Minnesota § 412.211 - GENERAL STATUTORY CITY POWERS
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 412.211 — GENERAL STATUTORY CITY POWERS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 412.211. GENERAL STATUTORY CITY POWERS
Every city shall be a municipal corporation having the powers and rights and being subject to the duties of municipal corporations at common law. Each shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, may use a corporate seal, may acquire, either within or without its corporate limits, such real and personal property as the purposes of the city may require, by purchase, gift, devise, condemnation, lease or otherwise, and may hold, manage, control, sell, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of such property as its interests require. The powers listed in chapter 412 are not exclusive and other provisions of law granting additional powers to cities or to classes of cities shall apply except where inconsistent with this chapter.
History:
1949 c 119 s 28; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
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Section 412.211 ("GENERAL STATUTORY CITY POWERS") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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