Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property
Section 559.201 — Definitions.

Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in this section apply to section 559.202.
Subd. 2. Business day. "Business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday as defined in section 645.44, subdivision 5.
Subd. 3. Family farm security loan. "Family farm security loan" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 41.52, subdivision 5.
Subd. 4. Multiple seller. "Multiple seller" means a person that has acted as a seller in four or more contracts for deed involving residential real property during the 12-month period that precedes either: (1) the date on which the purchaser executes a purchase agreement under section 559.202; or (2) if there is no purchase agreement, the date on which the purchaser executes a contract for deed under section 559.202. A contract for deed transaction that is exempt under section 559.202, subdivision 2, is a contract for deed for the purposes of determining whether a seller is a multiple seller.
Subd. 5. Person. "Person" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other legal entity, however organized.
Subd. 6. Purchase agreement. "Purchase agreement" means a purchase agreement for a contract for deed, an earnest money contract, or an executed option contemplating that, at closing, the seller and the purchaser will enter into a contract for deed.
Subd. 7. Purchaser. "Purchaser" means a natural person who enters into a contract for deed to purchase residential real property. Purchaser includes all purchasers who enter into the same contract for deed to purchase residential real property.
Subd. 8. Residential real property. "Residential real property" means real property consisting of one to four family dwelling units, one of which the purchaser intends to occupy as the purchaser's principal place of residence. Residential real property does not include property subject to a family farm security loan or a transaction subject to sections 583.20 to 583.32.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes

Chapters 553 - 566 — Declaratory, Corrective And Administrative Remedies

Chapter 559 — Adverse Claims To Real Property

Section 559.01 — Action To Determine Adverse Claims.

Section 559.013 — State As Defendant.

Section 559.02 — Unknown Defendants.

Section 559.03 — Disclaimer; Default; Costs.

Section 559.04 — Claimants Under Common Grantor; Joinder.

Section 559.05 — Action Against Cotenant; Denial Of Right.

Section 559.06 — Termination Of Plaintiff's Right Pending Action.

Section 559.07 — Ejectment; Trial, How Conducted; No Second Trial.

Section 559.08 — Ejectment; Damages; Improvements.

Section 559.09 — Removal Of Building Erected In Good Faith.

Section 559.10 — Occupying Claimant; Compensation For Improvements.

Section 559.11 — Pleadings; Trial; Verdict.

Section 559.12 — Compensation Before Execution.

Section 559.13 — Occupant To Pay Value Of Land, When.

Section 559.14 — May Remove Crops.

Section 559.15 — Occupant Not In Actual Possession; Actions In Other Form.

Section 559.16 — Order For Survey.

Section 559.17 — Mortgage Not A Conveyance; Mortgagee Cannot Possess.

Section 559.18 — Conveyance By Mortgagor To Mortgagee.

Section 559.19 — Action To Declare Mortgage; Limitation.

Section 559.20 — Application.

Section 559.201 — Definitions.

Section 559.202 — Contracts For Deed Involving Residential Property.

Section 559.205 — Contracts For Deed; Modification.

Section 559.209 — Mediation Notice And Conditions For Agricultural Property.

Section 559.21 — Contract Termination; Notice; Service; Costs; Conditions.

Section 559.211 — Restraining, Enjoining Proceedings To Terminate.

Section 559.213 — Prima Facie Evidence Of Termination.

Section 559.214 — Supplementary Affidavit.

Section 559.215 — Validating Terminations Of Contract Of Sale.

Section 559.216 — Application Of Curative Provisions.

Section 559.217 — Cancellation Of Residential Purchase Agreement.

Section 559.22 — In Recovery Action Defendant's Buyer May Be Liable.

Section 559.23 — Action To Determine Boundary Lines.

Section 559.24 — Pleadings; Additional Parties.

Section 559.25 — Judgment; Landmarks.