2004 Minnesota Statutes

     94.349 Transfers of title involving the state and 
  governmental subdivisions of the state. 

    Subdivision 1.    Proposal submission.  For the purpose 
 of consolidating ownership or for any other public purpose, the 
 state, acting through the commissioner of natural resources, or 
 a local unit of government of the state may submit a proposal 
 involving transfer of titles of land of the state and the local 
 unit of government to the Land Exchange Board, for review and 
 recommendation of the board. 

    Subd. 2.    Procedures.  The procedures relating to 
 appraisal, title examination, and hearings set forth in sections 
 94.341 to 94.348 for land exchanges shall be followed, insofar 
 as applicable, in matters relating to transfers of land titles 
 under this section, subject to such further limitations as may 
 be provided in this section. 

    Subd. 3.    Classes of state land.  The classes of state 
 land which may be involved in a transfer of title are the same 
 as those which may be exchanged under land exchange laws and are 
 subject to the same limitations as are applied to state lands 
 under land exchange laws.  

    Subd. 4.    Tax-forfeited land.  For the purposes of 
 this section, lands acquired through tax-forfeiture, held 
 subject to a trust in favor of taxing districts, and under the 
 control of county authorities for classification, appraisal and 
 sale may be considered as land of a local unit of government for 
 the purposes of this section.  This land is subject to the same 
 limitations as are applied to the same lands under land exchange 
 laws. 

    Subd. 5.    Recommended legislation.  The land exchange 
 board shall recommend such legislation as may be necessary to 
 complete the transfer of titles under this section. 

    Subd. 6.    Conveyance.  Upon satisfaction of the 
 requirements of this section, and upon the unanimous approval of 
 the Land Exchange Board, the commissioner of natural resources, 
 as to the state land involved in the transfer of titles, and the 
 governing body of the local unit of government, as to the local 
 government land involved in the transfer of titles, shall 
 execute deeds in the name of the respective government involved 
 in the transfer, which deeds shall be executed and recorded in 
 the same manner as deeds in land exchanges. 

    Subd. 7.    Land status.  The commissioner of natural 
 resources, with the approval of the board, shall determine the 
 status of each tract of land received by the state in the 
 transfer of titles.  The county board, in a situation where the 
 land given in a transfer is that type of land described in 
 subdivision 4, shall proceed as required in section 94.344, 
 subdivision 11. 

    Subd. 8.    Reservations.  State land involved in a 
 transfer of title shall be subject to the provisions of section 
 94.343, subdivision 4.  Tax-forfeited land under the control of 
 a county involved in a title transfer shall be subject to the 
 provisions of section 94.344, subdivision 4. 

    Subd. 9.    Relation to other law.  The provisions of 
 this section shall be supplementary to other laws relating to 
 transfer of title of land or interests in land involving the 
 state and local units of government. 

    HIST: 1979 c 142 s 1; 1984 c 643 s 4