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282.01 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2022 2 <br />a forfeited parcel, it may, at any time following forfeiture, file a written request to withhold the parcel from <br />sale or lease to others under the provisions of subdivision 1 a. <br />(e) When classifying, reclassifying, appraising, and selling lands under this chapter, the county board <br />may designate the tracts as assessed and acquired, or may by resolution provide for the subdivision of the <br />tracts into smaller units or for the grouping of several tracts into one tract when the subdivision or grouping <br />is deemed advantageous for conservation or sale purposes. This paragraph does not authorize the county <br />board to subdivide a parcel or tract of tax -forfeited land that, as assessed and acquired, is withheld from sale <br />under section 282.018, subdivision 1. <br />(1') A county board may by resolution elect to use the classification and reclassification procedures <br />provided in paragraphs (g), (h), and (i), instead of the procedures provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d). <br />Once an election is made under this paragraph, it is effective for a minimum of five years. <br />(g) The classification or reclassification of tax -forfeited land that has not been sold or released from the <br />trust may be made by the county board using information made available to it by any office or department <br />of the federal, state, or local governments, or by any other person or agency possessing pertinent information <br />at the time the classification is made. <br />(h) If the lands are located within the boundaries of an organized town or incorporated municipality, a <br />classification or reclassification and sale must first be approved by the town board of the town or the governing <br />body of the municipality in which the lands are located. The town board of the town or the governing body <br />of the municipality is considered to have approved the classification or reclassification and sale if the county <br />board is not notified of the disapproval of the classification or reclassification and sale within 60 days of <br />the date the request for approval was transmitted to the town board of the town or governing body of the <br />municipality. If the town board or governing body disapproves of the classification or reclassification and <br />sale, the county board must follow the procedures in paragraphs (c) and (d), with regard to the parcel, and <br />must additionally cause to be published in a newspaper a notice of the date, time, location, and purpose of <br />the required meeting. <br />(i) If a town board or a governing body of a municipality or a park and recreation board in a city of the <br />first class desires to acquire any parcel lying in the town or municipality by procedures authorized in this <br />section, it may file a written request under subdivision la, paragraph (a). <br />Subd. la. Conveyance to public entities. (a) Upon written request from a state agency or a governmental <br />subdivision of the state, a parcel of unsold tax -forfeited land must be withheld from sale or lease to others <br />for a maximum of six months. The request must be submitted to the county auditor. Upon receipt, the county <br />auditor must withhold the parcel from sale or lease to any other party for six months, and must confirm the <br />starting date of the six-month withholding period to the requesting agency or subdivision. If the request is <br />from a governmental subdivision of the state, the governmental subdivision must pay the maintenance costs <br />incurred by the county during the period the parcel is withheld. The county board may approve a sale or <br />conveyance to the requesting party during the withholding period. A conveyance of the property to the <br />requesting party terminates the withholding period. <br />A governmental subdivision of the state must not make, and a county auditor must not act upon, a second <br />request to withhold a parcel from sale or lease within 18 months of a previous request for that parcel. A <br />county may reject a request made under this paragraph if the request is made more than 30 days after the <br />county has given notice to the requesting state agency or governmental subdivision of the state that the <br />county intends to sell or otherwise dispose of the property. <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />