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rp OT <br />ERWIN A. PETERSON <br />ROStRT C, 13ELL <br />WILLARD L. CONVERS <br />ROGER A.JENSEN <br />KURT F. WALTHER <br />W. TIMOTHY MALCHO <br />MARTIN J. COSTELLO <br />DAVID S. ANDERSON I <br />LAW OFFICES OF <br />■ <br />PETERSOMBELL & CONVERSE <br />1800 AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING <br />101 EAST FIFTH STREET .0000/ <br />ST. PAUL... MINNESOTA 55101 <br />22.4-4703 (612) <br />Mr. Steve North <br />Assistant City Manager <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, Minnesota 55113 <br />Re: Conveyance of Tax Forfeited Property <br />to Private Individuals <br />Our File <br />ILI k 6 IT <br />a <br />You have requested me to outline the procedure to be used in conveying property <br />acquired by the City, as tax forfeited property, to private individuals, <br />As you know, the City has no right to convey property to third parties unless thi <br />C.1ty paid fee or the property initially. <br />Consequently, in order to provide f or the conveyance to a third party, the <br />following steps must be followed: <br />The property must be reconveyed to the State of Minnesota, Department <br />of Revenue Form 975, copies of which are enciosed, should be used. <br />2a Once the State has the property conveyed back to it, the State will refer <br />the deed to the Ramsey County Land Commissioner. That process should <br />take f rom three weeks to a month and a half 0 <br />I The City Council should then pass a resolution waiving any right to acquire <br />the property f rom the Land Commissioner and allowing it to be sold to a <br />third party. That resolution should read: <br />"Be it resolved that the City Council of the City of <br />Roseville hereby waives its right to acquire the property <br />described below and consents to it being conveyed to <br />third party by the State." <br />The private individual seeking to purchase the property should then make.?- <br />request to the Land Commissioner to purchase <br />'T"ours v truly, <br />PEfERSO LL CONVERS1 <br />RAJ/eld <br />Encl. C900@ <br />