2002 Minnesota Statutes

     375.39 Change of name of county; order of county board. 

    A county board may change the name of the county upon a 
 petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the county 
 equal to 55 percent of the votes cast at the last preceding 
 general election, and shall adopt the new name suggested in the 
 petition as the official name of the county.  The petition shall 
 be filed with the county auditor who shall then promptly give 
 public notice of the filing of the petition by publishing it in 
 the official newspaper of the county.  The petition shall be 
 considered at the next meeting of the board held not less than 
 30 days after the date of the notice.  

    The petition being granted, the board shall make a formal 
 order to that effect, which shall be filed with the auditor.  
 After filing, the official name of the county shall be the one 
 adopted.  

    HIST: (674, 675) 1905 c 23 s 1,2; 1984 c 629 s 2