In any case where taxes for two or more years are delinquent against a parcel of land, the taxes, or a portion of them, if held by the state, may be paid in the inverse order to that in which the taxes were levied, with accrued penalties, interest, and costs upon the taxes so paid, without payment of the taxes for the first of such years; provided, that such payment shall not affect the lien of any unpaid taxes or tax judgment.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes