TOWN CLERKS

See also TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Absentee voting, duties, see ABSENTEE VOTING

Appeal and equalization boards, meetings, Minn. Statutes 2013 274.01, 274.03

Audits and examinations

Contested claims, copies, service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2013 6.59

Costs, collection, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2013 6.57

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 6.55

Auxiliary forests, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2013 88.48, 88.49

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries)

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.23, 367.25

Peace officers' bonds, terms of, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.22

Campaign financing, duties, Minn. Statutes 2013 211A.02, 211A.05, 211A.09, 211B.17

Certificates of indebtedness, equipment purchases, Minn. Statutes 2013 368.01

Clerk-treasurers, see Option D towns, combined with treasurer's office under this topic

Compensation and salaries

Determination of, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.05

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.35, 204C.36

Conflicts of interest, violations, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.37

County seats, changing, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2013 372.06

Deeds, formalities and procedures, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.05

Definitions

Campaign finance reporting, Minn. Statutes 2013 211A.01

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2013 200.02

Deputy clerks

Appointment and general duties, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.12

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.05

Dissolution of town, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 368.47

Documents

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.11

New town organization, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.14

Dog licenses, duties, Minn. Statutes 2013 347.11, 347.12, 347.19

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.11

Election contests, Minn. Statutes 2013 209.021, 209.05

Election judges, Minn. Statutes 2013 204B.19, 204B.195, 204B.23

Elections

Deceptive practices, reports received, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.035

Duties, see ELECTIONS

Publications and instructions, copies to, Minn. Statutes 2013 204B.27

Elections messengers, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.29

Electronic voting systems, duties, see ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS

Filing with

Absentee ballot applications, Australian ballot system elections, Minn. Statutes 2013 203B.05

Annexation ordinances and petitions, Minn. Statutes 2013 414.033

Audits and examinations, reports, Minn. Statutes 2013 6.51

Bridges from islands in meandered lakes, plans and specifications, Minn. Statutes 2013 164.15

Campaign financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2013 211A.02

Certificates of indebtedness, Minn. Statutes 2013 366.095

County highways, resolutions for abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2013 163.11

County seats, changing, notice of referendum, Minn. Statutes 2013 372.05

Damage claims, dogs, damage to domestic animals, Minn. Statutes 2013 347.15

Duplicate warrants, affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2013 471.415

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.35, 204C.36

Estrays, Minn. Statutes 2013 346.02, 346.03

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2013 471.697

Hospital district board candidates, affidavits of candidacy, Minn. Statutes 2013 447.32

Itemized statements, repair of town bridges by counties, Minn. Statutes 2013 165.12

Land, applications for dedication for roads or cartways, Minn. Statutes 2013 164.15

Law enforcement officials, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.22

Lawsuits, statements of claims, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.38

Major purchases, petition for election, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.025

Minutes, town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.55

Model codes adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2013 471.62

Municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2013 205.13

Notice of election to separate from statutory city, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.44

Oaths of office, Minn. Statutes 2013 358.11

Official maps of land for public use, Minn. Statutes 2013 394.361

Petition to dissolve town, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.45

Pounds, receipts of animal sales, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.24

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2013 276.11

Rabies proclamations, Minn. Statutes 2013 35.68

Redistricting plans, Minn. Statutes 2013 2.91

Resolutions approving subdivision of land outside municipality, Minn. Statutes 2013 462.36

Road construction, Minn. Statutes 2013 160.17

Special town meetings, notice, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.52

State statutes and rules adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2013 471.62

Tax records, Minn. Statutes 2013 368.85

Timely delivery, Minn. Statutes 2013 645.151

Town cemeteries, maps and plats, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.26

Town officers, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.23

Town roads, Minn. Statutes 2013 164.07

Town treasurer's statement of payments, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.16

Unearned wages, Minn. Statutes 2013 181.07

Volunteer firefighter relief associations, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2013 424A.093

Fires

Causes, origins, and circumstances, Minn. Statutes 2013 299F.04

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2013 299F.20

Funds and accounts

Audited accounts, payment and form, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.18

Deposits, Minn. Statutes 2013 366.01

Posting and reading of financial statement, Minn. Statutes 2013 366.22

Town board of audit, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 366.21

General elections, duties, see GENERAL ELECTIONS

Hearings, city councils, Minn. Statutes 2013 435.19

Help America Vote Act, complaints procedures, Minn. Statutes 2013 200.04

Hospital district resolutions, Minn. Statutes 2013 447.31

Hours for voting, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.05, 205.175

Indigent persons, application for hospitalization, duties, Minn. Statutes 2013 261.22

Lawsuits against town, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.40

Liquor licensees, convictions, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2013 340A.905

Local election official, defined, Minn. Statutes 2013 200.02

Memberships, State Voting Systems Contracts Advisory Committee, Minn. Statutes 2013 206.805

Messengers, see under ELECTIONS

Metropolitan towns

Duties generally, Minn. Statutes 2013 368.01

Election in alternate years, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.03

Municipal clerks

Town clerks defined as, Minn. Statutes 2013 203B.01

Voting, see VOTING

Municipal elections, duties, see MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

New towns, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.14

News media, and elections, duties,, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.06, 206.85

Notaries public, powers of, Minn. Statutes 2013 358.15

Notices of election, Minn. Statutes 2013 204B.34, 204D.22

Oaths

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.25

Power to administer, Minn. Statutes 2013 358.10

Office hours, elections, Minn. Statutes 2013 203B.085

Offices, location, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.13

Optical scan voting systems, testing, Minn. Statutes 2013 206.83

Option B towns

Appointment procedures, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.30

Election, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.03

Incumbent clerks, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.34

Option C towns, town administrator, designation as, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.35

Option D towns, combined with treasurer's office

Abandonment, duties, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.36

Adoption by election, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Appointment, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.30

Duties of, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.36

Election of clerk-treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Terms of office, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.03

Town treasurer as incumbent, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.30, 367.36

Optional plans, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.31

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.125, 368.01, 599.13

Polling places, duties, see POLLING PLACES

Posting (notices), duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.11

Public improvements, cancellation, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2013 435.202

Rabies proclamations, posting and publication, Minn. Statutes 2013 35.68

Records and record keeping

Annexation, joint information meetings, Minn. Statutes 2013 414.0333

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.11

Voter registration, see Records and record keeping under VOTER REGISTRATION

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2013 435.202

Removal, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.37

Reports given

Dog licenses, Minn. Statutes 2013 347.12, 347.19

Electronic voting systems, plans, Minn. Statutes 2013 206.82

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2013 471.76

Financial statements, Minn. Statutes 2013 471.697

Statement of tax collections, Minn. Statutes 2013 471.69

Town board of audit, financial report, Minn. Statutes 2013 366.21

University of Minnesota hospitals, cases for treatment, Minn. Statutes 2013 158.03

Voter registration, violations, Minn. Statutes 2013 201.27

Representatives, election observers, conduct at polling places, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.06

Roads taken over as trunk highways, proceedings, documents, and plats, Minn. Statutes 2013 161.19

Special elections, duties, see SPECIAL ELECTIONS

Special fire protection districts, dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2013 368.85

Special or local laws, approval, Minn. Statutes 2013 645.021

Special town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.53

Specific parts of land, conveyances, subdivisions, Minn. Statutes 2013 272.162

State Building Code, enforcement, notice, Minn. Statutes 2013 326B.121

State Voting Systems Contracts Advisory Committee, membership, Minn. Statutes 2013 206.805

Subdivision regulations, Minn. Statutes 2013 462.358

Subordinate service districts, duties, Minn. Statutes 2013 365A.04, 365A.095

Surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2013 368.01

Taconite municipal aid, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2013 298.282

Tax-forfeited lands, declaration of reversion, notice, Minn. Statutes 2013 282.01

Town bridges, Minn. Statutes 2013 164.12, 164.15

Town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.51, 365.53, 365.55

Town officers, resignations, notice, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.02

Town real estate assessment rolls, reports received, Minn. Statutes 2013 274.18

Town roads

Drainage tax, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2013 164.05

Impassable roads, complaints, Minn. Statutes 2013 163.16

Maps, Minn. Statutes 2013 164.35

Petitions to establish, alter or vacate, Minn. Statutes 2013 164.07

Towns, petitions to form or change, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2013 379.03

Training for election officials, Minn. Statutes 2013 204B.25, 204B.28

Vacancies in office, Minn. Statutes 2013 367.03

Violations and penalties

Conflicts of interest, Minn. Statutes 2013 365.37, 609B.180

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2013 201.27, 204C.41, 211A.05

Voter registration violations, failure to report, Minn. Statutes 2013 201.27

Voting machines and systems, rules or laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2013 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 2013 206.66

Voting precincts

Boundary corrections, Minn. Statutes 2013 204B.14, 204B.146

Maps, duties, Minn. Statutes 2013 201.061, 204B.14

Voting returns, summary statements, Minn. Statutes 2013 204C.26, 204C.27

Voting systems, Minn. Statutes 2013 206.82, 206.83, 206.85

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, comprehensive plan, notice, Minn. Statutes 2013 458D.05