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279.06 COPY OF LIST AND NOTICE.
    Subdivision 1. List and notice. Within five days after the filing of such list, the court
administrator shall return a copy thereof to the county auditor, with a notice prepared and signed
by the court administrator, and attached thereto, which may be substantially in the following form:
State of Minnesota
)
) ss.
County of .....
)
District Court
..... Judicial District.
The state of Minnesota, to all persons, companies, or corporations who have or claim any
estate, right, title, or interest in, claim to, or lien upon, any of the several parcels of land described
in the list hereto attached:
The list of taxes and penalties on real property for the county of ...............................
remaining delinquent on the first Monday in January, ......., has been filed in the office of the court
administrator of the district court of said county, of which that hereto attached is a copy. Therefore,
you, and each of you, are hereby required to file in the office of said court administrator, on or
before the 20th day after the publication of this notice and list, your answer, in writing, setting
forth any objection or defense you may have to the taxes, or any part thereof, upon any parcel of
land described in the list, in, to, or on which you have or claim any estate, right, title, interest,
claim, or lien, and, in default thereof, judgment will be entered against such parcel of land for the
taxes on such list appearing against it, and for all penalties, interest, and costs. Based upon said
judgment, the land shall be sold to the state of Minnesota on the second Monday in May, ....... The
period of redemption for all lands sold to the state at a tax judgment sale shall be three years from
the date of sale to the state of Minnesota if the land is within an incorporated area unless it is:
(a) nonagricultural homesteaded land as defined in section 273.13, subdivision 22;
(b) homesteaded agricultural land as defined in section 273.13, subdivision 23, paragraph (a);
(c) seasonal residential recreational land as defined in section 273.13, subdivisions 22,
paragraph (c)
, and 25, paragraph (d), clause (1), in which event the period of redemption is five
years from the date of sale to the state of Minnesota;
(d) abandoned property and pursuant to section 281.173 a court order has been entered
shortening the redemption period to five weeks; or
(e) vacant property as described under section 281.174, subdivision 2, and for which a court
order is entered shortening the redemption period under section 281.174.
The period of redemption for all other lands sold to the state at a tax judgment sale shall
be five years from the date of sale.
Inquiries as to the proceedings set forth above can be made to the county auditor of .....
county whose address is ..... .
(Signed) ..... ,
Court Administrator of the District Court of the County
of .....
(Here insert list.)
The list referred to in the notice shall be substantially in the following form:
List of real property for the county of ......................., on which taxes remain delinquent on
the first Monday in January, .......:
Town of (Fairfield),
Township (40), Range (20),
Names (and
Current Filed
Addresses) for
the Taxpayers
and Fee Owners
and in Addition
Those Parties
Who Have Filed
Their Addresses
Pursuant to
section 276.041
Subdivision of
Section
Section
Tax Parcel
Number
Total Tax
and Penalty
$ cts.
John Jones
(825 Fremont
Fairfield, MN
55000)
S.E. 1/4 of S.W. 1/4
10
23101
2.20
Bruce Smith
(2059 Hand
Fairfield, MN
55000) and
Fairfield State
Bank (100 Main
Street Fairfield,
MN 55000)
That part of N.E.
1/4 of S.W. 1/4
desc. as follows:
Beg. at the S.E.
corner of said
N.E. 1/4 of S.W.
1/4; thence N.
along the E. line
of said N.E. 1/4
of S.W. 1/4 a
distance of 600
ft.; thence W.
parallel with the
S. line of said
N.E. 1/4 of S.W.
1/4 a distance of
600 ft.; thence
S. parallel with
said E. line a
distance of 600
ft. to S. line of
said N.E. 1/4 of
S.W. 1/4; thence
E. along said S.
line a distance
of 600 ft. to the
point of beg.
21
33211
3.15
As to platted property, the form of heading shall conform to circumstances and be
substantially in the following form:
City of (Smithtown)
Brown's Addition, or Subdivision
Names (and
Current Filed
Addresses) for
the Taxpayers
and Fee Owners
and in Addition
Those Parties
Who Have Filed
Their Addresses
Pursuant to
section 276.041
Lot
Block
Tax Parcel
Number
Total Tax
and Penalty
$ cts.
John Jones
(825 Fremont
Fairfield, MN
55000)
15
9
58243
2.20
Bruce Smith
(2059 Hand
Fairfield, MN
55000) and
Fairfield State
Bank (100 Main
Street Fairfield,
MN 55000)
16
9
58244
3.15
The names, descriptions, and figures employed in parentheses in the above forms are merely
for purposes of illustration.
The name of the town, township, range or city, and addition or subdivision, as the case
may be, shall be repeated at the head of each column of the printed lists as brought forward
from the preceding column.
Errors in the list shall not be deemed to be a material defect to affect the validity of the
judgment and sale.
    Subd. 2. Form of list and notice. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 1, the
commissioner of revenue shall prescribe the form of the list and notice required under subdivision
1. The form shall contain the information required under subdivision 1, but shall be organized
and presented in a manner easily read and understood. The print must be easily read and contain
standard use of capital and lower-case letters. The court administrator shall use the form
prescribed by the commissioner for purposes of this section. The notices published and mailed by
the county auditor must also be in the form prescribed by the commissioner.
History: (2107) RL s 906; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1983 c 342 art 15 s 5; 1Sp1985 c 14 art
4 s 83; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 1 art 4 s 35; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 268 art 6 s 44;
1990 c 604 art 10 s 10; 1991 c 291 art 12 s 17; 1996 c 471 art 3 s 26; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 107;
2003 c 127 art 5 s 31

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