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MN Stat § 507.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.31 — Railroad Lands.

507.31 RAILROAD LANDS. Subdivision 1. Certified lists filed in counties. Every railroad company to whom lands have been or shall be conveyed by the state to aid in the construction of its road shall prepare, at its own expense, separate lists of such lands lying within the several counties, according to the government surveys, which lists shall be compared by the commissioner of management and budget with the original lists in the commissioner's office received from the Interior Department of the general government; and each list when corrected by the commissioner shall have appended thereto a certificate that the same is a correct and complete list of the lands in the county certified to the state and by it conveyed to such company. Such lists so certified shall be filed by the companies with the county recorders of the respective counties where such lands lie, who shall keep the same as public records, and they shall be prima facie evidence of the title of such companies. In all cases where any railroad company has failed to comply with the provisions of this section, the board of county commissioners of any county in this state is hereby authorized to direct the county recorder of the county to transcribe directly from the original patents or approved lists from the United States government to the state of Minnesota and the record of deeds from the state of Minnesota to the railroad company receiving such lands. Such original patents and record of deeds being on file in the commissioner of management and budget's office, the commissioner of management and budget shall offer the needed conveniences to any county recorder who desires to make a transcript as herein provided. The county board shall furnish the county recorder with the necessary books and records. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of management and budget to carefully compare such transcribed copies of patents, approved lists or deeds with the original instruments and records on file in the commissioner's office, and when compared to so duly certify to each instrument. Such transcribed records duly certified by the commissioner of management and budget when deposited with the county recorder of any county shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the original instruments so recorded; and an official transcript therefrom shall be admissible as evidence in all the courts of the state. The commissioner of management and budget shall receive no fees for services rendered. The county recorder shall receive the same fees as allowed by law for recording original instruments in the county recorder's office, which sum shall be paid by the county upon the approval of the board of county commissioners. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1984 c 618 s 61] History:  (8223, 8224) RL s 3354,3355; 1913 c 393 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 507.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.32 — Record, When Notice To Parties; Assignment Of Mortgage.

507.32 RECORD, WHEN NOTICE TO PARTIES; ASSIGNMENT OF MORTGAGE. The record, as herein provided, of any instrument properly recorded shall be taken and deemed notice to parties. The record of an assignment of a mortgage shall not in itself be notice of such assignment to the mortgagor, the mortgagor's heirs or personal representatives, so as to invalidate any payment made by either of them to the mortgagee. History:  (8225) RL s 3356; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 507.325 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.325 — Mortgage Securing Revolving Line Of Credit; Notice.

507.325 MORTGAGE SECURING REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT; NOTICE. A mortgage securing a revolving line of credit under which advances, payments, and readvances may be made from time to time, and which states the maximum amount of the line of credit which may be secured at any one time, is effective as notice to parties from the time the mortgage is recorded as to all advances and readvances secured thereby, regardless of the time or amount of advances, payments, or readvances and whether or not the advances or readvances are obligatory. History:   1984 c 502 art 14 s 16
MN Stat § 507.327 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.327 — Mortgages, Deeds Of Trust And Other Instruments Of Public Utilities; Filing And Recording.

507.327 MORTGAGES, DEEDS OF TRUST AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF PUBLIC UTILITIES; FILING AND RECORDING. Subdivision 1. Filing with secretary of state. A mortgage or deed of trust to secure a debt executed by a public utility as defined in section 336B.01 covering the whole or part of its easements or other less than fee simple interests in real estate used in the transmission or distribution of gas, electric, or telephone service, and also covering the fixtures of the public utility which are annexed to it, may be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State along with, or as part of, the financing statement covering the fixtures. The filing of the mortgage or deed of trust has the same effect, and is notice of the rights and interests of the mortgagee or trustee in the easements and other less than fee simple interests in real estate to the same extent, as if the mortgage or deed of trust were duly recorded in the office of the county recorder, or duly registered in the office of the registrar of titles, of the counties in which the real estate is situated. The effectiveness of the filing will terminate at the same time as provided in section 336B.02, subdivision 3, for the termination of the effectiveness of fixture filing. Subd. 2. What constitutes a specific description. For the purposes of this section, a mortgage or deed of trust filed under this section contains a sufficient description to give notice of the rights and interests of the mortgagee or trustee in the easements and other less than fee simple interests in the real estate used for the transmission and distribution of gas, electric, or telephone service of the public utility if the mortgage or deed of trust states that the security includes rights-of-way of or transmission or distribution systems of or lines of the public utility, or all property owned by the public utility. Subd. 3. Filing of prior instruments. A mortgage or deed of trust filed before March 28, 1974, along with, or as part of, the financing statements filed under section 300.112, which complies with the provisions of this section, is filed under this section as of March 28, 1974. Subd. 4. Application. This section does not apply to real estate owned in fee simple by a public utility. History:  1974 c 272 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1984 c 628 art 5 s 1; 2005 c 69 art 1 s 21
MN Stat § 507.328 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.328 — Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Of Pipeline Companies; Filing And Recording.

507.328 MORTGAGES AND DEEDS OF TRUST OF PIPELINE COMPANIES; FILING AND RECORDING. Subdivision 1. Filing with secretary of state. A mortgage or deed of trust to secure a debt executed by a pipeline company engaged in the business of transporting oil, gas, petroleum products, or other commodities that may be transported by pipeline, other than a "public utility" as defined in Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 300.111, covering the whole or any part of its easements or other less than fee simple interests in real estate used in the transportation or distribution of oil, gas, petroleum products, or other commodities that may be transported by pipeline, and also covering the fixtures of the pipeline company which are annexed to the pipeline must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State along with or as a part of the financing statement covering the fixtures. The filing of the mortgage or deed of trust shall have the same effect, and shall be notice of the rights and interests of the mortgagee or trustee in the easements and other less than fee simple interests in real estate to the same extent as if the mortgage or deed of trust were duly recorded in the office of the county recorder, or duly registered in the office of the registrar of titles of the county or counties in which the real estate is situated. The mortgages or deeds of trust may by their terms include after-acquired property, real and personal, and shall be as valid and effectual for that purpose as if the after-acquired property were owned by, and in possession of, the company giving the mortgage and deed of trust at the time of the execution. Notwithstanding the Uniform Commercial Code the filing and recording of the mortgage and deed of trust in the office of the secretary of state shall be notice of the rights of all parties in the real and personal property and fixtures covered by the filing and will so remain until satisfied or discharged without further affidavit, continuation statement, or proceeding. Subd. 2. Effect of prior instrument. For the purposes of this section, any mortgage or deed of trust filed under this section shall be deemed to contain a sufficient description to give notice of the rights and interest of the mortgagee or trustee in the easements and other less than fee simple interests in the real estate used for the transmission of oil, gas, petroleum products, or other commodities which may be transported by pipeline if the mortgage and deed of trust states that the security includes rights-of-way, transmission systems, or lines of the pipeline company, or all property owned by the pipeline company. Subd. 3. Nonapplication. This section shall not apply to any real estate owned by a pipeline company in fee simple. History:  1967 c 338 s 1,2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 87 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 5 s 1; 2005 c 69 art 1 s 21
MN Stat § 507.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.33 — Certain Recitals Not To Constitute Notice Of Mortgage.

507.33 CERTAIN RECITALS NOT TO CONSTITUTE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE. Where an instrument affecting the title to real property in this state recites the existence of a mortgage against the real property, or some part thereof, where the instrument containing such recital either was recorded prior to 1900 in the office of the county recorder of the county where the real property, or some part thereof, is situated, or was filed prior to that date in a judicial proceeding affecting the real property, or some part thereof, in the district court or probate court of such county, and where the time of the maturity of the whole of the debt secured by the mortgage is not clearly stated in the recital, then such recital may be disregarded and shall not constitute notice of the mortgage, either actual or constructive, to any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer of the real property, or any part thereof. History:  (8225-1) 1939 c 390 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 507.331 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.331 — Certain Recitals Disregarded.

507.331 CERTAIN RECITALS DISREGARDED. Where any instrument affecting the title to real estate in this state recites the existence of a contract for conveyance affecting such real property, or some part thereof, and the instrument containing such recital was recorded prior to 1910 in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the real property, or some part thereof, is situated, and no action or proceeding has been taken upon such contract for conveyance and the time for performing the conditions contained in such contract expired prior to 1925, then such recital may be disregarded and shall not constitute notice of the contract for conveyance, either actual or constructive, to any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer of the real property, or any part thereof. History:  1941 c 192 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 507.332 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.332 — Whether Recorded Recital Of Unrecorded Mortgage Is Notice.

507.332 WHETHER RECORDED RECITAL OF UNRECORDED MORTGAGE IS NOTICE. Subdivision 1. No notice. A recital of the existence of an unrecorded mortgage in an instrument: (1) that affects title to real property and (2) is recorded with the county recorder of the county where the real property is located, is not actual or constructive notice to a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer once five years have passed since the date of the instrument containing the recital, unless the conditions in subdivision 2 are met. Subd. 2. Notice. If, in the circumstances described in subdivision 1, an action to foreclose the unrecorded mortgage was commenced and a notice of pendency or notice of lis pendens was recorded during the five-year period, then, the recital is actual or constructive notice of the unrecorded mortgage to a subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer of the real property. Subd. 3. Foreclosure period unaffected. This section does not limit or extend the period, set out in section 541.03, to bring an action to foreclose a mortgage. Subd. 4. If lis pendens before March 1995. This section does not affect a proceeding to foreclose a mortgage pending on August 1, 1994, or to be commenced in a court of this state if, before March 1, 1995, a notice of lis pendens has been recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed in the office of the registrar of titles. History:  1943 c 180; 1947 c 626 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1994 c 388 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 507.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.34 — Unrecorded Conveyances Void In Certain Cases.

507.34 UNRECORDED CONVEYANCES VOID IN CERTAIN CASES. Every conveyance of real estate shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where such real estate is situated; and every such conveyance not so recorded shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real estate, or any part thereof, whose conveyance is first duly recorded, and as against any attachment levied thereon or any judgment lawfully obtained at the suit of any party against the person in whose name the title to such land appears of record prior to the recording of such conveyance. The fact that such first recorded conveyance is in the form, or contains the terms of a deed of quitclaim and release shall not affect the question of good faith of such subsequent purchaser or be of itself notice to the subsequent purchaser of any unrecorded conveyance of the same real estate or any part thereof. History:  (8226) RL s 3357; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 507.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.35 — When Deed To Trustee Ineffective; Cure.

507.35 WHEN DEED TO TRUSTEE INEFFECTIVE; CURE. When any instrument, otherwise legal, affecting the title to real estate situate in this state, granting any interest therein to or evidencing any lien thereon in favor of any person, as trustee, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder, or filed in the office of the registrar of titles, of the county in which such real estate is situate, and the powers of such trustee and the beneficiary of such trust are not set forth in the instrument expressly or by reference to an instrument so recorded or filed such designation of such grantee, as trustee, may be disregarded and shall not be deemed to give notice to any person of the rights of any beneficiary under such trust in the real estate unless and until an instrument defining or conferring such powers of such trustee and designating the beneficiary thereunder, with a certificate attached executed by the trustee in the same manner as deeds are required to be executed by the laws of this state describing such instrument so granting an interest or evidencing a lien and stating that the same is held subject to the provisions of such trust, shall be so recorded or filed after such recording or filing of such instrument granting the interest in or evidencing such lien on the real estate. History:  (8226-1) 1929 c 318 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 507.36 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.36 — Instruments Relating To Timber, Minerals.

507.36 INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO TIMBER, MINERALS. Every instrument heretofore or hereafter executed in the form of a conveyance, mortgage, lease, or in any other form in any manner affecting standing timber, stone, ores, minerals, or other similar property in place in or upon the earth, when executed and acknowledged in the manner provided for the execution and acknowledgment of conveyances, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county in which such property is situated and such record shall be notice of the contents thereof and of the rights of all parties thereunder, as well after as before the severance or separation of such property from the land. History:  (8230) RL s 3359; 1976 c 181 s 2
MN Stat § 507.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.38 — When Deed Not Defeated By Defeasance.

507.38 WHEN DEED NOT DEFEATED BY DEFEASANCE. When a deed purports to be an absolute conveyance but is made or intended to be made defeasible by force of an instrument of defeasance the original conveyance shall not thereby be defeated or affected as against any person other than the maker of the defeasance, or the maker's heirs or devisees, or persons having actual notice thereof, unless the instrument of defeasance is recorded in the county where the lands lie. History:  (8232) RL s 3361; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 507.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.40 — Mortgages, How Discharged.

507.40 MORTGAGES, HOW DISCHARGED. A mortgage may be discharged by filing for record a certificate of its satisfaction executed and acknowledged by the mortgagee, the mortgagee's personal representative, or assignee, as in the case of a conveyance. In all cases the discharge shall be entered in the reception book and indexes as conveyances are entered. If a mortgage be recorded in more than one county and discharged of record in one of them, a certified copy of such discharge may be recorded in another county with the same effect as the original. If the discharge be by marginal entry, heretofore made, such copy shall include the record of the mortgage. History:  (8234) RL s 3363; 1955 c 328 s 1; 1975 c 148 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 13
MN Stat § 507.402 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.402 — Discharge Of Mortgage From Contract For Deed Seller.

507.402 DISCHARGE OF MORTGAGE FROM CONTRACT FOR DEED SELLER. A mortgage that encumbers the seller's interest in a contract for deed ceases to encumber real property described in a deed given pursuant to the contract if the purchaser has not joined in or consented to the mortgage in a recorded instrument and the mortgage is recorded subsequent to the recording of the contract. History:   2003 c 5 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 507.403 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.403 — Certificate Of Satisfaction; Release Or Partial Release Of Mortgage By Assignee.

507.403 CERTIFICATE OF SATISFACTION; RELEASE OR PARTIAL RELEASE OF MORTGAGE BY ASSIGNEE. Subdivision 1. Certificate of satisfaction; release or partial release. A certificate that complies with this section is effective to satisfy or release the mortgage or release real estate described in the certificate from the lien of the mortgage even if one or more assignments of the mortgage have not been recorded. Subd. 2. Execution and contents. To be effective, the certificate under this section must be executed and acknowledged as required by law in the case of a deed, and must contain substantially all of the following: (1) the name of the mortgagor, the name of the original mortgagee, the date of the mortgage, the date of recording, and the volume and page number or document number of the mortgage in the real property records where the mortgage is recorded; and (2) a statement that the entity or person executing the certificate is the current holder, owner, assignee, or successor of the mortgagee's interest in the mortgage; and (3) if a partial release, a legal description of the real property being released from the lien of the mortgage. Subd. 3.  [Repealed by amendment, 2013 c 10 s 2] Subd. 4. Effect. For purposes of satisfying, releasing, or partially releasing the lien of a mortgage under this section, a certificate that complies with subdivision 2 is prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it, is entitled to be recorded with the county recorder or registrar of titles, operates as a satisfaction or release or partial release of the lien of the mortgage as described in the certificate. The county recorder and the registrar of titles shall rely upon it to satisfy or release or partially release the lien of the mortgage. Subd. 5.  [Repealed by amendment, 2013 c 10 s 2] Subd. 5a. Liability. Execution or recording of a wrongful, erroneous, or unauthorized certificate under this section does not relieve the mortgagor or the mortgagor's successors or assigns from any personal liability on the obligations secured by the mortgage, and, in addition to any other remedies provided by law, a person or entity who wrongfully, erroneously, or without authority executes the certificate is liable to the mortgagee, the mortgagee's assigns, and any person or entity for actual damages sustained due to the execution or recording of the certificate, together with reasonable attorney fees, costs, and disbursements incurred by the damaged party as a result. Subd. 6. Effective date. This section is effective March 22, 2013, and applies to any mortgage and any certificate under this section wherever or whenever executed, and whether recorded before, on, or after March 22, 2013. History:  2004 c 153 s 1; 2013 c 10 s 2; 2014 c 266 s 10
MN Stat § 507.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests|Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances|Section 507.41 — Penalty For Failure To Discharge.

507.41 PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DISCHARGE. When any mortgagee, mortgagee's personal representative or assignee, upon full performance of the conditions of the mortgage, shall fail to discharge the same within ten days after being thereto requested and after tender of the mortgagee's reasonable charges therefor, that mortgagee shall be liable to the mortgagor, the mortgagor's heirs or assigns, for all actual damages thereby occasioned; and a claim for such damages may be asserted in an action for discharge of the mortgage. If the defendant be not a resident of the state, such action may be maintained upon the expiration of 60 days after the conditions of the mortgage have been performed, without such previous request or tender. History:  (8235) RL s 3364; 1986 c 444