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Minn. Stat. § 117.48 (2026)

Crude Oil Pipeline Companies, Eminent Domain

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The business of transporting crude petroleum, oil, their related products and derivatives including liquefied hydrocarbons, or natural gas by pipeline as a common carrier, is declared to be in the public interest and necessary to the public welfare, and the taking of private property therefor is declared to be for a public use and purpose. Any corporation or association qualified to do business in the state of Minnesota engaged in or preparing to engage in the business of transporting crude petroleum, oil, their related products and derivatives including liquefied hydrocarbons, or natural gas by pipeline as a common carrier, is authorized to acquire, for the purpose of such business, easements or rights-of-way, over, through, under or across any lands, not owned by the state or devoted to a public purpose for the construction, erection, laying, maintaining, operating, altering, repairing, renewing and removing in whole or in part, a pipeline for the transportation of crude petroleum, oil, their related products and derivatives including liquefied hydrocarbons, or natural gas. To such end it shall have and enjoy the power of eminent domain to be exercised in accordance with this chapter, and acts amendatory thereof, all of which provisions shall govern insofar as they may be applicable hereto. Nothing herein shall be construed as authorizing the taking of any property owned by the state, or any municipal subdivision thereof, or the acquisition of any rights in public waters except after permit, lease, license or authorization issued pursuant to law.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2022 · leading case: Pitman Farms v. Kuehl Poultry, LLC, 48 F.4th 866 (8th Cir. 2022).
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Pitman Farms v. Kuehl Poultry, LLC, 48 F.4th 866 (8th Cir. 2022). · cites it 2× “[ Minn. Stat. § 117.48 ] addresses businesses that are in the business of transporting crude petroleum.”
M.T. Props., Inc. v. Alexander, 433 N.W.2d 886 (Minn. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 117.48 (Supp.1987) authorizes WPC and similar companies to acquire easements or rights-of-way over property by eminent domain for business purposes: The business of transporting crude petroleum, oil, their related products and derivatives including liquefied…”
Williams Pipeline Co. v. Soo Line R.R., 597 N.W.2d 340 (Minn. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 4× “The business of transporting crude petroleum, oil, their related products and derivatives including liquefied hydrocarbons, or natural gas by pipeline as a common carrier, is declared to be in the public interest and necessary to the public welfare, and the taking of private…”
Pitman Farms v. Kuehl Poultry LLC, 508 F. Supp. 3d 465 (D. Minn. 2020). · cites it 4× “There, the court addressed a Minnesota statute, Minn. Stat. § 117.48 , that authorized “[a]ny corporation or association qualified to do business in the state of Minnesota engaged in or preparing to engage in the business of transporting crude petroleum” to “acquire, for the…”
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