Instruments affecting the title to land, filed with the registrar pursuant to sections 508A.01 to 508A.85, shall be numbered consecutively by the registrar to the extent practicable and the registrar shall endorse upon each instrument over the registrar's official signature, OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF TITLES, ... COUNTY, MINNESOTA, CERTIFIED AND FILED ON, together with the date, hour, and minute when the instrument is filed, the document number thereof, and a reference to the proper CPT. Instruments shall be copied or reproduced as provided by section 15.17, as amended. Instruments shall then be returned in person or by mail to the party who presented the instruments for filing or to any other party to whom the registrar is directed to deliver the instruments. When the memorial of any instrument is made upon any CPT, the date, number, and time of filing of it shall also be endorsed upon the CPT. All records and papers relating to registered land in the office of the registrar shall be open to the inspection of the public at the times and under the conditions as the court may prescribe. Duplicates of all instruments, voluntary or involuntary, filed and registered with the registrar, may be presented with the originals, and shall thereupon be endorsed with the file number, and other memoranda on the originals, and may be attested and sealed by the registrar, and returned to the person presenting them. The registrar shall furnish certified copies of the instruments filed and registered in the registrar's office, upon payment of a fee as provided in section 357.18.
1982 c 396 s 31; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 11; 1998 c 314 s 11; 1999 c 11 art 1 s 47
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.