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MNRCP Rule 77
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Below is Rule 77 of the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 77 deals with District Courts and Court Administrators, and is indexed under Chapter VIII, dealing with District Courts And Court Administrators.
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77.01 District Courts Always Open
- The district courts shall be deemed always open for the purpose of filing any pleading or other proper paper, of issuing and returning mesne and final process, and of making and directing all interlocutory motions, orders, and rules.
77.02 Trials and Hearings; Orders in Chambers
- All trials upon the merits shall be conducted in open court and so far as convenient in a regular courtroom. All other acts or proceedings may be done or conducted by a judge in chambers, without the attendance of the court administrator or other court officials and at any place either within or outside the district; but no hearing, other than one ex parte, shall be conducted outside the district without the consent of all parties affected thereby.
77.03 Court Administrator’s Office and Orders by Court Administrator
- All motions and applications in the court administrator’s office for issuing mesne process, for issuing final process to enforce and execute judgments, for entering judgments by default, and for other proceedings which do not require allowance or order of the court are grantable of course by the court administrator; but the court administrator’s action may be suspended, altered, or rescinded by the court upon cause shown.
77.04 Notice of Orders or Judgments
- Immediately upon the filing of an order or decision or entry of a judgment, the court administrator shall serve a notice of the filing or entry by mail upon every party affected thereby or upon such party’s attorney of record, whether or not such party has appeared in the action, at the party or attorney’s last known address, and shall make a notice in the court records of the mailing, but such notice shall not limit the time for taking an appeal or other proceeding on such order, decision, or judgment.