Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

480.03 PENDING CASES CONTINUED. Whenever a term is adjourned, or there is a failure for any reason to hold a term at the appointed time, all causes then on the calendar, and all writs, recognizances, appeals, and proceedings taken or made returnable to the court at such term shal…

480.04 WRITS; PROCESS. The court shall have power to issue to all courts of inferior jurisdiction and to all corporations and individuals, writs of error, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and all other writs and processes, whether especially provided for by statute…

480.05 POWER; RULES. The supreme court shall have all the authority necessary for carrying into execution its judgments and determinations, and for the exercise of its jurisdiction as the supreme judicial tribunal of the state, agreeable to the usages and principles of law. Such …

480.051 REGULATE PLEADING, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE. The supreme court of this state shall have the power to regulate the pleadings, practice, procedure, and the forms thereof in civil actions in all courts of this state, including the probate courts, by rules promulgated by it fro…

480.0515 PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED ON RECYCLED PAPER. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Attorney" means an attorney at law admitted to practice law in this state. (c) "Document" means a document that is required or permi…

480.052 ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Before any rules are adopted the supreme court shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of eight members of the bar of the state, one judge of the court of appeals, and two judges of the district court to assist the court in considering and prepa…

480.054 DISTRIBUTION OF PROPOSED RULES; HEARING. Before any rule for the court of appeals or for the district court is adopted, the supreme court shall distribute copies of the proposed rule to the bench and bar of the state for their consideration and suggestions and give due co…

480.055 RULES NOT IN CONFLICT. § Subdivision 1.Other courts. Any court, other than the supreme court, may adopt rules of court governing its practice; the judges of the court of appeals, pursuant to section 480A.11, and the judges of district courts, pursuant to sections 484.33 a…

480.056 PRESENT LAWS EFFECTIVE UNTIL MODIFIED. All present laws relating to pleading, practice, and procedure, excepting those applying to the probate courts, shall be effective as rules of court until modified or superseded by subsequent court rule, and upon the adoption of any …

480.057 PROMULGATION. § Subdivision 1.Effective date of rules; publication. All rules promulgated under sections 480.051 to 480.058 are effective at a time fixed by the court. The rules must be published as part of Minnesota Statutes according to section 3C.08. § Subd. 2.Printing…

480.058 RIGHT RESERVED. § Subdivision 1.By legislature. Sections 480.051 to 480.058 shall not abridge the right of the legislature to enact, modify, or repeal any statute or modify or repeal any rule of the supreme court adopted pursuant thereto. § Subd. 2.Appellate fees and forf…

480.059 CRIMINAL ACTIONS, PLEADINGS, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE. § Subdivision 1.Rules. The supreme court shall have the power to regulate the pleadings, practice, procedure, and the forms thereof in criminal actions in all courts of this state, by rules promulgated by it from time t…

480.0591 RULES OF EVIDENCE. § Subdivision 1.Authority to promulgate. The supreme court may promulgate rules of evidence regulating all evidentiary matters in civil and criminal actions in all courts of the state. Such rules shall not abridge, enlarge or modify the substantive rig…

480.0595 JUVENILE COURT RULES. The supreme court shall promulgate rules to regulate the pleadings, practice, procedure and the forms thereof in juvenile proceedings in all juvenile courts of the state in accordance with the provisions of section 480.059, except with respect to th…

480.06 DECISIONS. In all cases decided by the court, it shall give its decision in writing, and file the same with the clerk, together with headnotes, briefly stating the points decided. A copy of such headnotes shall be furnished by the clerk, without charge, to such proprietors…

480.062 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CLAIMS REGARDING EMPLOYMENT, COSTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. The appellate courts shall allow costs and disbursements in any appeal to any public employee who prevails in an action for wrongfully denied or withheld employment benefits or rights in the same manne…

480.065 UNIFORM CERTIFICATION OF QUESTIONS OF LAW. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. In this section: (1) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the Un…

480.07 CLERK; ASSISTANTS, RECORDS. The clerk of the appellate courts may employ necessary clerical office help for whose compensation legislative appropriation has been made. The clerk may appoint a deputy clerk for the discharge of the duties of the office in the clerk's absence…

480.08 MARSHAL. A marshal of the supreme court may be appointed by the justices thereof to act during their pleasure. The marshal's qualifications, duties, and powers shall be such as the court may prescribe conformably to the laws. History: (140) RL s 77; 1986 c 444

480.09 STATE LIBRARY. § Subdivision 1.Supervisory control; supreme court. The State Library shall be maintained under the supervision of the justices of the supreme court. Notwithstanding chapter 16C or any other act inconsistent herewith or acts amendatory thereof or supplementa…

480.10 JANITOR. The justices may appoint, and at pleasure remove, a janitor, who shall have care of the courtroom, the rooms of the clerk and justices of the court, and of the State Library, and perform such other duties as the justices may require. History: (146) RL s 83

480.11 REPORTER. § Subdivision 1.Files. The reporter of its decisions, appointed by the supreme court, shall be entitled to the possession, for a reasonable time, of the files of the court in all cases decided. § Subd. 2.Cases; citations. The reporter shall accurately report all …

480.12 REPORTS OF DECISIONS; PRINTING, SALE, AND DISTRIBUTION. The report of such decisions shall be published in form, style, quality, and in such numbers as the court shall direct. Except as otherwise herein provided the published reports shall be sold by the commissioner of ad…

480.13 COURT ADMINISTRATOR OFFICE CREATED; APPOINTMENT, TERM. There is hereby created a state office to be known as the Office of Court Administrator, the holder of which office shall be appointed by the supreme court, and shall hold office at the pleasure of the supreme court. H…

480.14 APPOINTMENT, COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES; COURT ADMINISTRATOR, EMPLOYEES NOT TO PRACTICE LAW. The court administrator, with the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court of this state, shall appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as are necessary to enab…

480.15 POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Powers and duties. The court administrator shall, under the supervision and direction of the chief justice, have the powers and duties prescribed by this section. § Subd. 2.Examination of methods and systems. The court administrator shall…

480.16 WORK OF COURTS; CHIEF JUSTICE'S DIRECTION. The chief justice shall consider all recommendations of the court administrator for the assignment of judges, and has discretionary authority to direct any judge whose calendar, in the judgment of the chief justice, will permit, t…

480.17 INFORMATION AND DATA REQUESTS; COMPLIANCE. § Subdivision 1.Compliance with data requests. The judges and court administrators of the courts and all other officers, state and local, shall comply with all requests made by the court administrator after approval by the chief j…

480.175 QUALIFIED COURT INTERPRETERS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The supreme court, through the Office of the State Court Administrator, shall establish a program for training, testing, registering, and certifying qualified court interpreters. § Subd. 2.Fees. The supreme cour…

480.18 CONFERENCE OF JUDGES; JUDGE'S EXPENSES. At least once each year the chief justice shall call a conference of the judges of the courts of record of this state for the consideration of matters relating to judicial business, the improvement of the judicial system, and the adm…

480.181 TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES TO JUDICIAL BRANCH. § Subdivision 1.State employees; compensation. (a) District court referees, judicial officers, court reporters, law clerks, district administration staff, other than district administration staff in the Second and Fourth Judicial …

480.1811 POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS. Where court administration, guardian ad litem, or interpreter employees elect to retain county insurance benefits under section 480.181 after July 1, 2001, and the county provides those employees postretirement insurance benefits prior to Ju…

480.182 STATE ASSUMPTION OF CERTAIN COURT COSTS. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state courts will pay for the following court-related programs and costs: (1) court interpreter program costs, including the costs of hiring court interpreters; (2) guardian ad litem pro…

480.183 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; SCHEDULED DATES OF STATE TRANSFER; DEFINITION OF SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Date of state transfer. The court administration expenditures as defined in this section for the remaining judicial districts shall be transferred to the state according to the …

480.19 APPLICATION TO SUPREME AND OTHER COURTS. Sections 480.13 to 480.20 apply to the following courts: the supreme court, the court of appeals, and the district court. History: 1963 c 758 s 7; 1983 c 247 s 167; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 55

480.20 APPLICATION TO SUBSTITUTION OF PROBATE JUDGES. The provisions of sections 480.13 to 480.20 shall in no way be construed to impair the authority and manner of substitution of probate judges provided in Minnesota Statutes 1961, section 525.051. History: 1963 c 758 s 8

480.21 RESIGNED JUDGES, APPOINTMENT AS COMMISSIONERS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner appointments. The supreme court may appoint any resigned judge of the supreme court, who is not engaged in the practice of law, as a commissioner of that court to aid and assist in the performance …

480.22 LOCATION OF CHAMBERS. The supreme court shall designate the location of chambers for judges of all courts in the state after consultation with the judges of the affected judicial district. Chambers locations set forth in section 2.722, subdivision 1, shall remain in effect…

480.23 COMPUTER ACQUISITION BY COURTS. In order to facilitate the effective management and coordination of the Minnesota courts system, an appropriate official of any court or of a local governmental unit in providing services to any court, if authorized by the state court admini…

480.235 TRIAL COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM. The cost of operating the trial court information system in a judicial district must be paid by the state. History: 1Sp1985 c 13 s 360; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 15

480.236 SOFTWARE SALES. The supreme court may sell or license self-developed or vendor custom-developed computer software products or systems through whatever sales method the supreme court, in its discretion, deems appropriate, in order to offset its software development costs. …

480.237 ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS; CONVENIENCE FEES; RECORDS ACCESS. (a) The judicial branch may accept credit cards, charge cards, debit cards, or other methods of electronic funds transfer for government fees and payments ordered by a court. (b) The judicial branch may impose a conve…

480.24 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms. As used in sections 480.24 to 480.244, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Eligible client. "Eligible client" means an individual that is financially unable to afford legal assistance, as determined …

480.2415 STATE BOARD OF CIVIL LEGAL AID. § Subdivision 1.Structure; membership. (a) The State Board of Civil Legal Aid is a part of but is not subject to the administrative control of the judicial branch of government. (b) The board shall consist of 11 members as follows: (1) six…

480.242 DISTRIBUTION OF CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES FUNDS TO QUALIFIED LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS. § Subdivision 1. MS 2024 [Repealed, 2024 c 123 art 11 s 8] § Subd. 2.Review of applications; selection of recipients. At times and in accordance with any procedures adopted by the State Board…

480.243 CLIENT ELIGIBILITY; RECEIPT OF OTHER FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Eligibility guidelines. The State Board of Civil Legal Aid shall establish guidelines to be used by recipients to determine the eligibility of individuals and organizations for legal services provided with funds …