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5 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2020 463.21 <br />of the proceeding, describing with reasonable certainty the lands affected and the nature of the order. If the <br />proceeding be abandoned the municipality shall within ten days thereafter file with the county recorder a <br />notice to that effect. <br />History: 1965 c 393 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 328 art 6 s 9 <br />463.18 ANSWER. <br />Within 20 days from the date of service, any person upon whom the order is served may serve an answer <br />in the manner provided for the service of an answer in a civil action, specifically denying such facts in the <br />order as are in dispute. <br />History: 1965 c 393 s 4 <br />463.19 DEFAULT CASES. <br />If no answer is served, the governing body may move the court for the enforcement of the order. If such <br />a motion is made the court may, upon the presentation of such evidence as it may require, affirm or modify <br />the order and enter judgment accordingly, fixing a time after which the governing body may proceed with <br />the enforcement of the order. The court administrator shall cause a copy of the judgment to be mailed <br />forthwith to persons upon whom the original order was served. <br />History: 1965 c 393 s 5; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82 <br />463.20 CONTESTED CASES. <br />If an answer is filed and served as provided in section 463.18, further proceedings in the action shall be <br />governed by the Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts, except that the action has priority over all <br />pending civil actions and shall be tried forthwith. If the order is sustained following the trial, the court shall <br />enter judgment and shall fix a time after which the building must be destroyed or repaired or the hazardous <br />condition removed or corrected, as the case may be, in compliance with the order as originally filed or <br />modified by the court. If the order is not sustained, it shall be annulled and set aside. The court administrator <br />of the court shall cause a copy of the judgment to be mailed forthwith to the persons upon whom the original <br />order was served. <br />History: 1965 c 393 s 6; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 328 art 6 s 10 <br />463.21 ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT. <br />If a judgment is not complied with in the time prescribed, the governing body may cause the building <br />to be repaired, razed, or removed or the hazardous condition to be removed or corrected as set forth in the <br />judgment, or acquire the building, if any, and real estate on which the building or hazardous condition is <br />located by eminent domain as provided in section 463.152. The cost of the repairs, razing, correction, or <br />removal may be: a lien against the real estate on which the building is located or the hazardous condition <br />exists, or recovered by obtaining a judgment against the owner of the real estate on which the building is <br />located or the hazardous condition exists. A lien may be levied and collected only as a special assessment <br />in the manner provided by Minnesota Statutes 1961, sections 429.061 to 429.081, but the assessment is <br />payable in a single installment. When the building is razed or removed by the municipality, the governing <br />body may sell the salvage and valuable materials at public auction upon three days' posted notice. <br />History: 1965 c 393 s 7; 1974 c 341 s 4; 1989 c 328 art 3 s 3 <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />