Every county board shall procure at the expense of its county, and keep in the office of the county recorder suitable books or electronic media so as to allow information to be arranged or retrieved by the description of each section of land or sectional lot, and town or city lot and block arranged in numerical order, give appropriate initial or abbreviation for the type of instrument, and recite the book and page or the recorded document number by which every record affecting the title to the whole or any part thereof may be found. Such tract index shall be kept as one of the records in the office of the county recorder, and such recorder shall note therein the date, time, and minute of every instrument affecting the title to any land filed for record, to be made opposite to each parcel of land the title to which may be affected by such instrument. Instead of causing a tract index to be made, the board may purchase any existing tract index or abstracts; and thereafter the recorder shall make the appropriate entries therein. In either case, the recorder may make abstracts for persons demanding the same.
(877) RL s 534; 1907 c 442 s 1; 1955 c 446 s 1; 1969 c 995 s 6; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 75
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities
Chapter 386 — County Recorder; Abstracter
Section 386.001 — Name Change.
Section 386.015 — Counties Under 75,000; Salaries, Fees, Budget; Appeals.
Section 386.02 — Delivery To Successor.
Section 386.03 — Reception Index.
Section 386.04 — Numerical Register And Reception Index.
Section 386.05 — Tract Index Books.
Section 386.06 — Tract Index Books; Contracts For Making.
Section 386.07 — Tract Index For Torrens Titles; Hennepin, Ramsey Counties.
Section 386.071 — Documents Misfiled.
Section 386.09 — Payment For From Revenue Fund.
Section 386.13 — Transcribing Records Of State Lands.
Section 386.14 — Records As Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 386.15 — Tract Indexes Transcribed.
Section 386.16 — County Recorder To Supervise; Compensation.
Section 386.17 — To Exhibit Records.
Section 386.18 — Abstracter; Bond.
Section 386.19 — Record Books, Indexes.
Section 386.20 — Certificates Of Discharge From U.s. Service.
Section 386.26 — Unrecorded Records: Transcribe; Record.
Section 386.29 — Transcribing Abstract Records.
Section 386.31 — Consecutive Numbering.
Section 386.32 — Consecutive Index.
Section 386.36 — Farm Names Recorded.
Section 386.37 — Abstracts Of Title.
Section 386.375 — Transfer And Storage Of Abstracts.
Section 386.39 — Instruments Not Properly Executed.
Section 386.409 — County Recorder's Official Signature.
Section 386.41 — Certificate Of Record.
Section 386.44 — Oaths And Papers, Where Filed.
Section 386.45 — Bankruptcy Documents May Be Recorded, Used As Evidence.
Section 386.459 — Official Records; Compilation, Maintenance, And Storage Of Information.
Section 386.46 — Disposal Of Obsolete Records.
Section 386.47 — Obsolete Records, Destruction.
Section 386.51 — Recording Of U.s. Agency Maps, Plats, Surveys, Photos.
Section 386.52 — Certificate Of Authentication.
Section 386.62 — License Required.
Section 386.65 — Examination Of Applicants For License.
Section 386.66 — Bond Or Abstracter's Liability Insurance Policy.
Section 386.67 — Licensed Abstracter, Seal.
Section 386.705 — Administrative Actions And Penalties.
Section 386.71 — Licensed Abstracters, Access To Public Records.
Section 386.72 — Abstracter's Certificate As Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 386.73 — County Recorders, May Employ Licensed Abstracters.
Section 386.74 — Rights Of County Recorders Not Abridged.
Section 386.75 — Practice Of Attorneys Not Abridged.
Section 386.76 — Violation A Misdemeanor.
Section 386.77 — Filing Fee For State, City, Town Item May Be Billed.