Subdivision 1. Judgments other than for support and maintenance. Except as provided in subdivision 2, when a judgment debtor or other person whose property is subject to the lien of a money judgment files with the court administrator an affidavit of having made a diligent search and inquiry and being unable to find any person having authority to receive payment and give satisfaction of such judgment, the debtor or other person may pay the amount due on the judgment to the administrator, who, upon receipt, shall note satisfaction of the judgment on the docket and register of the action where it was entered, and the administrator shall issue a certificate reciting the payment and satisfaction under the administrator's seal to the person paying the judgment. The court administrator shall at once notify all persons appearing of record to have an interest in the judgment, including the attorney of the judgment creditor, of its payment and satisfaction. Upon demand, the court administrator shall pay the money to the person entitled, taking duplicate receipts, one of which the administrator shall retain and one which the administrator shall file in the case.
Subd. 2. Judgments for support and maintenance. When an obligor whose property is subject to the lien of a judgment for installment of periodic payments of child support, maintenance, or both, under section 548.091, files an affidavit with the court administrator that the obligee cannot be found or refuses to receive payment and give satisfaction for the amount of each sum docketed, the obligor may pay the amount due on the judgment to the administrator who, upon receipt, shall note satisfaction of the amount due on the docket and register of the action where it was entered, and the administrator shall issue a certificate under the administrator's seal to the obligor which recites the payment and satisfaction. The court administrator shall at once notify all persons appearing of record to have an interest in the judgment, including the obligee's attorney, of the payment and satisfaction. Upon demand, the administrator shall pay the money to the person entitled, taking duplicate receipts, one which the administrator shall retain, and one which the administrator shall file in the case.
(9408) RL s 4280; 1984 c 547 s 26; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
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.