Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

386.03 RECEPTION INDEX. Every county recorder shall keep an index, to be denominated as a grantor's and grantee's reception index, which shall contain the following information: date of reception, year, month, day, hour and minute, grantor and grantee, where situated, to whom del…

386.04 NUMERICAL REGISTER AND RECEPTION INDEX. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state wherein the recorder's office keeps a deed index and mortgage index are hereby authorized to combine the reception index required by section 386.03 and the consecutive ind…

386.05 TRACT INDEX BOOKS. Every county board shall procure at the expense of its county, and keep in the office of the county recorder suitable books or electronic media so as to allow information to be arranged or retrieved by the description of each section of land or sectional…

386.06 TRACT INDEX BOOKS; CONTRACTS FOR MAKING. The board of county commissioners of any county in the state which does not have a tract index, belonging to the county, in the office of the county recorder, of lands within the county, is hereby authorized and empowered to cause o…

386.07 TRACT INDEX FOR TORRENS TITLES; HENNEPIN, RAMSEY COUNTIES. The county recorder in any county now having, or which may hereafter have, a population of 400,000 or over, and in which the business of the registrar of titles is conducted in a separate place from that of the cou…

386.071 DOCUMENTS MISFILED. The county recorder may reasonably rely on the affirmative representation of the party presenting instruments for filing as to whether the land described in the instruments or any part of it is registered or unregistered. A party who requests that misf…

386.08 PREPARATION. The county recorder of any such county may assign the duty of compiling such index to one or more deputies, who shall be paid for extra time so employed additional salary and compensation at the same rate and in the same manner as is paid them for regular serv…

386.09 PAYMENT FOR FROM REVENUE FUND. The county auditor of any such county shall, upon request of the county recorder, issue warrants in payment for such additional service, in amounts designated by the county recorder, and the same shall be drawn on the county revenue fund. His…

386.13 TRANSCRIBING RECORDS OF STATE LANDS. The county commissioners of any county in this state are hereby authorized to direct the county recorder of any county containing any lands heretofore granted to the state from the United States government (except sections 16 and 36), a…

386.14 RECORDS AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. The record of such transcript shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth, and of the contents of the original instruments so transcribed and recorded, and a certified copy of such record shall be admissible in evidence in …

386.15 TRACT INDEXES TRANSCRIBED. In counties having a population of less than 75,000 now having tract indexes of the records in the office of the county recorder, the county board is hereby authorized to have such tract indexes transcribed, compared with the original records, an…

386.16 COUNTY RECORDER TO SUPERVISE; COMPENSATION. The work provided for in section 386.15 shall be performed by the county recorder of the county. The county recorder, for performing the work, shall receive as compensation therefor such sum as may be fixed by the board of county…

386.17 TO EXHIBIT RECORDS. The county recorder shall exhibit free of charge, during the hours that the office is or is required by law to be open, any of the records or papers in the recorder's official custody to the inspection of any person demanding the same, either for examin…

386.18 ABSTRACTER; BOND. The county board may, by resolution, authorize any person to use a portion of the county building for the purpose of making abstracts of title, upon the execution by such person of a bond to the state in a sum not less than $500, conditioned for the faith…

386.19 RECORD BOOKS, INDEXES. The county recorder shall keep suitable word for word records by either manual or electronic means of all instruments delivered to the recorder for record keeping. The recorder shall keep an alphabetical index either by manual or electronic means, to…

386.20 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.20, subdivision 1] 386.20 CERTIFICATES OF DISCHARGE FROM U.S. SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Recordation. (a) Certificates of discharge from the armed forces of the United States of America and releases or transfers from active duty therein may be recorde…

386.20 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.20, subdivision 1] 386.20 CERTIFICATES OF DISCHARGE FROM U.S. SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Recordation. (a) Certificates of discharge from the armed forces of the United States of America and releases or transfers from active duty therein may be recorde…

386.20 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.20, subdivision 1] 386.20 CERTIFICATES OF DISCHARGE FROM U.S. SERVICE. § Subdivision 1.Recordation. (a) Certificates of discharge from the armed forces of the United States of America and releases or transfers from active duty therein may be recorde…

386.26 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.26, subdivision 1] 386.26 UNRECORDED RECORDS: TRANSCRIBE; RECORD. § Subdivision 1.Counties over 100,000. The county recorder in each county having a population of over 100,000 is hereby authorized and directed to transcribe in appropriate records in…

386.26 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.26, subdivision 1] 386.26 UNRECORDED RECORDS: TRANSCRIBE; RECORD. § Subdivision 1.Counties over 100,000. The county recorder in each county having a population of over 100,000 is hereby authorized and directed to transcribe in appropriate records in…

386.26 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.26, subdivision 1] 386.26 UNRECORDED RECORDS: TRANSCRIBE; RECORD. § Subdivision 1.Counties over 100,000. The county recorder in each county having a population of over 100,000 is hereby authorized and directed to transcribe in appropriate records in…

386.29 TRANSCRIBING ABSTRACT RECORDS. The board of county commissioners of any county that has undertaken to have the abstract records in the office of the county recorder transcribed under any law fixing a maximum limit that may be expended for such purpose but is unable to comp…

386.31 CONSECUTIVE NUMBERING. Each county recorder shall endorse plainly upon each instrument received for record as soon as received a number consecutive, to the extent practicable, to the number affixed to the instrument next previously received and enter such number as a part …

386.32 CONSECUTIVE INDEX. Each county recorder shall keep an index of all records kept in the office showing the number of the instrument consecutively, the kind, the time of its reception, and where the same is recorded. Such entries shall be made as soon as the instrument is re…

386.33 DEPUTIES. Any county recorder may appoint one or more deputies in writing whose oath of office shall be endorsed on the appointment and recorded therewith in the office. County recorders shall be responsible for the acts of their deputies and may revoke their appointment a…

386.36 FARM NAMES RECORDED. The owner of farm lands in the state may designate a specific name of the farm lands and this name, together with a description of the farm lands according to the government survey thereof, may be recorded with the county recorder of the county wherein…

386.37 ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. In a county in which the county recorder performs abstract services, the county recorder, upon being paid lawful fees therefor, shall make out, under the recorder's certificate and seal, as the same appears of record or on file in the office, and delive…

386.375 TRANSFER AND STORAGE OF ABSTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Responsibility to transfer. (a) A person holding an abstract of title to real estate located in Minnesota shall, at a closing of a sale of the property to which the abstract pertains, make a written offer to transfer the …

386.39 INSTRUMENTS NOT PROPERLY EXECUTED. Except where otherwise expressly provided by law, no county recorder shall record any conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument by which any interest in real estate may be in any way affected, unless the same is duly signed, executed and …

386.40 SEAL. Every county recorder shall have an official seal and affix the same to all documents requiring the recorder's official signature, except the endorsement mentioned in section 386.41. The seal may be affixed by a stamp that will print a seal that legibly reproduces un…

386.409 COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICIAL SIGNATURE. When the county recorder's official signature, or that of a deputy is required under section 386.41, an electronically generated signature or name may be used. History: 1998 c 314 s 2; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 10

386.41 CERTIFICATE OF RECORD. Every county recorder shall endorse upon each instrument recorded, over the recorder's official signature, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER, ... COUNTY, MINNESOTA, CERTIFIED, FILED, AND/OR RECORDED ON, the date and time when it was recorded and the docu…

386.44 OATHS AND PAPERS, WHERE FILED. In counties not divided into towns, the official oaths and other papers required by law to be filed in the office of the town clerk shall be filed with the county recorder. History: (777) RL s 446; 1976 c 181 s 2

386.45 BANKRUPTCY DOCUMENTS MAY BE RECORDED, USED AS EVIDENCE. (a) When a petition for bankruptcy, or a decree of adjudication, or an order approving the trustee's bond is made, pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended by the Bankruptcy Act of 1938, chapter 575,…

386.459 OFFICIAL RECORDS; COMPILATION, MAINTENANCE, AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION. The county recorder may select and use alternative methods for the compilation, maintenance, and storage of the information contained in the official records listed in sections 386.03, 386.04, 386.05,…

386.46 DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE RECORDS. Documents, filed or recorded by the county recorder, including sheriffs certificates, land title patents, incorporations, official bonds, mechanics liens, affidavits, orders of courts exercising probate jurisdiction, district court orders, sat…

386.47 OBSOLETE RECORDS, DESTRUCTION. Any county board or the governing body of any municipality may by resolution authorize the destruction of the following instruments filed in the office of the county recorder of the county or clerk of the municipality: (1) all satisfactions o…

386.51 RECORDING OF U.S. AGENCY MAPS, PLATS, SURVEYS, PHOTOS. Upon the application of any interested person, and upon the payment of the fees required herein, the county recorder in and for the county wherein the land described in the instrument lies shall accept and file for rec…

386.52 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Any such instrument shall be accompanied by an official certificate of the public officer or official charged with responsibility for custody of the original record so filed and recorded, testifying as to the official character of the instrum…

386.62 LICENSE REQUIRED. No official, person, firm, association, or corporation shall engage in the business of making abstracts of title and issuing certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, w…

386.65 EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Procedure; conditions. Applications for a license shall be made to the commissioner and shall be upon a form to be prepared by the commissioner and contain such information as may be required by it. Each applicant must…

386.66 BOND OR ABSTRACTER'S LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY. Before a license shall be issued, the applicant shall file with the commissioner an annual bond or abstracter's liability insurance policy for each license year, to be approved by the commissioner, running to the state of Mi…

386.67 LICENSED ABSTRACTER, SEAL. A licensed abstracter furnishing abstracts of title to real property under the provisions hereof shall provide a seal, which seal shall show the name of such licensed abstracter, and shall file with the commissioner the signatures of persons auth…

386.68 FEES. The following fees must be paid to the commissioner: an initial licensing fee of $50; and a license renewal fee of $40. History: 1957 c 871 s 9; 1975 c 419 s 3; 1976 c 222 s 197; 1993 c 369 s 132; 1995 c 68 s 12

386.69 LICENSES. Licenses issued by the commissioner under the provisions hereof shall recite that such bond or insurance policy has been duly filed and approved, and the license shall authorize the official, person, firm or corporation named in it to engage in and carry on the b…

386.705 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND PENALTIES. An abstracter licensed under sections 386.62 to 386.76 is subject to the penalties imposed pursuant to section 45.027. The commissioner has all the powers provided in section 45.027 and shall proceed in the manner provided by that sec…