Subd. 1. Powers and duties.

Notwithstanding any general or local law or charter to the contrary, any deputy constable employed on or after March 23, 1982, by a town of the state of Minnesota has the following powers and duties:

1. (a) to have the powers of arrest of a private person;
2. (b) to perform the duties of a constable prescribed by law relative to election procedure;

3. (c) to perform the following duties at the direction of the sheriff or a peace officer:

   1. (i) to inspect communication wire and cable or records of the wire and cable pursuant to section 325E.21;
   2. (ii) to conduct hotel lien sales pursuant to section 327.76; and
   3. (iii) to conduct public auction sales of unclaimed property pursuant to sections 345.04 and 345.05;
4. (d) to provide general administrative or clerical assistance to the town's law enforcement agency.

Subd. 2.

Repealed, 1988 c 563 s 8

Subd. 3. Criminal records check.

No person may be employed as a deputy constable unless the person submits proof from the sheriff that the sheriff has checked the criminal records system and that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony within the past ten years.