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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.01 — Bond.

386.01 BOND.
Every county recorder, before entering upon the duties of office, shall give bond to the state in the penal sum of $5,000, to be approved by the county board, conditioned that the recorder will faithfully and impartially fulfill the duties of office. The bond and an oath of office shall be filed for record with the court administrator of the district court.
History:
(873) RL s 531; 1973 c 524 s 4; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.02 — Delivery To Successor.

386.02 DELIVERY TO SUCCESSOR.
At the expiration of a term of office, every recorder shall deliver promptly to the successor all books, records, papers, and other property pertaining to office and if, on application of the duly qualified successor, the recorder refuses to do so, the recorder shall forfeit and pay to the use of the county $50 for each and every day of refusal, which may be recovered in an action brought upon the recorder's official bond.
History:
(874) RL s 532; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.03 — Reception Index.

386.03 RECEPTION INDEX.
Every county recorder shall keep an index, to be denominated as a grantor's and grantee's reception index, which shall contain the following information: date of reception, year, month, day, hour and minute, grantor and grantee, where situated, to whom delivered after recording, fees received, instrument number, and kind of instrument.
The recorder shall enter in the index, in the order and manner aforesaid, as soon as the same are received, all deeds and other instruments authorized by law to be recorded. The reception index shall be maintained in alphabetical order, and every entry made therein shall be made in the reception index under the grantor's surname, and under the grantee's surname, and all such entries shall appear therein consecutively and in the order as to time in which the instruments were received. The recorder shall make an entry in the record immediately for each instrument recorded specifying the time of the day, month, and year when the same was recorded.
History:
(875) RL s 533; 1907 c 442 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 73; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.04 — Numerical Register And Reception Index.

386.04 NUMERICAL REGISTER AND RECEPTION INDEX.
The board of county commissioners of any county in this state wherein the recorder's office keeps a deed index and mortgage index are hereby authorized to combine the reception index required by section 386.03 and the consecutive index required by section 386.32, the record book to be designated the Numerical Register and Reception Indexes, or designated the Numerical Register and Reception Indexes for use with electronic media. The record shall include the date of reception; number of instrument; grantor; grantee; where the land is situated; the month, day, year, and hour and whether a.m. or p.m.; to whom it will be delivered; where it is recorded; kind of instrument; and fees received.
The recorder shall make the entries in this book or index in accordance with the requirements of sections 386.03 and 386.32 either by manual or electronic means.
History:
(876) 1909 c 226 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 74
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.05 — Tract Index Books.

386.05 TRACT INDEX BOOKS.
Every county board shall procure at the expense of its county, and keep in the office of the county recorder suitable books or electronic media so as to allow information to be arranged or retrieved by the description of each section of land or sectional lot, and town or city lot and block arranged in numerical order, give appropriate initial or abbreviation for the type of instrument, and recite the book and page or the recorded document number by which every record affecting the title to the whole or any part thereof may be found. Such tract index shall be kept as one of the records in the office of the county recorder, and such recorder shall note therein the date, time, and minute of every instrument affecting the title to any land filed for record, to be made opposite to each parcel of land the title to which may be affected by such instrument. Instead of causing a tract index to be made, the board may purchase any existing tract index or abstracts; and thereafter the recorder shall make the appropriate entries therein. In either case, the recorder may make abstracts for persons demanding the same.
History:
(877) RL s 534; 1907 c 442 s 1; 1955 c 446 s 1; 1969 c 995 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 75
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.06 — Tract Index Books; Contracts For Making.

386.06 TRACT INDEX BOOKS; CONTRACTS FOR MAKING.
The board of county commissioners of any county in the state which does not have a tract index, belonging to the county, in the office of the county recorder, of lands within the county, is hereby authorized and empowered to cause or have a tract index made, and may hire, employ, or contract with any competent person, without advertising therefor, to prepare and make such tract index.
History:
(877-1) 1927 c 19; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1991 c 326 s 19
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.07 — Tract Index For Torrens Titles; Hennepin, Ramsey Counties.

386.07 TRACT INDEX FOR TORRENS TITLES; HENNEPIN, RAMSEY COUNTIES.
The county recorder in any county now having, or which may hereafter have, a population of 400,000 or over, and in which the business of the registrar of titles is conducted in a separate place from that of the county recorder, shall provide a tract index of all lands registered under what is known as the Torrens System of land titles, and the same shall be kept in the office of the county recorder in any such county for the use of receiving clerks in checking the properties listed therein with the properties described in the instruments presented for record.
History:
(877-2) 1927 c 376 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.071 — Documents Misfiled.

386.071 DOCUMENTS MISFILED.
The county recorder may reasonably rely on the affirmative representation of the party presenting instruments for filing as to whether the land described in the instruments or any part of it is registered or unregistered. A party who requests that misfiled instruments be refiled with the registrar is responsible for paying any additional fees required to properly file any instrument misfiled because of an incorrect representation and, if applicable, to enter a new certificate of title.
History:
1999 c 11 art 1 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.08 — Preparation.

386.08 PREPARATION.
The county recorder of any such county may assign the duty of compiling such index to one or more deputies, who shall be paid for extra time so employed additional salary and compensation at the same rate and in the same manner as is paid them for regular service. The total sum for such extra service shall not exceed $1,600.
History:
(877-3) 1927 c 376 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.09 — Payment For From Revenue Fund.

386.09 PAYMENT FOR FROM REVENUE FUND.
The county auditor of any such county shall, upon request of the county recorder, issue warrants in payment for such additional service, in amounts designated by the county recorder, and the same shall be drawn on the county revenue fund.
History:
(877-4) 1927 c 376 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.13 — Transcribing Records Of State Lands.

386.13 TRANSCRIBING RECORDS OF STATE LANDS.
The county commissioners of any county in this state are hereby authorized to direct the county recorder of any county containing any lands heretofore granted to the state from the United States government (except sections 16 and 36), and including all lands so granted in lieu of lands in sections 16 or 36, to transcribe from the records of the commissioner of management and budget lists of all such lands including reference to the laws granting the same and by all patents issued thereunder to the state, which transcripts after due examination thereof shall be certified to without charge by the commissioner of management and budget as being true and correct transcripts, and thereupon such transcripts, shall be recorded by the county recorder in whose county such land is situate, which recording shall be done as provided therefor by the county. Such county recorder shall receive the same fees allowed by law for recording original instruments in the office, which fees shall be paid by the county auditor upon the approval of the county commissioners of said county.
History:
(878) 1913 c 427 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 76; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.14 — Records As Prima Facie Evidence.

386.14 RECORDS AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
The record of such transcript shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth, and of the contents of the original instruments so transcribed and recorded, and a certified copy of such record shall be admissible in evidence in all the courts of this state.
History:
(879) 1913 c 427 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.15 — Tract Indexes Transcribed.

386.15 TRACT INDEXES TRANSCRIBED.
In counties having a population of less than 75,000 now having tract indexes of the records in the office of the county recorder, the county board is hereby authorized to have such tract indexes transcribed, compared with the original records, and checked back when the necessity therefor appears.
History:
(880) 1905 c 51 s 1; 1911 c 337 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.16 — County Recorder To Supervise; Compensation.

386.16 COUNTY RECORDER TO SUPERVISE; COMPENSATION.
The work provided for in section 386.15 shall be performed by the county recorder of the county. The county recorder, for performing the work, shall receive as compensation therefor such sum as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners.
History:
(881) 1905 c 51 s 2; 1911 c 337 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 77
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.17 — To Exhibit Records.

386.17 TO EXHIBIT RECORDS.
The county recorder shall exhibit free of charge, during the hours that the office is or is required by law to be open, any of the records or papers in the recorder's official custody to the inspection of any person demanding the same, either for examination, or for the purpose of making or completing an abstract or transcript therefrom; but no such person shall have the right to have or use such records for the purpose of making or completing abstracts or transcripts therefrom, so as to hinder or interfere with the recorder in the performance of official duties.
History:
(882) RL s 535; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.18 — Abstracter; Bond.

386.18 ABSTRACTER; BOND.
The county board may, by resolution, authorize any person to use a portion of the county building for the purpose of making abstracts of title, upon the execution by such person of a bond to the state in a sum not less than $500, conditioned for the faithful performance of duties as such abstracter and that the abstracter will handle all public records with care and charge no greater fee for abstracts of title than is or may be allowed by law to county recorders for like services.
History:
(883) RL s 536; 1973 c 524 s 5; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.19 — Record Books, Indexes.

386.19 RECORD BOOKS, INDEXES.
The county recorder shall keep suitable word for word records by either manual or electronic means of all instruments delivered to the recorder for record keeping. The recorder shall keep an alphabetical index either by manual or electronic means, to record, under the proper letter of the alphabet, the name of each grantor and grantee of any instrument delivered for recording.
History:
(884) RL s 537; 1975 c 115 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 78; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.20 — Certificates Of Discharge From U.s. Service.

386.20
MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.20, subdivision 1]
386.20 CERTIFICATES OF DISCHARGE FROM U.S. SERVICE.
Subdivision 1.
Recordation.
(a) Certificates of discharge from the armed forces of the United States of America and releases or transfers from active duty therein may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county in this state by the person to whom such discharge, release or transfer was issued without the payment of any fee to the county recorder for recording the same. Upon the request of the person having such instrument recorded, the county recorder shall not stamp, mark, or make any endorsement upon any such certificate of discharge, release or transfer, but after the recording thereof has been completed the recorder shall return the certificate of discharge, release, or transfer in the condition received.
(b) The release of any information pertaining to military certificates of discharge is governed by section 196.08.
Subd. 2.
Prima facie evidence.
The record of such certificate or duly certified copy thereof shall be prima facie evidence of all the facts therein stated and received as evidence of such facts in all courts of this state.
Subd. 3.
Record books.
The county recorder of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to procure at the expense of the county proper record books or electronic media for recording such certificates of discharge with sufficient indexes thereto.
History:
(885, 886, 887) 1919 c 266 s 1-3; 1945 c 542 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 124 s 3; 1Sp2003 c 8 art 2 s 19; 2005 c 4 s 79,80; 2022 c 90 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.26 — Unrecorded Records: Transcribe; Record.

386.26
MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.26, subdivision 1]
386.26 UNRECORDED RECORDS: TRANSCRIBE; RECORD.
Subdivision 1.
Counties over 100,000.
The county recorder in each county having a population of over 100,000 is hereby authorized and directed to transcribe in appropriate records in writing or by electronic media to be provided by the county for such purpose and to appropriately index all instruments affecting: lists of lands selected by railroad companies under grants from the United States or the state of Minnesota; and all instruments affecting: condemnation proceedings; awards of damages in condemnation proceedings; building line easements; easements for slopes; easements for electric light and telephone poles; now on file in the recorder's office and which have not heretofore been recorded.
Subd. 2.
Prima facie; as of time filed.
The transcribing of such instruments shall have the effect of a record of the same from the time such instruments were filed in such county recorder office, and such records shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the contents of the original instruments so recorded.
Subd. 3.
In future; record at length.
It is hereby made the duty of the county recorder in any such county to record at length in suitable books or by electronic media to be provided by the county for such purpose all instruments hereafter received either for filing or recording. The recorder shall receive the same fees therefor as are allowed for the recording of other like instruments.
Subd. 4.
Except Ramsey County.
This section does not apply to Ramsey County.
History:
(893) 1909 c 153 s 1-3; 1974 c 435 art 7 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 83; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.29 — Transcribing Abstract Records.

386.29 TRANSCRIBING ABSTRACT RECORDS.
The board of county commissioners of any county that has undertaken to have the abstract records in the office of the county recorder transcribed under any law fixing a maximum limit that may be expended for such purpose but is unable to complete such work on account of such limit having been reached may authorize the county recorder or employ any other competent person to complete the same under the supervision and direction of the county recorder at such salary or upon such basis of compensation as may be agreed upon.
History:
(893-1) 1927 c 104; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 84
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.31 — Consecutive Numbering.

386.31 CONSECUTIVE NUMBERING.
Each county recorder shall endorse plainly upon each instrument received for record as soon as received a number consecutive, to the extent practicable, to the number affixed to the instrument next previously received and enter such number as a part of the entry relating to such instrument in all the indexes kept in the office and on the margin of the record of the instrument, and such number shall be prima facie evidence of priority of registration. If more than one instrument shall be received at the same time, by mail or other like enclosure, the recorder shall affix such number in the order directed by the sender; if no direction be given, then in the order in which the instruments actually come to the recorder.
History:
(895) RL s 538; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 99 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1999 c 11 art 4 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 85; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.32 — Consecutive Index.

386.32 CONSECUTIVE INDEX.
Each county recorder shall keep an index of all records kept in the office showing the number of the instrument consecutively, the kind, the time of its reception, and where the same is recorded.
Such entries shall be made as soon as the instrument is received, excepting only the place of record, which shall be filled in as soon as such instrument is recorded.
History:
(896) RL s 539; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 86
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.33 — Deputies.

386.33 DEPUTIES.
Any county recorder may appoint one or more deputies in writing whose oath of office shall be endorsed on the appointment and recorded therewith in the office. County recorders shall be responsible for the acts of their deputies and may revoke their appointment at pleasure.
History:
(897) RL s 540; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.36 — Farm Names Recorded.

386.36 FARM NAMES RECORDED.
The owner of farm lands in the state may designate a specific name of the farm lands and this name, together with a description of the farm lands according to the government survey thereof, may be recorded with the county recorder of the county wherein the lands, or a part thereof, are situated, and this name, together with the description of the lands, shall be recorded by the county recorder, upon payment of a fee as prescribed in section 357.18, but no two names so designated and recorded shall be alike in the same county.
History:
(899) 1909 c 154 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 99 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 87
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.37 — Abstracts Of Title.

386.37 ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
In a county in which the county recorder performs abstract services, the county recorder, upon being paid lawful fees therefor, shall make out, under the recorder's certificate and seal, as the same appears of record or on file in the office, and deliver to any person requesting the same:
(1) a full and perfect abstract of title to any real estate together with all encumbrances, liens and instruments in any manner affecting such title;
(2) a continuation of any abstract of title, to any real estate that has been certified to by an official abstracter of the county within a reasonable amount of time after such request;
(3) an abstract of title to any real estate, together with all encumbrances, liens, and instruments in any manner affecting such title, from a certain date to a given date, within a reasonable amount of time after such request; or
(4) an abstract of title to any real estate covering encumbrances and liens, only, affecting such title between any two given dates, within a reasonable amount of time after such request.
History:
(900) RL s 542; 1927 c 253; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2005 c 4 s 88
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.39 — Instruments Not Properly Executed.

386.39 INSTRUMENTS NOT PROPERLY EXECUTED.
Except where otherwise expressly provided by law, no county recorder shall record any conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument by which any interest in real estate may be in any way affected, unless the same is duly signed, executed and acknowledged according to law; any such officer offending herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and liable in damages to the party injured in a civil action.
History:
(902) RL s 543; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.40 — Seal.

386.40 SEAL.
Every county recorder shall have an official seal and affix the same to all documents requiring the recorder's official signature, except the endorsement mentioned in section 386.41. The seal may be affixed by a stamp that will print a seal that legibly reproduces under photographic or electronic methods. The seal also may be a printed facsimile or it may be electronically generated.
History:
(903) RL s 544; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 314 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.409 — County Recorder's Official Signature.

386.409 COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICIAL SIGNATURE.
When the county recorder's official signature, or that of a deputy is required under section 386.41, an electronically generated signature or name may be used.
History:
1998 c 314 s 2; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.41 — Certificate Of Record.

386.41 CERTIFICATE OF RECORD.
Every county recorder shall endorse upon each instrument recorded, over the recorder's official signature, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER, ... COUNTY, MINNESOTA, CERTIFIED, FILED, AND/OR RECORDED ON, the date and time when it was recorded and the document number and/or book and page in which it was recorded; and every instrument shall be considered as recorded at the time so noted.
History:
(904) RL s 545; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 314 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.44 — Oaths And Papers, Where Filed.

386.44 OATHS AND PAPERS, WHERE FILED.
In counties not divided into towns, the official oaths and other papers required by law to be filed in the office of the town clerk shall be filed with the county recorder.
History:
(777) RL s 446; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.45 — Bankruptcy Documents May Be Recorded, Used As Evidence.

386.45 BANKRUPTCY DOCUMENTS MAY BE RECORDED, USED AS EVIDENCE.
(a) When a petition for bankruptcy, or a decree of adjudication, or an order approving the trustee's bond is made, pursuant to the Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898, as amended by the Bankruptcy Act of 1938, chapter 575, Statutes at Large, volume 52, page 840, section 21 g, or a petition is made pursuant to the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, hereinafter referred to as the "Bankruptcy Code," the bankrupt, debtor, trustee, receiver, custodian, referee, or any creditor may record a certified copy of the petition, decree, order, or a certificate of a clerk of the United States Bankruptcy Court relating to any matter involving the status of or disposition of the proceedings or pleadings, property of the estate or property of the debtor or documents or orders recorded in the proceeding, all pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code, in the office of the county recorder the instruments in the office of the registrar of titles of any county in this state.
(b) Any certificate so recorded, or a certified copy thereof, is admissible as evidence in any action involving any instrument to which it relates or involving the title to the real estate affected by the certificate and is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
History:
(887-1) 1939 c 117; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1981 c 2 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 89
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.459 — Official Records; Compilation, Maintenance, And Storage Of Information.

386.459 OFFICIAL RECORDS; COMPILATION, MAINTENANCE, AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION.
The county recorder may select and use alternative methods for the compilation, maintenance, and storage of the information contained in the official records listed in sections 386.03, 386.04, 386.05, 386.19, and 386.32, subject to the following conditions:
(1) the methods selected must provide for access to the information contained in the records by those authorized by law to have access to that information; and
(2) the methods selected must provide for the preservation of the information contained in the records to the extent specified by law.
History:
1998 c 314 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.46 — Disposal Of Obsolete Records.

386.46 DISPOSAL OF OBSOLETE RECORDS.
Documents, filed or recorded by the county recorder, including sheriffs certificates, land title patents, incorporations, official bonds, mechanics liens, affidavits, orders of courts exercising probate jurisdiction, district court orders, satisfactions, warranty deeds, quitclaim deeds, lis pendens, assignments, and miscellaneous documents, but still in possession because uncalled for by their owner for ten years after the filing or recording, may be destroyed by the county recorder. Federal liens, except federal estate and gift tax liens, may be destroyed ten years and 30 days, and state liens may be destroyed ten years after their filing or last extension and stricken from the indexes.
History:
1947 c 265 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1982 c 377 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 291 art 18 s 13; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.47 — Obsolete Records, Destruction.

386.47 OBSOLETE RECORDS, DESTRUCTION.
Any county board or the governing body of any municipality may by resolution authorize the destruction of the following instruments filed in the office of the county recorder of the county or clerk of the municipality:
(1) all satisfactions of chattel mortgages and releases of conditional sales contracts filed for record more than ten years; and
(2) all unsatisfied chattel mortgages and unreleased conditional sales contracts ten years after maturity; if no maturity date is shown, then ten years after the date of filing.
History:
1969 c 369 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.51 — Recording Of U.s. Agency Maps, Plats, Surveys, Photos.

386.51 RECORDING OF U.S. AGENCY MAPS, PLATS, SURVEYS, PHOTOS.
Upon the application of any interested person, and upon the payment of the fees required herein, the county recorder in and for the county wherein the land described in the instrument lies shall accept and file for record any map, survey, plat, surveyors notes or aerial photograph made and prepared by or for or under the direction and control of any agency of the United States.
History:
1955 c 324 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.52 — Certificate Of Authentication.

386.52 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
Any such instrument shall be accompanied by an official certificate of the public officer or official charged with responsibility for custody of the original record so filed and recorded, testifying as to the official character of the instrument and certifying the copy tendered as a true, correct, and complete copy of the original and stating where the original document may be found.
History:
1955 c 324 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.62 — License Required.

386.62 LICENSE REQUIRED.
No official, person, firm, association, or corporation shall engage in the business of making abstracts of title and issuing certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, without first obtaining a license pursuant to the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76.
History:
1957 c 871 s 2; 1975 c 419 s 1; 1976 c 222 s 189; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 34
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.65 — Examination Of Applicants For License.

386.65 EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS FOR LICENSE.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure; conditions.
Applications for a license shall be made to the commissioner and shall be upon a form to be prepared by the commissioner and contain such information as may be required by it. Each applicant must pass an examination approved for use by the commissioner. The examination must be of sufficient scope to establish the applicant as capable of performing the duties of an abstracter whose work will be for the use and protection of the public. If application is made by a firm or corporation, one of the members or managing officials thereof shall take such examination. If the applicant successfully passes the examination and complies with all the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76, the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1976 c 222 s 209]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 1991 c 100 s 3]
History:
1957 c 871 s 4; 1976 c 222 s 194; 1978 c 674 s 60; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 369 s 129; 1995 c 68 s 9; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 35
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.66 — Bond Or Abstracter's Liability Insurance Policy.

386.66 BOND OR ABSTRACTER'S LIABILITY INSURANCE POLICY.
Before a license shall be issued, the applicant shall file with the commissioner an annual bond or abstracter's liability insurance policy for each license year, to be approved by the commissioner, running to the state of Minnesota in the penal sum of at least $100,000 conditioned for the payment by such abstracter of any damages that may be sustained by or accrue to any person by reason of or on account of any error, deficiency or mistake arising wrongfully or negligently in any abstract, or continuation thereof, or in any certificate showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, made by and issued by such abstracter, provided however, that the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons under such bond shall in no event exceed the amount of such bond. If the applicant intends to engage in the business of abstracting in any county having more than 200,000 inhabitants, the bond or insurance policy required herein shall be in the penal sum of at least $250,000. Applicants that are title insurers regulated by chapter 68A and licensed pursuant to sections 60A.02 and 60A.06, subdivision 1, clause (7), and their employees or those having cash or securities on deposit with the state of Minnesota in an amount equal to the said bond or insurance policy shall be exempt from furnishing the bond or an insurance policy herein required but shall be liable to the same extent as if a bond or insurance policy has been given and filed. The bond or insurance policy required hereunder shall be written by some surety or other company authorized to do business in this state issuing bonds or abstracter's liability insurance policies and shall be issued for a period of one or more years, and renewed for one year at the date of expiration as principal continues in business.
History:
1957 c 871 s 5; 1975 c 419 s 2; 1976 c 222 s 195; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 100 s 1; 1993 c 77 s 1; 1993 c 369 s 130; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 50; 1995 c 68 s 10; 1996 c 439 art 3 s 12; 2014 c 198 art 4 s 18
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.67 — Licensed Abstracter, Seal.

386.67 LICENSED ABSTRACTER, SEAL.
A licensed abstracter furnishing abstracts of title to real property under the provisions hereof shall provide a seal, which seal shall show the name of such licensed abstracter, and shall file with the commissioner the signatures of persons authorized to sign certificates on abstracts and continuations of abstracts and certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, issued by such licensed abstracter.
History:
1957 c 871 s 6; 1976 c 222 s 196; 1991 c 100 s 2; 1993 c 369 s 131; 1995 c 68 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.68 — Fees.

386.68 FEES.
The following fees must be paid to the commissioner: an initial licensing fee of $50; and a license renewal fee of $40.
History:
1957 c 871 s 9; 1975 c 419 s 3; 1976 c 222 s 197; 1993 c 369 s 132; 1995 c 68 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.69 — Licenses.

386.69 LICENSES.
Licenses issued by the commissioner under the provisions hereof shall recite that such bond or insurance policy has been duly filed and approved, and the license shall authorize the official, person, firm or corporation named in it to engage in and carry on the business of an abstracter of real estate titles in the state of Minnesota. The license shall be issued for a period as determined by the commissioner, and shall thereafter be renewed upon conditions prescribed by the commissioner.
History:
1957 c 871 s 7; 1976 c 222 s 198; 1993 c 369 s 133; 1995 c 68 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.705 — Administrative Actions And Penalties.

386.705 ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS AND PENALTIES.
An abstracter licensed under sections 386.62 to 386.76 is subject to the penalties imposed pursuant to section 45.027. The commissioner has all the powers provided in section 45.027 and shall proceed in the manner provided by that section in actions against abstracters.
History:
1993 c 369 s 134; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.706 — Rules.

386.706 RULES.
The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the administration of sections 386.62 to 386.76.
History:
1993 c 369 s 135; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 37
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.71 — Licensed Abstracters, Access To Public Records.

386.71 LICENSED ABSTRACTERS, ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS.
Licensed abstracters shall have access during ordinary office hours to the public records in the office of the county recorder in the county in which such abstracter is authorized to function, to make such memoranda, microfilm, photostats, photographs, or notations from the records thereof as may be necessary for the purpose of making or compiling abstracts, continuations thereof, or issuing certificates showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state, whether registered or not, and the compiling, posting, copying and keeping up their abstract books, indices, or other records necessary to carry on or perform the duties and functions of a licensed abstracter, provided that such access during ordinary office hours shall in no manner hinder or interfere with the public officer in the performance of official duties.
History:
1957 c 871 s 8; 1975 c 419 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1976 c 222 s 200; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 88
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.72 — Abstracter's Certificate As Prima Facie Evidence.

386.72 ABSTRACTER'S CERTIFICATE AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
Any abstract of title, continuation thereof, or certificate showing ownership of, or interest in, or liens upon any lands in the state of Minnesota, whether registered or not, certified to be true and correct by any licensed abstracter under the signature and seal of such abstracter shall be received by the courts of this state as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of records, the content and filing indicated on such abstract, continuation thereof, or certificate hereinbefore described.
History:
1957 c 871 s 11; 1976 c 222 s 201
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.73 — County Recorders, May Employ Licensed Abstracters.

386.73 COUNTY RECORDERS, MAY EMPLOY LICENSED ABSTRACTERS.
Nothing herein shall prohibit any county recorder who does not hold a certificate of authority pursuant to the provisions hereof from employing a licensed abstracter and issuing abstracts pursuant to sections 386.62 to 386.76.
History:
1957 c 871 s 15; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1976 c 222 s 202; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.74 — Rights Of County Recorders Not Abridged.

386.74 RIGHTS OF COUNTY RECORDERS NOT ABRIDGED.
Sections 386.62 to 386.76 shall not apply to nor abridge the rights of county recorders, as set forth in section 386.37.
History:
1957 c 871 s 16; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 39
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.75 — Practice Of Attorneys Not Abridged.

386.75 PRACTICE OF ATTORNEYS NOT ABRIDGED.
Nothing herein shall limit or abridge the rights of a duly licensed attorney at law in the attorney's practice in the state of Minnesota.
History:
1957 c 871 s 13; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.76 — Violation A Misdemeanor.

386.76 VIOLATION A MISDEMEANOR.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 386.62 to 386.76 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1957 c 871 s 12; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 40
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.77 — Filing Fee For State, City, Town Item May Be Billed.

386.77 FILING FEE FOR STATE, CITY, TOWN ITEM MAY BE BILLED.
An instrument of conveyance, assignment, or release; a judgment; or other document, which is entitled to recording or filing, and which by its terms is for the benefit of the state or any county, city, or town, shall be recorded or filed by any county recorder or registrar of titles without the payment of fees when offered for filing or recording by the state or any of its agencies, or by the benefited subdivision. The fee for the recording or filing shall be paid by the state, its agency, or by the benefited subdivision, but not by another department or agency of that county, upon submission of a statement of charges by the county recorder or registrar of titles.
History:
1967 c 124 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1985 c 281 s 9; 1986 c 399 art 1 s 28; 1986 c 416 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter › Section 386.78 — Security Deposits.

386.78 SECURITY DEPOSITS.
The county recorder in each county may accept security deposits to guarantee payment of charges. The county recorder shall deposit any accepted security deposit in a security fund with the county treasurer. The county treasurer may invest said funds and the income therefrom shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.
The county recorder shall extend credit to any person who has made such deposit up to the amount of the deposit.
Any person may withdraw any such deposit provided that any unpaid items shall first be deducted therefrom, except that the county recorder may require a reasonable minimum deposit be maintained based on anticipated monthly charges of the depositor.
History:
1969 c 802 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1999 c 69 s 1; 2004 c 274 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 387 — Sheriff › Section 387.01 — Qualifications; Bond; Oath.

387.01 QUALIFICATIONS; BOND; OATH.
Every person who files as a candidate for county sheriff must be licensed as a peace officer in this state. Every person appointed to the office of sheriff must become licensed as a peace officer before entering upon the duties of the office. Before entering upon duties every sheriff shall give bond to the state in a sum not less than $25,000 in counties whose population exceeds 150,000, and not less than $5,000 in all other counties, to be approved by the county board, conditioned that the sheriff will well and faithfully in all things perform and execute the duties of office, without fraud, deceit, or oppression, which bond, with an oath of office, shall be recorded with the county recorder.
History:
(905) RL s 547; 1973 c 668 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 147 s 76; 2005 c 4 s 90
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 387 — Sheriff › Section 387.02 — Failure To Qualify.

387.02 FAILURE TO QUALIFY.
If any person elected to the office of sheriff fails to give the bond and take the oath prescribed by law on or before January tenth next succeeding election, it shall be deemed a refusal to serve.
History:
(906) RL s 548; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 387 — Sheriff › Section 387.03 — Powers, Duties.

387.03 POWERS, DUTIES.
The sheriff shall keep and preserve the peace of the county, for which purpose the sheriff may require the aid of such persons or power of the county as the sheriff deems necessary. The sheriff shall also pursue and apprehend all felons, execute all processes, writs, precepts, and orders issued or made by lawful authority and to the sheriff delivered, attend upon the terms of the district court, and perform all of the duties pertaining to the office, including investigating recreational vehicle accidents involving personal injury or death that occur outside the boundaries of a municipality, searching and dragging for drowned bodies, and searching and looking for lost persons. When authorized by the board of county commissioners of the county the sheriff may purchase boats and other equipment including the hiring of airplanes for search purposes.
History:
(907) RL s 549; 1943 c 330 s 1; 1951 c 302 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 184 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 387 — Sheriff › Section 387.04 — Duties.

387.04 DUTIES.
In each county of the state having or which may hereafter have a population of 300,000, the sheriff shall perform all the duties and services now or which may hereafter be required by law to be performed and in addition shall serve all papers, post all notices named by law to be served or posted in behalf of the state or of the county for which elected, including all papers to be served or notices to be posted by the board of county commissioners, the county auditor, or by any other county officer.
History:
(907-1) 1913 c 440 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities › Chapter 387 — Sheriff › Section 387.05 — Shall Give Certificate, When.

387.05 SHALL GIVE CERTIFICATE, WHEN.
Every sheriff, if required, shall give without charge to any person delivering process or papers to the sheriff for service or execution a signed certificate specifying therein the names of the parties, the nature of the process or paper, and the day of such delivery.
History:
(908) RL s 550; 1986 c 444