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MN Stat § 558.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 558 — Partition Of Real Property|Section 558.29 — Investment Of Proceeds.

558.29 INVESTMENT OF PROCEEDS. When there are proceeds of sale belonging to an unknown owner, or to a person without the state who has no representative within it, or when there are proceeds arising from the sale of property including the prior estate of a tenant for life or for years, which are paid into court or deposited with the court administrator, the same shall be invested in interest-bearing securities for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto. Except as in this chapter otherwise provided, such investment shall be made in the name of the court administrator and the court administrator's successors in office, who shall hold the same for the use and benefit of the persons interested, subject to the order of the court. The court administrator shall receive the interest and principal as it becomes due, apply and invest the same as the court may direct, file in the court administrator's office the securities taken, and keep an account of such investments and of the moneys received thereon and the disposition thereof, in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be open to inspection by all persons. History:  (9552) RL s 4420; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 558.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 558 — Partition Of Real Property|Section 558.30 — Share Of Infant, How Paid.

558.30 SHARE OF INFANT, HOW PAID. When the share of an infant is sold, that share of the proceeds may be paid by the referees making the sale to the infant's general guardian, or to the special guardian appointed for the infant in the action, if the guardian has given the security required by law. History:  (9553) RL s 4421; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 558.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 558 — Partition Of Real Property|Section 558.31 — Share Of Person Who Lacks Mental Capacity.

558.31 SHARE OF PERSON WHO LACKS MENTAL CAPACITY. When the share of a person who lacks the mental capacity to make decisions, or other person adjudged to lack the mental capacity to conduct the person's own affairs, is sold, that person's share of the proceeds may be paid by the referees making the sale to the guardian who is entitled to the custody and management of that person's estate, if the guardian has executed an undertaking, approved by a judge of the court, to faithfully discharge the trust reposed in the guardian, and will render a true and just account to the person entitled thereto, or that person's representatives. History:  (9554) RL s 4422; 1986 c 444; 2013 c 59 art 3 s 14
MN Stat § 558.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 558 — Partition Of Real Property|Section 558.32 — Proceedings When State A Party.

558.32 PROCEEDINGS WHEN STATE A PARTY. The state may be made a party to an action for the sale or partition of real property, in which case the summons and complaint shall be served upon the attorney general, who shall appear on behalf of the state. History:  (9555) RL s 4423
MN Stat § 559.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.01 — Action To Determine Adverse Claims.

559.01 ACTION TO DETERMINE ADVERSE CLAIMS. Any person in possession of real property personally or through the person's tenant, or any other person having or claiming title to vacant or unoccupied real property, may bring an action against another who claims an estate or interest therein, or a lien thereon, adverse to the person bringing the action, for the purpose of determining such adverse claim and the rights of the parties, respectively. History:  (9556) RL s 4424; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.013 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.013 — State As Defendant.

559.013 STATE AS DEFENDANT. Subdivision 1. Service, notice to AG. The state may be made a party defendant to an action brought under Minnesota Statutes 1949, section 559.01. In such cases where the state is made a party the summons and complaint shall be served upon the attorney general, who shall represent the state in the action and defend in all cases where it appears the state in fact has an interest which will be affected. A notice directed to the attorney general shall be served with the summons and complaint stating the nature of the claim the state makes, or appears to make. Subd. 2. Limitations, costs. If the state is joined in an action under subdivision 1 and interposes an answer so that issue is joined thereon as between the plaintiff and the state, the state, in addition to any costs to which it may be entitled under Minnesota Statutes 1949, section 549.02, may have costs in such amount as the court allows not to exceed $50, on motion made upon not less than two days' notice, whenever it appears that there was no reasonable ground for joining the state, whether or not there is dismissal as to the state before final judgment. History:  1953 c 21 s 1,2; 1955 c 332 s 1
MN Stat § 559.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.02 — Unknown Defendants.

559.02 UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS. In any action brought under section 559.01, the plaintiff may insert in the title thereof, in addition to the names of such persons as are known or appear of record to have some right, title, estate, interest, or lien in or on the real property in controversy, the following: "Also all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest, or lien in the real estate described in the complaint herein." Service of the summons may be had upon all such unknown persons defendant by publication in the same manner as against nonresident defendants, upon the filing of an affidavit of the plaintiff, the plaintiff's agent or attorney, stating the existence of a cause of action under section 559.01, and if in addition to the above known or unknown defendants, the heirs of a deceased person are proper parties defendant, and their names are unknown, and such affidavit shall further state that the heirs of such deceased person are proper parties to such action, and that their names and residences cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, then service of summons may be made on such unknown heirs by publication thereof in the same manner as against nonresidents, and in such case the plaintiff may insert in the title thereof the following: "Also the unknown heirs of (naming the deceased) and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest, or lien in the real estate described in the complaint herein." The plaintiff shall, before the commencement of such publication, file with the county recorder a notice of the pendency of the action. All such unknown persons so served shall have the same rights to appear and defend before and after judgment as would named defendants upon whom service is made by publication, and any order or judgment in the action shall be binding upon them, whether they be of age or minors; but, if they be minors when judgment is rendered, they may be allowed to defend at any time within two years after becoming of age. History:  (9557) RL s 4425; 1919 c 344 s 1; 1923 c 434 s 1; 1967 c 28 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.03 — Disclaimer; Default; Costs.

559.03 DISCLAIMER; DEFAULT; COSTS. If the defendant, in the answer, disclaims any interest in the property, or suffers judgment to be taken against the defendant without answer, the plaintiff cannot recover costs; but if the summons has been served upon the defendant personally, and it is made to appear that after the accrual of the cause of action, and before commencement thereof, the plaintiff demanded in writing of the defendant, and the defendant neglected to execute within a reasonable time thereafter, a good and sufficient quitclaim deed of the property described in the complaint, upon tender of such deed ready for execution, the plaintiff shall nevertheless recover costs. History:  (9558) RL s 4426; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.04 — Claimants Under Common Grantor; Joinder.

559.04 CLAIMANTS UNDER COMMON GRANTOR; JOINDER. When lots or tracts of real estate are claimed in severalty by two or more persons from or under conveyance from the same grantor, as the common source of title, and an adverse claim of title thereto is made by some person as against the title of such grantor, any one claiming under such grantor may bring an action in behalf of the grantor and all others who may come in and become parties thereto against such adverse claimant, to have the title to such grantor perfected or quieted as to such lots or tracts claimed by the plaintiff and the others who may become parties. Any person who so claims under the same grantor as the plaintiff, and whose title is controverted by the same defendant upon the same ground as the title of the plaintiff, may become a party, as of course, by filing a complaint setting forth the property claimed and the source of title, and may have the claimed rights adjudicated with those of the original plaintiff. The answer of the defendant shall be taken as an answer to all who may thus become parties. History:  (9559) RL s 4427; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.05 — Action Against Cotenant; Denial Of Right.

559.05 ACTION AGAINST COTENANT; DENIAL OF RIGHT. In an action by a tenant in common or joint tenant of real property against a cotenant, the plaintiff shall show, in addition to the evidence of the plaintiff's right, that the defendant either denied the plaintiff's right, or did some act amounting to such denial. History:  (9560) RL s 4428; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.06 — Termination Of Plaintiff's Right Pending Action.

559.06 TERMINATION OF PLAINTIFF'S RIGHT PENDING ACTION. In an action for the recovery of real property, when the plaintiff shows a right to recover at the time the action was commenced, but it appears that such right has terminated during the pendency of the action, the verdict and judgment shall be according to the fact, and the plaintiff may recover damages for withholding the property. History:  (9561) RL s 4429
MN Stat § 559.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.07 — Ejectment; Trial, How Conducted; No Second Trial.

559.07 EJECTMENT; TRIAL, HOW CONDUCTED; NO SECOND TRIAL. The trial of all actions of ejectment or of any other action in the courts of this state involving the possession of real estate shall be conducted as are other civil actions, and the right to a second trial of such actions is hereby abolished. History:  (9562) 1911 c 139 s 1
MN Stat § 559.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.08 — Ejectment; Damages; Improvements.

559.08 EJECTMENT; DAMAGES; IMPROVEMENTS. Damages for withholding the property recovered shall not exceed the fair value of the use of the property, exclusive of the use of improvements made by the defendant, for a period not exceeding six years; and, when permanent improvements have been made by a defendant, or those under whom the defendant claims, holding under color of title adversely to the claims of the plaintiff, in good faith, the value thereof shall be allowed as a setoff against the damages of the plaintiff. History:  (9563) RL s 4432; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.09 — Removal Of Building Erected In Good Faith.

559.09 REMOVAL OF BUILDING ERECTED IN GOOD FAITH. When any person, in good faith and under color of title, and with good reason to believe that the legal title to land is vested in the person, has erected any building or other structure thereon, when the legal and equitable title thereto was vested in another, such person may remove the same, doing no unnecessary damage, and in so doing shall be liable only for the actual damage to the land. Such removal shall be made within 60 days after the determination adversely to that person of any action or proceeding respecting the title, or within 60 days after notice from the holder of the legal title to remove the same; provided, if, within 60 days after receiving such notice, such person brings action to try such title, that person may make such removal within 60 days after the determination thereof. History:  (9564) RL s 4433; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.10 — Occupying Claimant; Compensation For Improvements.

559.10 OCCUPYING CLAIMANT; COMPENSATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS. When any person, under color of title in fee and in good faith, has peaceably taken possession of land for which that person has given a valuable consideration, or when any person has taken possession of land under the official deed of any person or officer empowered by law or by any court of competent jurisdiction to sell land, and such deed is regular upon its face, and the person has no actual notice of any defects invalidating the same, neither such person, nor the person's heirs, representatives, or assigns, shall be ejected from such land, except as hereinafter provided, until compensation is tendered the person or the person's heirs, representatives, or assigns for such improvement which the person or the person's heirs, representatives, or assigns have made upon such land previous to actual notice of the claim upon which the action is founded, or, in case of possession under an official deed, previous to actual notice of defects invalidating the same. The word "improvement" shall be construed to include all kinds of buildings and fences, and ditching, draining, grubbing, clearing, breaking, and all other necessary or useful labor of permanent value to the land. When the occupant holds as heir, devisee, or grantee, either immediate or remote, of any person who is not a resident of the state, the good faith of the original taker shall be presumed. History:  (9565) RL s 4434; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.11 — Pleadings; Trial; Verdict.

559.11 PLEADINGS; TRIAL; VERDICT. In an action to try the title to land, brought by any person claiming title thereto against the occupant, the occupant may, in addition to other defenses, allege the amount and value of all improvements made, and the amount of all taxes and assessments paid, by the occupant or those under whom the occupant claims, and, if the claim be under an official deed, the purchase money paid therefor; and the claimant may reply, alleging the value of the premises without improvements at the commencement of the action, and also the value of the yearly rent of the land without improvements during the possession of the occupant. In any such action brought by the occupant against a claimant to quiet title or to determine any adverse claim, the claimant, in the answer in addition to setting up the claimant's title, may allege the value of the premises without improvements at the commencement of the action, and also the value of the yearly rent of the land without improvements during the possession of the occupant; and the occupant may, in addition to other proper matters of reply, allege the amount and value of all improvements made, and the amount of all taxes and assessments paid by the occupant or those under whom the occupant claims, and, if the claim be under an official deed, the purchase money paid therefor. In case the title be found to be in the claimant, the jury, or, if the case be tried without a jury, the court, shall assess the value of all improvements made and taxes and assessments paid upon the land by the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, with interest at six percent, and, if the occupant claims under an official deed, regular upon its face, and without actual notice of any defect invalidating it, shall also find the purchase money paid by the occupant, or those under whom the occupant claims, with interest at six percent; and the jury or court shall also assess the value of the land at the commencement of the action, without improvements, and also the value of the yearly rent thereof during the occupant's possession. If the land has depreciated in value since its purchase at an official sale, the jury or court may allow such part only of the purchase money as, in their discretion, they may see fit. History:  (9566) RL s 4435; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.12 — Compensation Before Execution.

559.12 COMPENSATION BEFORE EXECUTION. If the claimant succeed in the action, execution for possession shall not issue, except as herein provided, unless, within one year from entry of judgment on the verdict or findings, the claimant pay into court for the occupant the amount so found as the value of the improvements, and also the amount of the taxes and assessments, and also the purchase money, if the occupant claim under an official deed as aforesaid, with interest thereon, as aforesaid, less the assessed value of the yearly rent of the land without the improvements during the occupant's possession. History:  (9567) RL s 4436
MN Stat § 559.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.13 — Occupant To Pay Value Of Land, When.

559.13 OCCUPANT TO PAY VALUE OF LAND, WHEN. Unless the occupant claims under an official deed given either to the occupant or those under whom the occupant claims, as hereinbefore provided, or under an entry in the land office of the United States, or the official certificate, duplicate or receipt thereof, or unless the claimant has had notice, actual or constructive, of the occupant's possession, the claimant may, within 30 days after entry of judgment on the verdict or findings in the claimant's favor, serve upon the occupant a written demand that within one year the occupant pay the claimant the sum assessed as the value of the land without the improvements, less the taxes and assessments paid thereon as aforesaid, with interest as aforesaid. Such demand shall be served, and the service proved, as in the case of a summons, and shall then be filed with the court administrator. If the occupant does not within one year after such service pay into court the amount so demanded, the occupant shall forfeit all claim to compensation, and execution may then issue for the possession of the land; but, if the occupant do so pay, the court shall by judgment confirm the title in the occupant. History:  (9568) RL s 4437; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 559.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.14 — May Remove Crops.

559.14 MAY REMOVE CROPS. In case of ejection, the occupant shall be entitled to enter upon the land, and gather and remove all crops sown thereon prior to entry of judgment. History:  (9569) RL s 4438; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.15 — Occupant Not In Actual Possession; Actions In Other Form.

559.15 OCCUPANT NOT IN ACTUAL POSSESSION; ACTIONS IN OTHER FORM. All the provisions of sections 559.10 to 559.14 shall apply to cases where the occupant is or is not in actual possession. In case an action is brought for damages for trespass upon such land, or for the rents and profits or use and occupation thereof, or in any other form, if the action is one in effect to test the validity of the title thereto, all said sections shall, so far as possible, be complied with; and the value of all improvements, taxes, and assessments, and the purchase money in case the occupant claims under an official deed, with interest as aforesaid, shall be set off against any judgment for money that the claimant may obtain; and, if any excess remain in favor of the occupant after such setoff, such excess may be set off against any judgment that the claimant, or those claiming under the claimant, may subsequently obtain in any such or similar action relating to the same land. History:  (9570) RL s 4439; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.16 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.16 — Order For Survey.

559.16 ORDER FOR SURVEY. When an action for the recovery of real property is pending, upon motion of either party, and for cause shown, the court may make an order describing the property, and allowing such party to enter thereon and make survey thereof for the purpose of the action. A copy of the order shall be served on the owner or occupant, and thereupon such party may enter upon the property, with necessary surveyors and assistants, and make such survey; but, if any unnecessary injury is done to the property, the party is liable therefor. History:  (9571) RL s 4440; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.18 — Conveyance By Mortgagor To Mortgagee.

559.18 CONVEYANCE BY MORTGAGOR TO MORTGAGEE. No conveyance absolute in form between parties sustaining the relation of mortgagor and mortgagee, whereby the mortgagor or the mortgagor's successor in interest conveys any right, title or interest in real property theretofore mortgaged, shall be presumed to have been given as further security, or as a new form of security, for the payment of any existing mortgage indebtedness, or any other indebtedness, or as security for any purpose. History:  (9573) 1913 c 209 s 1; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 559.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.19 — Action To Declare Mortgage; Limitation.

559.19 ACTION TO DECLARE MORTGAGE; LIMITATION. No action to declare any such conveyance a mortgage shall be maintained unless commenced within 15 years from the time of execution thereof. History:  (9574) 1913 c 209 s 2
MN Stat § 559.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies|Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property|Section 559.20 — Application.

559.20 APPLICATION. Sections 559.18 and 559.19 shall apply to all conveyances past and future. History:  (9575) 1913 c 209 s 3