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Minn. Stat. § 2.01 NAMES AND BOUNDARIES.

2.01. NAMES AND BOUNDARIES. The state is divided into the several counties named in the following schedule, the boundaries whereof, except as changed or established by vote of the people since the year 1892, are as fixed by the several laws referred to in the schedule after their respective names. The laws so referred to are hereby continued in force so far as they relate to the fixing of county lines at the respective dates of their passage. SCHEDULE Aitkin (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 2; 1871 c. 96; Sp. L. 1872 c. 145; 1887 c. 117); Anoka (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 4; Id. s. 36; Const. art. 11, s. 7); Becker (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 5); Beltrami (1866 c. 46; 1879 c. 10 s. 1; 1889 c. 75 s. 1); (Lake of the Woods County formed therefrom 1922); Benton (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 6); Big Stone (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 7; Sp. L. 1876 c. 159); Blue Earth (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 8); Brown (1865 c. 71 s. 3; G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 9); Carlton (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 10); Carver (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 11); Cass (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 12; 1883 c. 78 s. 1, 1887 c. 116 s. 1, c. 117 s. 1, c. 118 s. 1; 1889 c. 75 s. 2); Chippewa (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 13; 1868 c. 113 s. 1); Chisago (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 14); Clay (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 15); Clearwater (formed by popular vote); Cook (1874 c. 100 s. 1); Cottonwood (1865 c. 71 s. 2; G.S. 1866 c. 16); Crow Wing (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 17; 1887 c. 118 s. 2); Dakota (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 18; 1871 c. 97 s. 1; 1874 c. 101 s. 1); Dodge (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 19); Douglas (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 20); Faribault (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 21); Fillmore (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 22); Freeborn (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 23); Goodhue (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 24); Grant (1868 c. 109 s. 5); Hennepin (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 25); Houston (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 26); Hubbard (1883 c. 78 s. 1); Isanti (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 27); Itasca (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 28; 1871 c. 96; 1887 c. 116 s. 1); (Koochiching County formed therefrom 1906); Jackson (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 29); Kanabec (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 30); Kandiyohi (G.S. 1866 c. 8 ss. 31, 41; 1870 c. 92 s. 1); Kittson (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 49; 1878 c. 59 s. 1; 1879 c. 10 s. 2); Koochiching (formed by popular vote 1906); Lac qui Parle (1871 c. 100 s. 1); Lake (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 33; 1874 c. 100 s. 1; 1895 c. 248); Lake of the Woods (formed by popular vote 1922); Le Sueur (Sts. 1849-58 c. 1 s. 71; G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 34); Lincoln (1873 c. 92 s. 1); Lyon (1868 c. 112 s. 1; 1869 c. 94 s. 1; 1873 c. 92 s. 1); McLeod (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 38); Mahnomen (formed by popular vote 1906); Marshall (1879 c. 10 s. 3; 1883 c. 81 s. 1); Martin (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 37); Meeker (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 39; 1870 c. 97 s. 1); Mille Lacs (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 40); Morrison (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 42; 1867 c. 116 s. 1; 1870 c. 98 s. 1); Mower (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 43); Murray (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 44); Nicollet (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 45); Nobles (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 46); Norman (1881 c. 92 s. 1); (Mahnomen County formed therefrom 1906); Olmsted (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 47); Otter Tail (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 48; 1872 c. 87 s. 1); Pennington (formed by popular vote 1910); Pine (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 50); Pipestone (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 51); Polk (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 52; 1866 c. 46 s. 1; 1881 c. 92 s. 1); Pope (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 53; 1866 c. 44 s. 1); Ramsey (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 54; 1874 c. 101 s. 1); Red Lake (formed by popular vote); (Pennington County formed therefrom 1910); Redwood (1865 c. 71 s. 1; G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 55; 1869 c. 94 s. 1; 1871 c. 98 s. 1; 1871 c. 100 s. 1; 1873 c. 92 s. 1); Renville (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 56; 1866 c. 43 s. 1; 1868 c. 10 s. 1; 1870 c. 97 s. 1); Rice (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 57); Rock (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 58); Roseau (formed by popular vote); St. Louis (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 59; 1895 c. 248); Scott (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 60; 1871 c. 97 s. 1; Sp. L. 1870 c. 2 subd. 1; Sp. L. 1875 c. 6 subd. 1 s. 2); Sherburne (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 61); Sibley (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 62); Stearns (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 63; 1870 c. 98 s. 1; 1874 c. 102 s. 1); Steele (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 64); Stevens (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 55; 1868 c. 109 s. 1); Swift (1870 c. 90 s. 1); Todd (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 66; 1867 c. 116 s. 2; 1868 c. 114 s. 1; 1874 c. 102 s. 1); Traverse (1881 c. 130 s. 1); Wabasha (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 68); Wadena (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 69); Waseca (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 70); Washington (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 71); Watonwan (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 72); Wilkin (1872 c. 83 s. 1); Winona (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 73); Wright (G.S. 1866 c. 8 s. 74); Yellow Medicine (1871 c. 98 s. 1). (7) RL s 5

Minn. Stat. § 2.021 NUMBER OF MEMBERS.

2.021. NUMBER OF MEMBERS. For each legislature, until a new apportionment shall have been made, the senate is composed of 67 members and the house of representatives is composed of 134 members. Ex1966 c 1 s 1; 1983 c 191 s 3

Minn. Stat. § 2.031 APPORTIONMENT.

2.031. APPORTIONMENT. Subdivision 1. Legislative districts. The representatives in the senate and house of representatives are apportioned throughout the state in 67 senate districts and 134 house of representatives districts. Each senate district is entitled to elect one senator and each house of representatives district is entitled to elect one representative. Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2013 c 125 art 1 s 108] Ex1966 c 1 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1983 c 191 s 4; 1991 c 246 s 1; 1994 c 612 s 1; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 2.91 REDISTRICTING PLANS.

2.91. REDISTRICTING PLANS. Subdivision 1. Distribution. Upon enactment of a redistricting plan for the legislature or for Congress, the Legislative Coordinating Commission shall deposit the plan with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall provide copies of the relevant portions of the redistricting plan to each county auditor, who shall provide a copy of the relevant portions of the plan to each municipal clerk within the county. The secretary of state, with the cooperation of the commissioner of administration, shall make copies of the plan file, maps, and tables available to the public for the cost of publication. The revisor of statutes shall code a metes and bounds description of the districts in Minnesota Statutes. Subd. 2. Corrections. The legislature intends that a redistricting plan encompass all the territory of this state, that no territory be omitted or duplicated, that all districts consist of convenient contiguous territory substantially equal in population, and that political subdivisions not be divided more than necessary to meet constitutional requirements. Therefore, in implementing a redistricting plan for the legislature or for Congress, the secretary of state, after notifying the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the revisor of statutes, shall order the following corrections: (a) If a territory in this state is not named in the redistricting plan but lies within the boundaries of a district, it is a part of the district within which it lies. (b) If a territory in this state is not named in the redistricting plan but lies between the boundaries of two or more districts, it is a part of the contiguous district having the smallest population. (c) If a territory in this state is assigned in the redistricting plan to two or more districts, it is part of the district having the smallest population. (d) If a territory in this state is assigned to a district that consists of other territory containing a majority of the population of the district but with which it is not contiguous, the territory is a part of the contiguous district having the smallest population. (e) If the description of a district boundary line that divides a political subdivision is ambiguous because a highway, street, railroad track, power transmission line, river, creek, or other physical feature or census block boundary that forms part of the district boundary is omitted or is not properly named or has been changed, or because a compass direction for the boundary line is wrong, the secretary of state shall add or correct the name or compass direction and resolve the ambiguity in favor of creating districts of convenient, contiguous territory of substantially equal population that do not divide political subdivisions more than is necessary to meet constitutional requirements. Subd. 3. Notice of corrections. The secretary of state shall provide a copy of each correction order to each affected county auditor, municipal clerk, and candidate. Subd. 4. Recommendations to legislature. The secretary of state and the revisor of statutes shall recommend to the legislature any additional technical corrections to the redistricting plan they deem necessary or desirable. 1994 c 406 s 9; 1994 c 612 s 67

Minn. Stat. § 2.92 ACCESS TO MULTIUNIT FACILITIES BY UNITED STATES CENSUS EMPLOYEES.

2.92. ACCESS TO MULTIUNIT FACILITIES BY UNITED STATES CENSUS EMPLOYEES. Subdivision 1. Access required. It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home park, other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or area in which two or more single-family dwellings are located on private roadways, to an employee of the United States Census Bureau who displays a current, valid census credential and who is engaged in official census business. An employee granted access under this section must be permitted to knock on the doors of individual units to speak with residents and to leave census materials for residents at their doors, except that the manager of a nursing home may direct that the materials be left at a central location within the facility. The materials must be left in an orderly manner. Subd. 2. Limitations. This section does not prohibit: (1) denial of admittance into a particular apartment, room, manufactured home, or personal residential unit; (2) in the case of a nursing home or an assisted living facility licensed under chapter 144G, denial of permission to visit certain persons for valid health reasons; (3) limiting visits to a reasonable number of census employees or reasonable hours; (4) requiring a prior appointment to gain access to the facility; or (5) denial of admittance to or expulsion of an individual employee from a multiple unit dwelling for good cause. Subd. 3. Compliance with federal law. A person in compliance with United States Code, title 13, section 223, and any guidance or rules adopted by the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, governing access to a facility described in subdivision 1 is considered to be in compliance with the requirements of this section. Subd. 4. Applicability. This section applies to all decennial census activities conducted under the authority of the United States Constitution, article 1, section 2. 2023 c 62 art 4 s 5; 2024 c 112 art 5 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 2.93 INCARCERATED PERSONS IN DISTRICT PLANS.

2.93. INCARCERATED PERSONS IN DISTRICT PLANS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the definitions have the meanings given. (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of corrections. (c) "Director" means the director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. (d) "Legislative Coordinating Commission" means the Legislative Coordinating Commission established in section 3.303. Subd. 2. Reallocation and exclusion of incarcerated persons. (a) For purposes of drawing congressional, legislative, and all other election districts, the legislature and local governments must use the population from the federal decennial census as modified by reallocating and excluding persons who are incarcerated. (b) A person who was incarcerated in a state or federal correctional facility, as determined by the decennial census, and who has a last known address in Minnesota must be reallocated to the census block of the last known address. (c) A person who was incarcerated in a state or federal correctional facility, as determined by the decennial census, and who has a last known address outside of Minnesota or does not have a last known address must: (1) be excluded from the population count for purposes of drawing congressional, legislative, or political subdivision districts; and (2) be counted as part of the statewide population total. Subd. 3. Department of Corrections duties. (a) On or before June 1 in a year ending in zero, the commissioner must provide to the director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission the following information, in electronic form, for each person incarcerated in a state correctional facility on April 1 in the year of the decennial census: (1) a unique identifier that does not include the person's name, Department of Corrections identification number, or other identifying information; (2) the street address of the correctional facility in which the person was incarcerated at the time of the report; (3) the residential address of the person immediately prior to incarceration, if known, or if the person resided in an area lacking a specific physical address immediately prior to incarceration, a description of the physical location where the person regularly stayed immediately prior to being incarcerated; (4) the following demographic information, if known: the racial and ethnic information collected by the census and whether the person is over the age of 18; and (5) any additional information the director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission deems necessary. (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner must provide the director with access to the best available data necessary to conduct the reallocations and exclusions required by this section. Subd. 4. Federal correctional facilities. By April 15 in a year ending in zero, the director must request each agency that operates a federal facility in Minnesota that incarcerates persons convicted of a criminal offense to provide the director with a report, including the information listed in subdivision 3. The information must reflect the persons incarcerated in the federal facility on April 1 of that year. If information is provided pursuant to this subdivision, the information must be provided by June 1 of the year ending in zero. If information is not provided pursuant to this subdivision, persons incarcerated at federal facilities must be treated as having no known last address and must be excluded as provided in subdivision 2, paragraph (c). Subd. 5. Legislative Coordinating Commission duties. (a) The director must reallocate and exclude people who are incarcerated in state or federal correctional facilities as provided in this subdivision and subdivision 2. Within 30 calendar days of receiving the Public Law 94-171 data from the United States Census Bureau, the director must post the population counts that reflect all required reallocations and exclusions on the Legislative Coordinating Commission's website. (b) The director must, in consultation with the commissioner, develop a standardized format and technical guidelines to be used in collecting addresses from incarcerated persons. The commissioner must use this format and follow the guidelines in collecting addresses. The commissioner and the director may enter a memorandum of understanding detailing the additional details regarding the methodology to be used and the format and manner in which the data will be provided. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner must provide the director with access to the best available data necessary to conduct the reallocations and exclusions required by this section. (c) Prior to reallocating and excluding incarcerated persons, the director must geocode addresses received from the commissioner. When geocoding addresses, the director must accept an address that is an exact match or is approximated to the street level and reject any address that is approximated to the center of a zip code, city, county, or state. The director must only reallocate those addresses that are accepted pursuant to this paragraph. The director must not reallocate any person at an address that was rejected but must instead count that person as part of the statewide population total. (d) The director must not disseminate data received pursuant to this section in any manner, except as explicitly required by state or federal law. NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2024, chapter 112, article 5, section 2, is effective January 1, 2030, and applies to population counts used for redistricting conducted on or after that date. Laws 2024, chapter 112, article 5, section 2, the effective date. 2024 c 112 art 5 s 2

Minn. Stat. § 2.095 NINTH DISTRICT.

2.095. NINTH DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Senate district. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 9 consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L12B-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 9 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 9A consists of the district as described in that order. (b) House of Representatives District 9B consists of all territory of Senate District 9, as modified by subdivision 1, that is not included in House of Representatives District 9A. 2023 c 62 art 4 s 2

Minn. Stat. § 2.125 TWELFTH DISTRICT.

2.125. TWELFTH DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Senate district. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 12 consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L12B-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 12 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 12A consists of the district as described in that order. (b) House of Representatives District 12B consists of all territory of Senate District 12, as modified by subdivision 1, that is not included in House of Representatives District 12A. 2023 c 62 art 4 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 2.155 FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.

2.155. FIFTEENTH DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Senate district. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 15 consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L15A-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 15 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 15A consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L15A-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. (b) House of Representatives District 15B consists of all territory of Senate District 15 not included in House of Representatives District 15A, as described in paragraph (a). 2022 c 92 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 2.165 SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.

2.165. SIXTEENTH DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Senate district. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 16 consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L15A-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 16 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 16A consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L15A-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. (b) House of Representatives District 16B consists of all territory of Senate District 16 not included in House of Representatives District 16A, as described in paragraph (a). 2022 c 92 s 2

Minn. Stat. § 2.175 SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.

2.175. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Senate district. Senate District 17 consists of the district as described in the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022). Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 17 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 17A consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L17A-2, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on May 10, 2023. (b) House of Representatives District 17B consists of all territory of Senate District 17 not included in House of Representatives District 17A, as described in paragraph (a). 2023 c 62 art 4 s 3

Minn. Stat. § 2.445 FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.

2.445. FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Senate district. Senate District 44 consists of the district as described in the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022). Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 44 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 44A consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L44A-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022. (b) House of Representatives District 44B consists of all territory of Senate District 44 not included in House of Representatives District 44A, as described in paragraph (a). 2023 c 62 art 4 s 4

Minn. Stat. § 2.585 FIFTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.

2.585. FIFTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT. Subdivision 1. Senate district. Senate District 58 consists of that district as described in the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022). Subd. 2. House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), Senate District 58 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows: (a) House of Representatives District 58A consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file L58A-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on March 29, 2022. (b) House of Representatives District 58B consists of all territory of Senate District 58 not included in House of Representatives District 58A, as described in paragraph (a). 2022 c 92 s 3

Minn. Stat. § 2.722 JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

2.722. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS. Subdivision 1. Description. Effective July 1, 1959, the state is divided into ten judicial districts composed of the following named counties, respectively, in each of which districts judges shall be chosen as hereinafter specified: 1. Goodhue, Dakota, Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, and Sibley; 36 judges; and four permanent chambers shall be maintained in Red Wing, Hastings, Shakopee, and Glencoe and one other shall be maintained at the place designated by the chief judge of the district; 2. Ramsey; 26 judges; 3. Wabasha, Winona, Houston, Rice, Olmsted, Dodge, Steele, Waseca, Freeborn, Mower, and Fillmore; 23 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Faribault, Albert Lea, Austin, Rochester, and Winona; 4. Hennepin; 60 judges; 5. Blue Earth, Watonwan, Lyon, Redwood, Brown, Nicollet, Lincoln, Cottonwood, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock, Faribault, Martin, and Jackson; 17 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Marshall, Windom, Fairmont, New Ulm, and Mankato; 6. Carlton, St. Louis, Lake, and Cook; 15 judges; 7. Benton, Douglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, Todd, Clay, Becker, and Wadena; 30 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Little Falls, and St. Cloud; 8. Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine, Big Stone, Grant, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin; 11 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Morris, Montevideo, and Willmar; 9. Norman, Polk, Marshall, Kittson, Red Lake, Roseau, Mahnomen, Pennington, Aitkin, Itasca, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, Cass and Koochiching; 24 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Crookston, Thief River Falls, Bemidji, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, and International Falls; and 10. Anoka, Isanti, Wright, Sherburne, Kanabec, Pine, Chisago, and Washington; 45 judges; and permanent chambers shall be maintained in Anoka, Stillwater, and other places designated by the chief judge of the district. Subd. 2. Altering boundaries. The supreme court, with the consent of a majority of the chief judges of the judicial districts, may alter the boundaries or change the number of judicial districts, except the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts. Subd. 3. Hennepin and Ramsey probate judges; courts. The probate judges of Ramsey and Hennepin probate courts in office on August 1, 1982, shall be district court judges of the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts, respectively, and shall continue in office for the balance of the term for which they were elected and shall be eligible for reelection. The offices of probate court of Ramsey and Hennepin Counties, and all of their jurisdiction, records, powers, duties, functions, and personnel, are hereby transferred to the district courts of the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts respectively and made divisions of them. The chief judge of the fourth judicial district shall at all times assign at least two judges to the probate court duties. Subd. 4. Determination of a judicial vacancy. (a) When a judge of the district court dies, resigns, retires, or is removed from office, the supreme court, in consultation with judges and attorneys in the affected district, shall determine after receiving notice of a vacancy from the governor whether the vacant office is necessary for effective judicial administration or is necessary for adequate access to the courts. In determining whether the position is necessary for adequate access to the courts, the supreme court shall consider whether abolition or transfer of the position would result in a county having no chambered judge. The supreme court may continue the position, may order the position abolished, or may transfer the position to a judicial district where need for additional judges exists, designating the position as either a county, county/municipal or district court judgeship. The supreme court shall certify any vacancy to the governor, who shall fill it in the manner provided by law. (b) If a judge of district court fails to timely file an affidavit of candidacy and filing fee or petition in lieu of a fee, the official with whom the affidavits of candidacy are required to be filed shall notify the supreme court that the incumbent judge is not seeking reelection. Within five days of receipt of the notice, the supreme court shall determine whether the judicial position is necessary for effective judicial administration or adequate access to the courts and notify the official responsible for certifying the election results of its determination. In determining whether the position is necessary for adequate access to the courts, the supreme court shall consider whether abolition or transfer of the position would result in a county having no chambered judge. The supreme court may continue the position, may order the position abolished, or may transfer the position to a judicial district where the need for additional judgeships exists. If the position is abolished or transferred, the election may not be held. If the position is transferred, the court shall also notify the governor of the transfer. Upon transfer, the position is vacant and the governor shall fill it in the manner provided by law. An order abolishing or transferring a position is effective the first Monday in the next January. Subd. 4a. Referee vacancy; conversion to judgeship. When a referee of the district court dies, resigns, retires, or is voluntarily removed from the position, the chief judge of the district shall notify the supreme court and may petition to request that the position be converted to a judgeship. The supreme court shall determine whether to order the position abolished or convert the position to a judgeship in the affected or another judicial district. The supreme court shall certify any judicial vacancy to the governor, who shall fill it in the manner provided by law. The conversion of a referee position to a judgeship under this subdivision shall not reduce the total number of judges and referees hearing cases in the family and juvenile courts. Subd. 5. Judicial employees. The complement for the law clerk and court reporter assigned exclusively to a judgeship that is abolished under this section is abolished upon vacancy of the position. The complement for the law clerk and court reporter shall be transferred to the judicial district to which a judgeship is transferred pursuant to this section. (11, 12) RL s 7; 1907 c 146 s 1; 1909 c 11 s 1; 1909 c 126 s 12,13; 1911 c 193 s 1,2; 1911 c 205 s 1; 1913 c 150 s 1; 1913 c 320 s 1; 1915 c 16 s 1; 1917 c 484 s 1; 1917 c 490 s 1; 1917 c 494 s 1; 1921 c 329 s 1; 1923 c 199 s 1; 1923 c 222 s 1; 1923 c 387 s 1; 1925 c 75 s 1-4; 1931 c 104 s 1; 1951 c 698 s 1-3; 1953 c 584 s 1-3; 1953 c 687 s 1; 1953 c 694 s 1-3; 1955 c 483 s 1; Ex1957 c 14 s 1,2; 1959 c 701 s 1; Ex1961 c 61 s 1; 1963 c 860 s 1; 1965 c 737 s 1; 1967 c 182 s 1; 1967 c 840 s 1; Ex1967 c 22 s 1; 1971 c 392 s 1; Ex1971 c 7 s 3; Ex1971 c 32 s 21; 1977 c 432 s 1; 1982 c 398 s 1,2; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 57,58; 1987 c 404 s 59; 1990 c 594 art 1 s 38; 1991 c 146 s 1; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 36,37; 1994 c 636 art 8 s 1; 1995 c 226 art 6 s 1,2; 1999 c 216 art 6 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 5 s 1; 2005 c 136 art 14 s 1; 2007 c 54 art 5 s 1; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 1,2; 2017 c 95 art 2 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 5 art 2 s 1; 1Sp2021 c 11 art 4 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 2.724 CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, DUTIES.

2.724. CHIEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT, DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Appointments. When public convenience and necessity require it, the chief justice of the supreme court may assign any judge of any court to serve and discharge the duties of judge of any court in a judicial district not that judge's own at such times as the chief justice may determine. A judge may appeal an assignment to serve on a court in a judicial district not that judge's own to the supreme court and the appeal shall be decided before the assignment is effective. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, no judge shall be assigned to serve on a court in a judicial district which is located more than 50 miles from the boundary of that judge's judicial district for more than 15 working days in any 12-month period, unless the judge consents to the assignment. A transferred judge shall be subject to the assignment powers of the chief judge of the judicial district to which the judge is transferred. Subd. 2. Procedure. To promote and secure more efficient administration of justice, the chief justice of the supreme court of the state shall supervise and coordinate the work of the courts of the state. The supreme court may provide by rule that the chief justice not be required to write opinions as a member of the supreme court. Its rules may further provide for it to hear and consider cases in divisions. It may by rule assign temporarily any retired justice of the supreme court or one judge of the court of appeals or district court judge at a time to act as a justice of the supreme court or any number of justices or retired justices of the supreme court to act as judges of the court of appeals. Upon the assignment of a court of appeals judge or a district court judge to act as a justice of the supreme court, a judge previously acting as a justice may complete unfinished duties of that position. Any number of justices may disqualify themselves from hearing and considering a case, in which event the supreme court may assign temporarily a retired justice of the supreme court, a court of appeals judge, or a district court judge to hear and consider the case in place of each disqualified justice. Subd. 3. Retired justices and judges. (a) The chief justice of the supreme court may assign a retired justice of the supreme court to act as a justice of the supreme court pursuant to subdivision 2 or as a judge of any other court. The chief justice may assign a retired judge of any court to act as a judge of any court except the supreme court. The chief justice of the supreme court shall determine the pay and expenses to be received by a justice or judge acting pursuant to this paragraph. (b) A judge who has been elected to office and who has retired as a judge in good standing and is not practicing law may also be appointed to serve as judge of any court except the supreme court. A retired judge acting under this paragraph will receive pay and expenses in the amount established by the supreme court. Subd. 4. State court supervision. The chief justice shall exercise general supervisory powers over the courts in the state, with powers including, but not limited to: (a) Supervision of the courts' financial affairs, programs of continuing education for judicial and nonjudicial personnel and planning and operations research; (b) Serving as chief representative of the court system and as liaison with other governmental agencies for the public; and (c) Supervision of the administrative operations of the courts. The chief justice may designate other justices or judges to assist in the performance of duties. Ex1957 c 14 s 4,5; 1959 c 657 s 1; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1969 c 543 s 1; 1971 c 3 s 1; 1973 c 18 s 1; 1974 c 417 s 1; 1977 c 432 s 2; 1983 c 247 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 408 art 11 s 1; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 1; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 5 s 2; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 3,4

Minn. Stat. § 2.731 NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.

2.731. NUMBER OF DISTRICTS. The state of Minnesota is divided into eight congressional districts, each of which is entitled to elect one representative to the Congress of the United States of America. 2 Ex1961 c 2 s 1

Minn. Stat. § 2.755 SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

2.755. SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), the seventh congressional district consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file C07-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on May 4, 2022. 2022 c 92 s 4

Minn. Stat. § 2.855 EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

2.855. EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), the eighth congressional district consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification contained in file C07-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on May 4, 2022. 2022 c 92 s 5
Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes (revisor.mn.gov)URL: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/2Fetched: 10/19/2026

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