Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1.
Metropolitan county.
The conditions listed in this subpart must be met before a
proposed deputy registrar office location may be considered in a metropolitan
county.
A. The proposed office
location must not be located within a ten-mile radius of an existing
office.
B. The estimated number of
transactions that a proposed office processes annually must be at least 35,000.
The commissioner shall estimate the number of transactions as 30 percent of the
transactions processed within the preceding calendar year by existing offices
located within a radius of the proposed office location of over ten miles and
less than 19 miles.
C. The
commissioner shall not consider the proposed office location if the use of the
percentage of transactions processed by an existing office to establish a
proposed office would reduce the number of transactions to less than:
(1) 70,000 for an existing office located in
a metropolitan county;
(2) 40,000
for an existing office located in an area under subpart
1a; or
(3) 4,000 for an existing office located in
an area under subpart
2.
D. If a percentage of transactions processed
by an existing office was used to establish a new office, that percentage may
not be used again in consideration of another proposed office within a two-year
period. The two-year period starts from the date the deputy registrar was
appointed.
E. The commissioner
shall not consider a proposed office location if the proposed office location
is within a 20-mile radius of an existing office that was established within
the last two years. The two-year period starts from the date the deputy
registrar was appointed.
Subp.
1a.
Municipalities with over 50,000 population.
The conditions listed in this subpart must be met before the
commissioner considers a proposed office location in a municipality with a
population exceeding 50,000, not including municipalities in a metropolitan
county.
A. The proposed office
location must not be located within a ten-mile radius of an existing
office.
B. A maximum of two offices
may exist in any municipality with a population exceeding 50,000.
C. The estimated number of transactions that
a proposed office location processes annually must be at least 40,000. The
commissioner shall estimate the number of transactions as the largest number
computed in subitem (1), (2), or (3):
(1) 30
percent of the transactions processed within the preceding calendar year by
existing offices located within a radius of the proposed office location of
over five miles but less than 6-1/2 miles;
(2) 20 percent of the transactions processed
within the preceding calendar year by existing offices located within a radius
of the proposed office location of at least 6-1/2 miles but less than eight
miles; or
(3) ten percent of the
transactions processed within the preceding calendar year by existing offices
located within a radius of the proposed office location of at least eight miles
but less than 9-1/2 miles.
D. The commissioner shall not consider a
proposed office location if the use of a percentage of transactions processed
by an existing office to establish a proposed office would reduce the number of
transactions to less than:
(1) 70,000 for an
existing office located in an area under subpart
1;
(2) 40,000 for an existing office located in
an area under this subpart; or
(3)
4,000 for an existing office located in an area under subpart
2.
E. If a percentage of transactions processed
by an existing office was used to establish a new office, that percentage may
not be used again in consideration of another proposed office within a two-year
period. The two-year period starts from the date the deputy registrar was
appointed.
F. The commissioner
shall not consider a proposed office location if the proposed office location
is within a 20-mile radius of an existing office that was established within
the last two years. The two-year period starts from the date the deputy
registrar was appointed.
Subp.
2.
Other areas.
In all other municipalities not included in subpart
1 or
1a, the conditions listed in
items A to E must be met before a proposed office location is
considered.
A. The proposed office
location must not be located within a 15-mile radius of an existing office,
except that:
(1) in municipalities having a
population of 25,000 to 50,000, a maximum of two offices may exist, and the
proposed office must not be located within a three-mile radius of an existing
office in that municipality; and
(2) the proposed office location must not be
located in a municipality of less than 25,000 population if there is an
existing office in that municipality.
B. The estimated number of transactions a
proposed office location processes annually must be at least 4,000. The number
of transactions must be estimated as follows:
(1) 20 percent of the transactions processed
within the preceding year by existing offices located within a 20-mile radius
of the proposed office location; or
(2) if there is no existing office located
within a 20-mile radius of the proposed office location, 110 percent of the
population of the municipalities that are closer to the proposed office
location than to other existing offices.
C. The commissioner shall not consider a
proposed office location if the use of the percentage of transactions processed
by an existing office, to establish a proposed office, would reduce the number
of transactions to less than:
(1) 70,000 for
an existing office located in an area under subpart
1;
(2) 40,000 for an existing office located in
an area under subpart
1a; or
(3) 4,000 for an existing office located in
an area under this subpart.
D. If a percentage of transactions processed
by an existing office was used to establish a new office, that percentage may
not be used again in consideration of another proposed office within a two-year
period. The two-year period starts from the date the deputy registrar was
appointed.
E. The commissioner
shall not consider a proposed office location if the proposed office location
is within a 30-mile radius of an existing office that was established within
the last two years. The two-year period starts from the date the deputy
registrar was appointed.