2006 Minnesota Statutes

103I.311 IDENTIFICATION AND SEALING OF WELLS ON STATE PROPERTY.
    Subdivision 1. Identification of wells. The commissioner of natural resources in cooperation
with other state agencies must identify the location and status of wells and abandoned wells
located on state property.
    Subd. 2. Plan and appropriation request for well sealing. In each budget year of a
biennium, the commissioner must present a plan and an appropriation request to properly seal
wells on state property.
    Subd. 3. Prohibition on state land purchased without well identification. The state may
not purchase or sell a fee interest in real property without identifying the location of all wells on
the property, whether in use, not in use, or sealed, and making provisions to have the wells not in
use properly sealed at the cost of the seller as part of the contract. For real property sold by the
state under section 92.67, the lessee at the time of the sale is responsible for compliance under this
subdivision. The deed or other instrument of conveyance evidencing the sale may not be recorded
with the county recorder or registrar of titles unless this subdivision is complied with. Failure to
comply with a requirement of this subdivision does not impair:
(1) the validity of a deed or other instrument of conveyance as between the parties to the
deed or instrument or as to any other person who otherwise would be bound by the deed or
instrument; or
(2) the record, as notice, of any deed or other instrument of conveyance accepted for filing or
recording contrary to the provisions of this subdivision.
History: 1989 c 326 art 3 s 17; 1990 c 597 s 37; 1991 c 355 s 29