1997 Minnesota Statutes

     331A.05 Form of public notices. 

    Subdivision 1.  All public notices shall be printed or 
 otherwise disseminated in the English language.  

    Subd. 2.  Unless otherwise specified by a particular 
 statute, or by order of a court, publication of a public notice 
 shall be as follows:  

    (a) the notice shall be published once; 

    (b) if the notice is intended to inform the public about a 
 future event, the last publication shall occur not more than 14 
 days and not less than seven days before the event; 

    (c) if the notice is intended to inform the public about a 
 past action or event, the last publication shall occur not more 
 than 45 days after occurrence of the action or event.  

    Subd. 3.  Except as otherwise directed by a particular 
 statute requiring publication of a public notice, a public 
 notice shall be printed in a type face no smaller than six point 
 with a lower case alphabet of 90 point.  Larger type faces may 
 be used.  

    Subd. 4.  Every public notice shall include a title or 
 caption in a body type no smaller than brevier or eight point 
 referring to the content of the notice.  Larger type faces may 
 be used.  

    Subd. 5.  The governing body of a local public corporation 
 may, to better inform the public, increase the frequency of 
 publication of a public notice beyond the minimum required by a 
 particular statute.  It may use forms and styles for the notice 
 as it deems appropriate, including the use of display 
 advertisements and graphics.  It may publish or disseminate the 
 notice in other newspapers in addition to the newspaper required 
 to be designated under section 331A.04.  Regardless of whether a 
 particular statute specifies "legal notice," "public notice," 
 "notice," or uses similar terms, the governing body may use 
 whatever form for the published notice that it deems appropriate 
 in order to adequately inform the public, subject to the 
 requirements of sections 331A.01 to 331A.11.  Nothing in the 
 foregoing provisions of this subdivision shall require the 
 governing body of a local public corporation to use the options 
 described.  

    Subd. 6.  Nothing in this section shall invalidate or 
 affect any statutory or charter provision imposing additional or 
 special qualifications for publication of particular notices or 
 proceedings.  

    Subd. 7.    Errors in publication.  If through no fault 
 of the local public corporation, an error occurs in the 
 publication of a public notice, the error shall have no effect 
 on the validity of the event, action, or proceeding to which the 
 public notice relates. 

    HIST: 1984 c 543 s 24; 1997 c 56 s 1