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MN Stat § 386.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.19 — Record Books, Indexes.

386.19 RECORD BOOKS, INDEXES. The county recorder shall keep suitable word for word records by either manual or electronic means of all instruments delivered to the recorder for record keeping. The recorder shall keep an alphabetical index either by manual or electronic means, to record, under the proper letter of the alphabet, the name of each grantor and grantee of any instrument delivered for recording. History:  (884) RL s 537; 1975 c 115 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 78; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 7
MN Stat § 386.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.20 — Certificates Of Discharge From U.s. Service.

 386.20 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.20, subdivision 1] 386.20 CERTIFICATES OF DISCHARGE FROM U.S. SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Recordation. (a) Certificates of discharge from the United States Army, the United States Navy, and the United States Marine Corps and releases or transfers from active duty therein may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county in this state by the person to whom such discharge, release or transfer was issued without the payment of any fee to the county recorder for recording the same. Upon the request of the person having such instrument recorded, the county recorder shall not stamp, mark, or make any endorsement upon any such certificate of discharge, release or transfer, but after the recording thereof has been completed the recorder shall return the certificate of discharge, release, or transfer in the condition received. (b) The release of any information pertaining to military certificates of discharge is governed by section 196.08. Subd. 2. Prima facie evidence. The record of such certificate or duly certified copy thereof shall be prima facie evidence of all the facts therein stated and received as evidence of such facts in all courts of this state. Subd. 3. Record books. The county recorder of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to procure at the expense of the county proper record books or electronic media for recording such certificates of discharge with sufficient indexes thereto. History:  (885, 886, 887) 1919 c 266 s 1-3; 1945 c 542 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 124 s 3; 1Sp2003 c 8 art 2 s 19; 2005 c 4 s 79,80
MN Stat § 386.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.26 — Unrecorded Records: Transcribe; Record.

 386.26 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.26, subdivision 1] 386.26 UNRECORDED RECORDS: TRANSCRIBE; RECORD. Subdivision 1. Counties over 100,000. The county recorder in each county having a population of over 100,000 is hereby authorized and directed to transcribe in appropriate records in writing or by electronic media to be provided by the county for such purpose and to appropriately index all instruments affecting: lists of lands selected by railroad companies under grants from the United States or the state of Minnesota; and all instruments affecting: condemnation proceedings; awards of damages in condemnation proceedings; building line easements; easements for slopes; easements for electric light and telephone poles; now on file in the recorder's office and which have not heretofore been recorded. Subd. 2. Prima facie; as of time filed. The transcribing of such instruments shall have the effect of a record of the same from the time such instruments were filed in such county recorder office, and such records shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the contents of the original instruments so recorded. Subd. 3. In future; record at length. It is hereby made the duty of the county recorder in any such county to record at length in suitable books or by electronic media to be provided by the county for such purpose all instruments hereafter received either for filing or recording. The recorder shall receive the same fees therefor as are allowed for the recording of other like instruments. Subd. 4. Except Ramsey County. This section does not apply to Ramsey County. History:  (893) 1909 c 153 s 1-3; 1974 c 435 art 7 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 83; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 8
MN Stat § 386.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.29 — Transcribing Abstract Records.

386.29 TRANSCRIBING ABSTRACT RECORDS. The board of county commissioners of any county that has undertaken to have the abstract records in the office of the county recorder transcribed under any law fixing a maximum limit that may be expended for such purpose but is unable to complete such work on account of such limit having been reached may authorize the county recorder or employ any other competent person to complete the same under the supervision and direction of the county recorder at such salary or upon such basis of compensation as may be agreed upon. History:  (893-1) 1927 c 104; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 84
MN Stat § 386.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.31 — Consecutive Numbering.

386.31 CONSECUTIVE NUMBERING. Each county recorder shall endorse plainly upon each instrument received for record as soon as received a number consecutive, to the extent practicable, to the number affixed to the instrument next previously received and enter such number as a part of the entry relating to such instrument in all the indexes kept in the office and on the margin of the record of the instrument, and such number shall be prima facie evidence of priority of registration. If more than one instrument shall be received at the same time, by mail or other like enclosure, the recorder shall affix such number in the order directed by the sender; if no direction be given, then in the order in which the instruments actually come to the recorder. History:  (895) RL s 538; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 99 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 11 art 4 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 85; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 9
MN Stat § 386.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.32 — Consecutive Index.

386.32 CONSECUTIVE INDEX. Each county recorder shall keep an index of all records kept in the office showing the number of the instrument consecutively, the kind, the time of its reception, and where the same is recorded. Such entries shall be made as soon as the instrument is received, excepting only the place of record, which shall be filled in as soon as such instrument is recorded. History:  (896) RL s 539; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 86
MN Stat § 386.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.33 — Deputies.

386.33 DEPUTIES. Any county recorder may appoint one or more deputies in writing whose oath of office shall be endorsed on the appointment and recorded therewith in the office. County recorders shall be responsible for the acts of their deputies and may revoke their appointment at pleasure. History:  (897) RL s 540; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 386.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.36 — Farm Names Recorded.

386.36 FARM NAMES RECORDED. The owner of farm lands in the state may designate a specific name of the farm lands and this name, together with a description of the farm lands according to the government survey thereof, may be recorded with the county recorder of the county wherein the lands, or a part thereof, are situated, and this name, together with the description of the lands, shall be recorded by the county recorder, upon payment of a fee as prescribed in section 357.18, but no two names so designated and recorded shall be alike in the same county. History:  (899) 1909 c 154 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 99 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 87
MN Stat § 386.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.37 — Abstracts Of Title.

386.37 ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. In a county in which the county recorder performs abstract services, the county recorder, upon being paid lawful fees therefor, shall make out, under the recorder's certificate and seal, as the same appears of record or on file in the office, and deliver to any person requesting the same: (1) a full and perfect abstract of title to any real estate together with all encumbrances, liens and instruments in any manner affecting such title; (2) a continuation of any abstract of title, to any real estate that has been certified to by an official abstracter of the county within a reasonable amount of time after such request; (3) an abstract of title to any real estate, together with all encumbrances, liens, and instruments in any manner affecting such title, from a certain date to a given date, within a reasonable amount of time after such request; or (4) an abstract of title to any real estate covering encumbrances and liens, only, affecting such title between any two given dates, within a reasonable amount of time after such request. History:  (900) RL s 542; 1927 c 253; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 88
MN Stat § 386.39 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.39 — Instruments Not Properly Executed.

386.39 INSTRUMENTS NOT PROPERLY EXECUTED. Except where otherwise expressly provided by law, no county recorder shall record any conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument by which any interest in real estate may be in any way affected, unless the same is duly signed, executed and acknowledged according to law; any such officer offending herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and liable in damages to the party injured in a civil action. History:  (902) RL s 543; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 386.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.40 — Seal.

386.40 SEAL. Every county recorder shall have an official seal and affix the same to all documents requiring the recorder's official signature, except the endorsement mentioned in section 386.41. The seal may be affixed by a stamp that will print a seal that legibly reproduces under photographic or electronic methods. The seal also may be a printed facsimile or it may be electronically generated. History:  (903) RL s 544; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 314 s 1
MN Stat § 386.409 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.409 — County Recorder's Official Signature.

386.409 COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICIAL SIGNATURE. When the county recorder's official signature, or that of a deputy is required under section 386.41, an electronically generated signature or name may be used. History:  1998 c 314 s 2; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 10
MN Stat § 386.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.41 — Certificate Of Record.

386.41 CERTIFICATE OF RECORD. Every county recorder shall endorse upon each instrument recorded, over the recorder's official signature, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER, ... COUNTY, MINNESOTA, CERTIFIED, FILED, AND/OR RECORDED ON, the date and time when it was recorded and the document number and/or book and page in which it was recorded; and every instrument shall be considered as recorded at the time so noted. History:  (904) RL s 545; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 314 s 3
MN Stat § 386.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.44 — Oaths And Papers, Where Filed.

386.44 OATHS AND PAPERS, WHERE FILED. In counties not divided into towns, the official oaths and other papers required by law to be filed in the office of the town clerk shall be filed with the county recorder. History:  (777) RL s 446; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 386.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.45 — Bankruptcy Documents May Be Recorded, Used As Evidence.

386.45 BANKRUPTCY DOCUMENTS MAY BE RECORDED, USED AS EVIDENCE. (a) When a petition for bankruptcy, or a decree of adjudication, or an order approving the trustee's bond is made, pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended by the Bankruptcy Act of 1938, chapter 575, Statutes at Large, volume 52, page 840, section 21 g, or a petition is made pursuant to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, hereinafter referred to as the "Bankruptcy Code," the bankrupt, debtor, trustee, receiver, custodian, referee, or any creditor may record a certified copy of the petition, decree, order, or a certificate of a clerk of the United States Bankruptcy Court relating to any matter involving the status of or disposition of the proceedings or pleadings, property of the estate or property of the debtor or documents or orders recorded in the proceeding, all pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, in the office of the county recorder the instruments in the office of the registrar of titles of any county in this state. (b) Any certificate so recorded, or a certified copy thereof, is admissible as evidence in any action involving any instrument to which it relates or involving the title to the real estate affected by the certificate and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. History:  (887-1) 1939 c 117; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1981 c 2 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 89
MN Stat § 386.459 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.459 — Official Records; Compilation, Maintenance, And Storage Of Information.

386.459 OFFICIAL RECORDS; COMPILATION, MAINTENANCE, AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION. The county recorder may select and use alternative methods for the compilation, maintenance, and storage of the information contained in the official records listed in sections 386.03, 386.04, 386.05, 386.19, and 386.32, subject to the following conditions: (1) the methods selected must provide for access to the information contained in the records by those authorized by law to have access to that information; and (2) the methods selected must provide for the preservation of the information contained in the records to the extent specified by law. History:   1998 c 314 s 4
MN Stat § 386.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.46 — Disposal Of Obsolete Records.

386.46 DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE RECORDS. Documents, filed or recorded by the county recorder, including sheriffs certificates, land title patents, incorporations, official bonds, mechanics liens, affidavits, orders of courts exercising probate jurisdiction, district court orders, satisfactions, warranty deeds, quitclaim deeds, lis pendens, assignments, and miscellaneous documents, but still in possession because uncalled for by their owner for ten years after the filing or recording, may be destroyed by the county recorder. Federal liens, except federal estate and gift tax liens, may be destroyed ten years and 30 days, and state liens may be destroyed ten years after their filing or last extension and stricken from the indexes. History:  1947 c 265 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1982 c 377 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 291 art 18 s 13; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
MN Stat § 386.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.47 — Obsolete Records, Destruction.

386.47 OBSOLETE RECORDS, DESTRUCTION. Any county board or the governing body of any municipality may by resolution authorize the destruction of the following instruments filed in the office of the county recorder of the county or clerk of the municipality: (1) all satisfactions of chattel mortgages and releases of conditional sales contracts filed for record more than ten years; and (2) all unsatisfied chattel mortgages and unreleased conditional sales contracts ten years after maturity; if no maturity date is shown, then ten years after the date of filing. History:  1969 c 369 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 386.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.51 — Recording Of U.s. Agency Maps, Plats, Surveys, Photos.

386.51 RECORDING OF U.S. AGENCY MAPS, PLATS, SURVEYS, PHOTOS. Upon the application of any interested person, and upon the payment of the fees required herein, the county recorder in and for the county wherein the land described in the instrument lies shall accept and file for record any map, survey, plat, surveyors notes or aerial photograph made and prepared by or for or under the direction and control of any agency of the United States. History:  1955 c 324 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 386.52 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.52 — Certificate Of Authentication.

386.52 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION. Any such instrument shall be accompanied by an official certificate of the public officer or official charged with responsibility for custody of the original record so filed and recorded, testifying as to the official character of the instrument and certifying the copy tendered as a true, correct, and complete copy of the original and stating where the original document may be found. History:   1955 c 324 s 2
MN Stat § 386.62 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.62 — License Required.

386.62 LICENSE REQUIRED. No official, person, firm, association, or corporation shall engage in the business of making abstracts of title and issuing certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, without first obtaining a license pursuant to the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76. History:  1957 c 871 s 2; 1975 c 419 s 1; 1976 c 222 s 189; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 34
MN Stat § 386.65 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.65 — Examination Of Applicants For License.

386.65 EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE. Subdivision 1. Procedure; conditions. Applications for a license shall be made to the commissioner and shall be upon a form to be prepared by the commissioner and contain such information as may be required by it. Each applicant must pass an examination approved for use by the commissioner. The examination must be of sufficient scope to establish the applicant as capable of performing the duties of an abstracter whose work will be for the use and protection of the public. If application is made by a firm or corporation, one of the members or managing officials thereof shall take such examination. If the applicant successfully passes the examination and complies with all the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76, the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1991 c 100 s 3] History:  1957 c 871 s 4; 1976 c 222 s 194; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 369 s 129; 1995 c 68 s 9; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 35
MN Stat § 386.66 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.66 — Bond Or Abstracter's Liability Insurance Policy.

386.66 BOND OR ABSTRACTER'S LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY. Before a license shall be issued, the applicant shall file with the commissioner an annual bond or abstracter's liability insurance policy for each license year, to be approved by the commissioner, running to the state of Minnesota in the penal sum of at least $100,000 conditioned for the payment by such abstracter of any damages that may be sustained by or accrue to any person by reason of or on account of any error, deficiency or mistake arising wrongfully or negligently in any abstract, or continuation thereof, or in any certificate showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, made by and issued by such abstracter, provided however, that the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons under such bond shall in no event exceed the amount of such bond. If the applicant intends to engage in the business of abstracting in any county having more than 200,000 inhabitants, the bond or insurance policy required herein shall be in the penal sum of at least $250,000. Applicants that are title insurers regulated by chapter 68A and licensed pursuant to sections 60A.02 and 60A.06, subdivision 1, clause (7), and their employees or those having cash or securities on deposit with the state of Minnesota in an amount equal to the said bond or insurance policy shall be exempt from furnishing the bond or an insurance policy herein required but shall be liable to the same extent as if a bond or insurance policy has been given and filed. The bond or insurance policy required hereunder shall be written by some surety or other company authorized to do business in this state issuing bonds or abstracter's liability insurance policies and shall be issued for a period of one or more years, and renewed for one year at the date of expiration as principal continues in business. History:  1957 c 871 s 5; 1975 c 419 s 2; 1976 c 222 s 195; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 100 s 1; 1993 c 77 s 1; 1993 c 369 s 130; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 50; 1995 c 68 s 10; 1996 c 439 art 3 s 12; 2014 c 198 art 4 s 18
MN Stat § 386.67 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.67 — Licensed Abstracter, Seal.

386.67 LICENSED ABSTRACTER, SEAL. A licensed abstracter furnishing abstracts of title to real property under the provisions hereof shall provide a seal, which seal shall show the name of such licensed abstracter, and shall file with the commissioner the signatures of persons authorized to sign certificates on abstracts and continuations of abstracts and certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, issued by such licensed abstracter. History:  1957 c 871 s 6; 1976 c 222 s 196; 1991 c 100 s 2; 1993 c 369 s 131; 1995 c 68 s 11
MN Stat § 386.68 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter|Section 386.68 — Fees.

386.68 FEES. The following fees must be paid to the commissioner: an initial licensing fee of $50; and a license renewal fee of $40. History:  1957 c 871 s 9; 1975 c 419 s 3; 1976 c 222 s 197; 1993 c 369 s 132; 1995 c 68 s 12