Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in the Hennepin County License Bureau, created pursuant to sections 373.32 to 373.38, the license bureau director shall have the following additional duties: issue and process marriage licenses and records, record veterinary licenses, record optometry licenses, record chiropractic licenses, record podiatrist licenses, record osteopathic licenses, record medical doctor (M.D.) certificates, record basic science certificates, record ministerial credentials, record notary commissions, record trade names, issue jurats and acknowledgments, issue and process birth and death records, and issue certified copies of any of the above as applicable. On July 1, 1974, all of the duties herein enumerated are transferred from the court administrator of the district court of Hennepin County to the director of the Hennepin County License Bureau.
History:1974 c 166 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82