Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 59-H.F.No. 29 
           An act relating to examiners of title; removing limits 
          on the number of deputy examiners; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1988, section 508.12, subdivision 1; 
          repealing Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 508.12, 
          subdivision 3. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 508.12, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [EXAMINER AND DEPUTY EXAMINER.] The judges 
of the district court shall appoint a competent attorney in each 
county within their respective districts to be an examiner of 
titles and legal adviser to the registrar in said county, and 
may appoint one attorneys to serve as deputy examiner examiners 
who shall act in the name of the examiner and under the 
examiner's supervision and control, and the deputy's acts shall 
be the acts of the examiners.  The examiner of titles and deputy 
examiners shall hold office subject to the will and discretion 
of the district court by whom appointed.  The examiner's 
compensation and that of the examiner's deputies shall be fixed 
and determined by the court and paid in the same manner as the 
compensation of other county employees is paid except that in 
all counties having less fewer than 75,000 inhabitants, and in 
Stearns county and Dakota county the fees and compensations 
compensation of the examiners for services as legal adviser to 
the registrar shall be determined by the judge judges of the 
district court and, paid in the same manner as the compensation 
of other county employees is paid, but in every other instance 
shall be paid by the person applying to have the person's title 
registered or for other action or relief which requires the 
services, certification or approval of the examiner.  
    Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 508.12, subdivision 3, is 
repealed. 
    Presented to the governor April 25, 1989 
    Signed by the governor April 26, 1989, 6:15 p.m.