The receiver shall be allowed compensation and disbursements as provided in this chapter. If, within four years after the date of the disappearance or absconding, as found and recorded by the court, the absentee appears, and has not been declared dead under section 578.17, or an administrator, executor, assignee in insolvency, or trustee in bankruptcy of the absentee is appointed, the receiver shall account for, deliver, and pay over to the absentee the remainder of the property. If the absentee does not appear and claim the property within four years, all the absentee's right, title, and interest in the property, real or personal, or the proceeds thereof, shall cease, and no action shall be brought by the absentee on account thereof.
If the absentee is declared dead pursuant to section 578.17 and appears before the expiration of four years, the absentee shall have no right, title and interest in the property, real or personal, or the proceeds thereof.
(8080-12) 1925 c 262 s 12; 1974 c 447 s 15; 1986 c 444; 2012 c 143 art 3 s 36,38
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 570 - 583 — Postjudgment Remedies; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Bonds
Chapter 578 — Receivership; Absentees
Section 578.02 — Absentees; Possession, Management, And Disposition Of Property.
Section 578.03 — Warrant; Sheriff To Take Possession Of Property; Fees And Costs.
Section 578.04 — Notice Of Seizure; Appointment Of Receiver; Disposition Of Property.
Section 578.05 — Publication Of Notice.
Section 578.06 — Hearing By Court; Dismissal Of Proceeding; Appointment And Bond Of Receiver.
Section 578.07 — Transfer Of Property To Receiver.
Section 578.08 — Additional Property; Receiver To Take Possession.
Section 578.09 — Where No Corporeal Property; Receiver; Bond.
Section 578.10 — Care Of Property; Lease; Sale; Control Of Business.
Section 578.11 — Advance Life Insurance Payments To Absentee's Beneficiary.
Section 578.12 — Hearing By Court; Determination Of Right To Advance Life Insurance Payments.
Section 578.13 — Reappearance Of Absentee.
Section 578.14 — Use Of Proceeds.
Section 578.15 — Claims; Adjustment By Receiver.
Section 578.16 — Presumption Of Death From Absence.
Section 578.17 — Hearing By Court; Determination Of Death Of An Absentee.
Section 578.18 — Degree Of Burden Of Proof.
Section 578.19 — Dissolution Of Marriage.
Section 578.20 — Compensation Of Receiver; Title Of Absentee Lost After Four Years.