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Minnesota Statutes § 90.231 - TIMBER SALES; MARKING BOUNDARIES
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When timber on state-owned land is sold, the commissioner must mark the tract’s boundaries before the timber is removed.
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When timber on state-owned land is sold, the commissioner must mark the tract’s boundaries before the timber is removed.
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The commissioner must set up timber scaling procedures, and timber generally cannot be scaled or removed until it is properly identified and scaled or counted.
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The commissioner may make agreements for scaling state timber and collecting payment, but the agreements must be approved, include safeguards, and sometimes require a bond or cash instead of a bond.
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The commissioner may order a new timber scale, count, or estimate by state appraisers, and may require a complainant to post money for expenses that can be forfeited to the state if the challenge does not meet the stated variance standard.
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People may not cut, remove, possess, or use timber unlawfully taken from state lands; the commissioner can seize, sell, reward informants, keep records, and issue tickets in some theft cases.
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A person who possesses these lands in violation of a lease, permit, sale certificate, or other written agreement may be sued for possession and damages; the state may also ask a court to stop trespass, waste, or removal of timber or other property, and the state does not have to post a bond.
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The attorney general and county attorneys must prosecute certain offenses and land-trespass actions, and county attorneys must promptly report trespasses on state lands to the commissioner.
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State scalers and state appraisers may not take outside pay, make false or incomplete reports, conceal known trespasses, or conspire to deprive Minnesota of land or timber; violations are felonies.
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Records kept by the commissioner under this chapter count as notice of the facts stated in them, and those records are treated as prima facie true and correct.
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Time limits for civil or criminal actions do not apply to certain state actions, and the attorney general may choose any county in the state for a civil action under this chapter.
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This chapter does not authorize cutting, selling, removing, or damaging reserved state timber, except where other laws about that timber allow it. People cutting or removing state timber must follow laws on slashings, debris, and forest fires.
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This provision defines “state public lands” or “state lands.”
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Sales under this chapter must be conducted by the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or a competent person employed by the commissioner.
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This section defines “school trust land” for chapters 92 and 94.
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School lands and certain donated lands must be sold at a minimum of $5 an acre, with timber reproduction included, and school land sales are capped at 100,000 acres per year.
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Certain state lands must be sold like school lands, with a minimum price of $5 per acre and special treatment for drainage-related value.
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The Board of Regents controls the state salt lands and the university salt land fund, may sell the lands, and may use the fund income for specified university campuses.
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This provision sets payment terms for state public land sales, including required down payments, installment deadlines, interest, default rules, and special rules for buildings or improvements.
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The commissioner must sell land according to U.S. survey subdivisions, and the land cannot be sold in more than one quarter section.
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The commissioner may order surveys or resurveys of land, subdivide state land in some cases, and replace affected land certificates after a resurvey.