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MN Stat § 306.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.22 — Action To Quiet Title.

306.22 ACTION TO QUIET TITLE. If, for 30 days after May 1 following service or publication, the party or parties fail to conform with the demands of the resolution authorized by section 306.21, the rights of the party or parties may be considered abandoned, and the corporation may, with the approval of its governing board, bring an action in the district court of the county against all parties in default, uniting as many parties in default as it may desire in one action, to have their rights in the lots or parcels terminated and the property restored to the corporation free of any right, title, or interest of the parties, their heirs or assigns. The action in all other respects must be brought and determined in the same manner as ordinary actions to determine title to real estate. However, that part of a tract in which a body lies buried must not be included in any of these proceedings. Sufficient ground must be left adjoining the grave or burial place to provide a proper approach. The excepted portions, if any, must be particularly and fully described. History:  (7577) 1921 c 358 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.23 — Evidence Of Abandonment.

306.23 EVIDENCE OF ABANDONMENT. In all cases brought under section 306.22, the following facts are prima facie evidence that the grantee or holder has abandoned the lot: (1) the fact that the grantee or holder has not used portions of the lots or parcels for burial purposes for more than 75 years in counties having a population over 50,000 according to the 1960 federal decennial census, and 50 years in all other counties, and during that time has not made any provision for the care of the lots beyond that provided uniformly to all lots within the cemetery, and during that time has not given to the corporation a written notice of claim or interest in the lots or parcels; or (2) the fact that the party has, for a term of 20 years or more, not used the plot or definite parts of it and has failed to keep the lot or parts of it clear of weeds or brush. History:  (7578) 1921 c 358 s 3; 1969 c 311 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.24 — Recording Of Judgment.

306.24 RECORDING OF JUDGMENT. A certified copy of the judgment in an action to quiet title under section 306.22 may be recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the parcel is located. History:  1921 c 358 s 4; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 42
MN Stat § 306.241 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.241 — Deposit Of Net Proceeds From Lot Resales.

306.241 DEPOSIT OF NET PROCEEDS FROM LOT RESALES. The proceeds from the subsequent resale of lots or parcels the title to which has revested in the corporation under sections 306.21 to 306.24, or 306.242, less the costs and expenses incurred in proceedings approved by the district court, become a part of the permanent care and improvement fund of the corporation. History:  1969 c 311 s 3; 1983 c 149 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.242 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.242 — Title To Lots Regained By Association After 60 Years.

306.242 TITLE TO LOTS REGAINED BY ASSOCIATION AFTER 60 YEARS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As an alternative to the procedure in sections 306.21 to 306.241, a cemetery association incorporated in Minnesota may use the procedures in this section to revest itself with the title to part of a cemetery that was conveyed by deed to a person but that has not been used for the purposes of burial for more than 60 years. Subd. 2. Required statement of owner's interest. The governing board of a cemetery association may pass a resolution demanding that the owner of part of a cemetery that has been unused for more than 60 years express an interest in the cemetery plot. The board shall personally serve a copy of its resolution on the owner in the same manner as personal service of process in a civil action. The resolution must notify the owner that the owner shall, within 60 days of service of the resolution on the owner, express an interest in retaining the cemetery plot and submit satisfactory evidence of an intention to use the plot for a future burial. Subd. 3. Service by publication. If the owner cannot be personally served with the resolution of the board, as required in subdivision 2, because the owner cannot be found in this state or for another valid reason, the board shall publish its resolution for three successive weeks in a legal newspaper published in the county and mail a copy of the resolution within 14 days after the third publication to the owner's last known address. Subd. 4. Reinvestment. If for 60 days after the personal service or publication of the board's resolution the owner or person with a legal interest in the cemetery plot fails to state a valid interest in the use of the cemetery plot for burial purposes, the owner's rights are terminated and that part of the cemetery again belongs to the cemetery association. History:  1983 c 149 s 2; 1983 c 216 art 2 s 13; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.243 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.243 — Maintaining Abandoned Cemeteries.

306.243 MAINTAINING ABANDONED CEMETERIES. Subdivision 1. Appropriation for improvement. A county board may appropriate the general revenue funds it determines necessary for the improvement and maintenance of the cemetery if there is in the county, whether or not within the corporate limits of a town or statutory city, either of the following: (1) a cemetery that has been abandoned or neglected and the association having had charge of the cemetery has disbanded or fails to act; or (2) an abandoned or neglected private cemetery containing the remains of pioneers or residents of this state, deceased before 1875 or civil war veterans or veterans of the armed services of the United States of any previous war. Subd. 2. Duties of county board. If there is an isolated grave or graves located outside the boundaries of a cemetery or outside an abandoned or neglected private cemetery, as described in subdivision 1, the county board of the county where the grave is located may order the disinterment and the reinterment of the body in some cemetery controlled by an organized cemetery association. The county board may appropriate funds for paying perpetual care to that association for the care of the grave or graves. Subd. 3. Delegation of duties. The management and supervision of the maintenance and care of the abandoned cemeteries, and abandoned or neglected private cemeteries, or the removal of bodies as provided in this section must be delegated by the county board to the county highway department or to some existing cemetery association, veterans organization or Boy Scouts of America Area Council, or other charitable institution. That organization is responsible to the county board for its acts. Subd. 4. Disbursement of funds. If funds for the care and maintenance of an abandoned or neglected private cemetery described in subdivision 1 are raised by an organization or institution other than an existing cemetery association, the funds may be paid to the county treasurer to be held or disbursed by the county board for the purposes for which the funds are raised. Subd. 5. Transfer. A county that has assumed maintenance of an abandoned cemetery under this section for a period of at least one year may transfer the cemetery land and property as provided in section 306.02. Subd. 6. Abandonment; end of operation as cemetery. A county that has accepted responsibility for an abandoned cemetery may prohibit further burials in the abandoned cemetery, and may cease all acceptance of responsibility for new burials. History:  1943 c 468; 1947 c 382 s 1; 1955 c 844 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974 c 211 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1; 1996 c 413 s 4; 2009 c 152 s 3
MN Stat § 306.245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.245 — Neglected Cemeteries; Duties Of Town Board.

306.245 NEGLECTED CEMETERIES; DUTIES OF TOWN BOARD. The town board of supervisors may maintain in a proper manner, and keep free of weeds, a cemetery that has been neglected for at least ten years. History:  (1023-1) 1939 c 227; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.246 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.246 — Cemetery Maintenance Funds.

306.246 CEMETERY MAINTENANCE FUNDS. A county, city, or town may disburse funds for the general maintenance of abandoned or neglected cemeteries. History:  1974 c 211 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.25 — Cancellation And Termination Of Contracts For Purchase Of Lots By Certain Associations; Refunds.

306.25 CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE OF LOTS BY CERTAIN ASSOCIATIONS; REFUNDS. When a cemetery association organized under state law agrees to convey to a person the right of burial upon any platted lot or designated piece of ground or in an entombment or inurnment space in a mausoleum within the cemetery, by which contract the association reserves the right to terminate the contract in case of default by the purchaser, and to forfeit the payments made as liquidated damages, it may do so by serving upon the purchaser, a personal representative, or assigns, the notice provided in section 559.21. The notice must specify the conditions defaulted upon, and state that the contract will terminate 30 days after the service of the notice, unless before the expiration of that time the purchaser complies with the conditions and pays the costs of service. If the contract allows it, the notice may be served upon the purchaser by certified mail with return receipt requested by depositing the notice in the post office, with the postage prepaid, and addressed to the purchaser at the address given in the contract or as later changed by written notice to the association. If the notice of default is served by mail, the 30-day period provided in this section begins to run on the date the notice is deposited in the post office. If a burial has been made on the platted lot or designated piece of ground, or in an entombment or inurnment space in a mausoleum sold under the previously mentioned contract, the contract may be terminated only as to the part of the premises or entombment or inurnment space not actually occupied by the burial or by an entombment or inurnment. Laws 1943, chapter 216, does not apply to contracts existing prior to its passage. History:  (7579-1) 1927 c 196 s 1; 1943 c 216 s 1,2; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.26 — Existing Contracts.

306.26 EXISTING CONTRACTS. A contract entered into by a cemetery association before April 14, 1927, for the sale of lots or tracts for burial purposes that contains a provision for the termination of the contract may be terminated as provided in section 306.25. History:  (7579-2) 1927 c 196 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.27 — Limitation.

306.27 LIMITATION. Nothing in sections 306.25 and 306.26 shall be construed as repealing, expressly or by implication, any of the provisions of sections 306.16 to 306.20 or sections 306.21 to 306.24. History:  (7579-3) 1927 c 196 s 3; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.28 — Property Sales By Public Cemetery Associations.

306.28 PROPERTY SALES BY PUBLIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS. A public cemetery association which owns land that is or may be no longer used for the burial of the dead may exercise any or all of the following powers: (1) to institute and prosecute to final judgment an action to determine adverse claims to the land in accordance with the laws relating to actions to determine adverse claims; (2) to sell and convey the land; or (3) to transfer and assign any funds or other property it may possess to another public cemetery association serving the same community in the burial of the dead. None of these powers shall be exercised as long as any dead remain buried in the cemetery. History:  (7580) 1921 c 234 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.29 — Disposal Of Lots By Owners.

306.29 DISPOSAL OF LOTS BY OWNERS. An owner of a cemetery lot may dispose of the lot by will to a relative who may be a survivor, or to the cemetery association or private cemetery, as the case may be, in trust for the use and benefit of any person or persons designated in the will. However, no lot may be affected by a testamentary devise unless the lot is specifically mentioned in the will and limited by it to one particular person. An owner of a cemetery lot may, while living, convey the lot to the cemetery association or the private cemetery in trust for the use and benefit of a person named in the trust conveyance. The conveyance may contain conditions, provisions, and covenants as the parties agree upon. No interment shall be made in any lot, except by written consent of the cemetery association or private cemetery, as the case may be, of a person who was not at the time of death, the owner of the lot or a relative of the owner by blood or marriage. Every conveyance or alienation or attempt at conveyance or alienation of any right, title, or interest in or to the lot contrary to the conditions and reservations of this section is void. Every cemetery association, or private cemetery, as the case may be, shall keep a record of all deeds, conveyances, judgments, decrees, or other documents affecting the title to lots in the cemetery. Certified copies of any of these documents shall be received in evidence by the courts. The cemetery association or private cemetery may, instead of deeding the fee title to this lot, grant only the exclusive right of interment in the lot. History:  (7582) RL s 2949; 1915 c 233 s 2; 1927 c 295 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.31 — Cemetery Association May Establish Permanent Fund.

306.31 CEMETERY ASSOCIATION MAY ESTABLISH PERMANENT FUND. A cemetery association formed under the law that has at least three members of a board of trustees or directors that has established and maintains a cemetery of at least one-half acre in area, may, by a two-thirds vote of its trustees or directors taken at a regular meeting of the board, establish a permanent fund for the care, maintenance, and improvement of the cemetery. The fund must be known as the permanent care and improvement fund of the cemetery association. History:  (7585) 1887 c 168 s 1; 1897 c 339 s 1; 1905 c 197 s 1; 1915 c 345 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.32 — Trustees Of Fund.

306.32 TRUSTEES OF FUND. The trustees shall choose by ballot and appoint by deed of the association a board of at least three and not more than five trustees of the fund. They shall be resident landowners of this state during all the time they exercise the powers of the trust. If any of those appointed fails to qualify within 30 days after appointment, the one or more who have qualified shall appoint by deed other persons to be trustees in their places. If any of those appointed fails to qualify within 30 days, another shall be appointed in the same manner. Every appointment to fill a vacancy must be by unanimous vote of those acting. However, instead of appointing a board, the trustees of the association may designate any trust company of the state to act as the trustee during a time determined by the board. All instruments of appointment of trustees must be recorded with the secretary. History:  (7586) RL s 2951; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1; 2004 c 228 art 2 s 8
MN Stat § 306.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.33 — Trustees; Powers; Term; Accounting.

306.33 TRUSTEES; POWERS; TERM; ACCOUNTING. Upon the appointment and qualification of the trustees of the fund, or upon the designation of a trust company to act as trustee, the title to the funds included in the trust and all the rights, powers, authorities, franchises, and trusts pertaining to those funds vest in the board or in the part of the board qualifying within 30 days, or in the designated trust company. The term of office of the trustees of the fund is for life. When a trust company has been appointed, a board of trustees of the fund or another similar trust corporation may be appointed in its place. On notice of appointment of the board or another corporation, the first corporation acting as trustee shall give its successor an account of its trusteeship and deliver to it all money, papers, and property in its possession or control belonging or pertaining to the fund. History:  (7587) RL s 2952; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.34 — Bonds.

306.34 BONDS. Before entering upon duties, each person chosen as a trustee of the fund shall give a bond to the association equal to one-third the amount of the fund at that time, or $500, whichever is more, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the trust. On July 1 of each even-numbered year, every trustee shall give a new bond, in that amount and with those conditions. Every bond must be approved by a judge of the judicial district in which the cemetery or some part of it is located and filed with the treasurer of the association. A trustee who fails to renew a bond within 30 days after the time provided in this section may be removed on application of an interested person. History:  (7588) RL s 2953; 1907 c 211 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.35 — Vacancy In Board Of Trustees.

306.35 VACANCY IN BOARD OF TRUSTEES. In case of the death, resignation, disability, or removal of one or more of the trustees of the fund, the trust at once vests in the remaining trustees, who shall promptly fill the vacancies by appointment. A newly appointed trustee, upon qualification, succeeds to an equal share in the rights and duties of the board. History:  (7589) RL s 2954; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.36 — New Board; Organization.

306.36 NEW BOARD; ORGANIZATION. In case of the death, removal, resignation, or disability of all the members of the board, the trust, until the organization of a new board, vests in the district court of the county in which the cemetery is located. The board may be reconstituted by the court on application of any person interested and on notice as the court may direct. Upon qualifying, the appointed trustees have the rights and powers of the original board. A vacancy in the board continuing for one year may be filled by the court. History:  (7590) RL s 2955; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1
MN Stat § 306.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations|Chapter 306 — Public Cemeteries|Section 306.37 — Care And Improvement Fund.

306.37 CARE AND IMPROVEMENT FUND. Subdivision 1. Required payments. Twenty percent of the proceeds of all sales of cemetery lots and ten percent of the proceeds of all sales of burial space in a mausoleum or columbarium made after the vote of the board of trustees of the association to establish the care and improvement fund must be paid to the trustees of the fund, on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, in each year. Until paid, these amounts must be held in trust by the cemetery association for payment to the trustees of the fund. "Proceeds" includes any installment payment made towards the purchase of a cemetery lot or burial space in a mausoleum or columbarium. Subd. 2. Addition of other funds. Any other income or funds of the association, in excess of its liabilities, may be added to the fund by a two-thirds vote of the members of its board of trustees. The principal of the fund is not subject to any minimum or maximum amount. Subd. 3. Clarification of terms. The words "cemetery lots" as used in this section do not include burial space in a mausoleum or columbarium. The term "burial space" as used in this section includes private rooms, crypts, niches, or other designated space in which the bodies or cremated remains of deceased persons are placed for permanent burial in a mausoleum or columbarium. Subd. 4. Violation; penalty. Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation knowingly violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for a second offense shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History:  (7591) RL s 2956; 1943 c 133 s 1; 1959 c 640 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 5 s 1; 1988 c 509 s 5