1998 Minnesota Statutes

     196.08 Files and records confidential.  

    The contents of, and all files, records, reports, papers 
 and documents pertaining to, any claim for the benefits of Laws 
 1943, chapter 420, whether pending or adjudicated, shall be 
 deemed confidential and privileged and no disclosure thereof 
 shall be made, without the consent in writing of the claimant 
 who has not been adjudicated incompetent, except as follows: 

    (a) To said claimant personally, a duly appointed guardian, 
 an attorney in fact, or a duly authorized representative, and as 
 to personal matters, when, in the judgment of the commissioner, 
 such disclosure would not be injurious to the physical or mental 
 health of the claimant.  

    (b) To the representatives of veterans' organizations 
 recognized by the United States government, not exceeding five 
 from each such veterans' organizations, and when such 
 representatives have been duly certified as such by the state 
 department of any such veterans' organizations in the state of 
 Minnesota.  

    (c) In any court in the state of Minnesota which has 
 jurisdiction of the parties to, and subject matter of, an action 
 or proceeding therein pending, as found by said court, when 
 required to be produced by the process of such court, and then 
 only in open court, as evidence, in such action or proceeding 
 after a judge thereof shall have ruled the same to be relevant 
 and competent evidence in such action or proceeding according to 
 the laws and statutes of said state.  

    HIST: 1943 c 420 s 8; 1986 c 444