Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

284.12 COUNTY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING ACTION. Actions respecting lands held by the state in trust for its taxing districts and other agencies shall be brought by the county attorney at the direction of the county board of the county in which the lands lie. Expenses …

284.13 VENUE; LANDS INCLUDED. Every such action shall be brought in the district court of the county in which the lands lie. The state may include in one action all of the land in any county claimed to have been absolutely forfeited to the state for taxes, or any part or parts th…

284.14 CONTENTS OF COMPLAINT. The complaint shall set forth a description of the lands, shall allege that the state, or its successor in interest, as the case may be, is the absolute owner thereof, in fee simple, as a result of absolute forfeiture thereof to the state for delinqu…

284.15 DEFENDANTS; UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS. The owners of such lands at the time of forfeiture, all persons in actual possession of such lands, claiming adversely to the plaintiff, and all other persons claiming any interest in or lien thereon adverse to the plaintiff, so far as shown …

284.16 COMPLAINT; SUMMONS. The complaint shall be filed in the office of the court administrator of the district court. The summons shall be issued by the attorney for the plaintiff, and shall be in substantially the same form as in other civil actions relating to determination o…

284.17 SERVICE OF SUMMONS; MAILING; PUBLICATION; LIS PENDENS; RETURN. The summons shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in other civil actions in the district court, except as otherwise herein provided. The summons shall be served upon all perso…

284.18 REGISTERED LANDS; RECORDING WITH REGISTRAR. In case any of the lands involved in the action are registered, a copy of the summons, embracing a description of the registered lands but omitting the unregistered lands, shall be recorded with the registrar of titles, and such …

284.19 ANSWERS; CONTENTS; PROCEDURE. The defendants in the action may answer separately, or such of them as are jointly interested in any particular parcel or parcels of land may answer jointly. No answer merely alleging the defendant's title or denying the plaintiff's title gene…

284.20 CLAIMANTS FILE NAMES WITH COURT ADMINISTRATOR; ENTITLED TO COPIES. Any person having or claiming an interest in any land in any county may, upon payment of a fee of 50 cents, file with the court administrator of the county a statement of the following: name, place of resid…

284.21 PRESENT LAWS TO GOVERN. So far as applicable and not inconsistent herewith, all provisions of law relating to actions for the determination of titles in the district court shall apply to and govern actions under sections 284.07 to 284.26. History: (2190-15) 1939 c 341 s 15

284.23 QUITCLAIM DEEDS TO STATE; DISCLAIMER. Any person having or claiming an interest in or lien upon land claimed to have been forfeited to the state for delinquent taxes may execute and deliver to the state a quitclaim deed to the land, conveying the person's right, title, and…

284.24 OPENING JUDGMENTS. No judgment in any action brought hereunder by the state, or its successor in interest, shall be opened, vacated, or set aside for the purpose of permitting any defendant upon whom personal service of the summons was made either within or without the sta…

284.25 LIEN FOR TAXES. § Subdivision 1.What facts determined by the court. When, in any action or proceeding in court, the forfeiture to the state for taxes of any parcel of land which shall have been sold as provided by law is invalidated, except in the cases where such forfeitu…

284.251 DETERMINATION OF LIEN AGAINST LAND IN FAVOR OF STATE. § Subdivision 1.Proceeding to forfeit land to state for nonpayment of taxes declared invalid. Upon a judgment in any court declaring that a proceeding to forfeit land to the state for nonpayment of taxes is invalid, un…

284.26 TO BE SUPPLEMENTARY. Except so far as may be necessary to give effect to their provisions, sections 284.07 to 284.26 shall be deemed supplementary to and not exclusive of other laws dealing with the same subject matter. The provisions of such other laws, so far as applicab…

284.27 COUNTY MAY QUIET TITLE. In all cases where a prospective purchaser advances the expense therefor the county auditor may employ a special attorney to act for the state in prosecuting to judgment an action to quiet title and a proceeding to register title of any tract of lan…

284.28 TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; LIMITATIONS ON ADVERSE CLAIMS. § Subdivision 1.Titles presumed valid. (a) The title of the state, or its successors in interest, to land forfeited for delinquent taxes shall not be held invalid in any action or proceeding by reason of any failure, omis…