14

Optional county government, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.10, 375A.12

Overtime

Accumulated credits, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.021

Time off in lieu of, Minn. Statutes 2025 177.25

Park superintendents, Minn. Statutes 2025 398.09, 398.35

Payments by, voter registration, costs, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.211

Payments to

Advance payments, Minn. Statutes 2025 357.13

Fees, exclusion from salary, Minn. Statutes 2025 357.33

Illegal fees, treble damages, Minn. Statutes 2025 357.29

Negotiable paper, Minn. Statutes 2025 382.31 to 382.36

Witness fees, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 357.23

Payroll system

County boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 163.09

County highways, labor, Minn. Statutes 2025 163.09

Direct deposit, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.426

Individual annuity contracts, purchasing, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.615

Personnel administration systems, see under COUNTIES

Persons trained in domestic violence, see under DOMESTIC ABUSE

Political activities, Minn. Statutes 2025 211B.09, 211B.19

Poor relief workers transferred from cities or towns, Minn. Statutes 2025 261.002

Positions abolished

County administrator, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.06

County executive, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

County manager, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

Probate court judges, see Judges under PROBATE COURT

Probation officers, see PROBATION OFFICERS

Property held in custody by, interference with, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.47

Public health nurses, medical assistance

Covered services, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Data management system, Minn. Statutes 2025 125A.744

Home care service, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0651, 256B.0652

Personal care assistants, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0659

Public office, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.44

Qualifications, legislature, duties, Minn. Const. art 12 s 3

Ramsey County, see Officers and employees under RAMSEY COUNTY

Records and record keeping

Damaged records, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.15

Voter registration, duties, failure to perform or enforce, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.27

Registrars of title, filing with

Highway boundary plats or maps, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.14

Manufactured homes, Minn. Statutes 2025 168A.1411, 168A.1412, 168A.142

Maps or plats, acquisition of highway land, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.085

Reinstatements, military or uniformed service completed, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.261

Removal

Appeals, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.19

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.14

Hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.18, 351.19, 351.23

Petitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.17, 351.19

Procedures, generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.14 to 351.23

Rules, application, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.19

Special masters, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.17, 351.19 to 351.21

Reports

County agricultural inspectors, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 18.81

Legislative matters, expenditures, Minn. Statutes 2025 6.76

Voter registration, violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.27

Representation, state-aid highways and streets variance committee, Minn. Rules 8820.3400

Residence

Change, vacancies in office, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.02

Exemptions, coroner's appointments, Minn. Statutes 2025 390.005

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 415.16

Resignations, officers or employees assuming county administrator position, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.06

Responsible authorities, see under GOVERNMENT DATA

Retirement

Coverage by more than one plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 3.088

Public employees defined contribution plan, Minn. Statutes 2025 353D.01 to 353D.10

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2025 353.01

Retiree postemployment benefits, trust for, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.6175

Rideshare program, Minn. Statutes 2025 174.257

Saint Louis County, civil service rules, violation, Minn. Statutes 2025 383C.046, 383C.055

Screener-collectors, court fees, disposition, Minn. Statutes 2025 357.021

Senior fiscal officers, claims against county, payment, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.18

Severance pay, Minn. Statutes 2025 465.72, 465.722

Sheriffs, see SHERIFFS

Sick leave

Accumulated credits, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.021

Exclusion from severance pay, Minn. Statutes 2025 465.72, 465.722

Reinstatements, military service completed, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.261

Signatures, electronic approvals, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.381

Snow removal workers, deemed as employees, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.21

Social workers, licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 148E.055, 148E.065

Specific officers

State funds, failure to pay over, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.445

Supervisors of assessments, Minn. Statutes 2025 273.1325

Supervisors, State Fair exhibits, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.80, 375.81

Surplus property, sales to, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.054

Suspension of

County administrator, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.06

County executive, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.04

County manager, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.03, 375A.05

Term of office, Minn. Statutes 2025 204D.02

Travel expenses

Airline travel, Minn. Statutes 2025 15.435, 471.91

Out-of-state travel policies, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.661

Tuberculosis, contracting

Labor and Industry Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 175.17

Workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.87, 176.871

Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, appellate jurisdiction, Minn. Statutes 2025 175A.01

Unemployment insurance, see UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Vacancies in office

Appointment of ineligible persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.46

Appointments to fill, Minn. Statutes 2025 382.02

Filling after removal, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.22

Military service, active duty by incumbents, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.263

Optional county government, Minn. Statutes 2025 375A.11

Procedures for filling, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.08

Residence, change, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.02

Vacation

Accumulated credits, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.021

Exclusion from severance pay, Minn. Statutes 2025 465.72, 465.722

Reinstatements, military service completed, Minn. Statutes 2025 192.261

Veterans' preference, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.63

Violations and penalties

Criminal identification data, refusal to furnish, penalty, Minn. Statutes 2025 299C.21

Unauthorized compensation, receipt of, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.45

Voter registration, duties, failure to perform or enforce, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.27

Waivers, removal hearings, Minn. Statutes 2025 351.18

Workers' compensation, tuberculosis, Minn. Statutes 2025 176.871