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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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524.1-307 REGISTRAR; POWERS.
The acts and orders which this chapter specifies as performable by the registrar shall be
performed by a judge of the court or by a person, including the court administrator, designated by
the court by a written order filed and recorded in the office of the court.
In addition to acts specified in this chapter to be performed by the registrar, the registrar may
take acknowledgments, administer oaths, fix and approve bonds, provide information on the
various methods of transferring property of decedents under the laws of this state, issue letters in
informal proceedings and perform such other acts as the court may by written order authorize as
necessary or incidental to the conduct of informal proceedings. Letters, orders and documents
issued by the registrar may be certified, authenticated or exemplified by the registrar or in the
same manner as those issued by the court. All files shall be maintained by the court administrator.
The probate registrar shall not render advice calling for the exercise of such professional judgment
as constitutes the practice of law.
History: 1974 c 442 art 1 s 524.1-307; 1975 c 347 s 19; 1977 c 440 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3
art 1 s 82
The acts and orders which this chapter specifies as performable by the registrar shall be
performed by a judge of the court or by a person, including the court administrator, designated by
the court by a written order filed and recorded in the office of the court.
In addition to acts specified in this chapter to be performed by the registrar, the registrar may
take acknowledgments, administer oaths, fix and approve bonds, provide information on the
various methods of transferring property of decedents under the laws of this state, issue letters in
informal proceedings and perform such other acts as the court may by written order authorize as
necessary or incidental to the conduct of informal proceedings. Letters, orders and documents
issued by the registrar may be certified, authenticated or exemplified by the registrar or in the
same manner as those issued by the court. All files shall be maintained by the court administrator.
The probate registrar shall not render advice calling for the exercise of such professional judgment
as constitutes the practice of law.
History: 1974 c 442 art 1 s 524.1-307; 1975 c 347 s 19; 1977 c 440 s 2; 1Sp1986 c 3
art 1 s 82
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