Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry

Section 88.12 — Compensating Wildfire Fighters; Emergency Expenses. - Subdivision 1. Limitation. The compensation and expenses of persons temporarily...

Section 88.14 — Disposal Of Slashings And Debris. - Subdivision 1. Order to dispose. Where and whenever in the...

Section 88.15 — Campfires. - Subdivision 1. Extinguishment. Any forest officer, conservation officer, or other...

Section 88.16 — Starting And Reporting Fires. - Subdivision 1. Written permission required. Except as provided in subdivision...

Section 88.17 — Permission To Start Fires; Prosecution For Unlawfully Starting Fires. - Subdivision 1. Permission required. (a) Permission to start a fire...

Section 88.171 — Open Burning Prohibitions. - Subdivision 1. Continual. Open burning prohibitions specified in this section...

Section 88.18 — Fire Wardens. - The commissioner may appoint local government officials, authorized Minnesota pollution...

Section 88.195 — Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Failure to extinguish fire. Any person who starts...

Section 88.20 — Railroad Companies To Provide Patrol Officers. - (a) After making a judgment that there is danger of...

Section 88.21 — Railroads; Duties; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Written report of inspection. On having reason to...

Section 88.22 — Wildfire Prevention; Restrictions And Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Imposition of restrictions. (a) Road closure. When the...

Section 88.28 — Law Divided Into Parts. - Sections 88.28 to 88.46 are hereby divided into three parts....

Section 88.29 — County Boards; Jurisdiction, Powers. - It is hereby proposed to grant to the county boards...

Section 88.30 — Clearing And Improving Lands. - Before any improvement authorized by sections 88.28 to 88.46 shall...

Section 88.31 — Surveys And Plats. - Upon the filing of the petition and bond, as provided...

Section 88.32 — Appraisers; Assessing Benefits And Damages; Statements And Reports. - At the time of the appointment of the engineer, as...

Section 88.33 — Hearings; Notice; Service; Date; Adjournments. - Upon the filing of this report, the auditor shall, within...

Section 88.34 — Hearing On Petition; Elimination Of Lands. - Upon due publication and mailing of notice of hearing, the...

Section 88.35 — Rereference Of Petition. - If, at such hearing, after the presentation of the evidence...

Section 88.36 — Order For Improvements. - If, at the final hearing, or adjournment thereof, the county...

Section 88.37 — Appeals From Orders For Improvements. - (a) Any person aggrieved thereby may appeal from any such...

Section 88.38 — Contracts For Improvements; Duties Of County Auditor; Seeding Of Cleared Lands. - Within ten days after the filing in the office of...

Section 88.39 — Work Of Improvement; Duties Of Engineers; Payments To Contractors. - It shall be the duty of the engineer from time...

Section 88.40 — Bond Issues To Pay For Improvements. - The county board of each county wherein any improvement is...

Section 88.41 — County Auditors; Tabular Statements; Powers And Duties. - At as early a date as possible after letting the...

Section 88.42 — Improvements By Towns And Cities; Limitation Of Indebtedness. - All towns and cities are hereby authorized and empowered to...

Section 88.43 — Firebreaks; Clearing Lands. - Subdivision 1. Distance. The governing body of any town or...

Section 88.44 — Acquiring Property. - Subdivision 1. Certificate of indebtedness; bond issues; tax levies. For...

Section 88.45 — Municipalities To Cooperate. - Counties doing anything under sections 88.28 to 88.46 shall act...

Section 88.46 — Laws Applicable. - Where in sections 88.28 to 88.46 it is provided that...

Section 88.49 — Contracts. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150]...

Section 88.491 — Expired Contracts. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 150]...

Section 88.50 — Taxation. - Every auxiliary forest in this state must be taxed according...

Section 88.51 — Auxiliary Forests; Tax Rate, Special Taxes. - Subdivision 1. Annual tax. (a) From and after the filing...

Section 88.52 — Cutting Timber; Taxation. - Subdivision 1. Yield tax; when to be paid. The merchantable...

Section 88.523 — Auxiliary Forest Contracts; Supplemental Agreements. - Upon application of the owner, any auxiliary forest contract may...

Section 88.53 — Disposal After Land Ceases To Be Auxiliary Forest; Rules. - Subdivision 1. Time for disposal. When land ceases to be...

Section 88.641 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 88.641 to...

Section 88.642 — Decorative Materials. - Subdivision 1. Written consent. No person shall cut, harvest, remove,...

Section 88.6435 — Decorative Materials; Buyers. - Subdivision 1. MS 2018 [Repealed by amendment, 1Sp2019 c 4...

Section 88.645 — Enforcement. - Subdivision 1. Search warrants. A court having authority to issue...

Section 88.647 — Relation To Existing Laws. - Sections 88.641 to 88.6435 do not supersede any existing provision...

Section 88.648 — Criminal Penalties; Misdemeanor. - (a) A person who makes a false statement in any...

Section 88.73 — Administration; Delegated Powers And Duties. - (a) The director is hereby empowered and directed to administer...

Section 88.75 — Violations; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Misdemeanor offenses; damages; injunctive relief. (a) Any person...

Section 88.76 — Rewards. - Upon conviction of any person for violating any of the...

Section 88.77 — Disposition Of Fines And Penalties. - Except as otherwise expressly provided in sections 88.03 to 88.22,...

Section 88.78 — Appeals. - (a) No appeal shall be allowed from a judgment in...

Section 88.79 — State Forest Service To Private Owners. - Subdivision 1. Employing competent foresters; service to private owners. The...

Section 88.80 — Aspen Recycling Program. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The commissioner must establish and accelerate an...

Section 88.81 — Forest Management Practices In Litigation. - The commissioner may not implement new or revised forest management...

Section 88.82 — Minnesota Releaf Program. - The Minnesota releaf program is established in the Department of...

Chapter 89 — State Forests; Tree Planting; Forest Roads

Section 89.001 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. Unless the language or context clearly indicates...

Section 89.002 — Policies. - Subdivision 1. Forest resource management policy. The commissioner shall manage...

Section 89.01 — Commissioner; Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. Best methods. The commissioner shall ascertain and observe...

Section 89.011 — Forest Planning Coordination. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2006 c 281 art 3 s 20]...

Section 89.012 — Unit Forest Resource Plans. - (a) Each geographic administrative unit of the Division of Forestry...

Section 89.015 — Southern Minnesota Tree Species; Research. - Research shall be carried on by the University of Minnesota...

Section 89.016 — Forest Campgrounds. - The commissioner must hold a public meeting before closing a...

Section 89.018 — Heritage Forests. - Subdivision 1. Establishment; termination. (a) The commissioner may establish, by...

Section 89.021 — State Forests. - Subdivision 1. Established. There are hereby established and reestablished as...

Section 89.0211 — Sale Of State Forest Lands Adjacent To Platted Areas. - Notwithstanding section 89.021, the commissioner may sell state forest lands...

Section 89.022 — Disposal Of Tillable Land In Memorial Hardwood Forest. - Subdivision 1. Exchange or sale required. If any parcel acquired...

Section 89.025 — Dorer Memorial Hardwood Forest; Land Use Restricted. - After June 1, 1993, the commissioner may not allow the...

Section 89.03 — Advancing Education. - The commissioner may advance education in forestry within the state...

Section 89.031 — Management And Control. - All state forest lands shall be under the management and...

Section 89.032 — Acquiring Land. - Subdivision 1. Acquiring for state use and development. The commissioner...

Section 89.033 — Gifts. - The commissioner may accept for and in behalf of the...

Section 89.034 — Tax-forfeited Lands; Inclusion In State Forests. - Whenever the board of county commissioners, by resolution duly adopted,...

Section 89.035 — Income From State Forest Lands; Disposition. - All income which may be received from lands acquired by...

Section 89.0385 — Forest Management Investment Account; Cost Certification. - (a) The commissioner shall certify the total costs incurred for...

Section 89.039 — Forest Management Investment Account. - Subdivision 1. Account established; sources. The forest management investment account...

Section 89.05 — Accounting System. - The Department of Natural Resources shall consolidate and simplify the...

Section 89.17 — Leases And Permits. - (a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of chapter 90, the commissioner...

Section 89.18 — Roads Through State Forests. - No public highway, other than a state trunk highway, shall...

Section 89.19 — Rules. - Subdivision 1. Rulemaking authority. The commissioner may prescribe rules governing...

Section 89.20 — Posted Land; Trespass. - Camping on posted state forest land or the erection of...

Section 89.21 — Campgrounds; Establishment And Fees. - (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish and develop state...

Section 89.22 — Uses Of State Forest Lands; Fees. - Subdivision 1. Establishing fees. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may,...

Section 89.26 — State Water Powers Withdrawn From Sale. - All water powers having a possible average development of 100...

Section 89.27 — Land Suitable For Reforestation Withdrawn From Sale. - All lands owned, controlled, or held in trust by the...

Section 89.28 — Pulpwood Investigation. - The commissioner shall make an investigation of the possibility of...

Section 89.35 — Tree Planting. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. The definitions in this subdivision apply to...

Section 89.36 — Producing And Procuring Planting Stock. - Subdivision 1. Production at state nurseries. The commissioner of natural...

Section 89.37 — Distributing Planting Stock. - Subdivision 1. Planting conditions. The commissioner of natural resources may...

Section 89.38 — Prohibition; Penalties. - It shall be unlawful for a period of ten years...

Section 89.39 — Purchase Agreements And Penalties. - Every individual, partnership, or private corporation to whom any planting...

Section 89.391 — Nursery Inspection Certificates; Limitations On Issuance. - No certificate of inspection shall be issued pursuant to section...

Section 89.41 — School Forests. - Subdivision 1. Establishing and maintaining school forests. Any school district...

Section 89.42 — Sale Of Forest Products. - Any such agency may sell or otherwise dispose of timber...

Section 89.421 — Forest Resource Assessment Products And Services Account. - Subdivision 1. Creation. The forest resource assessment products and services...

Section 89.43 — Tree Seeds And Cones; Payments From Appropriations. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, out...

Section 89.51 — Definitions. - 89.51 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.341] 89.51 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability....

Section 89.52 — Surveys And Investigations. - 89.52 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.351] 89.52 SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS. The...

Section 89.53 — Control Of Forest Pests And Shade Tree Pests. - 89.53 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.361] 89.53 CONTROL OF FOREST PESTS...

Section 89.54 — Zones Of Infestation; Establishment. - 89.54 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.371] 89.54 ZONES OF INFESTATION; ESTABLISHMENT....

Section 89.55 — Infestation Control; Costs. - 89.55 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.381] 89.55 INFESTATION CONTROL; COSTS. Upon...

Section 89.551 — Approved Firewood Required. - (a) After the commissioner issues an order under paragraph (b),...

Section 89.56 — Expenses. - 89.56 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.391] 89.56 EXPENSES. Subdivision 1. Statement...

Section 89.57 — Dissolution Of Infestation Zone. - 89.57 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.401] 89.57 DISSOLUTION OF INFESTATION ZONE....

Section 89.58 — Forest Pest And Shade Tree Pest Control Account. - 89.58 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.411] 89.58 FOREST PEST AND SHADE...

Section 89.59 — Cooperation. - 89.59 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.421] 89.59 COOPERATION. The commissioner may...

Section 89.60 — Commissioner's Authority. - 89.60 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.422] 89.60 COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY. The commissioner...

Section 89.61 — Act Supplemental. - 89.61 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.423] 89.61 ACT SUPPLEMENTAL. Provisions of...

Section 89.62 — Shade Tree Pest Control; Grant Program. - Subdivision 1. Grants. The commissioner may make grants to aid...

Section 89.63 — Certification Of Tree Inspectors. - (a) The governing body of a municipality may appoint a...

Section 89.64 — Exemptions. - This chapter does not supersede the authority of the Department...

Section 89.65 — Forestry Education. - Subdivision 1. Report on forester education. By March 1, 1983,...

Section 89.66 — Forestry Research And Extension. - Subdivision 1. Agriculture experiment station. (a) The director of the...

Section 89.70 — State Forest Road Account. - There is created in the state treasury a state forest...

Section 89.71 — Forest Roads. - Subdivision 1. Designation; inventory; recording. The commissioner shall designate forest...

Section 89.715 — Alternative Recording For State Forest Road. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. The commissioner may adopt a forest road...

Section 89.72 — County Forest Access Road Account. - There is created in the state treasury a county forest...

Chapter 89A — Sustainable Forest Resources

Section 89A.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. Unless the language or context clearly indicates...

Section 89A.02 — Policy. - It is the policy of the state to: (1) pursue...

Section 89A.03 — Minnesota Forest Resources Council. - Subdivision 1. Membership. The governor must appoint a chair and...

Section 89A.04 — Partnership. - It is the policy of the state to encourage forest...

Section 89A.05 — Timber Harvesting And Forest Management Guidelines. - Subdivision 1. Development and revision. The council shall coordinate the...

Section 89A.06 — Landscape-level Forest Resource Planning And Coordination. - Subdivision 1. Framework. The council must maintain a framework that...

Section 89A.07 — Monitoring. - Subdivision 1. Forest resource monitoring. The commissioner shall maintain a...

Section 89A.08 — Research Advisory Committee. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The council chair shall appoint a Forest...

Section 89A.09 — Interagency Information Cooperative. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. The dean of the College of Food,...

Section 89A.10 — Continuing Education. - It is the policy of the state to encourage timber...

Section 89A.105 — Implementation. - Implementation of this chapter is subject to biennial appropriations of...

Section 89A.11 — Sunset. - Sections 89A.01; 89A.02; 89A.03; 89A.04; 89A.05; 89A.06; 89A.07; 89A.08; 89A.09;...

Chapter 90 — Timber Lands

Section 90.005 — Surveyor General Office Abolished; Functions Transferred To Natural Resources Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1] Subd. 2....

Section 90.01 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. Unless the language or context clearly indicates...

Section 90.02 — Citation; Statement Of Policy. - (a) This chapter may be cited as the "State Timber...

Section 90.031 — Executive Council And Commissioner Powers. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1967 c 66 s 3] Subd. 2....

Section 90.041 — Commissioner Powers And Duties. - Subdivision 1. General duties. The commissioner shall make thorough inquiry...

Section 90.045 — Appraisal Standards. - By July 1, 1983, the commissioner shall establish specific timber...

Section 90.051 — Supervising Sales; Bond. - The department employee delegated to supervise state timber appraisals and...

Section 90.061 — State Appraisers. - Subdivision 1. Designation; bond. The commissioner may designate any qualified...

Section 90.101 — Timber Sold At Public Auction. - Subdivision 1. Sale requirements. The commissioner may sell the timber...

Section 90.121 — Intermediate Auction Sales; Maximum Lots Of 3,000 Cords. - (a) The commissioner may sell the timber on any tract...

Section 90.14 — Auction Sale Procedure. - (a) All state timber shall be offered and sold by...

Section 90.145 — Purchaser Qualifications, Registration, And Requirements. - Subdivision 1. Purchaser requirements. (a) In addition to any other...

Section 90.151 — Permits To Cut And Remove Timber. - Subdivision 1. Issuance; expiration. (a) Following receipt of the down...

Section 90.161 — Security Deposits Required For Effective Timber Permits. - Subdivision 1. Security deposit required. (a) Except as otherwise provided...

Section 90.162 — Securing Timber Permits With Cutting Blocks. - In lieu of the security deposit equal to the value...

Section 90.164 — Timber Permit Development Option. - With the completion of the presale conference requirement under section...

Section 90.171 — Assignment Of Auction Timber Permits. - Any permit sold at public auction may be assigned upon...

Section 90.181 — Statement Of Timber Cut. - Subdivision 1. Passage of title to timber. (a) The commissioner...

Section 90.191 — Informal Sales Of State Timber; Maximum Lots Of 500 Cords. - Subdivision 1. Sale requirements. The commissioner may sell the timber...

Section 90.193 — Extension Of Timber Permits. - The commissioner may, in the case of an exceptional circumstance...

Section 90.195 — Special Use And Product Permit. - (a) The commissioner may issue a fuelwood permit to salvage...

Section 90.201 — Void Timber Sales; Refunds; Adjustment Of Sale Terms. - Subdivision 1. Void sales; refunds. Any sale of timber made...

Section 90.211 — Purchase Money; When Forfeited. - If the holder of an effective permit begins to cut...

Section 90.221 — Timber Sales Records. - The commissioner shall keep timber sales records, including the description...

Section 90.231 — Timber Sales; Marking Boundaries. - Whenever timber on a tract of state-owned land is sold,...

Section 90.251 — Timber Scaling. - Subdivision 1. Scaling and check scaling procedures and requirements; penalty....

Section 90.252 — Scaling Agreement; Weight-measurement Services; Fees. - Subdivision 1. Scaling agreement. The commissioner may enter into an...

Section 90.281 — Rescales, Recounts, And Reestimates. - (a) Upon complaint of any interested permit holder questioning the...

Section 90.301 — Timber Trespass On State Lands; Unlawful Possession And Sale; Rewards; Records. - Subdivision 1. Trespass on public lands; damages. Whoever without valid...

Section 90.311 — Possession Of Lands Contrary To Agreement; Remedies. - If any person holds or continues in possession of any...

Section 90.321 — Prosecutions. - (a) The attorney general shall prosecute or cause to be...

Section 90.41 — State Appraiser And Scaler; Violations; Penalties. - Subdivision 1. Violations and penalty. (a) Any state scaler or...

Section 90.411 — Records As Notice. - The records kept by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter...

Section 90.412 — Statute Of Limitation Not Applicable; Venue Of Proceedings. - The statutes of this state limiting the time for bringing...

Section 90.42 — Laws Not Affected. - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed...

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Minnesota Statutes Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry

Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry