The court administrator of district court in all counties of this state is hereby authorized to destroy or otherwise dispose of the files, and all documents contained therein, in all cases which are more than ten years old, and which relate only to the following kinds of actions:
Nothing herein contained shall relieve such court administrator of district court from maintaining the books and index records required under sections 485.07, 485.08, and 485.10, including the filing data, of any files, of which such disposal is made.
Minn. Stat. § 485.13
1945 c 264 s 1,2; 1969 c 50 s 1; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82