Subdivision 1. Court order. Any person who has, by an action or other proceeding to enforce or foreclose a mortgage, lien, or other charge upon registered land, become the owner in fee of the land, or any part thereof, may have the title registered. Except as provided in subdivision 2, the owner shall apply by duly verified petition to the court for a new certificate of title to such land, and the court shall thereupon, after due notice to all parties in interest and upon such hearing as the court may direct, make an order for the issuance of a new certificate of title to the person entitled thereto, and the registrar shall thereupon enter a new certificate of title to the land, or of the part thereof to which the petitioner is entitled as in the case of a voluntary conveyance.
Subd. 2. Examiner of titles directive; foreclosure by action. Any person who has become the owner in fee of registered land, or any part of the land, pursuant to a mortgage foreclosure by action under chapter 581 is entitled to a new certificate of title for the land described in the sheriff's certificate of sale or so much of the land as may be described in the certificate of title, after the redemption period expires. The registrar shall enter the new certificate of title only pursuant to the court order provided in subdivision 1 or upon the written directive of the examiner of titles as to the legal sufficiency of the mortgage foreclosure proceeding. 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 foreclosure.
Subd. 3. Examiner of titles directive; cancellation of contract for conveyance of time share interest. At the request of a registered owner or other person in interest, the examiner of titles by a written directive may direct the registrar of titles to show by memorial on the certificate of title that a contract for the conveyance of a time share interest, as defined in section 515B.1-103(34), has been terminated in accordance with chapter 559. The directive also must specify the instruments the registrar shall omit from the next certificate of title because of the cancellation.
Subd. 4. Examiner of titles directive; foreclosure of time share interest. (a) The procedures under this subdivision are limited to a time share interest in fee title that:
(1) consists of not more than seven days in length in any year; and
(2) is located within a county in which, upon the written recommendation of the county registrar of titles, the county board of commissioners has authorized, by resolution, the examiner of titles to issue directives for entry of a new certificate of title to a time share interest in the manner provided in paragraphs (b) and (c).
(b) Upon expiration of the time allowed for redemption, any person who has become the owner in fee of a time share interest, as defined in paragraph (a), or a portion thereof, by a foreclosure of a mortgage or lien upon the time share interest, or any part thereof, may apply to the examiner of titles, for an examiner's directive directing the entry of a new certificate of title in the time share interest, or portion thereof.
(c) Upon evidence submitted by the applicant, as the examiner may require and deem appropriate, the examiner shall determine the legal sufficiency of the foreclosure. If, in the opinion of the examiner, the evidence submitted is legally sufficient for foreclosure, the examiner shall issue a directive to the registrar to issue a new certificate of title for the interest. The directive of the examiner also must specify the instruments the registrar shall omit from the new certificate of title by virtue of the foreclosure. If the examiner of titles will not issue a directive pursuant to an application under this subdivision, the person may proceed under subdivision 1.
Subd. 5. Examiner of titles directive; cancellation of contract for deed. The registrar shall carry the memorials of all documents relating to a contract for deed cancellation until directed to remove them by court order or written examiner's directive. The examiner of titles may issue a written directive upon the request of the registered owner or other person in interest if documents evidencing a legally sufficient cancellation under section 559.21 have been of record on the certificate of title or certificate of possessory title for at least five years. The documents must include a copy of the notice of cancellation of contract for deed with proof of service thereof, and the affidavit of the seller, the seller's agent, or the seller's attorney showing that the purchaser has not complied with the terms of the notice. The court order or written directive of the examiner of titles must also specify the instruments the registrar shall omit from any successor certificate of title because of cancellation of the contract for deed.
(8304) RL s 3426; 1905 c 305 s 56; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 463 s 8; 1994 c 388 art 5 s 1; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 28; 2012 c 178 s 1-3; 2015 c 32 s 2
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests
Chapter 508 — Registration Of Land
Section 508.01 — Registration.
Section 508.02 — Registered Land; Same Incidents As Unregistered; No Adverse Possession.
Section 508.04 — Titles Which May Be Registered.
Section 508.05 — Application, How Signed And Verified.
Section 508.06 — Contents Of Application; Rights And Privileges Of Claimants.
Section 508.07 — Nonresident Applicant; Agent.
Section 508.08 — Application, Land Included.
Section 508.10 — Application To District Court; Powers Of Court.
Section 508.11 — Court Administrator; Filing, Recording; Certifying; Effect.
Section 508.12 — Examiners Of Titles.
Section 508.13 — References To Examiners; Powers; Reports.
Section 508.14 — Survey In Certain Counties.
Section 508.15 — Order For Summons; Parties Defendant.
Section 508.16 — Form Of Summons; Service On Various Parties; Publication.
Section 508.18 — Guardian Ad Litem; When Appointed.
Section 508.19 — Decree On Default.
Section 508.20 — Trial; Reference.
Section 508.22 — Decree Of Registration; Effect.
Section 508.23 — Contents Of Decree; Copy Filed.
Section 508.24 — Registration Runs With Land; Withdrawal.
Section 508.25 — Rights Of Person Holding Certificate Of Title.
Section 508.26 — Opening Decree.
Section 508.27 — Title Acquired Pending Proceeding.
Section 508.28 — Limitation Of Actions.
Section 508.30 — Registrar Of Titles.
Section 508.31 — Registrar's Bond.
Section 508.32 — Under Control Of Court; Affixing Seal.
Section 508.321 — Appeal From Registrar's Decisions.
Section 508.34 — Register Of Titles.
Section 508.349 — Official Signature Of Registrar Of Titles.
Section 508.35 — Form Of Certificate.
Section 508.351 — Common Interest Community Certificate.
Section 508.36 — Certificates And Copies As Evidence.
Section 508.37 — Tract Indexes, Reception Indexes.
Section 508.38 — Forms Of Records Adopted.
Section 508.381 — Official Records; Compilation, Maintenance, And Storage Of Information.
Section 508.39 — Notices After Registration; Service.
Section 508.40 — Copy Of Certificate Of Title To Be Furnished To Owner.
Section 508.421 — Exchange Certificate.
Section 508.43 — Certificate, Effective Date.
Section 508.46 — Plats Of Registered Land.
Section 508.47 — Registered Lands; Transfer, Surveys.
Section 508.48 — Instruments Affecting Title Filed With Registrar; Notice.
Section 508.49 — Interest Less Than Fee; Noticed By Memorial.
Section 508.491 — Transfer Statement For Contract For Deed.
Section 508.50 — Instruments To Have Name And Address.
Section 508.51 — Voluntary Instrument.
Section 508.52 — Conveyance; Cancellation Of Old And Issuance Of New Certificate.
Section 508.53 — Transfer And Payment Of Taxes.
Section 508.55 — Registration Of Mortgage; Memorial Entered On Certificate Of Title.
Section 508.555 — Mortgage Securing Revolving Line Of Credit; Notice.
Section 508.56 — Assignment And Discharge Of Mortgage.
Section 508.57 — Foreclosure; Notice.
Section 508.58 — Registration After Foreclosure; New Certificate.
Section 508.59 — Registration Of Judgment Or Final Decree.
Section 508.61 — Trust, Other Limited Deeds; New Trustee; Corporate Dissolution.
Section 508.62 — Trustee's Conveyance.
Section 508.63 — Registration Of Instruments Creating Liens; Judgments.
Section 508.64 — Attachments; Liens.
Section 508.65 — Plaintiff's Attorney; Name And Address Endorsed; Notice.
Section 508.66 — Officer's Certificate For Registrar To Cancel; Lis Pendens.
Section 508.67 — Acquiring Title By Action; New Certificate.
Section 508.671 — Determination Of Boundaries.
Section 508.68 — Death Of Owner; Issuance Of New Certificates.
Section 508.69 — Jurisdiction Of Court Not Impaired.
Section 508.70 — How To Claim An Unregistered Interest After Registration.
Section 508.71 — Alterations; Court, Examiner's Order; New Certificates.
Section 508.72 — Agency; Power To Be Registered.
Section 508.73 — Eminent Domain; Reversion; Vacation; New Certificate.
Section 508.76 — Registrar's Liability.
Section 508.77 — Parties Defendant; Judgment; Execution.
Section 508.78 — Liability Of Fund.
Section 508.79 — Limitation Of Action.
Section 508.80 — Fraudulent Instrument Or Entry; Penalty.
Section 508.81 — Court Administrator's Fees; Publication And Service Costs.
Section 508.82 — Registrar Of Titles' Fees.