Minn. Stat. § 485.03 – Deputies

(a) The county board shall determine the number of permanent full time deputies, clerks and other employees in the office of the court administrator of district court and shall fix the compensation for each position. The county board shall also budget for temporary deputies and other employees and shall fix their rates of compensation. This paragraph does not apply to a county in a judicial district under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
(b) The court administrator shall appoint in writing the deputies and other employees, for whose acts the court administrator shall be responsible, and whom the court administrator may remove at pleasure. Before each enters upon official duties, the appointment and oath of each shall be filed with the county recorder.
* NOTE: Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 7, section 46, *subdivision 1, provides specific effective dates for the state *takeover of court administration costs under this section, as *amended by Laws 1999, chapter 216, article 7, section 32.