284.07 COUNTY AUDITOR’S CERTIFICATE TO BE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. The county auditor’s certificate of forfeiture recorded by the county auditor as provided by section 281.23, subdivision 9, and acts supplemental thereto, or by any other law hereafter enacted providing for the recording of such a certificate or a certified copy of such certificate or of […]
284.08 ACTIONS TO TRY TITLE; VENUE; LIS PENDENS; SERVICE. Any person claiming adversely to the state, or its successor in interest, any right, title, or interest in or lien upon any land claimed to have been forfeited to the state for taxes may maintain an action against the state, or its successor in interest, for […]
284.10 CLAIMANT TO DEPOSIT TAXES IN COURT. In any action respecting lands claimed to have been forfeited to the state for taxes, no cause of action or defense asserted by any party adversely to the state, or its successor in interest, based in whole or in part upon any ground other than the claim that […]
284.11 STATE MAY BRING ACTION TO QUIET TITLE. The title of the state, or its successor in interest, to any lands claimed to have been absolutely forfeited to the state for delinquent taxes may be quieted and all adverse claims thereto and the rights of all parties therein, respectively, may be determined, and, in the […]
284.12 COUNTY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING ACTION. Actions respecting lands held by the state in trust for its taxing districts and other agencies shall be brought by the county attorney at the direction of the county board of the county in which the lands lie. Expenses of such actions shall be paid from […]
284.13 VENUE; LANDS INCLUDED. Every such action shall be brought in the district court of the county in which the lands lie. The state may include in one action all of the land in any county claimed to have been absolutely forfeited to the state for taxes, or any part or parts thereof. Any person […]
284.14 CONTENTS OF COMPLAINT. The complaint shall set forth a description of the lands, shall allege that the state, or its successor in interest, as the case may be, is the absolute owner thereof, in fee simple, as a result of absolute forfeiture thereof to the state for delinquent taxes, and shall pray that the […]
284.15 DEFENDANTS; UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS. The owners of such lands at the time of forfeiture, all persons in actual possession of such lands, claiming adversely to the plaintiff, and all other persons claiming any interest in or lien thereon adverse to the plaintiff, so far as shown of record or known to the attorney for the […]
284.16 COMPLAINT; SUMMONS. The complaint shall be filed in the office of the court administrator of the district court. The summons shall be issued by the attorney for the plaintiff, and shall be in substantially the same form as in other civil actions relating to determination of titles, except that it shall require each defendant […]
284.17 SERVICE OF SUMMONS; MAILING; PUBLICATION; LIS PENDENS; RETURN. The summons shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of summons in other civil actions in the district court, except as otherwise herein provided. The summons shall be served upon all persons who are not residents of the state and upon […]
284.18 REGISTERED LANDS; RECORDING WITH REGISTRAR. In case any of the lands involved in the action are registered, a copy of the summons, embracing a description of the registered lands but omitting the unregistered lands, shall be recorded with the registrar of titles, and such further notice shall be given as the court may direct […]
284.19 ANSWERS; CONTENTS; PROCEDURE. The defendants in the action may answer separately, or such of them as are jointly interested in any particular parcel or parcels of land may answer jointly. No answer merely alleging the defendant’s title or denying the plaintiff’s title generally shall be sufficient, but every answer shall describe the particular parcel […]
284.20 CLAIMANTS FILE NAMES WITH COURT ADMINISTRATOR; ENTITLED TO COPIES. Any person having or claiming an interest in any land in any county may, upon payment of a fee of 50 cents, file with the court administrator of the county a statement of the following: name, place of residence, post office address, and a description […]
284.21 PRESENT LAWS TO GOVERN. So far as applicable and not inconsistent herewith, all provisions of law relating to actions for the determination of titles in the district court shall apply to and govern actions under sections 284.07 to 284.26. History: (2190-15) 1939 c 341 s 15
284.23 QUITCLAIM DEEDS TO STATE; DISCLAIMER. Any person having or claiming an interest in or lien upon land claimed to have been forfeited to the state for delinquent taxes may execute and deliver to the state a quitclaim deed to the land, conveying the person’s right, title, and interest therein, in form approved by the […]
284.24 OPENING JUDGMENTS. No judgment in any action brought hereunder by the state, or its successor in interest, shall be opened, vacated, or set aside for the purpose of permitting any defendant upon whom personal service of the summons was made either within or without the state, and who was in default, to come in […]
284.25 LIEN FOR TAXES. Subdivision 1. What facts determined by the court. When, in any action or proceeding in court, the forfeiture to the state for taxes of any parcel of land which shall have been sold as provided by law is invalidated, except in the cases where such forfeiture is invalidated because the land […]
284.251 DETERMINATION OF LIEN AGAINST LAND IN FAVOR OF STATE. Subdivision 1. Proceeding to forfeit land to state for nonpayment of taxes declared invalid. Upon a judgment in any court declaring that a proceeding to forfeit land to the state for nonpayment of taxes is invalid, unless the forfeiture is declared invalid because the land […]
284.26 TO BE SUPPLEMENTARY. Except so far as may be necessary to give effect to their provisions, sections 284.07 to 284.26 shall be deemed supplementary to and not exclusive of other laws dealing with the same subject matter. The provisions of such other laws, so far as applicable and not inconsistent with sections 284.07 to […]
284.27 COUNTY MAY QUIET TITLE. In all cases where a prospective purchaser advances the expense therefor the county auditor may employ a special attorney to act for the state in prosecuting to judgment an action to quiet title and a proceeding to register title of any tract of land which the prospective purchaser is interested […]
