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MN Stat § 514.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.49 — Findings, Judgment, Costs.

514.49 FINDINGS, JUDGMENT, COSTS. Upon the trial of such action the court or jury, in addition to finding the sum due to plaintiff, shall find how much thereof is due for labor or service upon the property described in the complaint, and how much of such property is subject to plaintiff's lien. The judgment entered thereon shall include costs and disbursements as follows: (1) The costs allowed in ordinary actions in the district court, and in addition an attorney's fee of $20; (2) The disbursements made by or in behalf of the plaintiff in enforcing the lien including all scalage, boomage, and officers' fees; (3) If the plaintiff be the original lienholder the plaintiff's fees and mileage as a witness. History:  (8538) RL s 3533; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 514.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.50 — Execution Sale.

514.50 EXECUTION SALE. The judgment shall be enforced by execution sale of the property found subject to the lien, if any there be; if not, execution shall issue in ordinary form for the amount recovered. If a part only of the recovery be secured by the lien, separate executions may issue as the case shall require. The levy upon property covered by the lien shall be made in the manner provided for the levy of the attachment, and notice of the sale shall be given as in the case of ordinary execution sales, except that such notice shall also be posted in the office of the commissioner of natural resources; and if the sale be made in the county wherein the office of the commissioner of natural resources is situated, it shall take place at the commissioner's office. The officer making the sale shall give the certificate thereof to the purchaser, which shall vest in the purchaser the title of all parties to the action, and entitle the purchaser to a scale bill for such part of the property as is described by recorded marks. History:  (8539) RL s 3534; 1967 c 568 s 1 subd 9; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 514.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.51 — Obstructing Or Intermixed Logs.

514.51 OBSTRUCTING OR INTERMIXED LOGS. Any person desiring to float logs or other timber in any of the streams or waters of this state, and being hindered or obstructed in so doing by the logs or timber of another, or any person whose logs or timber shall become so intermingled therein with those of another as to make it difficult to separate them without floating all to other waters, may drive all such obstructing or mingled logs or timber, with the person's own, to some point where the same can conveniently be assorted and the person's own separated from the mass. The person shall have a lien upon the logs or timber so driven for the reasonable value of the person's services in driving the same, which shall be asserted and enforced as in the case of other liens. History:  (8540) RL s 3535; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 514.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.54 — Timber Cut In Other States.

514.54 TIMBER CUT IN OTHER STATES. If such logs or other timber are cut in another state, and are thence rafted or otherwise transported into this state, any person who has performed labor or service thereon for which the person would have been entitled to a lien if the same had been performed in Minnesota shall have the same lien therefor, and may enforce it at any place where the logs or timber may be found, to the same extent and with like effect as though the same had accrued in this state. History:  (8543) RL s 3536; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 514.55 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.55 — Stray Timber Secured In Other States.

514.55 STRAY TIMBER SECURED IN OTHER STATES. Any person authorized by the laws of another state so to do, who shall pick up or secure lost or stray logs, timber, or other floating property upon any waters of that state whereon there is, during the season of navigation, an actual commerce carried by vessels drawing eight feet of water, or more, which property shall thereafter be rafted or otherwise transported to waters of the same description within this state, shall have a lien thereon for the value of such services and the expenses thereof, to the same extent and effect as that given by law to persons authorized to perform like services upon such waters in this state. History:  (8544) RL s 3537
MN Stat § 514.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.56 — Preservation And Enforcement.

514.56 PRESERVATION AND ENFORCEMENT. The liens provided for in sections 514.54 and 514.55 shall be preserved and enforced as in the case of labor liens, except that no demand for payment need be made before the lien statement is filed, and that the lien statement, in addition to the other facts required, shall specify under which of the sections the lien is claimed; and except that in no case need the same be filed for record elsewhere than with the commissioner of natural resources. History:  (8545) RL s 3538; 1967 c 568 s 1 subd 9; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 514.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.57 — Commissioner Of Natural Resources; Lien For Charges.

514.57 COMMISSIONER OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LIEN FOR CHARGES. To secure the payment of fees, mileage, and other charges for official services relating to logs, timber, and lumber, the commissioner of natural resources shall have a lien upon the same, which the commissioner may retain by affixing to the scale bill of such logs, timber, or lumber a statement of the amount due, with a declaration that the commissioner claims and is entitled to such lien, and by taking actual possession of a quantity of such logs, timber, or lumber sufficient to pay such amount, with the expenses of seizure and sale. History:  (8546) RL s 3539; 1967 c 568 s 1 subd 9; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 514.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.58 — Sale And Distribution Of Proceeds.

514.58 SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS. If the amount of such lien be not paid within 60 days after delivery of the scale bill and statement aforesaid, the property so seized may be sold at auction by the sheriff of the county upon ten days' posted notice. One copy of the notice shall be posted in the office of the commissioner of natural resources who may become a purchaser at the sale. Out of the proceeds of the sale the officer making the same shall retain fees and charges therefor, and pay to the commissioner of natural resources the amount of the commissioner's lien and all expenses lawfully incurred in enforcing the same. The remainder, if any, shall be paid to the owner or other person entitled thereto. History:  (8547) RL s 3540; 1967 c 568 s 1 subd 9; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 514.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.59 — Wages, Lien As Against Seizure.

514.59 WAGES, LIEN AS AGAINST SEIZURE. Every employee has a lien upon all the property of that person's employer, as against any attachment or execution levied thereon, for the security of the employee's wages earned within the six months last preceding, to an amount not exceeding $1,000 or five weeks net wages, whichever is greater, subject to a maximum of $3,000. For purposes of this section, "wages" includes payments required to be made to a vacation or health, welfare, or pension fund on behalf of the employee. The lien shall not be affected by any agreement with the employer to waive the lien, and shall be preferred to mortgages, judgments, and other liens which attach after the beginning of the labor or services by which the wages were earned. History:  (8548) RL s 3541; 1981 c 43 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 48 s 1
MN Stat § 514.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.60 — Notice To Sheriff; Property Held.

514.60 NOTICE TO SHERIFF; PROPERTY HELD. Within five days after such levy the lienholder shall give to the officer making the same a written notice of the amount and grounds of the lienholder's claim; whereupon the officer shall hold the property, or the proceeds thereof in case of sale, subject to such claim until the same is determined by agreement of the parties concerned or by the judgment of a court. The lien shall cease unless such agreement be reached, or an action to determine the claim be commenced, within 30 days after such notice was served. Upon a sale of the property, the officer holding the sale shall pay the liens, in the order of the giving of the notices, out of the moneys derived therefrom. History:  (8549) RL s 3542; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 514.61 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.61 — Death Or Dissolution Of Employer.

514.61 DEATH OR DISSOLUTION OF EMPLOYER. The lien shall also exist, as against all other creditors, in case of the death, dissolution, or insolvency of the employer. The notice provided for in section 514.60 shall, in such case, be given to the personal representative of the decedent, or to the receiver or other officer of court entitled to possession of the assets of the employer, within five days after qualification as such, and the lien shall cease unless determined or sued upon as prescribed in section 514.60. History:  (8550) RL s 3543; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 514.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.67 — Inspections, Examinations, Or Other Governmental Services.

514.67 INSPECTIONS, EXAMINATIONS, OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES. All charges and expenses for any inspection, examination, or other governmental service of any nature now or hereafter authorized or required by law, including services performed by a deputy registrar of motor vehicles in handling an application for registration of a motor vehicle under section 168.33, shall constitute and be a first and prior lien from the date of such inspection, examination, or service upon all property in this state subject to taxation as the property of the person from whom such charges and expenses are by law authorized or required to be collected. No record of such lien shall be deemed necessary, but the same shall be duly presented or proven in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, or other similar proceeding, or be barred thereby. As used in this section, the following words and terms have the following meanings: (1) "Person" means and includes any natural person in any individual or representative capacity, and any firm, copartnership, corporation, or other association of any nature or kind. (2) "First and prior lien" means a lien equivalent to, and of the same force and effect as a lien for taxes; but any such lien or claim shall be deemed barred unless proceedings to enforce same shall have been commenced within two years from the date when such claim becomes due. For purposes of this section, the charges and expenses for services performed by a deputy registrar of motor vehicles in handling an application for registration of a motor vehicle includes the entire amount paid to the deputy registrar for the registration of a motor vehicle, including all license taxes, filing fees, and other fees, charges, and taxes required to be paid for registration of the motor vehicle. History:  (8556-1, 8556-2) 1925 c 188 s 1,2; 1992 c 513 art 3 s 73
MN Stat § 514.671 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.671 — Definitions.

514.671 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 514.671 to 514.676. Subd. 2. Agency. "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency and the commissioner of agriculture. Subd. 3. Cleanup action. "Cleanup action" means corrective action or response action. Subd. 4. Cleanup action expenses. "Cleanup action expenses" means expenses incurred for cleanup action under section 115B.17 or 115C.03, that are recoverable by the state under section 115B.04 or 115C.04. Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the commissioner of commerce, or the commissioner of agriculture. Subd. 6. Corrective action. "Corrective action" has the meaning given in section 115C.02, subdivision 4. Subd. 7. Environmental lien. "Environmental lien" means a lien for cleanup action expenses under sections 514.671 to 514.676. Subd. 8. Release. "Release" in relation to a substance entering the environment has the meanings given in sections 115B.02, subdivision 15, and 115C.02, subdivision 12. Subd. 9. Response action. "Response action" means remedial and removal action as defined in section 115B.02, subdivisions 16 and 17. History:  1988 c 651 s 1; 1990 c 586 s 9,10; 2010 c 241 s 5
MN Stat § 514.672 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.672 — Environmental Lien.

514.672 ENVIRONMENTAL LIEN. Subdivision 1. Lien amount; property subject to lien. All cleanup action expenses for which a person is liable to the state under section 115B.04 or 115C.04, constitute a lien in favor of the state upon all real property that: (1) is owned by the person at the time the environmental lien notice is filed; and (2) is subject to or affected by the cleanup action. Subd. 2. Attachment. An environmental lien attaches when: (1) cleanup action costs are first incurred by the state with respect to a cleanup action; (2) the person referred to in subdivision 1 is provided, by certified or registered mail, written notice of potential liability; and (3) a lien notice is filed as provided in section 514.673. Subd. 3. Continuation of lien. An environmental lien continues until the liability for the cleanup action costs, or a judgment against the person referred to in subdivision 1 arising out of the liability, is satisfied or becomes unenforceable through operation of the statute of limitations under section 115B.11 or 541.05, subdivision 1, clause (2), unless the lien is released under subdivision 5. Subd. 4. Lien priority. An environmental lien is subject to the rights of any other person, including an owner, purchaser, holder of a mortgage or security interest, or judgment lien creditor, whose interest is perfected before a lien notice has been filed as provided in section 514.673. The rights of such other person must be afforded the same protections against an environmental lien as are afforded against a judgment lien which arises out of an unsecured obligation and which arises as of the time of the filing of the lien notice as provided in section 514.673. Subd. 5. Release. (a) The commissioner shall release an environmental lien if: (1) the environmental lien is satisfied; (2) a legally enforceable agreement satisfactory to the agency under chapter 115B, or the commissioner under chapter 115C, has been executed relating to taking the cleanup action or reimbursing the agency for the cleanup action expenses; (3) a claim or judgment for the cleanup action expenses is satisfied; or (4) the environmental lien is unenforceable. (b) The commissioner or the agency may release an environmental lien if the attachment or enforcement of the environmental lien is determined by the agency or commissioner not to be in the public interest. (c) An environmental lien is unenforceable if: (1) the lien is unenforceable under subdivision 3; or (2) a determination is made by a court that the environmental lien is unenforceable. (d) The commissioner shall execute the release of an environmental lien and file the release as provided in section 514.673, subdivision 2. History:   1988 c 651 s 2
MN Stat § 514.673 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.673 — Environmental Lien Notice.

514.673 ENVIRONMENTAL LIEN NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Contents. An environmental lien notice must state: (1) the name of the record owner of the real property where the environmental lien attached; (2) the legal description of the real property where the environmental lien attached; (3) a statement that the real property described in the notice is subject to or affected by a cleanup action for which cleanup action expenses have been incurred; (4) a statement that the owner is potentially liable for cleanup action expenses under section 115B.04 or 115C.04; and (5) a statement that an environmental lien has attached to the described real property. Subd. 2. Filing. Any notice, release, or other document required to be filed under sections 514.671 to 514.676 must be filed in the office of the county recorder or the registrar of titles of the county where the real property is located. An attestation, certification, or acknowledgment is not required as a condition of filing. The filing or mailing of any notice, release, or other document under sections 514.671 to 514.676 is the responsibility of the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. A copy of an environmental lien notice must also be sent to each record owner and mortgagee of the real property by registered or certified mail. Subd. 3. Approval by agency or Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board. (a) The commissioner may not file an environmental lien notice until the agency board for cleanup action expenses incurred under chapter 115B, or the Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board for cleanup action expenses incurred under chapter 115C, the person referred to in section 514.672, subdivision 1, and each record owner and mortgagee of the real property have been notified in writing of the commissioner's intention to file the lien notice and the requirements for filing the lien under paragraph (b) have been met. (b) By 30 days after receiving notification from the commissioner under paragraph (a), the agency board or Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board, after notice and opportunity for the person referred to in section 514.672, subdivision 1, to appear before the appropriate board, shall approve or disapprove of the filing of the lien by the commissioner. If the appropriate board disapproves of the filing, the lien may not be filed. If the appropriate board approves of the filing or takes no action on the matter within the 30-day period, the commissioner may file the lien notice. History:  1988 c 651 s 3; 1996 c 405 s 7
MN Stat § 514.674 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.674 — Lien Enforcement; Limitation.

514.674 LIEN ENFORCEMENT; LIMITATION. Subdivision 1. Foreclosure procedure. Subject to the provisions of subdivision 2, an environmental lien may be enforced by foreclosure in the manner provided for foreclosure of judgment liens under chapter 550. Subd. 2. Property used for production of income. If the person referred to in section 514.672, subdivision 1, used the real property for the production of income at the time the lien attached, the lien may not be foreclosed until the person ceases to use the property for the production of income or the real property is transferred to another person. An environmental lien upon real property subject to this foreclosure limitation remains enforceable notwithstanding any law limiting the enforceability of a judgment arising out of the liability of the person referred to in section 514.672, subdivision 1. History:   1988 c 651 s 4
MN Stat § 514.675 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.675 — Lien Does Not Affect Other Remedies.

514.675 LIEN DOES NOT AFFECT OTHER REMEDIES. Nothing in sections 514.671 to 514.676 affects the right of the state to bring an action to recover cleanup action expenses under section 115B.04 or 115C.04. History:   1988 c 651 s 5
MN Stat § 514.676 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.676 — Amounts Received To Satisfy Lien.

514.676 AMOUNTS RECEIVED TO SATISFY LIEN. Amounts received by the agency to satisfy all or a part of an environmental lien must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the fund from which the expenses were paid. History:   1988 c 651 s 6
MN Stat § 514.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.68 — Lien For Hospital Charges.

514.68 LIEN FOR HOSPITAL CHARGES. Any person, firm, or corporation operating a hospital in this state shall have a lien for the reasonable charges for hospital care of an injured person upon any and all causes of action accruing to the person to whom such care was furnished, or to the legal representatives of such person, on account of injuries giving rise to such causes of action and which necessitated such hospital care, subject, however, to any attorney's lien. History:  (8556-3) 1933 c 345 s 1
MN Stat § 514.69 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 514 — Liens Against Property|Section 514.69 — File With County.

514.69 FILE WITH COUNTY. Subdivision 1. Perfection of hospital's lien. In order to perfect such lien, the operator of such hospital, before, or within ten days after, such person shall have been discharged therefrom, shall file in the office of the county office assigned this duty by the county board pursuant to section 485.27 of the county in which such hospital shall be located a verified statement in writing setting forth the name and address of such patient, as it shall appear on the records of such hospital, the name and location of such hospital and the name and address of the operator thereof, the dates of admission to and discharge of such patient therefrom, the amount claimed to be due for such hospital care, and, to the best of claimant's knowledge, the names and addresses of all persons, firms, or corporations claimed by such injured person, or the legal representatives of such person, to be liable for damages arising from such injuries; such claimant shall also, within one day after the filing of such claim or lien, mail a copy thereof, by certified mail, to each person, firm, or corporation so claimed to be liable for such damages to the address so given in such statement. The filing of such claim or lien shall be notice thereof to all persons, firms, or corporations liable for such damages whether or not they are named in such claim or lien. Subd. 2. Perfection of public assistance lien. In the case of public assistance liens filed under section 256.015 or 256B.042, the state agency may perfect its lien by filing its verified statement in the office of the county office assigned this duty by the county board pursuant to section 485.27 in the county of financial responsibility for the public assistance paid. The county office shall record the lien in the same manner as provided in section 514.70. History:  (8556-4) 1933 c 345 s 2; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 370 art 2 s 18; 2011 c 116 art 1 s 6