Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

583.23 FARM MEDIATION. § Subdivision 1.Training. The director must provide training and support for mediators. § Subd. 2.Appointment. The director must provide mediators by contracting with qualified persons experienced in farm finance, agricultural law, and negotiation. § Subd. …

583.24 APPLICABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Creditors. (a) The Farmer-Lender Mediation Act applies to creditors who are owed debts subject to the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act and are: (1) the United States or an agency of the United States; (2) corporations, partnerships, and other busi…

583.25 VOLUNTARY MEDIATION PROCEEDINGS. A debtor that owns agricultural property or a creditor of the debtor may request mediation of the indebtedness by a farm mediator by applying to the director. The director shall provide voluntary mediation application forms when requested. …

583.26 MANDATORY MEDIATION PROCEEDINGS. § Subdivision 1.Mediation notice. (a) A creditor desiring to start a proceeding to enforce a debt against agricultural property under chapter 580 or 581 or sections 336.9-601 to 336.9-628, to terminate a contract for deed to purchase agricu…

583.27 GOOD FAITH REQUIRED, COURT SUPERVISED MEDIATION. § Subdivision 1.Obligation of good faith. (a) The parties must engage in mediation in good faith. Prior to the initial mediation meeting, the director must notify all parties in writing of their obligation to participate in …

583.28 CREDITOR NOT ATTENDING MEDIATION MEETING. § Subdivision 1.Filing and effect of claim form. A creditor that is notified of the initial mediation meeting is subject to and bound by a mediation agreement if the creditor does not attend mediation meetings unless the creditor f…

583.284 RETENTION OF PURCHASE MONEY SECURITY INTEREST. If a creditor has a purchase money security interest under section 336.9-103, and renegotiates the debt under the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act to reduce the principal balance or the interest rate or to extend the repayment per…

583.285 MEDIATION RULES. The commissioner of agriculture, in consultation with the commissioner of the Bureau of Mediation Services and the director of the University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service, shall make rules under chapter 14, to implement the Farmer-Lender Me…

583.29 PRIVATE DATA. All data regarding the finances of individual debtors and creditors created, collected, and maintained by the mediators or the director are classified as private data on individuals under section 13.02, subdivision 12, or nonpublic data under section 13.02, s…

583.30 FORMS AND COMPENSATION. § Subdivision 1.Compensation. The director shall set the compensation of mediators and credit analysts. § Subd. 2.Forms. The director shall adopt voluntary mediation application, mediation request, and claim forms. History: 1986 c 398 art 1 s 15,18;…

583.305 PROHIBITED WAIVERS. A waiver of mediation rights under the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act is void except as expressly allowed under the Farmer-Lender Mediation Act. History: 1986 c 398 art 1 s 18; 1987 c 292 s 34,37; 1989 c 350 art 16 s 8; 1990 c 525 s 1; 1991 c 208 s 2; 1Sp…

583.31 ENFORCEMENT. The mediation agreement must be enforced by the district court. History: 1986 c 398 art 1 s 16,18; 1987 c 292 s 37; 1989 c 350 art 16 s 8; 1990 c 525 s 1; 1991 c 208 s 2; 1Sp1993 c 2 art 6 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 2 s 11; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 29; 1998 c 395 s 7; 1998…

583.311 VOLUNTARY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The administrator shall establish procedures and measures to ensure maximum use of alternative dispute resolution under this chapter for disputes in rural areas. Referrals may be accepted from courts, state agencies, local units o…

583.32 INCONSISTENT LAWS. The Farmer-Lender Mediation Act has precedence over any inconsistent or conflicting laws and statutes including chapters 336, 580, and 581, and section 559.21. History: 1986 c 398 art 1 s 17,18; 1987 c 292 s 37; 1989 c 350 art 16 s 8; 1990 c 525 s 1; 199…