Subdivision 1. Procedure. The procedures for registration under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 provide an alternative to registration under chapter 508, and are intended for uncontested titles. Upon the written recommendation of the county recorder, the county board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, may authorize the possessory title to real estate in that county to be registered in accordance with the provisions of and in the manner provided in sections 508A.01 to 508A.85. The resolution of the county board may limit the registration of possessory title to real estate to cases in which the applicant owns a tract of land of which a portion has already been registered pursuant to chapter 508.
Subd. 2. Purpose. The purpose of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 is to provide a voluntary procedure for registration of certain possessory estates in land with certainty, at reasonable cost and speed, and without the necessity for the initial adjudication required by chapter 508, and to provide for initial registration of land under a certificate of possessory title ("CPT"). Upon the expiration of five years from the date of the first CPT, the registrar of titles shall cancel the CPT and issue a certificate of title as provided in section 508A.85, subdivisions 2 and 3.
Subd. 3. Definition. For the purposes of sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, the term "possessory estate in land" means a fee simple estate held by an owner who (1) has been found on examination by the examiner of titles pursuant to section 508A.13 to be the record owner of the land described; and (2) has satisfied the examiner of titles that the owner is in actual or constructive possession of the land described.
1982 c 396 s 1; 1983 c 92 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 5; 1997 c 7 art 1 s 164; 2001 c 50 s 7
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 500 - 515B — Property And Property Interests
Chapter 508A — Registration Of Land Without Court Proceedings
Section 508A.01 — Registration; Purpose; Definition.
Section 508A.02 — Registered, Unregistered Land Subject To Same Incidents.
Section 508A.03 — Application.
Section 508A.04 — Titles Which May Be Registered.
Section 508A.05 — Applications; How Signed And Verified.
Section 508A.06 — Contents Of Application; Claimants' Rights, Privileges.
Section 508A.07 — Nonresident Applicant; Agent.
Section 508A.08 — Application; Land Included.
Section 508A.10 — Application To Examiner; Powers Of Examiner.
Section 508A.11 — Application Filed With Recorder; Abstract To Examiner; Fee.
Section 508A.12 — Examiner Of Titles; Deputies.
Section 508A.13 — Examiner's Reports.
Section 508A.14 — County Surveyor.
Section 508A.17 — Limitation On Actions.
Section 508A.21 — Cpt Application Withdrawal; Conversion To Full Registration.
Section 508A.22 — Examiner's Directive; Fees.
Section 508A.24 — Registration Runs With Land.
Section 508A.25 — Rights Of Person Holding Cpt.
Section 508A.30 — Registrar Of Titles.
Section 508A.31 — Registrar's Bond.
Section 508A.32 — Under Control Of Court; Affixing Seal.
Section 508A.321 — Appeal From Registrar's Decisions.
Section 508A.34 — Cpts; Entering And Binding.
Section 508A.349 — Official Signature Of Registrar Of Titles.
Section 508A.35 — Forms Of Cpt.
Section 508A.351 — Common Interest Community Certificate.
Section 508A.36 — Certificates And Copies As Evidence.
Section 508A.37 — Tract Indexes; Reception Books; Forms Of Records.
Section 508A.38 — Forms Of Records Adopted.
Section 508A.381 — Official Records; Compilation, Maintenance, And Storage Of Information.
Section 508A.39 — Notices After Registration; Service.
Section 508A.40 — Copy Of Cpt To Be Furnished To Owner.
Section 508A.421 — Exchange Cpt.
Section 508A.422 — Combined Certificate.
Section 508A.43 — Effective Date Of Cpt.
Section 508A.46 — Plats Of Registered Land.
Section 508A.47 — Registered Lands; Transfer, Surveys.
Section 508A.48 — Filed Instrument Affecting Title Is Notice.
Section 508A.49 — Interest Less Than Fee; Noticed By Memorial.
Section 508A.491 — Transfer Statement For Contract For Deed.
Section 508A.50 — Instruments To Have Name And Address.
Section 508A.51 — Voluntary Instrument.
Section 508A.52 — Conveyance; Cancellation Of Old And Issuance Of New Cpt.
Section 508A.53 — Transfer And Payment Of Taxes.
Section 508A.55 — Registration Of Mortgage; Memorial Entered On Cpt.
Section 508A.56 — Assignment And Discharge Of Mortgage.
Section 508A.57 — Foreclosure; Notice.
Section 508A.58 — Registration After Foreclosure; New Cpt.
Section 508A.59 — Registration Of Judgment Or Final Decree.
Section 508A.61 — Trust, Other Limited Deeds; New Trustee; Corporate Dissolution.
Section 508A.62 — Trustee's Conveyance.
Section 508A.63 — Registration Of Instruments Creating Liens; Judgments.
Section 508A.64 — Attachments; Liens.
Section 508A.65 — Plaintiff's Attorney; Name And Address Endorsed; Notice.
Section 508A.66 — Officer's Certificate For Registrar To Cancel; Lis Pendens.
Section 508A.67 — Acquiring Title By Action; New Cpt.
Section 508A.68 — Death Of Owner; Issuance Of New Cpts.
Section 508A.69 — Jurisdiction Of Court Not Impaired.
Section 508A.70 — Subsequent Adverse Claim, How Registered; Costs.
Section 508A.71 — Alterations; Court, Examiner's Order; New Certificate.
Section 508A.72 — Agency; Power To Be Registered.
Section 508A.73 — Eminent Domain; Reversion; Vacation.
Section 508A.76 — Registrar's Liability.
Section 508A.77 — Parties Defendant; Judgment; Execution.
Section 508A.78 — Liability Of Fund.
Section 508A.79 — Limitation Of Action.
Section 508A.80 — Fraudulent Instrument Or Entry; Penalty.
Section 508A.82 — Registrar Of Titles' Fees.
Section 508A.836 — Disposal Of Certain Affidavits.
Section 508A.84 — Instruments Of Encumbrance; Disposal.
Section 508A.85 — Changeover From Cpt To Certificate Of Title.