2003 Minnesota Statutes

     282.016 Prohibited purchasers. 

    No county auditor, county treasurer, court administrator of 
 the district court, or county assessor or supervisor of 
 assessments, or deputy or clerk or employee of such officer, and 
 no commissioner for tax-forfeited lands or assistant to such 
 commissioner may become a purchaser of the properties offered 
 for sale under the provisions of this chapter, either 
 personally, or as agent or attorney for any other person, except 
 that such officer, deputy, court administrator, employee or 
 commissioner for tax-forfeited lands or assistant to such 
 commissioner may (1) purchase lands owned by that official at 
 the time the state became the absolute owner thereof or (2) bid 
 upon and purchase forfeited property offered for sale under the 
 alternate sale procedure described in section 282.01, 
 subdivision 7a. 

    HIST: 1959 c 280 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1992 
 c 511 art 9 s 6