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Minnesota Statutes > Judicial Procedure, District Court > Chapter 546 > § 546.43 - Proceedings Where Interpreter Appointed

Subdivision 1. Qualified interpreter.

In a civil action in which a disabled person is a litigant or witness, the presiding judicial officer shall appoint a qualified interpreter to serve throughout the proceedings.

Subd. 2. Interpreter required.

In a proceeding before a board, commission, agency, or licensing authority of the state, or of a political subdivision of the state, where a witness or the principal party in interest is a disabled person, all of the proceedings that are pertinent shall be interpreted in a language the disabled person understands by a qualified interpreter appointed by the board, commission, agency, or licensing authority.

History:

1975 c 337 s 2; 2005 c 56 s 1

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