2005 Minnesota Statutes

     80A.26 Administrative files and opinions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Filings.  A document is filed when it is 
 received by 
 the commissioner.  

    Subd. 2.    Register.  The commissioner shall keep a register of 
 all 
 applications for registration and registration statements which 
 are or have ever been effective, and all denial, suspension, or 
 revocation orders which have ever been entered under this 
 chapter and any predecessor laws.  Any information contained in 
 the register shall be a matter of public record.  

    Subd. 3.    Classification of information.  All information 
 contained in or filed with any 
 registration statement, application, or report, except such 
 information as to which the commissioner, upon request and for 
 good cause shown, grants confidential treatment, and except as 
 to reports of sales provided for in section 45.027, subdivision 
 1, clause (7), shall be a matter of public record and shall be 
 made available to the public under such rules as the 
 commissioner prescribes.  

    Subd. 4.    Copying.  Upon request and at such reasonable 
 charges as 
 the commissioner prescribes, the commissioner shall furnish to 
 any person photostatic or other copies (certified under the seal 
 of office if requested) of any entry in the register or any 
 document which is a matter of public record.  In any proceeding 
 or prosecution under this chapter, any copy so certified is 
 prima facie evidence of the contents of the entry or document 
 certified.  

    Subd. 5.    Interpretive opinions.  The commissioner may honor 
 requests from 
 interested persons for interpretive opinions.  

    HIST: 1973 c 451 s 26; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 336 s 18