Subdivision 1. Appraisers. The commissioner may have any school trust or other state lands appraised. The appraisals must be made by regularly appointed and qualified state appraisers. To be qualified, an appraiser must hold a state appraiser license issued by the Department of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.
Subd. 2. Valuation and appraisal. The appraiser shall view and appraise the lands, including the merchantable timber and improvements on them, and make a report to the commissioner. The valuation of the lands and the merchantable timber and improvements on them must each be made. The minimum price established by the appraisal is the minimum price for the lands until changed by later appraisal. The price may not be less than $5 an acre.
Subd. 3. [Repealed, 1961 c 657 s 3]
Subd. 4. Sales. The commissioner shall hold frequent sales of school trust and other state lands. The commissioner shall sell lands the commissioner considers best for the public interest.
Subd. 5. Sale of land and timber. When the appraisal or other reports show that the land is mainly valuable for agricultural purposes and contains only small quantities of timber, the commissioner may either sell the timber separately as provided by law for state timber sales or sell the land as agricultural land. If the land is sold as agricultural land the purchaser must pay down as first payment an amount equal to the value of the timber, in addition to the first payment required on the land. If the appraisal and other reports show land should be sold for continuous forest production or other conservation purpose, the commissioner may require that the full appraised value of land and timber must be paid by the purchaser at the time of purchase.
Subd. 6. Drainage. The appraisers must report to the commissioner lands that they believe should be drained. After the state has constructed or has been assessed for a public ditch or drain, the lands assessed or improved must be reappraised before being offered for sale.
(6277, 6438) 1911 c 90 s 5; 1911 c 196 s 1; Ex1919 c 17 s 1; 1927 c 332 s 1; Ex1933 c 22 s 1; 1941 c 374 s 3; 1959 c 589 s 1; 1963 c 171 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 219 s 2; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 22-25
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals
Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds
Section 92.01 — State Public Lands Or State Lands.
Section 92.025 — School Trust Land Definition.
Section 92.03 — Minimum Price Of Lands.
Section 92.04 — Minimum Price Of Certain State Lands.
Section 92.06 — Payments; Interest.
Section 92.07 — Sales By Subdivisions.
Section 92.08 — Surveys And Resurveys.
Section 92.10 — Maps And Plats.
Section 92.115 — Valuation Of State Lands; Minimum Bid.
Section 92.12 — Appraisal Of School And Other State Lands.
Section 92.122 — Compensating Permanent School Fund.
Section 92.13 — State Lands; Date Of Sale.
Section 92.145 — Unsold Lands.
Section 92.16 — Certificate Of Sale.
Section 92.163 — Extension For Payment On State Land Certificates.
Section 92.165 — Certificate Of Release.
Section 92.17 — Effect Of Certificate; Record.
Section 92.18 — Divided Certificates.
Section 92.19 — Assignment; Extensions Of Payment.
Section 92.20 — Void Sales; Refund.
Section 92.21 — Redemption Of Forfeited State Lands.
Section 92.211 — Time Of Payment Extended.
Section 92.212 — Certain Lands Presumed Abandoned.
Section 92.213 — Limitation Of Actions.
Section 92.214 — Certificates Deemed Canceled In Certain Cases.
Section 92.215 — Taxes Canceled.
Section 92.23 — Payments; Receipts.
Section 92.24 — Money Paid To Commissioner Of Management And Budget.
Section 92.26 — Statement Of Sales.
Section 92.27 — Commissioner's Report On Close Of Sale.
Section 92.28 — Proceeds Of Sales; Distribution.
Section 92.30 — State To Sell Certain Lands.
Section 92.31 — State May Exchange Land.
Section 92.32 — Governor To Execute Conveyances.
Section 92.321 — Sale For Forestry Purposes.
Section 92.34 — County Land Classification Committee.
Section 92.35 — Duties And Powers.
Section 92.36 — Lands Classified.
Section 92.37 — Report To Legislature.
Section 92.45 — State Land On Meandered Lakes Withdrawn From Sale.
Section 92.46 — Lands As Campgrounds.
Section 92.50 — Unsold Lands Subject To Sale May Be Leased.
Section 92.501 — Leasing Lands To Farm Wild Rice.
Section 92.502 — Leasing Tax-forfeited And State Lands.
Section 92.503 — Conservation Planning Leases.
Section 92.51 — Taxation; Redemption; Special Certificate.
Section 92.685 — Land Management Account.
Section 92.69 — Endowment Account.
Section 92.70 — Land Use Trespass.
Section 92.71 — Direct Sale To Department Employee Prohibited.