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MN Stat § 555.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.06 — Discretionary.

555.06 DISCRETIONARY. The court may refuse to render or enter a declaratory judgment or decree where such judgment or decree, if rendered or entered, would not terminate the uncertainty or controversy giving rise to the proceeding. History:  (9455-6) 1933 c 286 s 6
MN Stat § 555.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.07 — Review.

555.07 REVIEW. All orders, judgments, and decrees under this chapter may be reviewed as other orders, judgments, and decrees. History:  (9455-7) 1933 c 286 s 7
MN Stat § 555.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.08 — Supplemental Relief.

555.08 SUPPLEMENTAL RELIEF. Further relief based on a declaratory judgment or decree may be granted whenever necessary or proper. The application therefor shall be by petition to a court having jurisdiction to grant the relief. If the application be deemed sufficient, the court shall, on reasonable notice, require any adverse party whose rights have been adjudicated by the declaratory judgment or decree, to show cause why further relief should not be granted forthwith. History:  (9455-8) 1933 c 286 s 8
MN Stat § 555.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.09 — Issues Of Fact May Be Tried.

555.09 ISSUES OF FACT MAY BE TRIED. When a proceeding under this chapter involves the determination of an issue of fact, such issue may be tried and determined in the same manner as issues of fact are tried and determined in other civil actions in the court in which the proceeding is pending; provided, that any issue of fact for which a jury trial is not required may be brought on for trial at any special term of the court in like manner as an issue of law unless there is a general term of the court at which such issue of fact may be tried as soon as at such special term. History:  (9455-9) 1933 c 286 s 9; 1943 c 25 s 1
MN Stat § 555.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.10 — Costs.

555.10 COSTS. In any proceeding under this chapter, the court may make such award of costs as may seem equitable and just. History:  (9455-10) 1933 c 286 s 10
MN Stat § 555.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.11 — Parties.

555.11 PARTIES. When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceeding. In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, such municipality shall be made a party, and shall be entitled to be heard, and if the statute, ordinance or franchise is alleged to be unconstitutional, the attorney general shall also be served with a copy of the proceeding and be entitled to be heard. History:  (9455-11) 1933 c 286 s 11
MN Stat § 555.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.12 — Remedial.

555.12 REMEDIAL. This chapter is declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations; and is to be liberally construed and administered. History:  (9455-12) 1933 c 286 s 12
MN Stat § 555.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.13 — Person.

555.13 PERSON. The word "person," wherever used in this chapter, shall be construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock company, unincorporated association, or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character. History:  (9455-13) 1933 c 286 s 13
MN Stat § 555.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.14 — Provisions Separable.

555.14 PROVISIONS SEPARABLE. The several sections and provisions of this chapter, except sections 555.01 and 555.02, are hereby declared independent and severable, and the invalidity, if any, of any part or feature thereof shall not effect or render the remainder of the chapter invalid or inoperative. History:  (9455-14) 1933 c 286 s 14
MN Stat § 555.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.15 — Uniformity Of Interpretation.

555.15 UNIFORMITY OF INTERPRETATION. This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees. History:  (9455-15) 1933 c 286 s 15
MN Stat § 555.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 555 — Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act|Section 555.16 — Citation, Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.

555.16 CITATION, UNIFORM DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS ACT. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act. History:  (9455-16) 1933 c 286 s 16
MN Stat § 556.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.01 — Usurpation Of Office, Illegal Act.

556.01 USURPATION OF OFFICE, ILLEGAL ACT. When the attorney general has reason to believe that a cause of action can be proved, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state, upon the complaint of a private person, or upon other information, against the person offending, in the following cases: (1) when any person usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises any public office or any franchise, or any office in a corporation created by authority of the state; (2) when any public officer does or suffers an act which by law causes a forfeiture of office; or (3) when an association or number of persons acts as a corporation without being duly incorporated. History:  (9711) RL s 4545; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 556.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.02 — Usurping Office; Complaint; Judgment.

556.02 USURPING OFFICE; COMPLAINT; JUDGMENT. When such action is brought against a person for usurping an office, the attorney general, in addition to the statement of the cause of action, may also set forth in the complaint the name of the person rightfully entitled to the office, and by what right; and in every such case judgment may be rendered upon the right of the defendant, and also upon that of the person so alleged to be entitled, if justice shall require. History:  (9714) RL s 4548; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 556.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.03 — Claimant To Have Office.

556.03 CLAIMANT TO HAVE OFFICE. If judgment be rendered in favor of the person so alleged to be entitled, that person may assume the office, and, by order of the court, may be put in possession thereof, and of the books and papers belonging thereto, and may recover, by action, any damages sustained by reason of such usurpation. History:  (9715) RL s 4549; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 556.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.04 — Claimants May Be Joined.

556.04 CLAIMANTS MAY BE JOINED. When there are several claimants to the same office or franchise, one action may be brought against all to determine their respective rights. History:  (9716) RL s 4550
MN Stat § 556.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.05 — Judgment For Usurpation; Fine.

556.05 JUDGMENT FOR USURPATION; FINE. When a person or corporation is adjudged guilty of usurping, intruding into, or unlawfully holding or exercising any office, franchise, or privilege, the court shall render judgment excluding the defendant from the office, franchise, or privilege and may also impose a fine of not more than $3,000. History:  (9717) RL s 4551; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11
MN Stat § 556.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.06 — Act Of Incorporation, Annulment.

556.06 ACT OF INCORPORATION, ANNULMENT. The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state against a corporation to annul the act of incorporation, or of renewal thereof, on the ground that such act was procured upon some fraudulent suggestion, or concealment of a material fact, by some or all of the incorporators, or with their knowledge and consent. History:  (9709) RL s 4543
MN Stat § 556.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.07 — Corporate Charter, Vacation.

556.07 CORPORATE CHARTER, VACATION. An action may be brought by the attorney general in the name of the state to vacate the charter or annul the existence of a corporation, other than municipal, whenever such corporation: (1) offends against any act creating, altering, or renewing it; (2) violates any provision of law whereby it forfeits its charter by abuse of its powers; (3) forfeits its privileges or franchises by failure to exercise its powers; (4) does or omits any act amounting to a surrender of its corporate rights, privileges, and franchises; or (5) exercises a franchise or privilege not conferred upon it by law. The attorney general shall bring action in every case of public interest, whenever the attorney general has reason to believe that any of these acts or omissions can be proved, and in every other case in which satisfactory security shall be given to indemnify the state against costs and expenses. History:  (9710) RL s 4544; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 556.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.08 — Corporation, When Dissolved.

556.08 CORPORATION, WHEN DISSOLVED. If the court shall determine that a corporation, by neglect, abuse, or surrender, has forfeited its corporate rights, privileges, and franchises, it shall adjudge that it be excluded therefrom and be dissolved. History:  (9718) RL s 4552
MN Stat § 556.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.09 — Costs.

556.09 COSTS. If judgment be rendered in such action against a corporation, or against persons claiming to be such, the court may cause the costs therein to be collected by execution against such persons, or by process against the directors or other officers of such corporation. History:  (9719) RL s 4553
MN Stat § 556.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.10 — Judgment Against Corporation; Receiver.

556.10 JUDGMENT AGAINST CORPORATION; RECEIVER. When such judgment is rendered against a corporation, the court may restrain it, appoint a receiver of its property, and make distribution thereof among its creditors, for which purpose the attorney general shall forthwith institute proceedings. History:  (9720) RL s 4554
MN Stat § 556.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.11 — Letters Patent, Vacation.

556.11 LETTERS PATENT, VACATION. The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to vacate or annul letters patent granted by the state, whenever the attorney general has reason to believe: (1) that such letters were obtained by means of some fraudulent suggestion or concealment of a material fact, made by or with the consent or knowledge of the person to whom they were issued; (2) that such letters were issued through mistake, or in ignorance of a material fact; or (3) that the patentee, or those claiming under the patentee, have done or omitted an act in violation of the terms and conditions on which the letters were granted, or have by any other means forfeited the interest acquired thereunder. History:  (9712) RL s 4546; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 556.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.12 — Judgment Roll; Copy Filed.

556.12 JUDGMENT ROLL; COPY FILED. Upon rendition of such judgment against a corporation, or for the vacating or annulling of letters patent, the attorney general shall forthwith cause a copy of the judgment roll to be filed with the secretary of state. History:  (9721) RL s 4555
MN Stat § 556.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 556 — Usurpation Of Office And Corporation; Letters Patent|Section 556.13 — Relater To Be Joined.

556.13 RELATER TO BE JOINED. When an action is brought by virtue of this chapter on the complaint or information of any person having an interest therein, the name of such person shall be joined with the state as plaintiff. History:  (9713) RL s 4547
MN Stat § 557.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.01 — Nonresident, Agent To Accept Service.

557.01 NONRESIDENT, AGENT TO ACCEPT SERVICE. Any nonresident person or corporation owning or claiming any interest or lien in or upon lands in the state may file with the secretary of state a writing, executed and acknowledged in the manner of a conveyance, appointing a resident agent, whose place of residence shall be stated, to accept service of process or summons in any action or proceeding in the courts of the state concerning such interest or lien, except actions or proceedings for the collection of taxes, and consenting that service of such process or summons upon such agent shall be binding upon the person executing the same. Such writing shall be recorded by the secretary. No service by publication of summons shall be made upon any such nonresident who has complied with the provisions hereof, but in all such cases service of such process or summons, or of any writ or notice in the action or proceedings, shall be made upon such agent in the manner provided by law for such service upon residents of the state, and have the same effect as personal service within the state upon such owner or claimant; but, if such party appears by attorneys therein, the service of papers shall thereafter be upon such attorney. The authority of such agent may be revoked by writing similarly executed and acknowledged and recorded, but no revocation shall affect any action or proceeding then pending. The fee for each filing made under this section is $50. History:  (9520) RL s 4387; 2010 c 379 s 2
MN Stat § 557.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.02 — Notice Of Lis Pendens.

557.02 NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS. In all actions in which the title to, or any interest in or lien upon, real property is involved or affected, or is brought in question by either party, any party thereto, at the time of filing the complaint, or at any time thereafter during the pendency of such action, may file for record with the county recorder of each county in which any part of the premises lies a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object of the action, and a description of the real property in such county involved, affected or brought in question thereby. From the time of the filing of such notice, and from such time only, the pendency of the action shall be notice to purchasers and encumbrancers of the rights and equities of the party filing the same to the premises. When any pleading is amended in such action, so as to alter the description of, or to extend the claim against, the premises affected, a new notice may be filed, with like effect. Such notice shall be recorded in the same manner in which mortgages are recorded, and may be discharged by writing executed and acknowledged in the manner of conveyance. The filing of such lis pendens at the time of filing the complaint and before the commencement of the action shall have no force, effect, or validity against the premises described in the lis pendens, unless the filing of the complaint is followed by the service of the summons in the action within 90 days after the filing of the complaint therein. Any party claiming any title or interest in or to the real property involved or affected may on such notice as the court shall in each case prescribe, make application to the district court in the county in which the action is pending or in which the real property involved or affected is situated, for an order discharging the lis pendens of record, when any such action has not been brought on for trial within two years after the filing of the lis pendens and in case the court orders the lis pendens discharged of record upon the filing of a certified copy of the order of the court in the office of the county recorder, where the real property is situated, the lis pendens shall be void and of no force nor effect. History:  (9521) RL s 4389; 1907 c 332 s 1; 1919 c 527 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2008 c 341 art 3 s 7
MN Stat § 557.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.021 — Lis Pendens; Notice; Limit, Ten Years.

557.021 LIS PENDENS; NOTICE; LIMIT, TEN YEARS.  No lis pendens now of record or hereafter filed shall be notice, either actual or constructive, of the pendency of any action or of any of the matters referred to in the court files and records pertaining to the action noticed by such lis pendens, after such lis pendens has been of record for ten years unless a new notice of lis pendens in the same action is filed within said ten years. History:  1947 c 326 s 1; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 200
MN Stat § 557.023 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.023 — Application.

557.023 APPLICATION. Nothing in sections 557.021 to 557.023 shall increase the effect or lengthen the term for which a lis pendens is notice under any existing law, nor create a right to renew the operation of a lis pendens already barred by some other law. History:   1947 c 326 s 3
MN Stat § 557.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.03 — Notice Of No Personal Claim.

557.03 NOTICE OF NO PERSONAL CLAIM. When in any such action there are defendants against whom no personal claim is made, the plaintiff may serve upon them, at the time of the service of the summons, a notice subscribed by the plaintiff or the plaintiff's attorney, and setting forth the general object of the action, a description of the property affected by it, and that no personal claim is made against such defendants. If any defendant on whom such notice is served unreasonably defends the action, that defendant shall pay full costs to the plaintiff. History:  (9522) RL s 4390; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 557.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.05 — Reversioner May Sue.

557.05 REVERSIONER MAY SUE. A person seized of an estate in remainder or reversion may maintain a civil action for any injury done to the inheritance, notwithstanding an intervening estate for life or years. History:  (9578) RL s 4444
MN Stat § 557.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.06 — Action Against Cotenant.

557.06 ACTION AGAINST COTENANT. One joint tenant or tenant in common, and the tenant's executors or administrators, may maintain an action against a cotenant for receiving more than the just proportion of the rents and profits of the estate owned by them as joint tenants or tenants in common. History:  (9579) RL s 4445; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 557.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.08 — Forcible Eviction; Treble Damages.

557.08 FORCIBLE EVICTION; TREBLE DAMAGES. If a person who is put out of real property in a forcible manner without lawful authority, or who, being so put out, is afterwards kept out by force, shall recover damages therefor, judgment may be entered for three times the amount at which the actual damages are assessed. History:  (9587) RL s 4451
MN Stat § 557.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.09 — Eviction; Treble Damages.

557.09 EVICTION; TREBLE DAMAGES. In case of eviction, if a person, claiming in good faith, under color of title, to be rightfully in possession, so put out or kept out, shall recover damages therefor, judgment may be entered in that person's favor for three times the amount at which the actual damages are assessed. History:  (9588) RL s 4452; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 2 art 2 s 17
MN Stat § 557.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 557 — Actions Relating To Real Property|Section 557.10 — Ownership Of Crops.

557.10 OWNERSHIP OF CROPS. Planted and growing crops are personal property of the person or entity that has the property right to plant the crops. History:   1986 c 398 art 12 s 2
MN Stat § 558.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 558 — Partition Of Real Property|Section 558.01 — Partition, Sale; Who May Bring Action.

558.01 PARTITION, SALE; WHO MAY BRING ACTION. When two or more persons are interested, as joint tenants or as tenants in common, in real property in which one or more of them have an estate of inheritance or for life or for years, an action may be brought by one or more of such persons against the others for a partition thereof according to the respective rights and interests of the parties interested therein, or for a sale of such property, or a part thereof, if it appears that a partition cannot be had without great prejudice to the owners. History:  (9524) RL s 4392