2003 Minnesota Statutes

     367.42 Duties of deputy constables. 

    Subdivision 1.  Notwithstanding any general or local law or 
 charter to the contrary, any deputy constable employed on or 
 after March 23, 1982, by a town of the state of Minnesota has 
 the following powers and duties:  

    (a) to have the powers of arrest of a private person; 

    (b) to perform the duties of a constable prescribed by law 
 relative to election procedure; 

    (c) to perform the following duties at the direction of the 
 sheriff or a peace officer:  

    (i) to inspect communication wire and cable or records of 
 the wire and cable pursuant to section 325E.21; 

    (ii) to conduct hotel lien sales pursuant to section 
 327.76; and 

    (iii) to conduct public auction sales of unclaimed property 
 pursuant to sections 345.04 and 345.05; 

    (d) to provide general administrative or clerical 
 assistance to the town's law enforcement agency.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1988 c 563 s 8 

    Subd. 3.    Criminal records check.  No person may be 
 employed as a deputy constable unless the person submits proof 
 from the sheriff that the sheriff has checked the criminal 
 records system and that the applicant has not been convicted of 
 a felony within the past ten years.  

    HIST: 1978 c 681 s 5; 1981 c 270 s 139; 1982 c 595 s 11; 1983 
 c 216 art 1 s 62; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1988 c 563 s 5,6; 1990 c 
 401 art 1 s 1