2006 Minnesota Statutes

164.06 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
164.06 POWERS REGARDING TOWN ROADS.
    Subdivision 1. Authorization. A town board, when authorized by a vote of the electors at
the annual meeting, or at a special meeting called for that purpose, may establish, alter, or vacate a
town road, including those dedicated to the public by plat, in accordance with section 164.07,
subdivisions 2 to 12 , and may acquire the right-of-way as may be necessary for the road by
gift, purchase or as provided in section 164.07.
    Subd. 2. Extinguishing interest in abandoned road. (a) After providing notice under
section 366.01, subdivision 8, the town board may by resolution disclaim and extinguish a town
interest in a town road without action under subdivision 1 if:
(1) the extinguishment is found by the town board to be in the public interest;
(2) the interest is not a fee interest;
(3) the interest was established more than 25 years earlier;
(4) the interest is not recorded or filed with the county recorder;
(5) no road improvement has been constructed on a right-of-way affected by the interest
within the last 25 years; and
(6) no road maintenance on a right-of-way affected by the interest has occurred within
the last 25 years.
(b) The resolution shall be filed with the county auditor and recorded with the county
recorder.
History: 1959 c 500 art 5 s 6; 1984 c 562 s 8; 1985 c 169 s 5; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 2 s 10;
1992 c 578 s 1; 1993 c 117 s 2; 1995 c 25 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 30