Minnesota § 117.21 - EASEMENT MAY INCLUDE SNOW FENCES
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 117.21 — EASEMENT MAY INCLUDE SNOW FENCES, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 117.21. EASEMENT MAY INCLUDE SNOW FENCES
When the right to establish a public road is acquired by the state, or by any of its agencies or political subdivisions, there may be included in the easement so acquired the power to erect and maintain temporary snow fences as required upon lands adjoining the highway part of which lands have been taken for road purposes. If included, the right to erect and maintain such fences shall be considered in awarding damages, and any award shall be conclusively presumed to include the damages, if any, caused by the right to erect and maintain such fences.
History:
(6557-4) 1929 c 396 s 1; 1998 c 403 s 3
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 117.21 ("EASEMENT MAY INCLUDE SNOW FENCES") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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