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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.14 — Vacation.

505.14 VACATION.
Upon the application of the owner of land included in any plat, and upon proof that all taxes assessed against the land have been paid, and the notice hereinafter provided for given, the district court may vacate or alter all, or any part, of the plat, and adjudge the title to all streets, alleys, and public grounds to be in the persons entitled thereto; but streets or alleys connecting separate plats or lying between blocks or lots or providing access for the public to any public water, shall not be vacated between the lots, blocks, or plats as are not also vacated, unless it appears that the street or alley or part thereof sought to be vacated is useless for the purpose for which it was laid out. If any part of a street, alley, or public ground proposed for vacation terminates at, abuts upon, or is adjacent to any public water, the petitioner shall serve notice of the petition by certified mail upon the commissioner of natural resources at least 60 days before the term at which it shall be heard. The notice under this subdivision creates a right of intervention by the commissioner of natural resources. The petitioner shall cause two weeks published and posted notice of such application to be given, the last publication to be at least ten days before the term at which it shall be heard; and the petitioner shall also serve personally, or cause to be served personally, notice of the application, at least ten days before the term at which the application shall be heard, upon the mayor of the city, the president of the statutory city, or the chair of the town board of the town where the land is situated. The court shall hear all persons owning or occupying land that would be affected by the proposed vacation, and if, in the judgment of the court, the same would be damaged, the court may determine the amount of the damage and direct its payment by the applicant before the vacation or alteration shall take effect. A certified copy of the order of the court shall be filed with the county auditor, and recorded by the county recorder. The district court shall not vacate or alter any street, alley, or public ground dedicated to the public use in or by any plat in any city or town organized under a charter or special law which provides a method of procedure for the vacation of streets and public grounds by the municipal authorities of the city or town.
History:
(8244) RL s 3369; 1909 c 503 s 1; 1917 c 38 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 183 s 7; 2005 c 117 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.15 — Certain Plats Validated.

505.15 CERTAIN PLATS VALIDATED.
In all cases where the record owner of real estate in this state has heretofore conveyed the same, or any part thereof, by express reference in the instrument of such conveyance to a plat of such real estate on file in the office of the county recorder in the county in which such real estate is situated, and a plat so referred to in said conveyance is actually of record in such recorder's office at the time when such conveyance is made, such record owner and all persons claiming under such record owner, shall be forever estopped from questioning the validity of such plat, notwithstanding that at the time of the execution and record thereof, title to the premises covered thereby, appears of record to have been in the name of a person other than the person who executed such plat as proprietor of the premises covered thereby, and notwithstanding any irregularity or informality in the execution, acceptance, or record of such plat. In all such cases such plat shall be deemed and taken to be valid, confirmed, and legalized in all respects as if actually executed and recorded by the persons who appear of record to have been the owners of the premises covered thereby at the time of the execution and record thereof.
History:
(8245) 1905 c 129 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.16 — Application.

505.16 APPLICATION.
Section 505.15 shall apply to all plats heretofore recorded of any townsite and to any addition to any townsite and to any addition to any town or city within the state.
History:
(8246) 1905 c 129 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.165 — Certain Plats Executed Or Filed Before January 1, 1915.

505.165 CERTAIN PLATS EXECUTED OR FILED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1915.
Subdivision 1.
Corrective plat.
That in all cases where the plats, or what purports to be plats, of any portion of the lands contained within any town or city of this state of additions or subdivisions thereof, which have been executed and filed in an office of any county recorder previous to January 1, 1915, fail to identify or correctly describe the land to be so platted or to show correctly upon their face the tract of land intended or purported to be platted thereby, or any such plats are defective by reason of the plat and the description of the land purported to be so platted thereby being inconsistent or incorrect, or there exists a defect in the execution of said plats on the part of the grantors thereof, the governing board or council of the municipality containing land so platted or purported to be so platted may authorize, within six months from the passage of Laws 1947, chapter 48, referring by the record book and page of such plat or plats in the office of the county recorder to the plat or plats to be corrected, the making of one or more plats which shall correctly show on the face thereof and by description of the land intended to be platted, which plat or plats may vary from the original plats in description as to lots and blocks to suit the best purpose and secure the best results, and such plat or plats, in a declaration thereon, shall recite such resolution and shall identify each separate tract of land described therein with such tract of land in the purported plat or plats intended to be corrected thereby, and shall be certified by the proper officers of the municipality as to authorization and by an engineer or surveyor as to correctness, and the signatures of such persons shall be acknowledged in like manner as a deed.
Subd. 2.
Recording; prima facie evidence.
Such plat or plats when so certified and acknowledged may be filed in the office of the county recorder and the declaration therein may be recorded at length in a "Book of Plat Certificates"; and when so filed and recorded such plat or plats and declaration together with the record thereof shall be prima facie evidence in all matters shown or stated therein as to the lands covered thereby.
Subd. 3.
Limitation on application.
This section shall not apply to a city whose charter provides for official supervision of plats by municipal officers, commission or board.
History:
1947 c 48 s 1-3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.17 — Certain Plats And Certificates Prima Facie Evidence.

505.17 CERTAIN PLATS AND CERTIFICATES PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
All certificates heretofore made and recorded under the provisions of Laws 1891, chapter 25, the same being "An act relative to plats of towns and cities in this state and of additions to, and subdivisions thereof and the correction and legalization of the same," or the record of such certificates, together with the plats to which they respectively refer, shall be prima facie evidence in all cases as to the lands covered by these plats.
History:
(8246-1) 1907 c 53 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.174 — Surveyor's Certificate Of Own Plat Error; Correction.

505.174 SURVEYOR'S CERTIFICATE OF OWN PLAT ERROR; CORRECTION.
In any case where a land plat or subdivision, or what purports to be a land plat or subdivision, has been executed and filed in the office of the county recorder of the county where the land is situated, which fails to identify or correctly describe the land to be so platted or subdivided, or to show correctly upon its face the tract of land intended or purported to be platted or subdivided thereby or is defective by reason of the plat or subdivision and the description of the land purported to be so platted or subdivided thereby being inconsistent or incorrect, the registered surveyor who prepared such plat or subdivision may execute a certificate stating the nature of the error, omission or defect and stating the correct information to correct such error, supply such omission or cure such defect, referring, by correct book and page, to such plat or subdivision and designating its name, if there is a name. Such certificate shall be dated and signed by such registered surveyor.
History:
1955 c 472 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.175 — Certificates By Other Surveyors.

505.175 CERTIFICATES BY OTHER SURVEYORS.
Whenever the registered surveyor who prepared such plat or subdivision shall not be available, or whenever such plat or subdivision shall not have been prepared by a registered surveyor, such certificate may be executed by any registered surveyor, but shall state the reason why the registered surveyor who prepared the plat or subdivision is not available, or, if the plat or subdivision was not prepared by a registered surveyor, shall state that fact.
History:
1955 c 472 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.176 — Approval Of Certificates; Filing And Recording.

505.176 APPROVAL OF CERTIFICATES; FILING AND RECORDING.
When the certificate has been approved by the governing body of the area involved and a certificate stating that said plat certificate has been approved by the governing body signed by the clerk of said body is attached to said plat certificate, the county recorder of the county in which the land so platted or subdivided is located shall accept each such certificate for filing and recording in the recorder's office upon payment of a fee therefor commensurate with the length of the certificate. Neither witnesses nor an acknowledgment shall be required on any such certificate, but it shall be signed by the registered surveyor and shall state following the signature that the surveyor is a registered surveyor in the state of Minnesota. The county recorder shall make suitable notations on the record of the plat or subdivision to which such certificate refers to direct the attention of anyone examining such plat or subdivision to the record of such certificate.
History:
1955 c 472 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.177 — Certificate As Prima Facie Evidence.

505.177 CERTIFICATE AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE.
A certificate filed pursuant to sections 505.174 to 505.177 shall be prima facie evidence of the statements appearing therein and shall be received in evidence for that purpose. No such certificate shall have the effect of destroying or changing vested rights acquired based upon an existing plat or subdivision despite errors or defects therein or omissions therefrom.
History:
1955 c 472 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.178 — Validation Of Certain Plats.

505.178 VALIDATION OF CERTAIN PLATS.
Subdivision 1.
Court order to record.
The county board, county recorder, county treasurer, county attorney or county auditor, or any person having an interest in a parcel of land lying within an area appearing on a plat which is on file in the office of the county recorder, but which is not officially recorded, or a plat which is missing from the records of the county recorder, may petition the district court of the county for an order providing for the recording of such plat.
Subd. 2.
Elements of proof.
If the court finds from the evidence adduced:
(1) That such plat was filed with the county recorder more than 40 years prior to May 23, 1965;
(2) That in the case of a missing plat, the county recorder has made a diligent search for such missing plat but has been unable to find it; and
(3) That the plat proposed as a replacement of the missing plat is a true and correct reproduction of the missing plat; or
That the plat other than a missing plat has been on file in the office of the county recorder for more than 40 years prior to May 23, 1965, but was not officially recorded, the court shall make its findings and order accordingly and direct the court administrator to certify upon the said plat that it is entitled to record in the office of the county recorder pursuant to the provisions of this statute.
History:
1965 c 640 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1980 c 509 s 175; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.179 — Use Of Plat.

505.179 USE OF PLAT.
A plat so certified pursuant to order of the court shall be entitled to record and may be used for any purpose in like manner as a plat qualified under section 505.177.
History:
1965 c 640 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.1791 — Fees.

505.1791 FEES.
Any fees incurred in executing the provisions of sections 505.178 to 505.1791 shall be paid by the county if the county officer involved receives fees instead of a fixed salary paid by the county, and if the county officer involved is paid a fixed salary, no such fees shall be charged.
History:
1965 c 640 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.1792 — Streets, Roads, Highways And Rights-of-way.

505.1792 STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
Subdivision 1.
Informal; for information.
In order to give supplemental information to the public as to the location of streets, county roads, county state-aid highways, town roads, and other transportation corridors, and the right-of-way thereof, the governing body of any city, town, or county may file for record in the office of the county recorder and the registrar of titles of said county such maps or plats showing such information as the governing body shall determine necessary. The map or plat shall be subscribed by the mayor or chair of the governing body and the county surveyor, together with a certified copy of the resolution of the governing body setting forth the necessity for said plat, and shall be entitled to record without compliance with the provisions of this chapter, except as provided in this section. Any amendments, alterations, or vacations of such maps or plats so filed may be entitled to record in like manner.
Subd. 2.
Requirements.
The map or plat shall be prepared in compliance with section 505.021, subdivisions 1 and 5, and recorded in compliance with section 505.04.
Subd. 3.
When street plat prohibited.
A city or town may not file a street plat for any street that is a county road or state highway, or carried designation as a county road or state highway at the time the plat is offered for filing.
Subd. 4.
Not a title transfer.
Maps or plats filed for record under this section shall not operate of themselves to transfer title to the property described but such maps or plats shall be for descriptive purposes and shall be notice that the municipality claims an interest in said lands.
History:
Ex1967 c 58 s 1; 1969 c 220 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1978 c 499 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 269 s 49; 2007 c 73 s 6; 2015 c 7 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.1793 — Proposed Local Right-of-way Acquisitions; Filing.

505.1793 PROPOSED LOCAL RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS; FILING.
Subdivision 1.
Filing and recording.
To facilitate the acquisition of right-of-way required for public transportation and public utility and drainage easements, the governing body of a statutory or home rule charter city or town may file for record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county in which right-of-way is to be acquired, orders or resolutions, as required by law, in the form of maps or plats showing right-of-way by course distance, bearing and arc length, and other rights or interests in land to be acquired as the governing body determines necessary. The map or plat must show by outline all tracts and parcels of land affected by the proposed acquisition. The map or plat must be subscribed by the mayor or chair of the governing body and prepared and certified by a licensed land surveyor. The certified map or plat is entitled to record without compliance with chapter 505.
Subd. 2.
Changes in maps or plats.
Amendments, alterations, rescissions, or vacations of orders, resolutions, maps, or plats so filed are entitled to record in the same manner. The recorder or registrar may make suitable notations on the appropriate map or plat affected by an amendment, alteration, rescission, or vacation to direct the attention of anyone examining the record to the proper map or plat.
Subd. 3.
Errors; correcting certificate.
If an error on a map or plat incorrectly defines the intended acquisition, but does not affect rights of interests to be acquired, a certificate may be prepared stating what the defect is, what the correct information is, and which map or plat the certificate affects. The certificate must be signed by a licensed land surveyor and subscribed by the mayor or chair of the governing body. The certificate must be filed for record in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county where the map or plat is filed. When filed, the certificate amends the map or plat. The recorder or registrar may make suitable notations on the map or plat to which the certificate refers to direct the attention of anyone examining the map or plat to the record of the certificate.
Subd. 4.
No effect on title.
Maps or plats filed for record under this section do not operate of themselves to transfer title to the property described and designated by appropriate parcel number, but the maps or plats are to be used for delineation purposes.
Subd. 5.
Description by reference.
Land acquisition by the governing body for public transportation and public utility and drainage easements by instrument of conveyance or by eminent domain proceedings may refer to the map or plat and parcel number, together with delineation of the parcel, as the only manner of description necessary for the acquisition.
History:
1990 c 420 s 1; 1998 c 324 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.18 — Minnesota Coordinate System.

505.18 MINNESOTA COORDINATE SYSTEM.
The system of plane coordinates which has been established by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Minnesota is hereafter to be known and designated as the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 and the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983."
For the purpose of the use of this system the state is divided into a "North Zone," a "Central Zone," and a "South Zone."
The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the North Zone: Beltrami, Clearwater, Cook, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Saint Louis.
The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the Central Zone: Aitkin, Becker, Benton, Carlton, Cass, Chisago, Clay, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pine, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, and Wilkin.
The area now included in the following counties shall constitute the South Zone: Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Martin, Meeker, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Steele, Swift, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Winona, Wright, and Yellow Medicine.
History:
1945 c 165 s 1; 1985 c 299 s 32
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.19 — Zones; Land Descriptions.

505.19 ZONES; LAND DESCRIPTIONS.
As established for use in the North Zone, the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, North Zone or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, North Zone."
As established for use in the Central Zone, the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, Central Zone or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, Central Zone."
As established for use in the South Zone, the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983 shall be named, and in any land description in which it is used it shall be designated, the "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, South Zone or the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, South Zone."
History:
1945 c 165 s 2; 1985 c 299 s 33
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.20 — X- And Y-coordinates.

505.20 X- AND Y-COORDINATES.
The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, to be used to express the geographic position or location of such point in the appropriate zone of this system, shall consist of two distances, expressed in U.S. Survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927 and expressed in meters and decimals of a meter or U.S. Survey feet and decimals of a foot when using the Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983. One of these distances, to be known as the "x-coordinate," shall give the position in an east-and-west direction; the other, to be known as the "y-coordinate," shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented horizontal control stations of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Ocean Survey/National Geodetic Survey (NOS/NGS) or its successors and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this chapter. The station may be used for establishing a survey connection to either Minnesota Coordinate System, 1927 or 1983.
History:
1945 c 165 s 3; 1985 c 299 s 34; 2008 c 225 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.21 — Reference To Zones.

505.21 REFERENCE TO ZONES.
When any tract of land to be defined by a single description extends from one into another of the above coordinate zones, the positions of all points on its boundaries may be referred to either of the two zones, the zone which is used being specifically named in the description.
History:
1945 c 165 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.23 — Where Coordinates Recorded.

505.23 WHERE COORDINATES RECORDED.
No coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System, purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary, shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within one-half mile of a horizontal control station established in conformity with the standards prescribed in section 505.20; provided that said one-half mile limitation may be modified by a duly authorized state agency to meet local conditions.
History:
1945 c 165 s 6; 1985 c 299 s 36
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.24 — Limitation Of Use.

505.24 LIMITATION OF USE.
The use of the term "Minnesota Coordinate System of 1927, North, Central, or South Zone or Minnesota Coordinate System of 1983, North, Central, or South Zone" on any map, report of survey, or other document, shall be limited to coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System as defined in this chapter.
History:
1945 c 165 s 7; 1985 c 299 s 37
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.25 — When Use Of Coordinates Supplemental.

505.25 WHEN USE OF COORDINATES SUPPLEMENTAL.
Whenever coordinates based on the Minnesota Coordinate System are used to describe any tract of land which in the same document is also described by reference to any subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys, the description by coordinates shall be construed as supplemental to the basic description of such subdivision, line, or corner contained in the official plats and field notes filed of record, and in the event of any conflict the description by reference to the subdivision, line, or corner of the United States public land surveys shall prevail over the description by coordinates.
History:
1945 c 165 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.26 — Description Not Exclusive.

505.26 DESCRIPTION NOT EXCLUSIVE.
Nothing contained in sections 505.18 to 505.26 shall require any purchaser or mortgagee to rely on a description, any part of which depends exclusively upon the Minnesota coordinate system.
History:
1945 c 165 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.28 — Last Use Of 1927 Coordinate System.

505.28 LAST USE OF 1927 COORDINATE SYSTEM.
The Minnesota coordinate system of 1927 must not be used after December 31, 1992. The Minnesota coordinate system of 1983 is the sole coordinate system that may be used after that date.
History:
1985 c 299 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.31 — Entry Upon Land; Notice.

505.31 ENTRY UPON LAND; NOTICE.
It is lawful for any surveyor to enter upon any land for the purpose of locating existing survey or reference monuments or landmarks, provided, however, such surveyor shall be responsible to the landowner for any and all damages as a result of such entry, and no surveyor may enter upon any land unless first notifying the owner or occupant of the intended entry for such purpose.
History:
1959 c 322 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.32 — Surveyor's Number On New Evidence; Old Evidence To Be Left.

505.32 SURVEYOR'S NUMBER ON NEW EVIDENCE; OLD EVIDENCE TO BE LEFT.
Any monuments or permanent evidence of the survey shall have inscribed thereon the registration number of the land surveyor making the survey and no previously existing survey or reference monuments or landmarks evidencing property lines or corner posts shall be removed or destroyed by the surveyor of such new survey.
History:
1959 c 322 s 2; 1967 c 580 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys › Section 505.33 — Violations; Penalty.

505.33 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY.
Any person who intentionally removes, destroys, or defaces a monument lawfully erected is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1990 c 396 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.01 — Conveyance And Purchaser.

507.01 CONVEYANCE AND PURCHASER.
The word "purchaser," as used in this chapter, embraces every person to whom any estate or interest in real estate is conveyed for a valuable consideration and every assignee of a mortgage, lease, or other conditional estate. The word "conveyance," as so used, includes every instrument in writing whereby any interest in real estate is created, aliened, mortgaged, or assigned or by which the title thereto may be affected in law or in equity, except wills, leases for a term not exceeding three years, and powers of attorney.
History:
(8195) RL s 3334
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.02 — Conveyances By Spouses; Powers Of Attorney.

507.02 CONVEYANCES BY SPOUSES; POWERS OF ATTORNEY.
If the owner is married, no conveyance of the homestead, except a mortgage for purchase money under section 507.03, a conveyance between spouses pursuant to section 500.19, subdivision 4, or a severance of a joint tenancy pursuant to section 500.19, subdivision 5, shall be valid without the signatures of both spouses. A spouse's signature may be made by the spouse's duly appointed attorney-in-fact.
Spouses who are married to each other may convey the real estate of either by their joint deed. A spouse, by separate deed, may convey any real estate owned by that spouse, except the homestead, subject to the rights of the other spouse therein; and either spouse may, by separate conveyance, relinquish all rights in the real estate so conveyed by the other spouse. Subject to the foregoing provisions, either spouse may separately appoint an attorney-in-fact to sell or convey any real estate owned by that spouse, or join in any conveyance made by or for the other spouse. Use of a power of attorney is subject to section 518.58, subdivision 1a. A minor spouse has legal capacity to join in a conveyance of real estate owned by the other spouse, so long as the minor spouse is not incapacitated because of some reason other than that spouse's minor age.
History:
(8196, 8340) RL s 3335,3456; 1907 c 123 s 1; 1967 c 508 s 2; 1979 c 123 s 5; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 130 s 5; 2004 c 234 s 1; 2014 c 266 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.021 — Conveyances Recorded 15 Years Validated.

507.021 CONVEYANCES RECORDED 15 YEARS VALIDATED.
When a deed, assignment, or other instrument affecting the title to real estate shall have been filed or recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county, or in any public office authorized to receive such instrument for filing or recording, and shall have continued on record for 15 years and such instrument does not affirmatively show whether the grantor or assignor or person who executed the instrument was married such filing or recording and continuance thereof for such 15-year period shall be prima facie evidence that such grantor or assignor or person who executed the instrument was an unmarried person at the time of the making and delivery of such instrument, unless prior to January 1, 1924, any person claiming any estate in the land affected by such instrument, by, through or under such person or the person's spouse, heirs or devisees, shall commence an action to recover such estate and shall file a notice of lis pendens at the time of the commencement of the action in the office of the county recorder in the county where such land is situated.
History:
(8197) 1923 c 208 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.03 — Purchase-money Mortgage; Nonjoinder Of Spouse.

507.03 PURCHASE-MONEY MORTGAGE; NONJOINDER OF SPOUSE.
When a married individual purchases real property during marriage and mortgages the real property to secure the payment of the purchase price or any portion of it, the other spouse shall not be entitled to any inchoate, contingent, or marital property right or interest in the real property as against the mortgagee or those claiming under the mortgagee even though the other spouse did not join in the mortgage. A statement in the mortgage to the effect that the mortgage is a purchase money mortgage constitutes prima facie evidence of that fact.
If any portion of the money secured by the mortgage is used for the payment of the purchase price of the real property or any portion of it, the entire mortgage debt shall be deemed purchase money within the meaning of this section, except that any money used to pay off the balance owing under a contract for deed under which the purchaser has the right to possession of the property shall not be deemed purchase money under this section.
This section applies to every purchase-money mortgage regardless of when it was granted or created, except that this section does not affect an action or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of a purchase money mortgage if:
(1) the action or proceeding is pending as of August 1, 2004, or is commenced before August 1, 2005; and
(2) a notice of the pendency of the action or proceeding is recorded or filed before August 1, 2005, in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county to which the property affected by the action or proceeding is located.
History:
(8198) 1909 c 29 s 1; 1909 c 465 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 463 s 1; 2004 c 234 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.04 — Conveyance Of Protected Person's Real Property.

507.04 CONVEYANCE OF PROTECTED PERSON'S REAL PROPERTY.
Subdivision 1.
No conveyance except by court approval.
Except as otherwise provided by this section, if a protected person's right to convey an interest in real property is restricted under sections 524.5-401 to 524.5-433, no conveyance of the interest is effective unless ordered by the court pursuant to section 524.5-418. A conveyance of an interest in real property owned by the spouse of a protected person remains subject to the marital rights of the protected person unless the protected person's conservator joins in the conveyance on behalf of the protected person pursuant to a court order under section 524.5-418. This section does not revive marital rights in real property extinguished as part of a property agreement or settlement between the spouses approved by a court of competent jurisdiction, including but not limited to a valid prenuptial or postnuptial agreement, a legal separation, or any other court approved division of assets between the spouses.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed by amendment, 2003 c 12 art 2 s 5]
Subd. 3.
[Repealed by amendment, 2003 c 12 art 2 s 5]
Subd. 4.
[Repealed by amendment, 2003 c 12 art 2 s 5]
Subd. 5.
Inchoate interest in real property of protected person's spouse.
In all cases where the court under section 524.5-418 has ordered a conveyance of the interest in real property owned by a protected person or has ordered a protected person's joinder in the conveyance of an interest in real property owned by the protected person's spouse, the conveyance includes the inchoate interest of the protected person in any share or part of the real property owned by the protected person's spouse whether or not specifically mentioned in the proceedings or conveyance.
Subd. 6.
Validity of homestead conveyance.
No conveyance of the homestead is valid unless each spouse or the duly authorized legal representative of each spouse joins in the conveyance by joint deed or by separate deeds.
History:
(8201) RL s 3338; 1915 c 131 s 1; 1919 c 395 s 1; 1955 c 243 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1995 c 189 s 8; 1996 c 277 s 1; 2003 c 12 art 2 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.05 — Conveyance By Corporation; Resolution Appointing Attorney.

507.05 CONVEYANCE BY CORPORATION; RESOLUTION APPOINTING ATTORNEY.
A corporation may convey its real estate by an attorney appointed by resolution of its directors or governing board, a copy of which, certified by its clerk or secretary, may be filed for record with the county recorder.
History:
(8202) RL s 3339; 1976 c 181 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.06 — Quitclaim Deed Passes All Estate Of Grantor.

507.06 QUITCLAIM DEED PASSES ALL ESTATE OF GRANTOR.
A deed of quitclaim and release shall be sufficient to pass all the estate which the grantor could convey by a deed of bargain and sale.
History:
(8203) RL s 3340
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.061 — Words Of Inheritance Not Needed.

507.061 WORDS OF INHERITANCE NOT NEEDED.
Subdivision 1.
Word "heirs" unnecessary.
The word "heirs," or other words of inheritance, shall not be necessary to create or convey an estate in fee simple.
Subd. 2.
Pre-3/2/1875 conveyances.
Every conveyance by deed without words of inheritance therein executed prior to March 2, 1875, shall be received as prima facie proof of an intention on the part of the parties thereto to convey an estate in fee simple.
History:
(8203) RL s 3340
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.07 — Warranty And Quitclaim Deeds.

507.07 WARRANTY AND QUITCLAIM DEEDS.
Warranty and quitclaim deeds may be substantially in the following forms:
WARRANTY DEED
A.B., grantor, of (here insert the place of residence), for and in consideration of (here insert the consideration), conveys and warrants to C.D., grantee, of (here insert the place of residence), the following described real estate in the county of .........................., in the state of Minnesota: (here describe the premises).
Dated this ............... day of ................, .......
(Signature) ...................................
Every such instrument, duly executed as required by law, shall be a conveyance in fee simple of the premises described to the grantee, the grantee's heirs and assigns, with covenants on the part of the grantor, the grantor's heirs and personal representatives, that the grantor is lawfully seized of the premises in fee simple and has good right to convey the same; that the premises are free from all encumbrances; that the grantor warrants to the grantee, the grantee's heirs and assigns, the quiet and peaceable possession thereof; and that the grantor will defend the title thereto against all persons who may lawfully claim the same. Such covenants shall be obligatory upon any grantor, the grantor's heirs and personal representatives, as fully and with like effect as if written at length in such deed.
QUITCLAIM DEED
A.B., grantor, of (here insert the place of residence), for the consideration of (here insert the consideration), conveys and quitclaims to C.D., the grantee, of (here insert the place of residence), all interest in the following described real estate in the county of .........................., in the state of Minnesota: (here describe the premises).
Dated this ............... day of ................, .......
(Signature) ...................................
Every such instrument, duly executed, shall be a conveyance to the grantee, the grantee's heirs and assigns, of all right, title, and interest of the grantor in the premises described, but shall not extend to after acquired title, unless words expressing such intention be added.
History:
(8204) RL s 3341; 1986 c 444; 1998 c 254 art 1 s 107; 2023 c 52 art 19 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.09 — Forms Approved; Amendments.

507.09 FORMS APPROVED; AMENDMENTS.
The several forms of deeds, mortgages, land contracts, assignments, satisfactions, and other conveyancing instruments prepared by the Uniform Conveyancing Blanks Commission and filed by the commission with the secretary of state pursuant to Laws 1929, chapter 135, as amended by Laws 1931, chapter 34, are approved and recommended for use in the state. Such forms shall be kept on file with and be preserved by the commissioner of commerce as a public record. The commissioner of commerce may appoint an advisory task force on uniform conveyancing forms to recommend to the commissioner of commerce amendments to existing forms or the adoption of new forms. The task force shall expire, and the terms, compensation, and removal of members shall be as provided in section 15.059. The commissioner of commerce may adopt amended or new forms consistent with the laws of this state by order.
History:
(8204-2) 1931 c 272 s 1; 1975 c 61 s 2; 1979 c 50 s 62; 1980 c 516 s 2; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 260 s 62; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 618 s 55; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1994 c 388 art 1 s 4; 1997 c 187 art 5 s 34; 2002 c 387 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.091 — Conveyance To Include Name And Address Of Drafter.

507.091 CONVEYANCE TO INCLUDE NAME AND ADDRESS OF DRAFTER.
Subdivision 1.
Name and address required.
No instrument by which the title to real estate or any interest therein or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned or otherwise disposed of, shall be recorded by the county recorder or registered by the registrar of titles until the name and address of the person who or corporation which drafted the instrument is printed, typewritten, stamped or written on it in a legible manner. An instrument complies with this subdivision if it contains a statement in the following form: "This instrument was drafted by .......... (name) .................... (address)."
Subd. 2.
Exceptions.
Subdivision 1 does not apply to any instrument executed before January 1, 1970, nor to a decree, order, judgment or writ of any court, a will or death record, nor to any instrument executed or acknowledged outside the state.
Subd. 3.
If noncompliance.
The validity and effect of the record of any instrument in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles shall not be lessened or impaired by the fact it does not comply with subdivision 1.
History:
1969 c 1118 s 1-3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.092 — Conveyance To Include Name And Address Of Person To Receive Tax Statements.

507.092 CONVEYANCE TO INCLUDE NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON TO RECEIVE TAX STATEMENTS.
Subdivision 1.
To get tax statements.
(a) No contract for deed or deed conveying fee title to real estate or affidavit of survivorship shall be recorded by the county recorder or registered by the registrar of titles until the name and address of the person to whom future tax statements should be sent, is printed, typewritten, stamped or written on it in a legible manner. An instrument complies with this subdivision if it contains a statement in the following form: "Tax statements for the real property described in this instrument should be sent to:
............... (legal name of grantee) ............... (residential or business address)."
(b) The name provided under paragraph (a) must be the legal name of the grantee and the address must be the residential or business address of the grantee.
Subd. 2.
Exceptions.
Subdivision 1 does not apply to any instrument executed before January 1, 1972, nor to a decree, order, judgment or writ of any court, a will or death record, a transfer on death deed or clearance certificate under section 507.071, nor to any instrument executed or acknowledged outside the state.
Subd. 3.
If noncompliance.
The validity and effect of the record of any instrument in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles shall not be lessened or impaired by the fact it does not comply with subdivision 1.
History:
1971 c 795 s 1; 1975 c 391 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 15 s 32; 2008 c 341 art 5 s 1; 2009 c 30 art 1 s 3,4; 2013 c 10 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests › Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances › Section 507.093 — Standards For Documents To Be Recorded Or Filed.

507.093 STANDARDS FOR DOCUMENTS TO BE RECORDED OR FILED.
The following standards are imposed on documents to be recorded with the county recorder or the registrar of titles other than by electronic means as provided in section 507.24, except as provided in sections 505.021, subdivision 1, and 505.04 for plats; 508.47, subdivision 4, and 508A.47, subdivision 4, for registered land surveys; and 515B.2-110(c) and 515B.2-1101(c) for common interest community plats:
(1) The document shall consist of one or more individual sheets measuring no larger than 8.5 inches by 14 inches.
(2) The form of the document shall be printed, typewritten, or computer generated in black ink and the form of the document shall not be smaller than 8-point type.
(3) The document shall be on white paper of not less than 20-pound weight with no background color or images and, except for the first page, shall have a border of at least one-half inch on the top, bottom, and each side.
(4) The first page of the document shall contain a blank space at the top measuring three inches, as measured from the top of the page, and a border of one-half inch on each side and the bottom. The right half of the blank space shall be reserved for recording information and the left half shall be reserved for tax certification. Any person may attach an administrative page before the first page of the document to accommodate this standard. The administrative page may contain the document title, document date, and, if applicable, the grantor and grantee, and shall be deemed part of the document when recorded.
(5) The title of the document shall be prominently displayed at the top of the first page below the blank space referred to in clause (4), or on the administrative page.
(6) No additional sheet shall be attached or affixed to a page that covers up any information or printed part of the form.
(7) A document presented for recording must be sufficiently legible to reproduce a readable copy using the county recorder's or registrar of title's current method of reproduction.
History:
1996 c 338 art 3 s 1; 2000 c 275 s 2; 2002 c 365 s 1; 2005 c 156 art 2 s 40; 2006 c 222 s 1; 2008 c 238 art 3 s 11; 2015 c 7 s 12