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MN Stat § 505.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.15 — Certain Plats Validated.

505.15 CERTAIN PLATS VALIDATED. In all cases where the record owner of real estate in this state has heretofore conveyed the same, or any part thereof, by express reference in the instrument of such conveyance to a plat of such real estate on file in the office of the county recorder in the county in which such real estate is situated, and a plat so referred to in said conveyance is actually of record in such recorder's office at the time when such conveyance is made, such record owner and all persons claiming under such record owner, shall be forever estopped from questioning the validity of such plat, notwithstanding that at the time of the execution and record thereof, title to the premises covered thereby, appears of record to have been in the name of a person other than the person who executed such plat as proprietor of the premises covered thereby, and notwithstanding any irregularity or informality in the execution, acceptance, or record of such plat. In all such cases such plat shall be deemed and taken to be valid, confirmed, and legalized in all respects as if actually executed and recorded by the persons who appear of record to have been the owners of the premises covered thereby at the time of the execution and record thereof. History:  (8245) 1905 c 129 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 505.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.16 — Application.

505.16 APPLICATION. Section 505.15 shall apply to all plats heretofore recorded of any townsite and to any addition to any townsite and to any addition to any town or city within the state. History:  (8246) 1905 c 129 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 505.165 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.165 — Certain Plats Executed Or Filed Before January 1, 1915.

505.165 CERTAIN PLATS EXECUTED OR FILED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1915. Subdivision 1. Corrective plat. That in all cases where the plats, or what purports to be plats, of any portion of the lands contained within any town or city of this state of additions or subdivisions thereof, which have been executed and filed in an office of any county recorder previous to January 1, 1915, fail to identify or correctly describe the land to be so platted or to show correctly upon their face the tract of land intended or purported to be platted thereby, or any such plats are defective by reason of the plat and the description of the land purported to be so platted thereby being inconsistent or incorrect, or there exists a defect in the execution of said plats on the part of the grantors thereof, the governing board or council of the municipality containing land so platted or purported to be so platted may authorize, within six months from the passage of Laws 1947, chapter 48, referring by the record book and page of such plat or plats in the office of the county recorder to the plat or plats to be corrected, the making of one or more plats which shall correctly show on the face thereof and by description of the land intended to be platted, which plat or plats may vary from the original plats in description as to lots and blocks to suit the best purpose and secure the best results, and such plat or plats, in a declaration thereon, shall recite such resolution and shall identify each separate tract of land described therein with such tract of land in the purported plat or plats intended to be corrected thereby, and shall be certified by the proper officers of the municipality as to authorization and by an engineer or surveyor as to correctness, and the signatures of such persons shall be acknowledged in like manner as a deed. Subd. 2. Recording; prima facie evidence. Such plat or plats when so certified and acknowledged may be filed in the office of the county recorder and the declaration therein may be recorded at length in a "Book of Plat Certificates"; and when so filed and recorded such plat or plats and declaration together with the record thereof shall be prima facie evidence in all matters shown or stated therein as to the lands covered thereby. Subd. 3. Limitation on application. This section shall not apply to a city whose charter provides for official supervision of plats by municipal officers, commission or board. History:  1947 c 48 s 1-3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 505.17 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.17 — Certain Plats And Certificates Prima Facie Evidence.

505.17 CERTAIN PLATS AND CERTIFICATES PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. All certificates heretofore made and recorded under the provisions of Laws 1891, chapter 25, the same being "An act relative to plats of towns and cities in this state and of additions to, and subdivisions thereof and the correction and legalization of the same," or the record of such certificates, together with the plats to which they respectively refer, shall be prima facie evidence in all cases as to the lands covered by these plats. History:  (8246-1) 1907 c 53 s 1
MN Stat § 505.174 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.174 — Surveyor's Certificate Of Own Plat Error; Correction.

505.174 SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE OF OWN PLAT ERROR; CORRECTION. In any case where a land plat or subdivision, or what purports to be a land plat or subdivision, has been executed and filed in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, which fails to identify or correctly describe the land to be so platted or subdivided, or to show correctly upon its face the tract of land intended or purported to be platted or subdivided thereby or is defective by reason of the plat or subdivision and the description of the land purported to be so platted or subdivided thereby being inconsistent or incorrect, the registered surveyor who prepared such plat or subdivision may execute a certificate stating the nature of the error, omission or defect and stating the correct information to correct such error, supply such omission or cure such defect, referring, by correct book and page, to such plat or subdivision and designating its name, if there is a name. Such certificate shall be dated and signed by such registered surveyor. History:  1955 c 472 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 505.175 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.175 — Certificates By Other Surveyors.

505.175 CERTIFICATES BY OTHER SURVEYORS. Whenever the registered surveyor who prepared such plat or subdivision shall not be available, or whenever such plat or subdivision shall not have been prepared by a registered surveyor, such certificate may be executed by any registered surveyor, but shall state the reason why the registered surveyor who prepared the plat or subdivision is not available, or, if the plat or subdivision was not prepared by a registered surveyor, shall state that fact. History:   1955 c 472 s 2
MN Stat § 505.176 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.176 — Approval Of Certificates; Filing And Recording.

505.176 APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATES; FILING AND RECORDING. When the certificate has been approved by the governing body of the area involved and a certificate stating that said plat certificate has been approved by the governing body signed by the clerk of said body is attached to said plat certificate, the county recorder of the county in which the land so platted or subdivided is located shall accept each such certificate for filing and recording in the recorder's office upon payment of a fee therefor commensurate with the length of the certificate. Neither witnesses nor an acknowledgment shall be required on any such certificate, but it shall be signed by the registered surveyor and shall state following the signature that the surveyor is a registered surveyor in the state of Minnesota. The county recorder shall make suitable notations on the record of the plat or subdivision to which such certificate refers to direct the attention of anyone examining such plat or subdivision to the record of such certificate. History:  1955 c 472 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 505.177 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.177 — Certificate As Prima Facie Evidence.

505.177 CERTIFICATE AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. A certificate filed pursuant to sections 505.174 to 505.177 shall be prima facie evidence of the statements appearing therein and shall be received in evidence for that purpose. No such certificate shall have the effect of destroying or changing vested rights acquired based upon an existing plat or subdivision despite errors or defects therein or omissions therefrom. History:   1955 c 472 s 4
MN Stat § 505.178 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.178 — Validation Of Certain Plats.

505.178 VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PLATS. Subdivision 1. Court order to record. The county board, county recorder, county treasurer, county attorney or county auditor, or any person having an interest in a parcel of land lying within an area appearing on a plat which is on file in the office of the county recorder, but which is not officially recorded, or a plat which is missing from the records of the county recorder, may petition the district court of the county for an order providing for the recording of such plat. Subd. 2. Elements of proof. If the court finds from the evidence adduced: (1) That such plat was filed with the county recorder more than 40 years prior to May 23, 1965; (2) That in the case of a missing plat, the county recorder has made a diligent search for such missing plat but has been unable to find it; and (3) That the plat proposed as a replacement of the missing plat is a true and correct reproduction of the missing plat; or That the plat other than a missing plat has been on file in the office of the county recorder for more than 40 years prior to May 23, 1965, but was not officially recorded, the court shall make its findings and order accordingly and direct the court administrator to certify upon the said plat that it is entitled to record in the office of the county recorder pursuant to the provisions of this statute. History:  1965 c 640 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1980 c 509 s 175; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 505.179 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.179 — Use Of Plat.

505.179 USE OF PLAT. A plat so certified pursuant to order of the court shall be entitled to record and may be used for any purpose in like manner as a plat qualified under section 505.177. History:   1965 c 640 s 2
MN Stat § 505.1791 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.1791 — Fees.

505.1791 FEES. Any fees incurred in executing the provisions of sections 505.178 to 505.1791 shall be paid by the county if the county officer involved receives fees instead of a fixed salary paid by the county, and if the county officer involved is paid a fixed salary, no such fees shall be charged. History:   1965 c 640 s 3
MN Stat § 505.1792 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.1792 — Streets, Roads, Highways And Rights-of-way.

505.1792 STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY. Subdivision 1. Informal; for information. In order to give supplemental information to the public as to the location of streets, county roads, county state-aid highways, town roads, and other transportation corridors, and the right-of-way thereof, the governing body of any city, town, or county may file for record in the office of the county recorder and the registrar of titles of said county such maps or plats showing such information as the governing body shall determine necessary. The map or plat shall be subscribed by the mayor or chair of the governing body and the county surveyor, together with a certified copy of the resolution of the governing body setting forth the necessity for said plat, and shall be entitled to record without compliance with the provisions of this chapter, except as provided in this section. Any amendments, alterations, or vacations of such maps or plats so filed may be entitled to record in like manner. Subd. 2. Requirements. The map or plat shall be prepared in compliance with section 505.021, subdivisions 1 and 5, and recorded in compliance with section 505.04. Subd. 3. When street plat prohibited. A city or town may not file a street plat for any street that is a county road or state highway, or carried designation as a county road or state highway at the time the plat is offered for filing. Subd. 4. Not a title transfer. Maps or plats filed for record under this section shall not operate of themselves to transfer title to the property described but such maps or plats shall be for descriptive purposes and shall be notice that the municipality claims an interest in said lands. History:  Ex1967 c 58 s 1; 1969 c 220 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1978 c 499 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 269 s 49; 2007 c 73 s 6; 2015 c 7 s 11
MN Stat § 505.1793 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.1793 — Proposed Local Right-of-way Acquisitions; Filing.

505.1793 PROPOSED LOCAL RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS; FILING. Subdivision 1. Filing and recording. To facilitate the acquisition of right-of-way required for public transportation and public utility and drainage easements, the governing body of a statutory or home rule charter city or town may file for record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county in which right-of-way is to be acquired, orders or resolutions, as required by law, in the form of maps or plats showing right-of-way by course distance, bearing and arc length, and other rights or interests in land to be acquired as the governing body determines necessary. The map or plat must show by outline all tracts and parcels of land affected by the proposed acquisition. The map or plat must be subscribed by the mayor or chair of the governing body and prepared and certified by a licensed land surveyor. The certified map or plat is entitled to record without compliance with chapter 505. Subd. 2. Changes in maps or plats. Amendments, alterations, rescissions, or vacations of orders, resolutions, maps, or plats so filed are entitled to record in the same manner. The recorder or registrar may make suitable notations on the appropriate map or plat affected by an amendment, alteration, rescission, or vacation to direct the attention of anyone examining the record to the proper map or plat. Subd. 3. Errors; correcting certificate. If an error on a map or plat incorrectly defines the intended acquisition, but does not affect rights of interests to be acquired, a certificate may be prepared stating what the defect is, what the correct information is, and which map or plat the certificate affects. The certificate must be signed by a licensed land surveyor and subscribed by the mayor or chair of the governing body. The certificate must be filed for record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county where the map or plat is filed. When filed, the certificate amends the map or plat. The recorder or registrar may make suitable notations on the map or plat to which the certificate refers to direct the attention of anyone examining the map or plat to the record of the certificate. Subd. 4. No effect on title. Maps or plats filed for record under this section do not operate of themselves to transfer title to the property described and designated by appropriate parcel number, but the maps or plats are to be used for delineation purposes. Subd. 5. Description by reference. Land acquisition by the governing body for public transportation and public utility and drainage easements by instrument of conveyance or by eminent domain proceedings may refer to the map or plat and parcel number, together with delineation of the parcel, as the only manner of description necessary for the acquisition. History:  1990 c 420 s 1; 1998 c 324 s 9
MN Stat § 505.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.18 — Minnesota Coordinate System.

505.18 MINNESOTA COORDINATE SYSTEM. The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Minnesota is hereafter to be known and designated as the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 and the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983." For the purpose of the use of this system the state is divided into a "North Zone," a "Central Zone," and a "South Zone." The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the North Zone: Beltrami, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Saint Louis. The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the Central Zone: Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pine, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin. The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the South Zone: Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Martin, Meeker, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Steele, Swift, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Winona, Wright, and Yellow Medicine. History:  1945 c 165 s 1; 1985 c 299 s 32
MN Stat § 505.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.19 — Zones; Land Descriptions.

505.19 ZONES; LAND DESCRIPTIONS. As established for use in the North Zone, the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, North Zone or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, North Zone." As established for use in the Central Zone, the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone." As established for use in the South Zone, the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, South Zone or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, South Zone." History:  1945 c 165 s 2; 1985 c 299 s 33
MN Stat § 505.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.20 — X- And Y-coordinates.

505.20 X- AND Y-COORDINATES. The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, to be used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in U.S. Survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or U.S. Survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983. One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate," shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate," shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented horizontal control stations of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey (NOS/NGS) or its successors and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. The station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Minnesota Coordinate System, 1927 or 1983. History:  1945 c 165 s 3; 1985 c 299 s 34; 2008 c 225 s 4
MN Stat § 505.21 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.21 — Reference To Zones.

505.21 REFERENCE TO ZONES. When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description. History:   1945 c 165 s 4
MN Stat § 505.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.23 — Where Coordinates Recorded.

505.23 WHERE COORDINATES RECORDED. No coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within one-half mile of a horizontal control station established in conformity with the standards prescribed in section 505.20; provided that said one-half mile limitation may be modified by a duly authorized state agency to meet local conditions. History:  1945 c 165 s 6; 1985 c 299 s 36
MN Stat § 505.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.24 — Limitation Of Use.

505.24 LIMITATION OF USE. The use of the term "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, North, Central, or South Zone or Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, North, Central, or South Zone" on any map, report of survey, or other document, shall be limited to coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System as defined in this chapter. History:  1945 c 165 s 7; 1985 c 299 s 37
MN Stat § 505.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys|Section 505.25 — When Use Of Coordinates Supplemental.

505.25 WHEN USE OF COORDINATES SUPPLEMENTAL. Whenever coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates shall be construed as supplemental to the basic description of such subdivision, line, or corner contained in the official plats and field notes filed of record, and in the event of any conflict the description by reference to the subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys shall prevail over the description by coordinates. History:   1945 c 165 s 8