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MN Stat § 90.211 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.211 — Purchase Money; When Forfeited.

90.211 PURCHASE MONEY; WHEN FORFEITED. If the holder of an effective permit begins to cut and then fails to complete any part of the permit before the expiration of the permit, the permit holder shall nevertheless pay the price therefor; but under no circumstances shall timber be cut after the expiration of the permit or extension thereof. History:  (6394-21) 1925 c 276 s 21; 1967 c 27 s 3; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 141 s 10; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 56
MN Stat § 90.221 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.221 — Timber Sales Records.

90.221 TIMBER SALES RECORDS. The commissioner shall keep timber sales records, including the description of each tract of land from which any timber is sold; the date of the report of the state appraisers; the kind, amount, and value of the timber as shown by such report; the date of the sale; the price for which the timber was sold; the name of the purchaser; the number, date of issuance and date of expiration of each permit; the date of any assignment of the permit; the name of the assignee; the dates of the filing and the amounts of the respective security deposits by the purchaser and assignee; the names of the sureties thereon; the amount of timber taken from the land; the date of the report of the scaler and state appraiser; the names of the scaler and the state appraiser who scaled the timber; and the amount paid for such timber and the date of payment. History:  (6394-29) 1925 c 276 s 29; 1957 c 202 s 1; 1961 c 202 s 22; 1967 c 568 s 10; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 57
MN Stat § 90.231 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.231 — Timber Sales; Marking Boundaries.

90.231 TIMBER SALES; MARKING BOUNDARIES. Whenever timber on a tract of state-owned land is sold, prior to the removal of the timber, the commissioner shall designate the boundaries of such tract. History:  1961 c 757 s 1; 1969 c 366 s 7
MN Stat § 90.252 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.252 — Scaling Agreement; Weight-measurement Services; Fees.

90.252 SCALING AGREEMENT; WEIGHT-MEASUREMENT SERVICES; FEES. Subdivision 1. Scaling agreement. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with either a timber sale permittee or the purchaser of the cut products, or both, so that the scaling of the cut timber and the collection of the payment for the same can be consummated by the state. The agreement must be approved as to form and content by the commissioner and must provide for a bond or cash in lieu of a bond and other safeguards as are necessary to protect the interests of the state. The scaling and payment collection procedure may be used for any state timber sale, except that no permittee who is also the consumer shall both cut and scale the timber sold unless the scaling is supervised by a state scaler. Subd. 2. Weight-measurement services; fees. The commissioner may enter into an agreement with the owner or operator of any weight scale inspected, tested, and approved under chapter 239 to provide weight measurements for scaling state timber according to section 90.251. The agreement must be in a format prescribed by the commissioner, becomes part of the official record of any state timber permit so scaled, and must contain safeguards that are necessary to protect the interests of the state. Except as otherwise provided by the commissioner, the cost of any agreement to provide weight measurement of state timber must be paid by the permit holder of any state timber permit so measured, and the cost must be included in the statement of the amount due for the permit under section 90.181, subdivision 1. History:  1969 c 366 s 10; 2000 c 485 s 13; 2004 c 241 s 12; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 58; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 54
MN Stat § 90.281 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.281 — Rescales, Recounts, And Reestimates.

90.281 RESCALES, RECOUNTS, AND REESTIMATES. (a) Upon complaint of any interested permit holder questioning the accuracy of any scale, count, or estimate of timber made by any state appraiser, or at any other time the commissioner determines in the absence of a complaint, the commissioner may cause a rescale, recount, or reestimate thereof to be made jointly by any two or more state appraisers, which when made shall supersede and for all purposes take the place of the original scale, count, or estimate, if and only when the scale or count varies more than ten percent from the original or the estimate exceeds the standards established by section 90.045. (b) As a condition precedent to the making of a rescale, recount, or reestimate upon the complaint of any person, the commissioner may require the person to make available such sum of money as the commissioner deems necessary for the actual expenses thereof and to forfeit the same to the state if the rescale and recount does not vary more than ten percent from the original or the reestimate does not exceed the standards established by section 90.045. All forfeited money shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the fund or account from which the expenses of the rescale, recount, or reestimate were paid. History:  (6394-12) 1925 c 276 s 12; 1961 c 202 s 11; 1967 c 568 s 12; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 485 s 14
MN Stat § 90.311 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.311 — Possession Of Lands Contrary To Agreement; Remedies.

90.311 POSSESSION OF LANDS CONTRARY TO AGREEMENT; REMEDIES. If any person holds or continues in possession of any lands mentioned in this chapter contrary to the conditions or covenants of any lease, certificate of sale, permit, or other written agreement, that person shall be liable to an action for the recovery of possession of such lands and damages for the detention of the same. The commission of trespass or waste upon these lands or the destruction or removal of timber or other property therefrom may be restrained, enjoined, or otherwise prohibited by any court of competent jurisdiction at the suit of the state pending final determination of the rights of the state therein, and permanently thereafter, as the facts may warrant. No bond shall ever be required of the state in any such proceeding. History:  (6394-4) 1925 c 276 s 4; 1961 c 202 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 90.321 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.321 — Prosecutions.

90.321 PROSECUTIONS. (a) The attorney general shall prosecute or cause to be prosecuted by the county attorney when the public interest so requires any person who may be charged with any indictable offense under this chapter. (b) The county attorneys of the several counties shall promptly report to the commissioner all trespasses committed upon state lands which may come to their knowledge and when directed by the attorney general shall prosecute all actions for any trespass or injury thereto, for the recovery of the possession thereof, or otherwise. (c) The county attorneys shall prosecute all actions for trespass on lands or timber on lands held in trust by the state for the counties in their respective counties. History:  (6394-5) 1925 c 276 s 5; 1955 c 387 s 2; 1961 c 202 s 6
MN Stat § 90.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.41 — State Appraiser And Scaler; Violations; Penalties.

90.41 STATE APPRAISER AND SCALER; VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Subdivision 1. Violations and penalty. (a) Any state scaler or state appraiser who shall accept any compensation or gratuity for services as such from any other source except the state of Minnesota, or any state scaler, or other person authorized to scale state timber, or state appraiser, who shall make any false report, or insert in any such report any false statement, or shall make any such report without having examined the land embraced therein or without having actually been upon the land, or omit from any such report any statement required by law to be made therein, or who shall fail to report any known trespass committed upon state lands, or who shall conspire with any other person in any manner, by act or omission or otherwise, to defraud or unlawfully deprive the state of Minnesota of any land or timber, or the value thereof, shall be guilty of a felony. Any material discrepancy between the facts and the scale returned by any such person scaling timber for the state shall be considered prima facie evidence that such person is guilty of violating this statute. (b) No such appraiser or scaler who has been once discharged for cause shall ever again be appointed. This provision shall not apply to resignations voluntarily made by and accepted from such employees. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2013 c 114 art 4 s 108] History:  (6394-26, 6394-27) 1925 c 276 s 26,27; 1961 c 202 s 29; 1967 c 568 s 13; 1969 c 366 s 11; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 61
MN Stat § 90.411 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.411 — Records As Notice.

90.411 RECORDS AS NOTICE. The records kept by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed notice of the facts therein set forth. All these records shall be prima facie true and correct. History:  (6394-36) 1925 c 276 s 36; 1961 c 202 s 28
MN Stat § 90.412 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.412 — Statute Of Limitation Not Applicable; Venue Of Proceedings.

90.412 STATUTE OF LIMITATION NOT APPLICABLE; VENUE OF PROCEEDINGS. The statutes of this state limiting the time for bringing either civil or criminal actions shall not apply to any action brought by the state for trespass upon any of its lands, or for violating any of the terms of the permit under which timber is removed from state lands, or for failure to pay the state for all the timber removed under any such permit, or to any criminal prosecution instituted under this chapter. Any civil action brought under this chapter may, at the election of the attorney general, be brought in any county in this state. History:  (6394-37) 1925 c 276 s 37
MN Stat § 90.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry|Chapter 90 — Timber Lands|Section 90.42 — Laws Not Affected.

90.42 LAWS NOT AFFECTED. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed or construed as authorizing the sale, cutting, or removal, or as excusing damage or injury to any timber reserved to the state and set aside for any purpose, including state forests set aside under the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, Article XI, Section 11, and laws enacted in furtherance thereof, except as provided in the laws directly relating to such reserved timber. (b) All persons cutting or removing state timber shall be subject to all laws now in force or hereafter enacted governing the burning and disposition of slashings or other debris resulting from timber operations, and concerning forest fires, including the setting or spreading or prevention or control thereof or liability therefor. History:  (6394-38) 1925 c 276 s 38; 1965 c 51 s 14; 1976 c 2 s 172
MN Stat § 92.01 (2021)
2021 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.

92.01 STATE PUBLIC LANDS OR STATE LANDS. "State public lands" or "state lands" means school, swamp, university, internal improvement, and other lands granted to the state by acts of Congress. History:  1941 c 374 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 92.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.02 — Authority.

92.02 AUTHORITY. Sales under this chapter must be conducted by the commissioner, a deputy of the commissioner, or a competent person employed by the commissioner. History:  (6282) 1911 c 123 s 4; 1919 c 199 s 1; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 11
MN Stat § 92.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.025 — School Trust Land Definition.

92.025 SCHOOL TRUST LAND DEFINITION. For purposes of this chapter and chapter 94, "school trust land" means land granted by the United States for use of schools within each township, swampland granted to the state, and internal improvement land that are reserved for permanent school fund purposes under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8, and land exchanged, purchased, or granted to the permanent school fund. History:   1988 c 628 s 5
MN Stat § 92.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.03 — Minimum Price Of Lands.

92.03 MINIMUM PRICE OF LANDS. Subdivision 1. School lands. The price of school lands must be at least $5 an acre, including the value of timber reproduction. No more than 100,000 acres of school lands may be sold in one year. If a patent has been issued by the federal government to school land before 1864 and the taxes on it have been paid for at least 35 years, the commissioner of management and budget may reduce the minimum price of $5 an acre by the taxes paid to make the land salable. Subd. 2. University lands. The price of lands donated to the state by the United States by Act of Congress entitled "An act donating to the states of Minnesota and Oregon certain lands reserved by Congress for the territories of Minnesota and Oregon, for university purposes," approved March 2, 1861, and by an Act of Congress entitled "An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts," approved July 2, 1862, must be at least $5 an acre, including the value of timber reproduction. The commissioner shall sell them in accordance with this chapter. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1965 c 45 s 73] Subd. 4. Internal improvement lands. When lands donated to the state under the eighth section of an Act of Congress entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption rights," approved September 4, 1841, are sold, the money derived from its sale must be invested, as provided by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8. History:  (6261, 6262, 6264, 6265) RL s 2404,2405,2407,2408; 1917 c 76 s 1; 1919 c 258 s 1; 1961 c 657 s 1; 1963 c 202 s 1,2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1982 c 424 s 16; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1; 1991 c 219 s 1; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 12; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 75; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 92.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.04 — Minimum Price Of Certain State Lands.

92.04 MINIMUM PRICE OF CERTAIN STATE LANDS. Lands selected for state institutions under an act of the legislature entitled "An act to appropriate swamp lands to certain educational and charitable institutions and for the purpose of creating a state prison," approved February 13, 1865, and lands known as State Capitol lands, must be sold as school lands are sold. The price of lands belonging to the state by virtue of the Congressional acts in this section and section 92.03 must be at least $5 an acre, including the value of timber reproduction. The terms of payment and conditions of sale must be the same as provided by law. When state lands have been benefited by and assessments paid for drainage, the drainage improvements must be considered by the state land examiner in making appraisals. When the drained lands are sold, the principal and interest paid on it must be credited by the commissioner to the proper fund to which the land belongs. History:  (6266) RL s 2409; 1907 c 366 s 1; 1909 c 118 s 1; 1963 c 202 s 3; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 13
MN Stat § 92.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.05 — Salt Lands.

92.05 SALT LANDS. (a) The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota shall have charge of the state salt lands donated by the United States to aid in the development of the brines in the state. The Board of Regents may sell these lands. The university may execute, in its name, deeds of conveyance of these lands. The proceeds of the sale of the lands when invested constitute a permanent fund, called the university salt land fund. The University Board of Regents shall control and manage the university salt land fund. (b) The university salt land fund is considered a nonstate source for purposes of section 137.022, subdivision 3. The Board of Regents may use the income from the fund to match income from the permanent university fund for use by the university campuses at Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Waseca for the purposes set forth in section 137.022, subdivision 3. History:  (6263) RL s 2406; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1; 1988 c 703 art 1 s 8
MN Stat § 92.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.07 — Sales By Subdivisions.

92.07 SALES BY SUBDIVISIONS. Sales of land by the commissioner must be made according to the subdivisions by the United States surveys, unless the land has been subdivided into smaller parcels or lots, as provided in this chapter. The land may not be sold in larger quantity than one quarter section. History:  (6269) RL s 2412; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 92.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.08 — Surveys And Resurveys.

92.08 SURVEYS AND RESURVEYS. (a) The commissioner may have surveys made to determine the correct boundaries or description of the land or to dispose of it in convenient parcels. When the commissioner determines that the interest of the state will be promoted, the commissioner may subdivide land controlled by the commissioner into smaller parcels or city lots. (b) When the commissioner believes that an injustice has been done the purchaser because of an incorrect United States survey, the commissioner may have a resurvey made by a competent surveyor. The surveyor shall prepare a plat showing the correct acreage of each subdivision resurveyed and file it with the commissioner and with the county recorder of the proper county. The commissioner may call in the land certificates affected by the resurvey and issue new ones. The certificates must show the correct acreage and give full credit for all payments of principal and interest made. History:  (6274, 6275) RL s 2417; 1917 c 197 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 19
MN Stat § 92.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.10 — Maps And Plats.

92.10 MAPS AND PLATS. Subdivision 1. Map recorded. When the commissioner subdivides land into small parcels or city lots, a map of the subdivision shall be recorded with the county recorder of the county containing the land. Subd. 2. Preparation. The commissioner shall prepare suitable maps or plats designating school or other state lands owned by the state that are subject to sale. The maps or plats must be printed and distributed with other printed matter in sufficient quantities to properly advertise the sales provided by this chapter. History:  (6273, 6283) RL s 2416; 1911 c 123 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1985 c 265 art 3 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 20
MN Stat § 92.115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.115 — Valuation Of State Lands; Minimum Bid.

92.115 VALUATION OF STATE LANDS; MINIMUM BID. Subdivision 1. Land valuation required. Before offering any state land for sale under this chapter, the commissioner must establish the value of the land. The commissioner shall have the land appraised if the estimated market value is in excess of $100,000. Subd. 2. Minimum bid. The minimum bid for a parcel of land must include the estimated value or appraised value of the land and any improvements and, if any of the land is valuable for merchantable timber, the value of the merchantable timber. The minimum bid may include expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering the property salable, including survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses. Subd. 3. Closing costs. The purchaser of state land must pay recording fees and the state deed tax. History:  2004 c 262 art 1 s 21; 2016 c 154 s 3; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 4 s 2
MN Stat § 92.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals|Chapter 92 — State Lands; Sales; Investment Of Proceeds|Section 92.12 — Appraisal Of School And Other State Lands.

92.12 APPRAISAL OF SCHOOL AND OTHER STATE LANDS. 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. History:  (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