Minnesota Statutes 357.28 – Court Commissioner
Subdivision 1.Fees.
The fees to be charged and collected by a court commissioner shall be as follows, and no other or greater fees shall be charged:
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 357.28
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Folio: means 100 words, counting as a word each number necessarily used; if there be fewer than 100 words in all, the paper shall be computed as one folio; likewise any excess over the last full folio. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
(1) for examining any petition, complaint, affidavit, or any paper wherein an order is required, $2.50;
(2) for making and entering an order on the same, $1;
(3) for examining a person alleged to have a mental illness or chemical dependency for commitment, $25;
(4) for hearing and deciding on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, $10 for each day necessarily occupied;
(5) for examination of judgment debtors in proceedings supplementary to execution and for all disclosures in garnishment proceedings, in writing, 25 cents per folio;
(6) for all other services rendered by the commissioner, the same fees as are allowed by law to other officers for similar services.
Subd. 2.Application.
Subdivision 1 shall not apply to any county containing a city of the first class.