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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 commissioner of finance and credited to the fund from
which the expenses were paid.
History: 1941 c 393 s 6,7; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50

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