Personal Notice Not Reasonably Possible

Abstract

A property owner was denied a drainage permit for the part of his land that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources had designated as wetlands in an inventory of the state's public waters. The owner appealed the decision stating that he should have been notified of the designation of his land. The Minnesota Supreme Court denied the appeal stating that it was not reasonable to expect the state legislature to inform every interested party of the water designation on their land.