Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

508.05 APPLICATION, HOW SIGNED AND VERIFIED. The application shall be in writing and signed and verified by the applicant, or by an agent thereunto lawfully authorized in writing. If the application is signed and verified by any agent, except an officer of a corporation, the auth…

508.06 CONTENTS OF APPLICATION; RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF CLAIMANTS. The application shall set forth substantially: (1) the full name and address of the applicant; if the application is made by any person acting in behalf of another, the application shall likewise state the full n…

508.07 NONRESIDENT APPLICANT; AGENT. If not a resident of the state, the applicant shall file for record with the county recorder a written agreement, duly executed and acknowledged, appointing an agent residing in the state. The applicant shall state therein the full name and po…

508.08 APPLICATION, LAND INCLUDED. § Subdivision 1.Separate tracts; common owner. Any number of tracts of land in the same county owned by the same person may be included in one application. § Subd. 2.Separate tracts; common title defect. Two or more owners of separate tracts of …

508.09 AMENDMENT. Amendments to the application, including joinder, substitution, or discontinuance as to parties, may be allowed by the court at any time upon terms that are just and reasonable, but all amendments shall be in writing and signed and verified like the original app…

508.10 APPLICATION TO DISTRICT COURT; POWERS OF COURT. An application for registration shall be addressed to the district court in and for the county wherein the land described therein is situated. The district court shall have original exclusive jurisdiction thereof, and of all …

508.11 COURT ADMINISTRATOR; FILING, RECORDING; CERTIFYING; EFFECT. § Subdivision 1.Approval by examiner. Applications for initial registration shall be approved as to form by the examiner prior to filing with the court administrator. § Subd. 2.Filing. The application for initial …

508.12 EXAMINERS OF TITLES. § Subdivision 1.Examiner and deputy examiner. The judges of the district court shall appoint a competent attorney in each county within their respective districts to be an examiner of titles and legal adviser to the registrar in said county, to which e…

508.13 REFERENCES TO EXAMINERS; POWERS; REPORTS. Immediately after the filing of the abstract of title or other evidence of title acceptable to the examiner of titles, the court administrator shall refer the file to the examiner of titles, who shall proceed to examine into the ti…

508.14 SURVEY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. In any county of this state having more than 200,000 inhabitants, the county surveyor thereof shall, at the request of the examiner of titles for such county, make a survey of the plat described in any application for registration under this cha…

508.15 ORDER FOR SUMMONS; PARTIES DEFENDANT. If, in the opinion of the examiner, the applicant has a title to the land proper for registration, or if the applicant, after an adverse opinion of the examiner, elects to proceed further, the applicant shall file with the court admini…

508.16 FORM OF SUMMONS; SERVICE ON VARIOUS PARTIES; PUBLICATION. § Subdivision 1.Subscribed by administrator; copies. The summons shall be subscribed by the court administrator, directed to the defendants, and require them to appear and answer the application of the applicant, wi…

508.17 ANSWER. Any person claiming any right, title, estate, or interest in or lien upon the land, whether named in the summons or not, may file an answer therein, within the time named in the summons, or within such further time as may be allowed by the court. The answer shall s…

508.18 GUARDIAN AD LITEM; WHEN APPOINTED. Upon the petition of the applicant, or of any person interested in the proceeding, the court shall appoint a disinterested person to act as guardian ad litem for minors, and other persons under disability, and for all persons not in being…

508.19 DECREE ON DEFAULT. If no person appears and answers within the time named in the summons, or allowed by the court, the court may, at once, upon the motion of the applicant, no reason to the contrary appearing, and upon satisfactory proof of the applicant's right thereto, m…

508.20 TRIAL; REFERENCE. When an answer is filed, the case shall be tried by the court in like manner as an ordinary civil action. The court may refer the case, or any part thereof, to one of the examiners to hear the parties and their evidence, and make report thereon to the cou…

508.21 DISMISSAL. If the court shall find after hearing that the applicant has not a title proper for registration, an order shall be entered dismissing the application which may be without prejudice. The applicant may upon motion dismiss the application at any time before the fi…

508.22 DECREE OF REGISTRATION; EFFECT. If, after hearing, the court finds the applicant has a title proper for registration, whether as stated in the application or otherwise, it shall make and file its decree therein, confirming the title of the applicant and ordering its regist…

508.23 CONTENTS OF DECREE; COPY FILED. § Subdivision 1.Details; filing. Every decree of registration shall bear the date, hour, and minute of its entry and be signed by one of the judges of the district court. It shall state whether the owner is 18 years of age or older, and whet…

508.24 REGISTRATION RUNS WITH LAND; WITHDRAWAL. § Subdivision 1.Subject to this chapter. The obtaining of a decree of registration, and the receiving of a certificate of title shall be deemed as an agreement running with the land and binding upon the applicant and successors in t…

508.25 RIGHTS OF PERSON HOLDING CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. Every person receiving a certificate of title pursuant to a decree of registration and every subsequent purchaser of registered land who receives a certificate of title in good faith and for a valuable consideration shall hold…

508.26 OPENING DECREE. Any person having any right, title, or interest in or lien upon the land upon whom the summons has not been actually served, and who had no notice or knowledge of the filing of the application or of the pendency of such proceeding prior to the entry of the …

508.27 TITLE ACQUIRED PENDING PROCEEDING. Any person who shall acquire any right, title, interest or estate in the land subsequent to the filing of the copy of the application for registration with the county recorder, and prior to the entry of the decree in the registration proc…

508.28 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. No decree of registration hereafter entered, and no original certificate of title hereafter issued pursuant thereto, shall be adjudged invalid or set aside unless the action in which the validity of such decree, or of the original certificate of titl…

508.29 APPEALS. An appeal may be taken to the court of appeals from any order or judgment of the district court under this chapter as follows: (1) from any final decree, within 90 days from its date except that the appeal period for those parties who were not personally served sh…

508.30 REGISTRAR OF TITLES. County recorders shall be the registrars of titles in their respective counties. History: (8276) RL s 3398; 1905 c 305 s 29; 1976 c 181 s 2

508.31 REGISTRAR'S BOND. Before entering upon the duties of office, the registrar of titles shall execute a bond to the state for such amount and with such sureties as may be determined by the county board. Such bond shall be approved by the district court, filed in the office of…

508.32 UNDER CONTROL OF COURT; AFFIXING SEAL. The registrar of titles shall be at all times under the control of the court, which may adopt such rules governing the conduct of office as it may deem wise. Every registrar of titles shall have an official seal and affix the same to …

508.321 APPEAL FROM REGISTRAR'S DECISIONS. If the registrar rejects a document for filing, a party in interest may refer the matter to the examiner of titles for review. The examiner of titles may approve the document for filing by endorsing the words "Approved for Filing" on the…

508.33 DEPUTIES. The registrar of titles may appoint one or more deputy registrars of titles, who may also be deputy county recorders, to act in the registrar's stead. Deputy registrars shall act in the name of the registrar and their acts shall be the registrar's acts. The regis…

508.34 REGISTER OF TITLES. Immediately upon the filing of the decree of registration with the registrar, the registrar shall proceed to register the title pursuant to the terms of the decree in the manner herein provided. The registrar shall keep a book known as the "Register of …

508.349 OFFICIAL SIGNATURE OF REGISTRAR OF TITLES. When the official signature of the registrar of titles, or that of a deputy, is required under section 508.35 or 508.38, an electronically generated facsimile signature or name may be used. History: 1998 c 314 s 6

508.35 FORM OF CERTIFICATE. The certificate of title shall contain the name and residence of the owner, a description of the land, and of the estate of the owner therein, and shall by memorial contain a description of all encumbrances, liens, and interests in which the estate of …

508.351 COMMON INTEREST COMMUNITY CERTIFICATE. § Subdivision 1.Condominium declaration. Prior to recording with the registrar of titles of a declaration or bylaws for a condominium, or an amendment to the declaration or bylaws, or a supplemental declaration pursuant to section 51…

508.36 CERTIFICATES AND COPIES AS EVIDENCE. The certificate of title in the register of titles, any copy of it duly certified by the registrar, or by a deputy, and authenticated by the registrar's seal shall be received in evidence in all the courts of this state and be conclusiv…

508.37 TRACT INDEXES, RECEPTION INDEXES. § Subdivision 1. MS 1980 [Repealed, 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 41] § Subd. 1a.Indexes. The registrar shall likewise keep tract indexes, in which the registrar shall enter an accurate description of all registered land, together with the names of …

508.38 FORMS OF RECORDS ADOPTED. Instruments affecting the title to land, filed with the registrar, shall be numbered by the registrar consecutively, to the extent practicable and the registrar shall endorse upon each instrument over the registrar's official name, OFFICE OF THE R…

508.381 OFFICIAL RECORDS; COMPILATION, MAINTENANCE, AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION. The registrar of titles may select and use alternative methods for the compilation, maintenance, and storage of the information contained in the official records set forth in sections 508.34 and 508.3…

508.39 NOTICES AFTER REGISTRATION; SERVICE. All notices required by this law, after the original registration, either by the registrar or by the court, shall be served on the persons to be notified in the following manner: The notice shall be served upon a resident of the state i…

508.40 COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO BE FURNISHED TO OWNER. When a certificate of title is entered, the registrar shall make a copy of it and deliver the copy to the owner or an authorized agent. The copy need not be presented or surrendered to permit an instrument, voluntary o…

508.421 EXCHANGE CERTIFICATE. § Subdivision 1. MS 1998 [Repealed, 1999 c 11 art 1 s 72] § Subd. 1a.Reissuance. The owner or agent of the owner of registered land may request the registrar of titles to issue a new certificate of title free from the memorials of all interests which…

508.43 CERTIFICATE, EFFECTIVE DATE. The certificate of title, when entered in the register of titles, shall relate back to and take effect as of the date of the decree of registration. History: (8289) RL s 3411; 1905 c 305 s 41

508.46 PLATS OF REGISTERED LAND. The owner of registered land may plat the same and subdivide it into lots and blocks in like manner as in case of unregistered land. All laws with reference to the subdivision and platting of unregistered land shall apply with like force and effec…

508.47 REGISTERED LANDS; TRANSFER, SURVEYS. § Subdivision 1.Conveyances. An owner of registered land may convey, mortgage, lease, charge, or otherwise deal with the same as fully as if it had not been registered. An owner of registered land may use any form of deed, mortgage, lea…

508.48 INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING TITLE FILED WITH REGISTRAR; NOTICE. (a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, or judgment, or other instrument or proceeding, which would affect the title to unregistered land under existing laws, if recorded, or filed with the county rec…

508.49 INTEREST LESS THAN FEE; NOTICED BY MEMORIAL. No new certificate shall be issued upon any transfer of registered land which does not divest the title in fee simple of the land, or some part of it. All interests in registered land, less than an estate in fee simple, shall be…