Subdivision 1. Delinquent property; rates. On the first business day in January, of each year, the county treasurer shall return the tax lists on hand to the county auditor, who shall compare the same with the statements receipted for by the treasurer on file in the auditor's office and each tract or lot of real property against which the taxes, or any part thereof, remain unpaid, shall be deemed delinquent, and thereupon an additional penalty of two percent on the amount of the original tax remaining unpaid shall immediately accrue and thereafter be charged upon all such delinquent taxes; and any auditor who shall make out and deliver any statement of delinquent taxes without including therein the penalties imposed by law, and any treasurer who shall receive payment of such taxes without including in such payment all items as shown on the auditor's statement, shall be liable to the county for the amounts of any items omitted.
Subd. 2. Federal active service exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, a homestead property owned by an individual who is on federal active service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5c, as a member of the National Guard or a reserve component, shall not be deemed delinquent under this section if the due dates imposed under section 279.01 fall on a day in which the individual was on federal active service.
(2105) RL s 904; 1931 c 316 s 2; 1933 c 121 s 2; 1943 c 281 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 1 art 8 s 13; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 143 art 4 s 21
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 272 - 289 — Property Taxes
Chapter 279 — Delinquent Real Estate Taxes
Section 279.001 — Purposes; Policy.
Section 279.01 — Due Dates; Penalties.
Section 279.02 — Duties Of County Auditor And Treasurer.
Section 279.025 — Payment Of Delinquent Property Taxes, Special Assessments.
Section 279.03 — Interest On Delinquent Property Taxes.
Section 279.05 — Delinquent List, Filing, Effect.
Section 279.06 — Copy Of List And Notice.
Section 279.07 — Publication, Bids.
Section 279.08 — Newspaper, Designation.
Section 279.09 — Publication Of Notice And List.
Section 279.091 — Mailing Of Notice And List; Failure To Mail.
Section 279.092 — Publication And Related Costs.
Section 279.10 — Publication Corrected.
Section 279.12 — Certificate Before Payment.
Section 279.13 — Affidavit Of Publication.
Section 279.131 — Affidavit Of Mailing.
Section 279.14 — Conclusiveness Of Judgment, Jurisdictional Defects.
Section 279.15 — Who May Answer; Form.
Section 279.16 — Judgment When No Answer; Form; Entry.
Section 279.17 — Proceedings On Answer.
Section 279.19 — Application For Judgment.
Section 279.20 — Papers Filed By Clerk.
Section 279.22 — Opening And Vacating Of Tax Judgments.
Section 279.23 — Copy Of Judgment To County Auditor.
Section 279.25 — Payment Before Judgment.
Section 279.33 — Cancellation Of Certificates Of Forfeiture For Lands Which Were Exempt.
Section 279.34 — Application By Owner.
Section 279.37 — Confession Of Judgment For Delinquent Taxes.