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MN Stat § 465.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.05 — Tax Levy To Pay Interest.

465.05 TAX LEVY TO PAY INTEREST. When a city accepts a gift or donation under section 465.04, the governing body of the city may enter into a written contract for the payment of interest as provided under section 465.04. The city council shall annually levy a tax sufficient to pay the obligation incurred under the contract at the time other taxes are levied. History:  (1664) 1923 c 395 s 2; 2013 c 125 art 1 s 71
MN Stat § 465.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.13 — Judgment Against Municipality; Payment.

465.13 JUDGMENT AGAINST MUNICIPALITY; PAYMENT. No execution shall issue on a judgment for the recovery of money against a city, except as hereinafter provided. Upon delivery of a certified copy of the judgment, the treasurer of such municipality shall pay it out of any moneys in or coming in not otherwise appropriated, unless collection thereof be stayed on appeal, always retaining a sufficient sum to pay necessary current expenses; and, if the treasurer fails so to do, the treasurer and bonding agents shall be liable for the amount. In case there be no such treasurer, then, upon delivery of such certified copy and an affidavit of the judgment creditor, the judgment creditor's agent or attorney, showing the amount due, and that the judgment has not been stayed on appeal, the county treasurer shall pay such judgment out of the funds of the municipality in or coming in, taking receipt therefor. History:  (1834) RL s 769; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 465.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.14 — Tax Levy; Execution.

465.14 TAX LEVY; EXECUTION. When a judgment against a city is unpaid at the time of the annual tax levy, unless the proper officers thereof have otherwise provided sufficient funds to pay the same before the time for collection of such tax levy, they shall levy a tax to pay such judgment and certify the same and the purpose thereof to the county auditor. If the judgment be not paid within 20 days after the time fixed by law for the county treasurer to pay over to the treasurer of the municipality the moneys on hand belonging to it on account of such annual tax levy, execution may issue on such judgment, but only the property of such municipality shall be liable thereon. If there be no officers of the municipality to levy such tax, the judgment creditor may apply to the county auditor, who, upon being satisfied that the judgment has not been paid or stayed, shall levy and extend the tax. History:  (1836) RL s 770; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 465.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.15 — Cities May Acquire Exempt Property.

465.15 CITIES MAY ACQUIRE EXEMPT PROPERTY. Each city of the first class now or hereafter having a population of 50,000 inhabitants or more, including each such city operating under a charter adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 36, article XI, section 4, or article XII, section 5, is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise any right or interest in land either platted or unplatted within the limits of the city, which interest in land consists of a right or privilege in the owner of the land to offset certain amounts against special assessments levied by the governing body, the city council, or the board of park commissioners of such city for park or parkway purposes, or both. History:  (1541-1) 1931 c 385 s 1; 1997 c 7 art 4 s 6
MN Stat § 465.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.16 — Power Of Eminent Domain.

465.16 POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. In the event that the chief governing body, city council or board of park commissioners of such city shall exercise such right by condemnation such body may do so under any laws provided for the condemnation of real property or eminent domain or under any provision of the charter of such city granting to such body the right of condemnation or power of eminent domain; or, it being for the best interests of such city, such chief governing board, city council, or board of park commissioners shall have the power and authority to acquire the rights by purchase, taking into consideration the present worth of such right to exemption and the probability or improbability that such exemptions would ever be used as an offset to future assessments for benefits. History:  (1541-2) 1931 c 385 s 2; 2006 c 214 s 20
MN Stat § 465.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.17 — May Issue Bonds.

465.17 MAY ISSUE BONDS. In order to carry out the purpose of sections 465.15 to 465.17 each such city is hereby authorized to issue bonds or certificates of indebtedness to secure funds for the amount necessary to acquire the right and the city council or other chief governing body shall levy annually a tax on all the taxable property of the city sufficient to meet the interest and the principal about to mature on the bond. History:  (1541-3) 1931 c 385 s 3
MN Stat § 465.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.19 — City To Own Old Channel If It Pays For United States Channel Change.

465.19 CITY TO OWN OLD CHANNEL IF IT PAYS FOR UNITED STATES CHANNEL CHANGE. When any portion of the channel of any river navigable for commercial purposes within the limits of any city in this state is changed by or under the authority of the United States government or any other authority for the improvement of navigation and the cost of such change or any portion thereof is borne by the city within which change is made the old bed of the river or portion thereof abandoned by reason of any such change, shall belong to and become the property in fee simple of the city in which the same is situate without further act or ceremony. The recording, in the office of the county recorder of the county in which such city is located, of a copy of this section together with the filing of a plat or map certified by the secretary of defense of the United States or the United States government engineer in charge of the changes of the channel hereinbefore referred to, showing the respective locations of the water line of the old or original bed of the river and such changed location, shall constitute sufficient evidence of title of such city to the old river bed and lands hereinbefore referred to. Upon the request of any such city the governor and the commissioner of management and budget shall also execute and deliver to such city a deed of conveyance transferring all of the right, title, and interest of the state of Minnesota in and to such old river bed and lands within the limits of such city, and the lands so reclaimed or acquired may be held, used, or disposed of by such city as the common council shall determine to be for the best interests of such city. History:  (1350) 1911 c 291 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 2 s 135; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 114; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 465.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.20 — Application.

465.20 APPLICATION. Sections 465.19 and 465.20 shall apply to all cities including those now or hereafter governed by a charter adopted pursuant to the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article IV, section 36, article XI, section 4, or article XII, section 5. History:  (1351) 1911 c 291 s 3; 1990 c 391 art 8 s 48; 1997 c 7 art 4 s 7
MN Stat § 465.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.26 — Diversion Of Unnavigable Streams; Raising Waters Of Lakes.

465.26 DIVERSION OF UNNAVIGABLE STREAMS; RAISING WATERS OF LAKES. Any first class city may, if in the judgment of its city council, the public health or welfare of its citizens will be promoted thereby, divert any unnavigable stream, flowing wholly or partly within the corporate limits, from its natural bed to an artificial channel or to another watercourse. The diversion may take place at any feasible or desirable point within or without the corporate limits, and the new channel may be created within or without or partly within and partly without the corporate limits. For the purpose of controlling and regulating the flow of such stream in its new channel, the city may, by the erecting of dams or other suitable means, raise the waters of any lake or lakes from which the stream may flow, or through which the new channel may flow, and control and regulate the discharge from such lake or lakes, and straighten, enlarge, and make such changes and improvements in the channels as may be necessary for such purposes. Such new channels may, where necessary, cross any highway or railway; in which case suitable bridges shall be provided. History:  (1509) 1905 c 18 s 1; 1976 c 44 s 65
MN Stat § 465.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.27 — Ordinance; Survey And Map.

465.27 ORDINANCE; SURVEY AND MAP. The city council shall by ordinance first adopt and file with the city clerk a survey and map showing the point at which it is proposed to divert the stream, the route of the new channel, the sites of dams and other controlling works, the lands proposed to be taken for right-of-way and for flowage purposes, the levels to which it is proposed to raise and between which it is proposed to maintain the waters of any lake, a profile of the route and of the water surface, the cross-section of the proposed new channel, the enlargement, if any, of any existing channel, the bridges, tunnels, culverts to be built, and in general, the entire extent and scope of the improvement as nearly as may be. History:  (1510) 1905 c 18 s 2
MN Stat § 465.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.28 — Lands; How Acquired.

465.28 LANDS; HOW ACQUIRED. The city council may acquire in the name of the city by grant, dedication, purchase, or devise the lands and the rights necessary to carry out such improvements. History:  (1511) 1905 c 18 s 3
MN Stat § 465.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.29 — Condemnation; Special Assessments.

465.29 CONDEMNATION; SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. The power of eminent domain and the power to levy special assessments for benefits are hereby delegated to such cities for the purposes of sections 465.26 to 465.48, to acquire the lands and rights needed or any of them, to be exercised as follows. History:  (1512) 1905 c 18 s 4
MN Stat § 465.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.30 — Ordinance; Appraisers.

465.30 ORDINANCE; APPRAISERS. The city council shall by ordinance determine and declare as nearly as may be the cost of such improvements, exclusive of damages to property, and appoint five appraisers, who shall be disinterested freeholders and qualified voters of the county, and none of whom shall be residents of the town or ward or wards of the city in which the property so designated is situated, to view the premises and appraise the damages which may be occasioned by the taking of private property or otherwise in making such improvement, and to assess special benefits resulting therefrom. These appraisers shall be notified as soon as practicable by the city clerk to attend, at a time fixed by the clerk, for the purpose of qualifying and entering upon their duties. When a vacancy may occur among these appraisers by neglect or refusal of any of them to act or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled by the city council. History:  (1513) 1905 c 18 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 465.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.31 — Oath.

465.31 OATH. The appraisers shall be sworn to discharge their duty as appraisers in the matter with impartiality and fidelity; and to make due return of their acts to the city council. History:  (1514) 1905 c 18 s 6
MN Stat § 465.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.32 — Notice Of Meeting.

465.32 NOTICE OF MEETING. The appraisers shall give notice of their meeting in a manner appropriate to inform the public, which notice shall name the stream to be diverted, the point of diversion, the general course of the new channel and the height to which it is proposed to raise or maintain any lake, the location of proposed bridges, culverts, or tunnels, the estimated cost of construction, and contain a description of the lands designated by the city council to be taken for right-of-way and for flowage purposes, and give notice that a plan of the improvement has been filed in the office of the city clerk, and that the appraisers will meet at a place and time designated in the notice, and thence proceed to view the premises and appraise the damages for property to be taken, or which may be damaged by the diversion of water or otherwise by such improvement, and to assess benefits in the manner hereinafter specified. If any portion of such stream or of the lands to be taken is outside of the county containing such city, then the notice shall also be given in the outside county. History:  (1515) 1905 c 18 s 7; 1984 c 543 s 61
MN Stat § 465.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.33 — Mailing Notices.

465.33 MAILING NOTICES. A copy of all subsequent notices relating to the proceeding which are required to be published, shall be mailed by the city clerk immediately after the first publication thereof to such persons as shall have appeared in the proceedings and requested in writing that such notices be mailed to them. History:  (1516) 1905 c 18 s 8
MN Stat § 465.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.34 — Meeting Of Appraisers; Damages And Benefits.

465.34 MEETING OF APPRAISERS; DAMAGES AND BENEFITS. At the time and place mentioned in the notice, the appraisers shall meet and thence proceed to view the premises, and hear any evidence or proof offered by the parties interested and may adjourn from time to time for the purpose aforesaid. When their view and hearing shall be concluded they shall determine the amount of damages, if any, suffered by each piece or parcel of land affected by the improvement. They shall determine the amount of special benefits, if any, occurring by reason of diversion of water, drainage, or otherwise, to each piece or parcel of land wherever situate and whether contiguous to the improvement or not. If the damages exceed the benefits to any particular piece, the excess shall be awarded as damages. If the benefits exceed the damages to any particular piece, the difference shall be assessed as benefits, but the total assessment for benefits shall not be greater than the aggregate net award of damages added to the estimated cost of construction; and in every case the benefits assessed upon the several parcels shall be in proportion to the actual benefits received, and no assessment upon any particular piece shall exceed the amount of actual special benefits after deducting the damages, if any. History:  (1517) 1905 c 18 s 9
MN Stat § 465.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.35 — Buildings.

465.35 BUILDINGS. If there be any buildings standing, in whole or in part, upon any parcel of the land to be taken, the appraisers shall, in such case, determine the amount of damages which should be paid to the owners thereof, in case such building, or so much as may be necessary, should be taken, and shall appraise and determine the amount of damages to be paid such owners in case they shall elect to remove such buildings. History:  (1518) 1905 c 18 s 10
MN Stat § 465.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.36 — Different Owners Or Interests.

465.36 DIFFERENT OWNERS OR INTERESTS. If the land and buildings belong to different persons or if the land be subject to lease, mortgage, or judgment, or if there be any estate less than an estate in fee, the injury or damage done to such person, or interests, respectively, may be awarded to them separately by the appraisers. Neither such award of the appraisers, nor the confirmation thereof by the city council, shall be deemed to require the payment of such damages to the person or persons named in such award, in case it shall transpire that such persons are not entitled to receive the same. History:  (1519) 1905 c 18 s 11
MN Stat § 465.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.37 — Report.

465.37 REPORT. The appraisers having ascertained and appraised the damages and assessed the benefits, as aforesaid, shall make and file with the city clerk a written report of their action in the premises, embracing a schedule and appraisement of the damages awarded and benefits assessed, with descriptions of the lands, and the names of the owners, if known to them, and a statement of the costs of the proceeding. History:  (1520) 1905 c 18 s 12
MN Stat § 465.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.38 — Notice Of Appraisement; Confirmation Or Annulment.

465.38 NOTICE OF APPRAISEMENT; CONFIRMATION OR ANNULMENT. Upon such report being filed, the city clerk shall give notice that such appraisement has been returned and that the same will be considered by the city council at a meeting thereof to be named in the notice, which notice shall contain the schedule of damages awarded and benefits assessed and be given in a manner appropriate to inform the public. Any person interested in any building standing in whole or in part upon any land required to be taken by such improvement shall, on or before the time specified for the meeting in such notice, notify the city council in writing of the person's election to remove such building, if the person so elect. The city council, upon the day fixed for the consideration of such report, or at any subsequent meeting to which the same may stand over or be referred, shall have power in their discretion to confirm, revise, or annul the appraisement and assessment, giving due consideration to any objections interposed by parties interested in the manner hereinafter specified; provided that the city council shall not have the power to reduce the amount of any award nor increase any assessment. In case the appraisement and assessment is annulled, the city council may thereupon appoint new appraisers, who shall proceed in like manner as in case of the first appraisement, and upon the coming in of their report, the city council shall proceed in a like manner and with the same powers as in the case of the first appraisement. History:  (1521) 1905 c 18 s 13; 1984 c 543 s 62; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 465.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.39 — Award; Appeal.

465.39 AWARD; APPEAL. If not annulled or set aside, such award shall be final and a charge upon the city, for the payment of which the credit of the city shall be pledged. Such assessments shall be and remain a lien and charge upon the respective lands until paid. The award shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto or deposited and set apart in the treasury of the city for the use of the persons entitled thereto within six months after the confirmation of the appraisement and award. In case any appeal shall be taken from the order confirming the appraisement and assessment, as hereinafter provided, the time for payment of the awards shall be extended until and including 60 days after the final determination of all appeals taken in the proceedings, and in case of any change in the awards or assessment upon appeal, the city council may, by resolution duly adopted, at any time within 60 days after the determination of all appeals, set aside the entire proceeding. Any awards so set aside shall not be paid, and the proceedings as to the tracts for which the awards are so set aside shall be deemed abandoned. Any awards not so set aside shall be a charge upon the city, for the payment of which the credit of the city shall be pledged. All awards shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per annum from the time of the filing of the original appraisers' report, and all subsequent awards and awards upon appeals shall be made as of the day and date of filing of such original reports. History:  (1522) 1905 c 18 s 14
MN Stat § 465.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.40 — Vesture Of Title.

465.40 VESTURE OF TITLE. Upon the conclusion of the proceedings and the payment of the awards, the several tracts of land shall be deemed to be taken and appropriated for the purposes of sections 465.26 to 465.48, and the title thereto shall vest in the city. In case the city council shall in any case be unable to determine to whom the damages should in any particular case be paid, or in case of adverse claim in relation thereto, or in case of the legal disability of any person interested, the city council shall, and in any and every case the city council may in its discretion deposit the amount of damages with the district court of the county in which such city is situate, for the use of the parties entitled thereto, and the court shall, upon the application of any person interested, and upon such notice as the court shall prescribe, determine who is entitled to the award, and shall order the same paid accordingly. Any such deposit shall have the same effect as the payment to the proper persons. History:  (1523) 1905 c 18 s 15