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90.101 TIMBER SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
    Subdivision 1. Sale requirements. The commissioner may sell the timber on any tract of
state land and may determine the number of sections or fractional sections of land to be included
in the permit area covered by any one permit issued to the purchaser of timber on state lands, or in
any one contract or other instrument relating thereto. No timber shall be sold, except (1) to the
highest responsible bidder at public auction, or (2) if unsold at public auction the commissioner
may offer the timber for private sale for a period of no more than six months after the public
auction to any person who pays the appraised value for the timber. The minimum price shall
be the appraised value as fixed by the report of the state appraiser. Sales may include tracts in
more than one contiguous county or forestry administrative area and shall be held either in the
county or forestry administrative area in which the tract is located or in an adjacent county or
forestry administrative area that is nearest the tract offered for sale or that is most accessible to
potential bidders. In adjoining counties or forestry administrative areas, sales may not be held
less than two hours apart.
    Subd. 2. Sale list and notice. At least 30 days before the date of sale, the commissioner shall
compile a list containing a description of each tract of land upon which any timber to be offered is
situated and a statement of the estimated quantity of timber and of the appraised price of each
kind of timber thereon as shown by the report of the state appraiser. No description shall be added
after the list is posted and no timber shall be sold from land not described in the list. Copies of the
list shall be furnished to all interested applicants. A copy of the list shall be conspicuously posted
in the forest office or other public facility most accessible to potential bidders at least 30 days
prior to the date of sale. The commissioner shall cause a notice to be published once not less than
one week before the date of sale in a legal newspaper in the county or counties where the land is
situated. The notice shall state the time and place of the sale and the location at which further
information regarding the sale may be obtained. The commissioner may give other published or
posted notice as the commissioner deems proper to reach prospective bidders.
History: (6394-13) 1925 c 276 s 13; 1961 c 202 s 12; 1963 c 44 s 1; 1967 c 110 s 1; 1969 c
366 s 2; 1975 c 106 s 2; 1981 c 305 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 109 s 6; 1990 c 443 s 1; 1993 c 172 s
45; 1994 c 551 s 3,4; 1996 c 295 s 6; 2003 c 73 s 2; 2004 c 241 s 6; 2005 c 141 s 6

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