1997 Minnesota Statutes

     19.59 Abandoned apiaries. 

    An abandoned apiary is subject to quarantine.  If an 
 abandoned apiary remains abandoned for 20 days after the owner 
 or operator has been notified by the commissioner to cease the 
 abandonment and neglect of the apiary, the commissioner shall 
 take possession of the apiary.  The commissioner may dispose of 
 the abandoned apiary equipment by sale, destruction, or 
 distribution to another beekeeper.  A purchaser at the public 
 sale shall receive a certificate of purchase signed by the 
 commissioner reciting the description of the apiary purchased 
 and the amount paid.  

    After deducting the expense of the public sale and applying 
 the unpaid balance upon all encumbrances or liens existing 
 against the abandoned apiary sold, the balance of the proceeds 
 shall be paid to the owner of the apiary which was sold.  

    HIST: 1983 c 31 s 10; 1993 c 233 s 9