TOWN CLERKS

See also CLERKS; TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Absentee voting, duties, see ABSENTEE VOTING

Access to data

Voter registration, statewide database, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.022

Administration of law

Absentee voting, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.05, 203B.085, 203B.16

Affidavits

Rabies proclamations, posting and publication, Minn. Statutes 2005 35.68

Appointments by

Deputy clerks, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.12

Designees, electronic voting system counting centers, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.85

Election contests, ballot guards, Minn. Statutes 2005 209.05

Election judges, appointments to fill vacancies, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.23

Elections messengers, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.29

Approvals by

News media, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.06, 206.85

Polling places, change of location, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.17

Public buildings and parking facilities, using for polling places, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.16

Attestation

Deed formalities and procedures, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.05

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.125, 368.01

Audited accounts, payment and form, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.18

Audits and examinations, costs, collection

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 6.57

Audits and examinations, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 6.55

Auxiliary forests

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 88.48, 88.49

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries)

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.23, 367.25

Peace officers' bonds, terms of, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.22

Campaign financing, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 211A.02, 211A.05, 211A.09

Campaign practices lawsuits, supplemental judgments

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2005 211A.09, 211B.17

Certificates and certification

Election certificates to candidates with incomplete financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 211A.05

Election judges, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.19, 204B.195

Hospital district resolutions, Minn. Statutes 2005 447.31

Municipal elections, results, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.185

Optional towns, elections adopting, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.31

Ordinances and regulations, copies as evidence, Minn. Statutes 2005 599.13

Special or local laws, approval, Minn. Statutes 2005 645.021

Specific parts of land, conveyances, subdivisions, Minn. Statutes 2005 272.162

Subdivision regulations, Minn. Statutes 2005 462.358

Tax-forfeited lands, nonconservation lands, public improvements, Minn. Statutes 2005 282.01

Town roads, orders for establishment, alteration, or vacation, copies, Minn. Statutes 2005 164.07

Voter registration, illiterate persons, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.056

Voting machines and systems, use, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.58

Certificates of indebtedness, equipment purchases, Minn. Statutes 2005 368.01

Certifying to

Campaign financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 211A.05

Candidates, municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.065

Expenses, change of polling place locations, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.17

Taconite municipal aid, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2005 298.282

Clerk-treasurers, see Option D towns under this topic

Compensation and salaries

Determination of, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.05

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.35, 204C.36

Complaints, filing

Seed and feed loan violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 395.23

Conflicts of interest, violations, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.37

Definitions

Campaign finance reporting, Minn. Statutes 2005 211A.01

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 200.02

Delegation of duties, absentee ballots

Delivery to health care patients, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.11

Deputy clerks

Appointment and general duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.12

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.05

Dissolution of town, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 368.47

Documents

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.11

New town organization, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.14

Dog licenses, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 347.11, 347.12, 347.19

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.11

Elections

Duties, see ELECTIONS

Publications and instructions, copies to, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.27

Electronic voting systems, duties, see ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS

Expenses, payment, elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.32

Fees

Dog licenses, Minn. Statutes 2005 347.11

Roads taken over as trunk highways, proceedings, documents, and plats, Minn. Statutes 2005 161.19

Filing with

Absentee ballot applications, Australian ballot system elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.05

Annexation ordinances and petitions, Minn. Statutes 2005 414.033

Audits and examinations, reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 6.51

Bridges from islands in meandered lakes, plans and specifications, Minn. Statutes 2005 164.15

Campaign financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 211A.02

Certificates of indebtedness, Minn. Statutes 2005 366.095

County highways, resolutions for abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2005 163.11

County seats, changing, notice of referendum, Minn. Statutes 2005 372.05

Damage claims, dogs, damage to domestic animals, Minn. Statutes 2005 347.15

Duplicate warrants, affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2005 471.415

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.35, 204C.36

Estrays, Minn. Statutes 2005 346.02, 346.03

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 471.697

Hospital district board candidates, affidavits of candidacy, Minn. Statutes 2005 447.32

Itemized statements, repair of town bridges by counties, Minn. Statutes 2005 165.12

Land, applications for dedication for roads or cartways, Minn. Statutes 2005 164.15

Law enforcement officials, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.22

Lawsuits, statements of claims, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.38

Major purchases, petition for election, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.025

Minutes, town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.55

Model codes adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2005 471.62

Municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.13

Notice of election to separate from statutory city, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.44

Oaths of office, Minn. Statutes 2005 358.11

Official maps of land for public use, Minn. Statutes 2005 394.361

Ongoing absentee voting status, applications, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.04

Petition to dissolve town, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.45

Pounds, receipts of animal sales, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.24

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2005 276.11

Rabies proclamations, Minn. Statutes 2005 35.68

Redistricting plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 2.91

Resolutions approving subdivision of land outside municipality, Minn. Statutes 2005 462.36

Road construction, Minn. Statutes 2005 160.17

Special town meetings, notice, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.52

State statutes and rules adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2005 471.62

Subordinate service districts, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2005 365A.04

Tax records, Minn. Statutes 2005 368.85

Timely delivery, Minn. Statutes 2005 645.151

Town cemeteries, maps and plats, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.26

Town officers, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.23

Town roads, Minn. Statutes 2005 164.07

Town treasurer's statement of payments, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.16

Unearned wages, Minn. Statutes 2005 181.07

Volunteer firefighter relief associations, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2005 69.773

Forms, voting returns, summary statements, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.26

Funds and accounts

Deposits, Minn. Statutes 2005 366.01

Posting and reading of financial statement, Minn. Statutes 2005 366.22

Town board of audit, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 366.21

General elections, duties, see GENERAL ELECTIONS

Hearing, petition to form or change towns

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 379.03

Help America Vote Act, complaints procedures, Minn. Statutes 2005 200.04

Improvements, cancellation

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 435.202

Indigent persons, application for hospitalization

Duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 261.22

Investigations by, fires

Causes, origins, and circumstances, Minn. Statutes 2005 299F.04

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 299F.20

Liquor licensees, convictions

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 340A.905

Local election official, defined, Minn. Statutes 2005 200.02

Local relief associations, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 423A.171 to 423A.19

Location of office, procedures for, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.13

Maps, voting precincts, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.061, 204B.14

Memberships

State Voting Systems Contracts Advisory Committee, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.805

Messengers, see under ELECTIONS

Metropolitan towns

Election in alternate years, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.03

Municipal clerks

Town clerks defined as, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.01

Voting, see VOTING

Municipal elections

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 204D.09, 205.17

Municipal elections, duties, see MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

New towns, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.14

Notaries public, powers of, Minn. Statutes 2005 358.15

Notice given

Absentee voting, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.05, 203B.08

Appeal and equalization boards, meetings, Minn. Statutes 2005 274.01, 274.03

Campaign financial reports, failure to file, Minn. Statutes 2005 211A.05

County seats, changing, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2005 372.06

Fires, investigations, Minn. Statutes 2005 299F.04

Hearings, city councils, Minn. Statutes 2005 435.19

Hours for voting, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.05, 205.175

Itemized statements, repair of town bridges by counties, filing, meetings of board, Minn. Statutes 2005 165.12

Municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.065, 205.13, 205.16, 205.175

Optical scan voting systems, testing, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.83

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2005 435.202

Special elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 204D.22, 365.21, 365.53

Town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.51, 365.53

Town road drainage tax, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2005 164.05

Town roads, Minn. Statutes 2005 163.16, 164.07, 368.01

Voting precincts, boundary corrections, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.14, 204B.146

Voting systems, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.82, 206.83, 206.85

Oaths

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.25

Power to administer, Minn. Statutes 2005 358.10

Office hours, elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.085

Option B towns

Appointment procedures, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.30

Election, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.03

Incumbent clerks, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.34

Option C towns

Town administrator, designation as, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.35

Option D towns

Combined with treasurer's office

Abandonment, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.36

Adoption by election, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Appointment, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.30

Duties of, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.36

Election of clerk-treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Terms of office, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.03

Town treasurer as incumbent, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.30, 367.36

Optional plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.31

Payments by

Absentee ballot counting boards, compensation, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.13

Dog licenses, fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 347.12

Voter registration, costs, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.211

Payments to

Absentee voting, administrative expenses, Minn. Statutes 2005 203B.15

Candidates, filing fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.13

Elections, expenses, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.32

Petitions to

Hours for voting, municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.175

Subordinate service districts, dissolution, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2005 365A.095

Town road drainage tax, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2005 164.05

Polling places, duties, see POLLING PLACES

Posting (notices)

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.11

General elections, county offices, filing procedures, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.33

Hours for voting, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.05

Municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.13, 205.16

Notices of election, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.34, 204D.22

Rabies proclamations, Minn. Statutes 2005 35.68

Special fire protection districts, dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2005 368.85

Special town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.53

Voting precincts, redistricting, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.14

Publication by

Municipal elections, affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.13

Optical scan voting systems, testing, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.83

Voting systems, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.83, 206.85

Records, see Records and record keeping under VOTER REGISTRATION

Records and record keeping

Electronic voting systems, ballots and readouts, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.85

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.11

Municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 205.185

Removal of, for conflicts of interest

Contract bids, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.37

Reports given

Dog licenses, Minn. Statutes 2005 347.12, 347.19

Electronic voting systems, plans, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.82

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 471.76

Financial statements, Minn. Statutes 2005 471.697

Statement of tax collections, Minn. Statutes 2005 471.69

Town board of audit, financial report, Minn. Statutes 2005 366.21

University of Minnesota hospitals, cases for treatment, Minn. Statutes 2005 158.03

Voter registration, violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.27

Representatives

Election observers, conduct at polling places, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.06

Service of process on

Audits and examinations, contested claims, copies, Minn. Statutes 2005 6.59

Election contests, notice, Minn. Statutes 2005 209.021

Lawsuits against town, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.40

Tax-forfeited lands, declaration of reversion, notice, Minn. Statutes 2005 282.01

Signatures, recorded town road maps, Minn. Statutes 2005 164.35

Special elections

Notice received, Minn. Statutes 2005 376.04

Special elections, duties, see SPECIAL ELECTIONS

State Building Code, enforcement, notice, Minn. Statutes 2005 16B.62

Surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2005 368.01

Town officers, resignations, notice, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.02

Town real estate assessment rolls

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2005 274.18

Training, voting precincts, redistricting, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.146

Training for election officials, Minn. Statutes 2005 204B.25, 204B.28

Unlicensed dogs, confiscation

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2005 347.14

Vacancies in office

Appointments and elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 367.03

Violations and penalties

Conflicts of interest, Minn. Statutes 2005 365.37

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.27, 204C.41, 211A.05

Voter registration violations, failure to report, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.27

Voting machines or systems, rules or laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.66

Voter registration, duties, see VOTER REGISTRATION

Voter registration, violations

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2005 201.27

Voting, duties, see VOTING

Voting machines and systems

Duties, see VOTING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS

Rules or laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 206.66

Voting returns, summary statements

Reports received, Minn. Statutes 2005 204C.27

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District

Comprehensive plan, notice, Minn. Statutes 2005 458D.05