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MN Stat § 463.151 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.151 — Removal By Municipality; Consent; Cost.

463.151 REMOVAL BY MUNICIPALITY; CONSENT; COST. The governing body of any municipality may remove or raze any hazardous building or remove or correct any hazardous condition of real estate upon obtaining the consent in writing of all owners of record, occupying tenants, and all lienholders of record; the cost shall be charged against the real estate as provided in section 463.21, except the governing body may provide that the cost so assessed may be paid in not to exceed five equal annual installments with interest thereon, at eight percent per annum. History:  1967 c 324 s 2; 1974 c 341 s 1; 2004 c 147 s 2
MN Stat § 463.152 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.152 — Exercise Of Eminent Domain.

463.152 EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN. Subdivision 1. Purpose, public interest. In order to maintain a sufficient supply of adequate, safe, and sanitary housing and buildings used for living, commercial, industrial, or other purposes or any combination of purposes, it is found that the public interest requires that municipalities be authorized to acquire buildings, real estate on which buildings are located, or vacant or undeveloped real estate which are found to be hazardous within the meaning of section 463.15, subdivision 3, and the acquisition of such buildings and real estate is hereby declared to be a public purpose. Subd. 2. Acquisition; procedure. In furtherance of the public policy declared in subdivision 1, the governing body of any municipality may acquire any hazardous building, real estate on which any such building is located, or vacant or undeveloped real estate by eminent domain in the manner provided by chapter 117. History:  1974 c 341 s 3; 1976 c 2 s 140; 2004 c 147 s 3
MN Stat § 463.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.16 — Repair Or Remove Hazardous Property Condition.

463.16 REPAIR OR REMOVE HAZARDOUS PROPERTY CONDITION. The governing body of any municipality may order the owner of any hazardous building or property within the municipality to correct or remove the hazardous condition of the building or property or to raze or remove the building. History:  1965 c 393 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1989 c 328 art 6 s 7; 2004 c 147 s 4
MN Stat § 463.161 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.161 — Abatement.

463.161 ABATEMENT. In the manner prescribed in section 463.21 the governing body of any municipality may correct or remove the hazardous condition of any hazardous building or property; the cost of which shall be charged against the real estate as provided in section 463.21 except the governing body may provide that the cost so assessed may be paid in not to exceed five equal annual installments with interest therein, at eight percent per annum. History:  1974 c 341 s 2; 1989 c 328 art 6 s 8; 2004 c 147 s 5
MN Stat § 463.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.17 — Order.

463.17 ORDER. Subdivision 1. Contents. The order shall be in writing; recite the grounds therefor; specify the necessary repairs, if any, and provide a reasonable time for compliance; and shall state that a motion for summary enforcement of the order will be made to the district court of the county in which the hazardous building or property is situated unless corrective action is taken, or unless an answer is filed within the time specified in section 463.18. Subd. 2. Service. The order shall be served upon the owner of record, or the owner's agent if an agent is in charge of the building or property, and upon the occupying tenant, if there is one, and upon all lienholders of record, in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action. If the owner cannot be found, the order shall be served upon the owner by posting it at the main entrance to the building or, if there is no building, in a conspicuous place on the property, and by four weeks' publication in the official newspaper of the municipality if it has one, otherwise in a legal newspaper in the county. Subd. 3. Filing. A copy of the order with proof of service shall be filed with the court administrator of district court of the county in which the hazardous building or property is located not less than five days prior to the filing of a motion pursuant to section 463.19 to enforce the order. At the time of filing such order the municipality shall file for record with the county recorder or registrar of titles a notice of the pendency of the proceeding, describing with reasonable certainty the lands affected and the nature of the order. If the proceeding be abandoned the municipality shall within ten days thereafter file with the county recorder a notice to that effect. History:  1965 c 393 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 328 art 6 s 9
MN Stat § 463.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.18 — Answer.

463.18 ANSWER. Within 20 days from the date of service, any person upon whom the order is served may serve an answer in the manner provided for the service of an answer in a civil action, specifically denying such facts in the order as are in dispute. History:   1965 c 393 s 4
MN Stat § 463.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.19 — Default Cases.

463.19 DEFAULT CASES. If no answer is served, the governing body may move the court for the enforcement of the order. If such a motion is made the court may, upon the presentation of such evidence as it may require, affirm or modify the order and enter judgment accordingly, fixing a time after which the governing body may proceed with the enforcement of the order. The court administrator shall cause a copy of the judgment to be mailed forthwith to persons upon whom the original order was served. History:  1965 c 393 s 5; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 463.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.20 — Contested Cases.

463.20 CONTESTED CASES. If an answer is filed and served as provided in section 463.18, further proceedings in the action shall be governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts, except that the action has priority over all pending civil actions and shall be tried forthwith. If the order is sustained following the trial, the court shall enter judgment and shall fix a time after which the building must be destroyed or repaired or the hazardous condition removed or corrected, as the case may be, in compliance with the order as originally filed or modified by the court. If the order is not sustained, it shall be annulled and set aside. The court administrator of the court shall cause a copy of the judgment to be mailed forthwith to the persons upon whom the original order was served. History:  1965 c 393 s 6; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 328 art 6 s 10
MN Stat § 463.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.21 — Enforcement Of Judgment.

463.21 ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT. If a judgment is not complied with in the time prescribed, the governing body may cause the building to be repaired, razed, or removed or the hazardous condition to be removed or corrected as set forth in the judgment, or acquire the building, if any, and real estate on which the building or hazardous condition is located by eminent domain as provided in section 463.152. The cost of the repairs, razing, correction, or removal may be: a lien against the real estate on which the building is located or the hazardous condition exists, or recovered by obtaining a judgment against the owner of the real estate on which the building is located or the hazardous condition exists. A lien may be levied and collected only as a special assessment in the manner provided by Minnesota Statutes 1961, sections 429.061 to 429.081, but the assessment is payable in a single installment. When the building is razed or removed by the municipality, the governing body may sell the salvage and valuable materials at public auction upon three days' posted notice. History:  1965 c 393 s 7; 1974 c 341 s 4; 1989 c 328 art 3 s 3
MN Stat § 463.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.22 — Statement Of Moneys Received.

463.22 STATEMENT OF MONEYS RECEIVED. The municipality shall keep an accurate account of the expenses incurred in carrying out the order and of all other expenses theretofore incurred in connection with its enforcement, including specifically, but not exclusively, filing fees, service fees, publication fees, attorney's fees, appraisers' fees, witness fees, including expert witness fees, and traveling expenses incurred by the municipality from the time the order was originally made, and shall credit thereon the amount, if any, received from the sale of the salvage, or building or structure, and shall report its action under the order, with a statement of moneys received and expenses incurred to the court for approval and allowance. Thereupon the court shall examine, correct, if necessary, and allow the expense account, and, if the amount received from the sale of the salvage, or of the building or structure, does not equal or exceed the amount of expenses as allowed, the court shall by its judgment certify the deficiency in the amount so allowed to the municipal clerk for collection. The owner or other party in interest shall pay the same, without penalty added thereon, and in default of payment by October 1, the clerk shall certify the amount of the expense to the county auditor for entry on the tax lists of the county as a special charge against the real estate on which the building or hazardous condition is or was situated and the same shall be collected in the same manner as other taxes and the amount so collected shall be paid into the municipal treasury. If the amount received for the sale of the salvage or of the building or structure exceeds the expense incurred by the municipality as allowed by the court, and if there are no delinquent taxes, the court shall direct the payment of the surplus to the owner or the payment of the same into court, as provided in sections 463.15 to 463.26. If there are delinquent taxes against the property, the court shall direct the payment of the surplus to the county treasurer to be applied on such taxes. History:  1965 c 393 s 8; 1974 c 329 s 1; 1989 c 328 art 6 s 11
MN Stat § 463.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.23 — Payment, Tender, Deposit In Court.

463.23 PAYMENT, TENDER, DEPOSIT IN COURT. The net proceeds of a sale under section 463.21 or 463.24 shall be paid to persons designated in the judgment in the proportions as their interests shall appear therein. Acceptance of such payment shall be taken as a waiver of all objections to the payment and to the proceedings leading thereto on the part of the payee and of all persons for whom the payee is lawfully empowered to act. In case any party to whom a payment of damages is made be not a resident of the state, or the place of residence be unknown, or the party be an infant or other person under legal disability, or, being legally capable, refuses to accept payment, or if for any reason it be doubtful to whom any payment should be paid, the municipality may pay the same to the clerk, to be paid out under the direction of the court; and, unless an appeal be taken such deposit with the clerk shall be deemed a payment of the award. History:  1965 c 393 s 9; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 463.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.24 — Personal Property Or Fixtures.

463.24 PERSONAL PROPERTY OR FIXTURES. If any building ordered razed, removed, or made safe and sanitary by repairs contains personal property or fixtures which will unreasonably interfere with the razing, removal, or repair of such building, or if the razing or removal of the building makes necessary the removal of such personal property or fixtures, the original order of the governing body may direct the removal of such personal property or fixtures within a reasonable time. If the property or fixtures are not removed by the time specified, and the governing body subsequently desires to enforce a judgment under sections 463.15 to 463.26, it may sell the same at public auction as provided in section 463.21, or if without appreciable value, the governing body may destroy the same. History:   1965 c 393 s 10
MN Stat § 463.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.25 — Hazardous Excavations.

463.25 HAZARDOUS EXCAVATIONS. If in any municipality, an excavation for building purposes is left open for more than six months without proceeding with the erection of a building thereon, whether or not completed, or if any excavation or basement is not filled to grade or otherwise protected after a building is destroyed, demolished or removed, the governing body may order such excavation to be filled or protected or in the alternative that erection of a building begin forthwith if the excavation is for building purposes. The order shall be served upon the owner or the owner's agent in the manner provided by section 463.17. If the owner of the land fails to comply with the order within 15 days after the order is served, the governing body shall cause the excavation to be filled to grade or protected and the cost shall be charged against the real estate as provided in section 463.21. History:  1965 c 393 s 11; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444; 2004 c 147 s 6
MN Stat § 463.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.26 — Local Acts And Charter Provisions.

463.26 LOCAL ACTS AND CHARTER PROVISIONS. Sections 463.15 to 463.26 are supplementary to other statutory and charter provisions and do not limit the authority of any city to enact and enforce ordinances on the same subject. History:  1965 c 393 s 12; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 463.261 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 460 - 463 — Local Government Police Powers|Chapter 463 — Line Easements; Hazardous Or Substandard Buildings|Section 463.261 — Relocation Benefits.

463.261 RELOCATION BENEFITS. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 117.56, or any other law to the contrary, all acquisitions of buildings and real estate upon which buildings are located by governmental subdivisions pursuant to the exercise of the power of eminent domain as provided in section 463.152 shall be acquisitions for the purposes of sections 117.50 to 117.56. History:  1974 c 341 s 5; 1976 c 2 s 141
MN Stat § 465.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.01 — Power Of Eminent Domain.

465.01 POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN. All cities may exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring private property within or without the corporate limits thereof for any purpose for which it is authorized by law to take or hold the same by purchase or gift and may exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring a right-of-way for sewerage or drainage purposes and an outlet for sewerage or drainage within or without the corporate limits thereof. The procedure in the event of condemnation shall be that prescribed by chapter 117, or that prescribed by the charter of such city. History:  (1829) RL s 766; 1917 c 424 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2006 c 214 s 20
MN Stat § 465.013 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.013 — Property Or Easements Not Acquired By Prescription.

465.013 PROPERTY OR EASEMENTS NOT ACQUIRED BY PRESCRIPTION. No city of the first class or any board or department thereof shall hereafter obtain or acquire title to real property or any right or easement therein by prescription or adverse possession. This section shall not be construed to prevent the adjudication hereafter of title in such city in cases where lapse of time and adverse possession have already ripened into title but no adjudication thereof has yet been had. History:  1943 c 582 s 1,2
MN Stat § 465.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.02 — Lands Deeded To State; Modification Of Conditions.

465.02 LANDS DEEDED TO STATE; MODIFICATION OF CONDITIONS. Any city in this state, that has heretofore deeded, or may hereafter deed, to the state of Minnesota any lands to be used by the state for a public purpose in such deed stated, conditioned, among other things, that such lands shall be so used by the state for a period of time, which time exceeds 20 years, and in case such use is not made thereof for the stated time, then such land shall revert to such city, may at any time after 15 years from the date of the deed by a majority vote of the city council at any regular meeting thereof, or at a properly called special meeting of such council, pass a resolution or enact an ordinance modifying the terms and conditions above specified and permit the noncompliance by the state with such terms and conditions as originally made, either wholly or in part, and such resolution so adopted shall operate as a release of the state from such terms and conditions to the extent provided in such resolution and the action by the state in conformity with such resolution shall not in any way cause a reversion to such city of the lands or any part thereof or interest therein. History:  (1930) 1911 c 182 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 465.025 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.025 — Gifts Of Land To State.

465.025 GIFTS OF LAND TO STATE. Any municipal corporation in the state of Minnesota, owning lands in fee simple and not restricted by the grant, which are no longer necessary for municipal purposes, may convey said lands to the state of Minnesota without consideration when duly authorized by the governing body of said municipal corporation and the governor is authorized to accept such conveyances in behalf of the state. History:   1947 c 8 s 1
MN Stat § 465.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.03 — Gifts To Municipalities.

465.03 GIFTS TO MUNICIPALITIES. Any city, county, school district or town may accept a grant or devise of real or personal property and maintain such property for the benefit of its citizens in accordance with the terms prescribed by the donor. Nothing herein shall authorize such acceptance or use for religious or sectarian purposes. Every such acceptance shall be by resolution of the governing body adopted by a two-thirds majority of its members, expressing such terms in full. History:  (1830) RL s 767; 1913 c 319 s 1; 1949 c 294 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 465.035 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.035 — Public Corporation, Conveyance Or Lease Of Land.

465.035 PUBLIC CORPORATION, CONVEYANCE OR LEASE OF LAND. Any county, town, city or other public corporation may lease or convey its lands for a nominal consideration, without consideration or for such consideration as may be agreed upon to the state or to any governmental subdivision, to the United States or to any agency of the federal government, another public corporation or to the Minnesota State Armory Building commission for public use when authorized by its governing body. History:  1947 c 34 s 1; 1951 c 73 s 1; 1955 c 142 s 1; 1957 c 152 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 465.036 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.036 — Gifts, Hospitals.

465.036 GIFTS, HOSPITALS. Counties or cities, however organized, may accept gifts to aid in building, acquiring, equipping or maintaining public hospitals whether such hospital is maintained by a county or a city, or by any combination thereof. History:  1949 c 152 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 465.037 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.037 — Gifts To Hospitals And Emergency Medical Services Agencies.

465.037 GIFTS TO HOSPITALS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AGENCIES. A home rule charter or statutory city or town may make grants for the use of a private, nonprofit, or public hospital that serves the city or town, or to an emergency medical services agency as defined in section 144.7401, that serves the city or town. The grants must be authorized by the council in the case of a city and the town board in the case of a town upon the affirmative vote of the town electors at the annual or a special town meeting. History:  1989 c 92 s 2; 2012 c 226 s 1
MN Stat § 465.039 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.039 — Gifts To Organizations Distributing Food.

465.039 GIFTS TO ORGANIZATIONS DISTRIBUTING FOOD. The governing body of a county, of a home rule charter or statutory city, or of a town may appropriate each year out of its general fund, or other unrestricted money, an amount to be determined by the governing body to provide grants to nonprofit organizations operating community food shelves that provide food to the needy without charge. History:  1995 c 109 s 1; 1998 c 368 s 1; 2018 c 105 s 1
MN Stat § 465.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 465 - 466 — Political Subdivisions, General Provisions|Chapter 465 — Rights, Powers And Duties; Municipalities|Section 465.04 — Acceptance Of Gifts.

465.04 ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS. A city of the second, third, or fourth class, either operating under a home rule charter or under the laws of this state, may receive and accept gifts and donations for the use and benefit of the city and its inhabitants upon terms and conditions to be approved by the governing body of the city. The terms and conditions may include payment to the donor or donors of interest on the value of the gift at not exceeding five percent per annum payable annually or semiannually, during the remainder of the natural life or lives of the donor or donors. History:  (1663) 1923 c 395 s 1; 1973 c 582 s 3; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20; 1990 c 480 art 9 s 19; 2013 c 143 art 14 s 74; 2014 c 308 art 9 s 84