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MN Stat § 559.201 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.201 — Definitions.

559.201 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in this section apply to section 559.202. Subd. 2. Business day. "Business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday as defined in section 645.44, subdivision 5. Subd. 3. Family farm security loan. "Family farm security loan" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 41.52, subdivision 5. Subd. 4. Multiple seller. "Multiple seller" means a person that has acted as a seller in four or more contracts for deed involving residential real property during the 12-month period that precedes either: (1) the date on which the purchaser executes a purchase agreement under section 559.202; or (2) if there is no purchase agreement, the date on which the purchaser executes a contract for deed under section 559.202. A contract for deed transaction that is exempt under section 559.202, subdivision 2, is a contract for deed for the purposes of determining whether a seller is a multiple seller. Subd. 5. Person. "Person" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other legal entity, however organized. Subd. 6. Purchase agreement. "Purchase agreement" means a purchase agreement for a contract for deed, an earnest money contract, or an executed option contemplating that, at closing, the seller and the purchaser will enter into a contract for deed. Subd. 7. Purchaser. "Purchaser" means a natural person who enters into a contract for deed to purchase residential real property. Purchaser includes all purchasers who enter into the same contract for deed to purchase residential real property. Subd. 8. Residential real property. "Residential real property" means real property consisting of one to four family dwelling units, one of which the purchaser intends to occupy as the purchaser's principal place of residence. Residential real property does not include property subject to a family farm security loan or a transaction subject to sections 583.20 to 583.32. History:   2013 c 85 art 6 s 7
MN Stat § 559.205 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.205 — Contracts For Deed; Modification.

559.205 CONTRACTS FOR DEED; MODIFICATION. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a renegotiated contract for deed or an agreement modifying the terms of a contract for deed which was valid at its inception shall not be construed as creating a mortgage or an equitable mortgage. This section does not modify any other requirements relating to contracts for deed. History:   1982 c 500 s 2
MN Stat § 559.209 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.209 — Mediation Notice And Conditions For Agricultural Property.

559.209 MEDIATION NOTICE AND CONDITIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Requirement. A person may not begin to terminate a contract for deed under section 559.21 to purchase agricultural property subject to sections 583.20 to 583.32 for a remaining balance on the contract of more than the amount provided in section 583.24, subdivision 5, unless: (1) a mediation notice is served on the contract for deed purchaser after a default has occurred under the contract and a copy served on the director and the contract for deed vendor and purchaser have completed mediation under sections 583.20 to 583.32; or (2) as otherwise allowed under sections 583.20 to 583.32. Subd. 2. Contents. A mediation notice must contain the following notice with the blanks properly filled in. "TO: ....(Name of Contract for Deed Purchaser).... YOU HAVE DEFAULTED ON THE CONTRACT FOR DEED OF THE AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS ....(Size and Reasonable Location of Property, Not Legal Description). THE AMOUNT OF THE OUTSTANDING DEBT IS ....(Amount of Debt).... AS THE CONTRACT FOR DEED VENDOR, ....(Contract for Deed Vendor).... INTENDS TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND TAKE BACK THE PROPERTY. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR DEED DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION. IF YOU REQUEST MEDIATION, A DEBT THAT IS IN DEFAULT WILL BE MEDIATED ONLY ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT REQUEST MEDIATION, THIS DEBT WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO FUTURE MEDIATION IF THE CONTRACT FOR DEED VENDOR BEGINS REMEDIES TO ENFORCE THE DEBT. IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE WILL PROVIDE AN ORIENTATION MEETING AND A FINANCIAL ANALYST TO HELP YOU PREPARE FINANCIAL INFORMATION. IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN MEDIATION, IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO ASSEMBLE YOUR FARM FINANCE AND OPERATION RECORDS AND TO CONTACT A COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. MEDIATION WILL ATTEMPT TO ARRIVE AT AN AGREEMENT FOR HANDLING FUTURE FINANCIAL RELATIONS. TO HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR DEED DEBT REVIEWED FOR MEDIATION YOU MUST FILE A MEDIATION REQUEST WITH THE DIRECTOR WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER YOU RECEIVE THE NOTICE. THE MEDIATION REQUEST FORM IS AVAILABLE AT ANY COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE. FROM: ....(Name and Address of Contract for Deed Vendor)...." History: 1986 c 398 art 1 s 3,18; 1987 c 292 s 7,37; 1989 c 350 art 16 s 8; 1990 c 525 s 1; 1991 c 208 s 2; 1Sp1993 c 2 art 6 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 2 s 11; 1997 c 183 art 3 s 29; 1998 c 395 s 7; 1998 c 402 s 6; 1999 c 214 art 2 s 19; 2001 c 195 art 1 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 1 art 2 s 25; 1Sp2001 c 2 s 150; 2005 c 4 s 135; 2009 c 94 art 1 s 95; 2017 c 88 art 2 s 79 NOTE: See section 583.215 for expiration of this section.
MN Stat § 559.213 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.213 — Prima Facie Evidence Of Termination.

559.213 PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF TERMINATION. The recording, heretofore or hereafter, of the copy of notice of default, proof of service thereof, and the affidavit showing that the purchaser has not complied with the terms of the notice, provided for by Minnesota Statutes 1941, section 559.21, shall be prima facie evidence that the contract referred to in such notice has been terminated. History:   1945 c 406 s 1
MN Stat § 559.214 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.214 — Supplementary Affidavit.

559.214 SUPPLEMENTARY AFFIDAVIT. In any instance where such copy of notice, proof of service thereof and affidavit have been or shall hereafter be recorded, the vendor or the vendor's successors or assigns may record with the county recorder a supplementary affidavit, verified by a person shown by such supplementary affidavit to have knowledge of the facts, showing that the purchaser under the contract referred to in such notice and the purchaser's personal representatives, successors and assigns, if any, have abandoned the real estate referred to in such contract and that such abandonment has continued for at least six consecutive years after such termination proceedings and next prior to the recording of the supplementary affidavit. The recording of the supplementary affidavit shall be prima facie evidence that the real estate has been abandoned and the contract terminated, notwithstanding defects, substantial or otherwise, in the termination proceedings, including the defect occasioned by lapse of less than 30 days between the date of service of notice of termination of the contract and the date of beginning of any moratorium. Such supplementary affidavit may be verified by the vendor or the vendor's successor or assigns in person or by an agent or attorney. History:  1945 c 406 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.215 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.215 — Validating Terminations Of Contract Of Sale.

559.215 VALIDATING TERMINATIONS OF CONTRACT OF SALE. Every termination of a contract for the conveyance of real property or an interest in real property is legal and valid after the expiration of the period specified in section 559.216 as against the following objections: (1) that prior to the service of notice of termination, no mortgage registration tax was paid on the contract, or an insufficient registration tax was paid on the contract; (2) that the notice: (i) did not correctly state the amount of attorney fees; (ii) failed to state or incorrectly stated the names of one or more of the sellers, or the sellers' successors or assigns, or incorrectly described the interest or representative capacity of the person giving the notice; (iii) was printed or typed in an incorrect type size; (iv) incorrectly stated the number of days after service that the contract will terminate, provided that the number of days stated is not less than 30 days; or (v) did not correctly state the two percent amount required to be paid by section 559.21, subdivision 2a, clause (4); (3) that the cancellation was commenced by less than all sellers; or (4) that in the case of a termination by publication the notice was not served on all persons in possession of the real estate, provided it was served on at least one of those persons. History:  1990 c 575 s 8; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 11
MN Stat § 559.216 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.216 — Application Of Curative Provisions.

559.216 APPLICATION OF CURATIVE PROVISIONS. Subdivision 1. Expiration periods. Upon expiration of the periods specified in this section, the provisions of section 559.215 apply to a termination of a contract for the conveyance of real property or an interest in real property subject to this section: (1) as to section 559.215, clause (2), item (iv), and clause (3), five years after the last day of the correct reinstatement period of the purchaser or the purchaser's personal representatives or assigns; and (2) as to all other provisions of section 559.215, one year after the last day of the reinstatement period of the purchaser or the purchaser's personal representatives or assigns. Subd. 2. Pending and newly commenced actions. This section and section 559.215, as enacted by Laws 1990, chapter 575, sections 8 and 9, do not affect any action or proceeding pending on August 1, 1990, or commenced before February 1, 1991, involving the validity of the termination or conveyance. The amendments to this section and section 559.215 by Laws 1996, chapter 338, article 1, shall not affect any action pending on August 1, 1996, or that is commenced before February 1, 1997, involving the validity of the termination or conveyance. History:  1990 c 575 s 9; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 12
MN Stat § 559.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.22 — In Recovery Action Defendant's Buyer May Be Liable.

559.22 IN RECOVERY ACTION DEFENDANT'S BUYER MAY BE LIABLE. An action for the recovery of real property against a person in possession or in receipt of the rents and profits thereof cannot be prejudiced by an alienation made by that person either before or after the commencement of the action; but in such case, if the defendant has no property sufficient to satisfy the damages recovered for the withholding of possession, such damages may be collected by action against the purchaser. History:  (9577) RL s 4443; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.23 — Action To Determine Boundary Lines.

559.23 ACTION TO DETERMINE BOUNDARY LINES. An action may be brought by any person owning land or any interest therein against the owner, or persons interested in adjoining land, to have the boundary lines established; and when the boundary lines of two or more tracts depend upon any common point, line, or landmark, an action may be brought by the owner or any person interested in any of such tracts, against the owners or persons interested in the other tracts, to have all the boundary lines established. If a boundary line is in common with registered land, the determination of the boundary must be made pursuant to section 508.671. The court shall determine any adverse claims in respect to any portion of the land involved which it may be necessary to determine for a complete settlement of the boundary lines, and shall make such order respecting costs and disbursements as it shall deem just. The decree of the court shall be filed with the court administrator, and a certified copy thereof shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder; provided that such decree shall not be accepted for such recording or filing until it shall be presented to the county auditor who shall enter the same in the transfer record and note upon the instrument over the auditor's official signature the words "ENTERED IN THE TRANSFER RECORD." History:  (9590) RL s 4454; 1947 c 244 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2005 c 4 s 137; 2017 c 16 s 20
MN Stat § 559.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.24 — Pleadings; Additional Parties.

559.24 PLEADINGS; ADDITIONAL PARTIES. Such actions shall be governed by the rules governing civil actions, except as herein otherwise provided, but every allegation in every answer shall be deemed in issue without further pleading. When in any such action it appears to the court that any owner, lienholder, or person interested in any of the tracts involved ought, for a full settlement and adjudication of all the questions involved, to be made a party, the court shall stay the proceedings and issue an order requiring such persons to come in and plead therein within 20 days after service of the order, which shall be served upon them in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. Any person so served who shall fail to file an answer within 20 days thereafter shall be in default. All pleadings or copies thereof shall be filed before such order is made. The court may also, in its discretion, in like manner, order the owners and persons interested in other tracts than those originally involved to come in and plead, in which case the order shall describe such additional tracts, and state that the purpose of the action is to establish the boundary lines thereof. History:  (9591) RL s 4455
MN Stat § 559.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.25 — Judgment; Landmarks.

559.25 JUDGMENT; LANDMARKS. The judgment shall locate and define the boundary lines involved by reference to well-known permanent landmarks, and, if it shall be deemed for the interest of the parties, after the entry of judgment, the court may direct a competent surveyor to establish a permanent stone or iron landmark in accordance with the judgment, from which future surveys of the land embraced in the judgment shall be made. Such landmarks shall have distinctly cut or marked thereon "Judicial Landmark." The surveyor shall make report to the court, and in the report shall accurately describe the landmark so erected, and define its location as nearly as practicable. History:  (9592) RL s 4456; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 560.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.01 — In District Court, By Owners Of Half The Land.

560.01 IN DISTRICT COURT, BY OWNERS OF HALF THE LAND. Subdivision 1. In county where land is. The owner or owners of a half interest or more in mineral land that has more than one owner of record may bring an action for permission to mine the land. The action must be brought in the district court in the county where the land is. Subd. 2. Mineral land defined. In this chapter, "mineral land" or "land" means real property on or in which veins, lodes, deposits of iron, iron ores, minerals or mineral ores of any kind, stone, coal, clay, sand, gravel, or peat are known to or do exist. Subd. 3. Owner of record defined. In this chapter, "owner" or "owner of record" of mineral land means one who has an interest in the land as shown by a properly executed deed or a lease having more than one year to run. The deed or lease must be of record in the county where the mineral land is. History:  (9593) 1907 c 177 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 560.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.02 — Complaint Describes Land; Court Decides Ownership.

560.02 COMPLAINT DESCRIBES LAND; COURT DECIDES OWNERSHIP. Subdivision 1. Abstract attached to complaint. The complaint in an action under this chapter must describe the mineral land to be mined. An abstract of the land must be attached to the complaint. The abstract must show the title to the land as it appears on the deeds and leases recorded in the county where the land is. Subd. 2. Ownership from records. When the action is heard, the court must decide who are the owners of the land described in the complaint. The decision must be based on the properly executed deeds or leases recorded in the county where the land is. History:  (9594) 1907 c 177 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 560.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.03 — If Suers Own Half And Get Bond, They May Mine.

560.03 IF SUERS OWN HALF AND GET BOND, THEY MAY MINE. Subdivision 1. By court order. If the complainant in an action under this chapter owns one-half or more of the mineral land, the court must make an order allowing the complainant to enter on and mine the land to produce from it the minerals, mineral ores, coal, clay, sand, gravel, or peat, that may be on or in the land. Subd. 2. Bond required; conditions. The court order is effective only after the complainant files a bond with the court administrator. The bond must have the sureties that the court requires. The bond must be conditioned for the faithful, complete, and timely performance of court orders in, or on the subject of, the action, and for the timely performance of everything required by this chapter. History:  (9595) 1907 c 177 s 3; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 560.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.04 — Mining; Accounting; Profits; Liens; Liability.

560.04 MINING; ACCOUNTING; PROFITS; LIENS; LIABILITY. Subdivision 1. May mine land. After the bond described in section 560.03 has been filed and approved, the complainant may enter on the mineral land, mine it, and develop the produce from the mining. Subd. 2. Detail expenses; output; receipts. The mining operator must keep a strict account of the expenses and output in tons of the mining and of the receipts from the disposal of the output. The mining operator must make a monthly statement of the expenses and the output and file the statement with the court administrator of the court handling the complainant's action. The mining operator may use as much of the receipts from the disposal of the total output as is necessary to pay the expenses of the mining operation. Subd. 3. All owners get profits. The balance of the receipts must be prorated among all the owners of the mineral land according to their interests. An owner may demand payment after a monthly statement showing a surplus is filed. The mine operator must make the payment when it is demanded. Subd. 4. Other owners not liable. An expense or a claim for work performed in or about the mining operation cannot be a lien on or a charge against any part of the land or interest in the land not owned by the owners mining the land. An owner who is not one of the owners mining the land is not liable for a charge or expense related to the mining operation on the land. History:  (9596) 1907 c 177 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 560.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.05 — Miners May Use Surface As Necessary.

560.05 MINERS MAY USE SURFACE AS NECESSARY. Subdivision 1. Includes office, housing. The operators mining the mineral land may use the surface of the land for placing and sheltering machinery, for roads, tramways, drains, water pipes, steam and electric plants, and for other appliances necessary to mine the land. The surface may also be used for office buildings, and for houses for workers and shelter for animals involved in the mining operation. Subd. 2. No charge for use. A nonoperating co-owner must not charge an operating co-owner for the use under subdivision 1 of the surface of the mineral land. History:  (9597) 1907 c 177 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 560.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.06 — Nonmining Owners Have Access.

560.06 NONMINING OWNERS HAVE ACCESS. Subdivision 1. To verify accounts. An owner of mineral land who is not involved in mining the land has access to the land and the workings of the mining operation at all reasonable times to measure the workings and in so doing, to verify the accounts of the operators. Subd. 2. To take deliveries. A nonmining owner also has access to the property to remove property delivered to the nonmining owner on the dump of the property. In using the access for removal, a nonmining owner must not interfere with the mine operators, the land, the workings on or in the land, the appliances on the land, or those working for the operators on the land. History:  (9598) 1907 c 177 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 560.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.07 — If Majority Does Not Act, Minority May Take Over.

560.07 IF MAJORITY DOES NOT ACT, MINORITY MAY TAKE OVER. An owner of less than a half interest in mineral land may mine the land under conditions in this section. (a)(1) The owner of a half or greater interest must fail or refuse to use the procedure in this chapter; or (2) after starting to mine the land under this chapter, the owner of the half or greater interest must abandon the work for at least one year. (b) The ownership of the interest must be shown by properly executed deeds recorded in the county where the land is. (c) The owner of the interest must start to open and work the land according to this chapter. History:  (9599) 1907 c 177 s 7; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1
MN Stat § 560.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 560 — Actions Involving Mineral Land|Section 560.08 — No Liens Except Judgments May Attach To The Land.

560.08 NO LIENS EXCEPT JUDGMENTS MAY ATTACH TO THE LAND. No liens created by statute for mechanics, material suppliers, or laborers, or for other supplies or other liens except those of judgment against owners of interests in the land, may attach to mineral land on or in which mining operations are carried on under this chapter. History:  (9600) 1907 c 177 s 8; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 8 s 1