Subdivision 1. Sale requirements. The commissioner may sell the timber on any tract of state land and may determine the number of sections or fractional sections of land to be included in the permit area covered by any one permit issued to the purchaser of timber on state lands, or in any one contract or other instrument relating thereto. No timber shall be sold, except (1) to the highest responsible bidder at public auction, or (2) if unsold at public auction, the commissioner may offer the timber for private sale for a period of no more than one year after the public auction to any responsible bidder who pays the appraised value for the timber. The minimum price shall be the appraised value as fixed by the report of the state appraiser. Sales may include tracts in more than one contiguous county or forestry administrative area and shall be held either in the county or forestry administrative area in which the tract is located or in an adjacent county or forestry administrative area that is nearest the tract offered for sale or that is most accessible to potential bidders. In adjoining counties or forestry administrative areas, sales may not be held less than two hours apart.
Subd. 2. Sale list and notice. At least 30 days before the date of sale, the commissioner shall compile a list containing a description of each tract of land upon which any timber to be offered is situated and a statement of the estimated quantity of timber and of the appraised price of each kind of timber thereon as shown by the report of the state appraiser. No description shall be added after the list is posted and no timber shall be sold from land not described in the list. Copies of the list must be furnished to all interested applicants. At least 30 days before the date of sale, a copy of the list must be posted on the Internet or conspicuously posted in the forest office or other public facility most accessible to potential bidders. The commissioner may give other published or posted notice as the commissioner deems proper to reach prospective bidders.
(6394-13) 1925 c 276 s 13; 1961 c 202 s 12; 1963 c 44 s 1; 1967 c 110 s 1; 1969 c 366 s 2; 1975 c 106 s 2; 1981 c 305 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 109 s 6; 1990 c 443 s 1; 1993 c 172 s 45; 1994 c 551 s 3,4; 1996 c 295 s 6; 2003 c 73 s 2; 2004 c 241 s 6; 2005 c 141 s 6; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 36; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 49
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Section 90.02 — Citation; Statement Of Policy.
Section 90.031 — Executive Council And Commissioner Powers.
Section 90.041 — Commissioner Powers And Duties.
Section 90.045 — Appraisal Standards.
Section 90.051 — Supervising Sales; Bond.
Section 90.061 — State Appraisers.
Section 90.101 — Timber Sold At Public Auction.
Section 90.121 — Intermediate Auction Sales; Maximum Lots Of 3,000 Cords.
Section 90.14 — Auction Sale Procedure.
Section 90.145 — Purchaser Qualifications, Registration, And Requirements.
Section 90.151 — Permits To Cut And Remove Timber.
Section 90.161 — Security Deposits Required For Effective Timber Permits.
Section 90.162 — Securing Timber Permits With Cutting Blocks.
Section 90.164 — Timber Permit Development Option.
Section 90.171 — Assignment Of Auction Timber Permits.
Section 90.181 — Statement Of Timber Cut.
Section 90.191 — Informal Sales Of State Timber; Maximum Lots Of 500 Cords.
Section 90.193 — Extension Of Timber Permits.
Section 90.195 — Special Use And Product Permit.
Section 90.201 — Void Timber Sales; Refunds; Adjustment Of Sale Terms.
Section 90.211 — Purchase Money; When Forfeited.
Section 90.221 — Timber Sales Records.
Section 90.231 — Timber Sales; Marking Boundaries.
Section 90.251 — Timber Scaling.
Section 90.252 — Scaling Agreement; Weight-measurement Services; Fees.
Section 90.281 — Rescales, Recounts, And Reestimates.
Section 90.301 — Timber Trespass On State Lands; Unlawful Possession And Sale; Rewards; Records.
Section 90.311 — Possession Of Lands Contrary To Agreement; Remedies.
Section 90.321 — Prosecutions.
Section 90.41 — State Appraiser And Scaler; Violations; Penalties.
Section 90.411 — Records As Notice.
Section 90.412 — Statute Of Limitation Not Applicable; Venue Of Proceedings.