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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0941 — Definitions.

507.0941 DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of sections 507.0941 to 507.0948:
(a) "Document" means information that is:
(1) inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form; and
(2) eligible to be recorded in the land records maintained by the recorder or registrar.
(b) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.
(c) "Electronic document" means a document that is received by the recorder or registrar in an electronic form.
(d) "Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission" and "commission" mean the commission established by sections 507.0941 to 507.0948.
(e) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the document.
(f) "Legislative Coordinating Commission" means the commission established by section 3.303.
(g) "Paper document" means a document that a recorder or registrar receives in a form that is not an electronic document.
(h) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(i) "Recorder" means the county recorder for the county in which a document is received.
(j) "Registrar" means the registrar of titles for the county in which a document is received.
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0942 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.

507.0942 UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION.
Persons applying or construing sections 507.0941 to 507.0948 must consider the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to the subject matter of sections 507.0941 to 507.0948 among states that enact a law substantially similar to sections 507.0941 to 507.0948.
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0943 — Validity And Time Of Recording Of Electronic Documents.

507.0943 VALIDITY AND TIME OF RECORDING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS.
(a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, on paper or another tangible medium, or in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying sections 507.0941 to 507.0948. If a law requires or refers to something related to tangible media including, without limitation, book, certificate, floor plan, page, volume, or words derived from them, the requirement or reference is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying sections 507.0941 to 507.0948.
(b) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document contain original signatures, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.
(c) A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be attested, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.
(d) Notwithstanding the time of its delivery, an electronic document that is delivered to a recorder's office in recordable form is recorded for purposes of this chapter at the earlier of (i) the time the electronic document is accepted for recording or (ii) the next close of the recorder's office hours following the time of delivery.
(e) Notwithstanding the time of its delivery, an electronic document is registered as to a parcel of registered land for purposes of chapters 508 and 508A when the electronic document is memorialized or otherwise noted on the certificate of title for the parcel.
(f) A law that authorizes or requires any act to be performed with respect to any document affecting real property that is to be filed in the office of the recorder or registrar shall be deemed satisfied if the act is performed electronically in accordance with the standards established by the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission. By way of illustration, the acts referred to in this section include, without limitation, the following words as well as words derived from them: affix, apply, attest, bind, certify, conform, contain, copy, deliver, draw, duplicate, endorse, enter, file, form, hold, issue, leave, make, mark, mount, note, open, present, print, proffer, receive, recite, record, refer, register, seal, send, sign, stamp, state, store, subscribe, witness, and write.
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 3; 2017 c 16 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0944 — Recording Of Documents.

507.0944 RECORDING OF DOCUMENTS.
(a) A recorder or registrar may:
(1) receive, index, store, archive, and transmit electronic documents;
(2) provide for access to documents and other information by electronic means;
(3) provide for search and retrieval of documents and other information by electronic means;
(4) index, store, and archive, in electronic form, paper documents accepted for recording;
(5) convert into electronic form the record of documents recorded or registered before the recorder or registrar began to record electronic documents;
(6) accept electronically any fee or tax that the recorder or registrar is authorized to collect; and
(7) agree with other officials of this state or a political subdivision of this state on procedures or processes to facilitate the electronic satisfaction of conditions to recording and the electronic payment of fees and taxes.
(b) A recorder who accepts electronic documents for recording shall:
(1) continue to accept paper documents; and
(2) place entries for paper documents and electronic documents in the same index.
(c) A registrar who accepts electronic documents for registration shall:
(1) continue to accept paper documents; and
(2) place entries for paper documents and electronic documents in the same index.
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0945 — Administration.

507.0945 ADMINISTRATION.
(a) An Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission is created to evaluate and then may adopt standards to implement sections 507.0941 to 507.0948.
(b) The Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall consist of the following:
(1) three members appointed by the Minnesota Association of County Officials who are county employees, including one from within the seven-county metropolitan area, one from outside the seven-county metropolitan area, and at least one of whom is a county recorder and at least one of whom is a registrar of titles;
(2) one member appointed by the Minnesota Land Title Association;
(3) one member who represents the Minnesota Bankers Association;
(4) one member who represents the Section of Real Property Law of the Minnesota State Bar Association;
(5) one nonvoting member who is appointed by the other members of the commission and an expert in the technological aspects of electronic real estate recording; and
(6) one member who is the state archivist appointed pursuant to section 138.17.
(c) Members of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall serve four-year terms, except that (1) the initial appointments of county employees shall be for two years and (2) the expert in the technological aspects of electronic real estate recording shall serve at the pleasure of a majority of the other members of the commission. All initial terms shall commence on July 1, 2008. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed. Any member may be reappointed for successive terms.
(d) The state archivist shall call the first meeting of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission. At the first meeting and biennially thereafter, the commission shall elect from its membership a chair and vice-chair to serve two-year terms. Meetings may be called by the chair or the vice-chair. Meetings shall be held as often as necessary, but at least once a year.
(e) A majority of the voting members of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission constitutes a quorum to do business, and a majority of a quorum may act in any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission.
(f) As soon as practicable and as needed thereafter, the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall identify the information technology and any other expertise it requires and report its needs to the committees of the house of representatives and the senate that have jurisdiction.
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 5; 2023 c 62 art 2 s 114
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0946 — Standards.

507.0946 STANDARDS.
To keep the standards and practices of recorders and registrars in this state in harmony with the standards and practices of recorders' and registrars' offices in other jurisdictions that enact a law that is substantially similar to sections 507.0941 to 507.0948, and to keep the technology used by recorders and registrars in this state compatible with technology used by recorders' and registrars' offices in other jurisdictions that enact a law that is substantially similar to sections 507.0941 to 507.0948, the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of sections 507.0941 to 507.0948, in adopting, amending, and repealing standards, shall consider:
(1) standards and practices of other jurisdictions;
(2) the most recent standards promulgated by national standard-setting bodies;
(3) the views of interested persons and governmental officials and entities;
(4) the needs of counties of varying size, population, and resources; and
(5) standards requiring adequate information-security protection to ensure that electronic documents are accurate, authentic, adequately preserved, and resistant to tampering.
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0947 — Relation To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act.

507.0947 RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT.
Sections 507.0941 to 507.0948 modify, limit, and supersede the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001, et seq., but do not modify, limit, or supersede section 101(c) of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7001(c), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103(b) of that act, United States Code, title 15, section 7003(b).
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0948 — Donations; Reimbursement.

507.0948 DONATIONS; REIMBURSEMENT.
The Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission may accept donations of money or resources, including loaned employees or other services. The donations are appropriated to the Legislative Coordinating Commission for the sole use of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission.
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.0949 — Title.

507.0949 TITLE.
Sections 507.0941 to 507.0948 may be cited as the "Minnesota Real Property Electronic Recording Act."
History:
2008 c 238 art 2 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.10 — Certified Copies Of Forms To Be Preserved.

507.10 CERTIFIED COPIES OF FORMS TO BE PRESERVED.
The board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall provide the county recorder and the judge exercising probate jurisdiction of the county with one copy of each form so approved, a copy of sections 507.09 to 507.14, a copy of the certificate of the Minnesota uniform conveyancing blanks commission contained in the book of forms filed in the office of the commissioner of commerce, and a copy of the filing certificate, to be certified as herein provided. Upon presentation to the commissioner of commerce of sufficient number of true copies of such forms, laws, and certificates in book form to carry out this provision, the commissioner shall, without charge, certify the same to be true copies thereof. Each county recorder and each judge exercising probate jurisdiction shall thereafter preserve one such certified copy on file in their respective offices for the convenient use of the public.
History:
(8204-3) 1931 c 272 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1979 c 50 s 63; 1984 c 618 s 56; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.13 — Standard Forms Established.

507.13 STANDARD FORMS ESTABLISHED.
The intent is to establish a standard set of printed forms which may be used in the state for real estate conveyancing and to fix and make uniform the fee for recording instruments drawn on such forms and for other instruments which do not conform thereto, but sections 507.09 to 507.14 shall not in any way change present rules of construction applicable to any of these instruments or to the contents thereof.
History:
(8204-6) 1931 c 272 s 5; 1979 c 50 s 64
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.14 — Minnesota Uniform Conveyancing Blanks.

507.14 MINNESOTA UNIFORM CONVEYANCING BLANKS.
The forms approved and recommended for use by sections 507.09 to 507.14 may be referred to as Minnesota uniform conveyancing blanks (1931).
History:
(8204-7) 1931 c 272 s 6; 1979 c 50 s 65
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.16 — No Covenants Of Title Implied.

507.16 NO COVENANTS OF TITLE IMPLIED.
Except as provided in section 507.07, no covenant of title shall be implied in any conveyance or mortgage, whether such conveyance contains special covenants or not.
History:
(8205) RL s 3342; 1971 c 922 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.161 — Conveyance By Disseisee.

507.161 CONVEYANCE BY DISSEISEE.
No grant or conveyance of lands, or of any interest therein, shall be void for the reason that, at the time of the execution thereof, such land was in the actual possession of another claiming adversely.
History:
(8205) RL s 3342
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.17 — Conveyance Includes Abutting Vacated Public Right-of-way.

507.17 CONVEYANCE INCLUDES ABUTTING VACATED PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Every conveyance of real estate which abuts upon a vacated street, alley, or other public right-of-way shall be construed to include that part of such right-of-way or street which, either by operation or presumption of law, attaches thereto upon such vacation, unless such conveyance expresses a contrary intention.
History:
(8208-1) 1939 c 386
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.19 — Conveyance By Tenant For Life Or Years; No Forfeiture.

507.19 CONVEYANCE BY TENANT FOR LIFE OR YEARS; NO FORFEITURE.
A conveyance made by a tenant for life or years, purporting to grant a greater estate than the tenant possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture of the estate of a tenant for life or years, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which such tenant could lawfully convey.
History:
(8210) RL s 3343; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.20 — Grantor To Make Known Encumbrance.

507.20 GRANTOR TO MAKE KNOWN ENCUMBRANCE.
In all conveyances by deed or mortgage of real estate upon which any encumbrance exists, the grantor, whether executing the same in the grantor's own right, or as executor, administrator, assignee, trustee, or otherwise by authority of law, shall, before the consideration is paid, by exception in the deed or otherwise, make known to the grantee the existence and nature of such encumbrance, so far as the grantor has knowledge thereof.
History:
(8211) RL s 3344; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.21 — Liability Of Grantor Who Covenants Against Encumbrances.

507.21 LIABILITY OF GRANTOR WHO COVENANTS AGAINST ENCUMBRANCES.
Whoever conveys real estate by deed or mortgage containing a covenant that it is free from all encumbrances, when an encumbrance, whether known to the person conveying or not, appears of record to exist thereon, but does not exist in fact, shall be liable in an action of contract to the grantee, the grantee's heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns, for all damages sustained in removing the same.
History:
(8212) RL s 3345; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.23 — Incomplete Conveyance, How Proven.

507.23 INCOMPLETE CONVEYANCE, HOW PROVEN.
When any grantor dies, or departs from or resides out of the state, not having acknowledged the grantor's conveyance, the execution thereof may be proved before any court of record by proving the handwriting of the grantor.
History:
(8216) RL s 3347; 1973 c 9 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.236 — Transfer Statement For Contract For Deed.

507.236 TRANSFER STATEMENT FOR CONTRACT FOR DEED.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
In this section, "transfer statement for a contract for deed" means a document that:
(1) is a transfer statement made in compliance with section 336.9-619(a); and
(2) transfers a seller's interest in an executory contract for the sale of real estate or of an interest in real estate that entitles the purchaser to possession of the real estate.
Subd. 2.
Recording of statement.
A transferee under a transfer statement for a contract for deed is entitled to have the statement recorded as provided in section 336.9-619(b). Recording must be with the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county where the affected real estate is located.
Subd. 3.
Effects of recording.
Subject to compliance with any applicable provisions of section 508.491 or 508A.491, recording a transfer statement for a contract for deed has the following effects:
(1) it transfers from the contract seller named as debtor in the statement to the transferee all title and interest of the contract seller in the real estate described in the statement;
(2) it has the same effect as an assignment and a deed from the contract seller to the transferee; and
(3) it is a conveyance within the meaning of section 507.34.
History:
2001 c 195 art 1 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.25 — Certified Copy Of Record May Be Recorded.

507.25 CERTIFIED COPY OF RECORD MAY BE RECORDED.
A copy of the record of any conveyance or other instrument authorized by law to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in any county, or actually recorded therein in any county other than that in which the land described in or affected by the instrument was situated at the time of the record thereof, or authorized by law to be recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State or of the commissioner of management and budget, certified by the proper custodian of such record to be a true copy thereof, may be recorded in any county, with the same force and effect that the original instrument would have if so recorded.
History:
(8218) RL s 3349; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.251 — Constructive Notice, When Not Affected.

507.251 CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICE, WHEN NOT AFFECTED.
Subdivision 1.
Attestation clause, acknowledgment; defect, absence.
In any case where an instrument affecting the title to real estate, or authorizing an act affecting the title to real estate, was heretofore or is hereafter filed for record and recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed in the office of the registrar of titles of the county in this state wherein the real estate, or any part thereof, is situated, and there is apparent on the face of the instrument or the record thereof a defect in the attestation of the instrument, or the absence of any attestation, or a defect in the acknowledgment of the instrument or in the certification of the acknowledgment, or the absence of any certificate of acknowledgment, or a combination of two or more of such defects, the instrument and the filing and record thereof and certified copies of the instrument and of the record thereof shall have the same force and effect as constructive notice and the same force and effect as evidence and the same force and effect for all purposes that they would have had if no such defect or omission in attestation, acknowledgment or certification of acknowledgment had been apparent on the face of the instrument or the record thereof.
Subd. 2.
Recording and filing of wills excepted.
This section shall not apply to the recording or filing of wills.
Subd. 3.
Recording officers, liability not affected.
This section shall not be construed as relieving the county recorder or the registrar of titles of any county in this state from any penalty or liability imposed by law for accepting and recording or filing an instrument not legally entitled to record or filing.
Subd. 4.
Limitation.
This section shall not affect any action pending on March 18, 1949, or commenced before January 1, 1950, in any court in this state.
History:
1949 c 134 s 1-4; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.26 — Judgments.

507.26 JUDGMENTS.
A certified copy of any judgment, decree, or order made by any court of record within the state, affecting title to real estate or any interest therein, may be recorded in any county where any of the lands lie, in the same manner and with like effect as a conveyance.
History:
(8219) RL s 3350
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.27 — Copy Of Will And Order Admitting To Probate.

507.27 COPY OF WILL AND ORDER ADMITTING TO PROBATE.
An authenticated or certified copy of any will devising lands, or any interest therein, and the order admitting the will to probate, may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the lands lie.
History:
(8220) RL s 3351; 1947 c 307 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.28 — Deeds Of Pews.

507.28 DEEDS OF PEWS.
Deeds of pews and slips in any church may be recorded by the county recorder of the county in which such church is situated, or by the clerk of the society or proprietors, if incorporated or legally organized.
History:
(8221) RL s 3352; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.29 — Affidavits As Evidence.

507.29 AFFIDAVITS AS EVIDENCE.
Any affidavit relating to the identification, the marital status or relation, the relation as to service in the armed forces of the United States, the death, or the time of death, of any person who is a party to any instrument affecting the title to real estate, or an affidavit relating to the identification of any corporation or other legal entity which is a party to any instrument affecting the title to real estate, duly sworn to before any officer or person authorized to administer an oath under the laws of this state, shall be recordable in the office of the county recorder where such instrument is recorded.
Any such affidavit so recorded, or a certified copy thereof, is admissible as evidence in any action involving the instrument to which it relates or the title to the real estate affected by such instrument and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
History:
(8221-1, 8221-2) 1931 c 209 s 1,2; 1949 c 276 s 1; 1965 c 773 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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