WITNESSES

See also CORROBORATION; CROSS-EXAMINATION; EVIDENCE; PERJURY; WITNESS TAMPERING

Abortion, fifth amendment rights, exception, Minn. Statutes 2011 617.21

Abuse, witnesses to, services, policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2011 15.87

Addresses, crime victims, confidentiality, Minn. Statutes 2011 611A.035

Adoption

Consents, Minn. Statutes 2011 259.24

Hearings on petition, waiver of notice, Minn. Statutes 2011 259.49

Aeronautics, Minn. Statutes 2011 360.015

Age

Child witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Marriages, witnesses to, Minn. Statutes 2011 517.10

Agricultural chemicals, inspections, Minn. Statutes 2011 18D.201

Airport boards of adjustment, Minn. Statutes 2011 360.071

Alcohol and drug counselors, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Alternative dispute resolution proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Antenuptial agreements, Minn. Statutes 2011 519.11

Arbitration hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 572.14

Attorneys, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Bribery, Minn. Statutes 2011 609.42

Change of name, Minn. Statutes 2011 259.10

Child custody, see Witnesses under CHILD CUSTODY

Children, see Witnesses under CHILDREN

Chiropractic Examiners Board, power to summon, Minn. Statutes 2011 148.04

Chiropractors, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

City council hearings, special assessments, Minn. Statutes 2011 429.061

Civil service commissions, Saint Louis County, Minn. Statutes 2011 383C.048

Civil trials, interpreters (language), Minn. Statutes 2011 546.43

Clergy, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Collection agencies, investigations, Minn. Statutes 2011 332.40

Collective bargaining, group representatives, Minn. Statutes 2011 179.16

Commerce Department, collection agencies, investigations, Minn. Statutes 2011 332.40

Commitments

Criminal cases, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.54, 629.55

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 253B.08

Intrusive mental health treatments, declaration of preferences or instructions, Minn. Statutes 2011 253B.03

Communication assistants for telecommunications systems, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Compelling appearance, see SUBPOENAS

Compensation and salaries, see Fees under this topic

Competence

Convicted persons, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.07

Religious tests prohibited, Minn. Const. art 1 s 17

Compulsory process to obtain witnesses, Minn. Const. art 1 s 6

Confrontation, right of accused, Minn. Const. art 1 s 6

Contempts

Aeronautics, orders, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2011 360.015

Detaining, Minn. Statutes 2011 588.01

Refusal to be sworn or answer, Minn. Statutes 2011 588.01, 588.20

Workers' compensation, subpoenas, failure to obey, Minn. Statutes 2011 176.351

Contested cases

Administrative procedure, Minn. Statutes 2011 14.60

Local water management, Minn. Statutes 2011 103B.345

Convicted persons, competence, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.07

Credibility, traffic violation convictions not to affect, Minn. Statutes 2011 169.94

Criminal contempt, refusal to be sworn or answer, Minn. Statutes 2011 588.20

Criminal proceedings

Constitutional provisions regarding, Minn. Const. art 1 s 6

Deaf persons, interpreters, Minn. Statutes 2011 611.30 to 611.34

Fees, see same under this topic

Nonresidents, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.32, 634.07, 634.08

Public defenders, defendants, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.24

Recognizance, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.54, 629.55

Summoning, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.44

Travel and testimony, Minn. Statutes 2011 634.06 to 634.09

Cruelty to animals, investigations, Minn. Statutes 2011 343.22

Data, law enforcement data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.82

Date of birth, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2011 611A.035

Deaf persons, interpreters

Civil proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 546.42 to 546.44

Criminal proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 611.30 to 611.34

Definitions, judicial proof, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.01

Deposed persons, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.01

Developmentally disabled persons, examination of capacity, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.06

Disciplinary hearings, state troopers, Minn. Statutes 2011 299D.03

Distrained animals, damages, Minn. Statutes 2011 346.10

Dogs, damage claims, Minn. Statutes 2011 347.15

Estrays, determination of charges, Minn. Statutes 2011 346.04

Expenses, reimbursement

Business corporations, Minn. Statutes 2011 302A.521

Cooperative associations, Minn. Statutes 2011 308B.471

Limited liability companies, Minn. Statutes 2011 322B.699

Nonprofit corporations, Minn. Statutes 2011 317A.521

Travel, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.22, 357.24, 357.32, 638.06 to 638.08

Expert witnesses, see EXPERT WITNESSES

Fees

Ambulance services, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 144E.30

Arbitration hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 572.14

Asbestos Abatement Act lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2011 326.78

Attorneys' removal or suspension proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 481.15

Businesses, gambling violations, Minn. Statutes 2011 349.37

Child maltreatment, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 256.045

Claims against local governments, Minn. Statutes 2011 471.38

Commitment hearings, payment, Minn. Statutes 2011 253B.23

Compensation and salary lawsuits and hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 181.171

Criminal trials

Committed witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.55

County payment, change of venue, Minn. Statutes 2011 627.02

Fees and expenses, generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.24

Payment by state, Minn. Statutes 2011 480.182

Payments by county treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.32

Firefighters, lawsuits against, Minn. Statutes 2011 471.86

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.22

Hazardous substances releases, lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2011 115B.14

Health Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 144.054

Implied consent hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 634.15

Insurance for, authority to issue, generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 60A.06

Juvenile courts, payment, Minn. Statutes 2011 260B.152, 260B.331, 260C.152, 260C.331, 357.241

Labor and Industry Department, payment, Minn. Statutes 2011 175.20

Municipal officers, exception, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.23

Nursing home administrators, violations, Minn. Statutes 2011 144A.2511

Parents of child witnesses, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.242

Paternity lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2011 257.69

Payment to attorneys in case, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.30

Peace officers, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.13, 471.44, 471.45

Public Utilities Commission, Minn. Statutes 2011 216.18, 216B.28

Reimbursements, human services, Minn. Statutes 2011 256.045

Sheriff's civil service commissions, Minn. Statutes 2011 387.40

State, payment by, Minn. Statutes 2011 480.182

Tax administration and compliance proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 270C.31, 270C.32

Tax Court, Minn. Statutes 2011 271.19

Travel expenses, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.22, 357.24, 357.32, 638.06 to 638.08

Unemployment insurance, Minn. Statutes 2011 268.105, 268.188

Workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2011 176.351

Fifth amendment rights, see under CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Firefighters civil service commissions, Minn. Statutes 2011 420.12

Foreign states, criminal trials in, Minn. Statutes 2011 634.06 to 634.09

Formal testacy proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 524.3-406

Fraternal benefit societies, examinations and visitations, Minn. Statutes 2011 64B.30

Gambling, violations, licenses, revocation or suspension, Minn. Statutes 2011 349.37

Grand jury witnesses

Names, entry on indictment, Minn. Statutes 2011 630.18

News media sources, protection, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.021 to 595.025

Testimony, disclosure by juror, Minn. Statutes 2011 628.65

Health care directives, Minn. Statutes 2011 145C.03

Health care information, review organizations, testimony, Minn. Statutes 2011 145.64

Health Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 144.054

Health maintenance organizations, audits and examinations, Minn. Statutes 2011 62D.14

Health threat to others, reporting, Minn. Statutes 2011 144.4175

Home care services, proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 144A.46

Household goods warehouses, complaints, Minn. Statutes 2011 231.24

Housing, warranties, modifications or waivers, Minn. Statutes 2011 327A.04

Human Services Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.13

Husbands, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02, 609.326

Identity

Protection, predatory offender risk assessment determination, Minn. Statutes 2011 244.052

Withholding, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.82

In forma pauperis proceedings, court costs, Minn. Statutes 2011 563.01

Inquests court inquests, Minn. Statutes 2011 390.32, 390.33

Insurance companies, liquidation, payment, preference, Minn. Statutes 2011 60B.44

International wills, Minn. Statutes 2011 524.2-1003

Interpreters

Civil proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 546.42 to 546.44

Criminal proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 611.30 to 611.34

Privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Intoxicated persons, ability to testify, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Jurors, personal knowledge of fact in controversy, Minn. Statutes 2011 631.05

Juvenile witnesses, see Witnesses under CHILDREN

Labor and Industry Department, small claims court, Minn. Statutes 2011 176.2615

Legislative personnel, Minn. Statutes 2011 3.16

Licensed consulting psychologists, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Licensing boards, subpoenas, power to issue, Minn. Statutes 2011 214.10

Living wills, Minn. Statutes 2011 145B.03, 145B.04

Local social services agencies, Minn. Statutes 2011 256B.13

Marriage, witnesses to

Age requirement, Minn. Statutes 2011 517.10

Signatures on marriage certificates, Minn. Statutes 2011 517.10

Solemnization, authority, Minn. Statutes 2011 517.01, 517.09, 517.18

Meat and poultry inspection investigations, Minn. Statutes 2011 31A.27

Mediation, documents, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Mediators, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Mental illness, persons with, ability to testify, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Metropolitan Airports Commission proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 473.608

Mileage

Ambulance services, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 144E.30

Asbestos Abatement Act lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2011 326.78

Commitment hearings, payment, Minn. Statutes 2011 253B.23, 480.182

Firefighters civil service commissions, trials, Minn. Statutes 2011 420.12

Gambling violations, Minn. Statutes 2011 349.37

Health Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 144.054, 144A.754

Juvenile courts, Minn. Statutes 2011 260B.152, 260B.331, 260C.152, 260C.331

Police civil service commissions, trials, Minn. Statutes 2011 419.11

Public guardianship, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 252A.20

Public Utilities Commission, Minn. Statutes 2011 216.18, 216B.28

Sheriff's civil service commissions, Minn. Statutes 2011 387.40

State, payment by, Minn. Statutes 2011 480.182

Water and Soil Resources Board hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 103A.335, 103D.101

Motor vehicle dealers, license hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 168.27

Motor vehicle retail sales contracts, subpoenas, Minn. Statutes 2011 53C.05

Municipal merit systems, dismissal hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 44.08

News media, sources, protection, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.021 to 595.025

Non-English-speaking persons, see Interpreters under this topic

Nonresidents, criminal proceedings

Court certificates requiring attendance, Minn. Statutes 2011 634.07

Immunity from arrest, Minn. Statutes 2011 634.08

Travel expenses, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.32

Nursery stock, violations, Minn. Statutes 2011 18J.05

Nursing Board, power to summon, Minn. Statutes 2011 148.191

Oaths and affirmations

Capacity to understand, examination, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.06

Form, Minn. Statutes 2011 358.07, 358.08

Health Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 144.054

Occupational safety and health, Minn. Statutes 2011 182.659

Ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities

Hearings, witness privileges, Minn. Statutes 2011 245.94

Order to travel and testify, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2011 634.06

Pardons Board, travel expenses, Minn. Statutes 2011 638.08

Parents, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Parties to suits, testimony, generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Paternity, Minn. Statutes 2011 257.63, 257.69

Peace officers' discipline procedures, Minn. Statutes 2011 626.89

Personal representatives, beneficiaries deemed as, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Photographs, display to, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.43

Physicians and surgeons, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Plant pests, violations, Minn. Statutes 2011 18J.05

Plants (vegetation), violations, Minn. Statutes 2011 18J.05

Police civil service commissions, Minn. Statutes 2011 419.11

Psychologists, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Public Employees Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2011 353.03

Public guardianship hearings, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2011 252A.20

Public interest labor disputes, hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 179.08

Public officials, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Public Safety Department

Motor vehicle dealers, license hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 168.27

Witness and victim protection fund, creation, Minn. Statutes 2011 299C.065

Public Utilities Commission

Authority to summon, Minn. Statutes 2011 216.18

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2011 216.18, 216B.28

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 216B.28 to 216B.31

Refusal to testify, contempt, Minn. Statutes 2011 216B.29

Subpoenas, disobedience, effect, Minn. Statutes 2011 216.18

Recognizance

Children, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.55

Criminal cases, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.54, 629.55

Recognizance to keep the peace, Minn. Statutes 2011 625.04, 625.10

Swindling, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.364

Refusal to testify

Contempts, Minn. Statutes 2011 588.01, 588.20

Public Utilities Commission, Minn. Statutes 2011 216B.29

Punishment, notaries public, Minn. Statutes 2011 359.11

Self-incrimination, see Fifth amendment rights under CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Registered nurses, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Registration of title, examiners of titles, Minn. Statutes 2011 508.13

Religious corporations, incorporation procedures, Minn. Statutes 2011 315.01

Religious workers, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Retaliation against, employers, Minn. Statutes 2011 611A.036

Revenue Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 270C.31, 270C.32

Rulemaking hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 14.14

Rules of evidence, conflicts with statutes, Minn. Statutes 2011 480.0591

School board hearings, students, exclusion or expulsion, Minn. Statutes 2011 121A.47

Search warrants, support for issuance, Minn. Statutes 2011 626.09

Seed Law, violations, Minn. Statutes 2011 18J.05

Sexual assault counselors, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Shootings, aid to shooting victims, Minn. Statutes 2011 604A.02, 609.662

Signatures

Notarial acts, attesting signatures defined as, Minn. Statutes 2011 358.41

Procedure, generally, Minn. Statutes 2011 358.42

Short form, Minn. Statutes 2011 358.48

Social workers, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Speech impaired persons, interpreters

Civil proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 546.42 to 546.44

Criminal proceeding, Minn. Statutes 2011 611.30 to 611.34

Spouses

Privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02

Testifying against spouse, prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2011 609.326

Swindling, Minn. Statutes 2011 629.364

Tax administration and compliance, Minn. Statutes 2011 270C.31, 270C.32

Tax arbitration boards, Minn. Statutes 2011 290.081, 290.171

Tax Court, Minn. Statutes 2011 271.13, 271.19

Teachers Retirement Association, Minn. Statutes 2011 354.07

Telephone numbers, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2011 611A.035

Topographic surveys, Saint Louis County, Minn. Statutes 2011 383C.455

Transportation Department, proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2011 174.10

Travel expenses

Amount, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.22

Criminal cases, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.24, 357.32

Nonresidents, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.32

Pardons Board, Minn. Statutes 2011 638.08

Payment in advance of travel, Minn. Statutes 2011 357.22, 357.32

Travel outside of state of residence, Minn. Statutes 2011 634.06, 634.07

Treason, witness to, Minn. Const. art 1 s 9

Undercover buy fund, witness and victim protection, Minn. Statutes 2011 299C.065

Victims of crime, Minn. Statutes 2011 611A.035

Voir dire, Minn. Statutes 2011 631.36

Voir dire examinations, Minn. Statutes 2011 631.36

Waivers, privileges, health threat to others, reporting, Minn. Statutes 2011 144.4175

Water and Soil Resources Board hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 103A.335, 103D.101

Water use permit hearings, Minn. Statutes 2011 103G.311

Wiretapped evidence, persons overhearing, Minn. Statutes 2011 626A.11

Witness and victim protection fund

Creation, Public Safety Department, Minn. Statutes 2011 299C.065

Witness and victim protection programs

Participants, Minn. Statutes 2011 13.82, 144.218, 259.10

Wives, privileged communications, Minn. Statutes 2011 595.02, 609.326

Workers' compensation, Minn. Statutes 2011 176.351, 176.541

Workers' compensation insurance, inspections, Minn. Statutes 2011 176.184