Minnesota Statutes Property Taxes (Ch. 272-289) § 278.14. Refunds of mistakenly billed taxes

Subdivision 1. Applicability. A county must pay a refund of a mistakenly billed tax as provided in this section. As used in this section, “mistakenly billed tax” means an amount of property tax that was billed, to the extent the amount billed exceeds the accurate tax amount due to a misclassification of the owner's property undersection 273.13or a mathematical error in the calculation of the tax on the owner's property, together with any penalty or interest paid on that amount. This section applies only to taxes payable in the current year and the two prior years. As used in this section, “mathematical error” is limited to an error in:

Subd. 2. Procedure. A refund of mistakenly billed tax must be paid upon verification of a claim made in a written application by the owner of the property or upon discovery of the mistakenly billed tax by the county. Refunds of overpayments will be made as provided insection 278.12.

Subd. 3. Appeals. If the county rejects a claim by a property owner under subdivision 2, it must notify the property owner of that decision within 90 days of receipt of the claim. The property owner may appeal that decision to the Tax Court within 60 days after receipt of a notice from the county of the decision. Relief granted by the Tax Court is limited to current year taxes, and taxes in the two prior years.