All parcels of land becoming the absolute property of the state under the provisions of the 1938 Supplement to Mason's Minnesota Statutes of 1927, section 2139-2, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, situated within any conservation or reforestation area created under the provisions of sections 84A.20 to 84A.30, or 84A.31 to 84A.42, shall be classified by the county board of the county wherein such parcels lie as agricultural and nonagricultural, which classification shall be approved by the commissioner of natural resources before any lands are offered for sale. The county board of the county wherein such parcels lie shall determine the appraised value of all lands classified and approved as agricultural and may reappraise annually if in their judgment it be deemed necessary to carry out the intent of sections 282.14 to 282.22. Any merchantable timber on such agricultural land shall be appraised separately, and such appraisal approved by the commissioner of natural resources. All such parcels of land, classified as agricultural, shall be sold by the state at public sale, as provided in sections 282.15 and 282.16, when it shall be determined by the county board of the county wherein such parcels lie that it is advisable to do so. No such lands shall be sold by the board of county commissioners without the approval of the commissioner of natural resources. All sales of land shall be made in accordance with the subdivisions thereof by the United States surveys unless the same shall have been subdivided into smaller parcels or lots, but no land shall be sold in larger quantity than 160 acres.
(2139-27b) 1939 c 320 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2
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.