2002 Minnesota Statutes

     94.346 Titles.  

    Subdivision 1.    State may quiet.  The state may bring 
 and maintain an action to quiet or register the title to any 
 land or interest in land which it owns or claims in any capacity 
 and to determine all adverse claims thereto under any law 
 pertaining to such proceedings, whether or not the land is 
 actually in possession of or occupied by the state or any other 
 person or corporation.  

    Subd. 2.    Attorney general may perfect.  The attorney 
 general, at the request or with the approval of the board, may 
 commence and carry on any necessary or proper actions to perfect 
 the titles to lands owned by the state and subject to exchange 
 under sections 94.341 to 94.347, and may authorize any county 
 attorney or other attorney to assist in conducting any such 
 action.  The expenses of these actions, including such 
 attorneys' fees as the attorney general may allow to county 
 attorneys or other attorneys representing the state, shall be 
 payable out of any appropriations available for the purposes of 
 sections 94.341 to 94.347.  Any county attorney performing such 
 service shall be entitled to the fees allowed therefor in 
 addition to regular compensation unless the salary is fixed on a 
 full time basis. 

    In case an action is necessary to perfect the title to any 
 privately owned land involved in an exchange hereunder, and the 
 owner of the land is unable to bear the expense thereof, the 
 land exchange board may authorize the attorney general to 
 conduct such action and pay the expenses thereof as in case of 
 actions to perfect the title to state lands.  The expenses of 
 the action, including attorney's fees, shall be deducted from 
 the value of the land for the purpose of exchange, subject to 
 payment by the owner for any difference in value as herein 
 provided, or shall be repaid by the owner otherwise upon such 
 terms as the board may direct.  All money received on account of 
 such expenses shall be remitted to the state treasurer and 
 credited to the fund from which the expenses were paid. 

    HIST: 1941 c 393 s 6,7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1986 c 444