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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, Chapter 336. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, Chapter 524. UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, Chapter 609. CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, Chapter 144. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, Chapter 469. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, Chapter 473. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, Chapter 148. PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, Chapter 169. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, Chapter 256B. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR…196 Ch 60A, Chapter 60A. GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, Chapter 13. GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, Chapter 115A. WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, Chapter 325F. CONSUMER PROTECTION; P…168 Ch 383B, Chapter 383B. HENNEPIN COUNTY168

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Minn. Stat. § 89.001 DEFINITIONS.
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89.001 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following terms for the purpose of this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them. § Subd. 2.Department. "Department" means the Dep…
Minn. Stat. § 89.002 POLICIES.
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89.002 POLICIES. § Subdivision 1.Forest resource management policy. The commissioner shall manage the forest resources of state forest lands under the authority of the commissioner according to the principles of multiple use and sustained yield. The forest resource management pol…
Minn. Stat. § 89.01 COMMISSIONER; POWERS AND DUTIES.
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89.01 COMMISSIONER; POWERS AND DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Best methods. The commissioner shall ascertain and observe the best methods of reforesting cutover and denuded lands, foresting waste lands, minimizing loss or damage of forest resources by fire, forest pests, or shade tree p…
Minn. Stat. § 89.011 FOREST PLANNING COORDINATION.
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89.011 FOREST PLANNING COORDINATION. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2006 c 281 art 3 s 20] § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2006 c 281 art 3 s 20] § Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2006 c 281 art 3 s 20] § Subd. 4.Federal coordination. The Department of Natural Resources shall coordinate all forest resour…

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Minn. Stat. § 89.012 UNIT FOREST RESOURCE PLANS.

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89.012 UNIT FOREST RESOURCE PLANS. (a) Each geographic administrative unit of the Division of Forestry identified by the commissioner as an appropriate unit for forest resource planning shall have a unit forest resource plan which is consistent with the forest resource management…

Minn. Stat. § 89.015 SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TREE SPECIES; RESEARCH.

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89.015 SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TREE SPECIES; RESEARCH. Research shall be carried on by the University of Minnesota School of Forestry in cooperation with the Division of Lands and Forestry of the Department of Natural Resources, North Central Forest Experiment Station of the United St…

Minn. Stat. § 89.016 FOREST CAMPGROUNDS.

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89.016 FOREST CAMPGROUNDS. The commissioner must hold a public meeting before closing a campground in a state forest for a camping season. The public meeting must be held near the state forest where the campground is to be closed. History: 1987 c 404 s 109

Minn. Stat. § 89.018 HERITAGE FORESTS.

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89.018 HERITAGE FORESTS. § Subdivision 1.Establishment; termination. (a) The commissioner may establish, by written order published in the State Register, heritage forest areas within counties named under this subdivision if: (1) the commissioner determines that establishment is …

Minn. Stat. § 89.021 STATE FORESTS.

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89.021 STATE FORESTS. § Subdivision 1.Established. There are hereby established and reestablished as state forests, in accordance with the forest resource management policy and plan, all lands and waters now owned by the state or hereafter acquired by the state, excepting lands a…

Minn. Stat. § 89.0211 SALE OF STATE FOREST LANDS ADJACENT TO PLATTED AREAS.

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89.0211 SALE OF STATE FOREST LANDS ADJACENT TO PLATTED AREAS. Notwithstanding section 89.021, the commissioner may sell state forest lands that are adjacent to areas platted under section 92.46 in accordance with the applicable procedures in chapter 92 or 94. History: 1995 c 108 …

Minn. Stat. § 89.022 DISPOSAL OF TILLABLE LAND IN MEMORIAL HARDWOOD FOREST.

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89.022 DISPOSAL OF TILLABLE LAND IN MEMORIAL HARDWOOD FOREST. § Subdivision 1.Exchange or sale required. If any parcel acquired for the Memorial Hardwood Forest after July 1, 1977, contains more than ten contiguous acres of tillable land adjacent to other tillable land or to a ma…

Minn. Stat. § 89.025 DORER MEMORIAL HARDWOOD FOREST; LAND USE RESTRICTED.

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89.025 DORER MEMORIAL HARDWOOD FOREST; LAND USE RESTRICTED. After June 1, 1993, the commissioner may not allow the use of additional state forest lands within the boundaries of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest for development or operation of a motor sports area…

Minn. Stat. § 89.03 ADVANCING EDUCATION.

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89.03 ADVANCING EDUCATION. The commissioner may advance education in forestry within the state by publications and lectures, and upon the invitation of the director of the School of Forestry of the University of Minnesota may cooperate with the school, and the school shall furnis…

Minn. Stat. § 89.031 MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL.

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89.031 MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL. All state forest lands shall be under the management and control of the commissioner who shall have authority to make, establish, promulgate and enforce all necessary rules not inconsistent with the laws of the state for the care and management of s…

Minn. Stat. § 89.032 ACQUIRING LAND.

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89.032 ACQUIRING LAND. § Subdivision 1.Acquiring for state use and development. The commissioner may acquire administrative sites or rights-of-way by eminent domain, in the manner provided by law, or by purchase any lands or interest in lands in the state forests as created by la…

Minn. Stat. § 89.033 GIFTS.

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89.033 GIFTS. The commissioner may accept for and in behalf of the state, any gift, bequest, devise, or grant of land or interest in lands in any state forests, or of money or personal property of any kind, which the commissioner may deem suitable for use in connection with the o…

Minn. Stat. § 89.034 TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; INCLUSION IN STATE FORESTS.

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89.034 TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; INCLUSION IN STATE FORESTS. Whenever the board of county commissioners, by resolution duly adopted, resolves that any lands, forfeited for nonpayment of taxes, lying within the boundaries of any of the forests hereinabove designated, or that certain ta…

Minn. Stat. § 89.035 INCOME FROM STATE FOREST LANDS; DISPOSITION.

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89.035 INCOME FROM STATE FOREST LANDS; DISPOSITION. All income which may be received from lands acquired by the state heretofore or hereafter for state forest purposes by gift, purchase or eminent domain and tax-forfeited lands to which the county has relinquished its equity to t…

Minn. Stat. § 89.0385 FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT; COST CERTIFICATION.

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89.0385 FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT; COST CERTIFICATION. (a) The commissioner shall certify the total costs incurred for forest management, forest improvement, and road improvement on state-managed lands during each fiscal year. The commissioner shall distribute forest m…

Minn. Stat. § 89.039 FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT.

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89.039 FOREST MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Account established; sources. The forest management investment account is created in the natural resources fund in the state treasury and money in the account may be spent only for the purposes provided in subdivision 2…

Minn. Stat. § 89.05 ACCOUNTING SYSTEM.

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89.05 ACCOUNTING SYSTEM. The Department of Natural Resources shall consolidate and simplify the accounting system within the department for receipts from department managed lands, disbursements made on a regular basis, and the program for federal aids and grant reimbursements. Th…

Minn. Stat. § 89.17 LEASES AND PERMITS.

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89.17 LEASES AND PERMITS. (a) Notwithstanding the permit procedures of chapter 90, the commissioner may grant and execute, in the name of the state, leases and permits for the use of any forest lands under the authority of the commissioner for any purpose that in the commissioner…

Minn. Stat. § 89.18 ROADS THROUGH STATE FORESTS.

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89.18 ROADS THROUGH STATE FORESTS. No public highway, other than a state trunk highway, shall be established or laid out through any state forest as the same shall be created and withdrawn from public sale and entry by existing or subsequent act, without the consent of the commis…

Minn. Stat. § 89.19 RULES.

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89.19 RULES. § Subdivision 1.Rulemaking authority. The commissioner may prescribe rules governing the use of forest lands under the authority of the commissioner and state forest roads, or any parts thereof, by the public and governing the exercise by holders of leases or permits…

Minn. Stat. § 89.20 POSTED LAND; TRESPASS.

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89.20 POSTED LAND; TRESPASS. Camping on posted state forest land or the erection of any type of building without written authorization shall be considered trespass. Any violation of the terms of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor. This does not prohibit temporary camping…

Minn. Stat. § 89.21 CAMPGROUNDS; ESTABLISHMENT AND FEES.

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89.21 CAMPGROUNDS; ESTABLISHMENT AND FEES. (a) The commissioner is authorized to establish and develop state forest campgrounds and may establish minimum standards not inconsistent with the laws of the state for the care and use of such campgrounds and charge fees for such uses a…

Minn. Stat. § 89.22 USES OF STATE FOREST LANDS; FEES.

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89.22 USES OF STATE FOREST LANDS; FEES. § Subdivision 1.Establishing fees. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish fees providing for the use of state forest lands, including motorcycle, snowmobile, and s…

Minn. Stat. § 89.26 STATE WATER POWERS WITHDRAWN FROM SALE.

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89.26 STATE WATER POWERS WITHDRAWN FROM SALE. All water powers having a possible average development of 100 horsepower or more owned by or subject to the control of the state and all lands so owned, controlled, or held in trust by the state lying within one mile of such water pow…

Minn. Stat. § 89.27 LAND SUITABLE FOR REFORESTATION WITHDRAWN FROM SALE.

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89.27 LAND SUITABLE FOR REFORESTATION WITHDRAWN FROM SALE. All lands owned, controlled, or held in trust by the state, which lands would be overflowed by the complete and full development of the water powers referred to in section 89.26 are hereby reserved and withdrawn from sale…

Minn. Stat. § 89.28 PULPWOOD INVESTIGATION.

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89.28 PULPWOOD INVESTIGATION. The commissioner shall make an investigation of the possibility of the state securing by purchase or condemnation water powers in the vicinity of state lands wherein pulpwood is now growing or upon which it may be profitably grown in the future. For …

Minn. Stat. § 89.35 TREE PLANTING.

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89.35 TREE PLANTING. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. The definitions in this subdivision apply to sections 89.35 to 89.39. (a) "Tree" means any species of tree, woody perennial, shrub, or vine approved by the commissioner for the purposes authorized in sections 89.35 to 89.39, excep…

Minn. Stat. § 89.36 PRODUCING AND PROCURING PLANTING STOCK.

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89.36 PRODUCING AND PROCURING PLANTING STOCK. § Subdivision 1.Production at state nurseries. The commissioner of natural resources may produce tree planting stock for the purposes of sections 89.35 to 89.39 upon any lands under control of the commissioner which may be deemed suit…

Minn. Stat. § 89.37 DISTRIBUTING PLANTING STOCK.

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89.37 DISTRIBUTING PLANTING STOCK. § Subdivision 1.Planting conditions. The commissioner of natural resources may supply planting stock produced or procured hereunder for use on any public or private lands within the state for the purposes herein authorized under such conditions …

Minn. Stat. § 89.38 PROHIBITION; PENALTIES.

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89.38 PROHIBITION; PENALTIES. It shall be unlawful for a period of ten years from the date of purchase for any person who purchases trees from the commissioner to use or permit the use of planting stock furnished hereunder for any purpose not authorized hereunder, or to sell, giv…

Minn. Stat. § 89.39 PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND PENALTIES.

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89.39 PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND PENALTIES. Every individual, partnership, or private corporation to whom any planting stock is supplied for planting on private land under sections 89.35 to 89.39 must execute an agreement, in a format approved by the commissioner, to comply with the…

Minn. Stat. § 89.391 NURSERY INSPECTION CERTIFICATES; LIMITATIONS ON ISSUANCE.

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89.391 NURSERY INSPECTION CERTIFICATES; LIMITATIONS ON ISSUANCE. No certificate of inspection shall be issued pursuant to section 18H.05 by the commissioner of agriculture to a person who is determined by the commissioner of natural resources to have purchased trees pursuant to s…

Minn. Stat. § 89.41 SCHOOL FORESTS.

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89.41 SCHOOL FORESTS. § Subdivision 1.Establishing and maintaining school forests. Any school district in the state, however organized, the University of Minnesota, or any branch thereof, any state university, community college, or other public educational institution or agency o…

Minn. Stat. § 89.42 SALE OF FOREST PRODUCTS.

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89.42 SALE OF FOREST PRODUCTS. Any such agency may sell or otherwise dispose of timber or other forest products grown in any such forest in such manner as the governing authority of such agency may determine, subject to the approval of the commissioner of natural resources. The p…

Minn. Stat. § 89.421 FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ACCOUNT.

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89.421 FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ACCOUNT. § Subdivision 1.Creation. The forest resource assessment products and services account is created in the state treasury in the natural resources fund. § Subd. 2.Receipts. Money received from forest resource assessme…

Minn. Stat. § 89.43 TREE SEEDS AND CONES; PAYMENTS FROM APPROPRIATIONS.

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89.43 TREE SEEDS AND CONES; PAYMENTS FROM APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, out of any money appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the purchase of tree seeds and seed cones the commissioner of management and budget shall…

Minn. Stat. § 89.51 DEFINITIONS.

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89.51 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.341] 89.51 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of sections 89.51 to 89.64, the terms described in this section have the meanings ascribed to them. § Subd. 2.Person. "Person" shall include any individual, firm, partnership, cor…

Minn. Stat. § 89.52 SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS.

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89.52 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.351] 89.52 SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS. The commissioner shall make surveys and investigations to determine the presence of infestations of forest pests or shade tree pests. For this purpose, duly designated representatives of the commissioner may ente…

Minn. Stat. § 89.53 CONTROL OF FOREST PESTS AND SHADE TREE PESTS.

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89.53 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.361] 89.53 CONTROL OF FOREST PESTS AND SHADE TREE PESTS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner's duties; notice of control measures. Whenever the commissioner finds that an area in the state is infested or threatened to be infested with forest pests or shade t…

Minn. Stat. § 89.54 ZONES OF INFESTATION; ESTABLISHMENT.

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89.54 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.371] 89.54 ZONES OF INFESTATION; ESTABLISHMENT. Upon the decision by the commissioner that the establishment of a zone of infestation is necessary, the commissioner shall make a written order establishing the zone, and upon making the order, the zone …

Minn. Stat. § 89.55 INFESTATION CONTROL; COSTS.

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89.55 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.381] 89.55 INFESTATION CONTROL; COSTS. Upon the establishment of the zone of infestation, the commissioner may apply measures of infestation prevention and control on public and private forest and other lands within an infected zone and to any trees, …

Minn. Stat. § 89.551 APPROVED FIREWOOD REQUIRED.

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89.551 APPROVED FIREWOOD REQUIRED. (a) After the commissioner issues an order under paragraph (b), a person may not possess firewood on land administered by the commissioner of natural resources unless the firewood: (1) was obtained from a firewood distribution facility located o…

Minn. Stat. § 89.56 EXPENSES.

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89.56 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.391] 89.56 EXPENSES. § Subdivision 1.Statement of expenses; cost to owners. At the end of each fiscal year and upon completion of the infestation control measures in any zone of infestation, the commissioner shall prepare a certified statement of expe…

Minn. Stat. § 89.57 DISSOLUTION OF INFESTATION ZONE.

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89.57 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.401] 89.57 DISSOLUTION OF INFESTATION ZONE. Whenever the commissioner shall determine that forest pest or shade tree pest control work within an established zone of infestation is no longer necessary or feasible, the commissioner shall dissolve the zo…

Minn. Stat. § 89.58 FOREST PEST AND SHADE TREE PEST CONTROL ACCOUNT.

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89.58 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.411] 89.58 FOREST PEST AND SHADE TREE PEST CONTROL ACCOUNT. All money collected under the provisions of sections 89.51 to 89.64, together with such money as may be appropriated by the legislature or allocated by the Legislative Advisory Commission for…

Minn. Stat. § 89.59 COOPERATION.

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89.59 MS 1957 [Renumbered 18.421] 89.59 COOPERATION. The commissioner may cooperate with the United States or agencies thereof, other agencies of the state, county or municipal governments, agencies of neighboring states, or other public or private organizations or individuals an…