Independence, disclaimer and what this site is
308B.mn is an independent publication. It is not a government body or a law firm, and it does not give legal advice; this page explains how to rely on it and how not to.
Who publishes this#
308B.mn is an independent publication, maintained by Weston Smith. The website is public; its source repository is private and accessible only to authorized collaborators. It is not the State of Minnesota, the Office of the Secretary of State, the Department of Commerce, or any city or county, and it is not a law firm. No agency has reviewed, endorsed or sponsored it, and nothing here should be read to suggest otherwise.
It is not legal advice#
The pages explain what the statute says and how the editors read it. Reading them does not create an attorney-client relationship, and they are not a substitute for a Minnesota-licensed attorney who knows your facts. Every page that has not been reviewed by a named attorney carries an "unreviewed" banner, and no page is marked reviewed unless a named reviewer actually reviewed it.
How to rely on it#
- The official statute is the authority. Statute pages display text extracted from the Revisor of Statutes, with formatting and whitespace normalized, beside our commentary. Extraction and commentary can both contain errors. Follow the official Revisor link on each statute page; the official text controls.
- Check dates and scope. A page's last-verified date is an editorial record, not a promise that every claim is correct or attorney-reviewed. Fees, forms and addresses change; confirm them with the Secretary of State before you file. See How we verify what we publish for verification limits.
- Look for the labels. We separate what the statute says from what agencies do and from what we think, and we mark inference and opinion.
- Counsel callouts mark real questions. Where we write that a lawyer should answer something, we mean it.
Filings and official records#
Nothing on this site is a filing, an approval or an official record. To form a cooperative you file with the Secretary of State on the Secretary's forms. To confirm a cooperative exists or is in good standing, use the Secretary of State's business records search, not this site. See Who to call about a 308B cooperative and Verify that a cooperative exists and is in good standing.
The /lab prototype#
The site also hosts an earlier prototype of a capital marketplace under /lab. It is fictional, saves no data, accepts no investments and moves no money. It is not part of the handbook and is excluded from search engines.
Contact and corrections#
The public corrections log records completed repairs. No public correction submission channel is currently available. Repository issues, edits and history require authorized collaborator access; a GitHub account alone is not enough. The publisher's linked GitHub profile identifies the publisher, not an established corrections inbox. See Contribute for the distinction between readers and authorized contributors.