EASEMENTS

See also DEDICATION (LAND); REAL PROPERTY; RIGHTS OF WAY

Agricultural land, restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2025 500.221

Air space, defined as airport protection privileges, Minn. Statutes 2025 360.013

Airports and landing fields, see Easements under AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS

Alleys, vacating of public ways, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.29

Annexation, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 414.039

Appurtenant easements, certificates of title, Minn. Statutes 2025 508.24

Boulevard reserves, vacating municipalities, Minn. Statutes 2025 462.358

Broadband providers, Minn. Statutes 2025 116J.399

Building line easements

City councils, Minn. Statutes 2025 463.01, 463.02, 463.07

County recorders' transcriptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 386.26

Dwellings, purchase or grant, Minn. Statutes 2025 463.04

Eminent domain proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 463.03, 463.04

Existing structures, maintaining, Minn. Statutes 2025 463.01

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 463.06

Cable communications systems, Minn. Statutes 2025 238.35

Cartways

Highways taken over for trunk highways, prior easements vested in state, Minn. Statutes 2025 161.18

Mandatory establishment, conditions, Minn. Statutes 2025 435.37

Vacating of public ways, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.29

Cities

Building line easements, Minn. Statutes 2025 386.26, 463.01 to 463.07

Cartways, mandatory establishment, conditions, Minn. Statutes 2025 435.37

First class cities, see same under this topic

Second class cities, land for public buildings, Minn. Statutes 2025 416.07

Toll bridges, use for, Minn. Statutes 2025 441.48

Common interest communities, unit owners association, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 515B.3-102

Condominiums, Minn. Statutes 2025 515A.2-118

Conservation easements

Applicability of law, Minn. Statutes 2025 84C.05

Capital improvement bonds, county development rights, Minn. Statutes 2025 373.40

Conveyance, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.625, 84C.02, 394.25

County board development rights, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.18

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 84C.01

Drainage, inspection, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.515

Ecosystem benefits, conservation planning leases, Minn. Statutes 2025 92.503

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 84C.02

Groundwater sensitive areas, Minn. Statutes 2025 103H.105

Lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 84C.03

Mitigation easement stewardship account, Minn. Statutes 2025 103B.103

Native prairie, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.96

Natural resources conservation easement stewardship account, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.69

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Statutes 2025 97A.056

Permanent wetlands preserves, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.516

Prairie plant seed production areas, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.963

Property taxes, adjustment, Minn. Statutes 2025 273.117

Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, see Conservation easements under REINVEST IN MINNESOTA RESERVE PROGRAM (RIM)

Reinvest in Minnesota working lands program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.519

Tax-forfeited land, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.04

Validity, Minn. Statutes 2025 84C.04

Water and soil conservation easement stewardship account, Minn. Statutes 2025 103B.103

Water bank program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.601

Water quality and storage program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.05

Wetland bank credit, eligibility, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.2251

Wetland value replacement, easements in return for, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.237

Wetlands

Established or restored, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.903, 103F.904

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.2242

Cooperative power associations, mortgages or trust deeds covering, Minn. Statutes 2025 507.327

Creamery cooperatives, sewers or filtration plants, establishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 308A.201

Cross-country ski trails, Minn. Statutes 2025 85.44

Deed taxes, exemptions, creation, modification, or cancellation of easements, Minn. Statutes 2025 287.22

Definitions

Aeronautics law, Minn. Statutes 2025 360.013

Conservation easements, Minn. Statutes 2025 84C.01

Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.511

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.311

Drainage easements, acquisition by local governments, plats, Minn. Statutes 2025 505.1793

Duluth Transit Authority, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2025 458A.25

Economic development authorities, powers, Minn. Statutes 2025 469.101

Electric cooperatives, broadband infrastructure, Minn. Statutes 2025 308A.201

Eminent domain

Building lines, Minn. Statutes 2025 463.03, 463.04

Discharge of easements, Minn. Statutes 2025 117.225

Mining operations, Minn. Statutes 2025 117.47, 117.471

Oil and gas companies, Minn. Statutes 2025 117.48

Snow fences, Minn. Statutes 2025 117.21

State forests, Minn. Statutes 2025 89.18

First class cities

Highways, streets, and roads, Minn. Statutes 2025 440.08

Public water highways, Minn. Statutes 2025 458.20, 458.22, 458.23

Flowage easements

Dams, Minn. Statutes 2025 103E.501, 103G.561, 103G.571

Drainage systems, impounding, rerouting, and diverting, Minn. Statutes 2025 103E.227

Lawsuits, statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.561

Public drainage systems, peatland scientific and natural areas, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.035

Reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.515

State lands, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.551, 103G.575

Trunk highways, U.S., granting to, Minn. Statutes 2025 1.12, 1.13

Waterpowers, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.561, 103G.565

Forest roads, Minn. Statutes 2025 89.71

Forestry, acquisition for, Minn. Statutes 2025 88.09

Forests for the future program, guidelines for, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.66

Gas companies, see Easements under GAS COMPANIES

Great River Road, counties, financial assistance, Minn. Statutes 2025 373.27

High voltage transmission line rights-of-way, eminent domain proceedings, Minn. Statutes 2025 216I.21

Highways, see Easements under HIGHWAYS

Instruments affecting, deed taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 287.22

Metropolitan Airports Commission, Coldwater Springs property, overflights, Minn. Statutes 2025 473.608

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Minn. Statutes 2025 136F.60

Municipal state-aid streets, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.04

Natural Resources Department

Camp Ripley buffer easements, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.0277

Information, electronic filing requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.0272

Power to convey, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.63 to 84.633, 85.015

Outdoor heritage fund projects, Minn. Statutes 2025 97A.056

Pipeline companies, mortgages or trust deeds covering, Minn. Statutes 2025 507.327, 507.328

Pipelines, see Easements under PIPES AND PIPELINES

Pollution Control Agency

Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2025 115A.06, 115B.407

Hazardous substances releases, Minn. Statutes 2025 115B.17, 115B.175

Power companies

Mortgages or trust deeds covering, Minn. Statutes 2025 507.327

Tax-forfeited lands, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.01

Prescriptive easements, first class cities, acquiring land by, Minn. Statutes 2025 465.013

Private property, metropolitan area towns, roads, Minn. Statutes 2025 368.01

Public service corporations, Minn. Statutes 2025 301B.03

Public utility easements, see Easements under PUBLIC UTILITIES

Railroads, see Easements under RAILROADS

Real estate tax judgment sales, conveyances, Minn. Statutes 2025 280.03, 280.11

Recreation easements, funding, reinvest in Minnesota reserve program, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.95

Reinvest in Minnesota clean energy program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.518

Reinvest in Minnesota working lands program, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.519

Saint Louis County, tax-forfeited land sales, Minn. Statutes 2025 383C.522

Sanitary districts, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2025 442A.18

Scenic easements

Acquisition by Transportation Department, Minn. Statutes 2025 173.04

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2025 173.04, 173.06

Lower Saint Croix River, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.351

Outdoor advertising devices, removal, Minn. Statutes 2025 173.04

Wild and scenic rivers system, Minn. Statutes 2025 103F.311, 103F.331

Second class cities, public buildings, land for, Minn. Statutes 2025 416.07

Semitaconite mining companies, mortgages or trust deeds covering, Minn. Statutes 2025 507.327

Slope easements, county recorders' transcriptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 386.26

Soil and water conservation districts, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2025 103C.331

Solar easements, Minn. Statutes 2025 500.30

State-aid highways, vacating of public way, effect, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.29

State colleges and universities, MnSCU board, power to grant, Minn. Statutes 2025 136F.60

State forests, eminent domain, Minn. Statutes 2025 89.18

State lands, see Easements under STATE LANDS

State trails, easements over, private owners, Minn. Statutes 2025 85.015

Streams, acquisition by Natural Resources Department, Minn. Statutes 2025 84.0272

Streets and roads, see Easements under STREETS AND ROADS

Taconite mining companies, mortgages or trust deeds covering, Minn. Statutes 2025 507.327

Tax-forfeited land sales

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.01, 282.04

Lands bordering lakes and streams, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.37

Repurchase after forfeiture, conditions imposed, Minn. Statutes 2025 282.261

Saint Louis County, Minn. Statutes 2025 383C.522

Telephone companies, see Easements under TELEPHONE COMPANIES

Temporary easements, Pollution Control Agency, acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2025 115A.06

Toll facilities, development agreements, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.85

Town roads

Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.04

Metropolitan area towns, Minn. Statutes 2025 368.01

Trunk highways, see Easements under TRUNK HIGHWAYS

Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, powers, Minn. Statutes 2025 458D.18

Wetland bank credit, Minn. Statutes 2025 103G.2251

Wind easements, Minn. Statutes 2025 500.30

Wind rights, Minn. Statutes 2025 500.221

Written documents, creation, modification, or cancellation of easements, deed taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 287.22