1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to property; revising procedures and fees charged by county registrars of 
1.3 	title for registering supplemental declarations of common interest communities; 
1.4 	providing for transfer on death deeds; clarifying acknowledgments made in a 
1.5 	representative capacity; clarifying application of certain common law doctrine 
1.6 	to registered land; eliminating obsolete language and making other technical 
1.7 	and conforming changes; modifying the Uniform Probate Code; amending 
1.8 	provisions relating to mortgage foreclosure; providing for foreclosure prevention 
1.9 	counseling; prescribing preforeclosure and foreclosure notices;amending 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256B.15, subdivisions 1h, 1i; 272.12; 287.22; 
1.11 	507.092, subdivision 1; 508.02; 508.48; 508.52; 508.671, subdivision 1; 
1.12 	508.82, subdivision 1; 508A.02, subdivision 1; 508A.48; 508A.52; 515B.1-116; 
1.13 	524.2-301; 524.2-402; 524.2-702; 524.3-801; 524.3-803; 557.02; 580.02; 
1.14 	580.03; 580.041, subdivision 2; 580.06; 580.07; 580.12; 580.23, subdivision 
1.15 	1; 580.25; 580.28; 580.30; 581.10; 582.03; 582.031; Minnesota Statutes 2007 
1.16 	Supplement, sections 507.24, subdivision 2; 510.05; 550.19; 550.22; 550.24; 
1.17 	580.24; Laws 2004, chapter 263, section 26; proposing coding for new law in 
1.18 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 507; 580.
1.19 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.20 	ARTICLE 1
1.21 	REGISTRAR OF TITLES

1.22 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.82, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.23 		Subdivision 1.Standard documents. The fees to be charged by the registrar of 
1.24 	titles shall be and not exceed the following:
1.25 	(1) of the fees provided herein, $1.50 of the fees collected under clauses (2), (3), (4), 
1.26 	(11), (13), (15), (17), and (18) for filing or memorializing shall be paid to the state treasury 
1.27 	pursuant to section 508.75 and credited to the general fund;
1.28 	(2) for registering a first certificate of title, including issuing a copy of it, $46. 
1.29 	Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:
2.1 	(i) $10.50 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
2.2 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
2.3 	subdivision 3; and
2.4 	(iii) $25.50 shall be deposited in the county general fund;
2.5 	(3) for registering each instrument transferring the fee simple title for which a new 
2.6 	certificate of title is issued and for the registration of the new certificate of title, including 
2.7 	a copy of it, $46. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:
2.8 	(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
2.9 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
2.10 	subdivision 3; and
2.11 	(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund;
2.12 	(4) for the entry of each memorial on a certificate, $46. For multiple certificate 
2.13 	entries, $20 thereafter. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:
2.14 	(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
2.15 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
2.16 	subdivision 3;
2.17 	(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund; and
2.18 	(iv) $20 shall be deposited in the county general fund for each multiple entry used;
2.19 	(5) for issuing each residue certificate and each additional new certificate, $40;
2.20 	(6) for exchange certificates, $20 for each certificate canceled and $20 for each 
2.21 	new certificate issued;
2.22 	(7) for each certificate showing condition of the register, $50;
2.23 	(8) for any certified copy of any instrument or writing on file or recorded in the 
2.24 	registrar of titles' office, $10;
2.25 	(9) for a noncertified copy of any certificate of title, other than the copies issued 
2.26 	under clauses (2) and (3), any instrument or writing on file or recorded in the office of 
2.27 	the registrar of titles, or any specified page or part of it, an amount as determined by the 
2.28 	county board for each page or fraction of a page specified. If computer or microfilm 
2.29 	printers are used to reproduce the instrument or writing, a like amount per image;
2.30 	(10) for a noncertified copy of any document submitted for recording, if the original 
2.31 	document is accompanied by a copy or duplicate original, $2. Upon receipt of the copy 
2.32 	or duplicate original and payment of the fee, a registrar of titles shall return it marked 
2.33 	"copy" or "duplicate," showing the recording date and, if available, the document number 
2.34 	assigned to the original;
3.1 	(11) for filing two copies of any plat, other than a CIC plat complying with section 
3.2 	515B.2-110, paragraph (c), in the office of the registrar, $56. Pursuant to clause (1), 
3.3 	distribution of this fee is as follows:
3.4 	(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
3.5 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
3.6 	subdivision 3; and
3.7 	(iii) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund;
3.8 	(12) for any other service under this chapter, such fee as the court shall determine;
3.9 	(13) for filing an amendment to a declaration in accordance with chapter 515, $46 
3.10 	for each certificate upon which the document is registered and for multiple certificate 
3.11 	entries, $20 thereafter; $56 for an amended floor plan filed in accordance with chapter 
3.12 	515.(13) for filing any document affecting two or more units in a condominium governed 
3.13 	by chapter 515, $46 for the first certificate upon which the document is registered, and for 
3.14 	multiple certificate entries, $20 for each additional certificate upon which the document 
3.15 	is registered. For purposes of this paragraph, an amendment to the declaration of a 
3.16 	condominium governed by chapter 515 and a related amendment to the condominium 
3.17 	floor plans shall be considered a single document, and the filing fee shall be $56 for the 
3.18 	first certificate upon which the document is registered, and for multiple certificate entries, 
3.19 	$20 for each additional certificate upon which the document is registered.  Pursuant to 
3.20 	clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:
3.21 	(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
3.22 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
3.23 	subdivision 3;
3.24 	(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund for amendment to a declaration;
3.25 	(iv) $20 shall be deposited in the county general fund for each multiple entry 
3.26 	used; and
3.27 	(v) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund for an amended floor plan;
3.28 	(14) for issuance of a CECT pursuant to section 508.351, $40;
3.29 	(15) for filing an amendment to a common interest community declaration, including 
3.30 	a supplemental declaration, and plat or amendment complying with section 515B.2-110, 
3.31 	subsection (c), $46 for  the first certificate upon which the document is registered and for 
3.32 	multiple certificate entries, $20 thereafter and $56 for the filing of the condominium or 
3.33 	common interest community plat or amendment. See section 515B.1-116 for special 
3.34 	requirement relating to a common interest community.(15) for filing a common interest 
3.35 	community declaration and a CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110, paragraph 
3.36 	(c); an amendment to a common interest community declaration and a related amendment 
4.1 	to a CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110, paragraph (c); or a supplemental 
4.2 	declaration and a related supplemental CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110, 
4.3 	paragraph (c), each of which related documents shall be considered a single document, 
4.4 	the filing fee shall be $56 for the first certificate upon which the document is registered, 
4.5 	and for multiple certificate entries, $20 for each additional certificate upon which the 
4.6 	document is registered. For filing any other document affecting two or more units in a 
4.7 	common interest community, the filing fee shall be $46 for the first certificate upon which 
4.8 	the document is registered, and for multiple certificate entries, $20 for each additional 
4.9 	certificate upon which the document is registered. The same fees shall apply to filing any 
4.10 	document affecting two or more units or other parcels subject to a master declaration.
4.11 	Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:
4.12 	(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
4.13 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
4.14 	subdivision 3;
4.15 	(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund for the filing of an amendment 
4.16 	complying with section 515B.2-110, subsection (c);
4.17 	(iv) $20 shall be deposited in the county general fund for each multiple entry 
4.18 	used; and
4.19 	(v) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund for the filing of a condominium 
4.20 	or CIC plat or amendment;
4.21 	(16) for a copy of a condominium floor plan filed in accordance with chapter 515, 
4.22 	or a copy of a common interest community plat complying with section 515B.2-110, 
4.23 	subsection (c), the fee shall be $1 for each page of the floor plan or common interest 
4.24 	community plat with a minimum fee of $10;
4.25 	(17) for the filing of a certified copy of a plat of the survey pursuant to section 
4.26 	508.23 or 508.671, $46. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:
4.27 	(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
4.28 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
4.29 	subdivision 3; and
4.30 	(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund;
4.31 	(18) for filing a registered land survey in triplicate in accordance with section 
4.32 	508.47, subdivision 4, $56. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:
4.33 	(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;
4.34 	(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 357.18, 
4.35 	subdivision 3; and
4.36 	(iii) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund; and
5.1 	(19) for furnishing a certified copy of a registered land survey in accordance with 
5.2 	section 508.47, subdivision 4, $15.

5.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 515B.1-116, is amended to read:
5.4 	515B.1-116 RECORDING.
5.5 	(a) A declaration, bylaws, any amendment to a declaration or bylaws, and any other 
5.6 	instrument affecting a common interest community shall be entitled to be recorded. In 
5.7 	those counties which have a tract index, the county recorder shall enter the declaration in 
5.8 	the tract index for each unit or other tract affected. The county recorder shall not enter 
5.9 	the declaration in the tract index for lands described as additional real estate, unless such 
5.10 	lands are added to the common interest community pursuant to section 515B.2-111. The 
5.11 	registrar of titles shall file the declaration in accordance with section 508.351 or 508A.351. 
5.12 	The registrar of titles shall not file the declaration upon certificates of title for lands 
5.13 	described as additional real estate, unless such lands are added to the common interest 
5.14 	community pursuant to section 515B.2-111.
5.15 	(b) The recording officer shall upon request promptly assign a number (CIC number) 
5.16 	to a common interest community to be formed or to a common interest community 
5.17 	resulting from the merger of two or more common interest communities.
5.18 	(c) Documents recorded pursuant to this chapter shall in the case of registered 
5.19 	land be filed, and references to the recording of documents shall mean filed in the case 
5.20 	of registered land.
5.21 	(d) Subject to any specific requirements of this chapter, if a recorded document 
5.22 	relating to a common interest community or a master association purports to require a 
5.23 	certain vote or signatures approving any restatement or amendment of the document by a 
5.24 	certain number or percentage of unit owners or secured parties, and if the amendment or 
5.25 	restatement is to be recorded, an affidavit of the president or secretary of the association 
5.26 	stating that the required vote or signatures have been obtained shall be attached to the 
5.27 	document to be recorded and shall constitute prima facie evidence of the representations 
5.28 	contained therein.
5.29 	(e) If a common interest community is located on registered land, the recording 
5.30 	fee for any document affecting two or more units shall be $46 for the first ten affected 
5.31 	certificates and $10 for each additional affected certificate. This provision shall not apply 
5.32 	to recording fees for deeds of conveyance, with the exception of deeds given pursuant 
5.33 	to sections 515B.2-119 and 515B.3-112. The same fees shall apply to recording any 
5.34 	document affecting two or more units or other parcels of real estate subject to a master 
5.35 	declaration.
6.1 	(f) (e) Except as permitted under this subsection, a recording officer shall not file 
6.2 	or record a declaration creating a new common interest community, unless the county 
6.3 	treasurer has certified that the property taxes payable in the current year for the real estate 
6.4 	included in the proposed common interest community have been paid. This certification 
6.5 	is in addition to the certification for delinquent taxes required by section 272.12. In the 
6.6 	case of preexisting common interest communities, the recording officer shall accept, 
6.7 	file, and record the following instruments, without requiring a certification as to the 
6.8 	current or delinquent taxes on any of the units in the common interest community: (i) a 
6.9 	declaration subjecting the common interest community to this chapter; (ii) a declaration 
6.10 	changing the form of a common interest community pursuant to section 515B.2-123; or 
6.11 	(iii) an amendment to or restatement of the declaration, bylaws, or CIC plat. In order for 
6.12 	an instrument to be accepted and recorded under the preceding sentence, the instrument 
6.13 	must not create or change unit or common area boundaries.

6.14 	ARTICLE 2
6.15 	TRANSFER ON DEATH DEEDS

6.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.15, subdivision 1h, is amended to 
6.17 	read:
6.18 		Subd. 1h.Estates of specific persons receiving medical assistance. (a) For 
6.19 	purposes of this section, paragraphs (b) to (k) apply if a person received medical assistance 
6.20 	for which a claim may be filed under this section and died single, or the surviving spouse 
6.21 	of the couple and was not survived by any of the persons described in subdivisions 3 and 4.
6.22 	(b) For purposes of this section, the person's estate consists of: (1) theirthe person's 
6.23 	probate estate; (2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property 
6.24 	the person owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the 
6.25 	time of the person's death; (3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in 
6.26 	securities the person owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 524.6-301 to 
6.27 	524.6-311 at the time of the person's death, to the extent they become part of the probate 
6.28 	estate under section 524.6-307; and (4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, 
6.29 	multiple party accounts, and pay on death accounts, or the proceeds of those accounts, as 
6.30 	provided under sections 524.6-201 to 524.6-214 at the time of the person's death to the 
6.31 	extent they become part of the probate estate under section 524.6-207; and (5) the person's 
6.32 	legal title or interest at the time of the person's death in real property transferred under 
6.33 	a transfer on death deed under section 507.071, or in the proceeds from the subsequent 
6.34 	sale of the person's interest in the real property. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the 
7.1 	contrary, a state or county agency with a claim under this section shall be a creditor under 
7.2 	section 524.6-307. 
7.3 	(c) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the person's life estate or joint 
7.4 	tenancy interest in real property not subject to a medical assistance lien under sections 
7.5 	514.980 to 514.985 on the date of the person's death shall not end upon the person's death 
7.6 	and shall continue as provided in this subdivision. The life estate in the person's estate 
7.7 	shall be that portion of the interest in the real property subject to the life estate that is equal 
7.8 	to the life estate percentage factor for the life estate as listed in the Life Estate Mortality 
7.9 	Table of the health care program's manual for a person who was the age of the medical 
7.10 	assistance recipient on the date of the person's death. The joint tenancy interest in real 
7.11 	property in the estate shall be equal to the fractional interest the person would have owned 
7.12 	in the jointly held interest in the property had they and the other owners held title to the 
7.13 	property as tenants in common on the date the person died. 
7.14 	(d) The court upon its own motion, or upon motion by the personal representative or 
7.15 	any interested party, may enter an order directing the remaindermen or surviving joint 
7.16 	tenants and their spouses, if any, to sign all documents, take all actions, and otherwise 
7.17 	fully cooperate with the personal representative and the court to liquidate the decedent's 
7.18 	life estate or joint tenancy interests in the estate and deliver the cash or the proceeds of 
7.19 	those interests to the personal representative and provide for any legal and equitable 
7.20 	sanctions as the court deems appropriate to enforce and carry out the order, including an 
7.21 	award of reasonable attorney fees.
7.22 	(e) The personal representative may make, execute, and deliver any conveyances or 
7.23 	other documents necessary to convey the decedent's life estate or joint tenancy interest 
7.24 	in the estate that are necessary to liquidate and reduce to cash the decedent's interest or 
7.25 	for any other purposes.
7.26 	(f) Subject to administration, all costs, including reasonable attorney fees, directly 
7.27 	and immediately related to liquidating the decedent's life estate or joint tenancy interest in 
7.28 	the decedent's estate, shall be paid from the gross proceeds of the liquidation allocable 
7.29 	to the decedent's interest and the net proceeds shall be turned over to the personal 
7.30 	representative and applied to payment of the claim presented under this section.
7.31 	(g) The personal representative shall bring a motion in the district court in which 
7.32 	the estate is being probated to compel the remaindermen or surviving joint tenants to 
7.33 	account for and deliver to the personal representative all or any part of the proceeds of any 
7.34 	sale, mortgage, transfer, conveyance, or any disposition of real property allocable to the 
7.35 	decedent's life estate or joint tenancy interest in the decedent's estate, and do everything 
7.36 	necessary to liquidate and reduce to cash the decedent's interest and turn the proceeds of 
8.1 	the sale or other disposition over to the personal representative. The court may grant any 
8.2 	legal or equitable relief including, but not limited to, ordering a partition of real estate 
8.3 	under chapter 558 necessary to make the value of the decedent's life estate or joint tenancy 
8.4 	interest available to the estate for payment of a claim under this section.
8.5 	(h) Subject to administration, the personal representative shall use all of the cash 
8.6 	or proceeds of interests to pay an allowable claim under this section. The remaindermen 
8.7 	or surviving joint tenants and their spouses, if any, may enter into a written agreement 
8.8 	with the personal representative or the claimant to settle and satisfy obligations imposed at 
8.9 	any time before or after a claim is filed.
8.10 	(i) The personal representative may, at their discretion, provide any or all of the 
8.11 	other owners, remaindermen, or surviving joint tenants with an affidavit terminating the 
8.12 	decedent's estate's interest in real property the decedent owned as a life tenant or as a joint 
8.13 	tenant with others, if the personal representative determines in good faith that neither the 
8.14 	decedent nor any of the decedent's predeceased spouses received any medical assistance 
8.15 	for which a claim could be filed under this section, or if the personal representative has 
8.16 	filed an affidavit with the court that the estate has other assets sufficient to pay a claim, as 
8.17 	presented, or if there is a written agreement under paragraph (h), or if the claim, as allowed, 
8.18 	has been paid in full or to the full extent of the assets the estate has available to pay it. The 
8.19 	affidavit may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed in the Office of the 
8.20 	Registrar of Titles for the county in which the real property is located. Except as provided 
8.21 	in section 514.981, subdivision 6, when recorded or filed, the affidavit shall terminate the 
8.22 	decedent's interest in real estate the decedent owned as a life tenant or a joint tenant with 
8.23 	others. The affidavit shall: (1) be signed by the personal representative; (2) identify the 
8.24 	decedent and the interest being terminated; (3) give recording information sufficient to 
8.25 	identify the instrument that created the interest in real property being terminated; (4) 
8.26 	legally describe the affected real property; (5) state that the personal representative has 
8.27 	determined that neither the decedent nor any of the decedent's predeceased spouses 
8.28 	received any medical assistance for which a claim could be filed under this section; (6) 
8.29 	state that the decedent's estate has other assets sufficient to pay the claim, as presented, or 
8.30 	that there is a written agreement between the personal representative and the claimant and 
8.31 	the other owners or remaindermen or other joint tenants to satisfy the obligations imposed 
8.32 	under this subdivision; and (7) state that the affidavit is being given to terminate the 
8.33 	estate's interest under this subdivision, and any other contents as may be appropriate. 
8.34 	The recorder or registrar of titles shall accept the affidavit for recording or filing. The 
8.35 	affidavit shall be effective as provided in this section and shall constitute notice even if it 
9.1 	does not include recording information sufficient to identify the instrument creating the 
9.2 	interest it terminates. The affidavit shall be conclusive evidence of the stated facts.
9.3 	(j) The holder of a lien arising under subdivision 1c shall release the lien at the 
9.4 	holder's expense against an interest terminated under paragraph (h) to the extent of the 
9.5 	termination.
9.6 	(k) If a lien arising under subdivision 1c is not released under paragraph (j), prior to 
9.7 	closing the estate, the personal representative shall deed the interest subject to the lien to 
9.8 	the remaindermen or surviving joint tenants as their interests may appear. Upon recording 
9.9 	or filing, the deed shall work a merger of the recipient's life estate or joint tenancy interest, 
9.10 	subject to the lien, into the remainder interest or interest the decedent and others owned 
9.11 	jointly. The lien shall attach to and run with the property to the extent of the decedent's 
9.12 	interest at the time of the decedent's death.

9.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.15, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:
9.14 		Subd. 1i.Estates of persons receiving medical assistance and survived by 
9.15 	others. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the person's estate consists of the person's 
9.16 	probate estate and all of the person's interests in real property the person owned as a life 
9.17 	tenant or a joint tenant at the time of the person's death and the person's legal title or 
9.18 	interest at the time of the person's death in real property transferred to a beneficiary under 
9.19 	a transfer on death deed under section 507.071, or in the proceeds from the subsequent 
9.20 	sale of the person's interest in the transferred real property.
9.21 	(b) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, this subdivision applies if a 
9.22 	person received medical assistance for which a claim could be filed under this section but 
9.23 	for the fact the person was survived by a spouse or by a person listed in subdivision 3, or if 
9.24 	subdivision 4 applies to a claim arising under this section.
9.25 	(c) The person's life estate or joint tenancy interests in real property not subject to a 
9.26 	medical assistance lien under sections 514.980 to 514.985 on the date of the person's death 
9.27 	shall not end upon death and shall continue as provided in this subdivision. The life estate 
9.28 	in the estate shall be the portion of the interest in the property subject to the life estate that 
9.29 	is equal to the life estate percentage factor for the life estate as listed in the Life Estate 
9.30 	Mortality Table of the health care program's manual for a person who was the age of the 
9.31 	medical assistance recipient on the date of the person's death. The joint tenancy interest in 
9.32 	the estate shall be equal to the fractional interest the medical assistance recipient would 
9.33 	have owned in the jointly held interest in the property had they and the other owners held 
9.34 	title to the property as tenants in common on the date the medical assistance recipient died. 
10.1 	(d) The county agency shall file a claim in the estate under this section on behalf of 
10.2 	the claimant who shall be the commissioner of human services, notwithstanding that the 
10.3 	decedent is survived by a spouse or a person listed in subdivision 3. The claim, as allowed, 
10.4 	shall not be paid by the estate and shall be disposed of as provided in this paragraph. 
10.5 	The personal representative or the court shall make, execute, and deliver a lien in favor 
10.6 	of the claimant on the decedent's interest in real property in the estate in the amount of 
10.7 	the allowed claim on forms provided by the commissioner to the county agency filing the 
10.8 	lien. The lien shall bear interest as provided under section 524.3-806, shall attach to the 
10.9 	property it describes upon filing or recording, and shall remain a lien on the real property 
10.10 	it describes for a period of 20 years from the date it is filed or recorded. The lien shall be a 
10.11 	disposition of the claim sufficient to permit the estate to close. 
10.12 	(e) The state or county agency shall file or record the lien in the office of the 
10.13 	county recorder or registrar of titles for each county in which any of the real property is 
10.14 	located. The recorder or registrar of titles shall accept the lien for filing or recording. All 
10.15 	recording or filing fees shall be paid by the Department of Human Services. The recorder 
10.16 	or registrar of titles shall mail the recorded lien to the Department of Human Services. 
10.17 	The lien need not be attested, certified, or acknowledged as a condition of recording or 
10.18 	filing. Upon recording or filing of a lien against a life estate or a joint tenancy interest, 
10.19 	the interest subject to the lien shall merge into the remainder interest or the interest the 
10.20 	recipient and others owned jointly. The lien shall attach to and run with the property to 
10.21 	the extent of the decedent's interest in the property at the time of the decedent's death 
10.22 	as determined under this section.
10.23 	(f) The department shall make no adjustment or recovery under the lien until after the 
10.24 	decedent's spouse, if any, has died, and only at a time when the decedent has no surviving 
10.25 	child described in subdivision 3. The estate, any owner of an interest in the property 
10.26 	which is or may be subject to the lien, or any other interested party, may voluntarily pay 
10.27 	off, settle, or otherwise satisfy the claim secured or to be secured by the lien at any time 
10.28 	before or after the lien is filed or recorded. Such payoffs, settlements, and satisfactions 
10.29 	shall be deemed to be voluntary repayments of past medical assistance payments for the 
10.30 	benefit of the deceased recipient, and neither the process of settling the claim, the payment 
10.31 	of the claim, or the acceptance of a payment shall constitute an adjustment or recovery 
10.32 	that is prohibited under this subdivision.
10.33 	(g) The lien under this subdivision may be enforced or foreclosed in the manner 
10.34 	provided by law for the enforcement of judgment liens against real estate or by a 
10.35 	foreclosure by action under chapter 581. When the lien is paid, satisfied, or otherwise 
10.36 	discharged, the state or county agency shall prepare and file a release of lien at its own 
11.1 	expense. No action to foreclose the lien shall be commenced unless the lien holder has first 
11.2 	given 30 days' prior written notice to pay the lien to the owners and parties in possession 
11.3 	of the property subject to the lien. The notice shall: (1) include the name, address, and 
11.4 	telephone number of the lien holder; (2) describe the lien; (3) give the amount of the lien; 
11.5 	(4) inform the owner or party in possession that payment of the lien in full must be made 
11.6 	to the lien holder within 30 days after service of the notice or the lien holder may begin 
11.7 	proceedings to foreclose the lien; and (5) be served by personal service, certified mail, 
11.8 	return receipt requested, ordinary first class mail, or by publishing it once in a newspaper 
11.9 	of general circulation in the county in which any part of the property is located. Service of 
11.10 	the notice shall be complete upon mailing or publication.

11.11 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 272.12, is amended to read:
11.12 	272.12 CONVEYANCES, TAXES PAID BEFORE RECORDING.
11.13 	When:
11.14 	(a) a deed or other instrument conveying land,
11.15 	(b) a plat of any town site or addition thereto,
11.16 	(c) a survey required pursuant to section 508.47,
11.17 	(d) a condominium plat subject to chapter 515 or 515A or a declaration that contains 
11.18 	such a plat, or
11.19 	(e) a common interest community plat subject to chapter 515B or a declaration 
11.20 	that contains such a plat,
11.21 	is presented to the county auditor for transfer, the auditor shall ascertain from the records 
11.22 	if there be taxes delinquent upon the land described therein, or if it has been sold for 
11.23 	taxes. An assignment of a sheriff's or referee's certificate of sale, when the certificate of 
11.24 	sale describes real estate, and certificates of redemption from mortgage or lien foreclosure 
11.25 	sales, when the certificate of redemption encompasses real estate and is issued to a junior 
11.26 	creditor, are considered instruments conveying land for the purposes of this section and 
11.27 	section 272.121. If there are taxes delinquent, the auditor shall certify to the same; and 
11.28 	upon payment of such taxes, or in case no taxes are delinquent, shall transfer the land upon 
11.29 	the books of the auditor's office, and note upon the instrument, over official signature, the 
11.30 	words, "no delinquent taxes and transfer entered," or, if the land described has been sold 
11.31 	or assigned to an actual purchaser for taxes, the words "paid by sale of land described 
11.32 	within;" and, unless such statement is made upon such instrument, the county recorder or 
11.33 	the registrar of titles shall refuse to receive or record the same; provided, that sheriff's or 
11.34 	referees' certificates of sale on execution or foreclosure of a lien or mortgage, certificates 
11.35 	of redemption from mortgage or lien foreclosure sales issued to the redeeming mortgagor 
12.1 	or lienee, deeds of distribution made by a personal representative in probate proceedings,
12.2 	transfer on death deeds under section 507.071, decrees and judgments, receivers receipts, 
12.3 	patents, and copies of town or statutory city plats, in case the original plat filed in the 
12.4 	office of the county recorder has been lost or destroyed, and the instruments releasing, 
12.5 	removing and discharging reversionary and forfeiture provisions affecting title to land 
12.6 	and instruments releasing, removing or discharging easement rights in land or building or 
12.7 	other restrictions, may be recorded without such certificate; and, provided that instruments 
12.8 	conveying land and, as appurtenant thereto an easement over adjacent tract or tracts of 
12.9 	land, may be recorded without such certificate as to the land covered by such easement; 
12.10 	and provided further, that any instrument granting an easement made in favor of any 
12.11 	public utility or pipe line for conveying gas, liquids or solids in suspension, in the nature 
12.12 	of a right-of-way over, along, across or under a tract of land may be recorded without such 
12.13 	certificate as to the land covered by such easement. Documents governing homeowners 
12.14 	associations of condominiums, townhouses, common interest ownership communities, 
12.15 	and other planned unit developments may be recorded without the auditor's certificate to 
12.16 	the extent provided in section 515B.1-116(f).
12.17 	A deed of distribution made by a personal representative in a probate proceeding, 
12.18 	a decree, or a judgment that conveys land shall be presented to the county auditor, who 
12.19 	shall transfer the land upon the books of the auditor's office and note upon the instrument, 
12.20 	over official signature, the words, "transfer entered", and the instrument may then be 
12.21 	recorded. A decree or judgment that affects title to land but does not convey land may be 
12.22 	recorded without presentation to the auditor.
12.23 	A violation of this section by the county recorder or the registrar of titles shall 
12.24 	be a gross misdemeanor, and, in addition to the punishment therefor, the recorder or 
12.25 	registrar shall be liable to the grantee of any instrument so recorded for the amount of 
12.26 	any damages sustained.
12.27 	When, as a condition to permitting the recording of deed or other instrument 
12.28 	affecting the title to real estate previously forfeited to the state under the provisions of 
12.29 	sections 281.16 to 281.25, county officials, after such real estate has been purchased or 
12.30 	repurchased, have required the payment of taxes erroneously assumed to have accrued 
12.31 	against such real estate after forfeiture and before the date of purchase or repurchase, the 
12.32 	sum required to be so paid shall be refunded to the persons entitled thereto out of moneys 
12.33 	in the funds in which the sum so paid was placed. Delinquent taxes are those taxes deemed 
12.34 	delinquent under section 279.02.

13.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 287.22, is amended to read:
13.2 	287.22 EXEMPTIONS.
13.3 	The tax imposed by section 287.21 does not apply to:
13.4 	(1) An executory contract for the sale of real property under which the purchaser is 
13.5 	entitled to or does take possession of the real property, or any assignment or cancellation 
13.6 	of the contract;
13.7 	(2) A mortgage or an amendment, assignment, extension, partial release, or 
13.8 	satisfaction of a mortgage;
13.9 	(3) A will;
13.10 	(4) A plat;
13.11 	(5) A lease, amendment of lease, assignment of lease, or memorandum of lease;
13.12 	(6) A deed, instrument, or writing in which the United States or any agency or 
13.13 	instrumentality thereof is the grantor, assignor, transferor, conveyor, grantee, or assignee;
13.14 	(7) A deed for a cemetery lot or lots;
13.15 	(8) A deed of distribution by a personal representative;
13.16 	(9) A deed to or from a co-owner partitioning their undivided interest in the same 
13.17 	piece of real property;
13.18 	(10) A deed or other instrument of conveyance issued pursuant to a permanent 
13.19 	school fund land exchange under section 92.121 and related laws;
13.20 	(11) A referee's or sheriff's certificate of sale in a mortgage or lien foreclosure sale;
13.21 	(12) A referee's, sheriff's, or certificate holder's certificate of redemption from a 
13.22 	mortgage or lien foreclosure sale issued to the redeeming mortgagor or lienee;
13.23 	(13) A deed, instrument, or writing which grants, creates, modifies, or terminates an 
13.24 	easement; and
13.25 	(14) A decree of marriage dissolution, as defined in section 287.01, subdivision 4, 
13.26 	or a deed or other instrument between the parties to the dissolution made pursuant to the 
13.27 	terms of the decree.; and
13.28 	(15) A transfer on death deed under section 507.071.

13.29 	Sec. 5. [507.071] TRANSFER ON DEATH DEEDS.
13.30 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following terms 
13.31 	have the meanings given:
13.32 	(a) "Beneficiary" or "grantee beneficiary" means a person or entity named as a 
13.33 	grantee beneficiary in a transfer on death deed, including a successor grantee beneficiary.
13.34 	(b) "County agency" means the county department or office designated to recover 
13.35 	medical assistance benefits from the estates of decedents.
14.1 	(c) "Grantor owner" means an owner named as a grantor in a transfer on death deed 
14.2 	upon whose death the conveyance or transfer of the described real property is conditioned. 
14.3 	Grantor owner does not include a spouse who joins in a transfer on death deed solely 
14.4 	for the purpose of conveying or releasing statutory or other marital interests in the real 
14.5 	property to be conveyed or transferred by the transfer on death deed.
14.6 	(d) "Owner" means a person having an ownership or other interest in all or part 
14.7 	of the real property to be conveyed or transferred by a transfer on death deed. Owner 
14.8 	does not include a spouse who joins in a transfer on death deed solely for the purpose 
14.9 	of conveying or releasing statutory or other marital interests in the real property to be 
14.10 	conveyed or transferred by the transfer on death deed.
14.11 	(e) "Recorded" means recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of 
14.12 	titles, as appropriate for the real property described in the instrument to be recorded.
14.13 	(f) "State agency" means the Department of Human Services or any successor 
14.14 	agency.
14.15 	(g) "Transfer on death deed" means a deed authorized under this section.
14.16 		Subd. 2.Effect of transfer on death deed. A deed that conveys or assigns an 
14.17 	interest in real property, including a mortgage, judgment, or any other lien on real property, 
14.18 	to a grantee beneficiary and that expressly states that the deed is only effective on the 
14.19 	death of one or more of the grantor owners, transfers the interest to the grantee beneficiary 
14.20 	upon the death of the grantor owner upon whose death the conveyance or transfer is stated 
14.21 	to be effective, but subject to the survivorship provisions and requirements of section 
14.22 	524.2-702. A transfer on death deed must comply with all provisions of Minnesota law 
14.23 	applicable to deeds of real property including, but not limited to, the provisions of sections 
14.24 	507.02, 507.24, 507.34, 508.48, and 508A.48.
14.25 		Subd. 3.Rights of creditors and rights of the state and county under sections 
14.26 	246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, and 514.981. The interest transferred to a beneficiary 
14.27 	under a transfer on death deed after the death of a grantor owner is transferred subject 
14.28 	to all effective conveyances, assignments, contracts, mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, 
14.29 	security pledges, judgments, tax liens, and other encumbrances made by the grantor owner 
14.30 	or to which the property was subject during the grantor owner's lifetime, including but 
14.31 	not limited to, any claim by a surviving spouse or any claim or lien by the state or county 
14.32 	agency authorized by section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981, if other 
14.33 	assets of the deceased owner's estate are insufficient to pay the amount of any such claim. 
14.34 	A beneficiary to whom the interest is transferred after the death of a grantor owner shall be 
14.35 	liable to account to the state or county agency with a claim or lien authorized by section 
14.36 	246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981, to the extent necessary to discharge 
15.1 	any such claim remaining unpaid after application of the assets of the deceased grantor 
15.2 	owner's estate, but such liability shall be limited to the value of the interest transferred 
15.3 	to the beneficiary. To establish compliance with this subdivision and subdivision 23, the 
15.4 	beneficiary must record a clearance certificate issued in accordance with subdivision 23 in 
15.5 	each county in which the real property described in the transfer on death deed is located.
15.6 		Subd. 4.Multiple grantee beneficiaries. A transfer on death deed may designate 
15.7 	multiple grantee beneficiaries to take title as joint tenants, as tenants in common or in any 
15.8 	other form of ownership or tenancy that is valid under the laws of this state.
15.9 		Subd. 5.Successor grantee beneficiaries. A transfer on death deed may designate 
15.10 	one or more successor grantee beneficiaries or a class of successor grantee beneficiaries, 
15.11 	or both. If the transfer on death deed designates successor grantee beneficiaries or a class 
15.12 	of successor grantee beneficiaries, the deed shall state the condition under which the 
15.13 	interest of the successor grantee beneficiaries would vest.
15.14 		Subd. 6.Multiple joint tenant grantors. If an interest in real property is owned 
15.15 	as joint tenants, a transfer on death deed executed by all of the owners that conveys an 
15.16 	interest in real property to one or more grantee beneficiaries transfers the interest to the 
15.17 	grantee beneficiary or beneficiaries effective only after the death of the last surviving 
15.18 	grantor owner. If the last surviving joint tenant owner did not execute the transfer on death 
15.19 	deed, the deed is ineffective to transfer any interest and the deed is void. An estate in joint 
15.20 	tenancy is not severed or affected by the subsequent execution of a transfer on death deed 
15.21 	and the right of a surviving joint tenant owner who did not execute the transfer on death 
15.22 	deed shall prevail over a grantee beneficiary named in a transfer on death deed unless the 
15.23 	deed specifically states that it severs the joint tenancy ownership.
15.24 		Subd. 7.Execution by attorney-in-fact. A transfer on death deed may be executed 
15.25 	by a duly appointed attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney which grants the 
15.26 	attorney-in-fact the authority to execute deeds.
15.27 		Subd. 8.Recording requirements and authorization. A transfer on death deed 
15.28 	is valid if the deed is recorded in a county in which at least a part of the real property 
15.29 	described in the deed is located and is recorded before the death of the grantor owner 
15.30 	upon whose death the conveyance or transfer is effective. A transfer on death deed is not 
15.31 	effective for purposes of section 507.34, 508.47, or 508A.47 until the deed is recorded 
15.32 	in the county in which the real property is located. When a transfer on death deed is 
15.33 	presented for recording, no certification by the county auditor as to transfer of ownership 
15.34 	and current and delinquent taxes shall be required or made and the transfer on death deed 
15.35 	shall not be required to be accompanied by a certificate of real estate value. A transfer 
15.36 	on death deed that otherwise satisfies all statutory requirements for recording may be 
16.1 	recorded and shall be accepted for recording in the county in which the property described 
16.2 	in the deed is located. If any part of the property described in the transfer on death deed 
16.3 	is registered property, the registrar of titles shall accept the transfer on death deed for 
16.4 	recording only if at least one of the grantors who executes the transfer on death deed 
16.5 	appears of record to have an ownership interest in the property described in the deed. No 
16.6 	certification or approval of a transfer on death deed shall be required of the examiner of 
16.7 	titles prior to recording of the deed in the office of the registrar of titles.
16.8 		Subd. 9.Deed to trustee or other entity. A transfer on death deed may transfer an 
16.9 	interest in real property to the trustee of an inter vivos trust even if the trust is revocable, 
16.10 	to the trustee of a testamentary trust or to any other entity legally qualified to hold title to 
16.11 	real property under the laws of this state.
16.12 		Subd. 10.Revocation or modification of transfer on death deed. (a) A transfer 
16.13 	on death deed may be revoked at any time by the grantor owner or, if there is more than 
16.14 	one grantor owner, by any of the grantor owners. To be effective, the revocation must 
16.15 	be recorded in the county in which at least a part of the real property is located before 
16.16 	the death of the grantor owner or owners who execute the revocation. The revocation is 
16.17 	not effective for purposes of section 507.34, 508.47, or 508A.47 until the revocation is 
16.18 	recorded in the county in which the real property is located. Subject to subdivision 6, if 
16.19 	the real property is owned as joint tenants and if the revocation is not executed by all of 
16.20 	the grantor owners, the revocation is not effective unless executed by the last surviving 
16.21 	grantor owner.
16.22 	(b) If a grantor owner conveys to a third party, subsequent to the recording of the 
16.23 	transfer on death deed, by means other than a transfer on death deed, all or a part of such 
16.24 	grantor owner's interest in the property described in the transfer on death deed, no transfer 
16.25 	of the conveyed interest shall occur on such grantor owner's death and the transfer on 
16.26 	death deed shall be ineffective as to the conveyed or transferred interests, but the transfer 
16.27 	on death deed remains effective with respect to the conveyance or transfer on death of 
16.28 	any other interests described in the transfer on death deed owned by the grantor owner 
16.29 	at the time of the grantor owner's death.
16.30 	(c) A transfer on death deed is a "governing instrument" within the meaning of 
16.31 	section 524.2-804 and, except as may otherwise be specifically provided for in the 
16.32 	transfer on death deed, is subject to the same provisions as to revocation, revival, and 
16.33 	nonrevocation set forth in section 524.2-804.
16.34 		Subd. 11.Antilapse; deceased beneficiary; words of survivorship. (a) If a grantee 
16.35 	beneficiary who is a grandparent or lineal descendant of a grandparent of the grantor 
16.36 	owner fails to survive the grantor owner, the issue of the deceased grantee beneficiary who 
17.1 	survive the grantor owner take in place of the deceased grantee beneficiary. If they are all 
17.2 	of the same degree of kinship to the deceased grantee beneficiary, they take equally. If 
17.3 	they are of unequal degree, those of more remote degree take by right of representation.
17.4 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision, words of survivorship such as, in a 
17.5 	conveyance to an individual, "if he or she survives me," or, in a class gift, to "my surviving 
17.6 	children," are a sufficient indication of intent to condition the conveyance or transfer upon 
17.7 	the beneficiary surviving the grantor owner.
17.8 		Subd. 12.Lapse. If all beneficiaries and all successor beneficiaries, if any, 
17.9 	designated in a transfer on death deed, and also all successor beneficiaries who would take 
17.10 	under the antilapse provisions of subdivision 11, fail to survive the grantor owner or the 
17.11 	last survivor of the grantor owners if there are multiple grantor owners, if the beneficiary 
17.12 	is a trust which has been revoked prior to the grantor owner's death, or if the beneficiary is 
17.13 	an entity no longer in existence at the grantor owner's death, no transfer shall occur and 
17.14 	the transfer on death deed is void.
17.15 		Subd. 13.Multiple transfer on death deeds. If a grantor owner executes and 
17.16 	records more than one transfer on death deed conveying the same interest in real property 
17.17 	or a greater interest in the real property, the transfer on death deed that has the latest 
17.18 	acknowledgment date and that is recorded before the death of the grantor owner upon 
17.19 	whose death the conveyance or transfer is conditioned is the effective transfer on death 
17.20 	deed and all other transfer on death deeds, if any, executed by the grantor owner or the 
17.21 	grantor owners are ineffective to transfer any interest and are void.
17.22 		Subd. 14.Nonademption; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance; 
17.23 	sale by conservator or guardian. If at the time of the death of the grantor owner upon 
17.24 	whose death the conveyance or transfer is stated to be effective, the grantor owner did 
17.25 	not own a part or all of the real property described in the transfer on death deed, no 
17.26 	conveyance or transfer to the beneficiary of the nonowned part of the real property shall 
17.27 	occur upon the death of the grantor owner and the transfer on death deed is void as to the 
17.28 	nonowned part of the real property, but the beneficiary shall have the same rights to unpaid 
17.29 	proceeds of sale, condemnation or insurance, and, if sold by a conservator or guardian 
17.30 	of the grantor owner during the grantor owner's lifetime, the same rights to a general 
17.31 	pecuniary devise, as that of a specific devisee as set forth in section 524.2-606.
17.32 		Subd. 15.Nonexoneration. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, a 
17.33 	conveyance or transfer under a transfer on death deed passes the described property 
17.34 	subject to any mortgage or security interest existing at the date of death of the grantor 
17.35 	owner, without right of exoneration, regardless of any statutory obligations to pay the 
18.1 	grantor owner's debts upon death and regardless of a general directive in the grantor 
18.2 	owner's will to pay debts.
18.3 		Subd. 16.Disclaimer by beneficiary. A grantee beneficiary's interest under a 
18.4 	transfer on death deed may be disclaimed as provided in section 501B.86, or as otherwise 
18.5 	provided by law.
18.6 		Subd. 17.Effect on other conveyances. This section does not prohibit other 
18.7 	methods of conveying property that are permitted by law and that have the effect of 
18.8 	postponing ownership or enjoyment of an interest in real property until the death of the 
18.9 	owner. This section does not invalidate any deed that is not a transfer on death deed and 
18.10 	that is otherwise effective to convey title to the interests and estates described in the deed 
18.11 	that is not recorded until after the death of the owner.
18.12 		Subd. 18.Notice, consent, and delivery not required. The signature, consent or 
18.13 	agreement of, or notice to, a grantee beneficiary under a transfer on death deed, or delivery 
18.14 	of the transfer on death deed to the grantee beneficiary, is not required for any purpose 
18.15 	during the lifetime of the grantor owner.
18.16 		Subd. 19.Nonrevocation by will. A transfer on death deed that is executed, 
18.17 	acknowledged, and recorded in accordance with this section is not revoked by the 
18.18 	provisions of a will.
18.19 		Subd. 20.Proof of survivorship and clearance from public assistance claims 
18.20 	and liens; recording. An affidavit of identity and survivorship with a certified copy of a 
18.21 	record of death as an attachment may be combined with a clearance certificate under this 
18.22 	section and the combined documents may be recorded separately or as one document in 
18.23 	each county in which the real estate described in the clearance certificate is located. The 
18.24 	affidavit, record of death, and clearance certificate, whether combined or separate, shall be 
18.25 	prima facie evidence of the facts stated in each, and the registrar of titles may rely on the 
18.26 	statements to transfer title to the property described in the clearance certificate.
18.27 		Subd. 21.After-acquired property. Except as provided in this subdivision, a 
18.28 	transfer on death deed is not effective to transfer any interest in real property acquired by a 
18.29 	grantor owner subsequent to the date of signing of a transfer on death deed. A grantor 
18.30 	owner may provide by specific language in a transfer on death deed that the transfer on 
18.31 	death deed will apply to any interest in the described property acquired by the grantor 
18.32 	owner after the signing or recording of the deed.
18.33 		Subd. 22.Anticipatory alienation prohibited. The interest of a grantee beneficiary 
18.34 	under a transfer on death deed which has not yet become effective is not subject to 
18.35 	alienation; assignment; encumbrance; appointment or anticipation by the beneficiary; 
18.36 	garnishment; attachment; execution or bankruptcy proceedings; claims for alimony, 
19.1 	support, or maintenance; payment of other obligations by any person against the 
19.2 	beneficiary; or any other transfer, voluntary or involuntary, by or from any beneficiary.
19.3 		Subd. 23.Clearance for public assistance claims and liens. Any person claiming 
19.4 	an interest in real property conveyed or transferred by a transfer on death deed, or the 
19.5 	person's attorney or other agent, may apply to the county agency in the county in which 
19.6 	the real property is located for a clearance certificate for the real property described in 
19.7 	the transfer on death deed. The application for a clearance certificate and the clearance 
19.8 	certificate must contain the legal description of each parcel of property covered by the 
19.9 	clearance certificate. The county agency shall provide a sufficient number of clearance 
19.10 	certificates to allow a clearance certificate to be recorded in each county in which the real 
19.11 	property described in the transfer on death deed is located. The real property described in 
19.12 	the clearance certificate is bound by any conditions or other requirements imposed by the 
19.13 	county agency as specified in the clearance certificate. If the real property is registered 
19.14 	property, a new certificate of title must not be issued until the clearance certificate is 
19.15 	recorded. If the clearance certificate shows the continuation of a medical assistance 
19.16 	claim or lien after issuance of the clearance certificate, the real property remains subject 
19.17 	to the claim or lien. If the real property is registered property, the clearance certificate 
19.18 	must be carried forward as a memorial in any new certificate of title. The application 
19.19 	shall contain the same information and shall be submitted, processed, and resolved in the 
19.20 	same manner and on the same terms and conditions as provided in section 525.313 for 
19.21 	a clearance certificate in a decree of descent proceeding, except that a copy of a notice 
19.22 	of hearing does not have to accompany the application. The application may contain a 
19.23 	statement that the applicant, after reasonably diligent inquiry, is not aware of the existence 
19.24 	of a predeceased spouse or the existence of a claim which could be recovered under 
19.25 	section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981. If the county agency determines 
19.26 	that a claim or lien exists under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981, the 
19.27 	provisions of section 525.313 shall apply to collection, compromise, and settlement of 
19.28 	the claim or lien. A person claiming an interest in real property transferred or conveyed 
19.29 	by a transfer on death deed may petition or move the district court, as appropriate, in the 
19.30 	county in which the real property is located or in the county in which a probate proceeding 
19.31 	affecting the estate of the grantor of the transfer on death deed is pending, for an order 
19.32 	allowing sale of the real property free and clear of any public assistance claim or lien but 
19.33 	subject to disposition of the sale proceeds as provided in section 525.313. On a showing of 
19.34 	good cause and subject to such notice as the court may require, the court without hearing 
19.35 	may issue an order allowing the sale free and clear of any public assistance claim or lien 
20.1 	on such terms and conditions as the court deems advisable to protect the interests of 
20.2 	the state or county agency.
20.3 		Subd. 24.Form of transfer on death deed. A transfer on death deed may be 
20.4 	substantially in the following form:
20.5 	Transfer on Death Deed
20.6 	I (we) _______________________ (grantor owner or owners and spouses, 
20.7 	if any, with marital status designated), grantor(s), hereby convey(s) and 
20.8 	quitclaim(s) to _______________________ (grantee beneficiary, whether one 
20.9 	or more) effective (check only one of the following)
20.10 	___ on the death of the grantor owner, if only one grantor is named above, or 
20.11 	on the death of the last of the grantor owners to die, if more than one grantor 
20.12 	owner is named above, or
20.13 	___ on the death of (name of grantor owner)
20.14 	_______________________ (must be one of the grantor owners named above), 
20.15 	the following described real property:
20.16 	(Legal description)
20.17 	If checked, the following optional statement applies:
20.18 	___ When effective, this instrument conveys any and all interests in the 
20.19 	described real property acquired by the grantor owner(s) before, on, or after the 
20.20 	date of this instrument.

20.21			_____
	
20.22			(Signature of grantor(s))
	
20.23		(acknowledgment)
		
20.24 		Subd. 25.Form of instrument of revocation. An instrument of revocation may be 
20.25 	substantially in the following form:
20.26 	Revocation of Transfer on Death Deed
20.27 	The undersigned hereby revokes the transfer on death deed recorded on 
20.28 	__________, ____, as Document No. __________ (or in Book __________ 
20.29 	of _________, Page ____) in the office of the (County Recorder) (Registrar of 
20.30 	Titles) of _____________ County, Minnesota, affecting real property legally 
20.31 	described as follows:

20.32		(legal description)
		
20.33			Dated:
	
20.34			_____
	
21.1			Signature
	
21.2		(acknowledgment)

21.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.52, is amended to read:
21.4 	508.52 CONVEYANCE; CANCELLATION OF OLD AND ISSUANCE OF 
21.5 	NEW CERTIFICATE.
21.6 	An owner of registered land who desires to convey the land, or a portion thereof, in 
21.7 	fee, shall execute a deed of conveyance, and file record the deed with the registrar. The 
21.8 	deed of conveyance shall be filed recorded and endorsed with the number and place of 
21.9 	registration of the certificate of title. Before canceling the outstanding certificate of title 
21.10 	the registrar shall show by memorial thereon the registration of the deed on the basis of 
21.11 	which it is canceled. The encumbrances, claims, or interests adverse to the title of the 
21.12 	registered owner shall be stated upon the new certificate, except so far as they may be 
21.13 	simultaneously released or discharged. The registrar shall not carry forward as a memorial 
21.14 	on the new certificate of title any memorials of a transfer on death deed if the grantors of 
21.15 	the transfer on death deed retain no fee interest in the land covered by the new certificate.
21.16 	The certificate of title shall be marked "Canceled" by the registrar, who shall enter in the 
21.17 	register a new certificate of title to the grantee and prepare and deliver to the grantee a 
21.18 	copy of the new certificate of title. If a deed in fee is for a portion of the land described in 
21.19 	a certificate of title, the memorial of the deed entered by the registrar shall include the 
21.20 	legal description contained in the deed and the registrar shall enter a new certificate of title 
21.21 	to the grantee for the portion of the land conveyed and, except as otherwise provided in 
21.22 	this section, issue a residue certificate of title to the grantor for the portion of the land not 
21.23 	conveyed. The registrar shall prepare and deliver to each of the parties a copy of their 
21.24 	respective certificates of title. In lieu of canceling the grantor's certificate of title and 
21.25 	issuing a residue certificate to the grantor for the portion of the land not conveyed, the 
21.26 	registrar may if the grantor's deed does not divide a parcel of unplatted land, and in the 
21.27 	absence of a request to the contrary by the registered owner, mark by the land description 
21.28 	on the certificate of title "Part of land conveyed, see memorials." The fee for a residue 
21.29 	certificate of title shall be paid to the registrar only when the grantor's certificate of title 
21.30 	is canceled after the conveyance by the grantor of a portion of the land described in the 
21.31 	grantor's certificate of title. When two or more successive conveyances of the same 
21.32 	property are filed for registration on the same day the registrar may enter a certificate 
21.33 	in favor of the grantee or grantees in the last of the successive conveyances, and the 
21.34 	memorial of the previous deed or deeds entered on the prior certificate of title shall have 
21.35 	the same force and effect as though the prior certificate of title had been entered in favor 
22.1 	of the grantee or grantees in the earlier deed or deeds in the successive conveyances. The 
22.2 	fees for the registration of the earlier deed or deeds shall be the same as the fees prescribed 
22.3 	for the entry of memorials. The registrar of titles, with the consent of the transferee, may 
22.4 	mark "See memorials for new owner(s)" by the names of the registered owners on the 
22.5 	certificate of title and also add to the memorial of the transferring conveyance a statement 
22.6 	that the memorial shall serve in lieu of a new certificate of title in favor of the grantee or 
22.7 	grantees therein noted and may refrain from canceling the certificate of title until the time 
22.8 	it is canceled by a subsequent transfer, and the memorial showing such transfer of title 
22.9 	shall have the same effect as the entry of a new certificate of title for the land described in 
22.10 	the certificate of title; the fee for the registration of a conveyance without cancellation of 
22.11 	the certificate of title shall be the same as the fee prescribed for the entry of a memorial.

22.12 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508A.52, is amended to read:
22.13 	508A.52 CONVEYANCE; CANCELLATION OF OLD AND ISSUANCE OF 
22.14 	NEW CPT.
22.15 	An owner of land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 who desires to 
22.16 	convey the land, or a portion of it, in fee, shall execute a deed of conveyance, and file
22.17 	record the deed with the registrar. The deed of conveyance shall be filed recorded and 
22.18 	endorsed with the number and place of registration of the CPT. Before canceling the 
22.19 	outstanding CPT, the registrar shall show by memorial on it the registration of the deed on 
22.20 	the basis of which it is canceled. The encumbrances, claims, or interests adverse to the 
22.21 	title of the registered owner shall be stated upon the new CPT, except so far as they may be 
22.22 	simultaneously released or discharged. The registrar shall not carry forward as a memorial 
22.23 	on the new CPT any memorials of a transfer on death deed if the grantors of the transfer 
22.24 	on death deed retain no fee interest in the real property covered by the new CPT. The CPT 
22.25 	shall be marked "Canceled" by the registrar, who shall enter in the register a new CPT 
22.26 	to the grantee, and prepare and deliver to the grantee a copy of the new CPT. If a deed 
22.27 	in fee is for a portion of the land described in a CPT, the memorial of the deed entered 
22.28 	by the registrar shall include the legal description contained in the deed and the registrar 
22.29 	shall enter a new CPT to the grantee for the portion of the land conveyed and, except as 
22.30 	otherwise provided in this section, issue a residue CPT to the grantor for the portion of 
22.31 	the land not conveyed. The registrar shall prepare and deliver to each of the parties a 
22.32 	copy of their respective CPTs CPT's. In lieu of canceling the grantor's CPT and issuing a 
22.33 	residue CPT to the grantor for the portion of the land not conveyed, the registrar may if the 
22.34 	grantor's deed does not divide a parcel of unplatted land, and in the absence of a request to 
22.35 	the contrary by the registered owner, mark by the land description on the CPT "Part of 
23.1 	land conveyed, see memorials." The fee for a residue CPT shall be paid to the registrar 
23.2 	only when the grantor's CPT is canceled after the conveyance by the grantor of a portion 
23.3 	of the land described in the grantor's CPT. When two or more successive conveyances 
23.4 	of the same property are filed for registration on the same day the registrar may enter a 
23.5 	CPT in favor of the grantee or grantees in the last of the successive conveyances, and the 
23.6 	memorial of the previous deed or deeds entered on the prior CPT shall have the same force 
23.7 	and effect as though the prior CPT had been entered in favor of the grantee or grantees in 
23.8 	the earlier deed or deeds in the successive conveyances. The fees for the registration of the 
23.9 	earlier deed or deeds shall be the same as the fees prescribed for the entry of memorials. 
23.10 	The registrar of titles, with the consent of the transferee, may mark "See memorials for 
23.11 	new owner(s)" by the names of the registered owners on the CPT and also add to the 
23.12 	memorial of the transferring conveyance a statement that the memorial shall serve in lieu 
23.13 	of a new CPT in favor of the grantee or grantees noted in it and may refrain from canceling 
23.14 	the CPT until the time it is canceled by a subsequent transfer, and the memorial showing 
23.15 	the transfer of title shall have the same effect as the entry of a new CPT for the land 
23.16 	described in the CPT. The fee for the registration of a conveyance without cancellation of 
23.17 	the CPT shall be the same as the fee prescribed for the entry of a memorial.

23.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.2-702, is amended to read:
23.19 	524.2-702 REQUIREMENT OF SURVIVAL FOR 120 HOURS FOR 
23.20 	DEVISEES, BENEFICIARIES OF CERTAIN TRUSTS, AND APPOINTEES OF 
23.21 	CERTAIN POWERS OF APPOINTMENT; SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT FOR 
23.22 	OTHER CASES.
23.23 	(a) Requirement of survival for 120 hours. A beneficiary of a trust in which 
23.24 	the grantor has reserved a power to alter, amend, revoke, or terminate the provisions of 
23.25 	the trust who fails to survive the grantor by 120 hours, a devisee who fails to survive 
23.26 	the testator by 120 hours, a beneficiary named in a transfer on death deed under 
23.27 	section 507.071 who fails to survive by 120 hours the grantor owner upon whose death 
23.28 	the conveyance to the beneficiary becomes effective, or an appointee of a power of 
23.29 	appointment taking effect at the death of the holder of the power who fails to survive the 
23.30 	holder of the power by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the grantor, grantor 
23.31 	owner testator, or holder of the power for purposes of determining title to property passing 
23.32 	by the trust instrument, by the testator's will, by the transfer on death deed, or by the 
23.33 	exercise of the power of appointment.
23.34 	(b)(1) Title to property in other cases. In cases not governed by section 524.2-104
23.35 	or paragraph (a), where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon 
24.1 	priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise 
24.2 	than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if the person had 
24.3 	survived, except as provided otherwise in this paragraph.
24.4 	(2) Division of property. Where two or more beneficiaries are designated to take 
24.5 	successively by reason of survivorship under another person's disposition of property 
24.6 	and there is no sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise than 
24.7 	simultaneously the property thus disposed of shall be divided into as many equal portions 
24.8 	as there are successive beneficiaries and these portions shall be distributed respectively to 
24.9 	those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.
24.10 	(3) Division of property. Where there is no sufficient evidence that two joint 
24.11 	tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property 
24.12 	so held shall be distributed one-half as if one had survived and one-half as if the other 
24.13 	had survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them have so died the 
24.14 	property thus distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of 
24.15 	joint tenants.
24.16 	(4) Division of property. Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of 
24.17 	life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have 
24.18 	died otherwise than simultaneously the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if 
24.19 	the insured had survived the beneficiary.
24.20 	(c) Not retroactive. This section does not apply to the distribution of the property of 
24.21 	a person who has died before it takes effect. Paragraph (a) applies only to persons who 
24.22 	die on or after August 1, 1999.
24.23 	(d) Application. This section does not apply in the case of wills, trusts, deeds, 
24.24 	contracts of insurance, or documents exercising powers of appointment wherein provision 
24.25 	has been made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this section. 
24.26 	Paragraph (a) does not apply to trusts which are part of a qualified or nonqualified 
24.27 	retirement plan or individual retirement accounts.

24.28 	Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 24.29 	This article is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to instruments of conveyance of 
24.30 	real property recorded on or after that date, regardless of an instrument's date of execution.

24.31 	ARTICLE 3
24.32 	MISCELLANEOUS REAL PROPERTY

24.33 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 507.24, subdivision 2, is 
24.34 	amended to read:
25.1 		Subd. 2.Original signatures required. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, an 
25.2 	instrument affecting real estate that is to be recorded as provided in this section or other 
25.3 	applicable law must contain the original signatures of the parties who execute it and of the 
25.4 	notary public or other officer taking an acknowledgment. However, a financing statement 
25.5 	that is recorded as a filing pursuant to section 336.9-502(b) need not contain: (1) the 
25.6 	signatures of the debtor or the secured party; or (2) an acknowledgment. An instrument 
25.7 	acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section 358.41 on behalf of a 
25.8 	corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is otherwise entitled to 
25.9 	be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a representative capacity 
25.10 	is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358, without further inquiry into the 
25.11 	authority of the person making the acknowledgment.
25.12 	(b)(1) Any electronic instruments, including signatures and seals, affecting real 
25.13 	estate may only be recorded as part of a pilot project for the electronic filing of real 
25.14 	estate documents implemented by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, or 
25.15 	by the Electronic Real Estate Recording Task Force created under section 507.094. The 
25.16 	Electronic Real Estate Recording Task Force created under section 507.094 may amend 
25.17 	standards set by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, and may set new or 
25.18 	additional standards and establish pilot projects to the full extent permitted in section 
25.19 	507.094, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). Documents recorded in conformity with those 
25.20 	standards and in those pilot projects are deemed to meet the requirements of this section.
25.21 	(2)(i) A county that participated in the pilot project for the electronic filing of real 
25.22 	estate documents under the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, may continue to 
25.23 	record or file documents electronically, if:
25.24 	(A) the county complies with standards adopted by the task force; and
25.25 	(B) the county uses software that was validated by the task force.
25.26 	(ii) A county that did not participate in the pilot project may record or file a real 
25.27 	estate document electronically, if:
25.28 	(A) the document to be recorded or filed is of a type included in the pilot project 
25.29 	for the electronic filing of real estate documents under the task force created in Laws 
25.30 	2000, chapter 391;
25.31 	(B) the county complies with the standards adopted by the task force;
25.32 	(C) the county uses software that was validated by the task force; and
25.33 	(D) the task force created under section 507.094, votes to accept a written 
25.34 	certification of compliance with paragraph (b), clause (2), of this section by the county 
25.35 	board and county recorder of the county to implement electronic filing under this section.
26.1 	(c) Notices filed pursuant to section 168A.141, subdivisions 1 and 3, need not 
26.2 	contain an acknowledgment.

26.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.02, is amended to read:
26.4 	508.02 REGISTERED LAND; SAME INCIDENTS AS UNREGISTERED; 
26.5 	NO ADVERSE POSSESSION.
26.6 	Registered land shall be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by 
26.7 	law to unregistered land. This chapter shall not operate to relieve registered land or the 
26.8 	owners thereof from any rights, duties, or obligations incident to or growing out of the 
26.9 	marriage relation, or from liability to attachment on mesne process, or levy on execution, 
26.10 	or from liability to any lien or charge of any description, created or established by law 
26.11 	upon the land or the buildings situated thereon, or the interest of the owner in such land 
26.12 	or buildings. It shall not operate to change the laws of descent or the rights of partition 
26.13 	between cotenants, or the right to take the land by eminent domain. It shall not operate to 
26.14 	relieve such land from liability to be taken or recovered by any assignee or receiver under 
26.15 	any provision of law relative thereto, and shall not operate to change or affect any other 
26.16 	rights, burdens, liabilities, or obligations created by law and applicable to unregistered 
26.17 	land except as otherwise expressly provided herein. No title to registered land in 
26.18 	derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or by adverse 
26.19 	possession., but the common law doctrine of practical location of boundaries applies 
26.20 	to registered land whenever registered. Section 508.671 shall apply in a proceedings 
26.21 	subsequent to establish a boundary by practical location for registered land.

26.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.48, is amended to read:
26.23 	508.48 INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING TITLE FILED WITH REGISTRAR; 
26.24 	NOTICE.
26.25 	(a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, or judgment, or other 
26.26 	instrument or proceeding, which would affect the title to unregistered land under existing 
26.27 	laws, if recorded, or filed with the county recorder, shall, in like manner, affect the title to 
26.28 	registered land if filed and registered with the registrar in the county where the real estate 
26.29 	is situated, and shall be notice to all persons from the time of such registering or filing 
26.30 	of the interests therein created. Neither the reference in a registered instrument to an 
26.31 	unregistered instrument or interest nor the joinder in a registered instrument by a party or 
26.32 	parties with no registered interest shall constitute notice, either actual or constructive, of 
26.33 	an unregistered interest.
27.1 	(b) An instrument acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section 
27.2 	358.41 on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is 
27.3 	otherwise entitled to be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a 
27.4 	representative capacity is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358, without 
27.5 	further inquiry into the authority of the person making the acknowledgment.

27.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.671, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.7 		Subdivision 1.Petition. An owner of registered land having one or more common 
27.8 	boundaries with registered or unregistered land or an owner of unregistered land having 
27.9 	one or more common boundaries with registered land may apply by a duly verified petition 
27.10 	to the court to have all or some of the common boundary lines judicially determined. The 
27.11 	petition shall contain the full names and post office addresses of all owners of adjoining 
27.12 	lands which are in any manner affected by the boundary determination. At the time of 
27.13 	the filing of the petition with the court administrator, a copy of it, duly certified by the 
27.14 	court administrator, shall be filed for record with the county recorder. If any of the 
27.15 	adjoining lands are registered, the certified copy of the petition also shall be filed with the 
27.16 	registrar of titles and entered as a memorial on the certificate of title for those lands. When 
27.17 	recorded or filed, the certified copy of the petition shall be notice forever to purchasers 
27.18 	and encumbrancers of the pendency of the proceeding and of all matters referred to in the 
27.19 	court files and records pertaining to the proceeding. The owner shall have the premises 
27.20 	surveyed by a licensed land surveyor and shall file in the proceedings a plat of the survey 
27.21 	showing the correct location of the boundary line or lines to be determined. There also 
27.22 	shall be filed with the court administrator a memorandum abstract, satisfactory to the 
27.23 	examiner, showing the record owners and encumbrancers of the adjoining lands which 
27.24 	are in any manner affected by the boundary line determination. The petition shall be 
27.25 	referred to the examiner of titles for examination and report in the manner provided for the 
27.26 	reference of initial applications for registration. Notice of the proceeding shall be given to 
27.27 	all interested persons by the service of a summons which shall be issued in the form and 
27.28 	served in the manner as in initial applications.

27.29 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.30 		Subdivision 1.Effect of registration. Land registered under sections 508A.01 to 
27.31 	508A.85 shall be registered subject to the rights of persons in possession, if any, and rights 
27.32 	which would be disclosed by a survey, except that no title in derogation of that of the 
27.33 	registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession after the date 
27.34 	of the first CPT; otherwise, land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 shall be 
28.1 	subject to the same rights, protections, burdens, and incidents which attach by law to 
28.2 	lands as provided in section 508.02. The common law doctrine of practical location of 
28.3 	boundaries applies to property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 whenever 
28.4 	registered. Section 508.671 shall apply in a proceedings subsequent to establish a 
28.5 	boundary by practical location for property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85.

28.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508A.48, is amended to read:
28.7 	508A.48 FILED INSTRUMENT AFFECTING TITLE IS NOTICE.
28.8 	(a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, or judgment, or other 
28.9 	instrument or proceeding, which would affect the title to unregistered land under existing 
28.10 	laws, if recorded, or filed with the county recorder, shall, in like manner, affect the title to 
28.11 	land registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 if filed and registered with the registrar 
28.12 	in the county where the real estate is situated, and shall be notice to all persons from the 
28.13 	time of the registering or filing of the interests therein created. Neither the reference 
28.14 	in a registered instrument to an unregistered instrument or interest nor the joinder in 
28.15 	a registered instrument by a party or parties with no registered interest shall constitute 
28.16 	notice, either actual or constructive, of an unregistered interest. 
28.17 	(b) An instrument acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section 
28.18 	358.41 on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is 
28.19 	otherwise entitled to be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a 
28.20 	representative capacity is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358, without 
28.21 	further inquiry into the authority of the person making the acknowledgment.

28.22 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 557.02, is amended to read:
28.23 	557.02 NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS.
28.24 	In all actions in which the title to, or any interest in or lien upon, real property is 
28.25 	involved or affected, or is brought in question by either party, any party thereto, at the time 
28.26 	of filing the complaint, or at any time thereafter during the pendency of such action, may 
28.27 	file for record with the county recorder of each county in which any part of the premises 
28.28 	lies a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object 
28.29 	of the action, and a description of the real property in such county involved, affected or 
28.30 	brought in question thereby. From the time of the filing of such notice, and from such time 
28.31 	only, the pendency of the action shall be notice to purchasers and encumbrancers of the 
28.32 	rights and equities of the party filing the same to the premises. When any pleading is 
28.33 	amended in such action, so as to alter the description of, or to extend the claim against, 
28.34 	the premises affected, a new notice may be filed, with like effect. Such notice shall be 
29.1 	recorded in the same book and in the same manner in which mortgages are recorded, and 
29.2 	may be discharged by an entry to that effect in the margin of the record by the party filing 
29.3 	the same, or the party's attorney, in the presence of the recorder, or by writing executed 
29.4 	and acknowledged in the manner of conveyance, whereupon the recorder shall enter a 
29.5 	minute thereof on the margin of such record. The filing of such lis pendens at the time 
29.6 	of filing the complaint and before the commencement of the action shall have no force, 
29.7 	effect, or validity against the premises described in the lis pendens, unless the filing of the 
29.8 	complaint is followed by the service of the summons in the action within 90 days after the 
29.9 	filing of the complaint therein. Any party claiming any title or interest in or to the real 
29.10 	property involved or affected may on such notice as the court shall in each case prescribe, 
29.11 	make application to the district court in the county in which the action is pending or in 
29.12 	which the real property involved or affected is situated, for an order discharging the lis 
29.13 	pendens of record, when any such action has not been brought on for trial within two years 
29.14 	after the filing of the lis pendens and in case the court orders the lis pendens discharged 
29.15 	of record upon the filing of a certified copy of the order of the court in the office of the 
29.16 	county recorder, where the real property is situated, the lis pendens shall be void and of 
29.17 	no force nor effect.

29.18 	Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 29.19 	(a) Sections 1, 3, and 6 are effective the day following final enactment, and apply 
29.20 	to documents acknowledged before, on, or after that date.
29.21 	(b) Sections 2, 4, and 5 are effective August 1, 2008, and apply to land registered 
29.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 508 or 508A, whenever registered.

29.23 	ARTICLE 4
29.24 	UNIFORM PROBATE CODE

29.25 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.2-301, is amended to read:
29.26 	524.2-301 ENTITLEMENT OF SPOUSE; PREMARITAL WILL.
29.27 	(a) A testator's surviving spouse, who If a testator married the testator after the 
29.28 	testator's making a will was executed, is entitled to and the spouse survives the testator, 
29.29 	the surviving spouse shall receive, as an intestate a share, no less than the value of the 
29.30 	share of the estate of the testator equal in value to that which the surviving spouse would 
29.31 	have received if the testator had died intestate as to that portion of the testator's estate, 
29.32 	if any, that neither is devised to a child of the testator who was born before the testator 
29.33 	married the surviving spouse and who is not a child of the surviving spouse nor is devised 
30.1 	to a descendant of such a child or passes under section 524.2-603 or 524.2-604 to such a 
30.2 	child or to a descendant of such a child, unless: 
30.3 	(1) it appears from the will or other evidence that the will was made in contemplation 
30.4 	of the testator's marriage to the surviving spouse provision has been made for, or waived 
30.5 	by, the spouse by prenuptial or postnuptial agreement;
30.6 	(2) the will expresses the discloses an intention that it is to be effective 
30.7 	notwithstanding any subsequent marriage not to make provision for the spouse; or
30.8 	(3) the testator the spouse is provided for the spouse by transfer outside in the will 
30.9 	and the intent that the transfer be in lieu of a testamentary provision is shown by the 
30.10 	testator's statements or is reasonably inferred from the amount of the transfer or other 
30.11 	evidence.
30.12 	(b) In satisfying the share provided by this section, devises made by the will to 
30.13 	the testator's surviving spouse, if any, are applied first, and other devises, other than a 
30.14 	devise to a child of the testator who was born before the testator married the surviving 
30.15 	spouse and who is not a child of the surviving spouse or a devise or substitute gift under 
30.16 	section 524.2-603 or 524.2-604 to a descendant of such a child, abate first as otherwise
30.17 	provided in section 524.3-902. 

30.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.2-402, is amended to read:
30.19 	524.2-402 DESCENT OF HOMESTEAD.
30.20 	(a) If there is a surviving spouse, the homestead, including a manufactured home 
30.21 	which is the family residence, descends free from any testamentary or other disposition of 
30.22 	it to which the spouse has not consented in writing or as provided by law, as follows:
30.23 	(1) if there is no surviving descendant of decedent, to the spouse; or
30.24 	(2) if there are surviving descendants of decedent, then to the spouse for the term of 
30.25 	the spouse's natural life and the remainder in equal shares to the decedent's descendants 
30.26 	by representation.
30.27 	(b) If there is no surviving spouse and the homestead has not been disposed of by 
30.28 	will it descends as other real estate.
30.29 	(c) If the homestead passes by descent or will to the spouse or decedent's descendants
30.30 	or to a trustee of a trust of which the spouse or the decedent's descendants are the sole 
30.31 	current beneficiaries, it is exempt from all debts which were not valid charges on it at the 
30.32 	time of decedent's death except that the homestead is subject to a claim filed pursuant 
30.33 	to section 246.53 for state hospital care or 256B.15 for medical assistance benefits. If 
30.34 	the homestead passes to a person other than a spouse or decedent's descendants or to a 
30.35 	trustee of a trust of which the spouse or the decedent's descendants are the sole current 
31.1 	beneficiaries, it is subject to the payment of expenses of administration, funeral expenses, 
31.2 	expenses of last illness, taxes, and debts. The claimant may seek to enforce a lien or other 
31.3 	charge against a homestead so exempted by an appropriate action in the district court. 
31.4 	(d) For purposes of this section, except as provided in section 524.2-301, the 
31.5 	surviving spouse is deemed to consent to any testamentary or other disposition of the 
31.6 	homestead to which the spouse has not previously consented in writing unless the spouse 
31.7 	files in the manner provided in section 524.2-211, paragraph (f), a petition that asserts the 
31.8 	homestead rights provided to the spouse by this section. 

31.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.3-801, is amended to read:
31.10 	524.3-801 NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
31.11 	(a) Unless notice has already been given under this section, upon appointment of a 
31.12 	general personal representative in informal proceedings or upon the filing of a petition 
31.13 	for formal appointment of a general personal representative, notice thereof, in the form 
31.14 	prescribed by court rule, shall be given under the direction of the court administrator by 
31.15 	publication once a week for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper in the county 
31.16 	wherein the proceedings are pending giving the name and address of the general personal 
31.17 	representative and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four 
31.18 	months after the date of the court administrator's notice which is subsequently published 
31.19 	or be forever barred, unless they are entitled to further service of notice under paragraph 
31.20 	(b) or (c).
31.21 	(b)(1) Within three months after: (i) the date of the first publication of the notice; or 
31.22 	(ii) June 16, 1989, whichever is later, the personal representative may determine, in the 
31.23 	personal representative's discretion, that it is or is not advisable to conduct a reasonably 
31.24 	diligent search for creditors of the decedent who are either not known or not identified. If 
31.25 	the personal representative determines that a reasonably diligent search is advisable, the 
31.26 	personal representative shall conduct the search.
31.27 	(2) If the notice is first published after June 16, 1989, The personal representative 
31.28 	shall, within three months after the date of the first publication of the notice, serve a copy 
31.29 	of the notice upon each then known and identified creditor in the manner provided in 
31.30 	paragraph (c). Notice If the decedent or a predeceased spouse of the decedent received 
31.31 	assistance for which a claim could be filed under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, or 
31.32 	261.04, notice to the commissioner of human services must be given under paragraph (d) 
31.33 	does not satisfy the notice requirements instead of under this paragraph and or paragraph 
31.34 	(c). If notice was first published under the applicable provisions of law under the direction 
31.35 	of the court administrator before June 16, 1989, and if a personal representative is 
32.1 	empowered to act at any time after June 16, 1989, the personal representative shall, within 
32.2 	three months after June 16, 1989, serve upon the then known and identified creditors in 
32.3 	the manner provided in paragraph (c) a copy of the notice as published, together with a 
32.4 	supplementary notice requiring each of the creditors to present any claim within one 
32.5 	month after the date of the service of the notice or be forever barred.
32.6 	(3) Under this section, A creditor is "known" if: (i) the personal representative 
32.7 	knows that the creditor has asserted a claim that arose during the decedent's life against 
32.8 	either the decedent or the decedent's estate; or (ii) the creditor has asserted a claim that 
32.9 	arose during the decedent's life and the fact is clearly disclosed in accessible financial 
32.10 	records known and available to the personal representative; or (iii) the claim of the 
32.11 	creditor would be revealed by a reasonably diligent search for creditors of the decedent in 
32.12 	accessible financial records known and available to the personal representative. Under this 
32.13 	section, a creditor is "identified" if the personal representative's knowledge of the name 
32.14 	and address of the creditor will permit service of notice to be made under paragraph (c).
32.15 	(c) Unless the claim has already been presented to the personal representative or 
32.16 	paid, the personal representative shall serve a copy of any notice and any supplementary
32.17 	the notice required by paragraph (b), clause (1) or (2), upon each creditor of the decedent 
32.18 	who is then known to the personal representative and identified, except a creditor whose 
32.19 	claim has either been presented to the personal representative or paid, either by delivery 
32.20 	of a copy of the required notice to the creditor, or by mailing a copy of the notice to the 
32.21 	creditor by certified, registered, or ordinary first class mail addressed to the creditor at 
32.22 	the creditor's office or place of residence.
32.23 	(d)(1) Effective for decedents dying on or after July 1, 1997, if the decedent or a 
32.24 	predeceased spouse of the decedent received assistance for which a claim could be filed 
32.25 	under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, or 261.04, the personal representative or the 
32.26 	attorney for the personal representative shall serve the commissioner of human services 
32.27 	with notice in the manner prescribed in paragraph (c) as soon as practicable after the 
32.28 	appointment of the personal representative. The notice must state the decedent's full name, 
32.29 	date of birth, and Social Security number and, to the extent then known after making a 
32.30 	reasonably diligent inquiry, the full name, date of birth, and Social Security number for 
32.31 	each of the decedent's predeceased spouses. The notice may also contain a statement that, 
32.32 	after making a reasonably diligent inquiry, the personal representative has determined that 
32.33 	the decedent did not have any predeceased spouses or that the personal representative 
32.34 	has been unable to determine one or more of the previous items of information for a 
32.35 	predeceased spouse of the decedent. A copy of the notice to creditors must be attached to 
32.36 	and be a part of the notice to the commissioner. 
33.1 	(2) Notwithstanding a will or other instrument or law to the contrary, except as 
33.2 	allowed in this paragraph, no property subject to administration by the estate may be 
33.3 	distributed by the estate or the personal representative until 70 days after the date the 
33.4 	notice is served on the commissioner as provided in paragraph (c), unless the local agency 
33.5 	consents as provided for in clause (6). This restriction on distribution does not apply to 
33.6 	the personal representative's sale of real or personal property, but does apply to the net 
33.7 	proceeds the estate receives from these sales. The personal representative, or any person 
33.8 	with personal knowledge of the facts, may provide an affidavit containing the description 
33.9 	of any real or personal property affected by this paragraph and stating facts showing 
33.10 	compliance with this paragraph. If the affidavit describes real property, it may be filed 
33.11 	or recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles for the county where 
33.12 	the real property is located. This paragraph does not apply to proceedings under sections 
33.13 	524.3-1203 and 525.31, or when a duly authorized agent of a county is acting as the 
33.14 	personal representative of the estate. 
33.15 	(3) At any time before an order or decree is entered under section 524.3-1001
33.16 	or 524.3-1002, or a closing statement is filed under section 524.3-1003, the personal 
33.17 	representative or the attorney for the personal representative may serve an amended notice 
33.18 	on the commissioner to add variations or other names of the decedent or a predeceased 
33.19 	spouse named in the notice, the name of a predeceased spouse omitted from the notice, to 
33.20 	add or correct the date of birth or Social Security number of a decedent or predeceased 
33.21 	spouse named in the notice, or to correct any other deficiency in a prior notice. The 
33.22 	amended notice must state the decedent's name, date of birth, and Social Security number, 
33.23 	the case name, case number, and district court in which the estate is pending, and the date 
33.24 	the notice being amended was served on the commissioner. If the amendment adds the 
33.25 	name of a predeceased spouse omitted from the notice, it must also state that spouse's full 
33.26 	name, date of birth, and Social Security number. The amended notice must be served on 
33.27 	the commissioner in the same manner as the original notice. Upon service, the amended 
33.28 	notice relates back to and is effective from the date the notice it amends was served, 
33.29 	and the time for filing claims arising under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16 or 261.04
33.30 	is extended by 60 days from the date of service of the amended notice. Claims filed 
33.31 	during the 60-day period are undischarged and unbarred claims, may be prosecuted by 
33.32 	the entities entitled to file those claims in accordance with section 524.3-1004, and the 
33.33 	limitations in section 524.3-1006 do not apply. The personal representative or any person 
33.34 	with personal knowledge of the facts may provide and file or record an affidavit in the 
33.35 	same manner as provided for in clause (1). 
34.1 	(4) Within one year after the date an order or decree is entered under section 
34.2 	524.3-1001 or 524.3-1002 or a closing statement is filed under section 524.3-1003, any 
34.3 	person who has an interest in property that was subject to administration by the estate may 
34.4 	serve an amended notice on the commissioner to add variations or other names of the 
34.5 	decedent or a predeceased spouse named in the notice, the name of a predeceased spouse 
34.6 	omitted from the notice, to add or correct the date of birth or Social Security number of a 
34.7 	decedent or predeceased spouse named in the notice, or to correct any other deficiency 
34.8 	in a prior notice. The amended notice must be served on the commissioner in the same 
34.9 	manner as the original notice and must contain the information required for amendments 
34.10 	under clause (3). If the amendment adds the name of a predeceased spouse omitted from 
34.11 	the notice, it must also state that spouse's full name, date of birth, and Social Security 
34.12 	number. Upon service, the amended notice relates back to and is effective from the date 
34.13 	the notice it amends was served. If the amended notice adds the name of an omitted 
34.14 	predeceased spouse or adds or corrects the Social Security number or date of birth of the 
34.15 	decedent or a predeceased spouse already named in the notice, then, notwithstanding any 
34.16 	other laws to the contrary, claims against the decedent's estate on account of those persons 
34.17 	resulting from the amendment and arising under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, or 
34.18 	261.04 are undischarged and unbarred claims, may be prosecuted by the entities entitled 
34.19 	to file those claims in accordance with section 524.3-1004, and the limitations in section 
34.20 	524.3-1006 do not apply. The person filing the amendment or any other person with 
34.21 	personal knowledge of the facts may provide and file or record an affidavit describing 
34.22 	affected real or personal property in the same manner as clause (1). 
34.23 	(5) After one year from the date an order or decree is entered under section 
34.24 	524.3-1001 or 524.3-1002, or a closing statement is filed under section 524.3-1003, no 
34.25 	error, omission, or defect of any kind in the notice to the commissioner required under 
34.26 	this paragraph or in the process of service of the notice on the commissioner, or the 
34.27 	failure to serve the commissioner with notice as required by this paragraph, makes any 
34.28 	distribution of property by a personal representative void or voidable. The distributee's 
34.29 	title to the distributed property shall be free of any claims based upon a failure to comply 
34.30 	with this paragraph. 
34.31 	(6) The local agency may consent to a personal representative's request to distribute 
34.32 	property subject to administration by the estate to distributees during the 70-day period 
34.33 	after service of notice on the commissioner. The local agency may grant or deny the 
34.34 	request in whole or in part and may attach conditions to its consent as it deems appropriate. 
34.35 	When the local agency consents to a distribution, it shall give the estate a written certificate 
34.36 	evidencing its consent to the early distribution of assets at no cost. The certificate must 
35.1 	include the name, case number, and district court in which the estate is pending, the name 
35.2 	of the local agency, describe the specific real or personal property to which the consent 
35.3 	applies, state that the local agency consents to the distribution of the specific property 
35.4 	described in the consent during the 70-day period following service of the notice on the 
35.5 	commissioner, state that the consent is unconditional or list all of the terms and conditions 
35.6 	of the consent, be dated, and may include other contents as may be appropriate. The 
35.7 	certificate must be signed by the director of the local agency or the director's designees 
35.8 	and is effective as of the date it is dated unless it provides otherwise. The signature of the 
35.9 	director or the director's designee does not require any acknowledgment. The certificate 
35.10 	shall be prima facie evidence of the facts it states, may be attached to or combined with a 
35.11 	deed or any other instrument of conveyance and, when so attached or combined, shall 
35.12 	constitute a single instrument. If the certificate describes real property, it shall be accepted 
35.13 	for recording or filing by the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county in which 
35.14 	the property is located. If the certificate describes real property and is not attached to or 
35.15 	combined with a deed or other instrument of conveyance, it shall be accepted for recording 
35.16 	or filing by the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county in which the property is 
35.17 	located. The certificate constitutes a waiver of the 70-day period provided for in clause (2) 
35.18 	with respect to the property it describes and is prima facie evidence of service of notice on 
35.19 	the commissioner. The certificate is not a waiver or relinquishment of any claims arising 
35.20 	under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, or 261.04, and does not otherwise constitute a 
35.21 	waiver of any of the personal representative's duties under this paragraph. Distributees 
35.22 	who receive property pursuant to a consent to an early distribution shall remain liable to 
35.23 	creditors of the estate as provided for by law. 
35.24 	(7) All affidavits provided for under this paragraph:
35.25 	(i) shall be provided by persons who have personal knowledge of the facts stated 
35.26 	in the affidavit;
35.27 	(ii) may be filed or recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of 
35.28 	titles in the county in which the real property they describe is located for the purpose of 
35.29 	establishing compliance with the requirements of this paragraph; and
35.30 	(iii) are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.
35.31 	(8) This paragraph applies to the estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 1997. 
35.32 	Clause (5) also applies with respect to all notices served on the commissioner of human 
35.33 	services before July 1, 1997, under Laws 1996, chapter 451, article 2, section 55. All 
35.34 	notices served on the commissioner before July 1, 1997, pursuant to Laws 1996, chapter 
35.35 	451, article 2, section 55, shall be deemed to be legally sufficient for the purposes for 
35.36 	which they were intended, notwithstanding any errors, omissions or other defects.

36.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.3-803, is amended to read:
36.2 	524.3-803 LIMITATIONS ON PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
36.3 	(a) All claims as defined in section 524.1-201(6), against a decedent's estate which 
36.4 	arose before the death of the decedent, including claims of the state and any subdivision 
36.5 	thereof, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, 
36.6 	if not barred earlier by other statute of limitations, are barred against the estate, the personal 
36.7 	representative, and the heirs and devisees of the decedent, unless presented as follows: 
36.8 	(1) in the case of a creditor who is only entitled, under the United States Constitution 
36.9 	and under the Minnesota Constitution, to notice by publication under section 524.3-801, 
36.10 	within four months after the date of the court administrator's notice to creditors which 
36.11 	is subsequently published pursuant to section 524.3-801; 
36.12 	(2) in the case of a creditor who was served with notice under section 524.3-801(c), 
36.13 	within the later to expire of four months after the date of the first publication of notice to 
36.14 	creditors or one month after the service; 
36.15 	(3) within the later to expire of one year after the decedent's death, or one year after 
36.16 	June 16, 1989, whether or not notice to creditors has been published or served under 
36.17 	section 524.3-801, provided, however, that in the case of a decedent who died before June 
36.18 	16, 1989, no claim which was then barred by any provision of law may be deemed to have 
36.19 	been revived by the amendment of this section. 
36.20 	(b) All claims against a decedent's estate which arise at or after the death of the 
36.21 	decedent, including claims of the state and any subdivision thereof, whether due or to 
36.22 	become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, are barred against the 
36.23 	estate, the personal representative, and the heirs and devisees of the decedent, unless 
36.24 	presented as follows:
36.25 	(1) a claim based on a contract with the personal representative, within four months 
36.26 	after performance by the personal representative is due;
36.27 	(2) any other claim, within four months after it arises.
36.28 	(c) Nothing in this section affects or prevents:
36.29 	(1) any proceeding to enforce any mortgage, pledge, or other lien upon property 
36.30 	of the estate;
36.31 	(2) any proceeding to establish liability of the decedent or the personal representative 
36.32 	for which there is protection by liability insurance, to the limits of the insurance protection 
36.33 	only;
36.34 	(3) the presentment and payment at any time within one year after the decedent's 
36.35 	death of any claim arising before the death of the decedent that is referred to in section 
36.36 	524.3-715, clause (18), although the same may be otherwise barred under this section; or 
37.1 	(4) the presentment and payment at any time before a petition is filed in compliance 
37.2 	with section 524.3-1001 or 524.3-1002 or a closing statement is filed under section 
37.3 	524.3-1003, of: 
37.4 	(i) any claim arising after the death of the decedent that is referred to in section 
37.5 	524.3-715, clause (18), although the same may be otherwise barred hereunder; 
37.6 	(ii) any other claim, including claims subject to clause (3), which would otherwise be 
37.7 	barred hereunder, upon allowance by the court upon petition of the personal representative 
37.8 	or the claimant for cause shown on notice and hearing as the court may direct.

37.9 	ARTICLE 5
37.10 	MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE

37.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 507.092, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
37.12 		Subdivision 1.To get tax statements. (a) No contract for deed or deed conveying 
37.13 	fee title to real estate shall be recorded by the county recorder or registered by the registrar 
37.14 	of titles until the name and address of the grantee, to whom future tax statements should be 
37.15 	sent, is printed, typewritten, stamped or written on it in a legible manner. An instrument 
37.16 	complies with this subdivision if it contains a statement in the following form: "Tax 
37.17 	statements for the real property described in this instrument should be sent to:
37.18 	............... (legal name of grantee) ............... (residential or business address)."
37.19 	(b) The name provided under paragraph (a) must be the legal name of the grantee 
37.20 	and the address must be the residential or business address of the grantee.

37.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section applies to a contract for deed or deed conveying 
37.22 	fee title to real estate acknowledged by any party on or after August 1, 2008.

37.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 510.05, is amended to read:
37.24 	510.05 LIMITATIONS.
37.25 	The amount of the homestead exemption shall not be reduced by and shall not extend 
37.26 	to any mortgage lawfully obtained thereon, to any valid lien for taxes or assessments, to a 
37.27 	claim filed pursuant to section 246.53 or 256B.15, to any charge arising under the laws 
37.28 	relating to laborers or material suppliers' liens or to any charge obtained under section 
37.29 	481.13 pursuant to a valid waiver of the homestead exemption. 

37.30 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 550.19, is amended to read:
37.31 	550.19 SERVICE ON JUDGMENT DEBTOR.
38.1 	If the sale is of personal property, at or before the time of posting notice of sale, the 
38.2 	officer shall serve a copy of the execution and inventory, and of the notice, upon the 
38.3 	judgment debtor, if the debtor is a resident of the county, in the manner required by law 
38.4 	for the service of a summons in a civil action. If the sale is of real property, a judgment 
38.5 	creditor must, at least four weeks before the appointed time of sale, serve a copy of the 
38.6 	notice of sale in like manner as a summons in a civil action in the district court upon the 
38.7 	judgment debtor if the judgment debtor is a resident of the county and upon any person 
38.8 	in possession of the homestead other than the judgment debtor. In addition, the notice 
38.9 	of sale must also be served upon all persons who have recorded a request for notice in 
38.10 	accordance with section 580.032.

38.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 550.22, is amended to read:
38.12 	550.22 CERTIFICATE OF SALE OF REALTY.
38.13 	When a sale of real property is made upon execution, or pursuant to a judgment or 
38.14 	order of a court, unless otherwise specified therein, the officer shall execute and deliver 
38.15 	to the purchaser a certificate containing:
38.16 	(1) a description of the execution, judgment, or order;
38.17 	(2) a description of the property;
38.18 	(3) the date of the sale and the name of the purchaser;
38.19 	(4) the price paid for each parcel separately;
38.20 	(5) if subject to redemption, the time allowed by law therefor;
38.21 	(6) the interest rate in effect on the date of the sheriff's sale;  and
38.22 	(6) (7) the amount of the debtor's homestead exemption, if any, as determined under 
38.23 	section 550.175.
38.24 	Such certificate shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the manner 
38.25 	provided by law for a conveyance of real property, shall be prima facie evidence of the 
38.26 	facts stated, and, upon expiration of the time for redemption, shall operate as a conveyance 
38.27 	to the purchaser of all the right, title, and interest of the person whose property is sold in 
38.28 	and to the same, at the date of the lien upon which the same was sold. Any person desiring 
38.29 	to perpetuate evidence that any real property sold under this section was not homestead 
38.30 	real property may procure an affidavit by the person enforcing the judgment, or that 
38.31 	person's attorney, or someone having knowledge of the facts, setting forth that the real 
38.32 	property was not homestead real property. The affidavit shall be recorded by the county 
38.33 	recorder or registrar of titles, and the affidavit and certified copies of the affidavit shall 
38.34 	be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.

39.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
39.2 	sheriff's sales conducted on or after that date.

39.3 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 550.24, is amended to read:
39.4 	550.24 REDEMPTION OF REALTY.
39.5 	(a) Upon the sale of real property, if the estate sold is less than a leasehold of two 
39.6 	years' unexpired term, the sale is absolute. In all other cases the property sold, or any 
39.7 	portion thereof which has been sold separately, is subject to redemption as provided 
39.8 	in this section.
39.9 	(b) The judgment debtor, the debtor's heirs, successors, legal representatives, or 
39.10 	assigns may redeem within one year after the day of sale, or order confirming sale if the 
39.11 	property is a homestead, by paying, to the purchaser or the officer making the sale, the 
39.12 	amount for which the property was sold with interest at the rate stated in the certificate 
39.13 	of sale, and if no rate is provided in the certificate of sale, the lesser of the judgment 
39.14 	rate in effect on the date of the sale or six percent per annum, on the amount of the sale 
39.15 	in excess of the homestead exemption, at the judgment rate and if the purchaser is a 
39.16 	creditor having a prior lien, the amount thereof, with interest, on the amount of the sale 
39.17 	in excess of the homestead exemption, at the judgment rate together with any costs as 
39.18 	provided in sections 582.03 and 582.031.
39.19 	(c) If there is no redemption during the debtor's redemption period, creditors having 
39.20 	a lien, legal or equitable, on the property or some part thereof, subsequent to that on 
39.21 	which it was sold may redeem in the manner provided for redemption by creditors of the 
39.22 	mortgagor in section 580.24, in the order of their respective liens. 
39.23 	(d) If the property is abandoned during the judgment debtor's redemption period, 
39.24 	the person holding the sheriff's certificate may request that the court reduce the judgment 
39.25 	debtor's redemption period to five weeks using the procedures provided for a foreclosure 
39.26 	by action in section 582.032, subdivision 5.

39.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
39.28 	redemptions made from sheriff's sales conducted on or after that date.

39.29 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.02, is amended to read:
39.30 	580.02 REQUISITES FOR FORECLOSURE.
39.31 	To entitle any party to make such foreclosure, it is requisite:
39.32 	(1) that some default in a condition of such mortgage has occurred, by which the 
39.33 	power to sell has become operative;
40.1 	(2) that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then 
40.2 	remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding 
40.3 	has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the 
40.4 	judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part;
40.5 	(3) that the mortgage has been recorded and, if it has been assigned, that all 
40.6 	assignments thereof have been recorded; provided, that, if the mortgage is upon registered 
40.7 	land, it shall be sufficient if the mortgage and all assignments thereof have been duly 
40.8 	registered; and
40.9 	(4) before the notice of pendency as required under section 580.032 is recorded, the 
40.10 	party has complied with section 580.021.

40.11 	Sec. 7. [580.021] FORECLOSURE PREVENTION COUNSELING.
40.12 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies to foreclosure of mortgages under 
40.13 	this chapter on property consisting of one to four family dwelling units, one of which 
40.14 	the owner occupies as the owner's principal place of residency on the date of service of 
40.15 	the notice of sale of the owner.
40.16 		Subd. 2.Requirement to provide notice of opportunity for counseling. When 
40.17 	the written notice required under section 47.20, subdivision 8, is provided and before the 
40.18 	notice of pendency under section 580.032, subdivision 3, is filed, a party foreclosing on a 
40.19 	mortgage must provide to the mortgagor information contained in a form prescribed in 
40.20 	section 580.022, subdivision 1, that:
40.21 	(1) foreclosure prevention counseling services provided by an authorized foreclosure 
40.22 	prevention counseling agency are available; and
40.23 	(2) notice that the party will transmit the homeowner's name, address, and telephone 
40.24 	number to an approved foreclosure prevention agency.
40.25 	Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the notices required by this subdivision 
40.26 	from being provided concurrently with the written notice required under section 47.20, 
40.27 	subdivision 8.
40.28 	For the purposes of this section, an "authorized foreclosure prevention counseling 
40.29 	agency" is a nonprofit agency approved by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency or 
40.30 	the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide foreclosure 
40.31 	prevention counseling services.
40.32 		Subd. 3.Notification to authorized counseling agency. The party entitled to 
40.33 	foreclose shall, within one week of sending the notice prescribed in section 580.022, 
40.34 	provide to the appropriate authorized foreclosure prevention agency the mortgagor's 
40.35 	name, address, and most recent known telephone number.
41.1 		Subd. 4.Notice of provision of counseling; request for contact information. (a) 
41.2 	An authorized foreclosure prevention agency that contacts or is contacted by a mortgagor 
41.3 	or the mortgagor's authorized representative and agrees to provide foreclosure prevention 
41.4 	assistance services to the mortgagor or representative must provide the form prescribed in 
41.5 	section 580.022 to the mortgagee. The form serves as notice to the mortgagee that the 
41.6 	mortgagor is receiving foreclosure prevention counseling assistance.
41.7 	(b) The mortgagee must return the form to the authorized foreclosure prevention 
41.8 	agency within 15 days of receipt of the form with the name and telephone number of the 
41.9 	mortgagee's agent. The agent must be a person authorized by the mortgagee to:
41.10 	(1) discuss with the authorized foreclosure prevention agency or the mortgagor 
41.11 	the terms of the mortgage; and
41.12 	(2) negotiate any resolution to the mortgagor's default.
41.13 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision requires a mortgagee to reach a resolution relating to 
41.14 	the mortgagor's default.

41.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to a 
41.16 	foreclosure in which the notice under section 47.20, subdivision 8, is sent on or after 
41.17 	that date.

41.18 	Sec. 8. [580.022] FORMS.
41.19 		Subdivision 1. Counseling form. The notice required under section 580.021, 
41.20 	subdivision 2, clause (2), must be printed on colored paper that is other than the color of 
41.21 	any other document provided with it and must appear substantially as follows:
41.22 	"PREFORECLOSURE NOTICE
41.23 	 Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
41.24 	Why You Are Getting This Notice
41.25 	We do not want you to lose your home and your equity. Government-approved 
41.26 	nonprofit agencies are available to, if possible, help you prevent foreclosure.
41.27 	We have given your contact information to an authorized foreclosure prevention 
41.28 	counseling agency to contact you to help you prevent foreclosure.
41.29 	Who Are These Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Agencies
41.30 	They are nonprofit agencies who are experts in housing and foreclosure prevention 
41.31 	counseling and assistance. They are experienced in dealing with lenders and homeowners 
41.32 	who are behind on mortgage payments and can help you understand your options and 
41.33 	work with you to address your delinquency. They are approved by either the Minnesota 
42.1 	Housing Finance Agency or the United States Department of Housing and Urban 
42.2 	Development. They are not connected with us in any way.
42.3 	Which Agency Will Contact You
42.4 	[insert name, address, and telephone number of agency]
42.5 	You can also contact them directly."
42.6 		Subd. 2.Notice of Counseling and Request for Contact Information form. The 
42.7 	notice required in section 580.021, subdivision 4, must be substantially in the following 
42.8 	form:
42.9 	"PREFORECLOSURE NOTICE
42.10 	NOTICE OF PROVISION OF FORECLOSURE PREVENTION COUNSELING 
42.11 	AND REQUEST FOR MORTGAGEE CONTACT INFORMATION
42.12 	[Insert agency name] has been contacted by your customer regarding foreclosure 
42.13 	prevention counseling in response to the current foreclosure proceedings involving the 
42.14 	customer's real property. Please provide the following contact information pursuant to 
42.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 580.021, subdivision 4, by completing and returning this form 
42.16 	via fax [insert fax number] or via e-mail at [insert e-mail address].

42.17	To be completed by Counseling Agency
	
42.18	Consumer Name:
_____	
42.19	CONSUMER CONTACT INFORMATION:
	
42.20	Address:
_____	
42.21	City, State, Zip Code:
_____	
42.22	Daytime Phone:
_____	
42.23	Nighttime Phone:
_____	

42.24	PROPERTY AT RISK FOR FORECLOSURE (if differs from above):
	
42.25	Address:
_____	
42.26	City, State, Zip Code:
_____	

42.27	COUNSELING AGENCY CONTACT:
	
42.28	Name:
_____	
42.29	Agency:
_____	
42.30	Phone:
_____	
42.31	Fax:
_____	
42.32	E-mail:
_____	

42.33	To be completed by Lender
	
42.34	Contact Name:
_____	
42.35	Address:
_____	
42.36	City, State, Zip Code:
_____	
42.37	Phone:
_____	
43.1	Fax:
_____	
43.2	E-mail:_____"

43.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.03, is amended to read:
43.4 	580.03 NOTICE OF SALE; SERVICE ON OCCUPANT.
43.5 	Six weeks' published notice shall be given that such mortgage will be foreclosed by 
43.6 	sale of the mortgaged premises or some part thereof, and at least four weeks before the 
43.7 	appointed time of sale a copy of such notice shall be served in like manner as a summons 
43.8 	in a civil action in the district court upon the person in possession of the mortgaged 
43.9 	premises, if the same are actually occupied. If there be a building on such premises used 
43.10 	by a church or religious corporation, for its usual meetings, service upon any officer or 
43.11 	trustee of such corporation shall be a sufficient service upon it. The notice required by 
43.12 	section sections580.041and 580.042 must be served simultaneously with the notice of 
43.13 	foreclosure required by this section.

43.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
43.15 	notices of sale first published on or after that date.

43.16 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.17 		Subd. 2.Content of notice. The notice required by this section must appear 
43.18 	substantially as follows:
43.19 	"Help For Homeowners in Foreclosure
43.20 	Minnesota law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. 
43.21 	Please read it carefully.

43.22	The attorney preparing this foreclosure is:
_____	
43.23	(Attorney name, address, phone)
	
43.24	It is being prepared for:
	
43.25	_____
	
43.26	(Lender name, loss mitigation phone number)
	
43.27 	AS OF [insert date], this lender says that you owe $[insert dollar amount] to bring 
43.28 	your mortgage up to date. You must pay this amount to keep your house from going 
43.29 	through a sheriff's sale. The sheriff's sale is scheduled for [insert date] at [insert 
43.30 	time] at [insert place].
43.31 	Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some People may approach contact you 
43.32 	about "saving" with advice and offers to help "save" your home. You should be 
43.33 	careful about any such promises.
44.1 	The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure 
44.2 	before entering into any agreements with anyone in connection with the foreclosure 
44.3 	of your home. There are government agencies and nonprofit organizations that you 
44.4 	may contact for helpful information about the foreclosure process. For the name and 
44.5 	telephone number of an organization near you please call the Minnesota Housing 
44.6 	Finance Agency (MHFA) at (insert telephone number). The state does not guarantee 
44.7 	the advice of these agencies.
44.8 	Do not delay dealing with the foreclosure because your options may become more 
44.9 	limited as time passes."
44.10 	Remember: It is important that you learn as much as you can about foreclosure and 
44.11 	your situation. Find out about all your options before you make any agreements with 
44.12 	anyone about the foreclosure of your home.
44.13 	Getting Help
44.14 	As soon as possible, you should contact your lender at the above number to talk 
44.15 	about things you might be able to do to prevent foreclosure. You should also 
44.16 	consider contacting the foreclosure prevention counselor in your area. A foreclosure 
44.17 	prevention counselor can answer your questions, offer free advice, and help you 
44.18 	create a plan which makes sense for your situation.
44.19 	Contact the Minnesota Home Ownership Center at 651-659-9336 or 866-462-6466 
44.20 	or www.hocmn.org to get the phone number and location of the nearest counseling 
44.21 	organization. Call today. The longer you wait, the fewer options you may have for 
44.22 	a desirable result.
44.23 	Information About the Foreclosure Process
44.24 	You do not need to move at the time of the sheriff's sale. After the sheriff's sale you 
44.25 	have the right to "redeem." Redeem means that you pay off the entire loan amount 
44.26 	plus fees to keep your house. You can keep living in your home for a period of time. 
44.27 	This is called a "redemption period." The redemption period is [insert number of 
44.28 	months] months after the sheriff's sale. This redemption period is your chance to 
44.29 	try and sell your home or refinance it with a different loan. You can also pay the 
44.30 	redemption amount with any other funds you have available. At the end of the 
44.31 	redemption period you will have to leave your home. If you do not, the person or 
44.32 	company that bid on your home at the sheriff's sale has the right to file an eviction 
44.33 	against you in district court."

44.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
44.35 	notices of sale first published on or after that date.

45.1 	Sec. 11. [580.042] FORECLOSURE ADVICE NOTICE TO TENANT.
45.2 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. This section applies to foreclosure of mortgages 
45.3 	under this chapter.
45.4 		Subd. 2.Form of delivery of notice. The notice required by this section must be in 
45.5 	14-point boldface type and must be printed on colored paper that is other than the color of 
45.6 	the notice of foreclosure and of the notice to be given under section 580.041, subdivision 
45.7 	1b, and that does not obscure or overshadow the content of the notice. The title of the 
45.8 	notice must be in 20-point boldface type. The notice must be on its own page.
45.9 		Subd. 3.Content of notice. The notice required by this section must appear 
45.10 	substantially as follows.
45.11 	"Foreclosure: Advice to Tenants
45.12 	You are renting in a property that is in foreclosure. Minnesota law requires that we 
45.13 	send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.
45.14 	The mortgage foreclosure does not change the terms of your lease. You and 
45.15 	your landlord must continue to follow the terms of your lease, including the rights 
45.16 	and responsibilities of you and your landlord. You must keep paying rent unless you 
45.17 	have a legal reason to withhold it. Your landlord must keep the property repaired. 
45.18 	Utilities must be paid under the terms of your lease or under state law.
45.19 	Moving out of the property early might be a violation of your lease. The date 
45.20 	of the sheriff's foreclosure sale is in the attached foreclosure notice. In most cases you 
45.21 	do not need to move from the property before the sheriff's foreclosure sale. Read your 
45.22 	lease to see if it says anything about foreclosure and about the rights you may have if the 
45.23 	property is in foreclosure. If you have a month-to-month lease, the foreclosure notice does 
45.24 	not change the rules for ending your lease. You and your landlord must still give legal 
45.25 	notice to end your lease.
45.26 	In most cases, your landlord has six months after the date of the sheriff's foreclosure 
45.27 	sale to pay off the mortgage. This is called the "redemption period." Read the attached 
45.28 	foreclosure notice to determine the length of the redemption period. You cannot be asked 
45.29 	to move during the redemption period except for lease violations or if your lease expires 
45.30 	during the redemption period. If your landlord stops the foreclosure, you may not have to 
45.31 	move from the property. If your landlord does not stop the foreclosure, there will be a new 
45.32 	owner of the property at the end of the redemption period.
45.33 	The new owner may have the legal right to ask you to move even if your lease is 
45.34 	not over. But, the new owner must still give you a written notice stating that the new 
45.35 	owner wants you to move.
46.1 	Do not wait to get information about foreclosure. Mortgage foreclosure is a 
46.2 	complicated process. It is important you learn about your rights as a renter when there 
46.3 	is a mortgage foreclosure. You may have fewer options if you wait too long. There 
46.4 	are government agencies and nonprofit organizations that you may contact for helpful 
46.5 	information about the foreclosure process. For the name and telephone number of an 
46.6 	organization near you, please call the legal aid office or bar association office in your 
46.7 	county. You also can find information on tenant rights at HOME Line at (866) 866-3546 
46.8 	and Law Help Minnesota at http://www.LawHelpMN.org. The state of Minnesota does 
46.9 	not guarantee the advice of these agencies and organizations."
46.10 		Subd. 4.Affidavit. Any person may establish compliance with or inapplicability of 
46.11 	this section by recording, with the county recorder or registrar of titles, an affidavit by 
46.12 	a person having knowledge of the facts, stating that the notice required by this section 
46.13 	has been delivered in compliance with this section. The affidavit and a certified copy 
46.14 	of a recorded affidavit is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit. The 
46.15 	affidavit may be recorded regarding any foreclosure sale, including foreclosure sales 
46.16 	that occurred prior to August 1, 2008, and may be recorded separately or as part of the 
46.17 	record of a foreclosure.
46.18 		Subd. 5.Validation of foreclosure sales; remedy for violation. (a) No mortgage 
46.19 	foreclosure sale under this chapter is invalid because of failure to comply with this section.
46.20 	(b) A person who violates this section is liable for $500 to the lessee of the mortgagor 
46.21 	at the time the notice should have been served. A person is not liable in an action for a 
46.22 	violation of this section if the person shows by a preponderance of the evidence that the 
46.23 	violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error and the person adopted 
46.24 	and maintained reasonable procedures to avoid the error. A plaintiff does not have cause 
46.25 	of action if the defendant has complied with section 580.03.

46.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
46.27 	notices of sale first published on or after that date.

46.28 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.06, is amended to read:
46.29 	580.06 SALE, HOW AND BY WHOM MADE.
46.30 	The sale shall be made by the sheriff or the sheriff's deputy at public vendue to the 
46.31 	highest bidder, in the county in which the premises to be sold, or some part thereof, are 
46.32 	situated, between 9:00 a.m. and the setting of the sun 4:00 p.m.

47.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.07, is amended to read:
47.2 	580.07 POSTPONEMENT.
47.3 	The sale may be postponed, from time to time, by the party conducting the 
47.4 	foreclosure, by inserting a notice of the postponement, as soon as practicable, in the 
47.5 	newspaper in which the original advertisement was published, and continuing the 
47.6 	publication until the time to which the sale is postponed, at the expense of the party 
47.7 	requesting the postponement. The notice shall be published only once.

47.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
47.9 	sheriff's sales scheduled to occur on or after that date.

47.10 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.12, is amended to read:
47.11 	580.12 CERTIFICATE OF SALE; RECORD; EFFECT.
47.12 	When any sale of real property is made under a power of sale contained in any 
47.13 	mortgage, the officer shall make and deliver to the purchaser a certificate, executed in the 
47.14 	same manner as a conveyance, containing:
47.15 	(1) a description of the mortgage;
47.16 	(2) a description of the property sold;
47.17 	(3) the price paid for each parcel sold;
47.18 	(4) the time and place of the sale, and the name of the purchaser;
47.19 	(5) the interest rate in effect on the date of the sheriff's sale; and
47.20 	(5) (6) the time allowed by law for redemption, provided that if the redemption 
47.21 	period stated in the certificate is five weeks and a longer redemption period was stated in 
47.22 	the published notice of foreclosure sale, a certified copy of the court order entered under 
47.23 	section 582.032, authorizing reduction of the redemption period to five weeks, must be 
47.24 	attached to the certificate. 
47.25 	A certificate which states a five-week redemption period must be recorded within 
47.26 	ten days after the sale; any other certificate must be recorded within 20 days after the 
47.27 	sale. When so recorded, upon expiration of the time for redemption, the certificate shall 
47.28 	operate as a conveyance to the purchaser or the purchaser's assignee of all the right, title, 
47.29 	and interest of the mortgagor in and to the premises named therein at the date of such 
47.30 	mortgage, without any other conveyance. A certificate must not contain a time allowed 
47.31 	for redemption that is less than the time specified by section 580.23, 582.032, or 582.32, 
47.32 	whichever applies. 

47.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
47.34 	sheriff's sales conducted on or after that date.

48.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.2 		Subdivision 1.Six-month redemption period. (a) When lands have been sold in 
48.3 	conformity with the preceding sections of this chapter, the mortgagor, the mortgagor's 
48.4 	personal representatives or assigns, within six months after such sale, except as otherwise 
48.5 	provided in subdivision 2 or section 582.032 or 582.32, may redeem such lands, as 
48.6 	hereinafter provided, by paying the sum of money for which the same were sold, with 
48.7 	interest from the time of sale at the rate provided to be paid on the mortgage debt as stated 
48.8 	in the certificate of sale and, if no rate be provided in the mortgage note certificate of sale, 
48.9 	at the rate of six percent per annum, together with any further sums which may be payable 
48.10 	as provided in sections 582.03 and 582.031. 
48.11 	(b) Delivery of funds and documents for redemption must be made at the normal 
48.12 	place of business of the recipient, on days other than Sunday, Saturday, and legal holidays, 
48.13 	between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. 
48.14 	(c) Regardless of the length of the redemption period, the sheriff may accept a 
48.15 	specific sum less than the full amount due for redemption by the mortgagor upon receipt 
48.16 	by the sheriff, prior to expiration of the redemption period, of written confirmation from 
48.17 	the holder of the sheriff's certificate or the attorney for the holder of the sheriff's certificate 
48.18 	that the holder of the sheriff's certificate has agreed to accept a specific sum less than the 
48.19 	full amount due for redemption.

48.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (a) of this section is effective August 1, 2008, and 
48.21 	applies to sheriff's sales conducted on or after that date. Paragraph (b) of this section is 
48.22 	effective August 1, 2008, and applies to redemptions made on or after that date. Paragraph 
48.23 	(c) of this section is effective the day following final enactment.

48.24 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 580.24, is amended to read:
48.25 	580.24 REDEMPTION BY CREDITOR.
48.26 	(a) If no redemption is made by the mortgagor, the mortgagor's personal 
48.27 	representatives or assigns, the most senior creditor having a legal or equitable lien upon 
48.28 	the mortgaged premises, or some part of it, subsequent to the foreclosed mortgage, may 
48.29 	redeem within seven days after the expiration of the redemption period determined under 
48.30 	section 580.23 or 582.032, whichever is applicable; and each subsequent creditor having a 
48.31 	lien may redeem, in the order of priority of their respective liens, within seven days after 
48.32 	the time allowed the prior lienholder by paying the amount required under this section. 
48.33 	However, no creditor is entitled to redeem unless, within one week or more prior to the 
48.34 	expiration of the period allowed for redemption by the mortgagor, the creditor:
49.1 	(1) records with each county recorder and registrar of titles where the foreclosed 
49.2 	mortgage is recorded a notice of the creditor's intention to redeem;
49.3 	(2) records in each office with each county recorder and registrar of titles where the 
49.4 	notice of the creditor's intention to redeem is recorded all documents necessary to create 
49.5 	the lien on the mortgaged premises and to evidence the creditor's ownership of the lien, 
49.6 	including a copy of any money judgment necessary to create the lien; and
49.7 	(3) after complying with clauses (1) and (2), delivers to the sheriff who conducted 
49.8 	the foreclosure sale or the sheriff's successor in office a copy of each of the documents 
49.9 	required to be recorded under clauses (1) and (2), with the office, date and time of filing 
49.10 	for record stated on the first page of each document.
49.11 	The sheriff shall maintain for public inspection all documents delivered to the sheriff 
49.12 	and shall note the date of delivery on each document. The sheriff may charge a fee of 
49.13 	$100 for the documents delivered to the sheriff relating to each lien. The sheriff shall 
49.14 	maintain copies of documents delivered to the sheriff for a period of six months after the 
49.15 	end of the mortgagor's redemption period.
49.16 	(b) Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and the first day following the expiration 
49.17 	of the prior redemption period must be included in computing the seven-day redemption 
49.18 	period. When the last day of the period falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, 
49.19 	that day must be omitted from the computation. The order of redemption by judgment 
49.20 	creditors subsequent to the foreclosed mortgage shall be determined by the order in which 
49.21 	their judgments were entered as memorials on the certificate of title for the foreclosed 
49.22 	premises or docketed in the office of the district court administrator if the property is not 
49.23 	registered under chapter 508 or 508A, regardless of the homestead status of the property. 
49.24 	All mechanic's lienholders who have coordinate liens shall have one combined seven-day 
49.25 	period to redeem.
49.26 	(c) The amount required to redeem from the holder of the sheriff's certificate of sale 
49.27 	is the amount required under section 580.23. The amount required to redeem from a 
49.28 	person holding a certificate of redemption is:
49.29 	(1) the amount paid to redeem as shown on the certificate of redemption; plus
49.30 	(2) interest on that amount to the date of redemption; plus
49.31 	(3) the amount claimed due on the person's lien, as shown on the affidavit under 
49.32 	section 580.25, clause (3).
49.33 	The amount required to redeem may be paid to the holder of the sheriff's certificate 
49.34 	of sale or the certificate of redemption, as the case may be, or to the sheriff for the holder.

50.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
50.2 	redemptions by creditors in which the mortgagor's redemption period expires on or after 
50.3 	August 8, 2008.

50.4 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.25, is amended to read:
50.5 	580.25 REDEMPTION, HOW MADE.
50.6 	Redemption shall be made as provided in this section.
50.7 	The person desiring to redeem shall pay the amount required by law for the 
50.8 	redemption, and shall produce to the person or officer receiving the redemption payment:
50.9 	(1) a copy of the docket of the judgment, or of the recorded deed or mortgage, or 
50.10 	of the record or files evidencing any other lien under which the person claims a right to 
50.11 	redeem, certified by the officer with custody of the docket, record, or files, or the original 
50.12 	deed or mortgage with the certificate of record endorsed on it;
50.13 	(2) a copy of any recorded assignment necessary to evidence the person's ownership 
50.14 	of the lien, certified by the officer with custody of the assignment, or the original of each 
50.15 	instrument of assignment with the certificate of record endorsed on it. If the redemption is 
50.16 	under an assignment of a judgment, the assignment shall be filed in the court entering the 
50.17 	judgment, as provided by law, and the person so redeeming shall produce a certified copy 
50.18 	of it and of the record of its filing, and the copy of the docket shall show that the proper 
50.19 	entry was made upon the docket. No further evidence of the assignment of the judgment is 
50.20 	required unless the mortgaged premises or part of it is registered property, in which case 
50.21 	the judgment and all assignments of the judgment must be entered as a memorial upon the 
50.22 	certificate of title to the mortgaged premises and the original a copy of the judgment and 
50.23 	each assignment with the certificate of record endorsed on it, or a copy certified by the 
50.24 	registrar of titles, must be produced; and
50.25 	(3) an affidavit of the person or the person's agent, showing the amount then actually 
50.26 	claimed due on the person's lien and required to be paid on the lien in order to redeem 
50.27 	from the person. Additional fees and charges may be claimed due only as provided in 
50.28 	section 582.03.
50.29 	If redemption is made to the sheriff, the sheriff may charge a fee of $250 for issuing 
50.30 	the certificate of redemption and any related service. No other fee may be charged by the 
50.31 	sheriff for a redemption.
50.32 	Within 24 hours after a redemption is made, the person redeeming shall cause the 
50.33 	documents so required to be produced to be filed recorded with the county recorder, or 
50.34 	registrar of titles, who may receive fees as prescribed in section 357.18 or 508.82. If the 
50.35 	redemption is made at any place other than the county seat, it is sufficient forthwith to 
51.1 	deposit the documents in the nearest post office, addressed to the recorder or registrar of 
51.2 	titles, with the postage prepaid. A person recording documents produced for redemption 
51.3 	shall, on the same day, deliver copies of the documents to the sheriff for public inspection. 
51.4 	The sheriff may receive a fee of $20 for the documents delivered following a redemption. 
51.5 	The sheriff shall note the date of delivery on the documents and shall maintain for public 
51.6 	inspection all documents delivered to the sheriff for a period of six months after the end of 
51.7 	the mortgagor's redemption period. 

51.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
51.9 	redemptions made on or after that date.

51.10 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.28, is amended to read:
51.11 	580.28 ACTION TO SET ASIDE MORTGAGE; FORECLOSURE; 
51.12 	REDEMPTION.
51.13 	When an action is brought wherein it is claimed that any mortgage as to the plaintiff 
51.14 	or person for whose benefit the action is brought is fraudulent or void, or has been paid or 
51.15 	discharged, in whole or in part, or the relative priority or the validity of liens is disputed, 
51.16 	if such mortgage has been foreclosed by advertisement, and the time for redemption 
51.17 	from the foreclosure sale will expire before final judgment in such action, the plaintiff or 
51.18 	beneficiary having the right to redeem, for the purpose of saving such right in case the 
51.19 	action fails, may deposit with the sheriff before the time of redemption expires the amount 
51.20 	for which the mortgaged premises were sold, with interest thereon to the time of deposit, 
51.21 	together with a bond to the holder of the sheriff's certificate of sale, in an amount and with 
51.22 	sureties to be approved by the sheriff, conditioned to pay all interest that may accrue or be 
51.23 	allowed on such deposit if the action fail. The person shall, in writing, notify such sheriff 
51.24 	that the person claims the mortgage to be fraudulent or void, or to have been paid or 
51.25 	discharged, in whole or in part, as the case may be, and that such action is pending, and 
51.26 	direct the sheriff to retain such money and bond until final judgment. In case such action 
51.27 	fails, such deposit shall operate as a redemption of the premises from such foreclosure 
51.28 	sale, and entitle the plaintiff to a certificate thereof. Such foreclosure, deposit, bond, and 
51.29 	notice shall be brought to the attention of the court by supplemental complaint in the 
51.30 	action, and the judgment shall determine the validity of the foreclosure sale, and the rights 
51.31 	of the parties to the moneys and bond so deposited, which shall be paid and delivered by 
51.32 	the sheriff as directed by such judgment upon delivery to the sheriff of a certified copy 
51.33 	thereof. The remedy herein provided shall be in addition to other remedies now existing.

51.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

52.1 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.30, is amended to read:
52.2 	580.30 MORTGAGES, WHEN REINSTATED.
52.3 		Subdivision 1.Reinstatement. In any proceedings for the foreclosure of a real estate 
52.4 	mortgage, whether by action or by advertisement, if at any time before the sale of the 
52.5 	premises under such foreclosure the mortgagor, the owner, or any holder of any subsequent 
52.6 	encumbrance or lien, or any one for them, shall pay or cause to be paid to the holder of the 
52.7 	mortgage so being foreclosed, or to the attorney foreclosing the same, or to the sheriff of 
52.8 	the county, the amount actually due thereon and constituting the default actually existing 
52.9 	in the conditions of the mortgage at the time of the commencement of the foreclosure 
52.10 	proceedings, including insurance, delinquent taxes, if any, upon the premises, interest to 
52.11 	date of payment, cost of publication and services of process or notices, attorney's fees not 
52.12 	exceeding $150 or one-half of the attorney's fees authorized by section 582.01, whichever 
52.13 	is greater, together with other lawful disbursements necessarily incurred in connection 
52.14 	with the proceedings by the party foreclosing, then, and in that event, the mortgage shall be 
52.15 	fully reinstated and further proceedings in such foreclosure shall be thereupon abandoned. 
52.16 		Subd. 2.Request by sheriff. Upon written request by the sheriff, the holder of the 
52.17 	mortgage or the holder's legal representative shall provide to the sheriff within seven days 
52.18 	of the date of the request by the sheriff to the foreclosing attorney: (1) the current payoff 
52.19 	amount, showing outstanding principal, interest, and a daily interest accrual amount, (2) 
52.20 	an itemized schedule of the current amounts necessary to reinstate the mortgage, and (3) 
52.21 	the identity of the person or entity with authority to act on behalf of the holder of the 
52.22 	mortgage or the holder's legal representative. If the holder of the mortgage or the holder's 
52.23 	legal representative fails to respond to the sheriff's request within seven days of the date 
52.24 	of the request, the sheriff shall postpone the sheriff's sale and the sheriff shall announce 
52.25 	at the sheriff's sale the postponement of the sale. The postponement does not need to be 
52.26 	published. If the request by the sheriff is made seven days or less before the sheriff's sale, 
52.27 	the holder of the mortgage or the holder's representative shall make a good faith effort to 
52.28 	respond to the sheriff before the sheriff's sale, but the sheriff may conduct the sheriff's sale 
52.29 	without a response from the holder of the mortgage or the holder's legal representative.

52.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
52.31 	sheriff's sales scheduled to occur on or after that date.

52.32 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 581.10, is amended to read:
52.33 	581.10 REDEMPTION BY MORTGAGOR, CREDITOR.
53.1 	The mortgagor, or those claiming under the mortgagor, within the time specified in 
53.2 	section 580.23 or 582.032, whichever applies, after the date of the order of confirmation, 
53.3 	may redeem the premises sold, or any separate portion thereof, by paying the amount bid 
53.4 	therefor, with interest thereon from the time of sale at the rate provided to be paid on the 
53.5 	mortgage debt, not to exceed eight percent per annum, and, if no rate to be provided in the 
53.6 	mortgage, at the rate of six percent stated in the certificate of sale or, if no rate is provided 
53.7 	in the certificate of sale, at the rate of six percent per annum, together with any further sum 
53.8 	which may be payable pursuant to section 582.03 and 582.031. Creditors having a lien 
53.9 	may redeem in the order and manner specified in section 580.24. 

53.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
53.11 	redemptions from sheriff's sales conducted on or after that date.

53.12 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 582.03, is amended to read:
53.13 	582.03 PURCHASER MAY PAY TAXES AND OTHER EXPENSES DUE.
53.14 		Subdivision 1.Allowable costs collectable upon redemption. The purchaser at 
53.15 	anyholder of any sheriff's certificate of sale, upon from a foreclosure by advertisement 
53.16 	or action of a mortgage or lien or execution or at any judicial sale, or the holder of 
53.17 	any certificate of redemption as a junior creditor during the period of redemption, may 
53.18 	pay and claim the following on redemption: any taxes or assessments on which any 
53.19 	penalty would otherwise accrue, and may pay the premium upon any policy of insurance 
53.20 	procured in renewal of any expiring policy upon any costs of a hazard insurance policy 
53.21 	for the holder's interest in the mortgaged premises incurred for the period of holding the 
53.22 	sheriff's certificate, any costs incurred when an order to reduce a mortgagor's redemption 
53.23 	period under section 582.032 is entered, any fees paid to the county recorder, registrar 
53.24 	of titles, or sheriff to obtain or record the certificates of sale or redemption or notices of 
53.25 	intention to redeem, any reasonable fees paid to licensed real estate brokers for broker 
53.26 	price opinions or to licensed appraisers for appraisals, any deed tax paid to file a certificate 
53.27 	of redemption, reasonable attorney fees incurred after the foreclosure sale not to exceed 
53.28 	one-half of the amount authorized by section 582.01, may pay any costs incurred under 
53.29 	section 582.031, and may, in case any interest or installment of principal upon any prior or 
53.30 	superior mortgage, lien, or contract for deed is in default or shall become that becomes
53.31 	due during the period of redemption, pay the same, and,. In all such cases, the sum costs
53.32 	so paid and claimed due, with interest, shall be a part of the sum required to be paid to 
53.33 	redeem from such sale. No other costs, fees, interest, or other amount may be added to 
53.34 	the amount necessary to redeem.
54.1 		Subd. 2.Affidavit of allowable costs. Such Any payments made and claimed due 
54.2 	under subdivision 1 shall be proved by the affidavit of the purchaser or the purchaser's
54.3 	holder of the sheriff's certificate or its agent or attorney, stating the items itemizing each 
54.4 	of the allowable costs and describing the premises, which must be filed for record with 
54.5 	the county recorder or registrar of titles, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the 
54.6 	sheriff at least ten days before the expiration of the period of redemption. The affidavit 
54.7 	must be filed with the sheriff of the county in which the sale was held at any time prior to 
54.8 	expiration of the mortgagor's redemption period. Upon written request by the sheriff, the 
54.9 	holder of the sheriff's certificate or certificate of redemption shall provide an affidavit of 
54.10 	allowable costs to the sheriff within seven days of the date of the request by the sheriff. If 
54.11 	the mortgagor does not redeem within seven days after the affidavit is filed, the holder of 
54.12 	the sheriff's certificate may file a supplemental affidavit if additional allowable costs are 
54.13 	incurred during the redemption period. If the holder of the sheriff's certificate or certificate 
54.14 	of redemption fails to respond to the sheriff's request within seven days, the sheriff may 
54.15 	calculate a redemption amount pursuant to section 580.23, subdivision 1, and issue a 
54.16 	certificate of redemption for that amount. If the time allowed to redeem is less than seven 
54.17 	days from the expiration of the redemption period, the sheriff shall make a reasonable 
54.18 	effort to request the affidavit of allowable costs in writing from the holder of the sheriff's 
54.19 	certificate, its agent, or attorney before issuing a certificate of redemption. If the affidavit 
54.20 	of allowable costs is not provided more than one business day before the expiration of 
54.21 	the redemption period, at any time one business day or less before the expiration of the 
54.22 	redemption period, the sheriff may calculate a redemption amount pursuant to section 
54.23 	580.23, subdivision 1, and issue a certificate of redemption for that amount. The amount 
54.24 	calculated by the sheriff, absent malfeasance by the sheriff, binds the holder of the sheriff's 
54.25 	certificate even if the amount calculated by the sheriff is less than the actual amount due.
54.26 		Subd. 3. Penalty for excessive costs. At any time within one year after the 
54.27 	expiration of the mortgagor's redemption period, the redeeming party, heirs, or assigns 
54.28 	may recover from the holder of the sheriff's certificate three times the amount of any sums 
54.29 	declared as costs or disbursements on the affidavit of allowable costs but not actually paid 
54.30 	by the holder, or three times the amount of any sums determined to exceed a reasonable 
54.31 	cost for the declared item where the excess has been retained by the lender, unless the 
54.32 	disputed amounts are paid to the redeeming party, heirs, or assigns prior to entry of 
54.33 	judgment.

54.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to 
54.35 	redemptions made on or after that date.

55.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 582.031, is amended to read:
55.2 	582.031 LIMITED RIGHT OF ENTRY.
55.3 		Subdivision 1.Right of entry. If premises described in a mortgage or sheriff's 
55.4 	certificate are vacant or unoccupied, the holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate or the 
55.5 	holder's agents and contractors may, but is under no obligation to, enter upon the premises 
55.6 	to protect the premises from waste, until the holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate 
55.7 	receives notice that the premises are occupied. The holder of the mortgage or sheriff's 
55.8 	certificate does not become a mortgagee in possession by taking actions authorized under 
55.9 	this section. An affidavit of the sheriff, the holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate, or 
55.10 	a person acting on behalf of the holder, describing the premises and stating that the same 
55.11 	are vacant or unoccupied, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit and is 
55.12 	entitled to be recorded in the office of the county recorder or the registrar of titles in the 
55.13 	county where the premises are located, if it contains a legal description of the premises.
55.14 		Subd. 2.Authorized actions. The holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate 
55.15 	may take the following actions to protect the premises from waste: or from falling below 
55.16 	minimum community standards for public safety and sanitation: make reasonable periodic 
55.17 	inspections, install or change locks on doors and windows, board windows, install an 
55.18 	alarm system, provide a resident caretaker, and otherwise prevent or minimize damage 
55.19 	to the premises from the elements, vandalism, trespass, or other illegal activities. If the 
55.20 	holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate installs or changes locks under this section, a 
55.21 	key to the premises must be promptly delivered to the mortgagor or any person lawfully 
55.22 	claiming through the mortgagor, upon request.
55.23 		Subd. 3.Costs. All costs incurred by the holder of the mortgage to protect the 
55.24 	premises from waste or from falling below minimum community standards for public 
55.25 	safety and sanitation may be added to the principal balance of the mortgage. The costs 
55.26 	may bear interest to the extent provided in the mortgage and may be added to the 
55.27 	redemption price if the costs are incurred after a foreclosure sale. If the costs are incurred 
55.28 	after a foreclosure sale, the purchaser at the foreclosure sale holder of any sheriff's 
55.29 	certificate of sale or certificate of redemption must comply with the provisions of section 
55.30 	582.03. The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not limit or replace, any 
55.31 	other rights or remedies available to holders of mortgages and sheriff's certificates, at law 
55.32 	or under the applicable mortgage agreements. 

55.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

55.34 	Sec. 23. Laws 2004, chapter 263, section 26, is amended to read:
56.1 	Sec. 26. EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.
 56.2 	Sections 1 to 18, 22, 23, and 25 are effective August 1, 2004, and expire December 
56.3 	31, 2009. Sections 19, 20, 21, and 24 are effective July 1, 2004.