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Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

1,133 chapters · 28,363 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title Minnesota Statutes28,363 Ch 336, UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE642 Ch 524, UNIFORM PROBATE CODE394 Ch 609, CRIMINAL CODE377 Ch 144, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH361 Ch 469, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT257 Ch 473, METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT247 Ch 148, PUBLIC HEALTH OCCUPATIONS206 Ch 169, TRAFFIC REGULATIONS200 Ch 256B, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY PERSONS196 Ch 60A, GENERAL INSURANCE POWERS195 Ch 13, GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES177 Ch 115A, WASTE MANAGEMENT171 Ch 325F, CONSUMER PROTECTION; PRODUCTS AND SALES168 Ch 383B, HENNEPIN COUNTY168

40 sections·Filtered byTitle Minnesota Statutes✕Ch 505✕

Minn. Stat. § 505.01 PLATS, DONATIONS, PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS.
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505.01 PLATS, DONATIONS, PURPOSE, DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Donations. Plats of land may be made in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and, when so made and recorded, every donation of a park to the public shall operate to convey the fee of all land so donated, fo…
Minn. Stat. § 505.021 PLAT CONTENTS; SURVEY; COUNTY SURVEYOR APPROVAL.
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505.021 PLAT CONTENTS; SURVEY; COUNTY SURVEYOR APPROVAL. § Subdivision 1.Plat format. The plat shall be prepared on transparent reproducible film or the equivalent with a minimum thickness of four mil, and shall be prepared by a photographic process. Plat sheet size shall be 22 i…
Minn. Stat. § 505.03 GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL.
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505.03 GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL. § Subdivision 1.City, town, and county approval. Plats shall, except in cities whose charters provide for official supervision of plats by municipal officers or bodies, together with an abstract, certificate of title, or other satisfactory evidence o…
Minn. Stat. § 505.04 REAL ESTATE TAXES; RECORDING; COPIES.
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505.04 REAL ESTATE TAXES; RECORDING; COPIES. Every plat, when duly certified, signed, and acknowledged, as provided in section 505.021, and upon presentation of a certificate from the authorized county official that the current year's taxes have been paid, shall be recorded in th…

Minn. Stat. § 505.05 CERTAIN STATUTORY CITY PLATS DECLARED OFFICIAL.

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505.05 CERTAIN STATUTORY CITY PLATS DECLARED OFFICIAL. In all cases in which numerous plats have been made or recorded between the 15th day of September, A.D. 1887, and the 15th day of January, A.D. 1904, the last plat made and recorded and affecting a particular statutory city i…

Minn. Stat. § 505.06 CERTAIN STATUTORY CITY PLATS TO BE RECORDED.

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505.06 CERTAIN STATUTORY CITY PLATS TO BE RECORDED. Any statutory city plat which has been heretofore filed in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the statutory city is located, but not recorded, but has been and has remained on file in the office of the coun…

Minn. Stat. § 505.07 CITY WITH NEW NAME MAY CONFORM PLAT NAMES.

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505.07 CITY WITH NEW NAME MAY CONFORM PLAT NAMES. The council of any statutory city in this state, the name of which has been changed, is hereby given power and authority to change, in the manner herein specified, the name of any and all plats of real estate located within the co…

Minn. Stat. § 505.08 CERTIFIED COPIES; PENALTIES.

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505.08 CERTIFIED COPIES; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1. MS 2006 [Repealed, 2007 c 73 s 7] § Subd. 2.Public certified copies. The copies of the official plat or of the exact reproducible copy shall be compared and certified to by the county recorder or registrar of titles in the mann…

Minn. Stat. § 505.09 COUNTY BOARD CONTROLS PLATS OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITIES.

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505.09 COUNTY BOARD CONTROLS PLATS OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITIES. § Subdivision 1.Platting; laying of public ways. The county board of any county shall have power to control and regulate the platting of subdivision of land and the laying out of streets and other public ways without the …

Minn. Stat. § 505.10 MAJOR STREET PLAN.

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505.10 MAJOR STREET PLAN. In order to exercise the power conferred under sections 505.09 to 505.13, the board of county commissioners shall prepare a comprehensive major street plan of the district involved, which plan shall be designated and adopted as the official major street …

Minn. Stat. § 505.11 BOARD TO MAKE REGULATIONS.

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505.11 BOARD TO MAKE REGULATIONS. In exercising the powers herein conferred the board of county commissioners shall adopt regulations governing the platting of subdivision of lands within the areas designated. Such regulations may provide for the reasonable coordination of locati…

Minn. Stat. § 505.12 POWERS ADDITIONAL.

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505.12 POWERS ADDITIONAL. The powers herein conferred upon the board of county commissioners shall be construed as an addition to existing powers and not as an amendment to or a repeal thereof and shall be supplemental to and shall not set aside the jurisdiction over plats of sub…

Minn. Stat. § 505.13 APPLICATION; LIMITATION.

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505.13 APPLICATION; LIMITATION. Nothing in sections 505.09 to 505.13 shall amend, repeal, or affect Special Laws 1889, chapter 178. History: (8243-5) 1929 c 225 s 5

Minn. Stat. § 505.14 VACATION.

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505.14 VACATION. Upon the application of the owner of land included in any plat, and upon proof that all taxes assessed against the land have been paid, and the notice hereinafter provided for given, the district court may vacate or alter all, or any part, of the plat, and adjudg…

Minn. Stat. § 505.15 CERTAIN PLATS VALIDATED.

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505.15 CERTAIN PLATS VALIDATED. In all cases where the record owner of real estate in this state has heretofore conveyed the same, or any part thereof, by express reference in the instrument of such conveyance to a plat of such real estate on file in the office of the county reco…

Minn. Stat. § 505.16 APPLICATION.

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505.16 APPLICATION. Section 505.15 shall apply to all plats heretofore recorded of any townsite and to any addition to any townsite and to any addition to any town or city within the state. History: (8246) 1905 c 129 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7

Minn. Stat. § 505.165 CERTAIN PLATS EXECUTED OR FILED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1915.

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505.165 CERTAIN PLATS EXECUTED OR FILED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1915. § Subdivision 1.Corrective plat. That in all cases where the plats, or what purports to be plats, of any portion of the lands contained within any town or city of this state of additions or subdivisions thereof, whic…

Minn. Stat. § 505.17 CERTAIN PLATS AND CERTIFICATES PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.

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505.17 CERTAIN PLATS AND CERTIFICATES PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. All certificates heretofore made and recorded under the provisions of Laws 1891, chapter 25, the same being "An act relative to plats of towns and cities in this state and of additions to, and subdivisions thereof and th…

Minn. Stat. § 505.174 SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE OF OWN PLAT ERROR; CORRECTION.

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505.174 SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE OF OWN PLAT ERROR; CORRECTION. In any case where a land plat or subdivision, or what purports to be a land plat or subdivision, has been executed and filed in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, which fails to…

Minn. Stat. § 505.175 CERTIFICATES BY OTHER SURVEYORS.

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505.175 CERTIFICATES BY OTHER SURVEYORS. Whenever the registered surveyor who prepared such plat or subdivision shall not be available, or whenever such plat or subdivision shall not have been prepared by a registered surveyor, such certificate may be executed by any registered s…

Minn. Stat. § 505.176 APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATES; FILING AND RECORDING.

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505.176 APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATES; FILING AND RECORDING. When the certificate has been approved by the governing body of the area involved and a certificate stating that said plat certificate has been approved by the governing body signed by the clerk of said body is attached to s…

Minn. Stat. § 505.177 CERTIFICATE AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.

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505.177 CERTIFICATE AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. A certificate filed pursuant to sections 505.174 to 505.177 shall be prima facie evidence of the statements appearing therein and shall be received in evidence for that purpose. No such certificate shall have the effect of destroying o…

Minn. Stat. § 505.178 VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PLATS.

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505.178 VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PLATS. § Subdivision 1.Court order to record. The county board, county recorder, county treasurer, county attorney or county auditor, or any person having an interest in a parcel of land lying within an area appearing on a plat which is on file in th…

Minn. Stat. § 505.179 USE OF PLAT.

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505.179 USE OF PLAT. A plat so certified pursuant to order of the court shall be entitled to record and may be used for any purpose in like manner as a plat qualified under section 505.177. History: 1965 c 640 s 2

Minn. Stat. § 505.1791 FEES.

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505.1791 FEES. Any fees incurred in executing the provisions of sections 505.178 to 505.1791 shall be paid by the county if the county officer involved receives fees instead of a fixed salary paid by the county, and if the county officer involved is paid a fixed salary, no such f…

Minn. Stat. § 505.1792 STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.

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505.1792 STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. § Subdivision 1.Informal; for information. In order to give supplemental information to the public as to the location of streets, county roads, county state-aid highways, town roads, and other transportation corridors, and the …

Minn. Stat. § 505.1793 PROPOSED LOCAL RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS; FILING.

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505.1793 PROPOSED LOCAL RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS; FILING. § Subdivision 1.Filing and recording. To facilitate the acquisition of right-of-way required for public transportation and public utility and drainage easements, the governing body of a statutory or home rule charter city…

Minn. Stat. § 505.18 MINNESOTA COORDINATE SYSTEM.

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505.18 MINNESOTA COORDINATE SYSTEM. The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locat…

Minn. Stat. § 505.19 ZONES; LAND DESCRIPTIONS.

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505.19 ZONES; LAND DESCRIPTIONS. As established for use in the North Zone, the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Minnesota Coordinate System o…

Minn. Stat. § 505.20 X- AND Y-COORDINATES.

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505.20 X- AND Y-COORDINATES. The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, to be used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in U.S. Survey feet and decimals …

Minn. Stat. § 505.21 REFERENCE TO ZONES.

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505.21 REFERENCE TO ZONES. When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically…

Minn. Stat. § 505.22 MINNESOTA COORDINATE SYSTEMS DEFINED.

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505.22 MINNESOTA COORDINATE SYSTEMS DEFINED. (a) For purposes of more precisely defining the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, the following definition by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey is adopted: The Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, North Zone, is a L…

Minn. Stat. § 505.23 WHERE COORDINATES RECORDED.

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505.23 WHERE COORDINATES RECORDED. No coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within one-half mile of a…

Minn. Stat. § 505.24 LIMITATION OF USE.

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505.24 LIMITATION OF USE. The use of the term "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, North, Central, or South Zone or Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, North, Central, or South Zone" on any map, report of survey, or other document, shall be limited to coordinates based on the M…

Minn. Stat. § 505.25 WHEN USE OF COORDINATES SUPPLEMENTAL.

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505.25 WHEN USE OF COORDINATES SUPPLEMENTAL. Whenever coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys…

Minn. Stat. § 505.26 DESCRIPTION NOT EXCLUSIVE.

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505.26 DESCRIPTION NOT EXCLUSIVE. Nothing contained in sections 505.18 to 505.26 shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Minnesota coordinate system. History: 1945 c 165 s 9

Minn. Stat. § 505.28 LAST USE OF 1927 COORDINATE SYSTEM.

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505.28 LAST USE OF 1927 COORDINATE SYSTEM. The Minnesota coordinate system of 1927 must not be used after December 31, 1992. The Minnesota coordinate system of 1983 is the sole coordinate system that may be used after that date. History: 1985 c 299 s 38

Minn. Stat. § 505.31 ENTRY UPON LAND; NOTICE.

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505.31 ENTRY UPON LAND; NOTICE. It is lawful for any surveyor to enter upon any land for the purpose of locating existing survey or reference monuments or landmarks, provided, however, such surveyor shall be responsible to the landowner for any and all damages as a result of such…

Minn. Stat. § 505.32 SURVEYOR'S NUMBER ON NEW EVIDENCE; OLD EVIDENCE TO BE LEFT.

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505.32 SURVEYOR'S NUMBER ON NEW EVIDENCE; OLD EVIDENCE TO BE LEFT. Any monuments or permanent evidence of the survey shall have inscribed thereon the registration number of the land surveyor making the survey and no previously existing survey or reference monuments or landmarks e…

Minn. Stat. § 505.33 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY.

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505.33 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY. Any person who intentionally removes, destroys, or defaces a monument lawfully erected is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1990 c 396 s 2