1998 Minnesota Statutes

     508.44 Loss of duplicate certificates. 

    Subdivision 1.    Verified statement; new certificate.  
 If any duplicate certificate is lost or destroyed or cannot be 
 produced, a duly verified statement, setting forth the facts 
 relating thereto, may be filed with the registrar by the 
 registered owner, or other person in interest.  Upon such 
 application, after due notice and hearing, the court may direct 
 the registrar to issue a new duplicate certificate containing a 
 memorandum of the fact that it is issued in place of a lost 
 duplicate certificate, which shall be entitled to like faith and 
 credit as the original duplicate. 

    Subd. 2.    Alternate proceeding.  In lieu of the court 
 directive to the registrar to issue a new duplicate certificate 
 under subdivision 1, the registrar of titles shall issue such a 
 duplicate certificate when directed to do so by the examiner of 
 titles.  The directive of the examiner shall be in writing after 
 posting a notice addressed "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN" fixing a 
 time when the examiner shall direct the issuance of a new 
 duplicate certificate of title unless valid objections thereto 
 are delivered to the examiner's office prior to the specified 
 time.  The notice shall be posted on a bulletin board provided 
 for the posting of legal notices at the courthouse at least 
 seven days prior to the date fixed for the issuance of the 
 directive.  No such directive shall be issued by the examiner 
 unless all persons in interest have signed and verified a 
 statement setting forth the facts relating to the reasons why 
 the duplicate certificate cannot be produced, the statement is 
 memorialized upon the certificate of title and there is 
 satisfactory evidence as to the identity of the signers and the 
 facts relating to the loss or destruction of the duplicate 
 certificate of title.  Persons in interest in the case of an 
 owner's duplicate certificate are the registered owners or their 
 probate representatives. 

    HIST: (8290) RL s 3412; 1905 c 305 s 42; 1976 c 77 s 1; 1986 c 
 444; 1992 c 463 s 3