2002 Minnesota Statutes

     13.44 Property data. 

    Subdivision 1.    Real property; complaint data.  The 
 identities of individuals who register complaints with state 
 agencies or political subdivisions concerning violations of 
 state laws or local ordinances concerning the use of real 
 property are classified as confidential data, pursuant to 
 section 13.02, subdivision 3.  

    Subd. 2.    Real property; building code violations.  
 Code violation records pertaining to a particular parcel of real 
 property and the buildings, improvements, and dwelling units 
 located on it that are kept by any state, county, or city agency 
 charged by the governing body of the appropriate political 
 subdivision with the responsibility for enforcing a state, 
 county, or city health, housing, building, fire prevention, or 
 housing maintenance code are public data; except as otherwise 
 provided by section 13.39, subdivision 2; 13.44; or 13.82, 
 subdivision 7. 

    Subd. 3.    Real property; appraisal data.  (a)   
 Confidential or protected nonpublic data.  Estimated or 
 appraised values of individual parcels of real property which 
 are made by personnel of the state, its agencies and 
 departments, or a political subdivision or by independent 
 appraisers acting for the state, its agencies and departments, 
 or a political subdivision for the purpose of selling or 
 acquiring land through purchase or condemnation are classified 
 as confidential data on individuals or protected nonpublic data. 

    (b)    Public data.  The data made confidential or 
 protected nonpublic by the provisions of paragraph (a) shall 
 become public upon the occurrence of any of the following:  

    (1) the negotiating parties exchange appraisals; 

    (2) the data are submitted to a court appointed 
 condemnation commissioner; 

    (3) the data are presented in court in condemnation 
 proceedings; or 

    (4) the negotiating parties enter into an agreement for the 
 purchase and sale of the property. 

    HIST: 1980 c 603 s 20; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 5,21,24; 
 1983 c 143 s 1; 1984 c 436 s 18; 1987 c 351 s 12; 1995 c 259 art 
 1 s 14; 1999 c 227 s 5,22