Subdivision 1. Classification, sale, procedures and conditions. Any lands which have become the absolute property of the state through forfeiture for nonpayment of taxes and which have been classified by the county board as conservation lands under the provisions of section 282.01, or have been classified as nonagricultural lands under the provisions of section 282.14, or any such lands which shall hereafter be so classified, may be designated by the county board of the county in which such lands lie, by resolution duly adopted, as appropriate and primarily suitable for either specific conservation purposes or for auxiliary forest lands. Any resolution so adopted, together with a list of the lands involved shall be forwarded to the commissioner of natural resources who shall promptly approve or disapprove the whole or any part thereof. The commissioner shall thereupon make a certificate showing the lands approved, transmit the same to the county auditor who shall record the same. Lands so designated and so approved shall thereupon be appraised and the whole, or any part thereof, may be offered for sale and sold in the same manner as provided for the sale of lands classified as nonconservation lands under section 282.01, or as agricultural lands under section 282.14, as the case may be, according to the status of such lands upon forfeiture. The right to a deed of conveyance to such property accorded the purchaser at any such sale shall be conditioned upon the lands being placed in an auxiliary forest or used for designated conservation purposes as designated by the resolution of the county board.
Subd. 2. Conditions, form of conveyance. The condition as to the placing of land into an auxiliary forest or for use for designated conservation purposes shall be a condition precedent. Any deed of conveyance of lands so placed shall be upon a form approved by the attorney general but such conveyance shall not be a fee determinable nor contain any conditions therein other than a reservation of the minerals and mineral rights to the state for its own use, or in trust for the appropriate taxing district as the case may be, according to the status of the land upon forfeiture. The land so placed, however, shall be subject to the requirements for withdrawal of lands from an auxiliary forest contained in section 88.49, subdivision 9. The procedure contained in that section shall also be applicable, so far as possible, to lands designated for conservation purposes other than an auxiliary forest.
Subd. 3. Title examination. The commissioner of revenue shall, if requested by the purchaser or the county attorney of the county where all or a portion of the land is situated, deliver the deed to the county attorney for use under Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 88.48, subdivision 5, but such delivery shall not be considered delivery to the purchaser. The county attorney shall be instructed when taking the transferral of the deed that said deed shall not be delivered to the purchaser unless the land involved is accepted as and placed into an auxiliary forest.
Subd. 4. Replacing old deeds. All deeds executed and delivered by the state pursuant to this section before the effective date of Laws 1955, chapter 389, containing conditions subsequent or conveying determinable fees, shall at the request of the purchaser, be returned to the commissioner who is herewith empowered to issue a new deed pursuant to subdivision 2.
1947 c 496 s 1; 1955 c 389 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1973 c 582 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 126
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 272 - 289 — Property Taxes
Chapter 282 — Tax-forfeited Land Sales
Section 282.01 — Tax-forfeited Lands; Classification, Sale.
Section 282.011 — Classification And Sale.
Section 282.012 — Prior Owner May Purchase; Conditions.
Section 282.014 — Completion Of Sale, Fee, Conveyance Recorded.
Section 282.015 — Proceeds Of Sale.
Section 282.016 — Prohibited Purchasers.
Section 282.017 — Conveyance Of Interests To Governments.
Section 282.018 — Land By Public Waters, Nonforested Marginal Land, Wetlands.
Section 282.019 — Land Subject To Hazardous Substance Or Petroleum Release.
Section 282.0195 — Superfund And Storage Tank Sites; Affidavit, Notice.
Section 282.02 — List Of Lands For Sale; Notice; Online Auctions Permitted.
Section 282.03 — Limitations In Use Of Lands.
Section 282.038 — Veteran's Credit For Agricultural Land.
Section 282.04 — Timber Sales; Land Use, Lease, Partition, Easement.
Section 282.041 — Alternative Recording For County Forest Road.
Section 282.05 — Proceeds Apportioned.
Section 282.06 — Exemption Of Certain Lands.
Section 282.07 — Auditor To Cancel Taxes.
Section 282.08 — Apportionment Of Proceeds To Taxing Districts.
Section 282.09 — Forfeited Tax Sale Fund.
Section 282.12 — All Minerals Reserved.
Section 282.13 — County Land Commissioners; City Land Exchanges.
Section 282.131 — Certain Powers And Duties Delegated.
Section 282.132 — Timber Defined.
Section 282.135 — Delegation By County Board.
Section 282.14 — Classification As Agricultural; Sale Conditions, Generally.
Section 282.15 — Sales Of Forfeited Agricultural Lands.
Section 282.151 — Sale Of Certain Nonconservation Lands.
Section 282.16 — Public Sale As Agricultural Lands; Notice.
Section 282.17 — Cancellation Of Contracts On Default.
Section 282.171 — Contracts, Members Of Armed Forces, Cancellation.
Section 282.18 — County Auditor To Lease Lands.
Section 282.19 — County Collects Payments; Reports; Expenses.
Section 282.20 — Mineral Rights Reserved.
Section 282.21 — Form Of Conveyance.
Section 282.22 — Nonagricultural Lands Reserved For Conservation.
Section 282.221 — Forfeited Agricultural Lands.
Section 282.223 — Taxes Canceled.
Section 282.224 — Form Of Conveyance.
Section 282.225 — Mineral Rights Reserved.
Section 282.226 — County Collects Payments; Reports; Expenses.
Section 282.241 — Repurchase After Forfeiture.
Section 282.251 — Taxes And Assessments Reinstated Upon Repurchase.
Section 282.261 — Terms Of Repurchase.
Section 282.271 — Notice Of Payments Due.
Section 282.281 — Repurchase Subject To Existing Leases.
Section 282.291 — Payments, Where Made.
Section 282.301 — Receipts For Payments; Certification By County Auditor.
Section 282.302 — Conveyance Of Deed Upon Certification.
Section 282.303 — Assignment Of Installment Contract.
Section 282.304 — Recordation Of Deed; Default.
Section 282.321 — Limitations On Land Use.
Section 282.322 — Forfeited Lands List.
Section 282.323 — Capitol Areas.
Section 282.324 — When Right Of Repurchase Vests.
Section 282.33 — Lost Or Destroyed Deeds.
Section 282.341 — Reinstatement Of Tax-forfeited Certificate.
Section 282.36 — Fees Payable By Repurchaser.
Section 282.37 — Lands Bordering Lakes And Streams, Easement To State.
Section 282.38 — Forest Development Funds.
Section 282.40 — Cancellation Of Installment Sale Contracts By State.