Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2013/cite/82.75
Timestamp: 2019-07-20 05:53:37
Document Index: 439918932

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 1', 'art 2', 'art 2', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 2']

All trust funds received by a broker or the broker's salespeople or closing agents shall be deposited forthwith upon receipt in a trust account, maintained by the broker for such purpose in a bank, savings association, credit union, or an industrial loan and thrift company with deposit liabilities designated by the broker or closing agent, except as such money may be paid to one of the parties pursuant to express written agreement between the parties to a transaction. The depository bank shall be a Minnesota bank or trust company or any foreign bank and shall authorize the commissioner to examine its records of such deposits upon demand by the commissioner. The industrial loan and thrift company shall be organized under chapter 53. The savings association or credit union shall be organized under the laws of any state or the United States.
A licensee acting in the capacity of principal in a real estate transaction where the seller retains any liability, contingent or otherwise, for the payment of an obligation on the property shall deposit in a Minnesota bank or trust company, any foreign bank which authorizes the commissioner to examine its records of the deposits, a savings association, credit union, or an industrial loan and thrift company organized under chapter 53 with deposit liabilities, in a trust account, those parts of all payments received on contracts that are necessary to meet any amounts concurrently due and payable on any existing mortgages, contracts for deed or other conveyancing instruments, and reserve for taxes and insurance or any other encumbrance on the receipts. The deposits must be maintained until disbursement is made under the terms of the encumbrance and proper accounting on the property made to the parties entitled to an accounting. The provisions of this subdivision relating to rental of interests in real estate apply only to residential property.
(c) A check received from a potential buyer shall be deposited into the listing broker's trust account not later than the third business day after delivery of the check to the broker, except that the check may be held by the listing broker until acceptance or rejection of the offer if:
If the offer is accepted, the check shall be deposited in a neutral escrow depository or the trust fund account of the listing broker not later than the third business day following acceptance of the offer unless the broker has received written authorization from all parties to the transaction to continue to hold the check. If the offer is rejected, the check shall be returned to the potential buyer not later than the next business day after rejection.
(d) Trust funds must be maintained in a trust account until disbursement is made in accordance with the terms of the applicable agreements and proper accounting is made to the parties entitled to an accounting.
Disbursement must be made within a reasonable time following the consummation or termination of a transaction if the applicable agreements are silent as to the time of disbursement.
1973 c 410 s 8; 1975 c 38 s 5; 1984 c 473 s 8-10; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1985 c 251 s 10; 1986 c 358 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 2 s 48; 1987 c 105 s 4-6; 1987 c 336 s 24; 1988 c 654 s 2; 1989 c 347 s 25-30; 1993 c 309 s 15; 1994 c 461 s 2; 1995 c 202 art 1 s 25; 1997 c 222 s 36; 1999 c 199 art 2 s 2; 2001 c 208 s 15; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2004 c 203 art 2 s 49-53,61; 2006 c 212 art 3 s 5; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109