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MN Stat § 94.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.12 — Contract For Deed And Quitclaim Deed.

94.12 CONTRACT FOR DEED AND QUITCLAIM DEED. Subdivision 1. Lands sold before July 1, 2004. In the event the terms and conditions of a contract for deed for lands sold before July 1, 2004, are completely fulfilled or if a purchaser makes a lump-sum payment for the subject property in lieu of entering into a contract for deed, the commissioner shall sign and cause to be issued a quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. Said quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall vest in purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject property except as provided in section 94.14. Subd. 2. Lands sold after July 1, 2004. On or after July 1, 2004, when total payment is made within 90 days of the sale, the commissioner of natural resources shall sign and cause to be issued a quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. The quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall vest in the purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject property, except as provided in section 94.14. History:  (6445) 1909 c 452 s 4; 1957 c 861 s 5; 1969 c 897 s 4; 1974 c 260 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 613 s 19; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 36
MN Stat § 94.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.13 — Record Of Contracts For Deed And Assignments; Effect.

94.13 RECORD OF CONTRACTS FOR DEED AND ASSIGNMENTS; EFFECT. (a) A contract for deed issued before July 1, 2004, pursuant to sections 94.09 to 94.16, or any assignment thereof, executed and acknowledged as provided by law for the execution and acknowledgment of deeds may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county in the state in the same manner and with like effect as deeds are therein recorded. This contract for deed shall entitle the purchaser thereof, or the heirs and assigns of the purchaser, to the exclusive possession of the land therein described, provided its terms have been in all respects complied with, and the contract for deed and the record thereof shall be conclusive evidence of title in the purchaser, or the heirs and assigns of the purchaser, for all purposes and against all persons, except the state of Minnesota in case of forfeiture. (b) When a contract for deed or partial interest in a contract for deed is assigned, the assignment must be made on a form provided by the commissioner, executed by the assignor and assignee, and consented to by the commissioner. An assignment of a partial interest must state that payment to date has been made to the commissioner. (c) When the assignee satisfies the terms of the assignment and corresponding terms of the contract for deed, the commissioner shall issue a deed to the assignee. History:  (6446) 1909 c 452 s 5; 1974 c 260 s 6; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 285 s 13; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 37
MN Stat § 94.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.14 — Reservation Of Minerals.

94.14 RESERVATION OF MINERALS. The state hereby reserves for its own use all the iron, coal, copper, and other valuable minerals in or upon all lands which may be sold under the provisions of sections 94.09 to 94.16 and any contract for deed or quitclaim deed shall contain a clause reserving all such minerals for the use of the state. History:  (6447) 1909 c 452 s 6; 1974 c 260 s 7
MN Stat § 94.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.16 — Disposition Of Proceeds From Surplus State-owned Land.

94.16 DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS FROM SURPLUS STATE-OWNED LAND. Subdivision 1. Disposition of receipts. Money received from the sale of surplus state-owned land shall be credited to the general fund except as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Payment of expenses. A portion of the proceeds from the sale equal in amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, real estate broker fee, and other expenses incurred by the commissioner of natural resources in rendering the property salable and sold shall be remitted to the account from which the expenses were paid, and are appropriated and immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as other money in the account. Subd. 3. Proceeds from natural resources land. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the remainder of the proceeds from the sale of lands classified as a unit of the outdoor recreation system under section 86A.05 that were under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the land acquisition account in the natural resources fund. (b) The remainder of the proceeds from the sale of administrative sites under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the facilities management account established under section 84.0857 and used to acquire facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources. (c) The remainder of the proceeds from the sale of land not within a unit of the outdoor recreation system under section 86A.05 and not an administrative site, but under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources, shall be credited to the school trust lands account established under section 92.83. History:  (6449) 1909 c 452 s 8; 1957 c 861 s 7; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1980 c 614 s 80; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 90; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 1996 c 407 s 39; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 38; 2008 c 357 s 22; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 67,68
MN Stat § 94.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.165 — Land Acquisition Account.

94.165 LAND ACQUISITION ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Creation. There is created in the state treasury a land acquisition account. Subd. 2. Appropriation. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for: (1) the acquisition of natural resource lands or interests in lands within the outdoor recreation system established in chapter 86A; (2) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering saleable any state-owned property administered by the commissioner; and (3) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in exchanging any state-owned property administered by the commissioner. Subd. 3. Report. The commissioner must file a report to the house of representatives Ways and Means and the senate Finance Committees and the Environment and Natural Resources Committees of the senate and house of representatives by October 1 of each year indicating all purchases and sales from this account. History:  1984 c 654 art 2 s 91; 1993 c 172 s 49; 2013 c 73 s 3
MN Stat § 94.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.17 — Gifts To State For Capitol Or Institution; Acceptance.

94.17 GIFTS TO STATE FOR CAPITOL OR INSTITUTION; ACCEPTANCE. When any real property or rights or estates therein may be or may have been granted or conveyed or assigned or turned over as a gift by any person or municipality to the state of Minnesota to be owned, held, occupied, or used by the state in connection with the Capitol, or any state institution, or the grounds of the same or any of them, the governor shall issue in duplicate under the great seal of the state a certificate of acceptance and cause all the conditions of the gift to be performed and the property so given to be improved, maintained, and ornamented in the method and so far as the legislature may appropriate money therefor. History:  (6450) 1909 c 464 s 1
MN Stat § 94.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.18 — Lands Obtained By Condemnation.

94.18 LANDS OBTAINED BY CONDEMNATION. When any corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall convey, assign, or turn over to the state any rights it may have obtained by condemnation, the use of the land in which these rights were obtained by the state in any of the ways or for any of the purposes mentioned in section 94.17 shall not be deemed an abandonment of nor work a forfeiture of the rights obtained by condemnation, but shall be considered a use incidental to and within the purposes of the condemnation. History:  (6451) 1909 c 464 s 2
MN Stat § 94.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.19 — Certificate Of Acceptance; Record.

94.19 CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE; RECORD. (a) The certificate of acceptance shall be executed in duplicate and one filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and the other recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is situated; and, after being recorded, kept with the records of the institution in connection with which the land is used. (b) After the certificates of acceptance are filed and recorded under paragraph (a), the conveyance and transfer of the rights, interests, and estates involved shall be deemed complete. History:  (6452) 1909 c 464 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 26
MN Stat § 94.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.31 — Counties Assuming Bonds Of Towns Or School Districts In Reforestation Area.

94.31 COUNTIES ASSUMING BONDS OF TOWNS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN REFORESTATION AREA. Any county wherein a state reforestation or flood control project or other public state purposes, as created by sections 84A.20 to 84A.30, is located may voluntarily assume the obligation to pay the same ratio or proportion of the principal and interest of bonds now outstanding issued before the approval and acceptance of the project by any school district or town situated in the county lying wholly or partly within the project as the last assessed valuation prior to the acceptance of the project of lands acquired by the state pursuant to sections 84A.20 to 84A.30 on July 1, 1936, bears to the total assessed valuation for the same year of the school district or town, this assumption to be evidenced by the adoption of a resolution by the county board of the county authorizing the issuance of bonds for such purpose or otherwise providing for the payment of the principal and interest of the school or town bonds assumed. History:  (6452-14) Ex1936 c 47 s 1
MN Stat § 94.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.32 — Issuance Of County Bonds; Adjustment Of Debt.

94.32 ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS; ADJUSTMENT OF DEBT. The county board of any such county may by resolution provide for the issuance of bonds for the purpose of assuming the principal and interest of the school district or town bonds, whether matured or not matured, in the manner provided by Laws 1935, chapter 119, and the county board is authorized to effect agreements for the adjustment of the debt so assumed and the exchange of such county bonds for the bonds so assumed. Prior to July 1, 1936, such bonds may be issued in an amount not in excess of 50 percent of the estimated amount of the principal and interest of the school district or town bonds which are to be assumed by the county, the balance of such bonds to be issued after July 1, 1936. History:  (6452-15) Ex1936 c 47 s 2
MN Stat § 94.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.33 — Failure To Assume And Pay; Withholding Funds.

94.33 FAILURE TO ASSUME AND PAY; WITHHOLDING FUNDS. In the event any such county shall fail or neglect to assume that portion of the school district or town bonds as provided in sections 94.31 and 94.32 and any such bonds remain unpaid at maturity, upon demand of the governing body of the school district or town or the holder of any such bonds, the commissioner of management and budget shall withhold from the payments to be made to the county under the provisions of section 84A.23 the sum necessary to pay such portion and pay the same to the treasurer of the school district or town. All money received by any school district or town pursuant to sections 94.31 and 94.32 shall be applied solely to the payment of past due bonds and interest. History:  (6452-17) Ex1936 c 47 s 4; 1973 c 492 s 14; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 94.341 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.341 — Minnesota Land Exchange Board.

94.341 MINNESOTA LAND EXCHANGE BOARD. The board created by the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article XI, section 10, consisting of the governor, the attorney general, and the state auditor, shall be known as the Minnesota Land Exchange Board. The term "board" as used in sections 94.341 to 94.347 refers to such board. The governor shall be chair of the board. The state auditor shall be secretary of the board and keep a record of its proceedings. Approvals of land exchanges and other official acts of the board may be evidenced by the certificate of the state auditor as secretary, under official seal of the auditor. When a land exchange has been approved by the board it shall be presumed that all other pertinent requirements of the law have been complied with, and no exchange shall be invalidated by reason of any defect or omission in respect of any such other requirement. History:  1941 c 393 s 1; 1965 c 51 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 94.3435 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.3435 — Exchange Of Certain State Lands.

94.3435 EXCHANGE OF CERTAIN STATE LANDS. Notwithstanding any provision of section 94.343, subdivision 2, or any other existing law to the contrary, class A state lands located within the Red Lake Game Preserve, the conservation areas created under sections 84A.20 and 84A.31, the Beltrami Island Conservation Project, the Beltrami Island State Forest, the Pine Island Conservation Project, the Pine Island State Forest, and all state forests or parts thereof in the area within the proclaimed boundaries of the Superior National Forest and the Chippewa National Forest wherein consent of the state to acquisition of land by the United States has heretofore been given by or pursuant to law may be exchanged for other lands within or without said areas upon compliance with all other provisions of law relating to the exchange of such lands, even though such exchanges may reduce land holdings of the state within the respective areas above specified. History:  1945 c 341 s 1; 2014 c 217 s 37
MN Stat § 94.345 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.345 — Forms Prescribed By Attorney General.

94.345 FORMS PRESCRIBED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL. The attorney general shall prescribe or approve the forms for all deeds, certificates, and other instruments required in these proceedings, and the procedure for delivery thereof. History:   1941 c 393 s 5
MN Stat § 94.346 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.346 — Titles.

94.346 TITLES. Subdivision 1. State may quiet. The state may bring and maintain an action to quiet or register the title to any land or interest in land which it owns or claims in any capacity and to determine all adverse claims thereto under any law pertaining to such proceedings, whether or not the land is actually in possession of or occupied by the state or any other person or corporation. Subd. 2. Attorney general may perfect. (a) The attorney general, at the request or with the approval of the board, may commence and carry on any necessary or proper actions to perfect the titles to lands owned by the state and subject to exchange under sections 94.341 to 94.347, and may authorize any county attorney or other attorney to assist in conducting any such action. The expenses of these actions, including such attorneys' fees as the attorney general may allow to county attorneys or other attorneys representing the state, shall be payable out of any appropriations available for the purposes of sections 94.341 to 94.347. Any county attorney performing such service shall be entitled to the fees allowed therefor in addition to regular compensation unless the salary is fixed on a full time basis. (b) In case an action is necessary to perfect the title to any privately owned land involved in an exchange hereunder, and the owner of the land is unable to bear the expense thereof, the Land Exchange Board may authorize the attorney general to conduct such action and pay the expenses thereof as in case of actions to perfect the title to state lands. The expenses of the action, including attorney's fees, shall be deducted from the value of the land for the purpose of exchange, subject to payment by the owner for any difference in value as herein provided, or shall be repaid by the owner otherwise upon such terms as the board may direct. All money received on account of such expenses shall be remitted to the commissioner of management and budget and credited to the fund from which the expenses were paid. History:  1941 c 393 s 6,7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 94.347 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.347 — Certain Land Subjected To Like Trusts.

94.347 CERTAIN LAND SUBJECTED TO LIKE TRUSTS. The lands acquired by the state under Laws 1939, chapter 343, shall be subject to like trusts as the state lands involved in the actions for damages mentioned therein. The commissioner shall determine to what trusts the several tracts of land so acquired shall be subject according to their location, character, and value, making due allowance for the relative proportions of the different trusts to which the damaged lands were subject, and make and file a certificate thereof in the office having custody of the records of such lands in the department. The determination of the commissioner so certified shall be deemed conclusive as to the trust status of the lands affected unless thereafter changed by act of the legislature. History:   1941 c 393 s 8
MN Stat § 94.351 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.351 — Escheat Subject To Encumbrance.

94.351 ESCHEAT SUBJECT TO ENCUMBRANCE. When any land has become the property of the state by escheat and is subject to any encumbrance arising from taxes, assessments, or otherwise the commissioner of management and budget, with the approval of the governor and the attorney general and for a consideration to be determined by them, may execute in the name of the state a deed of the land to the holder of the encumbrance. History:  (6329) RL s 2441; 1973 c 492 s 14; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 94.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.41 — Relinquishment Of Lands To United States.

94.41 RELINQUISHMENT OF LANDS TO UNITED STATES. When any land has been erroneously certified or conveyed to the state by the United States, the governor may execute, under the seal of the state, a relinquishment or reconveyance thereof. History:  (6528) RL s 2516
MN Stat § 94.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.44 — Grant By Municipal Corporation.

94.44 GRANT BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. When the United States shall desire land for any purpose of the government which is owned by any city, town, county, or other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation or in which such corporation has any right it shall be lawful for the governing body of such corporation to grant and convey the same to the United States. History:  (6529) RL s 2517
MN Stat § 94.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.45 — United States Survey; Damages.

94.45 UNITED STATES SURVEY; DAMAGES. Any person employed pursuant to the laws of the United States in the execution of a survey may enter upon any land in the state for the purpose of doing any act which may be necessary thereto, and may establish permanent station marks, and erect the necessary signals and temporary observatories. If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for damages caused thereby either may petition the district court for the county in which the land is situated to assess the damages. The court shall appoint a time for a hearing as soon as may be, and order at least 20 days' notice thereof to be given to all parties interested, and shall, with or without view of the premises, as the court may determine, hear the parties and assess the damages. The person so entering upon the land may tender to the injured party damages and if, in case of a petition, the damages assessed do not exceed the amount tendered, the person entering shall recover costs; otherwise the other party shall recover costs. History:  (6530) RL s 2518
MN Stat § 94.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.46 — Injury To Signal.

94.46 INJURY TO SIGNAL. Whoever willfully defaces, injures, or removes any signal, monument, building, or other property of the United States erected or used in the coast and geodetic survey, pursuant to the laws of the United States, shall forfeit not exceeding $50 for each offense, and shall be liable to the United States for all damages sustained by it in consequence thereof, to be recovered in a civil action. History:  (6531) RL s 2519
MN Stat § 94.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.47 — Purchasing Lands From United States.

94.47 PURCHASING LANDS FROM UNITED STATES. The commissioner is hereby authorized to purchase, to accept by gift or lease, or by tenure title, any lands owned by the United States government, including timber thereon, within the townships in which state forests, or state parks or game refuges or public shooting grounds have been set apart, or will hereafter be set apart by the legislature. These tracts when the title thereto has become vested in the state shall become and be a part of the state forests, or state parks, or game refuges, or public shooting grounds subject to all laws and rules relating to state forests, or state parks, or game refuges, or public shooting grounds. History:  (6536-1) 1935 c 333 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 94.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.48 — Expending Money On Leased Land.

94.48 EXPENDING MONEY ON LEASED LAND. When lands are obtained by lease from the United States government under sections 94.47 to 94.51 the commissioner shall be authorized to make expenditures from any funds not otherwise obligated for the management, development, and utilization of such areas; to sell or otherwise dispose of products from such lands and make necessary rules to carry out the purposes of sections 94.47 to 94.51. Unless otherwise provided all incomes derived from such leased lands shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the state forest fund, and the same is hereby annually reappropriated for the use of the commissioner in the acquisition, management, development, and use of such leased lands until all obligations incurred have been paid in full. Thereafter all revenues received therefrom shall be distributed in accordance with Laws 1933, chapter 313. History:  (6536-2) 1935 c 333 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70
MN Stat § 94.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 94 — State Lands|Section 94.49 — Payment Of Obligations.

94.49 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. Obligations for the acquisition of lands by lease incurred under the authority of sections 94.47 to 94.51 shall be paid solely and exclusively from revenues derived from such lands and shall not impose any liability under the general credit and taxing power of the state. History:  (6536-3) 1935 c 333 s 3