2005 Minnesota Statutes

     488A.19 Judges. 

    Subdivision 1.    Number of judges.  There are 11 
 judges of the municipal court of the county of Ramsey. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1993 c 318 art 2 s 51 

    Subd. 3.    Term; vacancies; appointments and election.  
  (a) Each elected judge holds office for six years beginning 
 the first Monday in January next succeeding the judge's election.

    (b) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of judge the 
 governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy, 
 to hold office until a successor is elected and qualified.  The 
 successor shall be elected for a six-year term at the next 
 general election occurring more than one year after such 
 appointment. 

    (c) At the general election immediately preceding the 
 expiration of an elected judge's term the qualified voters of 
 the county of Ramsey shall elect a successor.  

    (d) Each judge holds a separate nonpartisan office. 

    (e) When one or more judges of the court are to be 
 nominated or elected at an election, the notice of election 
 shall state the name of each judge whose successor is to be 
 nominated or elected.  The official ballot shall contain the 
 names of all candidates for each such office, state the number 
 of judges to be elected and the number of candidates for whom an 
 elector may vote, and designate each candidacy as "For the 
 office of Judge of the Municipal Court of the county of Ramsey 
 to which .......(Name of Judge)....... was elected for the 
 regular term," or "For the office of Judge of the Municipal 
 Court of the county of Ramsey to which .......(Name of 
 Judge)....... was appointed," as the case may be.  The official 
 ballots shall show in the spaces for the purpose the name of the 
 judge whose successor is to be elected.  When any judge is a 
 candidate again, the word "incumbent" shall be printed after the 
 judge's name where it appears among the names of the candidates 
 for the office. When voting machines are used and such 
 statements cannot be inserted in full, the designation shall be 
 "Successor to .......(Name of Judge) ...... (elected)," or 
 "Successor to .......(Name of Judge)....... (appointed)," as the 
 case may be. 

    (f) Each person desiring to have the person's name placed 
 upon the primary ballot as a candidate for judge shall state in 
 an affidavit of candidacy the office of the particular judge for 
 which the person is a candidate.  The filing of this affidavit 
 with the county auditor and a compliance with all other 
 requirements constitutes such person a candidate for that 
 office, and for that office only.  No person shall at any 
 election be a candidate for more than one such office. 

    Subd. 4.  Repealed, 1973 c 708 s 37 

    Subd. 5.    Powers.  The judges have the general powers 
 of judges of courts of record and all powers necessary to 
 effectuate the purposes of sections 488A.18 to 488A.34.  Each 
 judge may administer oaths and take and certify 
 acknowledgments.  Each judge is a conservator of the peace and 
 has all powers and authority vested in it by statute or court 
 rule. 

    Subd. 6.    Contempt of court.  Any judge has the power 
 to punish for contempt of court by a fine not exceeding $300 or 
 by imprisonment in the county jail or city workhouse not 
 exceeding 90 days, or both. 

    Subd. 7.    Court rules.  A majority of the judges may 
 promulgate rules of court consistent with this act.  Unless the 
 rule forbids, a judge may waive its application. 

    Subd. 8.  Repealed, 1977 c 432 s 49 

    Subd. 9.  Repealed, 1977 c 432 s 49 

    Subd. 10.    Salaries.  Each judge shall be paid by the 
 state an annual salary in the amount prescribed by section 
 15A.083.  If a judge dies, the amount of the judge's salary 
 remaining unpaid for the month in which the death occurs shall 
 be paid to the judge's estate.  Each judge shall be paid 
 expenses by the state in the same manner and amount as provided 
 for judges of the district court in section 484.54. 

    HIST: 1961 c 436 s 2; 1963 c 736 s 1; 1963 c 878 s 1; 1965 c 
 695 s 2; 1967 c 747 s 2,3; 1969 c 729 s 1,2; Ex1971 c 4 s 3; 
 Ex1971 c 30 s 1; 1973 c 708 s 5-7; 1974 c 397 s 17-19; 1977 c 35 
 s 17; 1977 c 432 s 38; 1983 c 359 s 71; 1986 c 444