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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.25 — Ores Other Than Iron; Leases.

93.25 ORES OTHER THAN IRON; LEASES.
Subdivision 1.
Leases.
The commissioner may issue leases to prospect for, mine, and remove minerals other than iron ore upon any lands owned by the state, including trust fund lands, lands forfeited for nonpayment of taxes whether held in trust or otherwise, and lands otherwise acquired, and the beds of any waters belonging to the state. For purposes of this section, iron ore means iron-bearing material where the primary product is iron metal.
Subd. 2.
Lease requirements.
All leases for nonferrous metallic minerals or petroleum must be approved by the Executive Council, and any other mineral lease issued pursuant to this section that covers 160 or more acres must be approved by the Executive Council. The rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants of all such leases shall be fixed by the commissioner according to rules adopted by the commissioner, but no lease shall be for a longer term than 50 years, and all rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants shall be fully set forth in each lease issued. No lease shall be canceled by the state for failure to meet production requirements prior to the 36th year of the lease. The rents and royalties shall be credited to the funds as provided in section 93.22.
Subd. 3.
Effect.
The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to repeal or supersede any other applicable provision of law, but shall be supplementary thereto.
History:
(6414) 1921 c 412 s 12; 1925 c 395 s 1; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1949 c 565 s 1; 1953 c 538 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 113 art 1 s 2; 2000 c 495 s 20,21; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 55
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.26 — Leases To Be Filed.

93.26 LEASES TO BE FILED.
All leases, with the names and post office addresses of all parties in interest, issued by the commissioner under authority of sections 93.14 to 93.285, before delivery shall be duly filed for record in the commissioner's office. A certificate of filing showing the date of filing shall be endorsed on each lease.
History:
(6415) 1921 c 412 s 13; 1925 c 395 s 1; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 495 s 22
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.27 — Assignments, Agreements, Or Contracts Affecting Leases; Filing.

93.27 ASSIGNMENTS, AGREEMENTS, OR CONTRACTS AFFECTING LEASES; FILING.
All assignments, agreements, or contracts, underlying, overriding, or operating agreements affecting a lease shall be made in writing and signed by both parties thereto, witnessed by two witnesses, and properly acknowledged and contain the post office addresses of all parties having an interest; and when so executed presented in triplicate to the commissioner for filing of record. A certificate of filing showing the date of filing shall be endorsed on the assignments, agreements, contracts, underlying, overriding, or operating agreements, a copy of which then shall be returned to the party entitled thereto.
History:
(6416) 1921 c 412 s 14; 1925 c 395; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1941 c 546 s 6; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 495 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.28 — Approval Of Instruments.

93.28 APPROVAL OF INSTRUMENTS.
All instruments by virtue of which the title to a lease herein provided for is in any way affected shall receive the approval of the commissioner, which approval shall be endorsed thereon, and the instrument when so approved shall be duly filed as provided in section 93.27.
History:
(6417) 1921 c 412 s 15; 1925 c 395; 1927 c 389 s 1; 1941 c 546 s 7; 2000 c 495 s 24
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.285 — Stockpiled Iron Ore.

93.285 STOCKPILED IRON ORE.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
"Stockpiled iron ore" as used in this section means any artificial pile or other accumulation of any type of iron-bearing material, whether in its natural state or the product or residue of treatment of beneficiation, belonging to the state or in which the state has an interest.
Subd. 2.
Inclusion in mining unit.
In case any stockpiled iron ore is situated on land designated or suitable for designation as a mining unit under section 93.15, the stockpiled ore may, in the discretion of the commissioner of natural resources, be included in the unit by inserting a description of the ore in the designation of the unit. Otherwise the ore shall not be considered as included in the unit. Upon the inclusion of the ore in the unit, it shall be subject to all provisions of law relating to the sale, issuance, terms, and conditions of a lease covering the unit and other matters pertaining thereto, so far as applicable.
Subd. 3.
Stockpile mining unit.
(a) Any stockpiled iron ore, wherever situated, may, in the discretion of the commissioner of natural resources, be designated as a stockpile mining unit for disposal separately from ore in the ground, such designation to be made according to section 93.15, so far as applicable.
(b) The commissioner may lease the mining unit at public or private sale for an amount and under terms and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. The lease term may not exceed 25 years. The amount payable for stockpiled iron ore material shall be at least equivalent to the minimum royalty that would be payable under section 93.20.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53]
History:
1945 c 342 s 1; 1951 c 520 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2000 c 495 s 25,26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.33 — Leasing Surface Of Land.

93.33 LEASING SURFACE OF LAND.
Subdivision 1.
Purposes of lease.
The commissioner may, at public or private vendue and at such prices and upon such terms and conditions as prescribed, lease the surface of any unsold state lands for the purpose of stockpiling, storing, handling, or depositing thereon any ore, ore material, stripping, or waste taken from other state lands which may be under state mineral lease, and remove therefrom any such ore, or material, stripping, or waste taken from such other state land and stocked, stored, handled, or deposited thereon; provided, that the rights of the state and of the lessee under the lease herein authorized as to the ownership, lien, and right of removal and all other rights in and to the materials placed thereon from the lands under such state mineral lease shall be and remain in all respects the same as though such materials had been stockpiled, stored, handled, or deposited on the land covered by such state mineral lease; that any such lease shall be made for a term no longer than the then remaining unexpired term of such state mineral lease and shall in any and all events terminate with the termination of such state mineral lease for any cause, and any material remaining on the land at the termination of such state mineral lease, or at the earlier termination of the lease herein authorized, shall belong to the state of Minnesota; and that all such leases shall be made subject to leasing the land for mineral purposes under legal provisions.
Subd. 2.
Disposition of receipts.
All money received from leases granted under this section shall be credited to the fund to which the leased land belongs and all royalties and proceeds which shall be received by the state for any material stockpiled or stored thereon and later removed shall be credited on the state mineral lease covering the lands from which such ore was originally taken.
History:
(6423, 6424) 1919 c 213 s 1,2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.34 — Draining Public Waters.

93.34 DRAINING PUBLIC WATERS.
Subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53]
Subd. 2.
Draining meandered public lake for mineral purposes forbidden.
It shall be unlawful for any individual, copartnership, or corporation to drain any meandered public lake for the purpose of mining of minerals without first having received the consent of the Executive Council.
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53]
History:
(6425, 6426, 6427) 1915 c 78 s 1-3; 1979 c 102 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.41 — State-owned Iron-bearing Materials.

93.41 STATE-OWNED IRON-BEARING MATERIALS.
Subdivision 1.
Use for road construction and other purposes.
In case the commissioner of natural resources shall determine that any paint rock, taconite, or other iron-bearing material belonging to the state is needed and suitable for use in the construction or maintenance of any road, tailings basin, settling basin, dike, dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property, and that such use would be in the best interests of the public, the commissioner may authorize the disposal of such material therefor as hereinafter provided.
Subd. 2.
Materials subject to state iron ore mining lease.
If such material is subject to an existing state iron ore mining lease or located on property subject to an existing state iron ore mining lease, the commissioner, by written agreement with the holder of the lease, may authorize the use of the material for any purpose specified in subdivision 1 that will facilitate the mining and disposal of the iron ore therein on such terms as the commissioner may prescribe consistent with the interests of the state, or may authorize the holder of the lease to dispose of the material otherwise for any purpose specified in subdivision 1 upon payment of an amount therefor equivalent to the royalty that would be payable under the terms of the lease if the material were shipped or otherwise disposed of as iron ore, but not less than the applicable minimum rate prescribed by section 93.20.
Subd. 3.
Issuing leases.
If such material, whether in the ground or in stockpile, is not subject to an existing lease, the commissioner may issue leases for the taking and removal thereof for the purposes specified in subdivision 1 in like manner as provided by section 92.50 for leases for the taking and removal of sand, gravel, and other materials specified in said section, and subject to all the provisions thereof, so far as applicable.
Subd. 4.
Sale of stockpiled iron-bearing material in place.
If such material is in stockpile and is not subject to an existing lease, the commissioner may sell stockpiled iron-bearing material in place. The sale must be to a person holding an interest in the surface of the property upon which the stockpile is located or to a person holding an interest in publicly or privately owned stockpiled iron-bearing material located in the same stockpile.
History:
1951 c 452 s 1; 1953 c 550 s 1,2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 116 s 1; 1997 c 231 art 8 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.43 — Leases To Nonferrous Metallic Minerals Producers.

93.43 LEASES TO NONFERROUS METALLIC MINERALS PRODUCERS.
(a) The business of mining, producing, or beneficiating nonferrous metallic minerals is declared to be in the public interest and necessary to the public welfare, and the use of property therefor is declared to be a public use and purpose.
(b) The commissioner of natural resources is authorized to grant permits, licenses, or leases on and across lands owned by the state to any corporation or association engaged in the business of or preparing to engage in the business of mining, producing, or beneficiating nonferrous metallic minerals for pipe lines, pole lines, conduits, sluiceways, roads, railroads, tramways, or flowage, and to lease any lands owned by the state to any such corporation or association for the depositing of stripping, lean ores, tailings, or waste products of such business.
(c) The commissioner of natural resources is also authorized to license the flooding of state lands in connection with any permit or authorization for the use of public waters issued by the legislature or by the commissioner pursuant to law. The permits, licenses, and leases shall be upon the conditions, for the consideration, and for the period of time as the commissioner may determine.
(d) The county auditor, with the approval of the county board, is authorized to grant permits, licenses, or leases for all such purposes of or across tax-forfeited lands held by the state in trust for any and all taxing districts, upon the conditions, for the considerations, and for the period of time as the county board may determine. Any proceeds from granting the permits, licenses, or leases by the county auditor shall be apportioned and distributed as other proceeds from the sale or rental of tax-forfeited lands.
History:
1967 c 557 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 2000 c 495 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.44 — Declaration Of Policy.

93.44 DECLARATION OF POLICY.
In recognition of the effects of mining upon the environment, it is hereby declared to be the policy of this state to provide for the reclamation of certain lands hereafter subjected to the mining of metallic minerals or peat where such reclamation is necessary, both in the interest of the general welfare and as an exercise of the police power of the state, to control possible adverse environmental effects of mining, to preserve the natural resources, and to encourage the planning of future land utilization, while at the same time promoting the orderly development of mining, the encouragement of good mining practices, and the recognition and identification of the beneficial aspects of mining.
History:
1969 c 774 s 1; 1983 c 270 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.45 — Iron Range Trail.

93.45 IRON RANGE TRAIL.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment.
In recognition of the unique combination of cultural, geological, industrial, historical, recreational, and scenic characteristics of Minnesota's iron ranges, an "Iron Range Trail" is hereby established on the Vermilion, Mesabi, and Cuyuna iron ranges and at related points on Lake Superior. The commissioner of natural resources shall establish, develop, and maintain the trail, and related places of interest under the commissioner's jurisdiction and control, for the purposes specified in this subdivision. The trail need not be continuous between or within ranges and related points, but shall be developed as a coordinated unit and for multiple use. The commissioner, in cooperation with other state agencies, local governments, and private organizations and individuals shall mark and, where necessary, interpret places of cultural, geological, industrial, historical, recreational, and scenic interest. In cooperation with state and local road authorities, local governments, and private organizations and individuals, the commissioner also shall mark access, where available, to these places of interest from public roads and highways.
Subd. 2.
Commissioner's powers; contract terms.
The commissioner may acquire by gift or purchase necessary trail easements and related interest in and across lands not under the commissioner's jurisdiction and control. The commissioner also may enter into contracts, leases, or other agreements with the operator or the owner of active or inactive mine areas and with the person having the right of possession thereof for the use and development of these areas for Iron Range Trail purposes. The commissioner may develop, maintain, and operate such areas or may enter into contracts with third parties for the development, maintenance, or operation of the areas. If the commissioner enters into such a contract with a third party, the contract shall provide that the operator, owner and any person entitled to possession or control of the area shall be held harmless and indemnified by the third party from and against any and all claims for injuries or damage to person or property, from such use or development. Nothing in this section prohibits a person from asserting any claim for alleged damages brought pursuant to section 3.732 or 3.736.
History:
1969 c 774 s 2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1980 c 509 s 23; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 9; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.46 — Definitions.

93.46 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Applicability.
For the purposes of sections 93.46 to 93.51, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given to them.
Subd. 2.
Mining area.
"Mining area" or "area subjected to mining" means any area of land from which material is hereafter removed in connection with the production or extraction of metallic minerals or peat, the lands upon which material from such mining is hereafter deposited, the lands upon which beneficiating plants and auxiliary facilities are hereafter located, the lands upon which the water reservoirs used in the mining process are hereafter located, and auxiliary lands which are hereafter used or intended to be used in a particular mining operation.
Subd. 3.
Mine waste.
"Mine waste" means any material, including but not limited to surface overburden, rock, lean ore, or tailings which in the process of mining and beneficiation has been removed from the earth and stored elsewhere on the surface.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1973 c 526 s 8]
Subd. 5.
Department.
"Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
Subd. 6.
Operator.
"Operator" means any owner or lessee of mineral rights or peat rights engaged in or preparing to engage in mining operations with respect thereto.
Subd. 7.
Person.
"Person" includes firms, partnerships, corporations, and other groups.
Subd. 8.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.
Subd. 9.
Lean ore stockpile removal.
"Lean ore stockpile removal" means the mining and processing of low-grade mineralized material from stockpiles for the purpose of extracting iron.
Subd. 10.
Scram mining.
"Scram mining" means a mining operation that produces natural iron ore, natural iron ore concentrates, or taconite ore as described in section 93.20, subdivisions 12 to 18, from previously developed stockpiles, tailing basins, underground mine workings, or open pits and that involves no more than 80 acres of land not previously affected by mining, or more than 80 acres of land not previously affected by mining if the operator can demonstrate that impacts would be substantially the same as other scram operations. "Land not previously affected by mining" means land upon which mine wastes have not been deposited and land from which materials have not been removed in connection with the production or extraction of metallic minerals.
History:
1969 c 774 s 3; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1973 c 526 s 1; 1983 c 270 s 2,3; 1993 c 113 art 4 s 1; 2013 c 114 art 4 s 62
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.461 — Peat Included In Mine Land Reclamation.

93.461 PEAT INCLUDED IN MINE LAND RECLAMATION.
Sections 93.46 to 93.51 apply to peat in the same manner as to metallic minerals, to the greatest extent practicable, with the following exceptions:
(1) For the purposes of sections 93.46 to 93.51, "peat mining" means the removal of peat for commercial purposes, including activities associated with the removal. "Peat mining" does not include removal of peat which is incidental to the harvesting of an agricultural or horticultural crop, or to mining of a metallic mineral that is subject to a mine land reclamation rule and a permit to mine.
(2) No permit to mine peat is required under section 93.481 until 180 days after the effective date of rules promulgated to regulate peat mining and reclamation. The rules shall be adopted by July 1, 1985.
(3) No permit is required for a peat mining operation of 40 acres or less, unless the commissioner determines that there is potential for significant environmental effects which may result from the peat mining operation. A person intending to engage in or carry on a peat mining operation of 40 acres or less, if the intended operation involves removal of more than 1,000 tons of air-dried peat per year, shall notify the commissioner in writing before beginning any mining, specifying the legal description of the tract to be mined and the mining methods to be used. Within 20 days after receipt of written notice of intent to mine such a tract, or after receiving additional information requested, the commissioner shall notify the person of the decision to require, or not to require, a permit.
History:
1983 c 270 s 4; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.48 — Variance.

93.48 VARIANCE.
The commissioner may, upon application by the landowner or mine operator, modify or permit variance from the established rules adopted hereunder if it is determined that such modification or variance is consistent with the general welfare.
History:
1969 c 774 s 5; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.482 — Reclamation Fees.

93.482 RECLAMATION FEES.
Subdivision 1.
Annual permit to mine fee.
(a) The commissioner shall charge every person holding a permit to mine an annual permit fee. The fee is payable to the commissioner by June 30 of each year, beginning in 2009.
(b) The annual permit to mine fee for a taconite mining operation is $60,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $30,000 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
(c) The annual permit to mine fee for a nonferrous metallic minerals mining operation is $75,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $37,500 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
(d) The annual permit to mine fee for a scram mining operation is $5,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $2,500 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
(e) The annual permit to mine fee for a peat mining operation is $1,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which payment is due and $500 if there was no production within the immediately preceding calendar year.
Subd. 2.
Supplemental application fee for taconite and nonferrous metallic minerals mining operation.
(a) In addition to the application fee specified in section 93.481, the commissioner shall assess a person submitting an application for a permit to mine for a taconite or a nonferrous metallic minerals mining operation the reasonable costs for reviewing the application and preparing the permit to mine. For nonferrous metallic minerals mining, the commissioner shall assess reasonable costs for monitoring construction of the mining facilities.
(b) The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate of the supplemental application fee under this subdivision. The estimate must include a brief description of the tasks to be performed and the estimated cost of each task. The application fee under section 93.481 must be subtracted from the estimate of costs to determine the supplemental application fee.
(c) The applicant and the commissioner shall enter into a written agreement to cover the estimated costs to be incurred by the commissioner.
(d) The commissioner shall not issue the permit to mine until the applicant has paid all fees in full. Upon completion of construction of a nonferrous metallic minerals facility, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance of the monitoring fee revenue.
Subd. 3.
[Never effective, 2009 c 88 art 12 s 23]
History:
2009 c 37 art 1 s 31
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.49 — Financial Assurance Of Operator.

93.49 FINANCIAL ASSURANCE OF OPERATOR.
The commissioner shall require a bond or other security or other financial assurance satisfactory to the commissioner from an operator. The commissioner shall review annually the extent of each operator's financial assurance under this section.
History:
1969 c 774 s 6; 1973 c 526 s 6; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1990 c 427 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.50 — Appeal.

93.50 APPEAL.
Any person aggrieved by any final order, ruling, or decision of the commissioner may obtain judicial review of such order, ruling, or decision under sections 14.63 to 14.69.
History:
1969 c 774 s 7; 1982 c 424 s 130; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 59
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.51 — Penalties For Violation.

93.51 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION.
Subdivision 1.
Civil penalty.
If any person fails to comply with any provision of sections 93.44 to 93.51, or any rules promulgated pursuant to these sections, or any permit condition required by these sections or the rules, for a period of 15 days after notice of such failure, or the expiration of time for corrective action as provided for in section 93.481, subdivision 4, such person shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 for each and every day of the continuance of such failure. The commissioner may assess and collect any such penalty.
Subd. 2.
Criminal penalty; injunctive relief.
Any person who knowingly and willfully violates or refuses to comply with any rule, decision, order or ruling of the commissioner shall upon conviction be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. At the request of the commissioner, the attorney general may institute a civil action in a district court of the state for a restraining order or injunction or other appropriate remedy to prevent or preclude a violation of the terms and conditions of any rules promulgated hereunder. The district court of the state of Minnesota in which district the mining operation affected is conducted shall have jurisdiction to issue such order or injunction or to provide other appropriate remedies.
History:
1969 c 774 s 8; 1973 c 526 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.515 — Oil And Gas Wells; Rules Relating To Spacing, Pooling, And Unitization.

93.515 OIL AND GAS WELLS; RULES RELATING TO SPACING, POOLING, AND UNITIZATION.
The commissioner of natural resources may adopt rules under chapter 14 relating to:
(1) spacing of oil and gas wells to regulate the density of drilling to prevent unnecessary draining of the reservoir and to prevent economic waste of products from wells;
(2) pooling, which is the combining of tracts and mineral interests to form a drilling or spacing unit; and
(3) unitization, which is the acquisition of the legal right to operate a whole reservoir as though all tracts overlying the reservoir were under a single lease.
History:
1993 c 113 art 4 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.52 — Ownership Of Severed Mineral Interests.

93.52 OWNERSHIP OF SEVERED MINERAL INTERESTS.
Subdivision 1.
Purpose.
The purpose of sections 93.52 to 93.551 is to identify and clarify the obscure and divided ownership condition of severed mineral interests in this state. Because the ownership condition of many severed mineral interests is becoming more obscure and further fractionalized with the passage of time, the development of mineral interests in this state is often impaired. Therefore, it is in the public interest and serves a public purpose to identify and clarify these interests.
Subd. 2.
Verified statement filing requirement.
Except as provided in subdivision 3, from and after January 1, 1970, every owner of a fee simple interest in minerals, hereafter referred to as a mineral interest, in lands in this state, which interest is owned separately from the fee title to the surface of the property upon or beneath which the mineral interest exists, shall record in the office of the county recorder or, if registered property, in the office of the registrar of titles in the county where the mineral interest is located a verified statement, in triplicate, citing sections 93.52 to 93.551 and setting forth the owner's address, interest in the minerals, and both (1) the legal description of the property upon or beneath which the interest exists, and (2) the book and page number or the document number, in the records of the county recorder or registrar of titles, of the instrument by which the mineral interest is created or acquired. No statement may be recorded which contains mineral interests from more than one government section unless the instrument by which the mineral interest is created or acquired includes mineral interests from more than one government section. The county recorder and registrar of titles shall file with the county auditor a copy of each document so recorded within 60 days after recording in the office of county recorder or registrar of titles.
Subd. 3.
Exemptions.
Sections 93.52 to 93.551 do not apply to the following owners of mineral interests: the United States of America, the state of Minnesota, and any American Indian tribe or band owning reservation lands in this state.
History:
1969 c 829 s 1; 1973 c 650 art 20 s 5; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 20; 2023 c 25 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.551 — Validation Of Certain Statements; Correction Of Certain Errors.

93.551 VALIDATION OF CERTAIN STATEMENTS; CORRECTION OF CERTAIN ERRORS.
A statement of severed mineral interests which was recorded within the time limits specified by section 93.55 is validly and timely recorded even if the interest claimed by the owner does not correctly set forth the whole or fractional interest actually owned; the statement erroneously contained interests from more than one government section; the statement was not properly verified; or the interest, if registered property, was erroneously recorded with the county recorder, or, if the interest was not registered property, was recorded with the registrar of titles. The owner may record an amendment or supplement to the original statement for the purpose of correcting any or all of the errors described in this section.
History:
1979 c 303 art 10 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 93 — Mineral Lands › Section 93.61 — Drill Core Library Access.

93.61 DRILL CORE LIBRARY ACCESS.
Consistent with section 13.03, subdivision 3, a person shall not be required to pay a fee to access exploration data, exploration drill core data, mineral evaluation data, and mining data stored in the drill core library located in Hibbing, Minnesota, and managed by the commissioner of natural resources. The library shall be open during regular business hours.
History:
2013 c 114 art 4 s 64
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.09 — Sale And Disposition Of Surplus State-owned Land.

94.09 SALE AND DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS STATE-OWNED LAND.
Subdivision 1.
Applicability.
All tracts or lots of real property belonging to the state and under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be disposed of according to sections 94.09 to 94.16, unless otherwise provided by law.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2004 c 262 art 1 s 41]
Subd. 3.
Notice to agencies; determination of surplus.
The commissioner of natural resources shall send written notice to the Departments of Administration and Transportation, the Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Office of School Trust Lands, the legal or land departments of the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, and any other state department or agency that requests to receive notices describing any lands or tracts that may be declared surplus. If a recipient of the notice desires custody of the lands or tracts, the recipient must submit a written request to the commissioner no later than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice setting forth in detail the reasons for desiring to acquire and the intended use of the land or tract. The commissioner shall then determine whether any of the lands so requested should be declared surplus and offered for sale or otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state departments or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for educational purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents is not determinative of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of the lands are no longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of fact, describe the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for the sale or disposition of the lands.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 2004 c 262 art 1 s 41]
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 2004 c 262 art 1 s 41]
Subd. 6.
[Repealed, 2004 c 262 art 1 s 41]
History:
(6442) 1909 c 452 s 1; 1957 c 861 s 3; 1969 c 897 s 1; 1974 c 260 s 4; 1974 c 406 s 62; 1975 c 81 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 81; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 22; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 32,33; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 4 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.101 — Valuation Of Bond-financed Property.

94.101 VALUATION OF BOND-FINANCED PROPERTY.
Notwithstanding the valuation provisions of sections 16A.695, subdivision 3, and 94.10, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), for the sale of state bond-financed property administered by the commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner may determine the value of such property based on the data specified in section 84.0272, subdivision 3, provided that the value of the property is $50,000 or less.
History:
2016 c 154 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.11 — Terms Of Payment.

94.11 TERMS OF PAYMENT.
Terms of payment for lands sold by the commissioner of natural resources before July 1, 2004, are the same as those provided for state public lands by section 92.06, subdivision 1. For lands sold by the commissioner of natural resources on or after July 1, 2004, the terms of payment are the same as those provided for state public lands by section 92.06, subdivision 1a.
History:
(6444) 1909 c 452 s 3; 1969 c 897 s 3; 1982 c 531 s 2; 1993 c 285 s 12; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 35
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.12 — Contract For Deed And Quitclaim Deed.

94.12 CONTRACT FOR DEED AND QUITCLAIM DEED.
Subdivision 1.
Lands sold before July 1, 2004.
In the event the terms and conditions of a contract for deed for lands sold before July 1, 2004, are completely fulfilled or if a purchaser makes a lump-sum payment for the subject property in lieu of entering into a contract for deed, the commissioner shall sign and cause to be issued a quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. Said quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall vest in purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject property except as provided in section 94.14.
Subd. 2.
Lands sold after July 1, 2004.
On or after July 1, 2004, when total payment is made within 90 days of the sale, the commissioner of natural resources shall sign and cause to be issued a quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. The quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by the attorney general and shall vest in the purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject property, except as provided in section 94.14.
History:
(6445) 1909 c 452 s 4; 1957 c 861 s 5; 1969 c 897 s 4; 1974 c 260 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 613 s 19; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.13 — Record Of Contracts For Deed And Assignments; Effect.

94.13 RECORD OF CONTRACTS FOR DEED AND ASSIGNMENTS; EFFECT.
(a) A contract for deed issued before July 1, 2004, pursuant to sections 94.09 to 94.16, or any assignment thereof, executed and acknowledged as provided by law for the execution and acknowledgment of deeds may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county in the state in the same manner and with like effect as deeds are therein recorded. This contract for deed shall entitle the purchaser thereof, or the heirs and assigns of the purchaser, to the exclusive possession of the land therein described, provided its terms have been in all respects complied with, and the contract for deed and the record thereof shall be conclusive evidence of title in the purchaser, or the heirs and assigns of the purchaser, for all purposes and against all persons, except the state of Minnesota in case of forfeiture.
(b) When a contract for deed or partial interest in a contract for deed is assigned, the assignment must be made on a form provided by the commissioner, executed by the assignor and assignee, and consented to by the commissioner. An assignment of a partial interest must state that payment to date has been made to the commissioner.
(c) When the assignee satisfies the terms of the assignment and corresponding terms of the contract for deed, the commissioner shall issue a deed to the assignee.
History:
(6446) 1909 c 452 s 5; 1974 c 260 s 6; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 285 s 13; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 37
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.14 — Reservation Of Minerals.

94.14 RESERVATION OF MINERALS.
The state hereby reserves for its own use all the iron, coal, copper, and other valuable minerals in or upon all lands which may be sold under the provisions of sections 94.09 to 94.16 and any contract for deed or quitclaim deed shall contain a clause reserving all such minerals for the use of the state.
History:
(6447) 1909 c 452 s 6; 1974 c 260 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.16 — Disposition Of Proceeds From Surplus State-owned Land.

94.16 DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS FROM SURPLUS STATE-OWNED LAND.
Subdivision 1.
Disposition of receipts.
Money received from the sale of surplus state-owned land shall be credited to the general fund except as provided in this section.
Subd. 2.
Payment of expenses.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale equal in amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, real estate broker fee, and other expenses incurred by the commissioner of natural resources in rendering the property salable and sold shall be remitted to the account from which the expenses were paid, and are appropriated and immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as other money in the account.
Subd. 3.
Proceeds from natural resources land.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the remainder of the proceeds from the sale of lands classified as a unit of the outdoor recreation system under section 86A.05 that were under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the land acquisition account in the natural resources fund.
(b) The remainder of the proceeds from the sale of administrative sites under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources shall be credited to the facilities management account established under section 84.0857 and used to acquire facilities or renovate existing buildings for administrative use or to acquire land for, design, and construct administrative buildings for the Department of Natural Resources.
(c) The remainder of the proceeds from the sale of land not within a unit of the outdoor recreation system under section 86A.05 and not an administrative site, but under the control and supervision of the commissioner of natural resources, shall be credited to the school trust lands account established under section 92.83.
History:
(6449) 1909 c 452 s 8; 1957 c 861 s 7; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1980 c 614 s 80; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 90; 1989 c 335 art 4 s 106; 1996 c 407 s 39; 2004 c 262 art 1 s 38; 2008 c 357 s 22; 1Sp2015 c 4 art 4 s 67,68
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.165 — Land Acquisition Account.

94.165 LAND ACQUISITION ACCOUNT.
Subdivision 1.
Creation.
There is created in the state treasury a land acquisition account.
Subd. 2.
Appropriation.
Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for:
(1) the acquisition of natural resource lands or interests in lands within the outdoor recreation system established in chapter 86A;
(2) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering saleable any state-owned property administered by the commissioner; and
(3) payment of expenses incurred by the commissioner in exchanging any state-owned property administered by the commissioner.
Subd. 3.
Report.
The commissioner must file a report to the house of representatives Ways and Means and the senate Finance Committees and the Environment and Natural Resources Committees of the senate and house of representatives by October 1 of each year indicating all purchases and sales from this account.
History:
1984 c 654 art 2 s 91; 1993 c 172 s 49; 2013 c 73 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.17 — Gifts To State For Capitol Or Institution; Acceptance.

94.17 GIFTS TO STATE FOR CAPITOL OR INSTITUTION; ACCEPTANCE.
When any real property or rights or estates therein may be or may have been granted or conveyed or assigned or turned over as a gift by any person or municipality to the state of Minnesota to be owned, held, occupied, or used by the state in connection with the Capitol, or any state institution, or the grounds of the same or any of them, the governor shall issue in duplicate under the great seal of the state a certificate of acceptance and cause all the conditions of the gift to be performed and the property so given to be improved, maintained, and ornamented in the method and so far as the legislature may appropriate money therefor.
History:
(6450) 1909 c 464 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.18 — Lands Obtained By Condemnation.

94.18 LANDS OBTAINED BY CONDEMNATION.
When any corporation, municipal or otherwise, shall convey, assign, or turn over to the state any rights it may have obtained by condemnation, the use of the land in which these rights were obtained by the state in any of the ways or for any of the purposes mentioned in section 94.17 shall not be deemed an abandonment of nor work a forfeiture of the rights obtained by condemnation, but shall be considered a use incidental to and within the purposes of the condemnation.
History:
(6451) 1909 c 464 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.19 — Certificate Of Acceptance; Record.

94.19 CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE; RECORD.
(a) The certificate of acceptance shall be executed in duplicate and one filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and the other recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is situated; and, after being recorded, kept with the records of the institution in connection with which the land is used.
(b) After the certificates of acceptance are filed and recorded under paragraph (a), the conveyance and transfer of the rights, interests, and estates involved shall be deemed complete.
History:
(6452) 1909 c 464 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.31 — Counties Assuming Bonds Of Towns Or School Districts In Reforestation Area.

94.31 COUNTIES ASSUMING BONDS OF TOWNS OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN REFORESTATION AREA.
Any county wherein a state reforestation or flood control project or other public state purposes, as created by sections 84A.20 to 84A.30, is located may voluntarily assume the obligation to pay the same ratio or proportion of the principal and interest of bonds now outstanding issued before the approval and acceptance of the project by any school district or town situated in the county lying wholly or partly within the project as the last assessed valuation prior to the acceptance of the project of lands acquired by the state pursuant to sections 84A.20 to 84A.30 on July 1, 1936, bears to the total assessed valuation for the same year of the school district or town, this assumption to be evidenced by the adoption of a resolution by the county board of the county authorizing the issuance of bonds for such purpose or otherwise providing for the payment of the principal and interest of the school or town bonds assumed.
History:
(6452-14) Ex1936 c 47 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.32 — Issuance Of County Bonds; Adjustment Of Debt.

94.32 ISSUANCE OF COUNTY BONDS; ADJUSTMENT OF DEBT.
The county board of any such county may by resolution provide for the issuance of bonds for the purpose of assuming the principal and interest of the school district or town bonds, whether matured or not matured, in the manner provided by Laws 1935, chapter 119, and the county board is authorized to effect agreements for the adjustment of the debt so assumed and the exchange of such county bonds for the bonds so assumed. Prior to July 1, 1936, such bonds may be issued in an amount not in excess of 50 percent of the estimated amount of the principal and interest of the school district or town bonds which are to be assumed by the county, the balance of such bonds to be issued after July 1, 1936.
History:
(6452-15) Ex1936 c 47 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.33 — Failure To Assume And Pay; Withholding Funds.

94.33 FAILURE TO ASSUME AND PAY; WITHHOLDING FUNDS.
In the event any such county shall fail or neglect to assume that portion of the school district or town bonds as provided in sections 94.31 and 94.32 and any such bonds remain unpaid at maturity, upon demand of the governing body of the school district or town or the holder of any such bonds, the commissioner of management and budget shall withhold from the payments to be made to the county under the provisions of section 84A.23 the sum necessary to pay such portion and pay the same to the treasurer of the school district or town. All money received by any school district or town pursuant to sections 94.31 and 94.32 shall be applied solely to the payment of past due bonds and interest.
History:
(6452-17) Ex1936 c 47 s 4; 1973 c 492 s 14; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals › Chapter 94 — State Lands › Section 94.341 — Minnesota Land Exchange Board.

94.341 MINNESOTA LAND EXCHANGE BOARD.
The board created by the Constitution of the state of Minnesota, article XI, section 10, consisting of the governor, the attorney general, and the state auditor, shall be known as the Minnesota Land Exchange Board. The term "board" as used in sections 94.341 to 94.347 refers to such board. The governor shall be chair of the board. The state auditor shall be secretary of the board and keep a record of its proceedings. Approvals of land exchanges and other official acts of the board may be evidenced by the certificate of the state auditor as secretary, under official seal of the auditor. When a land exchange has been approved by the board it shall be presumed that all other pertinent requirements of the law have been complied with, and no exchange shall be invalidated by reason of any defect or omission in respect of any such other requirement.
History:
1941 c 393 s 1; 1965 c 51 s 15; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1986 c 444