2004 Minnesota Code
Chapters 365 - 368 Towns
Chapter 367 Town Officers
Section 367.42 Deputy constables.

367.42 Deputy constables.

Subdivision 1. Powers and duties. Notwithstanding any general or local law or charter to the contrary, any deputy constable employed on or after March 23, 1982, by a town of the state of Minnesota has the following powers and duties:

(a) to have the powers of arrest of a private person;

(b) to perform the duties of a constable prescribed by law relative to election procedure;

(c) to perform the following duties at the direction of the sheriff or a peace officer:

(i) to inspect communication wire and cable or records of the wire and cable pursuant to section 325E.21;

(ii) to conduct hotel lien sales pursuant to section 327.76; and

(iii) to conduct public auction sales of unclaimed property pursuant to sections 345.04 and 345.05;

(d) to provide general administrative or clerical assistance to the town's law enforcement agency.

Subd. 2. Repealed, 1988 c 563 s 8

Subd. 3. Criminal records check. No person may be employed as a deputy constable unless the person submits proof from the sheriff that the sheriff has checked the criminal records system and that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony within the past ten years.

HIST: 1978 c 681 s 5; 1981 c 270 s 139; 1982 c 595 s 11; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 62; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1988 c 563 s 5,6; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1