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Chapter 201
Section 201.13
Recent History
- 2023 Subd. 3 Amended 2023 c 62 art 4 s 20
- 2014 Subd. 3 Amended 2014 c 238 s 2
- 2014 Subd. 4 Amended 2014 c 264 s 7
- 2013 Subd. 1a Amended 2013 c 131 art 2 s 11
- 2010 201.13 Amended 2010 c 201 s 6
- 2008 Subd. 3 Amended 2008 c 165 s 2
- 2004 Subd. 1 Amended 2004 c 293 art 1 s 13
- 1999 Subd. 4 New 1999 c 132 s 7
- 1997 Subd. 1 Amended 1997 c 147 s 7
- 1997 Subd. 2 Amended 1997 c 147 s 8
This is an historical version of this statute chapter. Also view the most recent published version.
201.13 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1]
201.13 REPORT OF DECEASED VOTERS; CHANGES TO VOTER RECORDS.
Subdivision 1. Commissioner of health; reports of deceased residents. Pursuant to the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, the commissioner of health shall report
monthly by electronic means to the secretary of state the name, address, date of birth, and
county of residence of each individual 18 years of age or older who has died while maintaining
residence in Minnesota since the last previous report. The secretary of state shall determine if
any of the persons listed in the report are registered to vote and shall prepare a list of those
registrants for each county auditor. Within 60 days after receiving the list from the secretary of
state, the county auditor shall change the status of those registrants to "deceased" in the statewide
registration system.
Subd. 2. Deceased nonresidents. After receiving notice of death of a voter who has died
outside the county, the county auditor shall change the voter's status to "deceased." Notice must be
in the form of a printed obituary or a written statement signed by a registered voter of the county.
Subd. 3. Use of change of address system. The county auditor may delete the records in the
statewide registration system of voters whose change of address can be confirmed by the United
States Postal Service. The secretary of state may provide the county auditors with periodic reports
on voters whose change of address can be confirmed by the United States Postal Service.
Subd. 4. Request for removal of voter record. If a voter makes a written request for
removal of the voter's record, the county auditor shall remove the record of the voter from the
statewide registration system.
History: 1959 c 675 art 2 s 13; 1973 c 676 s 11; 1981 c 29 art 2 s 16; 1987 c 361 s 8; 1989 c
7 s 1; 1991 c 227 s 7; 1993 c 101 s 1; 1993 c 223 s 4,5; 1994 c 465 art 3 s 63; 1997 c 147
s 7,8; 1999 c 132 s 7; 2004 c 293 art 1 s 13
201.13 REPORT OF DECEASED VOTERS; CHANGES TO VOTER RECORDS.
Subdivision 1. Commissioner of health; reports of deceased residents. Pursuant to the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, the commissioner of health shall report
monthly by electronic means to the secretary of state the name, address, date of birth, and
county of residence of each individual 18 years of age or older who has died while maintaining
residence in Minnesota since the last previous report. The secretary of state shall determine if
any of the persons listed in the report are registered to vote and shall prepare a list of those
registrants for each county auditor. Within 60 days after receiving the list from the secretary of
state, the county auditor shall change the status of those registrants to "deceased" in the statewide
registration system.
Subd. 2. Deceased nonresidents. After receiving notice of death of a voter who has died
outside the county, the county auditor shall change the voter's status to "deceased." Notice must be
in the form of a printed obituary or a written statement signed by a registered voter of the county.
Subd. 3. Use of change of address system. The county auditor may delete the records in the
statewide registration system of voters whose change of address can be confirmed by the United
States Postal Service. The secretary of state may provide the county auditors with periodic reports
on voters whose change of address can be confirmed by the United States Postal Service.
Subd. 4. Request for removal of voter record. If a voter makes a written request for
removal of the voter's record, the county auditor shall remove the record of the voter from the
statewide registration system.
History: 1959 c 675 art 2 s 13; 1973 c 676 s 11; 1981 c 29 art 2 s 16; 1987 c 361 s 8; 1989 c
7 s 1; 1991 c 227 s 7; 1993 c 101 s 1; 1993 c 223 s 4,5; 1994 c 465 art 3 s 63; 1997 c 147
s 7,8; 1999 c 132 s 7; 2004 c 293 art 1 s 13
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