Every termination of a contract for the conveyance of real property or an interest in real property is legal and valid after the expiration of the period specified in section 559.216 as against the following objections:
(1) that prior to the service of notice of termination, no mortgage registration tax was paid on the contract, or an insufficient registration tax was paid on the contract;
(2) that the notice:
(i) did not correctly state the amount of attorney fees;
(ii) failed to state or incorrectly stated the names of one or more of the sellers, or the sellers' successors or assigns, or incorrectly described the interest or representative capacity of the person giving the notice;
(iii) was printed or typed in an incorrect type size;
(iv) incorrectly stated the number of days after service that the contract will terminate, provided that the number of days stated is not less than 30 days; or
(v) did not correctly state the two percent amount required to be paid by section 559.21, subdivision 2a, clause (4);
(3) that the cancellation was commenced by less than all sellers; or
(4) that in the case of a termination by publication the notice was not served on all persons in possession of the real estate, provided it was served on at least one of those persons.
1990 c 575 s 8; 1996 c 338 art 1 s 11
Structure 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 559.201 — 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.