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Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds
Section 92.01 — State Public Lands Or State Lands. - "State public lands" or "state lands" means school, swamp, university,...
Section 92.02 — Authority. - Sales under this chapter must be conducted by the commissioner,...
Section 92.025 — School Trust Land Definition. - For purposes of this chapter and chapter 94, "school trust...
Section 92.03 — Minimum Price Of Lands. - Subdivision 1. School lands. The price of school lands must...
Section 92.04 — Minimum Price Of Certain State Lands. - Lands selected for state institutions under an act of the...
Section 92.05 — Salt Lands. - (a) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota...
Section 92.06 — Payments; Interest. - Subdivision 1. Terms for land sales held before July 1,...
Section 92.07 — Sales By Subdivisions. - Sales of land by the commissioner must be made according...
Section 92.08 — Surveys And Resurveys. - (a) The commissioner may have surveys made to determine the...
Section 92.10 — Maps And Plats. - Subdivision 1. Map recorded. When the commissioner subdivides land into...
Section 92.115 — Valuation Of State Lands; Minimum Bid. - Subdivision 1. Land valuation required. Before offering any state land...
Section 92.12 — Appraisal Of School And Other State Lands. - Subdivision 1. Appraisers. The commissioner may have any school trust...
Section 92.122 — Compensating Permanent School Fund. - Subdivision 1. Compensation requirements. (a) When the revenue generated from...
Section 92.13 — State Lands; Date Of Sale. - The commissioner shall hold public sales of school and other...
Section 92.14 — Sale; Notice. - Subdivision 1. Time. At least 30 days before a sale,...
Section 92.145 — Unsold Lands. - Except for school trust lands, parcels remaining unsold after the...
Section 92.15 — Application. - All other requirements and provisions relating to the sale of...
Section 92.16 — Certificate Of Sale. - Subdivision 1. Contents; default; resale. At the time of the...
Section 92.163 — Extension For Payment On State Land Certificates. - Subdivision 1. Limitation. The time for payment of the principal...
Section 92.165 — Certificate Of Release. - Subdivision 1. Release by commissioner. Whenever it appears (1) that...
Section 92.17 — Effect Of Certificate; Record. - A certificate of sale entitles the holder to possession of...
Section 92.18 — Divided Certificates. - When the holder of a certificate surrenders it to the...
Section 92.19 — Assignment; Extensions Of Payment. - (a) When a certificate or partial interest in a certificate...
Section 92.20 — Void Sales; Refund. - A sale made by mistake, or not in accordance with...
Section 92.21 — Redemption Of Forfeited State Lands. - Subdivision 1. Conditions of redemption. If the holder of a...
Section 92.211 — Time Of Payment Extended. - Subdivision 1. Extension on certificates expiring before July 1, 1943....
Section 92.212 — Certain Lands Presumed Abandoned. - If full payment of the amount due the state for...
Section 92.213 — Limitation Of Actions. - If full payment of the amount due the state for...
Section 92.214 — Certificates Deemed Canceled In Certain Cases. - If the interest of the purchaser of a tract of...
Section 92.215 — Taxes Canceled. - If the rights of a purchaser of state public land...
Section 92.23 — Payments; Receipts. - The holder of a certificate of sale may pay the...
Section 92.24 — Money Paid To Commissioner Of Management And Budget. - The commissioner shall pay over all money received on account...
Section 92.26 — Statement Of Sales. - Before May 2 each year the commissioner shall prepare a...
Section 92.27 — Commissioner's Report On Close Of Sale. - The commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent shall act as...
Section 92.28 — Proceeds Of Sales; Distribution. - (a) A portion of the proceeds from the sale, equal...
Section 92.29 — Land Patents. - The commissioner of natural resources shall sign and issue in...
Section 92.30 — State To Sell Certain Lands. - The department may sell any state-owned lands, including lands set...
Section 92.31 — State May Exchange Land. - The Executive Council may exchange lands acquired by the state...
Section 92.32 — Governor To Execute Conveyances. - To carry out sections 92.30 and 92.31 the governor may...
Section 92.321 — Sale For Forestry Purposes. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner may sell lands. The commissioner of natural...
Section 92.34 — County Land Classification Committee. - There must be a land classification committee in each county...
Section 92.35 — Duties And Powers. - The commissioner of natural resources must classify all public and...
Section 92.36 — Lands Classified. - Upon the basis of all of the facts concerning land...
Section 92.37 — Report To Legislature. - The commissioner shall report the results of the land classification...
Section 92.45 — State Land On Meandered Lakes Withdrawn From Sale. - (a) All state lands, excluding school trust lands, bordering on...
Section 92.46 — Lands As Campgrounds. - Subdivision 1. Public campgrounds. (a) The director may designate suitable...
Section 92.461 — Peat Lands. - Subdivision 1. Peat lands withdrawn from sale. All lands now...
Section 92.50 — Unsold Lands Subject To Sale May Be Leased. - Subdivision 1. Lease terms. (a) The commissioner of natural resources...
Section 92.501 — Leasing Lands To Farm Wild Rice. - Subdivision 1. Authority to lease. The commissioner of natural resources...
Section 92.502 — Leasing Tax-forfeited And State Lands. - (a) Notwithstanding section 282.04 or other law to the contrary,...
Section 92.503 — Conservation Planning Leases. - The commissioner of natural resources may lease state-owned lands as...
Section 92.51 — Taxation; Redemption; Special Certificate. - State lands sold by the director become taxable. A description...
Section 92.685 — Land Management Account. - The land management account is created in the natural resources...
Section 92.69 — Endowment Account. - Subdivision 1. Proceeds of land acquisition account. To ensure educational...
Section 92.70 — Land Use Trespass. - Subdivision 1. Public land definition. "Public land" means publicly owned...
Section 92.71 — Direct Sale To Department Employee Prohibited. - An employee of the Department of Natural Resources is prohibited...
Section 92.72 — Payment Of Taxes And Assessments. - Subdivision 1. Cancellation of certificate of sale. If the state...
Section 92.80 — Expedited Exchange Of Land Within Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness For Federally Owned Lands. - Subdivision 1. Purpose and scope. (a) The purpose of this...
Section 92.82 — Private Sale Of Surplus State Land Within Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; Cook, Lake, And St. Louis Counties. - (a) Notwithstanding sections 92.06, 92.13, 92.14, 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10,...
Section 92.83 — Condemnation Of School Trust Land. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to...
Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands
Section 93.001 — Policy For Mineral Development. - It is the policy of the state to provide for...
Section 93.0015 — Mineral Coordinating Committee. - Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership. The Mineral Coordinating Committee is established...
Section 93.003 — Iron Mining; Conditions. - Subdivision 1. Duty to maintain mine. Legal authority to mine...
Section 93.01 — Reservation Of Minerals And Water Powers. - The state hereby reserves for its own use all the...
Section 93.02 — Instruments Transferring Interest; Reservation. - When any such land is sold, granted, conveyed, or transferred...
Section 93.03 — Patent Under Land Grant To Railroad; Reservation. - In all cases where the state of Minnesota shall execute...
Section 93.04 — Disposition Of Minerals Reserved. - All minerals in or upon lands which have been or...
Section 93.05 — Holder Of Lease. - Subdivision 1. Right of entry. In all cases where state...
Section 93.055 — Action To Quiet Title To Lands Covered By Mineral Lease. - Upon written request of the holder of any mineral lease...
Section 93.06 — Reservation Of Minerals Under Navigable Lakes. - All iron ores and other minerals on, in or under...
Section 93.14 — Leases To Prospect For Ores. - The commissioner may execute leases to prospect for iron ore...
Section 93.15 — Mining Units; Designation. - Subdivision 1. Designating mining units. (a) The commissioner of natural...
Section 93.16 — Leases; Sale And Notice. - (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, leases for...
Section 93.17 — Application For Leases; Bids; Awards. - Subdivision 1. Lease application. (a) Applications for leases to prospect...
Section 93.171 — Eligibility And Performance. - Subdivision 1. Eligibility. Applicants for leases and lease holders under...
Section 93.1925 — Negotiated Leases. - Subdivision 1. Conditions required. When the commissioner finds that the...
Section 93.193 — Taconite Iron Ore Mining Lease; Extension. - Subdivision 1. Application for extension. Upon written application by the...
Section 93.20 — Form Of Lease; Required Content; Modification. - Subdivision 1. Required provisions. Except as otherwise provided by law,...
Section 93.201 — Royalties For Taconite Concentrates. - Subdivision 1. Royalty on certain concentrates produced from taconite ore....
Section 93.21 — Execution Of Lease. - The lease provided for in section 93.20 shall be signed...
Section 93.22 — Disposition Of Payments. - Subdivision 1. Generally. (a) All payments under sections 93.14 to...
Section 93.222 — Taconite Iron Ore Special Advance Royalty Account. - The taconite iron ore special advance royalty account is created...
Section 93.2235 — Taconite Mining Grants; Appropriations. - Subdivision 1. Commissioner. (a) The commissioner shall establish a program...
Section 93.2236 — Minerals Management Account. - (a) The minerals management account is created as an account...
Section 93.245 — Mining Minerals Other Than Iron Ore. - (a) If a mineral other than iron ore or taconite...
Section 93.25 — Ores Other Than Iron; Leases. - Subdivision 1. Leases. The commissioner may issue leases to prospect...
Section 93.26 — Leases To Be Filed. - All leases, with the names and post office addresses of...
Section 93.27 — Assignments, Agreements, Or Contracts Affecting Leases; Filing. - All assignments, agreements, or contracts, underlying, overriding, or operating agreements...
Section 93.28 — Approval Of Instruments. - All instruments by virtue of which the title to a...
Section 93.285 — Stockpiled Iron Ore. - Subdivision 1. Definition. "Stockpiled iron ore" as used in this...
Section 93.33 — Leasing Surface Of Land. - Subdivision 1. Purposes of lease. The commissioner may, at public...
Section 93.335 — Lands Held In Trust; Mineral Rights Only; Mineral Rights Acquired Under Tax Laws. - Subdivision 1. Lands held in trust for taxing districts; lease...
Section 93.34 — Draining Public Waters. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53] Subd. 2....
Section 93.41 — State-owned Iron-bearing Materials. - Subdivision 1. Use for road construction and other purposes. In...
Section 93.43 — Leases To Nonferrous Metallic Minerals Producers. - (a) The business of mining, producing, or beneficiating nonferrous metallic...
Section 93.44 — Declaration Of Policy. - In recognition of the effects of mining upon the environment,...
Section 93.45 — Iron Range Trail. - Subdivision 1. Establishment. In recognition of the unique combination of...
Section 93.46 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 93.46 to...
Section 93.461 — Peat Included In Mine Land Reclamation. - Sections 93.46 to 93.51 apply to peat in the same...
Section 93.47 — Duties And Authority Of Commissioner. - Subdivision 1. Study and survey. The commissioner shall conduct a...
Section 93.48 — Variance. - The commissioner may, upon application by the landowner or mine...
Section 93.481 — Permit To Mine. - Subdivision 1. Prohibition against mining without permit; application for permit....
Section 93.482 — Reclamation Fees. - Subdivision 1. Annual permit to mine fee. (a) The commissioner...
Section 93.483 — Contested Case. - Subdivision 1. Petition for contested case hearing. Any person owning...
Section 93.49 — Financial Assurance Of Operator. - The commissioner shall require a bond or other security or...
Section 93.50 — Appeal. - Any person aggrieved by any final order, ruling, or decision...
Section 93.51 — Penalties For Violation. - Subdivision 1. Civil penalty. If any person fails to comply...
Section 93.515 — Oil And Gas Wells; Rules Relating To Spacing, Pooling, And Unitization. - The commissioner of natural resources may adopt rules under chapter...
Section 93.52 — Ownership Of Severed Mineral Interests. - Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purpose of sections 93.52 to 93.58...
Section 93.55 — Forfeiture Of Severed Mineral Interest. - Subdivision 1. Forfeiture; failure to record. If the owner of...
Section 93.551 — Validation Of Certain Statements; Correction Of Certain Errors. - A statement of severed mineral interests which was recorded within...
Section 93.61 — Drill Core Library Access. - Consistent with section 13.03, subdivision 3, a person shall not...
Chapter 94 — State Lands
Section 94.09 — Sale And Disposition Of Surplus State-owned Land. - Subdivision 1. Applicability. All tracts or lots of real property...
Section 94.10 — Surveys, Appraisals, And Sale. - Subdivision 1. Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. (a)...
Section 94.101 — Valuation Of Bond-financed Property. - Notwithstanding the valuation provisions of sections 16A.695, subdivision 3, and...
Section 94.11 — Terms Of Payment. - Terms of payment for lands sold by the commissioner of...
Section 94.12 — Contract For Deed And Quitclaim Deed. - Subdivision 1. Lands sold before July 1, 2004. In the...
Section 94.13 — Record Of Contracts For Deed And Assignments; Effect. - (a) A contract for deed issued before July 1, 2004,...
Section 94.14 — Reservation Of Minerals. - The state hereby reserves for its own use all the...
Section 94.16 — Disposition Of Proceeds From Surplus State-owned Land. - Subdivision 1. Disposition of receipts. Money received from the sale...
Section 94.165 — Land Acquisition Account. - Subdivision 1. Creation. There is created in the state treasury...
Section 94.17 — Gifts To State For Capitol Or Institution; Acceptance. - When any real property or rights or estates therein may...
Section 94.18 — Lands Obtained By Condemnation. - When any corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall convey, assign, or...
Section 94.19 — Certificate Of Acceptance; Record. - (a) The certificate of acceptance shall be executed in duplicate...
Section 94.31 — Counties Assuming Bonds Of Towns Or School Districts In Reforestation Area. - Any county wherein a state reforestation or flood control project...
Section 94.32 — Issuance Of County Bonds; Adjustment Of Debt. - The county board of any such county may by resolution...
Section 94.33 — Failure To Assume And Pay; Withholding Funds. - In the event any such county shall fail or neglect...
Section 94.341 — Minnesota Land Exchange Board. - The board created by the Constitution of the state of...
Section 94.342 — Classes Of Land. - Subdivision 1. Class A. All land owned by the state...
Section 94.343 — Class A Land Exchanged; Conditions. - Subdivision 1. General exchange provisions. (a) Any class A land...
Section 94.3435 — Exchange Of Certain State Lands. - Notwithstanding any provision of section 94.343, subdivision 2, or any...
Section 94.344 — Class B Land Exchanged; Conditions. - Subdivision 1. General exchange provisions. Class B land, by resolution...
Section 94.345 — Forms Prescribed By Attorney General. - The attorney general shall prescribe or approve the forms for...
Section 94.346 — Titles. - Subdivision 1. State may quiet. The state may bring and...
Section 94.347 — Certain Land Subjected To Like Trusts. - The lands acquired by the state under Laws 1939, chapter...
Section 94.3495 — Expedited Exchanges Of Land Involving State And Governmental Subdivisions Of State. - Subdivision 1. Purpose and scope. (a) The purpose of this...
Section 94.351 — Escheat Subject To Encumbrance. - When any land has become the property of the state...
Section 94.41 — Relinquishment Of Lands To United States. - When any land has been erroneously certified or conveyed to...
Section 94.44 — Grant By Municipal Corporation. - When the United States shall desire land for any purpose...
Section 94.45 — United States Survey; Damages. - Any person employed pursuant to the laws of the United...
Section 94.46 — Injury To Signal. - Whoever willfully defaces, injures, or removes any signal, monument, building,...
Section 94.47 — Purchasing Lands From United States. - The commissioner is hereby authorized to purchase, to accept by...
Section 94.48 — Expending Money On Leased Land. - When lands are obtained by lease from the United States...
Section 94.49 — Payment Of Obligations. - Obligations for the acquisition of lands by lease incurred under...
Section 94.50 — Selling And Exchanging Lands. - The commissioner, with the approval of the Executive Council, shall...
Section 94.51 — Rulemaking Authority. - The commissioner is hereby authorized to make such rules as...
Section 94.52 — Expenditure Of State's Percentage Of Proceeds Of Sale Of Land To United States. - Subdivision 1. Expenditures. All sums heretofore or that may hereafter...
Section 94.521 — Distributing Federal Aid. - Subdivision 1. Expenditures. All sums of money heretofore or which...
Section 94.522 — Payments To County Treasurers; Use Of Proceeds. - It shall be the duty of the commissioner of management...
Section 94.53 — Payments To County Treasurers; Federal Loans To Counties. - It shall be the duty of the commissioner of management...
Section 94.54 — Schools And Roads Near National Forests. - It shall be the duty of the county board of...
Section 94.55 — Transfer Of State-owned Improvements. - The commissioner may sell or transfer an improvement located on...