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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.66 — Officer's Certificate For Registrar To Cancel; Lis Pendens.

508.66 OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE FOR REGISTRAR TO CANCEL; LIS PENDENS.
A certificate of the court administrator of the court in which any action or proceeding shall have been pending or in which any judgment or decree is of record, that such action has been dismissed or otherwise disposed of, or that the judgment, decree, or order has been assigned, satisfied, released, or reversed, or the certificate of any sheriff, or other officer, that the levy of any execution, attachment, or other process has been released, discharged or otherwise disposed of, being duly filed and noted upon the register, shall be sufficient to authorize the registrar to cancel, or otherwise treat the memorial thereof according to the purport of such certificate.
The registrar shall not carry forward to a new certificate of title the memorial of a notice of lis pendens which has been of record for ten years, unless another notice of lis pendens in the same action has been filed within the ten years.
History:
(8312) RL s 3434; 1905 c 305 s 64; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.67 — Acquiring Title By Action; New Certificate.

508.67 ACQUIRING TITLE BY ACTION; NEW CERTIFICATE.
Subdivision 1.
Court order.
Upon the expiration of the time allowed by law for redemption of registered land, after it has been set off, or sold on execution, or taken or sold for the enforcement of any lien, including a tax lien, or charge of any nature, the person who claims under such execution, or under any certificate, deed, or other instrument made in the course of proceedings to enforce such execution or lien, may apply to the court for an order directing the entry of a new certificate to that person, and upon such notice as the court may require, the petition shall be heard and a proper order rendered therein.
Subd. 2.
Examiner of titles directive.
Any person holding title to registered land pursuant to forfeiture evidenced by a county auditor's certificate of forfeiture, or auditor's certificate of sale or state assignment certificate that has been memorialized upon a certificate of title for at least ten years is entitled to a new certificate of title for the land, or so much of the land as may be described in the forfeiture documents. The registrar shall enter the new certificate of title only pursuant to court order or upon the written directive of the examiner of titles as to the legal sufficiency of the forfeiture. The directive of the examiner of titles also must specify the instruments the registrar shall omit from the new certificate of title by virtue of the forfeiture.
History:
(8313) RL s 3435; 1905 c 305 s 65; 1927 c 112 s 5; 1957 c 168 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1992 c 463 s 10; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 32; 2003 c 5 art 1 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.68 — Death Of Owner; Issuance Of New Certificates.

508.68 DEATH OF OWNER; ISSUANCE OF NEW CERTIFICATES.
When the owner of registered land, or of any estate or interest therein, dies, having devised the same by will, the persons entitled thereto may file with the registrar a certified copy of such will and the personal representative's deed of distribution together with any order of distribution, if there be one, or certified copy of any final decree, if there be one, assigning the same, and thereupon the registrar shall cancel the certificate of title issued to the testator and issue a new certificate of title to the persons designated. When the owner of registered land, or of any estate or interest therein, dies, not having devised the same, the persons entitled thereto by law may file with the registrar the personal representative's deed of distribution together with a certified copy of any order of distribution, if there be one, or a certified copy of any final decree of the court assigning the same, and thereupon the registrar shall cancel the certificate of title issued to the intestate and issue a new certificate of title to the persons entitled thereto. Unless restricted by letters testamentary or letters of administration, a personal representative may sell, convey, or mortgage registered land in the same manner as if the land were registered in the representative's name. Such personal representative shall first file with the registrar a certified copy of any will of the decedent and a certified copy of the representative's letters.
History:
(8314) RL s 3436; 1905 c 305 s 66; 1975 c 347 s 10; 1976 c 161 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 22; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 33
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.69 — Jurisdiction Of Court Not Impaired.

508.69 JURISDICTION OF COURT NOT IMPAIRED.
A personal representative may sell, mortgage or lease any real property of the estate as authorized by section 524.3-715. Nothing contained in this chapter shall impair or affect the jurisdiction of the court to license any personal representative, conservator or guardian to sell or mortgage registered land. A purchaser or mortgagee receiving a deed or mortgage executed by a personal representative, conservator or guardian shall be entitled to register the title and to the entry of a new certificate of title or memorial of registration in the same manner as upon any similar voluntary transfer of registered land. No certificate shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this section or of section 508.68 except upon the written certification of the examiner of titles as to the legal sufficiency of the documents presented for filing for the purpose of issuance of a new certificate or upon the order of the district court directing the issuance thereof.
History:
(8315) RL s 3437; 1905 c 305 s 67; 1965 c 15 s 1; 1975 c 347 s 11; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.72 — Agency; Power To Be Registered.

508.72 AGENCY; POWER TO BE REGISTERED.
Any act which may legally be done or performed by any person under this chapter may be done and performed by an agent when duly authorized in writing. The instrument or power of attorney shall be filed with and registered by the registrar if it is executed and acknowledged as required by law in the case of a deed. Any instrument revoking the power of attorney may be filed and registered if it is executed and acknowledged in the same way. A written instrument of revocation of an unregistered power of attorney, executed and acknowledged by a person having a registered interest in land, may be filed for registration as a memorial upon the certificate of title.
History:
(8318) RL s 3440; 1905 c 305 s 70; 1984 c 603 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.73 — Eminent Domain; Reversion; Vacation; New Certificate.

508.73 EMINENT DOMAIN; REVERSION; VACATION; NEW CERTIFICATE.
Subdivision 1.
Registration filing; memorials.
If the land of a registered owner, or any right, title, interest, or estate therein is taken by eminent domain, the state or body politic, or other authority which exercises such right, shall file for registration a certified copy of a final certificate or a certified copy of a court order transferring title pursuant to section 117.042 together with an instrument containing a description of the land so taken, together with the name of each owner thereof, and referring to each certificate of title by its number and place of registration in the register of titles, and stating what estate or interest in the land is taken, and for what purpose. A memorial of the right, title, interest, or estate thus taken shall be made upon each certificate of title by the registrar, and if the fee is taken, a new certificate shall be entered in the name of the owner for the land remaining to the owner after such taking. A new certificate may not be entered except by order of the district court or upon the written certification of the examiner of titles as to the legal sufficiency of the final certificate or court order pursuant to section 117.042 and other instruments presented for filing for the purpose of issuance of a new certificate. If the owner has a lien for damages upon the land thus taken, this fact shall be stated in the memorial of registration. All fees on account of any memorial of registration or entry of new certificates for land thus taken shall be paid by the state or body politic or other authority which takes the land. If land which was taken for public use reverts, by operation of law, to the owner or to the owner's heirs or assigns, the district court, upon the application of the person entitled to the benefit of such reversion, and after due notice and hearing, may order the entry of a new certificate of title to the person entitled thereto.
Subd. 2.
Street, alley vacation; legal added.
Upon the filing of a certified copy of a resolution or ordinance by a city vacating an adjoining street or alley that was dedicated to the public in a plat, a registered owner is entitled to have added to the legal description on the certificate of title that part of the vacated street or alley that accrues to it, provided the vacation occurred after the land was originally registered. The vacated street or alley may be added to the certificate of title by order of the district court or by a written directive from the examiner of titles.
History:
(8319) RL s 3441; 1905 c 305 s 71; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 463 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.75 — Investment.

508.75 INVESTMENT.
All money received by the registrar under the provisions of sections 508.82, subdivision 1, clause (1), and 508A.82, subdivision 1, clause (1), shall be paid quarterly by the registrar or the county treasurer to the commissioner of management and budget and placed in the general fund. There is annually appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget from the general fund sums sufficient to pay claims ordered by a district court under sections 508.77 and 508A.77.
History:
(8321) RL s 3443; 1905 c 305 s 73; 1971 c 245 s 1; 1976 c 145 s 1; 1980 c 543 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 11 s 4; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2006 c 222 s 2; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.76 — Registrar's Liability.

508.76 REGISTRAR'S LIABILITY.
Subdivision 1.
Compensation for loss or damage.
Any person who, without negligence on that person's part, sustains any loss or damage by reason of any omission, mistake or misfeasance of the registrar or the registrar's deputy, or of any examiner or of any court administrator, or of a deputy of the court administrator or examiner, in the performance of their respective duties under this law, and any person who, without negligence on that person's part, is wrongfully deprived of any land or of any interest therein by the registration thereof, or by reason of the registration of any other person, as the owner of such land, or by reason of any mistake, omission, or misdescription in any certificate of title, or in any entry or memorial, or by any cancellation, in the register of titles, and who, by the provisions of this law, is precluded from bringing an action for the recovery of such land, or of any interest therein, or from enforcing any claim or lien upon the same, may institute an action in the district court to recover compensation out of the general fund for such loss or damage.
Subd. 2.
Documents misfiled.
The registrar 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:
(8322) RL s 3444; 1905 c 305 s 74; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 11 s 5; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 39
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.77 — Parties Defendant; Judgment; Execution.

508.77 PARTIES DEFENDANT; JUDGMENT; EXECUTION.
If such action is brought to recover any loss or damage occasioned solely by the registration of such land, or solely by the registration of any other person as the owner thereof, or if such action be brought for the recovery of any loss or damage occasioned solely by the omission, mistake or misfeasance of the registrar or the registrar's deputy, or of any examiner or of any court administrator, or a deputy of the court administrator or examiner, in the performance of their respective duties, the commissioner of management and budget, in the commissioner's official capacity, shall be the sole defendant. If such action be brought to recover for any loss or damage occasioned either wholly, or in part, by the fraud or wrongful act of some person other than the officers herein named, or to recover for any loss or damage caused jointly by the fraud or wrongful act, and by the omission, mistake or misfeasance of the officers above named, or any of them, and of some other person, the commissioner of management and budget, in the commissioner's official capacity, and such other person shall be joined as defendants therein. In any action where there are defendants other than the commissioner of management and budget, no execution shall issue against such commissioner of management and budget until execution against all other defendants against whom judgment has been recovered has been returned unsatisfied, either in whole or in part. An officer returning such execution shall certify thereon that the amount still due upon the execution cannot be collected from them. Thereupon the court, being satisfied as to the truth of the return, shall order the commissioner of management and budget to pay the amount due upon such execution out of the general fund. The attorney general or, at the request of either the attorney general or the board of county commissioners of the county in which the land or a major part of it lies, the county attorney of that county shall defend the commissioner of management and budget in all such actions.
History:
(8323) RL s 3445; 1905 c 305 s 75; 1980 c 543 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 11 s 6; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.78 — Liability Of Fund.

508.78 LIABILITY OF FUND.
No person shall recover from the general fund any sum by reason of any loss, damage, or deprivation occasioned solely by a breach of trust on the part of any registered owner who is trustee, or by the improper exercise of any power of sale in a mortgage, nor shall any person recover from the general fund any greater sum than the fair market value of the real estate at the time of the last payment into such fund, on account thereof.
History:
(8324) RL s 3446; 1905 c 305 s 76; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 11 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.79 — Limitation Of Action.

508.79 LIMITATION OF ACTION.
Any action or proceeding pursuant to section 508.76 to recover damages out of the general fund, shall be commenced within six years from the time when the right to commence the same accrued, and not afterwards. If at the time the right accrued or thereafter within the six-year period, the person entitled to bring such action or proceeding is a minor, or is a person who lacks the mental capacity to make decisions, or imprisoned, or absent from the United States in its service or the service of the state, such person, or anyone claiming under that person, may commence such action or proceeding within two years after such disability is removed.
History:
(8325) RL s 3447; 1905 c 305 s 77; 1974 c 384 s 1; 1980 c 543 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 11 s 8; 2013 c 59 art 3 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.80 — Fraudulent Instrument Or Entry; Penalty.

508.80 FRAUDULENT INSTRUMENT OR ENTRY; PENALTY.
Whoever fraudulently procures, or assists in fraudulently procuring, or is privy to the fraudulent procurement of, any certificate of title or other instrument or of any entry in the register of titles, or other book kept in the office of any registrar, or of any erasure or alteration in any entry in any of these books, or in any instrument authorized by this chapter, or knowingly defrauds, or is privy to defrauding, any person by means of a false or fraudulent instrument, certificate, statement, or affidavit affecting registered land, shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or by both.
History:
(8326) RL s 3448; 1905 c 305 s 78; 1984 c 628 art 3 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.81 — Court Administrator's Fees; Publication And Service Costs.

508.81 COURT ADMINISTRATOR'S FEES; PUBLICATION AND SERVICE COSTS.
The fees of the court administrator of the district court for services performed in connection with duties in proceedings under this chapter and chapter 508A shall be governed by the provisions of section 357.021. Service of process, including publication, is at the expense of the applicant or requesting party. If the court administrator is required by statute or court order to mail a copy of the summons or order to show cause to any person, the applicant or requesting party shall furnish the court administrator with an addressed envelope with postage prepaid for each person.
History:
(8327) RL s 3449; 1905 c 305 s 79; 1949 c 151 s 1; 1957 c 294 s 1; 1959 c 250 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 2017 c 16 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.836 — Disposal Of Certain Affidavits.

508.836 DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN AFFIDAVITS.
The registrar of titles is hereby authorized to destroy affidavits of grantees and purchasers or of the person acting on their behalf, which are more than five years old.
History:
1955 c 273 s 1; 1971 c 533 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land › Section 508.84 — Instruments Of Encumbrance; Disposal.

508.84 INSTRUMENTS OF ENCUMBRANCE; DISPOSAL.
The registrar of titles is hereby authorized to destroy instruments of encumbrance which have been satisfied of record or extinguished by operation of law for a period of five years together with the assignments and satisfactions thereof. When the discharge of an encumbrance is by virtue of a judicial or statutory sale, the instruments evidencing the encumbrance of the foreclosure thereof, shall not be destroyed until six months after entry of an unappealed order for issuance of a new certificate of title to the purchaser at such sale or to the purchaser's assignee. Nothing herein contained shall relieve such registrar from maintaining the books and index records required under sections 508.34 and 508.37.
History:
1955 c 286 s 1; 1971 c 533 s 3; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.01 — Registration; Purpose; Definition.

508A.01 REGISTRATION; PURPOSE; DEFINITION.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure.
The procedures for registration under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 provide an alternative to registration under chapter 508, and are intended for uncontested titles. Upon the written recommendation of the county recorder, the county board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, may authorize the possessory title to real estate in that county to be registered in accordance with the provisions of and in the manner provided in sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. The resolution of the county board may limit the registration of possessory title to real estate to cases in which the applicant owns a tract of land of which a portion has already been registered pursuant to chapter 508.
Subd. 2.
Purpose.
The purpose of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 is to provide a voluntary procedure for registration of certain possessory estates in land with certainty, at reasonable cost and speed, and without the necessity for the initial adjudication required by chapter 508, and to provide for initial registration of land under a certificate of possessory title ("CPT"). Upon the expiration of five years from the date of the first CPT, the registrar of titles shall cancel the CPT and issue a certificate of title as provided in section 508A.85, subdivisions 2 and 3.
Subd. 3.
Definition.
For the purposes of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, the term "possessory estate in land" means a fee simple estate held by an owner who (1) has been found on examination by the examiner of titles pursuant to section 508A.13 to be the record owner of the land described; and (2) has satisfied the examiner of titles that the owner is in actual or constructive possession of the land described.
History:
1982 c 396 s 1; 1983 c 92 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 5; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 164; 2001 c 50 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.02 — Registered, Unregistered Land Subject To Same Incidents.

508A.02 REGISTERED, UNREGISTERED LAND SUBJECT TO SAME INCIDENTS.
Subdivision 1.
Effect of registration.
Land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall be registered subject to the rights of persons in possession, if any, and rights which would be disclosed by a survey, except that no title in derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession after the date of the first CPT; otherwise, land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall be subject to the same rights, protections, burdens, and incidents which attach by law to lands as provided in section 508.02. The common law doctrine of practical location of boundaries applies to property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 whenever registered. Section 508.671 shall apply in a proceedings subsequent to establish a boundary by practical location for property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85.
Subd. 2.
District court jurisdiction.
District court jurisdiction for all proceedings subsequent to the initial CPT shall be as provided in chapter 508.
History:
1982 c 396 s 2; 2008 c 341 art 3 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.03 — Application.

508A.03 APPLICATION.
An application for registration of a possessory estate in land under a CPT may be made by any person or persons who may register land initially under section 508.03, provided they have a possessory estate in land as defined in section 508A.01, subdivision 3.
History:
1982 c 396 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.04 — Titles Which May Be Registered.

508A.04 TITLES WHICH MAY BE REGISTERED.
Subdivision 1.
Applicant's right to changeover.
Any applicant holding a possessory estate in land as defined in section 508A.01, subdivision 3, may apply for registration under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 and, once qualified, may changeover from a CPT to a certificate of title pursuant to section 508A.85.
Subd. 2.
Application of CPTs.
Except as provided in subdivision 1, section 508.04, subdivision 1, applies with equal force and effect to CPTs under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85.
History:
1982 c 396 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.05 — Applications; How Signed And Verified.

508A.05 APPLICATIONS; HOW SIGNED AND VERIFIED.
The application for a CPT shall be signed and verified as provided in section 508.05.
History:
1982 c 396 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.06 — Contents Of Application; Claimants' Rights, Privileges.

508A.06 CONTENTS OF APPLICATION; CLAIMANTS' RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES.
The application shall set forth substantially:
(1) the full name and address of the applicant; if the application is made by any person acting in behalf of another, the application shall likewise state the full name and address of the person so acting, and the capacity in which the person acts; if the applicant is not an individual, the application shall include the full legal name and type of entity, the state of organization, and the address of its principal place of business;
(2) whether the applicant is or is not married and if married, the full name and address of the spouse; whether the applicant is or is not 18 years of age or older; whether or not the applicant is under any legal incapacity, and if so the nature of the incapacity; and whether the applicant has ever been divorced and if so, when, where, and by what court the divorce was granted;
(3) a correct description of the land;
(4) the estate or interest of the applicant in the land, and whether or not it is subject to an estate of homestead;
(5) the names of all persons or parties, except the applicant, who appear of record, or who are known to the applicant to have or to claim any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the land and the nature and character of it;
(6) whether the land is occupied or unoccupied; if occupied by any other person than the applicant, it shall state the full name and address of each occupant and the nature of the estate, interest, lien, or charge which the occupant or occupants have, or claim to have, in the land;
(7) whether the land is subject to any lien or encumbrance, recorded or unrecorded, together with the character and amount of the same, and the name and post office address of each holder thereof; if recorded, it shall state the place, book, and page of record;
(8) if the application is on behalf of a minor, it shall state the age of the minor and that a duly certified copy of the letters of guardianship has been recorded with the county recorder in the county in which the land is situated;
(9) when a required address is unknown to the applicant after due and diligent search, it shall be so stated;
(10) the facts supporting applicant's claim to a possessory estate in land as defined in section 508A.01, subdivision 3.
Any person having or claiming any right, title, interest, or estate in land, or any lien or charge upon or against it, may assent in writing to its registration and waive mailed notice under section 508A.10, clause (3). The assent and waiver of notice shall be executed and acknowledged in the manner required by law for the execution and acknowledgment of a deed and attached to the application.
History:
1982 c 396 s 6; 1983 c 92 s 24; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 6; 2017 c 16 s 13; 2022 c 37 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.07 — Nonresident Applicant; Agent.

508A.07 NONRESIDENT APPLICANT; AGENT.
If not a resident of the state, the applicant shall file for record with the county recorder a written agreement, duly executed and acknowledged, appointing an agent residing in the state. The applicant shall state in it the full name and post office address of this agent and agree in it that the service of any legal process in proceedings under or growing out of any application shall be of the same legal effect when made on this agent as if made on the applicant within the state. If the agent so appointed dies or removes from the state, the applicant shall at once appoint another agent in like manner and, if failing so to do, the examiner of titles may dismiss the application. In any subsequent application made, the applicant may refer to the written authority so recorded, provided it is sufficiently comprehensive to include the subsequent application.
History:
1982 c 396 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.08 — Application; Land Included.

508A.08 APPLICATION; LAND INCLUDED.
Subdivision 1.
Separate tracts; common owner.
Any number of tracts of land in the same county owned by the same person may be included in one application.
Subd. 2.
Adjacent land; different owners.
Owners of separate tracts of land in the same county may join in one application to register the title to their individual tracts. The application must list separately all of the information required by section 508A.06 for the owner or owners of each of the tracts included in the application.
History:
1982 c 396 s 8; 2001 c 50 s 8; 2003 c 5 art 1 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.09 — Amendment.

508A.09 AMENDMENT.
Amendments to the application may be allowed by the examiner of titles at any time upon terms that are just and reasonable, but all amendments shall be in writing and signed and verified like the original application. A person who acquires the original applicant's estate in all or part of the land by voluntary instrument from the original applicant may be substituted for the applicant as to the land acquired by executing an amendment.
History:
1982 c 396 s 9; 2001 c 50 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.10 — Application To Examiner; Powers Of Examiner.

508A.10 APPLICATION TO EXAMINER; POWERS OF EXAMINER.
An application for registration for a CPT shall be addressed to the examiner of titles in and for the county in which the land described is situated. The examiner shall have the powers provided in sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 including but not limited to the following:
(1) to approve all applications prior to filing of record;
(2) to require an abstract of title or other evidence of title with searches and recertifications as desired;
(3) to require that mailed notice be given to the holders of any interest, when their addresses are known;
(4) to issue examiner's reports, supplemental reports, and directives to the registrar regarding initial CPTs or memorials upon any CPT pursuant to section 508A.71;
(5) to require the county surveyor to review the proposed legal description of any CPT or to inspect the real property;
(6) to suspend any proceeding hereunder upon receipt of any valid written objections by persons claiming an interest in the real property; and
(7) to require proceedings subsequent to the initial CPT as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, or to certify instruments transferring title pursuant to sections 508A.59, 508A.62, and 508A.69.
History:
1982 c 396 s 10; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 41; 2001 c 50 s 10; 2022 c 37 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.11 — Application Filed With Recorder; Abstract To Examiner; Fee.

508A.11 APPLICATION FILED WITH RECORDER; ABSTRACT TO EXAMINER; FEE.
Subdivision 1.
Application filed with county recorder.
After approval by the examiner of titles, the application for a CPT shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder, and shall be notice forever to all purchasers and encumbrancers of the pendency of the registration and of all matters referred to in the files and records of the examiner of titles and of the registrar of titles pertaining to the registration. The applicant shall deliver a certified copy of the recorded application to the examiner of titles.
Subd. 2.
Abstract supplied.
The applicant shall deliver to the examiner of titles an abstract of title or other evidence of title satisfactory to the examiner. In the event the examiner refuses to direct the issuance of a CPT, the abstract shall be returned. Otherwise, the abstract shall be returned to the applicant only at the time and under the conditions as the examiner shall determine.
Subd. 3.
Fees.
Before the examiner of titles examines the abstract of title or other evidence of title, the applicant shall pay to the registrar of titles the fee provided by section 508A.82, subdivision 1, clause (18).
History:
1982 c 396 s 11; 1985 c 281 s 16; 1992 c 463 s 15; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 42; 2001 c 50 s 11,12; 2006 c 222 s 4; 2022 c 37 s 7,8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.12 — Examiner Of Titles; Deputies.

508A.12 EXAMINER OF TITLES; DEPUTIES.
The examiner of titles and deputy examiners shall be those appointed pursuant to the provisions of section 508.12 and shall hold office and be compensated as provided in that section.
History:
1982 c 396 s 12
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.14 — County Surveyor.

508A.14 COUNTY SURVEYOR.
At the request of the examiner of titles, the county surveyor shall perform the functions set forth in section 508.14. All plats of survey made by the county surveyor pursuant to this section shall be filed with the examiner or registrar.
History:
1982 c 396 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.17 — Limitation On Actions.

508A.17 LIMITATION ON ACTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Limitation.
As against a title to land registered under a CPT which has been entered and maintained by the registrar under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, no action affecting the possession or title to the land shall be commenced by any person, partnership, corporation, state, or political subdivision to enforce any right, title, estate, lien, or interest founded upon any instrument, event, or transaction which was executed or occurred before the entry of the first CPT and which is not set out as a separate memorial on the CPT or covered by section 508A.25, clauses (1) to (5) and (8), unless the action is commenced and a notice of lis pendens of it is registered upon the CPT within a period of five years from the date of the first CPT.
Subd. 2.
No adverse interest renewed.
Any claimant to any interest adverse to the applicant already barred by some other statute or rule of law shall not acquire any renewed rights or extensions by reason of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85.
History:
1982 c 396 s 15; 1983 c 92 s 25; 2001 c 50 s 13; 2018 c 182 art 1 s 100
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.21 — Cpt Application Withdrawal; Conversion To Full Registration.

508A.21 CPT APPLICATION WITHDRAWAL; CONVERSION TO FULL REGISTRATION.
At any time prior to the issuance of the first CPT, the applicant or successor in interest may withdraw the application by filing for record in the office of the county recorder a verified statement of withdrawal, and a duplicate of it shall be delivered to the examiner of titles. The applicant may convert the application to a full registration pursuant to chapter 508, at any time on complying with all of the requirements of it. If any proceeding has been suspended as provided in section 508A.13, subdivision 3, for more than 30 days, the examiner may file in the office of the county recorder a notice of termination of the proceeding.
History:
1982 c 396 s 16; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.22 — Examiner's Directive; Fees.

508A.22 EXAMINER'S DIRECTIVE; FEES.
Subdivision 1.
Directive.
The examiner of titles, upon being satisfied that the applicant is entitled to a CPT, but not earlier than 20 days from the date of mailing of the notice required by section 508A.13, shall issue a written directive to the registrar of titles directing that the first CPT be issued and entered in the name of the applicant, subject only to the following: (a) the exceptions set out in section 508A.25; (b) separate memorials showing all outstanding rights, titles, estates, liens, and interests set forth in the examiner's report and any additional liens, encumbrances, or other interests affecting the land, arising after the filing of the application; and (c) a memorial of the examiner's directive which must state that the land described in the directive is subject to the rights of persons in possession, if any, and any rights which would be disclosed by a survey except as those rights are limited by section 508A.02, subdivision 1. The examiner's directive shall contain an accurate description of the land and shall set forth the address of the applicant and, if the applicant is an individual, whether the applicant is 18 years of age or older, and whether married or unmarried, and if married, the name of the spouse; if the applicant is under any legal incapacity, the nature of it shall be stated. The examiner's directive shall also be recorded with the county recorder and indexed in the tract index to show that the CPT application was granted and the land is converted to registered property. The examiner's directive is recordable without an acknowledgment. The examiner shall deliver the abstract of title to the registrar of titles who shall retain it, but it must not be entered as a memorial on the CPT. From the date of filing the examiner's directive with the registrar of titles, all instruments affecting title to the land which are registered shall be filed in the office of the registrar of titles and be memorialized upon the CPT.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 2001 c 50 s 37]
Subd. 3.
Fees.
Upon the filing with the registrar of titles of the examiner's directive pursuant to subdivision 1, there shall be paid by the applicant to the registrar the fee provided by section 508A.82, subdivision 1, clause (2), for registering a first CPT, and there shall be paid to the county recorder the fee provided by section 357.18 for recording an instrument.
History:
1982 c 396 s 17; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 4; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 43,44; 2001 c 50 s 14,15,38; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 90; 2022 c 37 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.24 — Registration Runs With Land.

508A.24 REGISTRATION RUNS WITH LAND.
The receiving of a CPT shall be deemed to be an agreement running with the land and binding upon the applicant and successors in the possessory title to the effect that the land shall be and forever remain registered land, subject to the provisions of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. All dealings with the land, or any estate or interest in it, after the land has been registered shall be expressly subject to the terms and provisions of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85.
History:
1982 c 396 s 18; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.25 — Rights Of Person Holding Cpt.

508A.25 RIGHTS OF PERSON HOLDING CPT.
Every person holding a CPT issued pursuant to sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 who has acquired title in good faith and for a valuable consideration shall hold the same free from all encumbrances and adverse claims, excepting only estates, mortgages, liens, charges, and interests as may be noted by separate memorials in the latest CPT in the office of the registrar, and also excepting any of the following rights or encumbrances subsisting against the same, if any:
(1) liens, claims, or rights arising or existing under the laws or the Constitution of the United States, which this state cannot require to appear of record;
(2) the lien of any real property tax or special assessment;
(3) any lease for a period not exceeding three years when there is actual occupation of the premises under it;
(4) all rights in public highways upon the land;
(5) the rights of any person in possession under deed or contract for deed from the owner of the CPT;
(6) any claims that may be made pursuant to section 508A.17 within five years from the date of the first CPT;
(7) the right of appeal, or right to appear and contest the petition, or other proceeding affecting the title, as is allowed by this chapter or chapter 508; and
(8) any outstanding mechanics lien rights which may exist under sections 514.01 to 514.17.
No existing or future lien for state taxes arising under the laws of this state for the nonpayment of any amounts due under chapter 268 or any tax administered by the commissioner of revenue may encumber title to lands registered under this chapter unless filed under the terms of this chapter.
History:
1982 c 396 s 19; 1983 c 92 s 26; 1991 c 291 art 18 s 15; 1992 c 511 art 9 s 21; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 45; 2001 c 50 s 16; 2017 c 16 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.29 — Appeals.

508A.29 APPEALS.
An appeal may be taken to the court of appeals from any order of the district court relating to land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 within 60 days from the filing of the order. The appeal shall be as in other civil cases.
History:
1982 c 396 s 21; 1983 c 247 s 185; 2017 c 16 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.31 — Registrar's Bond.

508A.31 REGISTRAR'S BOND.
Before entering upon the duties of office, the registrar of titles shall execute a bond to the state for an amount and with sureties as may be determined by the county board. The bond shall be approved by the district court, filed in the office of the county recorder, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of duties. A copy of the bond shall be filed and entered upon the records of the court.
History:
1982 c 396 s 23; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.32 — Under Control Of Court; Affixing Seal.

508A.32 UNDER CONTROL OF COURT; AFFIXING SEAL.
The registrar of titles shall be at all times under the control of the district court, which may adopt rules governing the conduct of office as it may deem wise. Every registrar of titles shall have an official seal and affix it to all documents requiring the registrar's official signature. Provided, however, that instead of affixing the registrar's official seal to CPTs, the registrar may use a printed facsimile of it at all points in the CPT where the official seal is required.
History:
1982 c 396 s 24; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.321 — Appeal From Registrar's Decisions.

508A.321 APPEAL FROM REGISTRAR'S DECISIONS.
If the registrar rejects a document for filing, a party in interest may refer the matter to the examiner of titles for review. The examiner of titles may approve the document for filing by endorsing the words "Approved for Filing" on the document. Upon approval, the registrar shall accept the document for filing.
History:
1994 c 388 art 3 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.33 — Deputies.

508A.33 DEPUTIES.
The registrar of titles may appoint one or more deputy registrars of titles, who may also be deputy county recorders, to act in the registrar's stead. Deputy registrars shall act in the name of the registrar and their acts shall be the registrar's acts. The registrar shall be liable for any neglect or omission of a deputy to the same extent as for the registrar's own neglect or omission. The registrar may, with the consent of the county board, employ clerks as may be required to properly perform the duties of office. In all counties in which the county recorder does not receive the fees of the office in lieu of a salary, the county board shall fix the compensation of all deputy registrars and clerks appointed or employed by the registrar which shall be paid out of any county funds not otherwise appropriated.
History:
1982 c 396 s 25; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.34 — Cpts; Entering And Binding.

508A.34 CPTS; ENTERING AND BINDING.
The registrar shall enter all first and subsequent CPTs by binding or entering them in the order of their numbers in a book to be known as the "Register of Titles; CPT." The entering and binding shall be done in the same manner, with the same procedures, and to the same effect as for certificates of title under section 508.34.
History:
1982 c 396 s 26
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.349 — Official Signature Of Registrar Of Titles.

508A.349 OFFICIAL SIGNATURE OF REGISTRAR OF TITLES.
When the official signature of the registrar of titles, or that of a deputy, is required under section 508A.35 or 508A.38, an electronically generated facsimile signature or name may be used.
History:
1998 c 314 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings › Section 508A.35 — Forms Of Cpt.

508A.35 FORMS OF CPT.
The CPT shall contain the name and residence of the owner, a description of the land and of the estate of the owner, and shall by memorial contain a description of all encumbrances, liens, and interests to which the estate of the owner is subject. In case the land is held in trust or subject to any condition or limitation, it shall state the nature and character of it. It shall be in substantially the following form:
CERTIFICATE OF POSSESSORY TITLE (CPT)
First Certificate of Possessory Title, pursuant to the Directive of the Examiner of Titles, County of ..........., and State of Minnesota, date .................., .....
Registration of Possessory Title
) ss.
.
Registrar of Titles, in and for the
County of .
and State of Minnesota.
All CPTs issued subsequent to the first shall be in like form except that they shall be entitled "Transfer from number (here give the number of the next previous CPT relating to the same land)," and shall also contain the words "Originally registered (date, volume, and page of registration)."
CPTs shall be indexed and maintained in the same manner as provided for certificates of title under chapter 508.
History:
1982 c 396 s 27; 1983 c 92 s 27; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 8; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 107; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 46; 2001 c 50 s 17; 2003 c 5 art 1 s 10