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CHAPTER 489. COURT COMMISSIONERS
| Section | Headnote |
|---|---|
| 489.01 | ELECTION; TERM; OFFICE ABOLISHED. |
| 489.02 | QUALIFICATION; POWERS. |
| 489.03 | OATH. |
| 489.04 | RECORDS; COURT COMMISSIONER. |
| 489.05 | Repealed, 1Sp1981 c 4 art 3 s 8 |
489.01 ELECTION; TERM; OFFICE ABOLISHED.
Subdivision 1. Office abolished. The office of court commissioner is abolished. No vacancy
in the office of court commissioner shall be filled.
Subd. 2. Incumbents. Persons holding the office of court commissioner in all counties
except Ramsey County may continue to serve until the incumbent's term of office expires. The
person holding the office of court commissioner on January 1, 1981, in Ramsey County may
continue to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority under the terms and conditions
of this appointment.
Subd. 3. Court commissioner. In each county in the state there shall be elected at the general
election in 1918 a court commissioner. The term of office of the court commissioner shall be four
years and begin on the first Monday in January next succeeding the election. One person may
hold at the same time the offices of court commissioner and probate judge.
History: (246, 820, 821) RL s 147; 1913 c 458 s 1,2; 1915 c 168 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 3 s
7; 1986 c 444
Subdivision 1. Office abolished. The office of court commissioner is abolished. No vacancy
in the office of court commissioner shall be filled.
Subd. 2. Incumbents. Persons holding the office of court commissioner in all counties
except Ramsey County may continue to serve until the incumbent's term of office expires. The
person holding the office of court commissioner on January 1, 1981, in Ramsey County may
continue to serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority under the terms and conditions
of this appointment.
Subd. 3. Court commissioner. In each county in the state there shall be elected at the general
election in 1918 a court commissioner. The term of office of the court commissioner shall be four
years and begin on the first Monday in January next succeeding the election. One person may
hold at the same time the offices of court commissioner and probate judge.
History: (246, 820, 821) RL s 147; 1913 c 458 s 1,2; 1915 c 168 s 1,2; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 3 s
7; 1986 c 444
489.02 QUALIFICATION; POWERS.
Court commissioners shall have and may exercise the judicial powers of a judge of the
district court at chambers. Among other powers conferred by law, they are empowered to issue
writs of habeas corpus, to take acknowledgments of deeds and other written instruments, to
take depositions and certify to the same, to perform the marriage ceremony, to take disclosures
in garnishment proceedings pending in the district court, and orders for the examination of
judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution may be made returnable before the
court commissioner.
History: (247) RL s 148; 1909 c 59 s 1
Court commissioners shall have and may exercise the judicial powers of a judge of the
district court at chambers. Among other powers conferred by law, they are empowered to issue
writs of habeas corpus, to take acknowledgments of deeds and other written instruments, to
take depositions and certify to the same, to perform the marriage ceremony, to take disclosures
in garnishment proceedings pending in the district court, and orders for the examination of
judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution may be made returnable before the
court commissioner.
History: (247) RL s 148; 1909 c 59 s 1
489.03 OATH.
Before entering upon duties, each court commissioner shall deliver an oath of office to the
county recorder who shall record it.
History: (248) RL s 149; 1945 c 208 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 119
Before entering upon duties, each court commissioner shall deliver an oath of office to the
county recorder who shall record it.
History: (248) RL s 149; 1945 c 208 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 119
489.04 RECORDS; COURT COMMISSIONER.
The court commissioner shall keep a record of all proceedings in books procured at the
expense of the county, and shall be supplied with necessary stationery, which books and unused
stationery shall be delivered to a successor.
History: (249) RL s 150; 1915 c 203 s 1; 1975 c 258 s 4; 1986 c 444
The court commissioner shall keep a record of all proceedings in books procured at the
expense of the county, and shall be supplied with necessary stationery, which books and unused
stationery shall be delivered to a successor.
History: (249) RL s 150; 1915 c 203 s 1; 1975 c 258 s 4; 1986 c 444
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