2006 Minnesota Statutes

276.04 NOTICE OF RATES; PROPERTY TAX STATEMENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Auditor to publish rates. On receiving the tax lists from the county auditor,
the county treasurer shall, if directed by the county board, give three weeks' published notice in
a newspaper specifying the rates of taxation for all general purposes and the amounts raised
for each specific purpose.
    Subd. 2. Contents of tax statements. (a) The treasurer shall provide for the printing of
the tax statements. The commissioner of revenue shall prescribe the form of the property tax
statement and its contents. The statement must contain a tabulated statement of the dollar amount
due to each taxing authority and the amount of the state tax from the parcel of real property for
which a particular tax statement is prepared. The dollar amounts attributable to the county, the
state tax, the voter approved school tax, the other local school tax, the township or municipality,
and the total of the metropolitan special taxing districts as defined in section 275.065, subdivision
3 , paragraph (i), must be separately stated. The amounts due all other special taxing districts,
if any, may be aggregated except that any levies made by the regional rail authorities in the
county of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, or Washington under chapter 398A
shall be listed on a separate line directly under the appropriate county's levy. If the county
levy under this paragraph includes an amount for a lake improvement district as defined under
sections 103B.501 to 103B.581, the amount attributable for that purpose must be separately
stated from the remaining county levy amount. In the case of Ramsey County, if the county
levy under this paragraph includes an amount for public library service under section 134.07,
the amount attributable for that purpose may be separated from the remaining county levy
amount. The amount of the tax on homesteads qualifying under the senior citizens' property tax
deferral program under chapter 290B is the total amount of property tax before subtraction of
the deferred property tax amount. The amount of the tax on contamination value imposed under
sections 270.91 to 270.98, if any, must also be separately stated. The dollar amounts, including
the dollar amount of any special assessments, may be rounded to the nearest even whole dollar.
For purposes of this section whole odd-numbered dollars may be adjusted to the next higher
even-numbered dollar. The amount of market value excluded under section 273.11, subdivision
16 , if any, must also be listed on the tax statement.
(b) The property tax statements for manufactured homes and sectional structures taxed as
personal property shall contain the same information that is required on the tax statements for real
property.
(c) Real and personal property tax statements must contain the following information in the
order given in this paragraph. The information must contain the current year tax information in
the right column with the corresponding information for the previous year in a column on the left:
(1) the property's estimated market value under section 273.11, subdivision 1;
(2) the property's taxable market value after reductions under section 273.11, subdivisions
1a and 16 ;
(3) the property's gross tax, calculated by adding the property's total property tax to the sum
of the aids enumerated in clause (4);
(4) a total of the following aids:
(i) education aids payable under chapters 122A, 123A, 123B, 124D, 125A, 126C, and 127A;
(ii) local government aids for cities, towns, and counties under sections 477A.011 to
477A.04; and
(iii) disparity reduction aid under section 273.1398;
(5) for homestead residential and agricultural properties, the credits under section 273.1384;
(6) any credits received under sections 273.119; 273.123; 273.135; 273.1391; 273.1398,
subdivision 4 ; 469.171; and 473H.10, except that the amount of credit received under section
273.135 must be separately stated and identified as "taconite tax relief"; and
(7) the net tax payable in the manner required in paragraph (a).
(d) If the county uses envelopes for mailing property tax statements and if the county agrees,
a taxing district may include a notice with the property tax statement notifying taxpayers when the
taxing district will begin its budget deliberations for the current year, and encouraging taxpayers
to attend the hearings. If the county allows notices to be included in the envelope containing the
property tax statement, and if more than one taxing district relative to a given property decides
to include a notice with the tax statement, the county treasurer or auditor must coordinate the
process and may combine the information on a single announcement.
The commissioner of revenue shall certify to the county auditor the actual or estimated aids
enumerated in paragraph (c), clause (4), that local governments will receive in the following year.
The commissioner must certify this amount by January 1 of each year.
    Subd. 3. Mailing of tax statements. The county treasurer shall mail to taxpayers statements
of their personal property taxes due not later than April 15 for property taxes payable in 1990 and
March 31 thereafter, except in the case of manufactured homes and sectional structures taxed as
personal property. Statements of the real property taxes due shall be mailed not later than April 15
for property taxes payable in 1990 and March 31 thereafter. The validity of the tax shall not be
affected by failure of the treasurer to mail the statement. The taxpayer is defined as the owner
who is responsible for the payment of the tax.
    Subd. 4. Collection site. If so directed by the county board, the treasurer shall visit places in
the county as the treasurer deems expedient for the purpose of receiving taxes and the county
board is authorized to pay the expenses of such visits and of preparing duplicate tax lists. Failure
to mail the tax statement shall not be deemed a material defect to affect the validity of any
judgment and sale for delinquent taxes.
History: (2077) RL s 880; 1913 c 551 s 1; 1945 c 278 s 2; 1961 c 646 s 2; 1965 c 287 s 1;
Ex1967 c 32 art 7 s 4; 1969 c 416 s 1; 1969 c 455 s 1; 1969 c 890 s 1; 1971 c 797 s 5; 1975 c 437
art 1 s 29; 1976 c 334 s 9; 1977 c 423 art 4 s 7; 1979 c 334 art 1 s 25; 1980 c 607 art 4 s 6; 1983
c 222 s 16; 1983 c 342 art 15 s 2; 1984 c 502 art 3 s 16; 1984 c 522 s 7; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 4 s 79;
1986 c 444; 1987 c 229 art 5 s 1; art 11 s 1; 1987 c 268 art 5 s 9; art 6 s 42; 1988 c 719 art 5 s
43; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11; art 9 s 53,54; 1990 c 604 art 3 s 34; 1991 c 291 art 1 s 30; 1993 c 375
art 5 s 30; art 7 s 13; art 12 s 11; 1994 c 416 art 1 s 30; 1994 c 587 art 5 s 13; 1995 c 264 art 4 s
6; art 16 s 13; 1996 c 305 art 1 s 61; 1996 c 471 art 3 s 23,52; 1997 c 231 art 2 s 70; art 4 s 10;
art 14 s 3; 1998 c 389 art 5 s 1; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 3 s 55; 2002 c 377 art 4 s
23; 2004 c 228 art 3 s 11; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 60; 1Sp2005 c 3 art 1 s 26