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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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367.25 OATH OF OFFICE; BOND; FILING; PENALTIES.
Subdivision 1. Requirement, fee. Every person elected at a March election or appointed to a
town office, within ten days after receiving a certificate or notice of election or appointment, shall
take and subscribe the oath required by law. Persons elected at a November election shall take
their oath before assuming office. If taken before the town clerk, the oath shall be administered
and certified without fee.
Subd. 2. Bond and oath, violations. Before entering upon duties, the person taking the
oath shall file it with the town clerk. Failure to file the oath and bond within the time required
shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
Subd. 3. Oath, violations. A town officer who enters upon the duties of office before taking
the oath required shall forfeit to the town the sum of $50.
History: 1959 c 675 art 6 s 29; 1983 c 359 s 52; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1997
c 147 s 75
Subdivision 1. Requirement, fee. Every person elected at a March election or appointed to a
town office, within ten days after receiving a certificate or notice of election or appointment, shall
take and subscribe the oath required by law. Persons elected at a November election shall take
their oath before assuming office. If taken before the town clerk, the oath shall be administered
and certified without fee.
Subd. 2. Bond and oath, violations. Before entering upon duties, the person taking the
oath shall file it with the town clerk. Failure to file the oath and bond within the time required
shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
Subd. 3. Oath, violations. A town officer who enters upon the duties of office before taking
the oath required shall forfeit to the town the sum of $50.
History: 1959 c 675 art 6 s 29; 1983 c 359 s 52; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 401 art 1 s 1; 1997
c 147 s 75
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