Subdivision 1. Petition. An owner of registered land may apply by a duly verified petition to the court to have all or some of the boundary lines judicially determined. An owner of unregistered land may apply by a duly verified petition to the court to have all or some of the boundary lines of the unregistered parcel judicially determined under this section, provided the relief requested affects one or more adjoining parcels of registered land. The petition shall contain the full names and post office addresses of all owners of adjoining lands and the legal description of the adjoining lands which are in any manner affected by the boundary determination. At the time of the filing of the petition with the court administrator, a copy of it, duly certified by the court administrator, shall be recorded with the registrar of titles and entered as a memorial on the petitioner's certificate of title, if applicable, and on the certificates of title for any affected adjoining registered lands, and recorded with the county recorder if the petitioner's land or any affected parcels are unregistered lands, and entered in the tract index for the affected lands. When recorded or filed, the certified copy of the petition shall be notice forever to purchasers and encumbrancers of the pendency of the proceeding and of all matters referred to in the court files and records pertaining to the proceeding. The owner shall have the premises surveyed by a licensed land surveyor and shall file in the proceedings a plat of the survey showing the correct location of the boundary line or lines to be determined. There also shall be filed with the court administrator a memorandum abstract, or other evidence satisfactory to the examiner, showing the record owners and encumbrancers of the adjoining lands which are in any manner affected by the boundary line determination. The petition shall be referred to the examiner of titles for examination and report in the manner provided for the reference of initial applications for registration. Notice of the proceeding shall be given to all interested persons by the service of a summons which shall be issued in the form and served in the manner as in initial applications.
Subd. 2. Order. Before the issuance of any final order determining the location of the owner's boundary lines, the court shall fix and establish the boundaries and direct the establishment of judicial landmarks in the manner provided by section 559.25. The final order shall make reference to the boundary lines that have been determined and to the location of the judicial landmarks that mark the boundary lines. The final order shall refer to the affected registered lands by certificate of title number, and shall refer to the affected abstract lands by legal description. A certified copy of the final order shall be filed by the court administrator with the registrar of titles and county recorder, if applicable, and entered as a memorial on all affected certificates of title. The memorial shall state which of the boundary lines were determined in the district court case. Upon the filing of the final order, the registrar shall omit from future certificates the memorial of the petition for registration of the boundary lines. The county recorder shall enter the certified copy of the final order in the tract index for the affected abstract land. Recording fees under this section shall be paid by the petitioner or prevailing party.
Subd. 3. Plat of survey to be filed. The court administrator shall file with the registrar of titles and the county recorder, if boundaries on unregistered land are affected, a certified copy of the plat of the survey which contains a certification by a licensed land surveyor that the boundaries as registered have been marked by judicial landmarks set pursuant to the order of the court. The registrar of titles shall enter the certified copy of the plat of the survey as a memorial upon the certificate of title. The county recorder shall enter the certified copy of the plat of survey in the tract index for the affected unregistered lands.
1983 c 92 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1998 c 324 s 9; 2008 c 341 art 3 s 4; 2017 c 16 s 9; 2022 c 37 s 4
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.