2006 Minnesota Statutes

15B.24 CAPITOL AREA TAX-FORFEITED LANDS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. This section governs the treatment of tax-forfeited lands in the Capitol
Area. Sections 383A.17 and 383A.76 relating to Ramsey County also may apply.
    Subd. 2. Recording trust title. When the state gains custody of a tax-forfeited parcel in the
Capitol Area, the state's fee ownership of the parcel held in trust for the state's taxing subdivisions
must be recorded in the county recorder's office.
    Subd. 3. Parcel descriptions. Then, the Ramsey County Board must submit to the CAAPB
the property description of the parcel with a list of the structures on the parcel.
    Subd. 4. Options; default of parcel. (a) Within 90 calendar days after receiving the county
board's submission, the CAAPB may either:
(1) direct the commissioner of revenue to release the tax-forfeited parcel from the trust
for the taxing subdivisions of the state, thus vesting unencumbered title to the property in the
name of the state; or
(2) authorize the parcel to be disposed of according to chapter 282, but only if the parcel
is then used in accordance with some or all of the standards, policies, and guidelines of the
comprehensive plan.
(b) If the CAAPB fails to act on the parcel within the 90 days, the parcel's disposition is
governed by chapter 282.
    Subd. 5. Restrictive easements. A conveyance under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clauses
(1) and (2), is subject to the restrictive easements that the CAAPB determines to be necessary to
implement the comprehensive plan.
    Subd. 6. Maintenance of parcel. (a) Until the parcel is released from the trust and during
the 90-day period referred to in subdivision 4, the county board has the authority to maintain the
parcel to minimize risk to persons and to contiguous property.
(b) If the parcel is released from the trust and conveyed unencumbered to the state, the
commissioner of administration must maintain the parcel.
    Subd. 7. Trust release. (a) When the board directs the commissioner of revenue to release a
parcel under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1):
(1) the commissioner of revenue must release the parcel from the trust in favor of the taxing
jurisdiction of the state; and
(2) on executing the release, the commissioner of revenue must certify the release to the
county auditor.
(b) The attorney general must prescribe the forms of the release and the certificate described
in paragraph (a).
History: 1969 c 1150 s 4; 1981 c 301 s 5; 1982 c 422 s 1; 2003 c 17 s 1, subd 43;2