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MN Stat § 508.84 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land|Section 508.84 — Instruments Of Encumbrance; Disposal.

508.84 INSTRUMENTS OF ENCUMBRANCE; DISPOSAL. The registrar of titles is hereby authorized to destroy instruments of encumbrance which have been satisfied of record or extinguished by operation of law for a period of five years together with the assignments and satisfactions thereof. When the discharge of an encumbrance is by virtue of a judicial or statutory sale, the instruments evidencing the encumbrance of the foreclosure thereof, shall not be destroyed until six months after entry of an unappealed order for issuance of a new certificate of title to the purchaser at such sale or to the purchaser's assignee. Nothing herein contained shall relieve such registrar from maintaining the books and index records required under sections 508.34 and 508.37. History:  1955 c 286 s 1; 1971 c 533 s 3; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 508A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.01 — Registration; Purpose; Definition.

508A.01 REGISTRATION; PURPOSE; DEFINITION. Subdivision 1. Procedure. The procedures for registration under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 provide an alternative to registration under chapter 508, and are intended for uncontested titles. Upon the written recommendation of the county recorder, the county board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, may authorize the possessory title to real estate in that county to be registered in accordance with the provisions of and in the manner provided in sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. The resolution of the county board may limit the registration of possessory title to real estate to cases in which the applicant owns a tract of land of which a portion has already been registered pursuant to chapter 508. Subd. 2. Purpose. The purpose of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 is to provide a voluntary procedure for registration of certain possessory estates in land with certainty, at reasonable cost and speed, and without the necessity for the initial adjudication required by chapter 508, and to provide for initial registration of land under a certificate of possessory title ("CPT"). Upon the expiration of five years from the date of the first CPT, the registrar of titles shall cancel the CPT and issue a certificate of title as provided in section 508A.85, subdivisions 2 and 3. Subd. 3. Definition. For the purposes of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, the term "possessory estate in land" means a fee simple estate held by an owner who (1) has been found on examination by the examiner of titles pursuant to section 508A.13 to be the record owner of the land described; and (2) has satisfied the examiner of titles that the owner is in actual or constructive possession of the land described. History:  1982 c 396 s 1; 1983 c 92 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 5; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 164; 2001 c 50 s 7
MN Stat § 508A.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.02 — Registered, Unregistered Land Subject To Same Incidents.

508A.02 REGISTERED, UNREGISTERED LAND SUBJECT TO SAME INCIDENTS. Subdivision 1. Effect of registration. Land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall be registered subject to the rights of persons in possession, if any, and rights which would be disclosed by a survey, except that no title in derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession after the date of the first CPT; otherwise, land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall be subject to the same rights, protections, burdens, and incidents which attach by law to lands as provided in section 508.02. The common law doctrine of practical location of boundaries applies to property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 whenever registered. Section 508.671 shall apply in a proceedings subsequent to establish a boundary by practical location for property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. Subd. 2. District court jurisdiction. District court jurisdiction for all proceedings subsequent to the initial CPT shall be as provided in chapter 508. History:  1982 c 396 s 2; 2008 c 341 art 3 s 5
MN Stat § 508A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.03 — Application.

508A.03 APPLICATION. An application for registration of a possessory estate in land under a CPT may be made by any person or persons who may register land initially under section 508.03, provided they have a possessory estate in land as defined in section 508A.01, subdivision 3. History:   1982 c 396 s 3
MN Stat § 508A.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.04 — Titles Which May Be Registered.

508A.04 TITLES WHICH MAY BE REGISTERED. Subdivision 1. Applicant's right to changeover. Any applicant holding a possessory estate in land as defined in section 508A.01, subdivision 3, may apply for registration under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 and, once qualified, may changeover from a CPT to a certificate of title pursuant to section 508A.85. Subd. 2. Application of CPTs. Except as provided in subdivision 1, section 508.04, subdivision 1, applies with equal force and effect to CPTs under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. History:   1982 c 396 s 4
MN Stat § 508A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.05 — Applications; How Signed And Verified.

508A.05 APPLICATIONS; HOW SIGNED AND VERIFIED. The application for a CPT shall be signed and verified as provided in section 508.05. History:   1982 c 396 s 5
MN Stat § 508A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.06 — Contents Of Application; Claimants' Rights, Privileges.

508A.06 CONTENTS OF APPLICATION; CLAIMANTS' RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES. 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 name and address of the person so acting, and the capacity in which the person acts; if the applicant is not an individual, the application shall include the full legal name and type of entity, the state of organization, and the address of its principal place of business; (2) whether the applicant is or is not married and if married, the full name and address of the spouse; whether the applicant is or is not 18 years of age or older; whether or not the applicant is under any legal incapacity, and if so the nature of the incapacity; and whether the applicant has ever been divorced and if so, when, where, and by what court the divorce was granted; (3) a correct description of the land; (4) the estate or interest of the applicant in the land, and whether or not it is subject to an estate of homestead; (5) the names of all persons or parties, except the applicant, who appear of record, or who are known to the applicant to have or to claim any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the land and the nature and character of it; (6) whether the land is occupied or unoccupied; if occupied by any other person than the applicant, it shall state the full name and address of each occupant and the nature of the estate, interest, lien, or charge which the occupant or occupants have, or claim to have, in the land; (7) whether the land is subject to any lien or encumbrance, recorded or unrecorded, together with the character and amount of the same, and the name and post office address of each holder thereof; if recorded, it shall state the place, book, and page of record; (8) if the application is on behalf of a minor, it shall state the age of the minor and that a duly certified copy of the letters of guardianship has been recorded with the county recorder in the county in which the land is situated; (9) when a required address is unknown to the applicant after due and diligent search, it shall be so stated; (10) the facts supporting applicant's claim to a possessory estate in land as defined in section 508A.01, subdivision 3. History:  1982 c 396 s 6; 1983 c 92 s 24; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 6; 2017 c 16 s 13
MN Stat § 508A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.07 — Nonresident Applicant; Agent.

508A.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 in it the full name and post office address of this agent and agree in it that the service of any legal process in proceedings under or growing out of any application shall be of the same legal effect when made on this agent as if made on the applicant within the state. If the agent so appointed dies or removes from the state, the applicant shall at once appoint another agent in like manner and, if failing so to do, the examiner of titles may dismiss the application. In any subsequent application made, the applicant may refer to the written authority so recorded, provided it is sufficiently comprehensive to include the subsequent application. History:  1982 c 396 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 508A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.08 — Application; Land Included.

508A.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. Adjacent land; different owners. Owners of separate tracts of land in the same county may join in one application to register the title to their individual tracts. The application must list separately all of the information required by section 508A.06 for the owner or owners of each of the tracts included in the application. History:  1982 c 396 s 8; 2001 c 50 s 8; 2003 c 5 art 1 s 9
MN Stat § 508A.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.09 — Amendment.

508A.09 AMENDMENT. Amendments to the application may be allowed by the examiner of titles at any time upon terms that are just and reasonable, but all amendments shall be in writing and signed and verified like the original application. A person who acquires the original applicant's estate in all or part of the land by voluntary instrument from the original applicant may be substituted for the applicant as to the land acquired by executing an amendment. History:  1982 c 396 s 9; 2001 c 50 s 9
MN Stat § 508A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.10 — Application To Examiner; Powers Of Examiner.

508A.10 APPLICATION TO EXAMINER; POWERS OF EXAMINER. An application for registration for a CPT shall be addressed to the examiner of titles in and for the county in which the land described is situated. The examiner shall have the powers provided in sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 including but not limited to the following: (1) to approve all applications prior to filing of record; (2) to require an abstract of title with searches and recertifications as desired; (3) to require that mailed notice be given to the holders of any interest, when their addresses are known; (4) to issue examiner's reports, supplemental reports, and directives to the registrar regarding initial CPTs or memorials upon any CPT pursuant to section 508A.71; (5) to require the county surveyor to review the proposed legal description of any CPT or to inspect the real property; (6) to suspend any proceeding hereunder upon receipt of any valid written objections by persons claiming an interest in the real property; and (7) to require proceedings subsequent to the initial CPT as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, or to certify instruments transferring title pursuant to sections 508A.59, 508A.62, and 508A.69. History:  1982 c 396 s 10; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 41; 2001 c 50 s 10
MN Stat § 508A.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.11 — Application Filed With Recorder; Abstract To Examiner; Fee.

508A.11 APPLICATION FILED WITH RECORDER; ABSTRACT TO EXAMINER; FEE. Subdivision 1. Application filed with county recorder. After approval by the examiner of titles, the application for a CPT shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder, and shall be notice forever to all purchasers and encumbrancers of the pendency of the registration and of all matters referred to in the files and records of the examiner of titles and of the registrar of titles pertaining to the registration. The applicant shall deliver a certified copy of the recorded application to the examiner of titles. Subd. 2. Abstract supplied. The applicant shall deliver to the examiner of titles an abstract of title satisfactory to the examiner. In the event the examiner refuses to direct the issuance of a CPT, the abstract shall be returned. Otherwise, the abstract shall be returned to the applicant only at the time and under the conditions as the examiner shall determine. Subd. 3. Fees. Before the examiner of titles examines the abstract of title, the applicant shall pay to the registrar of titles the fee provided by section 508A.82, subdivision 1, clause (18). History:  1982 c 396 s 11; 1985 c 281 s 16; 1992 c 463 s 15; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 42; 2001 c 50 s 11,12; 2006 c 222 s 4
MN Stat § 508A.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.12 — Examiner Of Titles; Deputies.

508A.12 EXAMINER OF TITLES; DEPUTIES. The examiner of titles and deputy examiners shall be those appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 508.12 and shall hold office and be compensated as provided in that section. History:   1982 c 396 s 12
MN Stat § 508A.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.14 — County Surveyor.

508A.14 COUNTY SURVEYOR. At the request of the examiner of titles, the county surveyor shall perform the functions set forth in section 508.14. All plats of survey made by the county surveyor pursuant to this section shall be filed with the examiner or registrar. History:   1982 c 396 s 14
MN Stat § 508A.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.17 — Limitation On Actions.

508A.17 LIMITATION ON ACTIONS. Subdivision 1. Limitation. As against a title to land registered under a CPT which has been entered and maintained by the registrar under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, no action affecting the possession or title to the land shall be commenced by any person, partnership, corporation, state, or political subdivision to enforce any right, title, estate, lien, or interest founded upon any instrument, event, or transaction which was executed or occurred before the entry of the first CPT and which is not set out as a separate memorial on the CPT or covered by section 508A.25, clauses (1) to (5) and (8), unless the action is commenced and a notice of lis pendens of it is registered upon the CPT within a period of five years from the date of the first CPT. Subd. 2. No adverse interest renewed. Any claimant to any interest adverse to the applicant already barred by some other statute or rule of law shall not acquire any renewed rights or extensions by reason of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. History:  1982 c 396 s 15; 1983 c 92 s 25; 2001 c 50 s 13; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 100
MN Stat § 508A.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.21 — Cpt Application Withdrawal; Conversion To Full Registration.

508A.21 CPT APPLICATION WITHDRAWAL; CONVERSION TO FULL REGISTRATION. At any time prior to the issuance of the first CPT, the applicant or successor in interest may withdraw the application by filing for record in the office of the county recorder a verified statement of withdrawal, and a duplicate of it shall be delivered to the examiner of titles. The applicant may convert the application to a full registration pursuant to chapter 508, at any time on complying with all of the requirements of it. If any proceeding has been suspended as provided in section 508A.13, subdivision 3, for more than 30 days, the examiner may file in the office of the county recorder a notice of termination of the proceeding. History:  1982 c 396 s 16; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 508A.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.22 — Examiner's Directive; Fees.

508A.22 EXAMINER'S DIRECTIVE; FEES. Subdivision 1. Directive. The examiner of titles, upon being satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a CPT, but not earlier than 20 days from the date of mailing of the notice required by section 508A.13, shall issue a written directive to the registrar of titles directing that the first CPT be issued and entered in the name of the applicant, subject only to the following: (a) the exceptions set out in section 508A.25; (b) separate memorials showing all outstanding rights, titles, estates, liens, and interests set forth in the examiner's report and any additional liens, encumbrances, or other interests affecting the land, arising after the filing of the application; and (c) a memorial of the examiner's directive which must state that the land described in the directive is subject to the rights of persons in possession, if any, and any rights which would be disclosed by a survey except as those rights are limited by section 508A.02, subdivision 1. The examiner's directive shall contain an accurate description of the land and shall set forth the address of the applicant and, if the applicant is an individual, whether the applicant is 18 years of age or older, and whether married or unmarried, and if married, the name of the spouse; if the applicant is under any legal incapacity, the nature of it shall be stated. The examiner shall deliver the abstract of title to the registrar of titles who shall retain it, but it must not be entered as a memorial on the CPT. From the date of filing the examiner's directive with the registrar of titles, all instruments affecting title to the land which are registered shall be filed in the office of the registrar of titles and be memorialized upon the CPT. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2001 c 50 s 37] Subd. 3. Fees. Upon the filing with the registrar of titles of the examiner's directive pursuant to subdivision 1, there shall be paid to the registrar the fee provided by section 508A.82, subdivision 1, clause (2), for registering a first CPT. History:  1982 c 396 s 17; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 4; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 43,44; 2001 c 50 s 14,15,38; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 90
MN Stat § 508A.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.24 — Registration Runs With Land.

508A.24 REGISTRATION RUNS WITH LAND. The receiving of a CPT shall be deemed to be an agreement running with the land and binding upon the applicant and successors in the possessory title to the effect that the land shall be and forever remain registered land, subject to the provisions of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. All dealings with the land, or any estate or interest in it, after the land has been registered shall be expressly subject to the terms and provisions of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. History:  1982 c 396 s 18; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 508A.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.25 — Rights Of Person Holding Cpt.

508A.25 RIGHTS OF PERSON HOLDING CPT. Every person holding a CPT issued pursuant to sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 who has acquired title in good faith and for a valuable consideration shall hold the same free from all encumbrances and adverse claims, excepting only estates, mortgages, liens, charges, and interests as may be noted by separate memorials in the latest CPT in the office of the registrar, and also excepting any of the following rights or encumbrances subsisting against the same, if any: (1) liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or the Constitution of the United States, which this state cannot require to appear of record; (2) the lien of any real property tax or special assessment; (3) any lease for a period not exceeding three years when there is actual occupation of the premises under it; (4) all rights in public highways upon the land; (5) the rights of any person in possession under deed or contract for deed from the owner of the CPT; (6) any claims that may be made pursuant to section 508A.17 within five years from the date of the first CPT; (7) the right of appeal, or right to appear and contest the petition, or other proceeding affecting the title, as is allowed by this chapter or chapter 508; and (8) any outstanding mechanics lien rights which may exist under sections 514.01 to 514.17. No existing or future lien for state taxes arising under the laws of this state for the nonpayment of any amounts due under chapter 268 or any tax administered by the commissioner of revenue may encumber title to lands registered under this chapter unless filed under the terms of this chapter. History:  1982 c 396 s 19; 1983 c 92 s 26; 1991 c 291 art 18 s 15; 1992 c 511 art 9 s 21; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 45; 2001 c 50 s 16; 2017 c 16 s 14
MN Stat § 508A.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.29 — Appeals.

508A.29 APPEALS. An appeal may be taken to the court of appeals from any order of the district court relating to land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 within 60 days from the filing of the order. The appeal shall be as in other civil cases. History:  1982 c 396 s 21; 1983 c 247 s 185; 2017 c 16 s 15
MN Stat § 508A.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.30 — Registrar Of Titles.

508A.30 REGISTRAR OF TITLES. County recorders are the registrars of titles in their respective counties. History:   1982 c 396 s 22
MN Stat § 508A.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings|Section 508A.31 — Registrar's Bond.

508A.31 REGISTRAR'S BOND. Before entering upon the duties of office, the registrar of titles shall execute a bond to the state for an amount and with sureties as may be determined by the county board. The bond shall be approved by the district court, filed in the office of the county recorder, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of duties. A copy of the bond shall be filed and entered upon the records of the court. History:  1982 c 396 s 23; 1986 c 444