TOWN CLERKS

See also TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Absentee voting, duties, see ABSENTEE VOTING

Appeal and equalization boards, meetings, Minn. Statutes 2006 274.01, 274.03

Audits and examinations

Contested claims, copies, service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2006 6.59

Costs, collection, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2006 6.57

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 6.55

Auxiliary forests, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2006 88.48, 88.49

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries)

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.23, 367.25

Peace officers' bonds, terms of, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.22

Campaign financing, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 211A.02, 211A.05, 211A.09, 211B.17

Certificates of indebtedness, equipment purchases, Minn. Statutes 2006 368.01

Clerk-treasurers, see Option D towns under this topic

Compensation and salaries

Determination of, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.05

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.35, 204C.36

Conflicts of interest, violations, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.37

County seats, changing, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2006 372.06

Deeds, formalities and procedures, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.05

Definitions

Campaign finance reporting, Minn. Statutes 2006 211A.01

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2006 200.02

Deputy clerks

Appointment and general duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.12

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.05

Dissolution of town, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 368.47

Documents

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.11

New town organization, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.14

Dog licenses, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 347.11, 347.12, 347.19

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.11

Election contests, Minn. Statutes 2006 209.021, 209.05

Election judges, Minn. Statutes 2006 204B.19, 204B.195, 204B.23

Elections

Deceptive practices, reports received, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.035

Duties, see ELECTIONS

Publications and instructions, copies to, Minn. Statutes 2006 204B.27

Elections messengers, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.29

Electronic voting systems, duties, see ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS

Filing with

Absentee ballot applications, Australian ballot system elections, Minn. Statutes 2006 203B.05

Annexation ordinances and petitions, Minn. Statutes 2006 414.033

Audits and examinations, reports, Minn. Statutes 2006 6.51

Bridges from islands in meandered lakes, plans and specifications, Minn. Statutes 2006 164.15

Campaign financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2006 211A.02

Certificates of indebtedness, Minn. Statutes 2006 366.095

County highways, resolutions for abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2006 163.11

County seats, changing, notice of referendum, Minn. Statutes 2006 372.05

Damage claims, dogs, damage to domestic animals, Minn. Statutes 2006 347.15

Duplicate warrants, affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2006 471.415

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.35, 204C.36

Estrays, Minn. Statutes 2006 346.02, 346.03

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2006 471.697

Hospital district board candidates, affidavits of candidacy, Minn. Statutes 2006 447.32

Itemized statements, repair of town bridges by counties, Minn. Statutes 2006 165.12

Land, applications for dedication for roads or cartways, Minn. Statutes 2006 164.15

Law enforcement officials, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.22

Lawsuits, statements of claims, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.38

Major purchases, petition for election, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.025

Minutes, town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.55

Model codes adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2006 471.62

Municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2006 205.13

Notice of election to separate from statutory city, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.44

Oaths of office, Minn. Statutes 2006 358.11

Official maps of land for public use, Minn. Statutes 2006 394.361

Ongoing absentee voting status, applications, Minn. Statutes 2006 203B.04

Petition to dissolve town, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.45

Pounds, receipts of animal sales, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.24

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2006 276.11

Rabies proclamations, Minn. Statutes 2006 35.68

Redistricting plans, Minn. Statutes 2006 2.91

Resolutions approving subdivision of land outside municipality, Minn. Statutes 2006 462.36

Road construction, Minn. Statutes 2006 160.17

Special town meetings, notice, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.52

State statutes and rules adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2006 471.62

Subordinate service districts, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2006 365A.04

Tax records, Minn. Statutes 2006 368.85

Timely delivery, Minn. Statutes 2006 645.151

Town cemeteries, maps and plats, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.26

Town officers, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.23

Town roads, Minn. Statutes 2006 164.07

Town treasurer's statement of payments, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.16

Unearned wages, Minn. Statutes 2006 181.07

Volunteer firefighter relief associations, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2006 69.773

Fires

Causes, origins, and circumstances, Minn. Statutes 2006 299F.04

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 299F.20

Funds and accounts

Audited accounts, payment and form, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.18

Deposits, Minn. Statutes 2006 366.01

Posting and reading of financial statement, Minn. Statutes 2006 366.22

Town board of audit, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 366.21

General elections, duties, see GENERAL ELECTIONS

Hearings, city councils, Minn. Statutes 2006 435.19

Help America Vote Act, complaints procedures, Minn. Statutes 2006 200.04

Hospital district resolutions, Minn. Statutes 2006 447.31

Hours for voting, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.05, 205.175

Indigent persons, application for hospitalization, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 261.22

Lawsuits against town, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.40

Liquor licensees, convictions, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2006 340A.905

Local election official, defined, Minn. Statutes 2006 200.02

Local relief associations, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 423A.171 to 423A.19

Memberships, State Voting Systems Contracts Advisory Committee, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.805

Messengers, see under ELECTIONS

Metropolitan towns

Duties generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 368.01

Election in alternate years, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.03

Municipal clerks

Town clerks defined as, Minn. Statutes 2006 203B.01

Voting, see VOTING

Municipal elections, duties, see MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

New towns, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.14

News media, and elections, duties,, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.06, 206.85

Notaries public, powers of, Minn. Statutes 2006 358.15

Notices of election, Minn. Statutes 2006 204B.34, 204D.22

Oaths

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.25

Power to administer, Minn. Statutes 2006 358.10

Office hours, elections, Minn. Statutes 2006 203B.085

Offices, location, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.13

Optical scan voting systems, testing, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.83

Option B towns

Appointment procedures, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.30

Election, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.03

Incumbent clerks, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.34

Option C towns

Town administrator, designation as, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.35

Option D towns

Combined with treasurer's office

Abandonment, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.36

Adoption by election, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Appointment, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.30

Duties of, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.36

Election of clerk-treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Terms of office, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.03

Town treasurer as incumbent, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.30, 367.36

Optional plans, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.31

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.125, 368.01, 599.13

Polling places, duties, see POLLING PLACES

Posting (notices), duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.11

Public improvements, cancellation, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2006 435.202

Rabies proclamations, posting and publication, Minn. Statutes 2006 35.68

Records and record keeping

Annexation, joint information meetings, Minn. Statutes 2006 414.0333

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.11

Voter registration, see Records and record keeping under VOTER REGISTRATION

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2006 435.202

Removal, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.37

Reports given

Dog licenses, Minn. Statutes 2006 347.12, 347.19

Electronic voting systems, plans, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.82

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2006 471.76

Financial statements, Minn. Statutes 2006 471.697

Statement of tax collections, Minn. Statutes 2006 471.69

Town board of audit, financial report, Minn. Statutes 2006 366.21

University of Minnesota hospitals, cases for treatment, Minn. Statutes 2006 158.03

Voter registration, violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 201.27

Representatives

Election observers, conduct at polling places, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.06

Roads taken over as trunk highways, proceedings, documents, and plats, Minn. Statutes 2006 161.19

Seed and feed loan violations complaints, filing, Minn. Statutes 2006 395.23

Special elections, duties, see SPECIAL ELECTIONS

Special fire protection districts, dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2006 368.85

Special or local laws, approval, Minn. Statutes 2006 645.021

Special town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.53

Specific parts of land, conveyances, subdivisions, Minn. Statutes 2006 272.162

State Building Code, enforcement, notice, Minn. Statutes 2006 16B.62

State Voting Systems Contracts Advisory Committee

Membership, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.805

Subdivision regulations, Minn. Statutes 2006 462.358

Subordinate service districts

Dissolution, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2006 365A.095

Surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2006 368.01

Taconite municipal aid, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2006 298.282

Tax-forfeited lands, declaration of reversion, notice, Minn. Statutes 2006 282.01

Town bridges, Minn. Statutes 2006 164.12, 164.15

Town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.51, 365.53

Town officers, resignations, notice, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.02

Town real estate assessment rolls, reports received, Minn. Statutes 2006 274.18

Town roads

Drainage tax, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2006 164.05

Impassable roads, complaints, Minn. Statutes 2006 163.16

Maps, Minn. Statutes 2006 164.35

Petitions to establish, alter or vacate, Minn. Statutes 2006 164.07

Towns, petitions to form or change, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2006 379.03

Training for election officials, Minn. Statutes 2006 204B.25, 204B.28

Vacancies in office, Minn. Statutes 2006 367.03

Violations and penalties

Conflicts of interest, Minn. Statutes 2006 365.37, 609B.180

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2006 201.27, 204C.41, 211A.05

Voter registration violations, failure to report, Minn. Statutes 2006 201.27

Voting machines or systems, rules or laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.66

Voter registration duties, see VOTER REGISTRATION

Voting, duties, see VOTING

Voting machines and systems

Duties, see VOTING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS

Rules or laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.66

Voting Machines Options Working Group, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.91

Voting precincts

Boundary corrections, Minn. Statutes 2006 204B.14, 204B.146

Maps, duties, Minn. Statutes 2006 201.061, 204B.14

Voting returns, summary statements, Minn. Statutes 2006 204C.26, 204C.27

Voting systems, Minn. Statutes 2006 206.82, 206.83, 206.85

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District

Comprehensive plan, notice, Minn. Statutes 2006 458D.05