If any certificate issued pursuant to sections 280.03 and 280.11 to an actual purchaser prove to be invalid for any other cause than that the land described therein was not subject to taxation, or that the taxes had been paid prior to the sale, or that the assessment or levy was void, the lien of the state on the parcel of land sold, as provided in section 272.31 shall be transferred, without any act whatever, to, and vested in, the holder of such certificate, or the holder's personal representatives, heirs, or assigns. Such holder, or the personal representatives, heirs, or assigns of the holder, may collect out of the property covered by such lien, by sale thereof by foreclosure, or other proper action or proceeding, the amount of taxes, penalties, and interest due thereon at the time of such sale, with interest thereon at the rate of 12 percent per annum, together with the amount of all subsequent taxes paid, with interest thereon at said rate, and the costs and expenses of such action.
(2148) RL s 942; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 115
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 272 - 289 — Property Taxes
Chapter 280 — Real Estate Tax Judgment Sales
Section 280.001 — Public Sales, Auditor's Certificates Abolished.
Section 280.01 — State Bid In At Sale.
Section 280.02 — Public Vendue.
Section 280.03 — Certificate Of Sale.
Section 280.04 — Who May Purchase.
Section 280.05 — Prohibited Purchasers.
Section 280.06 — Wrong Name Of Owner.
Section 280.07 — Entries After Sale.
Section 280.08 — Record Of Assignment.
Section 280.09 — Failure To Record.
Section 280.10 — Payment Of Subsequent Taxes.
Section 280.11 — Lands Bid In For State.
Section 280.29 — Proceeds Of Sale, How Distributed.
Section 280.33 — Certificates And Deeds As Evidence; Grounds For Setting Aside.
Section 280.35 — Invalid Certificate.
Section 280.37 — Endorsement Before Record.
Section 280.38 — Lands Bid In For The State; Attachments.
Section 280.385 — Acquisition Of Tax-delinquent Land Before Forfeiture.
Section 280.39 — Delinquent Taxes May Be Paid In Inverse Order.
Section 280.40 — Taxes Collected By Sheriff Applied In Inverse Order.