Minnesota § 480.013 - TERMINOLOGY OF REFERENCES TO CHIEF JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 480.013 — TERMINOLOGY OF REFERENCES TO CHIEF JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 480.013. TERMINOLOGY OF REFERENCES TO CHIEF JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES
In construing and interpreting constitutional provisions, statutes, legal instruments, records, decisions, or legal process applicable or pertaining to, or emanating from the Supreme Court of the state of Minnesota, the terms chief justice and associate justice or associate justices shall be construed as synonymous with, and as equivalent in meaning to, the terms chief judge and associate judge or associate judges as those terms are used in Article VI of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota.
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Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 480.013 ("TERMINOLOGY OF REFERENCES TO CHIEF JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES") 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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