Subdivision 1. General. Except as provided in subdivision 2, upon the satisfaction of a judgment, whether wholly or in part, or as to all or any of several defendants, the court administrator shall enter the satisfaction in the judgment roll, and note it, with its date, on the docket. If the docketing is upon a transcript from another county, the entry on the docket is sufficient. A judgment is satisfied when there is filed with the court administrator:
(1) an execution satisfied, to the extent stated in the sheriff's return on it;
(2) a certificate of satisfaction signed and acknowledged by the judgment creditor;
(3) a like certificate signed and acknowledged by the attorney of the creditor, unless that attorney's authority as attorney has previously been revoked and an entry of the revocation made upon the register; the authority of an attorney to satisfy a judgment ceases at the end of six years from its entry;
(4) an order of the court, made on motion, requiring the execution of a certificate of satisfaction, or directing satisfaction to be entered without it;
(5) where a judgment is docketed on transcript, a copy of either of the foregoing documents, certified by the court administrator in which the judgment was originally entered and in which the originals were filed.
A satisfaction made in the name of a partnership is valid if executed by a member of it while the partnership continues. The judgment creditor, or the creditor's attorney while the attorney's authority continues, may also satisfy a judgment of record by a brief entry on the register, signed by the creditor or the creditor's attorney, and dated and witnessed by the court administrator, who shall note the satisfaction on the margin of the docket. Except as provided in subdivision 2, when a judgment is satisfied otherwise than by return of execution, the judgment creditor or the creditor's attorney shall file a certificate of it with the court administrator within ten days after the satisfaction or within 30 days of payment by check or other noncertified funds.
Subd. 2. Child support or maintenance judgment. In the case of a judgment for child support or spousal maintenance, an execution or certificate of satisfaction need not be filed with the court until the judgment is satisfied in full.
(9406) RL s 4278; 1979 c 12 s 2; 1981 c 121 s 3; 1983 c 235 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1988 c 484 s 2; 1995 c 257 art 3 s 14
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 540 - 552 — Civil Procedure
Section 548.04 — Judgment In Replevin.
Section 548.05 — Treble Damages For Trespass.
Section 548.06 — Damages For Libel.
Section 548.07 — Judgment After Death Of Party.
Section 548.08 — Judgment Roll, How Made Up.
Section 548.09 — Lien Of Judgment.
Section 548.091 — Support, Maintenance, Or County Reimbursement Judgments.
Section 548.10 — New County; Docketing Old Judgments; Real Estate Tax Judgments.
Section 548.101 — Assigned Consumer Debt Default Judgments.
Section 548.11 — Federal Court Judgment; Docketing.
Section 548.12 — Lien Discharged By Deposit Of Money, When.
Section 548.13 — Assignment Of Judgment; Mode And Effect.
Section 548.14 — Judgments, Procured By Fraud, Set Aside By Action.
Section 548.15 — Discharge Of Record.
Section 548.16 — Satisfaction And Assignment By State.
Section 548.17 — Payment And Satisfaction By Court Administrator.
Section 548.181 — Discharge Of Judgments Against Bankruptcy Debtors.
Section 548.19 — Joint Debtors; Contribution And Subrogation.
Section 548.20 — Several Judgments Against Joint Debtors.
Section 548.21 — Discharge Of Joint Debtor.
Section 548.22 — Confession Of Judgment.
Section 548.23 — Plea Of Confession.
Section 548.24 — Submission Without Action.
Section 548.25 — Vacating Real Estate Judgment; Within What Time.
Section 548.251 — Collateral Source Calculations.
Section 548.27 — Filing And Status Of Foreign Judgments.
Section 548.28 — Notice Of Filing.
Section 548.31 — Optional Procedure.
Section 548.32 — Uniformity Of Application And Construction.
Section 548.42 — Variation By Agreement.
Section 548.43 — Determining Money Of The Claim.
Section 548.44 — Determining Amount Of The Money Of Certain Contract Claims.
Section 548.45 — Asserting And Defending Foreign-money Claim.
Section 548.47 — Conversions Of Foreign Money In Distribution Proceeding.
Section 548.48 — Prejudgment And Judgment Interest.
Section 548.49 — Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments.
Section 548.51 — Effect Of Currency Revalorization.
Section 548.52 — Supplementary General Principles Of Law.
Section 548.56 — Applicability.
Section 548.57 — Standards For Recognition Of Foreign-country Judgment.
Section 548.58 — Personal Jurisdiction.
Section 548.59 — Procedure For Recognition Of Foreign-country Judgment.
Section 548.60 — Effect Of Recognition Of Foreign-country Judgment.
Section 548.61 — Stay Of Proceedings Pending Appeal Of Foreign-country Judgment.
Section 548.62 — Statute Of Limitations.
Section 548.63 — Saving Clause.
Section 548.66 — Applicability.
Section 548.67 — Registration Of Canadian Judgment.
Section 548.68 — Effect Of Registration.
Section 548.69 — Notice Of Registration.
Section 548.70 — Petition To Vacate Registration.
Section 548.71 — Stay Of Enforcement Of Judgment Pending Determination Of Petition.
Section 548.72 — Relationship To Uniform Foreign-country Money Judgments Recognition Act.
Section 548.73 — Uniformity Of Application And Interpretation.