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.
1965 c 640 s 1; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1980 c 509 s 175; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests
Chapter 505 — Plats; Coordinates; Surveys
Section 505.01 — Plats, Donations, Purpose, Definitions.
Section 505.021 — Plat Contents; Survey; County Surveyor Approval.
Section 505.03 — Governmental Approval.
Section 505.04 — Real Estate Taxes; Recording; Copies.
Section 505.05 — Certain Statutory City Plats Declared Official.
Section 505.06 — Certain Statutory City Plats To Be Recorded.
Section 505.07 — City With New Name May Conform Plat Names.
Section 505.08 — Certified Copies; Penalties.
Section 505.09 — County Board Controls Plats Outside Municipalities.
Section 505.10 — Major Street Plan.
Section 505.11 — Board To Make Regulations.
Section 505.12 — Powers Additional.
Section 505.13 — Application; Limitation.
Section 505.15 — Certain Plats Validated.
Section 505.165 — Certain Plats Executed Or Filed Before January 1, 1915.
Section 505.17 — Certain Plats And Certificates Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 505.174 — Surveyor's Certificate Of Own Plat Error; Correction.
Section 505.175 — Certificates By Other Surveyors.
Section 505.176 — Approval Of Certificates; Filing And Recording.
Section 505.177 — Certificate As Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 505.178 — Validation Of Certain Plats.
Section 505.179 — Use Of Plat.
Section 505.1792 — Streets, Roads, Highways And Rights-of-way.
Section 505.1793 — Proposed Local Right-of-way Acquisitions; Filing.
Section 505.18 — Minnesota Coordinate System.
Section 505.19 — Zones; Land Descriptions.
Section 505.20 — X- And Y-coordinates.
Section 505.21 — Reference To Zones.
Section 505.22 — Minnesota Coordinate Systems Defined.
Section 505.23 — Where Coordinates Recorded.
Section 505.24 — Limitation Of Use.
Section 505.25 — When Use Of Coordinates Supplemental.
Section 505.26 — Description Not Exclusive.
Section 505.28 — Last Use Of 1927 Coordinate System.
Section 505.31 — Entry Upon Land; Notice.
Section 505.32 — Surveyor's Number On New Evidence; Old Evidence To Be Left.