Reference

Fees, forms, deadlines, member classes, voting rules and comparisons, kept in one place and sourced.

• Chapter 308B at a glance

  A section-by-section map of Minnesota Statutes chapter 308B, the Minnesota Cooperative Associations Act, with one line on what each live section does and a link to its annotation.

• Fees and forms for 308B cooperatives

  A lookup table of Chapter 308B base fees and current Secretary of State charges, explaining expedited-service and late-penalty authority alongside form revision dates and signer rules.

• Formation timeline for a 308B cooperative

  The order of events for forming a Chapter 308B cooperative, from choosing a name to first distributions, with the statute section or official source behind each step.

• Comparing cooperative and other Minnesota entity types

  A side-by-side table of what the Minnesota statutes say about purpose, board size, member voting, distributions and member liability for 308B, 308A and 308C cooperatives and, for context, LLCs, business corporations and nonprofit corporations.

• Member voting rules in Chapter 308B

  A lookup table of who votes, how many votes they have, quorum, the vote needed to act, proxies, notice and written action for members of a 308B cooperative, each tied to the statute section.

• Director and officer rules in Chapter 308B

  A lookup table of board size, election, vacancies, removal, meetings, quorum, voting, committees, officers, conflicts of interest and liability rules for 308B cooperatives, each tied to the statute section.

• Filing calendar for a 308B cooperative

  The recurring and event-driven deadlines in Chapter 308B and on the Secretary of State forms, with what happens if a deadline is missed and the section or form that sets each one.

• Document checklist for forming and running a 308B cooperative

  A checklist of the documents and records a Chapter 308B cooperative must or may have, with the statute section or official form behind each item and a note on whether it is required, conditional or practice.

• Who to call about a 308B cooperative

  Which Minnesota office handles which question for a Chapter 308B cooperative (filings, securities, farmland, taxes), with contact details printed on the official pages we opened and what each office says it cannot do.