<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>title for registering supplemental declarations of common interest communities; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>providing for transfer on death deeds; clarifying acknowledgments made in a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>representative capacity; clarifying application of certain common law doctrine <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>to registered land; eliminating obsolete language and making other technical <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>and conforming changes; modifying the Uniform Probate Code; amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>provisions relating to mortgage foreclosure; providing for foreclosure prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>counseling; prescribing preforeclosure and foreclosure notices;amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 256B.15, subdivisions 1h, 1i; 272.12; 287.22; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>507.092, subdivision 1; 508.02; 508.48; 508.52; 508.671, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>508.82, subdivision 1; 508A.02, subdivision 1; 508A.48; 508A.52; 515B.1-116; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>524.2-301; 524.2-402; 524.2-702; 524.3-801; 524.3-803; 557.02; 580.02; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>580.03; 580.041, subdivision 2; 580.06; 580.07; 580.12; 580.23, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>1; 580.25; 580.28; 580.30; 581.10; 582.03; 582.031; Minnesota Statutes 2007 <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>Supplement, sections 507.24, subdivision 2; 510.05; 550.19; 550.22; 550.24; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>580.24; Laws 2004, chapter 263, section 26; proposing coding for new law in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapters 507; 580.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.82, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Standard documents.</b> The fees to be charged by the registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>titles shall be and not exceed the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>(1) of the fees provided herein, $1.50 of the fees collected under clauses (2), (3), (4), <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>(11), (13), (15), (17), and (18) for filing or memorializing shall be paid to the state treasury <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>508.75</statute_ref> and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>(2) for registering a first certificate of title, including issuing a copy of it, $46. <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(i) $10.50 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(iii) $25.50 shall be deposited in the county general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(3) for registering each instrument transferring the fee simple title for which a new <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>certificate of title is issued and for the registration of the new certificate of title, including <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>a copy of it, $46. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(4) for the entry of each memorial on a certificate, $46. For multiple certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>entries, $20 thereafter. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(iv) $20 shall be deposited in the county general fund for each multiple entry used;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>(5) for issuing each residue certificate and each additional new certificate, $40;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>(6) for exchange certificates, $20 for each certificate canceled and $20 for each <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>new certificate issued;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(7) for each certificate showing condition of the register, $50;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>(8) for any certified copy of any instrument or writing on file or recorded in the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>registrar of titles' office, $10;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(9) for a noncertified copy of any certificate of title, other than the copies issued <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>under clauses (2) and (3), any instrument or writing on file or recorded in the office of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>the registrar of titles, or any specified page or part of it, an amount as determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>county board for each page or fraction of a page specified. If computer or microfilm <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>printers are used to reproduce the instrument or writing, a like amount per image;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>(10) for a noncertified copy of any document submitted for recording, if the original <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>document is accompanied by a copy or duplicate original, $2. Upon receipt of the copy <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>or duplicate original and payment of the fee, a registrar of titles shall return it marked <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>"copy" or "duplicate," showing the recording date and, if available, the document number <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>assigned to the original;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(11) for filing two copies of any plat, other than a CIC plat complying with section <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>515B.2-110, paragraph (c), in the office of the registrar, $56. Pursuant to clause (1), <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>(iii) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>(12) for any other service under this chapter, such fee as the court shall determine;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>(13) for filing an amendment to a declaration in accordance with chapter 515, $46 <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>for each certificate upon which the document is registered and for multiple certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>entries, $20 thereafter; $56 for an amended floor plan filed in accordance with chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>515. (13) for filing any document affecting two or more units in a condominium governed <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>by chapter 515, $46 for the first certificate upon which the document is registered, and for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>multiple certificate entries, $20 for each additional certificate upon which the document <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>is registered. For purposes of this paragraph, an amendment to the declaration of a <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>condominium governed by chapter 515 and a related amendment to the condominium <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>floor plans shall be considered a single document, and the filing fee shall be $56 for the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>first certificate upon which the document is registered, and for multiple certificate entries, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>$20 for each additional certificate upon which the document is registered.  Pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund for amendment to a declaration;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>(iv) $20 shall be deposited in the county general fund for each multiple entry <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>used; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>(v) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund for an amended floor plan;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>(14) for issuance of a CECT pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>508.351</statute_ref>, $40;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>(15) for filing an amendment to a common interest community declaration, including <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>a supplemental declaration, and plat or amendment complying with section 
<statute_ref>515B.2-110, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>subsection (c)
</statute_ref>, $46 for  the first certificate upon which the document is registered and for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>multiple certificate entries, $20 thereafter and $56 for the filing of the condominium or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>common interest community plat or amendment. See section 515B.1-116 for special <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>requirement relating to a common interest community. (15) for filing a common interest <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>community declaration and a CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>(c); an amendment to a common interest community declaration and a related amendment <br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>to a CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110, paragraph (c); or a supplemental <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>declaration and a related supplemental CIC plat complying with section 515B.2-110, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>paragraph (c), each of which related documents shall be considered a single document, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>the filing fee shall be $56 for the first certificate upon which the document is registered, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>and for multiple certificate entries, $20 for each additional certificate upon which the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>document is registered. For filing any other document affecting two or more units in a <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>common interest community, the filing fee shall be $46 for the first certificate upon which <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>the document is registered, and for multiple certificate entries, $20 for each additional <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>certificate upon which the document is registered. The same fees shall apply to filing any <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>document affecting two or more units or other parcels subject to a master declaration. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund for the filing of an amendment <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>complying with section 
         <statute_ref>515B.2-110, subsection (c)</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>(iv) $20 shall be deposited in the county general fund for each multiple entry <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>used; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>(v) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund for the filing of a condominium <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>or CIC plat or amendment;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(16) for a copy of a condominium floor plan filed in accordance with chapter 515, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>or a copy of a common interest community plat complying with section 
         <statute_ref>515B.2-110, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>subsection (c)
         </statute_ref>, the fee shall be $1 for each page of the floor plan or common interest <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>community plat with a minimum fee of $10;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>(17) for the filing of a certified copy of a plat of the survey pursuant to section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>508.23
         </statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>508.671</statute_ref>, $46. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(iii) $24 shall be deposited in the county general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>(18) for filing a registered land survey in triplicate in accordance with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>508.47, subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, $56. Pursuant to clause (1), distribution of this fee is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>(i) $12 shall be paid to the state treasury and credited to the general fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>(ii) $10 shall be deposited in the technology fund pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>357.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.4.36"></a><var>4.36</var>(iii) $34 shall be deposited in the county general fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(19) for furnishing a certified copy of a registered land survey in accordance with <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>508.47, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, $15.<br/>
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<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 515B.1-116, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var><b>515B.1-116 RECORDING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>(a) A declaration, bylaws, any amendment to a declaration or bylaws, and any other <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>instrument affecting a common interest community shall be entitled to be recorded. In <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>those counties which have a tract index, the county recorder shall enter the declaration in <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>the tract index for each unit or other tract affected. The county recorder shall not enter <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>the declaration in the tract index for lands described as additional real estate, unless such <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>lands are added to the common interest community pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>515B.2-111</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>registrar of titles shall file the declaration in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>508.351</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>508A.351</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>The registrar of titles shall not file the declaration upon certificates of title for lands <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>described as additional real estate, unless such lands are added to the common interest <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>community pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>515B.2-111</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>(b) The recording officer shall upon request promptly assign a number (CIC number) <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>to a common interest community to be formed or to a common interest community <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>resulting from the merger of two or more common interest communities.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>(c) Documents recorded pursuant to this chapter shall in the case of registered <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>land be filed, and references to the recording of documents shall mean filed in the case <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>of registered land.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>(d) Subject to any specific requirements of this chapter, if a recorded document <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>relating to a common interest community or a master association purports to require a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>certain vote or signatures approving any restatement or amendment of the document by a <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>certain number or percentage of unit owners or secured parties, and if the amendment or <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>restatement is to be recorded, an affidavit of the president or secretary of the association <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>stating that the required vote or signatures have been obtained shall be attached to the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>document to be recorded and shall constitute prima facie evidence of the representations <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>contained therein.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(e) If a common interest community is located on registered land, the recording <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>fee for any document affecting two or more units shall be $46 for the first ten affected <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>certificates and $10 for each additional affected certificate. This provision shall not apply <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>to recording fees for deeds of conveyance, with the exception of deeds given pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>to sections 
<statute_ref>515B.2-119</statute_ref> and 
<statute_ref>515B.3-112</statute_ref>. The same fees shall apply to recording any <br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>document affecting two or more units or other parcels of real estate subject to a master <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>declaration.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>(f) (e) Except as permitted under this subsection, a recording officer shall not file <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>or record a declaration creating a new common interest community, unless the county <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>treasurer has certified that the property taxes payable in the current year for the real estate <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>included in the proposed common interest community have been paid. This certification <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>is in addition to the certification for delinquent taxes required by section 
         <statute_ref>272.12</statute_ref>. In the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>case of preexisting common interest communities, the recording officer shall accept, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>file, and record the following instruments, without requiring a certification as to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>current or delinquent taxes on any of the units in the common interest community: (i) a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>declaration subjecting the common interest community to this chapter; (ii) a declaration <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>changing the form of a common interest community pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>515B.2-123</statute_ref>; or <br/>
<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>(iii) an amendment to or restatement of the declaration, bylaws, or CIC plat. In order for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>an instrument to be accepted and recorded under the preceding sentence, the instrument <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>must not create or change unit or common area boundaries.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.15, subdivision 1h, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>    Subd. 1h. <b>Estates of specific persons receiving medical assistance.</b> (a) For <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>purposes of this section, paragraphs (b) to (k) apply if a person received medical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>for which a claim may be filed under this section and died single, or the surviving spouse <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>of the couple and was not survived by any of the persons described in subdivisions 3 and 4.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>    (b) For purposes of this section, the person's estate consists of: (1) their the person's <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>probate estate; (2) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in real property <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>the person owned as a life tenant or as a joint tenant with a right of survivorship at the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>time of the person's death; (3) all of the person's interests or proceeds of those interests in <br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>securities the person owned in beneficiary form as provided under sections 
         <statute_ref>524.6-301</statute_ref> to <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>524.6-311
         </statute_ref> at the time of the person's death, to the extent they become part of the probate <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>estate under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-307</statute_ref>; and (4) all of the person's interests in joint accounts, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>multiple party accounts, and pay on death accounts, or the proceeds of those accounts, as <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>provided under sections 
         <statute_ref>524.6-201</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>524.6-214</statute_ref> at the time of the person's death to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>extent they become part of the probate estate under section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-207</statute_ref>; and (5) the person's <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>legal title or interest at the time of the person's death in real property transferred under <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>a transfer on death deed under section 507.071, or in the proceeds from the subsequent <br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>sale of the person's interest in the real property. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>contrary, a state or county agency with a claim under this section shall be a creditor under <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>524.6-307</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>    (c) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the person's life estate or joint <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>tenancy interest in real property not subject to a medical assistance lien under sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>514.980
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>514.985</statute_ref> on the date of the person's death shall not end upon the person's death <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>and shall continue as provided in this subdivision. The life estate in the person's estate <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>shall be that portion of the interest in the real property subject to the life estate that is equal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>to the life estate percentage factor for the life estate as listed in the Life Estate Mortality <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>Table of the health care program's manual for a person who was the age of the medical <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>assistance recipient on the date of the person's death. The joint tenancy interest in real <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>property in the estate shall be equal to the fractional interest the person would have owned <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>in the jointly held interest in the property had they and the other owners held title to the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>property as tenants in common on the date the person died. <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>    (d) The court upon its own motion, or upon motion by the personal representative or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>any interested party, may enter an order directing the remaindermen or surviving joint <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>tenants and their spouses, if any, to sign all documents, take all actions, and otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>fully cooperate with the personal representative and the court to liquidate the decedent's <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>life estate or joint tenancy interests in the estate and deliver the cash or the proceeds of <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>those interests to the personal representative and provide for any legal and equitable <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>sanctions as the court deems appropriate to enforce and carry out the order, including an <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>award of reasonable attorney fees.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>    (e) The personal representative may make, execute, and deliver any conveyances or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>other documents necessary to convey the decedent's life estate or joint tenancy interest <br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>in the estate that are necessary to liquidate and reduce to cash the decedent's interest or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>for any other purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>    (f) Subject to administration, all costs, including reasonable attorney fees, directly <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>and immediately related to liquidating the decedent's life estate or joint tenancy interest in <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>the decedent's estate, shall be paid from the gross proceeds of the liquidation allocable <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>to the decedent's interest and the net proceeds shall be turned over to the personal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>representative and applied to payment of the claim presented under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>    (g) The personal representative shall bring a motion in the district court in which <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>the estate is being probated to compel the remaindermen or surviving joint tenants to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>account for and deliver to the personal representative all or any part of the proceeds of any <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>sale, mortgage, transfer, conveyance, or any disposition of real property allocable to the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>decedent's life estate or joint tenancy interest in the decedent's estate, and do everything <br/>
<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var>necessary to liquidate and reduce to cash the decedent's interest and turn the proceeds of <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>the sale or other disposition over to the personal representative. The court may grant any <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>legal or equitable relief including, but not limited to, ordering a partition of real estate <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>under chapter 558 necessary to make the value of the decedent's life estate or joint tenancy <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>interest available to the estate for payment of a claim under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>    (h) Subject to administration, the personal representative shall use all of the cash <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>or proceeds of interests to pay an allowable claim under this section. The remaindermen <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>or surviving joint tenants and their spouses, if any, may enter into a written agreement <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>with the personal representative or the claimant to settle and satisfy obligations imposed at <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>any time before or after a claim is filed.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>    (i) The personal representative may, at their discretion, provide any or all of the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>other owners, remaindermen, or surviving joint tenants with an affidavit terminating the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>decedent's estate's interest in real property the decedent owned as a life tenant or as a joint <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>tenant with others, if the personal representative determines in good faith that neither the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>decedent nor any of the decedent's predeceased spouses received any medical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>for which a claim could be filed under this section, or if the personal representative has <br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>filed an affidavit with the court that the estate has other assets sufficient to pay a claim, as <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>presented, or if there is a written agreement under paragraph (h), or if the claim, as allowed, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>has been paid in full or to the full extent of the assets the estate has available to pay it. The <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>affidavit may be recorded in the office of the county recorder or filed in the Office of the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>Registrar of Titles for the county in which the real property is located. Except as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>514.981, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, when recorded or filed, the affidavit shall terminate the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>decedent's interest in real estate the decedent owned as a life tenant or a joint tenant with <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>others. The affidavit shall: (1) be signed by the personal representative; (2) identify the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>decedent and the interest being terminated; (3) give recording information sufficient to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>identify the instrument that created the interest in real property being terminated; (4) <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>legally describe the affected real property; (5) state that the personal representative has <br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>determined that neither the decedent nor any of the decedent's predeceased spouses <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>received any medical assistance for which a claim could be filed under this section; (6) <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>state that the decedent's estate has other assets sufficient to pay the claim, as presented, or <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>that there is a written agreement between the personal representative and the claimant and <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>the other owners or remaindermen or other joint tenants to satisfy the obligations imposed <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>under this subdivision; and (7) state that the affidavit is being given to terminate the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>estate's interest under this subdivision, and any other contents as may be appropriate. <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>The recorder or registrar of titles shall accept the affidavit for recording or filing. The <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>affidavit shall be effective as provided in this section and shall constitute notice even if it <br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>does not include recording information sufficient to identify the instrument creating the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>interest it terminates. The affidavit shall be conclusive evidence of the stated facts.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>    (j) The holder of a lien arising under subdivision 1c shall release the lien at the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>holder's expense against an interest terminated under paragraph (h) to the extent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>termination.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>    (k) If a lien arising under subdivision 1c is not released under paragraph (j), prior to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>closing the estate, the personal representative shall deed the interest subject to the lien to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>the remaindermen or surviving joint tenants as their interests may appear. Upon recording <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>or filing, the deed shall work a merger of the recipient's life estate or joint tenancy interest, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>subject to the lien, into the remainder interest or interest the decedent and others owned <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>jointly. The lien shall attach to and run with the property to the extent of the decedent's <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>interest at the time of the decedent's death.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 256B.15, subdivision 1i, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>    Subd. 1i. <b>Estates of persons receiving medical assistance and survived by </b><br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var><b>others.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision, the person's estate consists of the person's <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>probate estate and all of the person's interests in real property the person owned as a life <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>tenant or a joint tenant at the time of the person's death and the person's legal title or <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>interest at the time of the person's death in real property transferred to a beneficiary under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>a transfer on death deed under section 507.071, or in the proceeds from the subsequent <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>sale of the person's interest in the transferred real property.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>    (b) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, this subdivision applies if a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>person received medical assistance for which a claim could be filed under this section but <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>for the fact the person was survived by a spouse or by a person listed in subdivision 3, or if <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>subdivision 4 applies to a claim arising under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>    (c) The person's life estate or joint tenancy interests in real property not subject to a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>medical assistance lien under sections 
         <statute_ref>514.980</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>514.985</statute_ref> on the date of the person's death <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>shall not end upon death and shall continue as provided in this subdivision. The life estate <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>in the estate shall be the portion of the interest in the property subject to the life estate that <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>is equal to the life estate percentage factor for the life estate as listed in the Life Estate <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>Mortality Table of the health care program's manual for a person who was the age of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>medical assistance recipient on the date of the person's death. The joint tenancy interest in <br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>the estate shall be equal to the fractional interest the medical assistance recipient would <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>have owned in the jointly held interest in the property had they and the other owners held <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>title to the property as tenants in common on the date the medical assistance recipient died. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>    (d) The county agency shall file a claim in the estate under this section on behalf of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>the claimant who shall be the commissioner of human services, notwithstanding that the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>decedent is survived by a spouse or a person listed in subdivision 3. The claim, as allowed, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>shall not be paid by the estate and shall be disposed of as provided in this paragraph. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>The personal representative or the court shall make, execute, and deliver a lien in favor <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>of the claimant on the decedent's interest in real property in the estate in the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>the allowed claim on forms provided by the commissioner to the county agency filing the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>lien. The lien shall bear interest as provided under section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-806</statute_ref>, shall attach to the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>property it describes upon filing or recording, and shall remain a lien on the real property <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>it describes for a period of 20 years from the date it is filed or recorded. The lien shall be a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>disposition of the claim sufficient to permit the estate to close. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>    (e) The state or county agency shall file or record the lien in the office of the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>county recorder or registrar of titles for each county in which any of the real property is <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>located. The recorder or registrar of titles shall accept the lien for filing or recording. All <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>recording or filing fees shall be paid by the Department of Human Services. The recorder <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>or registrar of titles shall mail the recorded lien to the Department of Human Services. <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>The lien need not be attested, certified, or acknowledged as a condition of recording or <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>filing. Upon recording or filing of a lien against a life estate or a joint tenancy interest, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>the interest subject to the lien shall merge into the remainder interest or the interest the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>recipient and others owned jointly. The lien shall attach to and run with the property to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>the extent of the decedent's interest in the property at the time of the decedent's death <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>as determined under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>    (f) The department shall make no adjustment or recovery under the lien until after the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>decedent's spouse, if any, has died, and only at a time when the decedent has no surviving <br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>child described in subdivision 3. The estate, any owner of an interest in the property <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>which is or may be subject to the lien, or any other interested party, may voluntarily pay <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>off, settle, or otherwise satisfy the claim secured or to be secured by the lien at any time <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>before or after the lien is filed or recorded. Such payoffs, settlements, and satisfactions <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>shall be deemed to be voluntary repayments of past medical assistance payments for the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>benefit of the deceased recipient, and neither the process of settling the claim, the payment <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>of the claim, or the acceptance of a payment shall constitute an adjustment or recovery <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>that is prohibited under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>    (g) The lien under this subdivision may be enforced or foreclosed in the manner <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>provided by law for the enforcement of judgment liens against real estate or by a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>foreclosure by action under chapter 581. When the lien is paid, satisfied, or otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.10.36"></a><var>10.36</var>discharged, the state or county agency shall prepare and file a release of lien at its own <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>expense. No action to foreclose the lien shall be commenced unless the lien holder has first <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>given 30 days' prior written notice to pay the lien to the owners and parties in possession <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>of the property subject to the lien. The notice shall: (1) include the name, address, and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>telephone number of the lien holder; (2) describe the lien; (3) give the amount of the lien; <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>(4) inform the owner or party in possession that payment of the lien in full must be made <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>to the lien holder within 30 days after service of the notice or the lien holder may begin <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>proceedings to foreclose the lien; and (5) be served by personal service, certified mail, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>return receipt requested, ordinary first class mail, or by publishing it once in a newspaper <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>of general circulation in the county in which any part of the property is located. Service of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>the notice shall be complete upon mailing or publication.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 272.12, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var><b>272.12 CONVEYANCES, TAXES PAID BEFORE RECORDING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>    When:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>    (a) a deed or other instrument conveying land,<br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>    (b) a plat of any town site or addition thereto,<br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>    (c) a survey required pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>508.47</statute_ref>,<br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>    (d) a condominium plat subject to chapter 515 or 515A or a declaration that contains <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>such a plat, or<br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>    (e) a common interest community plat subject to chapter 515B or a declaration <br/>
<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>that contains such a plat,<br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>is presented to the county auditor for transfer, the auditor shall ascertain from the records <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>if there be taxes delinquent upon the land described therein, or if it has been sold for <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>taxes. An assignment of a sheriff's or referee's certificate of sale, when the certificate of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>sale describes real estate, and certificates of redemption from mortgage or lien foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>sales, when the certificate of redemption encompasses real estate and is issued to a junior <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>creditor, are considered instruments conveying land for the purposes of this section and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>section 
         <statute_ref>272.121</statute_ref>. If there are taxes delinquent, the auditor shall certify to the same; and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>upon payment of such taxes, or in case no taxes are delinquent, shall transfer the land upon <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>the books of the auditor's office, and note upon the instrument, over official signature, the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>words, "no delinquent taxes and transfer entered," or, if the land described has been sold <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>or assigned to an actual purchaser for taxes, the words "paid by sale of land described <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>within;" and, unless such statement is made upon such instrument, the county recorder or <br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>the registrar of titles shall refuse to receive or record the same; provided, that sheriff's or <br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>referees' certificates of sale on execution or foreclosure of a lien or mortgage, certificates <br/>
<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>of redemption from mortgage or lien foreclosure sales issued to the redeeming mortgagor <br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>or lienee, deeds of distribution made by a personal representative in probate proceedings, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>transfer on death deeds under section 507.071, decrees and judgments, receivers receipts, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>patents, and copies of town or statutory city plats, in case the original plat filed in the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>office of the county recorder has been lost or destroyed, and the instruments releasing, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>removing and discharging reversionary and forfeiture provisions affecting title to land <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>and instruments releasing, removing or discharging easement rights in land or building or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>other restrictions, may be recorded without such certificate; and, provided that instruments <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>conveying land and, as appurtenant thereto an easement over adjacent tract or tracts of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>land, may be recorded without such certificate as to the land covered by such easement; <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>and provided further, that any instrument granting an easement made in favor of any <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>public utility or pipe line for conveying gas, liquids or solids in suspension, in the nature <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>of a right-of-way over, along, across or under a tract of land may be recorded without such <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>certificate as to the land covered by such easement. Documents governing homeowners <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>associations of condominiums, townhouses, common interest ownership communities, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>and other planned unit developments may be recorded without the auditor's certificate to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>the extent provided in section 
         <statute_ref>515B.1-116(f)</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>    A deed of distribution made by a personal representative in a probate proceeding, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>a decree, or a judgment that conveys land shall be presented to the county auditor, who <br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>shall transfer the land upon the books of the auditor's office and note upon the instrument, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>over official signature, the words, "transfer entered", and the instrument may then be <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>recorded. A decree or judgment that affects title to land but does not convey land may be <br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>recorded without presentation to the auditor.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>    A violation of this section by the county recorder or the registrar of titles shall <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>be a gross misdemeanor, and, in addition to the punishment therefor, the recorder or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>registrar shall be liable to the grantee of any instrument so recorded for the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>any damages sustained.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>    When, as a condition to permitting the recording of deed or other instrument <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>affecting the title to real estate previously forfeited to the state under the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>281.16</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>281.25</statute_ref>, county officials, after such real estate has been purchased or <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>repurchased, have required the payment of taxes erroneously assumed to have accrued <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>against such real estate after forfeiture and before the date of purchase or repurchase, the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>sum required to be so paid shall be refunded to the persons entitled thereto out of moneys <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>in the funds in which the sum so paid was placed. Delinquent taxes are those taxes deemed <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>delinquent under section 
         <statute_ref>279.02</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 287.22, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var><b>287.22 EXEMPTIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>    The tax imposed by section 
         <statute_ref>287.21</statute_ref> does not apply to:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>    (1) An executory contract for the sale of real property under which the purchaser is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>entitled to or does take possession of the real property, or any assignment or cancellation <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>of the contract;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>    (2) A mortgage or an amendment, assignment, extension, partial release, or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>satisfaction of a mortgage;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>    (3) A will;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>    (4) A plat;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>    (5) A lease, amendment of lease, assignment of lease, or memorandum of lease;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>    (6) A deed, instrument, or writing in which the United States or any agency or <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>instrumentality thereof is the grantor, assignor, transferor, conveyor, grantee, or assignee;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>    (7) A deed for a cemetery lot or lots;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>    (8) A deed of distribution by a personal representative;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>    (9) A deed to or from a co-owner partitioning their undivided interest in the same <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>piece of real property;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>    (10) A deed or other instrument of conveyance issued pursuant to a permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>school fund land exchange under section 
         <statute_ref>92.121</statute_ref> and related laws;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>    (11) A referee's or sheriff's certificate of sale in a mortgage or lien foreclosure sale;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>    (12) A referee's, sheriff's, or certificate holder's certificate of redemption from a <br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>mortgage or lien foreclosure sale issued to the redeeming mortgagor or lienee;<br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>    (13) A deed, instrument, or writing which grants, creates, modifies, or terminates an <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>easement; and<br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>    (14) A decree of marriage dissolution, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>287.01, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>or a deed or other instrument between the parties to the dissolution made pursuant to the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>terms of the decree.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>    (15) A transfer on death deed under section 507.071.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>    Sec. 5. <b>[507.071] TRANSFER ON DEATH DEEDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section the following terms <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>have the meanings given:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>    (a) "Beneficiary" or "grantee beneficiary" means a person or entity named as a <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>grantee beneficiary in a transfer on death deed, including a successor grantee beneficiary.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>    (b) "County agency" means the county department or office designated to recover <br/>
<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>medical assistance benefits from the estates of decedents.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>    (c) "Grantor owner" means an owner named as a grantor in a transfer on death deed <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>upon whose death the conveyance or transfer of the described real property is conditioned. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>Grantor owner does not include a spouse who joins in a transfer on death deed solely <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>for the purpose of conveying or releasing statutory or other marital interests in the real <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>property to be conveyed or transferred by the transfer on death deed.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>    (d) "Owner" means a person having an ownership or other interest in all or part <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>of the real property to be conveyed or transferred by a transfer on death deed. Owner <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>does not include a spouse who joins in a transfer on death deed solely for the purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>of conveying or releasing statutory or other marital interests in the real property to be <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>conveyed or transferred by the transfer on death deed.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>    (e) "Recorded" means recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>titles, as appropriate for the real property described in the instrument to be recorded.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>    (f) "State agency" means the Department of Human Services or any successor <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>    (g) "Transfer on death deed" means a deed authorized under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Effect of transfer on death deed.</b> A deed that conveys or assigns an <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>interest in real property, including a mortgage, judgment, or any other lien on real property, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>to a grantee beneficiary and that expressly states that the deed is only effective on the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>death of one or more of the grantor owners, transfers the interest to the grantee beneficiary <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>upon the death of the grantor owner upon whose death the conveyance or transfer is stated <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>to be effective, but subject to the survivorship provisions and requirements of section <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>524.2-702. A transfer on death deed must comply with all provisions of Minnesota law <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>applicable to deeds of real property including, but not limited to, the provisions of sections <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>507.02, 507.24, 507.34, 508.48, and 508A.48.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Rights of creditors and rights of the state and county under sections </b><br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var><b>246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, and 514.981.</b> The interest transferred to a beneficiary <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>under a transfer on death deed after the death of a grantor owner is transferred subject <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>to all effective conveyances, assignments, contracts, mortgages, deeds of trust, liens, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>security pledges, judgments, tax liens, and other encumbrances made by the grantor owner <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>or to which the property was subject during the grantor owner's lifetime, including but <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>not limited to, any claim by a surviving spouse or any claim or lien by the state or county <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>agency authorized by section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981, if other <br/>
<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>assets of the deceased owner's estate are insufficient to pay the amount of any such claim. <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>A beneficiary to whom the interest is transferred after the death of a grantor owner shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>liable to account to the state or county agency with a claim or lien authorized by section <br/>
<a id="pl.14.36"></a><var>14.36</var>246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981, to the extent necessary to discharge <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>any such claim remaining unpaid after application of the assets of the deceased grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>owner's estate, but such liability shall be limited to the value of the interest transferred <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>to the beneficiary. To establish compliance with this subdivision and subdivision 23, the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>beneficiary must record a clearance certificate issued in accordance with subdivision 23 in <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>each county in which the real property described in the transfer on death deed is located.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Multiple grantee beneficiaries.</b> A transfer on death deed may designate <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>multiple grantee beneficiaries to take title as joint tenants, as tenants in common or in any <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>other form of ownership or tenancy that is valid under the laws of this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Successor grantee beneficiaries.</b> A transfer on death deed may designate <br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>one or more successor grantee beneficiaries or a class of successor grantee beneficiaries, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>or both. If the transfer on death deed designates successor grantee beneficiaries or a class <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>of successor grantee beneficiaries, the deed shall state the condition under which the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>interest of the successor grantee beneficiaries would vest.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Multiple joint tenant grantors.</b> If an interest in real property is owned <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>as joint tenants, a transfer on death deed executed by all of the owners that conveys an <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>interest in real property to one or more grantee beneficiaries transfers the interest to the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>grantee beneficiary or beneficiaries effective only after the death of the last surviving <br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>grantor owner. If the last surviving joint tenant owner did not execute the transfer on death <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>deed, the deed is ineffective to transfer any interest and the deed is void. An estate in joint <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>tenancy is not severed or affected by the subsequent execution of a transfer on death deed <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>and the right of a surviving joint tenant owner who did not execute the transfer on death <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>deed shall prevail over a grantee beneficiary named in a transfer on death deed unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>deed specifically states that it severs the joint tenancy ownership.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Execution by attorney-in-fact.</b> A transfer on death deed may be executed <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>by a duly appointed attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney which grants the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>attorney-in-fact the authority to execute deeds.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Recording requirements and authorization.</b> A transfer on death deed <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>is valid if the deed is recorded in a county in which at least a part of the real property <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>described in the deed is located and is recorded before the death of the grantor owner <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>upon whose death the conveyance or transfer is effective. A transfer on death deed is not <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>effective for purposes of section 507.34, 508.47, or 508A.47 until the deed is recorded <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>in the county in which the real property is located. When a transfer on death deed is <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>presented for recording, no certification by the county auditor as to transfer of ownership <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>and current and delinquent taxes shall be required or made and the transfer on death deed <br/>
<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>shall not be required to be accompanied by a certificate of real estate value. A transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.15.36"></a><var>15.36</var>on death deed that otherwise satisfies all statutory requirements for recording may be <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>recorded and shall be accepted for recording in the county in which the property described <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>in the deed is located. If any part of the property described in the transfer on death deed <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>is registered property, the registrar of titles shall accept the transfer on death deed for <br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>recording only if at least one of the grantors who executes the transfer on death deed <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>appears of record to have an ownership interest in the property described in the deed. No <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>certification or approval of a transfer on death deed shall be required of the examiner of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>titles prior to recording of the deed in the office of the registrar of titles.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Deed to trustee or other entity.</b> A transfer on death deed may transfer an <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>interest in real property to the trustee of an inter vivos trust even if the trust is revocable, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>to the trustee of a testamentary trust or to any other entity legally qualified to hold title to <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>real property under the laws of this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>    Subd. 10. <b>Revocation or modification of transfer on death deed.</b> (a) A transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>on death deed may be revoked at any time by the grantor owner or, if there is more than <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>one grantor owner, by any of the grantor owners. To be effective, the revocation must <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>be recorded in the county in which at least a part of the real property is located before <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>the death of the grantor owner or owners who execute the revocation. The revocation is <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>not effective for purposes of section 507.34, 508.47, or 508A.47 until the revocation is <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>recorded in the county in which the real property is located. Subject to subdivision 6, if <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>the real property is owned as joint tenants and if the revocation is not executed by all of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>the grantor owners, the revocation is not effective unless executed by the last surviving <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>grantor owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>    (b) If a grantor owner conveys to a third party, subsequent to the recording of the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>transfer on death deed, by means other than a transfer on death deed, all or a part of such <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>grantor owner's interest in the property described in the transfer on death deed, no transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>of the conveyed interest shall occur on such grantor owner's death and the transfer on <br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>death deed shall be ineffective as to the conveyed or transferred interests, but the transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>on death deed remains effective with respect to the conveyance or transfer on death of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>any other interests described in the transfer on death deed owned by the grantor owner <br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>at the time of the grantor owner's death.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>    (c) A transfer on death deed is a "governing instrument" within the meaning of <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>section 524.2-804 and, except as may otherwise be specifically provided for in the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>transfer on death deed, is subject to the same provisions as to revocation, revival, and <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>nonrevocation set forth in section 524.2-804.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Antilapse; deceased beneficiary; words of survivorship.</b> (a) If a grantee <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>beneficiary who is a grandparent or lineal descendant of a grandparent of the grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.16.36"></a><var>16.36</var>owner fails to survive the grantor owner, the issue of the deceased grantee beneficiary who <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>survive the grantor owner take in place of the deceased grantee beneficiary. If they are all <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>of the same degree of kinship to the deceased grantee beneficiary, they take equally. If <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>they are of unequal degree, those of more remote degree take by right of representation.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>    (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, words of survivorship such as, in a <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>conveyance to an individual, "if he or she survives me," or, in a class gift, to "my surviving <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>children," are a sufficient indication of intent to condition the conveyance or transfer upon <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>the beneficiary surviving the grantor owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Lapse.</b> If all beneficiaries and all successor beneficiaries, if any, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>designated in a transfer on death deed, and also all successor beneficiaries who would take <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>under the antilapse provisions of subdivision 11, fail to survive the grantor owner or the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>last survivor of the grantor owners if there are multiple grantor owners, if the beneficiary <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>is a trust which has been revoked prior to the grantor owner's death, or if the beneficiary is <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>an entity no longer in existence at the grantor owner's death, no transfer shall occur and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>the transfer on death deed is void.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Multiple transfer on death deeds.</b> If a grantor owner executes and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>records more than one transfer on death deed conveying the same interest in real property <br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>or a greater interest in the real property, the transfer on death deed that has the latest <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>acknowledgment date and that is recorded before the death of the grantor owner upon <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>whose death the conveyance or transfer is conditioned is the effective transfer on death <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>deed and all other transfer on death deeds, if any, executed by the grantor owner or the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>grantor owners are ineffective to transfer any interest and are void.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>    Subd. 14. <b>Nonademption; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var><b>sale by conservator or guardian.</b> If at the time of the death of the grantor owner upon <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>whose death the conveyance or transfer is stated to be effective, the grantor owner did <br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>not own a part or all of the real property described in the transfer on death deed, no <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>conveyance or transfer to the beneficiary of the nonowned part of the real property shall <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>occur upon the death of the grantor owner and the transfer on death deed is void as to the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>nonowned part of the real property, but the beneficiary shall have the same rights to unpaid <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>proceeds of sale, condemnation or insurance, and, if sold by a conservator or guardian <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>of the grantor owner during the grantor owner's lifetime, the same rights to a general <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>pecuniary devise, as that of a specific devisee as set forth in section 524.2-606.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>    Subd. 15. <b>Nonexoneration.</b> Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 3, a <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>conveyance or transfer under a transfer on death deed passes the described property <br/>
<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>subject to any mortgage or security interest existing at the date of death of the grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>owner, without right of exoneration, regardless of any statutory obligations to pay the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>grantor owner's debts upon death and regardless of a general directive in the grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>owner's will to pay debts.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>    Subd. 16. <b>Disclaimer by beneficiary.</b> A grantee beneficiary's interest under a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>transfer on death deed may be disclaimed as provided in section 501B.86, or as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>provided by law.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>    Subd. 17. <b>Effect on other conveyances.</b> This section does not prohibit other <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>methods of conveying property that are permitted by law and that have the effect of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>postponing ownership or enjoyment of an interest in real property until the death of the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>owner. This section does not invalidate any deed that is not a transfer on death deed and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>that is otherwise effective to convey title to the interests and estates described in the deed <br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>that is not recorded until after the death of the owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>    Subd. 18. <b>Notice, consent, and delivery not required.</b> The signature, consent or <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>agreement of, or notice to, a grantee beneficiary under a transfer on death deed, or delivery <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>of the transfer on death deed to the grantee beneficiary, is not required for any purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>during the lifetime of the grantor owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>    Subd. 19. <b>Nonrevocation by will.</b> A transfer on death deed that is executed, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>acknowledged, and recorded in accordance with this section is not revoked by the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>provisions of a will.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>    Subd. 20. <b>Proof of survivorship and clearance from public assistance claims </b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var><b>and liens; recording.</b> An affidavit of identity and survivorship with a certified copy of a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>record of death as an attachment may be combined with a clearance certificate under this <br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>section and the combined documents may be recorded separately or as one document in <br/>
<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>each county in which the real estate described in the clearance certificate is located. The <br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>affidavit, record of death, and clearance certificate, whether combined or separate, shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>prima facie evidence of the facts stated in each, and the registrar of titles may rely on the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>statements to transfer title to the property described in the clearance certificate.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>    Subd. 21. <b>After-acquired property.</b> Except as provided in this subdivision, a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>transfer on death deed is not effective to transfer any interest in real property acquired by a <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>grantor owner subsequent to the date of signing of a transfer on death deed. A grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>owner may provide by specific language in a transfer on death deed that the transfer on <br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>death deed will apply to any interest in the described property acquired by the grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>owner after the signing or recording of the deed.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>    Subd. 22. <b>Anticipatory alienation prohibited.</b> The interest of a grantee beneficiary <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>under a transfer on death deed which has not yet become effective is not subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>alienation; assignment; encumbrance; appointment or anticipation by the beneficiary; <br/>
<a id="pl.18.36"></a><var>18.36</var>garnishment; attachment; execution or bankruptcy proceedings; claims for alimony, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>support, or maintenance; payment of other obligations by any person against the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>beneficiary; or any other transfer, voluntary or involuntary, by or from any beneficiary.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>    Subd. 23. <b>Clearance for public assistance claims and liens.</b> Any person claiming <br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>an interest in real property conveyed or transferred by a transfer on death deed, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>person's attorney or other agent, may apply to the county agency in the county in which <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>the real property is located for a clearance certificate for the real property described in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>the transfer on death deed. The application for a clearance certificate and the clearance <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>certificate must contain the legal description of each parcel of property covered by the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>clearance certificate. The county agency shall provide a sufficient number of clearance <br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>certificates to allow a clearance certificate to be recorded in each county in which the real <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>property described in the transfer on death deed is located. The real property described in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>the clearance certificate is bound by any conditions or other requirements imposed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>county agency as specified in the clearance certificate. If the real property is registered <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>property, a new certificate of title must not be issued until the clearance certificate is <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>recorded. If the clearance certificate shows the continuation of a medical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>claim or lien after issuance of the clearance certificate, the real property remains subject <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>to the claim or lien. If the real property is registered property, the clearance certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>must be carried forward as a memorial in any new certificate of title. The application <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>shall contain the same information and shall be submitted, processed, and resolved in the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>same manner and on the same terms and conditions as provided in section 525.313 for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>a clearance certificate in a decree of descent proceeding, except that a copy of a notice <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>of hearing does not have to accompany the application. The application may contain a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>statement that the applicant, after reasonably diligent inquiry, is not aware of the existence <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>of a predeceased spouse or the existence of a claim which could be recovered under <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981. If the county agency determines <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>that a claim or lien exists under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, 261.04, or 514.981, the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>provisions of section 525.313 shall apply to collection, compromise, and settlement of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>the claim or lien. A person claiming an interest in real property transferred or conveyed <br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>by a transfer on death deed may petition or move the district court, as appropriate, in the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>county in which the real property is located or in the county in which a probate proceeding <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>affecting the estate of the grantor of the transfer on death deed is pending, for an order <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>allowing sale of the real property free and clear of any public assistance claim or lien but <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>subject to disposition of the sale proceeds as provided in section 525.313. On a showing of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>good cause and subject to such notice as the court may require, the court without hearing <br/>
<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>may issue an order allowing the sale free and clear of any public assistance claim or lien <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>on such terms and conditions as the court deems advisable to protect the interests of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>the state or county agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>    Subd. 24. <b>Form of transfer on death deed.</b> A transfer on death deed may be <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>substantially in the following form:<br/>

<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>if any, with marital status designated), grantor(s), hereby convey(s) and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>quitclaim(s) to _______________________ (grantee beneficiary, whether one <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>or more) effective (check only one of the following)<br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>___ on the death of the grantor owner, if only one grantor is named above, or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>on the death of the last of the grantor owners to die, if more than one grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>owner is named above, or<br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>___ on the death of (name of grantor owner)<br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>_______________________ (must be one of the grantor owners named above), <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>the following described real property:<br/>

<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>___ When effective, this instrument conveys any and all interests in the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>described real property acquired by the grantor owner(s) before, on, or after the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>date of this instrument.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="6"/>
<col width="14"/>
<col width="23.5"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"><span>
                     							___
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">(Signature of grantor(s))<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">(acknowledgment)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>    Subd. 25. <b>Form of instrument of revocation.</b> An instrument of revocation may be <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>substantially in the following form:<br/>

<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>__________, ____, as Document No. __________ (or in Book __________ <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>of _________, Page ____) in the office of the (County Recorder) (Registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>Titles) of _____________ County, Minnesota, affecting real property legally <br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>described as follows:<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="6"/>
<col width="14"/>
<col width="23.5"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">(legal description)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Dated:<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"><span>
                     							___
                     						</span><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Signature<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">(acknowledgment)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.52, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var><b>508.52 CONVEYANCE; CANCELLATION OF OLD AND ISSUANCE OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var><b>NEW CERTIFICATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>    An owner of registered land who desires to convey the land, or a portion thereof, in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>fee, shall execute a deed of conveyance, and file record the deed with the registrar. The <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>deed of conveyance shall be filed recorded and endorsed with the number and place of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>registration of the certificate of title. Before canceling the outstanding certificate of title <br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>the registrar shall show by memorial thereon the registration of the deed on the basis of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>which it is canceled. The encumbrances, claims, or interests adverse to the title of the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>registered owner shall be stated upon the new certificate, except so far as they may be <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>simultaneously released or discharged. The registrar shall not carry forward as a memorial <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>on the new certificate of title any memorials of a transfer on death deed if the grantors of <br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>the transfer on death deed retain no fee interest in the land covered by the new certificate. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>The certificate of title shall be marked "Canceled" by the registrar, who shall enter in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>register a new certificate of title to the grantee and prepare and deliver to the grantee a <br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>copy of the new certificate of title. If a deed in fee is for a portion of the land described in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>a certificate of title, the memorial of the deed entered by the registrar shall include the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>legal description contained in the deed and the registrar shall enter a new certificate of title <br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>to the grantee for the portion of the land conveyed and, except as otherwise provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>this section, issue a residue certificate of title to the grantor for the portion of the land not <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>conveyed. The registrar shall prepare and deliver to each of the parties a copy of their <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>respective certificates of title. In lieu of canceling the grantor's certificate of title and <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>issuing a residue certificate to the grantor for the portion of the land not conveyed, the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>registrar may if the grantor's deed does not divide a parcel of unplatted land, and in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>absence of a request to the contrary by the registered owner, mark by the land description <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>on the certificate of title "Part of land conveyed, see memorials." The fee for a residue <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>certificate of title shall be paid to the registrar only when the grantor's certificate of title <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>is canceled after the conveyance by the grantor of a portion of the land described in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>grantor's certificate of title. When two or more successive conveyances of the same <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>property are filed for registration on the same day the registrar may enter a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>in favor of the grantee or grantees in the last of the successive conveyances, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>memorial of the previous deed or deeds entered on the prior certificate of title shall have <br/>
<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var>the same force and effect as though the prior certificate of title had been entered in favor <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>of the grantee or grantees in the earlier deed or deeds in the successive conveyances. The <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>fees for the registration of the earlier deed or deeds shall be the same as the fees prescribed <br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>for the entry of memorials. The registrar of titles, with the consent of the transferee, may <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>mark "See memorials for new owner(s)" by the names of the registered owners on the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>certificate of title and also add to the memorial of the transferring conveyance a statement <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>that the memorial shall serve in lieu of a new certificate of title in favor of the grantee or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>grantees therein noted and may refrain from canceling the certificate of title until the time <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>it is canceled by a subsequent transfer, and the memorial showing such transfer of title <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>shall have the same effect as the entry of a new certificate of title for the land described in <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>the certificate of title; the fee for the registration of a conveyance without cancellation of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>the certificate of title shall be the same as the fee prescribed for the entry of a memorial.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508A.52, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var><b>508A.52 CONVEYANCE; CANCELLATION OF OLD AND ISSUANCE OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var><b>NEW CPT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>    An owner of land registered under sections 
         <statute_ref>508A.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>508A.85</statute_ref> who desires to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>convey the land, or a portion of it, in fee, shall execute a deed of conveyance, and file <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>record the deed with the registrar. The deed of conveyance shall be filed recorded and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>endorsed with the number and place of registration of the CPT. Before canceling the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>outstanding CPT, the registrar shall show by memorial on it the registration of the deed on <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>the basis of which it is canceled. The encumbrances, claims, or interests adverse to the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>title of the registered owner shall be stated upon the new CPT, except so far as they may be <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>simultaneously released or discharged. The registrar shall not carry forward as a memorial <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>on the new CPT any memorials of a transfer on death deed if the grantors of the transfer <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>on death deed retain no fee interest in the real property covered by the new CPT. The CPT <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>shall be marked "Canceled" by the registrar, who shall enter in the register a new CPT <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>to the grantee, and prepare and deliver to the grantee a copy of the new CPT. If a deed <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>in fee is for a portion of the land described in a CPT, the memorial of the deed entered <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>by the registrar shall include the legal description contained in the deed and the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>shall enter a new CPT to the grantee for the portion of the land conveyed and, except as <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>otherwise provided in this section, issue a residue CPT to the grantor for the portion of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>the land not conveyed. The registrar shall prepare and deliver to each of the parties a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>copy of their respective CPTs CPT's. In lieu of canceling the grantor's CPT and issuing a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>residue CPT to the grantor for the portion of the land not conveyed, the registrar may if the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>grantor's deed does not divide a parcel of unplatted land, and in the absence of a request to <br/>
<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>the contrary by the registered owner, mark by the land description on the CPT "Part of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>land conveyed, see memorials." The fee for a residue CPT shall be paid to the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>only when the grantor's CPT is canceled after the conveyance by the grantor of a portion <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>of the land described in the grantor's CPT. When two or more successive conveyances <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>of the same property are filed for registration on the same day the registrar may enter a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>CPT in favor of the grantee or grantees in the last of the successive conveyances, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>memorial of the previous deed or deeds entered on the prior CPT shall have the same force <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>and effect as though the prior CPT had been entered in favor of the grantee or grantees in <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>the earlier deed or deeds in the successive conveyances. The fees for the registration of the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>earlier deed or deeds shall be the same as the fees prescribed for the entry of memorials. <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>The registrar of titles, with the consent of the transferee, may mark "See memorials for <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>new owner(s)" by the names of the registered owners on the CPT and also add to the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>memorial of the transferring conveyance a statement that the memorial shall serve in lieu <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>of a new CPT in favor of the grantee or grantees noted in it and may refrain from canceling <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>the CPT until the time it is canceled by a subsequent transfer, and the memorial showing <br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>the transfer of title shall have the same effect as the entry of a new CPT for the land <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>described in the CPT. The fee for the registration of a conveyance without cancellation of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>the CPT shall be the same as the fee prescribed for the entry of a memorial.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.2-702, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var><b>524.2-702 REQUIREMENT OF SURVIVAL FOR 120 HOURS FOR </b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var><b>DEVISEES, BENEFICIARIES OF CERTAIN TRUSTS, AND APPOINTEES OF </b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var><b>CERTAIN POWERS OF APPOINTMENT; SIMULTANEOUS DEATH ACT FOR </b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var><b>OTHER CASES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>    (a) <b>Requirement of survival for 120 hours.</b> A beneficiary of a trust in which <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>the grantor has reserved a power to alter, amend, revoke, or terminate the provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>the trust who fails to survive the grantor by 120 hours, a devisee who fails to survive <br/>
<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>the testator by 120 hours, a beneficiary named in a transfer on death deed under <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>section 507.071 who fails to survive by 120 hours the grantor owner upon whose death <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>the conveyance to the beneficiary becomes effective, or an appointee of a power of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>appointment taking effect at the death of the holder of the power who fails to survive the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>holder of the power by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the grantor, grantor <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>owner testator, or holder of the power for purposes of determining title to property passing <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>by the trust instrument, by the testator's will, by the transfer on death deed, or by the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>exercise of the power of appointment.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>    (b)(1) <b>Title to property in other cases.</b> In cases not governed by section 
         <statute_ref>524.2-104</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>or paragraph (a), where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon <br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if the person had <br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>survived, except as provided otherwise in this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>    (2) <b>Division of property.</b> Where two or more beneficiaries are designated to take <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>successively by reason of survivorship under another person's disposition of property <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>and there is no sufficient evidence that these beneficiaries have died otherwise than <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>simultaneously the property thus disposed of shall be divided into as many equal portions <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>as there are successive beneficiaries and these portions shall be distributed respectively to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>those who would have taken in the event that each designated beneficiary had survived.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>    (3) <b>Division of property.</b> Where there is no sufficient evidence that two joint <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>tenants or tenants by the entirety have died otherwise than simultaneously the property <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>so held shall be distributed one-half as if one had survived and one-half as if the other <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>had survived. If there are more than two joint tenants and all of them have so died the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>property thus distributed shall be in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>joint tenants.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>    (4) <b>Division of property.</b> Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>died otherwise than simultaneously the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>the insured had survived the beneficiary.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>    (c) <b>Not retroactive.</b> This section does not apply to the distribution of the property of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>a person who has died before it takes effect. Paragraph (a) applies only to persons who <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>die on or after August 1, 1999.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>    (d) <b>Application.</b> This section does not apply in the case of wills, trusts, deeds, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>contracts of insurance, or documents exercising powers of appointment wherein provision <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>has been made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>Paragraph (a) does not apply to trusts which are part of a qualified or nonqualified <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>retirement plan or individual retirement accounts.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>    Sec. 9. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>    This article is effective August 1, 2008, and applies to instruments of conveyance of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>real property recorded on or after that date, regardless of an instrument's date of execution.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 507.24, subdivision 2, is <br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Original signatures required.</b> (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, an <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>instrument affecting real estate that is to be recorded as provided in this section or other <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>applicable law must contain the original signatures of the parties who execute it and of the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>notary public or other officer taking an acknowledgment. However, a financing statement <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>that is recorded as a filing pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-502(b)</statute_ref> need not contain: (1) the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>signatures of the debtor or the secured party; or (2) an acknowledgment. An instrument <br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section 358.41 on behalf of a <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is otherwise entitled to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a representative capacity <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358, without further inquiry into the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>authority of the person making the acknowledgment.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>    (b)(1) Any electronic instruments, including signatures and seals, affecting real <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>estate may only be recorded as part of a pilot project for the electronic filing of real <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>estate documents implemented by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>by the Electronic Real Estate Recording Task Force created under section 
         <statute_ref>507.094</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>Electronic Real Estate Recording Task Force created under section 
         <statute_ref>507.094</statute_ref> may amend <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>standards set by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, and may set new or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>additional standards and establish pilot projects to the full extent permitted in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>507.094, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b). Documents recorded in conformity with those <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>standards and in those pilot projects are deemed to meet the requirements of this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>    (2)(i) A county that participated in the pilot project for the electronic filing of real <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>estate documents under the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, may continue to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>record or file documents electronically, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>    (A) the county complies with standards adopted by the task force; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>    (B) the county uses software that was validated by the task force.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>    (ii) A county that did not participate in the pilot project may record or file a real <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>estate document electronically, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    (A) the document to be recorded or filed is of a type included in the pilot project <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>for the electronic filing of real estate documents under the task force created in Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>2000, chapter 391;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>    (B) the county complies with the standards adopted by the task force;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>    (C) the county uses software that was validated by the task force; and<br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>    (D) the task force created under section 
         <statute_ref>507.094</statute_ref>, votes to accept a written <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>certification of compliance with paragraph (b), clause (2), of this section by the county <br/>
<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>board and county recorder of the county to implement electronic filing under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    (c) Notices filed pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168A.141, subdivisions 1 and 3</statute_ref>, need not <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>contain an acknowledgment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.02, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var><b>508.02 REGISTERED LAND; SAME INCIDENTS AS UNREGISTERED; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var><b>NO ADVERSE POSSESSION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>    Registered land shall be subject to the same burdens and incidents which attach by <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>law to unregistered land. This chapter shall not operate to relieve registered land or the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>owners thereof from any rights, duties, or obligations incident to or growing out of the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>marriage relation, or from liability to attachment on mesne process, or levy on execution, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>or from liability to any lien or charge of any description, created or established by law <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>upon the land or the buildings situated thereon, or the interest of the owner in such land <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>or buildings. It shall not operate to change the laws of descent or the rights of partition <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>between cotenants, or the right to take the land by eminent domain. It shall not operate to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>relieve such land from liability to be taken or recovered by any assignee or receiver under <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>any provision of law relative thereto, and shall not operate to change or affect any other <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>rights, burdens, liabilities, or obligations created by law and applicable to unregistered <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>land except as otherwise expressly provided herein. No title to registered land in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>derogation of that of the registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or by adverse <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>possession., but the common law doctrine of practical location of boundaries applies <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>to registered land whenever registered. Section 508.671 shall apply in a proceedings <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>subsequent to establish a boundary by practical location for registered land.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.48, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var><b>508.48 INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING TITLE FILED WITH REGISTRAR; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var><b>NOTICE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>    (a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, or judgment, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>instrument or proceeding, which would affect the title to unregistered land under existing <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>laws, if recorded, or filed with the county recorder, shall, in like manner, affect the title to <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>registered land if filed and registered with the registrar in the county where the real estate <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>is situated, and shall be notice to all persons from the time of such registering or filing <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>of the interests therein created. Neither the reference in a registered instrument to an <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>unregistered instrument or interest nor the joinder in a registered instrument by a party or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>parties with no registered interest shall constitute notice, either actual or constructive, of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>an unregistered interest.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>    (b) An instrument acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>358.41 on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>otherwise entitled to be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>representative capacity is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358, without <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>further inquiry into the authority of the person making the acknowledgment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508.671, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Petition.</b> An owner of registered land having one or more common <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>boundaries with registered or unregistered land or an owner of unregistered land having <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>one or more common boundaries with registered land may apply by a duly verified petition <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>to the court to have all or some of the common boundary lines judicially determined. The <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>petition shall contain the full names and post office addresses of all owners of adjoining <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>lands which are in any manner affected by the boundary determination. At the time of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>the filing of the petition with the court administrator, a copy of it, duly certified by the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>court administrator, shall be filed for record with the county recorder. If any of the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>adjoining lands are registered, the certified copy of the petition also shall be filed with the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>registrar of titles and entered as a memorial on the certificate of title for those lands. When <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>recorded or filed, the certified copy of the petition shall be notice forever to purchasers <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>and encumbrancers of the pendency of the proceeding and of all matters referred to in the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>court files and records pertaining to the proceeding. The owner shall have the premises <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>surveyed by a licensed land surveyor and shall file in the proceedings a plat of the survey <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>showing the correct location of the boundary line or lines to be determined. There also <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>shall be filed with the court administrator a memorandum abstract, satisfactory to the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>examiner, showing the record owners and encumbrancers of the adjoining lands which <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>are in any manner affected by the boundary line determination. The petition shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>referred to the examiner of titles for examination and report in the manner provided for the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>reference of initial applications for registration. Notice of the proceeding shall be given to <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>all interested persons by the service of a summons which shall be issued in the form and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>served in the manner as in initial applications.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Effect of registration.</b> Land registered under sections 
         <statute_ref>508A.01</statute_ref> to <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>508A.85
         </statute_ref> shall be registered subject to the rights of persons in possession, if any, and rights <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>which would be disclosed by a survey, except that no title in derogation of that of the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>registered owner shall be acquired by prescription or adverse possession after the date <br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>of the first CPT; otherwise, land registered under sections 
         <statute_ref>508A.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>508A.85</statute_ref> shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>subject to the same rights, protections, burdens, and incidents which attach by law to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>lands as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>508.02</statute_ref>. The common law doctrine of practical location of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>boundaries applies to property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 whenever <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>registered. Section 508.671 shall apply in a proceedings subsequent to establish a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>boundary by practical location for property registered under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 508A.48, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var><b>508A.48 FILED INSTRUMENT AFFECTING TITLE IS NOTICE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>    (a) Every conveyance, lien, attachment, order, decree, or judgment, or other <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>instrument or proceeding, which would affect the title to unregistered land under existing <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>laws, if recorded, or filed with the county recorder, shall, in like manner, affect the title to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>land registered under sections 
         <statute_ref>508A.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>508A.85</statute_ref> if filed and registered with the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>in the county where the real estate is situated, and shall be notice to all persons from the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>time of the registering or filing of the interests therein created. Neither the reference <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>in a registered instrument to an unregistered instrument or interest nor the joinder in <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>a registered instrument by a party or parties with no registered interest shall constitute <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>notice, either actual or constructive, of an unregistered interest. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>    (b) An instrument acknowledged in a representative capacity as defined in section <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>358.41 on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust that is <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>otherwise entitled to be recorded shall be recorded if the acknowledgment made in a <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>representative capacity is substantially in the form prescribed in chapter 358, without <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>further inquiry into the authority of the person making the acknowledgment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 557.02, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var><b>557.02 NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>    In all actions in which the title to, or any interest in or lien upon, real property is <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>involved or affected, or is brought in question by either party, any party thereto, at the time <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>of filing the complaint, or at any time thereafter during the pendency of such action, may <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>file for record with the county recorder of each county in which any part of the premises <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>lies a notice of the pendency of the action, containing the names of the parties, the object <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>of the action, and a description of the real property in such county involved, affected or <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>brought in question thereby. From the time of the filing of such notice, and from such time <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>only, the pendency of the action shall be notice to purchasers and encumbrancers of the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>rights and equities of the party filing the same to the premises. When any pleading is <br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>amended in such action, so as to alter the description of, or to extend the claim against, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>the premises affected, a new notice may be filed, with like effect. Such notice shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>recorded in the same book and in the same manner in which mortgages are recorded, and <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>may be discharged by an entry to that effect in the margin of the record by the party filing <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>the same, or the party's attorney, in the presence of the recorder, or by writing executed <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>and acknowledged in the manner of conveyance, whereupon the recorder shall enter a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>minute thereof on the margin of such record. The filing of such lis pendens at the time <br/>
<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>of filing the complaint and before the commencement of the action shall have no force, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>effect, or validity against the premises described in the lis pendens, unless the filing of the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>complaint is followed by the service of the summons in the action within 90 days after the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>filing of the complaint therein. Any party claiming any title or interest in or to the real <br/>
<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>property involved or affected may on such notice as the court shall in each case prescribe, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>make application to the district court in the county in which the action is pending or in <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>which the real property involved or affected is situated, for an order discharging the lis <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>pendens of record, when any such action has not been brought on for trial within two years <br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>after the filing of the lis pendens and in case the court orders the lis pendens discharged <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>of record upon the filing of a certified copy of the order of the court in the office of the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>county recorder, where the real property is situated, the lis pendens shall be void and of <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>no force nor effect.<br/>
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<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>    Sec. 8. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>    (a) Sections 1, 3, and 6 are effective the day following final enactment, and apply <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>to documents acknowledged before, on, or after that date.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>    (b) Sections 2, 4, and 5 are effective August 1, 2008, and apply to land registered <br/>
<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 508 or 508A, whenever registered.<br/>
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<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.2-301, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var><b>524.2-301 ENTITLEMENT OF SPOUSE; PREMARITAL WILL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>    (a) A testator's surviving spouse, who If a testator married the testator after the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>testator's making a will was executed, is entitled to and the spouse survives the testator, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>the surviving spouse shall receive, as an intestate a share, no less than the value of the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>share of the estate of the testator equal in value to that which the surviving spouse would <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>have received if the testator had died intestate as to that portion of the testator's estate, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>if any, that neither is devised to a child of the testator who was born before the testator <br/>
<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>married the surviving spouse and who is not a child of the surviving spouse nor is devised <br/>
<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>to a descendant of such a child or passes under section 
<statute_ref>524.2-603</statute_ref> or 
<statute_ref>524.2-604</statute_ref> to such a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>child or to a descendant of such a child, unless: <br/>
<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>    (1) it appears from the will or other evidence that the will was made in contemplation <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>of the testator's marriage to the surviving spouse provision has been made for, or waived <br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>by, the spouse by prenuptial or postnuptial agreement;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>    (2) the will expresses the discloses an intention that it is to be effective <br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>notwithstanding any subsequent marriage not to make provision for the spouse; or<br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>    (3) the testator the spouse is provided for the spouse by transfer outside in the will <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>and the intent that the transfer be in lieu of a testamentary provision is shown by the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>testator's statements or is reasonably inferred from the amount of the transfer or other <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>evidence.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>    (b) In satisfying the share provided by this section, devises made by the will to <br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>the testator's surviving spouse, if any, are applied first, and other devises, other than a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>devise to a child of the testator who was born before the testator married the surviving <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>spouse and who is not a child of the surviving spouse or a devise or substitute gift under <br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>section 
         <statute_ref>524.2-603</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>524.2-604</statute_ref> to a descendant of such a child, abate first as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>provided in section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-902</statute_ref>. <br/>
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<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.2-402, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var><b>524.2-402 DESCENT OF HOMESTEAD.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>    (a) If there is a surviving spouse, the homestead, including a manufactured home <br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>which is the family residence, descends free from any testamentary or other disposition of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>it to which the spouse has not consented in writing or as provided by law, as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>    (1) if there is no surviving descendant of decedent, to the spouse; or<br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>    (2) if there are surviving descendants of decedent, then to the spouse for the term of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>the spouse's natural life and the remainder in equal shares to the decedent's descendants <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>by representation.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>    (b) If there is no surviving spouse and the homestead has not been disposed of by <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>will it descends as other real estate.<br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>    (c) If the homestead passes by descent or will to the spouse or decedent's descendants <br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>or to a trustee of a trust of which the spouse or the decedent's descendants are the sole <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>current beneficiaries, it is exempt from all debts which were not valid charges on it at the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>time of decedent's death except that the homestead is subject to a claim filed pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>246.53</statute_ref> for state hospital care or 
         <statute_ref>256B.15</statute_ref> for medical assistance benefits. If <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>the homestead passes to a person other than a spouse or decedent's descendants or to a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>trustee of a trust of which the spouse or the decedent's descendants are the sole current <br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>beneficiaries, it is subject to the payment of expenses of administration, funeral expenses, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>expenses of last illness, taxes, and debts. The claimant may seek to enforce a lien or other <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>charge against a homestead so exempted by an appropriate action in the district court. <br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>    (d) For purposes of this section, except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>524.2-301</statute_ref>, the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>surviving spouse is deemed to consent to any testamentary or other disposition of the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>homestead to which the spouse has not previously consented in writing unless the spouse <br/>
<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>files in the manner provided in section 
         <statute_ref>524.2-211, paragraph (f)</statute_ref>, a petition that asserts the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>homestead rights provided to the spouse by this section. <br/>
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<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.3-801, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var><b>524.3-801 NOTICE TO CREDITORS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>    (a) Unless notice has already been given under this section, upon appointment of a <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>general personal representative in informal proceedings or upon the filing of a petition <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>for formal appointment of a general personal representative, notice thereof, in the form <br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>prescribed by court rule, shall be given under the direction of the court administrator by <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>publication once a week for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper in the county <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>wherein the proceedings are pending giving the name and address of the general personal <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>representative and notifying creditors of the estate to present their claims within four <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>months after the date of the court administrator's notice which is subsequently published <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>or be forever barred, unless they are entitled to further service of notice under paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>(b) or (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>    (b)(1) Within three months after: (i) the date of the first publication of the notice; or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>(ii) June 16, 1989, whichever is later, the personal representative may determine, in the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>personal representative's discretion, that it is or is not advisable to conduct a reasonably <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>diligent search for creditors of the decedent who are either not known or not identified. If <br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>the personal representative determines that a reasonably diligent search is advisable, the <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>personal representative shall conduct the search.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>    (2) If the notice is first published after June 16, 1989, The personal representative <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>shall, within three months after the date of the first publication of the notice, serve a copy <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>of the notice upon each then known and identified creditor in the manner provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>paragraph (c). Notice If the decedent or a predeceased spouse of the decedent received <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>assistance for which a claim could be filed under section 246.53, 256B.15, 256D.16, or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>261.04, notice to the commissioner of human services must be given under paragraph (d) <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>does not satisfy the notice requirements instead of under this paragraph and or paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>(c). If notice was first published under the applicable provisions of law under the direction <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>of the court administrator before June 16, 1989, and if a personal representative is <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>empowered to act at any time after June 16, 1989, the personal representative shall, within <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>three months after June 16, 1989, serve upon the then known and identified creditors in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>the manner provided in paragraph (c) a copy of the notice as published, together with a <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>supplementary notice requiring each of the creditors to present any claim within one <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>month after the date of the service of the notice or be forever barred.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>    (3) Under this section, A creditor is "known" if: (i) the personal representative <br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>knows that the creditor has asserted a claim that arose during the decedent's life against <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>either the decedent or the decedent's estate; or (ii) the creditor has asserted a claim that <br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>arose during the decedent's life and the fact is clearly disclosed in accessible financial <br/>
<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>records known and available to the personal representative; or (iii) the claim of the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>creditor would be revealed by a reasonably diligent search for creditors of the decedent in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>accessible financial records known and available to the personal representative. Under this <br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>section, a creditor is "identified" if the personal representative's knowledge of the name <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>and address of the creditor will permit service of notice to be made under paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    (c) Unless the claim has already been presented to the personal representative or <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>paid, the personal representative shall serve a copy of any notice and any supplementary <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>the notice required by paragraph (b), clause (1) or (2), upon each creditor of the decedent <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>who is then known to the personal representative and identified, except a creditor whose <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>claim has either been presented to the personal representative or paid, either by delivery <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>of a copy of the required notice to the creditor, or by mailing a copy of the notice to the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>creditor by certified, registered, or ordinary first class mail addressed to the creditor at <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>the creditor's office or place of residence.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>    (d)(1) Effective for decedents dying on or after July 1, 1997, if the decedent or a <br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>predeceased spouse of the decedent received assistance for which a claim could be filed <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>246.53</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256B.15</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256D.16</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>261.04</statute_ref>, the personal representative or the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>attorney for the personal representative shall serve the commissioner of human services <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>with notice in the manner prescribed in paragraph (c) as soon as practicable after the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>appointment of the personal representative. The notice must state the decedent's full name, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>date of birth, and Social Security number and, to the extent then known after making a <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>reasonably diligent inquiry, the full name, date of birth, and Social Security number for <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>each of the decedent's predeceased spouses. The notice may also contain a statement that, <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>after making a reasonably diligent inquiry, the personal representative has determined that <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>the decedent did not have any predeceased spouses or that the personal representative <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>has been unable to determine one or more of the previous items of information for a <br/>
<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>predeceased spouse of the decedent. A copy of the notice to creditors must be attached to <br/>
<a id="pl.32.36"></a><var>32.36</var>and be a part of the notice to the commissioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>    (2) Notwithstanding a will or other instrument or law to the contrary, except as <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>allowed in this paragraph, no property subject to administration by the estate may be <br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>distributed by the estate or the personal representative until 70 days after the date the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>notice is served on the commissioner as provided in paragraph (c), unless the local agency <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>consents as provided for in clause (6). This restriction on distribution does not apply to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>the personal representative's sale of real or personal property, but does apply to the net <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>proceeds the estate receives from these sales. The personal representative, or any person <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>with personal knowledge of the facts, may provide an affidavit containing the description <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>of any real or personal property affected by this paragraph and stating facts showing <br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>compliance with this paragraph. If the affidavit describes real property, it may be filed <br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>or recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles for the county where <br/>
<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>the real property is located. This paragraph does not apply to proceedings under sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>524.3-1203
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>525.31</statute_ref>, or when a duly authorized agent of a county is acting as the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>personal representative of the estate. <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>    (3) At any time before an order or decree is entered under section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1001</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>or 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1002</statute_ref>, or a closing statement is filed under section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1003</statute_ref>, the personal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>representative or the attorney for the personal representative may serve an amended notice <br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>on the commissioner to add variations or other names of the decedent or a predeceased <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>spouse named in the notice, the name of a predeceased spouse omitted from the notice, to <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>add or correct the date of birth or Social Security number of a decedent or predeceased <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>spouse named in the notice, or to correct any other deficiency in a prior notice. The <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>amended notice must state the decedent's name, date of birth, and Social Security number, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>the case name, case number, and district court in which the estate is pending, and the date <br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>the notice being amended was served on the commissioner. If the amendment adds the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>name of a predeceased spouse omitted from the notice, it must also state that spouse's full <br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>name, date of birth, and Social Security number. The amended notice must be served on <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>the commissioner in the same manner as the original notice. Upon service, the amended <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>notice relates back to and is effective from the date the notice it amends was served, <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>and the time for filing claims arising under section 
         <statute_ref>246.53</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256B.15</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256D.16</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>261.04</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>is extended by 60 days from the date of service of the amended notice. Claims filed <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>during the 60-day period are undischarged and unbarred claims, may be prosecuted by <br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>the entities entitled to file those claims in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1004</statute_ref>, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>limitations in section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1006</statute_ref> do not apply. The personal representative or any person <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>with personal knowledge of the facts may provide and file or record an affidavit in the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>same manner as provided for in clause (1). <br/>
<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>    (4) Within one year after the date an order or decree is entered under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>524.3-1001
         </statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1002</statute_ref> or a closing statement is filed under section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1003</statute_ref>, any <br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>person who has an interest in property that was subject to administration by the estate may <br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>serve an amended notice on the commissioner to add variations or other names of the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>decedent or a predeceased spouse named in the notice, the name of a predeceased spouse <br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>omitted from the notice, to add or correct the date of birth or Social Security number of a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>decedent or predeceased spouse named in the notice, or to correct any other deficiency <br/>
<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>in a prior notice. The amended notice must be served on the commissioner in the same <br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>manner as the original notice and must contain the information required for amendments <br/>
<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>under clause (3). If the amendment adds the name of a predeceased spouse omitted from <br/>
<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>the notice, it must also state that spouse's full name, date of birth, and Social Security <br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>number. Upon service, the amended notice relates back to and is effective from the date <br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>the notice it amends was served. If the amended notice adds the name of an omitted <br/>
<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>predeceased spouse or adds or corrects the Social Security number or date of birth of the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>decedent or a predeceased spouse already named in the notice, then, notwithstanding any <br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>other laws to the contrary, claims against the decedent's estate on account of those persons <br/>
<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>resulting from the amendment and arising under section 
         <statute_ref>246.53</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256B.15</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256D.16</statute_ref>, or <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>261.04
         </statute_ref> are undischarged and unbarred claims, may be prosecuted by the entities entitled <br/>
<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>to file those claims in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1004</statute_ref>, and the limitations in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>524.3-1006
         </statute_ref> do not apply. The person filing the amendment or any other person with <br/>
<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>personal knowledge of the facts may provide and file or record an affidavit describing <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>affected real or personal property in the same manner as clause (1). <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>    (5) After one year from the date an order or decree is entered under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>524.3-1001
         </statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1002</statute_ref>, or a closing statement is filed under section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1003</statute_ref>, no <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>error, omission, or defect of any kind in the notice to the commissioner required under <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>this paragraph or in the process of service of the notice on the commissioner, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>failure to serve the commissioner with notice as required by this paragraph, makes any <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>distribution of property by a personal representative void or voidable. The distributee's <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>title to the distributed property shall be free of any claims based upon a failure to comply <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>with this paragraph. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>    (6) The local agency may consent to a personal representative's request to distribute <br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>property subject to administration by the estate to distributees during the 70-day period <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>after service of notice on the commissioner. The local agency may grant or deny the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>request in whole or in part and may attach conditions to its consent as it deems appropriate. <br/>
<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>When the local agency consents to a distribution, it shall give the estate a written certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.34.36"></a><var>34.36</var>evidencing its consent to the early distribution of assets at no cost. The certificate must <br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>include the name, case number, and district court in which the estate is pending, the name <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>of the local agency, describe the specific real or personal property to which the consent <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>applies, state that the local agency consents to the distribution of the specific property <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>described in the consent during the 70-day period following service of the notice on the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>commissioner, state that the consent is unconditional or list all of the terms and conditions <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>of the consent, be dated, and may include other contents as may be appropriate. The <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>certificate must be signed by the director of the local agency or the director's designees <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>and is effective as of the date it is dated unless it provides otherwise. The signature of the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>director or the director's designee does not require any acknowledgment. The certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>shall be prima facie evidence of the facts it states, may be attached to or combined with a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>deed or any other instrument of conveyance and, when so attached or combined, shall <br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>constitute a single instrument. If the certificate describes real property, it shall be accepted <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>for recording or filing by the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county in which <br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>the property is located. If the certificate describes real property and is not attached to or <br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>combined with a deed or other instrument of conveyance, it shall be accepted for recording <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>or filing by the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county in which the property is <br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>located. The certificate constitutes a waiver of the 70-day period provided for in clause (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>with respect to the property it describes and is prima facie evidence of service of notice on <br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>the commissioner. The certificate is not a waiver or relinquishment of any claims arising <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>246.53</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256B.15</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>256D.16</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>261.04</statute_ref>, and does not otherwise constitute a <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>waiver of any of the personal representative's duties under this paragraph. Distributees <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>who receive property pursuant to a consent to an early distribution shall remain liable to <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>creditors of the estate as provided for by law. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>    (7) All affidavits provided for under this paragraph:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>    (i) shall be provided by persons who have personal knowledge of the facts stated <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>in the affidavit;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>    (ii) may be filed or recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>titles in the county in which the real property they describe is located for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>establishing compliance with the requirements of this paragraph; and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>    (iii) are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.<br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>    (8) This paragraph applies to the estates of decedents dying on or after July 1, 1997. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>Clause (5) also applies with respect to all notices served on the commissioner of human <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>services before July 1, 1997, under Laws 1996, chapter 451, article 2, section 55. All <br/>
<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>notices served on the commissioner before July 1, 1997, pursuant to Laws 1996, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.35.35"></a><var>35.35</var>451, article 2, section 55, shall be deemed to be legally sufficient for the purposes for <br/>
<a id="pl.35.36"></a><var>35.36</var>which they were intended, notwithstanding any errors, omissions or other defects.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 524.3-803, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var><b>524.3-803 LIMITATIONS ON PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>    (a) All claims as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>524.1-201</statute_ref>(6), against a decedent's estate which <br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>arose before the death of the decedent, including claims of the state and any subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>thereof, whether due or to become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>if not barred earlier by other statute of limitations, are barred against the estate, the personal <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>representative, and the heirs and devisees of the decedent, unless presented as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>    (1) in the case of a creditor who is only entitled, under the United States Constitution <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>and under the Minnesota Constitution, to notice by publication under section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-801</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>within four months after the date of the court administrator's notice to creditors which <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>is subsequently published pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-801</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>    (2) in the case of a creditor who was served with notice under section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-801(c)</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>within the later to expire of four months after the date of the first publication of notice to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>creditors or one month after the service; <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>    (3) within the later to expire of one year after the decedent's death, or one year after <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>June 16, 1989, whether or not notice to creditors has been published or served under <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-801</statute_ref>, provided, however, that in the case of a decedent who died before June <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>16, 1989, no claim which was then barred by any provision of law may be deemed to have <br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>been revived by the amendment of this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>    (b) All claims against a decedent's estate which arise at or after the death of the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>decedent, including claims of the state and any subdivision thereof, whether due or to <br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>become due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, are barred against the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>estate, the personal representative, and the heirs and devisees of the decedent, unless <br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>presented as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>    (1) a claim based on a contract with the personal representative, within four months <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>after performance by the personal representative is due;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>    (2) any other claim, within four months after it arises.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>    (c) Nothing in this section affects or prevents:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>    (1) any proceeding to enforce any mortgage, pledge, or other lien upon property <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>of the estate;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>    (2) any proceeding to establish liability of the decedent or the personal representative <br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>for which there is protection by liability insurance, to the limits of the insurance protection <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>only;<br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>    (3) the presentment and payment at any time within one year after the decedent's <br/>
<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>death of any claim arising before the death of the decedent that is referred to in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.36.36"></a><var>36.36</var>524.3-715
         </statute_ref>, clause (18), although the same may be otherwise barred under this section; or <br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>    (4) the presentment and payment at any time before a petition is filed in compliance <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1001</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>524.3-1002</statute_ref> or a closing statement is filed under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>524.3-1003
         </statute_ref>, of: <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>    (i) any claim arising after the death of the decedent that is referred to in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>524.3-715
         </statute_ref>, clause (18), although the same may be otherwise barred hereunder; <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>    (ii) any other claim, including claims subject to clause (3), which would otherwise be <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>barred hereunder, upon allowance by the court upon petition of the personal representative <br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>or the claimant for cause shown on notice and hearing as the court may direct.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 507.092, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>To get tax statements.</b> (a) No contract for deed or deed conveying <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>fee title to real estate shall be recorded by the county recorder or registered by the registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>of titles until the name and address of the grantee, to whom future tax statements should be <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>sent, is printed, typewritten, stamped or written on it in a legible manner. An instrument <br/>
<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>complies with this subdivision if it contains a statement in the following form: "Tax <br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>statements for the real property described in this instrument should be sent to:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>    ............... (legal name of grantee) ............... (residential or business address)."<br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>    (b) The name provided under paragraph (a) must be the legal name of the grantee <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>and the address must be the residential or business address of the grantee.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section applies to a contract for deed or deed conveying <br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>fee title to real estate executed on or after August 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 510.05, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var><b>510.05 LIMITATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>    The amount of the homestead exemption shall not be reduced by and shall not extend <br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>to any mortgage lawfully obtained thereon, to any valid lien for taxes or assessments, to a <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>claim filed pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>246.53</statute_ref> or 256B.15
         <statute_ref></statute_ref>, to any charge arising under the laws <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>relating to laborers or material suppliers' liens or to any charge obtained under section <br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>481.13 pursuant to a valid waiver of the homestead exemption. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 550.19, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var><b>550.19 SERVICE ON JUDGMENT DEBTOR.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>    If the sale is of personal property, at or before the time of posting notice of sale, the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>officer shall serve a copy of the execution and inventory, and of the notice, upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>judgment debtor, if the debtor is a resident of the county, in the manner required by law <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>for the service of a summons in a civil action. If the sale is of real property, a judgment <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>creditor must, at least four weeks before the appointed time of sale, serve a copy of the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>notice of sale in like manner as a summons in a civil action in the district court upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>judgment debtor if the judgment debtor is a resident of the county and upon any person <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>in possession of the homestead other than the judgment debtor. In addition, the notice <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>of sale must also be served upon all persons who have recorded a request for notice in <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>580.032</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 550.22, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var><b>550.22 CERTIFICATE OF SALE OF REALTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>    When a sale of real property is made upon execution, or pursuant to a judgment or <br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>order of a court, unless otherwise specified therein, the officer shall execute and deliver <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>to the purchaser a certificate containing:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>    (1) a description of the execution, judgment, or order;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>    (2) a description of the property;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>    (3) the date of the sale and the name of the purchaser;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>    (4) the price paid for each parcel separately;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>    (5) if subject to redemption, the time allowed by law therefor;<br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>    (6) the interest rate in effect on the date of the sheriff's sale;  and<br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>    (6) (7) the amount of the debtor's homestead exemption, if any, as determined under <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>section 
         <statute_ref>550.175</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>    Such certificate shall be executed, acknowledged, and recorded in the manner <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>provided by law for a conveyance of real property, shall be prima facie evidence of the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>facts stated, and, upon expiration of the time for redemption, shall operate as a conveyance <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>to the purchaser of all the right, title, and interest of the person whose property is sold in <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>and to the same, at the date of the lien upon which the same was sold. Any person desiring <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>to perpetuate evidence that any real property sold under this section was not homestead <br/>
<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>real property may procure an affidavit by the person enforcing the judgment, or that <br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>person's attorney, or someone having knowledge of the facts, setting forth that the real <br/>
<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>property was not homestead real property. The affidavit shall be recorded by the county <br/>
<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>recorder or registrar of titles, and the affidavit and certified copies of the affidavit shall <br/>
<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>be prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 550.24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var><b>550.24 REDEMPTION OF REALTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>    (a) Upon the sale of real property, if the estate sold is less than a leasehold of two <br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>years' unexpired term, the sale is absolute. In all other cases the property sold, or any <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>portion thereof which has been sold separately, is subject to redemption as provided <br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>    (b) The judgment debtor, the debtor's heirs, successors, legal representatives, or <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>assigns may redeem within one year after the day of sale, or order confirming sale if the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>property is a homestead, by paying, to the purchaser or the officer making the sale, the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>amount for which the property was sold with interest at the rate stated in the certificate of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>sale, on the amount of the sale in excess of the homestead exemption, at the judgment rate <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>and if the purchaser is a creditor having a prior lien, the amount thereof, with interest, on <br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>the amount of the sale in excess of the homestead exemption, at the judgment rate together <br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>with any costs as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>582.03</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>582.031</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>    (c) If there is no redemption during the debtor's redemption period, creditors having <br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>a lien, legal or equitable, on the property or some part thereof, subsequent to that on <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>which it was sold may redeem in the manner provided for redemption by creditors of the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>mortgagor in section 
         <statute_ref>580.24</statute_ref>, in the order of their respective liens. <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>    (d) If the property is abandoned during the judgment debtor's redemption period, <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>the person holding the sheriff's certificate may request that the court reduce the judgment <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>debtor's redemption period to five weeks using the procedures provided for a foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>by action in section 
         <statute_ref>582.032, subdivision 5</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.6.0"></a><a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.02, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var><b>580.02 REQUISITES FOR FORECLOSURE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>    To entitle any party to make such foreclosure, it is requisite:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>    (1) that some default in a condition of such mortgage has occurred, by which the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>power to sell has become operative;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>    (2) that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then <br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>    (3) that the mortgage has been recorded and, if it has been assigned, that all <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>assignments thereof have been recorded; provided, that, if the mortgage is upon registered <br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>land, it shall be sufficient if the mortgage and all assignments thereof have been duly <br/>
<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>registered; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>    (4) before the notice of pendency as required under section 580.032 is recorded, the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>party has complied with section 580.021.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.7.0"></a><a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>    Sec. 7. <b>[580.021] FORECLOSURE PREVENTION COUNSELING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Applicability.</b> This section applies to foreclosure of mortgages under <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>this chapter on property consisting of one to four family dwelling units, one of which <br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>the owner occupies as the owner's principal place of residency on the date of service of <br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>the notice of sale of the owner.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Requirement to provide notice of opportunity for counseling.</b> When <br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>the written notice required under section 47.20, subdivision 8, is provided and before the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>notice of pendency under section 580.032, subdivision 3, is filed, a party foreclosing on a <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>mortgage must provide to the mortgagor information contained in a form prescribed in <br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>section 580.022, subdivision 1, that:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>    (1) foreclosure prevention counseling services provided by an authorized foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>prevention counseling agency are available; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>    (2) notice that the party will transmit the homeowner's name, address, and telephone <br/>
<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>number to an approved foreclosure prevention agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>    Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the notices required by this subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>from being provided concurrently with the written notice required under section 47.20, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>subdivision 8.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>    For the purposes of this section, an "authorized foreclosure prevention counseling <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>agency" is a nonprofit agency approved by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>prevention counseling services.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Notification to authorized counseling agency.</b> The party entitled to <br/>
<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>foreclose shall, within one week of sending the notice prescribed in section 580.022, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>provide to the appropriate authorized foreclosure prevention agency the mortgagor's <br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>name, address, and most recent known telephone number.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Notice of provision of counseling; request for contact information.</b> (a) <br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>An authorized foreclosure prevention agency that contacts or is contacted by a mortgagor <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>or the mortgagor's authorized representative and agrees to provide foreclosure prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>assistance services to the mortgagor or representative must provide the form prescribed in <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>section 580.022 to the mortgagee. The form serves as notice to the mortgagee that the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>mortgagor is receiving foreclosure prevention counseling assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    (b) The mortgagee must return the form to the authorized foreclosure prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>agency within 15 days of receipt of the form with the name and telephone number of the <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>mortgagee's agent. The agent must be a person authorized by the mortgagee to:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>    (1) discuss with the authorized foreclosure prevention agency or the mortgagor <br/>
<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>the terms of the mortgage; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>    (2) negotiate any resolution to the mortgagor's default.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>    (c) Nothing in this subdivision requires a mortgagee to reach a resolution relating to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>the mortgagor's default.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.8.0"></a><a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>    Sec. 8. <b>[580.022] FORMS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>    Subdivision 1. <b> Counseling form.</b> The notice required under section 580.021, <br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>subdivision 2, clause (2), must be printed on colored paper that is other than the color of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>any other document provided with it and must appear substantially as follows:<br/>

<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>    We do not want you to lose your home and your equity. Government-approved <br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>nonprofit agencies are available to, if possible, help you prevent foreclosure.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>    We have given your contact information to an authorized foreclosure prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>counseling agency to contact you to help you prevent foreclosure.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var><b>Who Are These Foreclosure Prevention Counseling Agencies</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>    They are nonprofit agencies who are experts in housing and foreclosure prevention <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>counseling and assistance. They are experienced in dealing with lenders and homeowners <br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>who are behind on mortgage payments and can help you understand your options and <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>work with you to address your delinquency. They are approved by either the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>Housing Finance Agency or the United States Department of Housing and Urban <br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>Development. They are not connected with us in any way.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var><b>Which Agency Will Contact You</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    [insert name, address, and telephone number of agency]<br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>    You can also contact them directly."<br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Notice of Counseling and Request for Contact Information form.</b> The <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>notice required in section 580.021, subdivision 4, must be substantially in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>form:<br/>

<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var><b><i>AND REQUEST FOR MORTGAGEE CONTACT INFORMATION</i></b><br/>

<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>prevention counseling in response to the current foreclosure proceedings involving the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>customer's real property. Please provide the following contact information pursuant to <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 580.021, subdivision 4, by completing and returning this form <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>via fax [insert fax number] or via e-mail at [insert e-mail address].<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"><b><i>To be completed by Counseling Agency</i></b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Consumer Name:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">CONSUMER CONTACT INFORMATION:<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Address:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">City, State, Zip Code:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Daytime Phone:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Nighttime Phone:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">PROPERTY AT RISK FOR FORECLOSURE (if differs from above):<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Address:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">City, State, Zip Code:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">COUNSELING AGENCY CONTACT:<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Name:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Agency:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Phone:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Fax:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">E-mail:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width=""/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"><b><i>To be completed by Lender</i></b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Contact Name:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Address:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">City, State, Zip Code:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Phone:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Fax:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">E-mail:<span>
                     							___
                     						</span>"<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.5.9.0"></a><a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.03, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var><b>580.03 NOTICE OF SALE; SERVICE ON OCCUPANT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>    Commencing at least six weeks before the appointed time of sale, three weeks' <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>published notice shall be given that such mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>mortgaged premises or some part thereof, and at least four weeks before the appointed <br/>
<a id="pl.42.36"></a><var>42.36</var>time of sale a copy of such notice shall be served in like manner as a summons in a civil <br/>
<a id="pl.42.37"></a><var>42.37</var>action in the district court upon the person in possession of the mortgaged premises, if the <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>same are actually occupied. If there be a building on such premises used by a church or <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>religious corporation, for its usual meetings, service upon any officer or trustee of such <br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>corporation shall be a sufficient service upon it. The notice required by section sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>580.041
         </statute_ref> and 580.042 must be served simultaneously with the notice of foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>required by this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.10.0"></a><a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Content of notice.</b> The notice required by this section must appear <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>substantially as follows:<br/>

<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>Please read it carefully.<br/>
<table>
<col width="50px"/>
<col width="64"/>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">The attorney preparing this foreclosure is:<br/>
<span>
                     							___
                     						</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">(Attorney name, address, phone)<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">It is being prepared for:<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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<td><a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var><br/>
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<td align="center" valign="bottom">(Lender name, loss mitigation phone number)<br/>
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</table><a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>AS OF [insert date], this lender says that you owe $[insert dollar amount] to bring <br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>your mortgage up to date. You must pay this amount to keep your house from going <br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>through a sheriff's sale. The sheriff's sale is scheduled for [insert date] at [insert <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>time] at [insert place].<br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>Mortgage foreclosure is a complex process. Some People may approach contact you <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>about "saving" with advice and offers to help "save" your home. You should be <br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>careful about any such promises.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>before entering into any agreements with anyone in connection with the foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>of your home. There are government agencies and nonprofit organizations that you <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>may contact for helpful information about the foreclosure process. For the name and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>telephone number of an organization near you please call the Minnesota Housing <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>Finance Agency (MHFA) at (insert telephone number). The state does not guarantee <br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>the advice of these agencies.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>Do not delay dealing with the foreclosure because your options may become more <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>limited as time passes."<br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var><b>Remember:</b> It is important that you learn as much as you can about foreclosure and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>your situation. Find out about all your options before you make any agreements with <br/>
<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>anyone about the foreclosure of your home.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.36"></a><var>43.36</var><b>Getting Help</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>As soon as possible, you should contact your lender at the above number to talk <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>about things you might be able to do to prevent foreclosure. You should also <br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>consider contacting the foreclosure prevention counselor in your area. A foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>prevention counselor can answer your questions, offer free advice, and help you <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>create a plan which makes sense for your situation.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>Contact the Minnesota Home Ownership Center at 651-659-9336 or 866-462-6466 <br/>
<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>or www.hocmn.org to get the phone number and location of the nearest counseling <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>organization. Call today. The longer you wait, the fewer options you may have for <br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>a desirable result.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var><b>Information About the Foreclosure Process</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>You do not need to move at the time of the sheriff's sale. After the sheriff's sale you <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>have the right to "redeem." Redeem means that you pay off the entire loan amount <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>plus fees to keep your house. You can keep living in your home for a period of time. <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>This is called a "redemption period." The redemption period is [insert number of <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>months] months after the sheriff's sale. This redemption period is your chance to <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>try and sell your home or refinance it with a different loan. You can also pay the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>redemption amount with any other funds you have available. At the end of the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>redemption period you will have to leave your home. If you do not, the person or <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>company that bid on your home at the sheriff's sale has the right to file an eviction <br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>against you in district court."<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.11.0"></a><a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>    Sec. 11. <b>[580.042] FORECLOSURE ADVICE NOTICE TO TENANT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Applicability.</b> This section applies to foreclosure of mortgages <br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>under this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Form of delivery of notice.</b> The notice required by this section must be in <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>14-point boldface type and must be printed on colored paper that is other than the color of <br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>the notice of foreclosure and of the notice to be given under section 580.041, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>1b, and that does not obscure or overshadow the content of the notice. The title of the <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>notice must be in 20-point boldface type. The notice must be on its own page.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Content of notice.</b> The notice required by this section must appear <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>substantially as follows.<br/>

<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>    <b>The mortgage foreclosure does not change the terms of your lease. You and </b><br/>
<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var><b>your landlord must continue to follow the terms of your lease, including the rights </b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var><b>and responsibilities of you and your landlord. You must keep paying rent unless you </b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var><b>have a legal reason to withhold it. Your landlord must keep the property repaired. </b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var><b>Utilities must be paid under the terms of your lease or under state law.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>    <b>Moving out of the property early might be a violation of your lease.</b> The date <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>of the sheriff's foreclosure sale is in the attached foreclosure notice. In most cases you <br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>do not need to move from the property before the sheriff's foreclosure sale. Read your <br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>lease to see if it says anything about foreclosure and about the rights you may have if the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>property is in foreclosure. If you have a month-to-month lease, the foreclosure notice does <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>not change the rules for ending your lease. You and your landlord must still give legal <br/>
<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>notice to end your lease.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>    In most cases, your landlord has six months after the date of the sheriff's foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>sale to pay off the mortgage. This is called the "redemption period." Read the attached <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>foreclosure notice to determine the length of the redemption period. You cannot be asked <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>to move during the redemption period except for lease violations or if your lease expires <br/>
<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>during the redemption period. If your landlord stops the foreclosure, you may not have to <br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>move from the property. If your landlord does not stop the foreclosure, there will be a new <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>owner of the property at the end of the redemption period.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>    The new owner may have the legal right to ask you to move even if your lease is <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>not over. But, the new owner must still give you a written notice stating that the new <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>owner wants you to move.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>    Do not wait to get information about foreclosure. Mortgage foreclosure is a <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>complicated process. It is important you learn about your rights as a renter when there <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>is a mortgage foreclosure. You may have fewer options if you wait too long. There <br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>are government agencies and nonprofit organizations that you may contact for helpful <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>information about the foreclosure process. For the name and telephone number of an <br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>organization near you, please call the legal aid office or bar association office in your <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>county. You also can find information on tenant rights at HOME Line at (866) 866-3546 <br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>and Law Help Minnesota at http://www.LawHelpMN.org. The state of Minnesota does <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>not guarantee the advice of these agencies and organizations."<br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Affidavit.</b> Any person may establish compliance with or inapplicability of <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>this section by recording, with the county recorder or registrar of titles, an affidavit by <br/>
<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>a person having knowledge of the facts, stating that the notice required by this section <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>has been delivered in compliance with this section. The affidavit and a certified copy <br/>
<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>of a recorded affidavit is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit. The <br/>
<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>affidavit may be recorded regarding any foreclosure sale, including foreclosure sales <br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>that occurred prior to August 1, 2008, and may be recorded separately or as part of the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>record of a foreclosure.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Validation of foreclosure sales; remedy for violation.</b> (a) No mortgage <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>foreclosure sale under this chapter is invalid because of failure to comply with this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>    (b) The remedy for a violation of this section is limited to actual damages caused by <br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>the violation, not to exceed $1,000, and is available only to the tenant of the mortgaged <br/>
<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>premises who occupied the mortgaged premises during the redemption period of the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>mortgagor. Any legal action brought to enforce the provisions of this section must be <br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>commenced by the last day of the redemption period of the mortgagor. A person is not <br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>liable in an action for a violation of this section if the person shows by a preponderance of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>the evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>the person adopted and maintained reasonable procedures to avoid the error. A plaintiff <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>does not have cause of action if the defendant has complied with section 580.03.<br/>
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<a id="bill.5.12.0"></a><a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.06, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var><b>580.06 SALE, HOW AND BY WHOM MADE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>    The sale shall be made by the sheriff or the sheriff's deputy at public vendue to the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>highest bidder, in the county in which the premises to be sold, or some part thereof, are <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>situated, between 9:00 a.m. and the setting of the sun 4:00 p.m.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.13.0"></a><a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.07, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var><b>580.07 POSTPONEMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>    The sale may be postponed, from time to time, by the party conducting the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>foreclosure, by inserting a notice of the postponement, as soon as practicable, in the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>newspaper in which the original advertisement was published, and continuing the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>publication until the time to which the sale is postponed, at the expense of the party <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>requesting the postponement.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.14.0"></a><a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.12, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var><b>580.12 CERTIFICATE OF SALE; RECORD; EFFECT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>    When any sale of real property is made under a power of sale contained in any <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>mortgage, the officer shall make and deliver to the purchaser a certificate, executed in the <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>same manner as a conveyance, containing:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>    (1) a description of the mortgage;<br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>    (2) a description of the property sold;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    (3) the price paid for each parcel sold;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>    (4) the time and place of the sale, and the name of the purchaser;<br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>    (5) the interest rate in effect on the date of the sheriff's sale; and<br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>    (5) (6) the time allowed by law for redemption, provided that if the redemption <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>period stated in the certificate is five weeks and a longer redemption period was stated in <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>the published notice of foreclosure sale, a certified copy of the court order entered under <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>section 
         <statute_ref>582.032</statute_ref>, authorizing reduction of the redemption period to five weeks, must be <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>attached to the certificate. <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>    A certificate which states a five-week redemption period must be recorded within <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>ten days after the sale; any other certificate must be recorded within 20 days after the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>sale. When so recorded, upon expiration of the time for redemption, the certificate shall <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>operate as a conveyance to the purchaser or the purchaser's assignee of all the right, title, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>and interest of the mortgagor in and to the premises named therein at the date of such <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>mortgage, without any other conveyance. A certificate must not contain a time allowed <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>for redemption that is less than the time specified by section 
         <statute_ref>580.23</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>582.032</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>582.32</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>whichever applies. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.15.0"></a><a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Six-month redemption period.</b> When lands have been sold in <br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>conformity with the preceding sections of this chapter, the mortgagor, the mortgagor's <br/>
<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>personal representatives or assigns, within six months after such sale, except as otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>provided in subdivision 2 or section 
         <statute_ref>582.032</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>582.32</statute_ref>, may redeem such lands, as <br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>hereinafter provided, by paying the sum of money for which the same were sold, with <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>interest from the time of sale at the rate provided to be paid on the mortgage debt as stated <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>in the certificate of sale and, if no rate be provided in the mortgage note certificate of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>sale, at the rate of six percent per annum, together with any further sums which may be <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>payable as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>582.03</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>582.031</statute_ref>. Delivery of funds and documents <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>for redemption must be made at the normal place of business of the recipient, on days <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>other than Sunday, Saturday, and legal holidays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>p.m. Regardless of the length of the redemption period, the sheriff may accept a specific <br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>sum less than the full amount due for redemption by the mortgagor upon receipt by the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>sheriff, prior to expiration of the redemption period, of written confirmation from the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>holder of the sheriff's certificate or the attorney for the holder of the sheriff's certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>that the holder of the sheriff's certificate has agreed to accept a specific sum less than the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>full amount due for redemption.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.16.0"></a><a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 580.24, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var><b>580.24 REDEMPTION BY CREDITOR.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>    (a) If no redemption is made by the mortgagor, the mortgagor's personal <br/>
<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>representatives or assigns, the most senior creditor having a legal or equitable lien upon <br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>the mortgaged premises, or some part of it, subsequent to the foreclosed mortgage, may <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>redeem within seven days after the expiration of the redemption period determined under <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>section 
         <statute_ref>580.23</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>582.032</statute_ref>, whichever is applicable; and each subsequent creditor having a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>lien may redeem, in the order of priority of their respective liens, within seven days after <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>the time allowed the prior lienholder by paying the amount required under this section. <br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>However, no creditor is entitled to redeem unless, within one week or more prior to the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>expiration of the period allowed for redemption by the mortgagor, the creditor:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>    (1) records with each county recorder and registrar of titles where the foreclosed <br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>mortgage is recorded a notice of the creditor's intention to redeem;<br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>    (2) records in each office with each county recorder and registrar of titles where the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>notice of the creditor's intention to redeem is recorded all documents necessary to create <br/>
<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>the lien on the mortgaged premises and to evidence the creditor's ownership of the lien, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>including a copy of any money judgment necessary to create the lien; and<br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>    (3) after complying with clauses (1) and (2), delivers to the sheriff who conducted <br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>the foreclosure sale or the sheriff's successor in office a copy of each of the documents <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>required to be recorded under clauses (1) and (2), with the office, date and time of filing <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>for record stated on the first page of each document.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>    The sheriff shall maintain for public inspection all documents delivered to the sheriff <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>and shall note the date of delivery on each document. The sheriff may charge a fee of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>$100 for the documents delivered to the sheriff relating to each lien. The sheriff shall <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>maintain copies of documents delivered to the sheriff for a period of six months after the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>end of the mortgagor's redemption period.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>    (b) Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and the first day following the expiration <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>of the prior redemption period must be included in computing the seven-day redemption <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>period. When the last day of the period falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>that day must be omitted from the computation. The order of redemption by judgment <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>creditors subsequent to the foreclosed mortgage shall be determined by the order in which <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>their judgments were entered as memorials on the certificate of title for the foreclosed <br/>
<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>premises or docketed in the office of the district court administrator if the property is not <br/>
<a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>registered under chapter 508 or 508A, regardless of the homestead status of the property. <br/>
<a id="pl.48.35"></a><var>48.35</var>All mechanic's lienholders who have coordinate liens shall have one combined seven-day <br/>
<a id="pl.48.36"></a><var>48.36</var>period to redeem.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>    (c) The amount required to redeem from the holder of the sheriff's certificate of sale <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>is the amount required under section 
         <statute_ref>580.23</statute_ref>. The amount required to redeem from a <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>person holding a certificate of redemption is:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>    (1) the amount paid to redeem as shown on the certificate of redemption; plus<br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>    (2) interest on that amount to the date of redemption; plus<br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>    (3) the amount claimed due on the person's lien, as shown on the affidavit under <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>section 
         <statute_ref>580.25</statute_ref>, clause (3).<br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>    The amount required to redeem may be paid to the holder of the sheriff's certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>of sale or the certificate of redemption, as the case may be, or to the sheriff for the holder.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.17.0"></a><a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.25, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var><b>580.25 REDEMPTION, HOW MADE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>    Redemption shall be made as provided in this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>    The person desiring to redeem shall pay the amount required by law for the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>redemption, and shall produce to the person or officer receiving the redemption payment:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>    (1) a copy of the docket of the judgment, or of the recorded deed or mortgage, or <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>of the record or files evidencing any other lien under which the person claims a right to <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>redeem, certified by the officer with custody of the docket, record, or files, or the original <br/>
<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>deed or mortgage with the certificate of record endorsed on it;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>    (2) a copy of any recorded assignment necessary to evidence the person's ownership <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>of the lien, certified by the officer with custody of the assignment, or the original of each <br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>instrument of assignment with the certificate of record endorsed on it. If the redemption is <br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>under an assignment of a judgment, the assignment shall be filed in the court entering the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>judgment, as provided by law, and the person so redeeming shall produce a certified copy <br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>of it and of the record of its filing, and the copy of the docket shall show that the proper <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>entry was made upon the docket. No further evidence of the assignment of the judgment is <br/>
<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>required unless the mortgaged premises or part of it is registered property, in which case <br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>the judgment and all assignments of the judgment must be entered as a memorial upon the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>certificate of title to the mortgaged premises and the original a copy of the judgment and <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>each assignment with the certificate of record endorsed on it, or a copy certified by the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>registrar of titles, must be produced; and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>    (3) an affidavit of the person or the person's agent, showing the amount then actually <br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>claimed due on the person's lien and required to be paid on the lien in order to redeem <br/>
<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>from the person. Additional fees and charges may be claimed due only as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>section 582.03.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    If redemption is made to the sheriff, the sheriff may charge a fee of $250 for issuing <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>the certificate of redemption and any related service. No other fee may be charged by the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>sheriff for a redemption.<br/>
<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>    Within 24 hours after a redemption is made, the person redeeming shall cause the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>documents so required to be produced to be filed recorded with the county recorder, or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>registrar of titles, who may receive fees as prescribed in section 
         <statute_ref>357.18</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>508.82</statute_ref>. If the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>redemption is made at any place other than the county seat, it is sufficient forthwith to <br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>deposit the documents in the nearest post office, addressed to the recorder or registrar of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>titles, with the postage prepaid. A person recording documents produced for redemption <br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>shall, on the same day, deliver copies of the documents to the sheriff for public inspection. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>The sheriff may receive a fee of $20 for the documents delivered following a redemption. <br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>The sheriff shall note the date of delivery on the documents and shall maintain for public <br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>inspection all documents delivered to the sheriff for a period of six months after the end of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>the mortgagor's redemption period. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.18.0"></a><a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.28, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var><b>580.28 ACTION TO SET ASIDE MORTGAGE; FORECLOSURE; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var><b>REDEMPTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>    When an action is brought wherein it is claimed that any mortgage as to the plaintiff <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>or person for whose benefit the action is brought is fraudulent or void, or has been paid or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>discharged, in whole or in part, or the relative priority or the validity of liens is disputed, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>if such mortgage has been foreclosed by advertisement, and the time for redemption <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>from the foreclosure sale will expire before final judgment in such action, the plaintiff or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>beneficiary having the right to redeem, for the purpose of saving such right in case the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>action fails, may deposit with the sheriff before the time of redemption expires the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>for which the mortgaged premises were sold, with interest thereon to the time of deposit, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>together with a bond to the holder of the sheriff's certificate of sale, in an amount and with <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>sureties to be approved by the sheriff, conditioned to pay all interest that may accrue or be <br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>allowed on such deposit if the action fail. The person shall, in writing, notify such sheriff <br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>that the person claims the mortgage to be fraudulent or void, or to have been paid or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>discharged, in whole or in part, as the case may be, and that such action is pending, and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>direct the sheriff to retain such money and bond until final judgment. In case such action <br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>fails, such deposit shall operate as a redemption of the premises from such foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>sale, and entitle the plaintiff to a certificate thereof. Such foreclosure, deposit, bond, and <br/>
<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>notice shall be brought to the attention of the court by supplemental complaint in the <br/>
<a id="pl.50.35"></a><var>50.35</var>action, and the judgment shall determine the validity of the foreclosure sale, and the rights <br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>of the parties to the moneys and bond so deposited, which shall be paid and delivered by <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>the sheriff as directed by such judgment upon delivery to the sheriff of a certified copy <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>thereof. The remedy herein provided shall be in addition to other remedies now existing.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.19.0"></a><a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 580.30, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var><b>580.30 MORTGAGES, WHEN REINSTATED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Reinstatement.</b> In any proceedings for the foreclosure of a real estate <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>mortgage, whether by action or by advertisement, if at any time before the sale of the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>premises under such foreclosure the mortgagor, the owner, or any holder of any subsequent <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>encumbrance or lien, or any one for them, shall pay or cause to be paid to the holder of the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>mortgage so being foreclosed, or to the attorney foreclosing the same, or to the sheriff of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>the county, the amount actually due thereon and constituting the default actually existing <br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>in the conditions of the mortgage at the time of the commencement of the foreclosure <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>proceedings, including insurance, delinquent taxes, if any, upon the premises, interest to <br/>
<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>date of payment, cost of publication and services of process or notices, attorney's fees not <br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>exceeding $150 or one-half of the attorney's fees authorized by section 
         <statute_ref>582.01</statute_ref>, whichever <br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>is greater, together with other lawful disbursements necessarily incurred in connection <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>with the proceedings by the party foreclosing, then, and in that event, the mortgage shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>fully reinstated and further proceedings in such foreclosure shall be thereupon abandoned. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Request by sheriff.</b> Upon written request by the sheriff, the holder of the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>mortgage or the holder's legal representative shall provide to the sheriff within seven days <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>of the date of the request by the sheriff to the foreclosing attorney: (1) the current payoff <br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>amount, showing outstanding principal, interest, and a daily interest accrual amount, (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>an itemized schedule of the current amounts necessary to reinstate the mortgage, and (3) <br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>the identity of the person or entity with authority to act on behalf of the holder of the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>mortgage or the holder's legal representative. If the holder of the mortgage or the holder's <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>legal representative fails to respond to the sheriff's request within seven days of the date <br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>of the request, the sheriff shall postpone the sheriff's sale and the sheriff shall announce <br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>at the sheriff's sale the postponement of the sale. The postponement does not need to be <br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>published. If the request by the sheriff is made seven days or less before the sheriff's sale, <br/>
<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>the holder of the mortgage or the holder's representative shall make a good faith effort to <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>respond to the sheriff before the sheriff's sale, but the sheriff may conduct the sheriff's sale <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>without a response from the holder of the mortgage or the holder's legal representative.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.20.0"></a><a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 581.10, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var><b>581.10 REDEMPTION BY MORTGAGOR, CREDITOR.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>    The mortgagor, or those claiming under the mortgagor, within the time specified in <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>580.23</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>582.032</statute_ref>, whichever applies, after the date of the order of confirmation, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>may redeem the premises sold, or any separate portion thereof, by paying the amount bid <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>therefor, with interest thereon from the time of sale at the rate provided to be paid on the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>mortgage debt, not to exceed eight percent per annum, and, if no rate to be provided in the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>mortgage, at the rate of six percent stated in the certificate of sale or, if no rate is provided <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>in the certificate of sale, at the rate of six percent per annum, together with any further sum <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>which may be payable pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>582.03</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>582.031</statute_ref>. Creditors having a lien <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>may redeem in the order and manner specified in section 
         <statute_ref>580.24</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.21.0"></a><a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 582.03, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var><b>582.03 PURCHASER MAY PAY TAXES AND OTHER EXPENSES DUE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Allowable costs collectable upon redemption.</b> The purchaser at <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>any holder of any sheriff's certificate of sale, upon from a foreclosure by advertisement <br/>
<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>or action of a mortgage or lien or execution or at any judicial sale, or the holder of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>any certificate of redemption as a junior creditor during the period of redemption, may <br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>pay and claim the following on redemption: any taxes or assessments on which any <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>penalty would otherwise accrue, and may pay the premium upon any policy of insurance <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>procured in renewal of any expiring policy upon any costs of a hazard insurance policy <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>for the holder's interest in the mortgaged premises incurred for the period of holding the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>sheriff's certificate, any costs incurred when an order to reduce a mortgagor's redemption <br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>period under section 582.032 is entered, any fees paid to the county recorder, registrar <br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>of titles, or sheriff to obtain or record the certificates of sale or redemption or notices of <br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>intention to redeem, any reasonable fees paid to licensed real estate brokers for broker <br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>price opinions or to licensed appraisers for appraisals, any deed tax paid to file a certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>of redemption, reasonable attorney fees incurred after the foreclosure sale not to exceed <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>one-half of the amount authorized by section 582.01, may pay any costs incurred under <br/>
<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>section 
         <statute_ref>582.031</statute_ref>, and may, in case any interest or installment of principal upon any prior or <br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>superior mortgage, lien, or contract for deed is in default or shall become that becomes <br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>due during the period of redemption, pay the same, and,. In all such cases, the sum costs <br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>so paid and claimed due, with interest, shall be a part of the sum required to be paid to <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>redeem from such sale. No other costs, fees, interest, or other amount may be added to <br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>the amount necessary to redeem.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Affidavit of allowable costs.</b> Such Any payments made and claimed due <br/>
<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>under subdivision 1 shall be proved by the affidavit of the purchaser or the purchaser's <br/>
<a id="pl.52.35"></a><var>52.35</var>holder of the sheriff's certificate or its agent or attorney, stating the items itemizing each <br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>of the allowable costs and describing the premises, which must be filed for record with <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>the county recorder or registrar of titles, and a copy thereof shall be furnished to the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>sheriff at least ten days before the expiration of the period of redemption. The affidavit <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>must be filed with the sheriff of the county in which the sale was held at any time prior to <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>expiration of the mortgagor's redemption period. Upon written request by the sheriff, the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>holder of the sheriff's certificate or certificate of redemption shall provide an affidavit of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>allowable costs to the sheriff within seven days of the date of the request by the sheriff. If <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>the mortgagor does not redeem within seven days after the affidavit is filed, the holder of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>the sheriff's certificate may file a supplemental affidavit if additional allowable costs are <br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>incurred during the redemption period. If the holder of the sheriff's certificate or certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>of redemption fails to respond to the sheriff's request within seven days, the sheriff may <br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>calculate a redemption amount pursuant to section 580.23, subdivision 1, and issue a <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>certificate of redemption for that amount. If the time allowed to redeem is less than seven <br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>days from the expiration of the redemption period, the sheriff shall make a reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>effort to request the affidavit of allowable costs in writing from the holder of the sheriff's <br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>certificate, its agent, or attorney before issuing a certificate of redemption. If the affidavit <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>of allowable costs is not provided more than one business day before the expiration of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>the redemption period, at any time one business day or less before the expiration of the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>redemption period, the sheriff may calculate a redemption amount pursuant to section <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>580.23, subdivision 1, and issue a certificate of redemption for that amount. The amount <br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>calculated by the sheriff, absent malfeasance by the sheriff, binds the holder of the sheriff's <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>certificate even if the amount calculated by the sheriff is less than the actual amount due.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>    Subd. 3. <b> Penalty for excessive costs.</b> At any time within one year after the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>expiration of the mortgagor's redemption period, the redeeming party, heirs, or assigns <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>may recover from the holder of the sheriff's certificate three times the amount of any sums <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>declared as costs or disbursements on the affidavit of allowable costs but not actually paid <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>by the holder, or three times the amount of any sums determined to exceed a reasonable <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>cost for the declared item where the excess has been retained by the lender, unless the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>disputed amounts are paid to the redeeming party, heirs, or assigns prior to entry of <br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>judgment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.22.0"></a><a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 582.031, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var><b>582.031 LIMITED RIGHT OF ENTRY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Right of entry.</b> If premises described in a mortgage or sheriff's <br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>certificate are vacant or unoccupied, the holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate or the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>holder's agents and contractors may, but is under no obligation to, enter upon the premises <br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>to protect the premises from waste, until the holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>receives notice that the premises are occupied. The holder of the mortgage or sheriff's <br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>certificate does not become a mortgagee in possession by taking actions authorized under <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>this section. An affidavit of the sheriff, the holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate, or <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>a person acting on behalf of the holder, describing the premises and stating that the same <br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>are vacant or unoccupied, is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the affidavit and is <br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>entitled to be recorded in the office of the county recorder or the registrar of titles in the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>county where the premises are located, if it contains a legal description of the premises.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Authorized actions.</b> The holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>may take the following actions to protect the premises from waste: or from falling below <br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>minimum community standards for public safety and sanitation: make reasonable periodic <br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>inspections, install or change locks on doors and windows, board windows, install an <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>alarm system, provide a resident caretaker, and otherwise prevent or minimize damage <br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>to the premises from the elements, vandalism, trespass, or other illegal activities. If the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate installs or changes locks under this section, a <br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>key to the premises must be promptly delivered to the mortgagor or any person lawfully <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>claiming through the mortgagor, upon request.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Costs.</b> All costs incurred by the holder of the mortgage to protect the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>premises from waste or from falling below minimum community standards for public <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>safety and sanitation may be added to the principal balance of the mortgage. The costs <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>may bear interest to the extent provided in the mortgage and may be added to the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>redemption price if the costs are incurred after a foreclosure sale. If the costs are incurred <br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>after a foreclosure sale, the purchaser at the foreclosure sale holder of any sheriff's <br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>certificate of sale or certificate of redemption must comply with the provisions of section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>582.03
         </statute_ref>. The provisions of this section are in addition to, and do not limit or replace, any <br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>other rights or remedies available to holders of mortgages and sheriff's certificates, at law <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>or under the applicable mortgage agreements. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.5.23.0"></a><a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>    Sec. 23. Laws 2004, chapter 263, section 26, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>    Sec. 26. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE; EXPIRATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>    Sections 1 to 18, 22, 23, and 25 are effective August 1, 2004, and expire December <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>31, 2009. Sections 19, 20, 21, and 24 are effective July 1, 2004.<br/>