2002 Minnesota Statutes

     90.101 Timber sold at public auction, maximum lots of 
  6,000 cords. 

    Subdivision 1.    Sale requirements.  The commissioner 
 may sell the timber on any tract of state land in lots not 
 exceeding 6,000 cords in volume and may determine the number of 
 sections or fractional sections of land to be 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 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 and 
 shall be held either in the county in which the tract is located 
 or in an adjacent county which is nearest the tract offered for 
 sale.  In adjoining counties, 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 quantity 
 of timber and of the appraised price of each kind of timber 
 thereon as shown by the report of the state appraiser.  The 
 commissioner may also list the quantity of timber of doubtful 
 market value and the appraised price of each kind of such timber 
 within the sale area that may be cut at the discretion of the 
 purchaser.  Optional timber will not be considered a part of the 
 sale contract until the permit holder has advised the 
 commissioner of an intent to cut such timber.  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. 

    HIST: (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