Property Ownership
In Minnesota, mineral rights may be:
AAlways included in the surface deed automatically
BSevered from surface rights and owned or sold separately✓ Correct
COwned only by the state or federal government
DTransferred only by quitclaim deed
Explanation
In Minnesota, mineral rights (oil, gas, coal, iron ore) may be severed from the surface rights and owned, sold, or leased separately. A property may be sold with or without its mineral rights. This is important in Minnesota, which has significant iron ore (taconite) deposits in the Iron Range region.
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