TOWN CLERKS

See also TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Absentee voting, duties, see ABSENTEE VOTING

Appeal and equalization boards, meetings, Minn. Statutes 2007 274.01, 274.03

Audits and examinations

Contested claims, copies, service of process on, Minn. Statutes 2007 6.59

Costs, collection, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2007 6.57

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 6.55

Auxiliary forests, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2007 88.48, 88.49

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries)

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.23, 367.25

Peace officers' bonds, terms of, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.22

Campaign financing, duties, Minn. Statutes 2007 211A.02, 211A.05, 211A.09, 211B.17

Certificates of indebtedness, equipment purchases, Minn. Statutes 2007 368.01

Clerk-treasurers, see Option D towns under this topic

Compensation and salaries

Determination of, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.05

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.35, 204C.36

Conflicts of interest, violations, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.37

County seats, changing, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2007 372.06

Deeds, formalities and procedures, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.05

Definitions

Campaign finance reporting, Minn. Statutes 2007 211A.01

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2007 200.02

Deputy clerks

Appointment and general duties, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.12

Compensation and salaries, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.05

Dissolution of town, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 368.47

Documents

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.11

New town organization, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.14

Dog licenses, duties, Minn. Statutes 2007 347.11, 347.12, 347.19

Duties, generally, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.11

Election contests, Minn. Statutes 2007 209.021, 209.05

Election judges, Minn. Statutes 2007 204B.19, 204B.195, 204B.23

Elections

Deceptive practices, reports received, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.035

Duties, see ELECTIONS

Publications and instructions, copies to, Minn. Statutes 2007 204B.27

Elections messengers, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.29

Electronic voting systems, duties, see ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS

Filing with

Absentee ballot applications, Australian ballot system elections, Minn. Statutes 2007 203B.05

Annexation ordinances and petitions, Minn. Statutes 2007 414.033

Audits and examinations, reports, Minn. Statutes 2007 6.51

Bridges from islands in meandered lakes, plans and specifications, Minn. Statutes 2007 164.15

Campaign financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2007 211A.02

Certificates of indebtedness, Minn. Statutes 2007 366.095

County highways, resolutions for abandonment, Minn. Statutes 2007 163.11

County seats, changing, notice of referendum, Minn. Statutes 2007 372.05

Damage claims, dogs, damage to domestic animals, Minn. Statutes 2007 347.15

Duplicate warrants, affidavits, Minn. Statutes 2007 471.415

Elections, recounts, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.35, 204C.36

Estrays, Minn. Statutes 2007 346.02, 346.03

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2007 471.697

Hospital district board candidates, affidavits of candidacy, Minn. Statutes 2007 447.32

Itemized statements, repair of town bridges by counties, Minn. Statutes 2007 165.12

Land, applications for dedication for roads or cartways, Minn. Statutes 2007 164.15

Law enforcement officials, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.22

Lawsuits, statements of claims, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.38

Major purchases, petition for election, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.025

Minutes, town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.55

Model codes adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2007 471.62

Municipal elections, Minn. Statutes 2007 205.13

Notice of election to separate from statutory city, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.44

Oaths of office, Minn. Statutes 2007 358.11

Official maps of land for public use, Minn. Statutes 2007 394.361

Ongoing absentee voting status, applications, Minn. Statutes 2007 203B.04

Petition to dissolve town, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.45

Pounds, receipts of animal sales, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.24

Property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2007 276.11

Rabies proclamations, Minn. Statutes 2007 35.68

Redistricting plans, Minn. Statutes 2007 2.91

Resolutions approving subdivision of land outside municipality, Minn. Statutes 2007 462.36

Road construction, Minn. Statutes 2007 160.17

Special town meetings, notice, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.52

State statutes and rules adopted by reference, Minn. Statutes 2007 471.62

Subordinate service districts, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2007 365A.04

Tax records, Minn. Statutes 2007 368.85

Timely delivery, Minn. Statutes 2007 645.151

Town cemeteries, maps and plats, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.26

Town officers, bonds, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.23

Town roads, Minn. Statutes 2007 164.07

Town treasurer's statement of payments, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.16

Unearned wages, Minn. Statutes 2007 181.07

Volunteer firefighter relief associations, actuarial valuations, Minn. Statutes 2007 69.773

Fires

Causes, origins, and circumstances, Minn. Statutes 2007 299F.04

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2007 299F.20

Funds and accounts

Audited accounts, payment and form, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.18

Deposits, Minn. Statutes 2007 366.01

Posting and reading of financial statement, Minn. Statutes 2007 366.22

Town board of audit, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 366.21

General elections, duties, see GENERAL ELECTIONS

Hearings, city councils, Minn. Statutes 2007 435.19

Help America Vote Act, complaints procedures, Minn. Statutes 2007 200.04

Hospital district resolutions, Minn. Statutes 2007 447.31

Hours for voting, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.05, 205.175

Indigent persons, application for hospitalization, duties, Minn. Statutes 2007 261.22

Lawsuits against town, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.40

Liquor licensees, convictions, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2007 340A.905

Local election official, defined, Minn. Statutes 2007 200.02

Local relief associations, duties, Minn. Statutes 2007 423A.171 to 423A.19

Memberships, State Voting Systems Contracts Advisory Committee, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.805

Messengers, see under ELECTIONS

Metropolitan towns

Duties generally, Minn. Statutes 2007 368.01

Election in alternate years, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.03

Municipal clerks

Town clerks defined as, Minn. Statutes 2007 203B.01

Voting, see VOTING

Municipal elections, duties, see MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

New towns, duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.14

News media, and elections, duties,, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.06, 206.85

Notaries public, powers of, Minn. Statutes 2007 358.15

Notices of election, Minn. Statutes 2007 204B.34, 204D.22

Oaths

Duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.10

Filing and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.25

Power to administer, Minn. Statutes 2007 358.10

Office hours, elections, Minn. Statutes 2007 203B.085

Offices, location, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.13

Optical scan voting systems, testing, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.83

Option B towns

Appointment procedures, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.30

Election, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.03

Incumbent clerks, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.34

Option C towns

Town administrator, designation as, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.35

Option D towns

Combined with treasurer's office

Abandonment, duties, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.36

Adoption by election, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Appointment, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.30

Duties of, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.36

Election of clerk-treasurer, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.30, 367.31, 367.34, 367.36

Terms of office, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.03

Town treasurer as incumbent, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.30, 367.36

Optional plans, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.31

Ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.125, 368.01, 599.13

Polling places, duties, see POLLING PLACES

Posting (notices), duties regarding, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.11

Public improvements, cancellation, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2007 435.202

Rabies proclamations, posting and publication, Minn. Statutes 2007 35.68

Records and record keeping

Annexation, joint information meetings, Minn. Statutes 2007 414.0333

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.11

Voter registration, see Records and record keeping under VOTER REGISTRATION

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2007 435.202

Removal, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.37

Reports given

Dog licenses, Minn. Statutes 2007 347.12, 347.19

Electronic voting systems, plans, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.82

Financial reports, Minn. Statutes 2007 471.76

Financial statements, Minn. Statutes 2007 471.697

Statement of tax collections, Minn. Statutes 2007 471.69

Town board of audit, financial report, Minn. Statutes 2007 366.21

University of Minnesota hospitals, cases for treatment, Minn. Statutes 2007 158.03

Voter registration, violations, Minn. Statutes 2007 201.27

Representatives

Election observers, conduct at polling places, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.06

Roads taken over as trunk highways

Proceedings, documents, and plats, Minn. Statutes 2007 161.19

Seed and feed loan violations complaints, filing, Minn. Statutes 2007 395.23

Special elections, duties, see SPECIAL ELECTIONS

Special fire protection districts, dissolution, Minn. Statutes 2007 368.85

Special or local laws, approval, Minn. Statutes 2007 645.021

Special town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.53

Specific parts of land, conveyances, subdivisions, Minn. Statutes 2007 272.162

State Building Code, enforcement, notice, Minn. Statutes 2007 16B.62

State Voting Systems Contracts Advisory Committee

Membership, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.805

Subdivision regulations, Minn. Statutes 2007 462.358

Subordinate service districts, dissolution, petitions, Minn. Statutes 2007 365A.095

Surety bonds, Minn. Statutes 2007 368.01

Taconite municipal aid, distribution, Minn. Statutes 2007 298.282

Tax-forfeited lands, declaration of reversion, notice, Minn. Statutes 2007 282.01

Town bridges, Minn. Statutes 2007 164.12, 164.15

Town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.51, 365.53

Town officers, resignations, notice, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.02

Town real estate assessment rolls, reports received, Minn. Statutes 2007 274.18

Town roads

Drainage tax, referendum, Minn. Statutes 2007 164.05

Impassable roads, complaints, Minn. Statutes 2007 163.16

Maps, Minn. Statutes 2007 164.35

Petitions to establish, alter or vacate, Minn. Statutes 2007 164.07

Towns, petitions to form or change, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2007 379.03

Training for election officials, Minn. Statutes 2007 204B.25, 204B.28

Vacancies in office, Minn. Statutes 2007 367.03

Violations and penalties

Conflicts of interest, Minn. Statutes 2007 365.37, 609B.180

Elections, Minn. Statutes 2007 201.27, 204C.41, 211A.05

Voter registration violations, failure to report, Minn. Statutes 2007 201.27

Voting machines or systems, rules or laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.66

Voter registration duties, see VOTER REGISTRATION

Voting, duties, see VOTING

Voting machines and systems

Duties, see VOTING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS

Rules or laws, violations, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.66

Voting Machines Options Working Group, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.91

Voting precincts

Boundary corrections, Minn. Statutes 2007 204B.14, 204B.146

Maps, duties, Minn. Statutes 2007 201.061, 204B.14

Voting returns, summary statements, Minn. Statutes 2007 204C.26, 204C.27

Voting systems, Minn. Statutes 2007 206.82, 206.83, 206.85

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District

Comprehensive plan, notice, Minn. Statutes 2007 458D.05