Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 429.035 (2026)

Improvements, Petition

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When any petition for the making of any improvement in any statutory city, town, or city of the second, third, or fourth class, however organized, for the cost of which special assessments may be, in whole or in part, levied therefor, is presented to the governing body of the municipality, this body shall, by resolution, determine whether or not the petition has been signed by the required percentage of owners of property affected thereby.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1990–2013 · leading case: City of Brainerd v. Brainerd Investments P'ship, 827 N.W.2d 752 (Minn. 2013).
City of Brainerd v. Brainerd Investments P'ship, 827 N.W.2d 752 (Minn. 2013). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 429.035 (2012). If the municipality validates the petition, the improvement may go forward with a majority vote, Minn.”
City of Brainerd v. Brainerd Inves. P'ship, 812 N.W.2d 885 (Minn. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “” Minn. Stat. § 429.035 (2010). If the petition is valid, allowing the improvement to go forward, “[t]he cost of [the] improvement .”
Nastrom v. City of Blaine, 498 N.W.2d 495 (Minn. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 10× “The triggering event would have been the Council’s passage of a resolution determining the percentage of land represented in a petition, as required by Minn.Stat. § 429.035. After passage of such a resolution, a landowner has 30 days to challenge the sufficiency of the petition.”
Rhodenbaugh v. City of Bayport, 450 N.W.2d 608 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 2× “This contention is supported by Minn.Stat. § 429.035 (1988), which requires the council, upon presentation of a petition, to determine by resolution “whether or not the petition has been signed by the required percentage of owners of property affected thereby.”
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