1998 Minnesota Statutes

     284.04 Action to quiet title. 

    Any person holding a tax certificate issued under section 
 280.03 or 280.11 at any time after the expiration of the period 
 of redemption from the tax sale on which such certificate was 
 issued may commence an action in the district court of the 
 county where the land embraced in such certificate lies, to 
 quiet title thereto, without taking possession of such land; and 
 any person who claims or appears of record to have any interest 
 in or lien upon the same, or any part thereof, may be made 
 defendant.  At the time of the commencement of such action the 
 plaintiff shall file a notice of the pendency of the action with 
 the county recorder, as provided by law.  If it shall appear 
 that the plaintiff's title is invalid for any cause other than 
 one which renders the taxes embraced in such certificate void, 
 the court shall not dismiss such action, but ascertain the 
 amount due the plaintiff for all taxes, interest, penalties, and 
 costs embraced in such certificate, and of all subsequent taxes, 
 penalties, interests, and costs paid by the plaintiff or the 
 plaintiff's assignors, with interest thereon at the rate of 12 
 percent per annum from the date of such certificate or payment, 
 and adjudge the same to be a lien against such land in favor of 
 such holder, and direct a sale thereof to satisfy such judgment 
 and costs of sale.  All the provisions of sections 284.01 to 
 284.03, relating to the sales therein provided for and to 
 redemptions therefrom, shall be applicable to sales authorized 
 by this section. 

    HIST: (2188) RL s 972; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 
 art 1 s 119