2015 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 553 - 566 — DECLARATORY, CORRECTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES
Chapter 560 — ACTIONS INVOLVING MINERAL LAND
Section 560.01 — IN DISTRICT COURT, BY OWNERS OF HALF THE LAND.
Subdivision 1. In county where land is. The owner or owners of a half interest or more in mineral land that has more than one owner of record may bring an action for permission to mine the land. The action must be brought in the district court in the county where the land is.
Subd. 2. Mineral land defined. In this chapter, "mineral land" or "land" means real property on or in which veins, lodes, deposits of iron, iron ores, minerals or mineral ores of any kind, stone, coal, clay, sand, gravel, or peat are known to or do exist.
Subd. 3. Owner of record defined. In this chapter, "owner" or "owner of record" of mineral land means one who has an interest in the land as shown by a properly executed deed or a lease having more than one year to run. The deed or lease must be of record in the county where the mineral land is.
History:(9593) 1907 c 177 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
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