(a) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document be an original, on paper or another tangible medium, or in writing, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying sections 507.0941 to 507.0948. If a law requires or refers to something related to tangible media including, without limitation, book, certificate, floor plan, page, volume, or words derived from them, the requirement or reference is satisfied by an electronic document satisfying sections 507.0941 to 507.0948.
(b) If a law requires, as a condition for recording, that a document contain original signatures, the requirement is satisfied by an electronic signature.
(c) A requirement that a document or a signature associated with a document be attested, acknowledged, verified, witnessed, or made under oath is satisfied if the electronic signature of the person authorized to perform that act, and all other information required to be included, is attached to or logically associated with the document or signature. A physical or electronic image of a stamp, impression, or seal need not accompany an electronic signature.
(d) Notwithstanding the time of its delivery, an electronic document that is delivered to a recorder's office in recordable form is recorded for purposes of this chapter at the earlier of (i) the time the electronic document is accepted for recording or (ii) the next close of the recorder's office hours following the time of delivery.
(e) Notwithstanding the time of its delivery, an electronic document is registered as to a parcel of registered land for purposes of chapters 508 and 508A when the electronic document is memorialized or otherwise noted on the certificate of title for the parcel.
(f) A law that authorizes or requires any act to be performed with respect to any document affecting real property that is to be filed in the office of the recorder or registrar shall be deemed satisfied if the act is performed electronically in accordance with the standards established by the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission. By way of illustration, the acts referred to in this section include, without limitation, the following words as well as words derived from them: affix, apply, attest, bind, certify, conform, contain, copy, deliver, draw, duplicate, endorse, enter, file, form, hold, issue, leave, make, mark, mount, note, open, present, print, proffer, receive, recite, record, refer, register, seal, send, sign, stamp, state, store, subscribe, witness, and write.
2008 c 238 art 2 s 3; 2017 c 16 s 3
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests
Chapter 507 — Recording And Filing Conveyances
Section 507.01 — Conveyance And Purchaser.
Section 507.02 — Conveyances By Spouses; Powers Of Attorney.
Section 507.021 — Conveyances Recorded 15 Years Validated.
Section 507.03 — Purchase-money Mortgage; Nonjoinder Of Spouse.
Section 507.04 — Conveyance Of Protected Person's Real Property.
Section 507.05 — Conveyance By Corporation; Resolution Appointing Attorney.
Section 507.06 — Quitclaim Deed Passes All Estate Of Grantor.
Section 507.061 — Words Of Inheritance Not Needed.
Section 507.07 — Warranty And Quitclaim Deeds; Forms.
Section 507.071 — Transfer On Death Deeds.
Section 507.09 — Forms Approved; Amendments.
Section 507.091 — Conveyance To Include Name And Address Of Drafter.
Section 507.092 — Conveyance To Include Name And Address Of Person To Receive Tax Statements.
Section 507.093 — Standards For Documents To Be Recorded Or Filed.
Section 507.0941 — Definitions.
Section 507.0942 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.
Section 507.0943 — Validity And Time Of Recording Of Electronic Documents.
Section 507.0944 — Recording Of Documents.
Section 507.0945 — Administration.
Section 507.0947 — Relation To Electronic Signatures In Global And National Commerce Act.
Section 507.0948 — Donations; Reimbursement.
Section 507.10 — Certified Copies Of Forms To Be Preserved.
Section 507.13 — Standard Forms Established.
Section 507.14 — Minnesota Uniform Conveyancing Blanks.
Section 507.15 — Uniform Short Form Mortgage; Equivalent Language.
Section 507.16 — No Covenants Of Title Implied.
Section 507.161 — Conveyance By Disseisee.
Section 507.17 — Conveyance Includes Abutting Vacated Public Right-of-way.
Section 507.18 — Prohibited Restrictions.
Section 507.19 — Conveyance By Tenant For Life Or Years; No Forfeiture.
Section 507.20 — Grantor To Make Known Encumbrance.
Section 507.21 — Liability Of Grantor Who Covenants Against Encumbrances.
Section 507.23 — Incomplete Conveyance, How Proven.
Section 507.235 — Filing Contracts For Deed.
Section 507.236 — Transfer Statement For Contract For Deed.
Section 507.24 — Recordable, When.
Section 507.25 — Certified Copy Of Record May Be Recorded.
Section 507.251 — Constructive Notice, When Not Affected.
Section 507.27 — Copy Of Will And Order Admitting To Probate.
Section 507.28 — Deeds Of Pews.
Section 507.29 — Affidavits As Evidence.
Section 507.31 — Railroad Lands.
Section 507.32 — Record, When Notice To Parties; Assignment Of Mortgage.
Section 507.325 — Mortgage Securing Revolving Line Of Credit; Notice.
Section 507.328 — Mortgages And Deeds Of Trust Of Pipeline Companies; Filing And Recording.
Section 507.33 — Certain Recitals Not To Constitute Notice Of Mortgage.
Section 507.331 — Certain Recitals Disregarded.
Section 507.332 — Whether Recorded Recital Of Unrecorded Mortgage Is Notice.
Section 507.34 — Unrecorded Conveyances Void In Certain Cases.
Section 507.35 — When Deed To Trustee Ineffective; Cure.
Section 507.36 — Instruments Relating To Timber, Minerals.
Section 507.38 — When Deed Not Defeated By Defeasance.
Section 507.40 — Mortgages, How Discharged.
Section 507.401 — Title Insurance Company; Mortgage Release Certificate.
Section 507.402 — Discharge Of Mortgage From Contract For Deed Seller.
Section 507.403 — Certificate Of Satisfaction; Release Or Partial Release Of Mortgage By Assignee.
Section 507.41 — Penalty For Failure To Discharge.
Section 507.411 — Corporate Change Noted In Assignment, Satisfaction, Or Release.
Section 507.412 — Satisfaction Or Release By Fewer Than All Mortgagees.
Section 507.413 — Authority Of Mortgagee Designated As Nominee Or Agent.
Section 507.42 — Certain Deeds Validated.
Section 507.421 — Estates And Trusts; Conveyances, Satisfactions, Grants, And Releases.
Section 507.422 — Certain County Conveyances Validated.
Section 507.45 — Residential Real Estate Closings.
Section 507.46 — Certificate Of Translation Of Documents In Foreign Languages.
Section 507.47 — Creation Of Servitudes By Common Owner.
Section 507.48 — Bona Fide Purchasers Protected.
Section 507.49 — Certificate Of Custodianship.
Section 507.50 — Affidavit Of Custodian In Real Property Transactions.