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HF 3397

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/18/2020 11:27am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to real property; clarifying ownership definitions; requiring the record
owner to be listed as grantee in tax-forfeited land sales; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2018, sections 282.301; 325N.01; 325N.10, subdivisions 2, 3; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 282.301, is amended to read:


282.301 RECEIPTS FOR PAYMENTSnew text begin ; CERTIFICATION BY COUNTY
AUDITOR
new text end .

When any sale has been made under sections 282.012 and 282.241 to 282.324, the
purchaser shall receive from the county auditor at the time of repurchase a receipt, in such
form as may be prescribed by the attorney general. When the purchase price of a parcel of
land shall be paid in full, the following facts shall be certified by the county auditor to the
commissioner of revenue of the state of Minnesota: the description of land, deleted text begin the date of sale,
the name of the purchaser or the purchaser's assignee,
deleted text end and the date when the final installment
of the purchase price was paid. deleted text begin Upon payment in full of the purchase price, the purchaser
or the assignee shall receive a quitclaim deed from the state, to be executed by the
commissioner of revenue. The deed must be sent to the county auditor who shall have it
recorded before it is forwarded to the purchaser. Failure to make any payment herein required
shall constitute default and upon such default and cancellation in accord with section 282.40,
the right, title and interest of the purchaser or the purchaser's heirs, representatives, or assigns
in such parcel shall terminate.
deleted text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for purchases made on or after July 1,
2020.
new text end

Sec. 2.

new text begin [282.302] CONVEYANCE OF DEED UPON CERTIFICATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Conveyance to record owner. new text end

new text begin Except as provided in subdivision 2, upon
receipt of the certification by the county auditor required under section 282.301, the
commissioner of revenue must issue a quitclaim deed in the name of the state, as grantor,
to the record owner of the property at the time of the expiration of the redemption period
established under section 281.23.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Sales to personal representatives, heirs, or devisees. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding
subdivision 1, the state deed must name the record owner's estate as grantee if a sale
conducted under section 282.01 is made to a personal representative, heir, or devisee of the
record owner, and the record owner is either deceased at the time of the expiration of
redemption period established under section 281.23 or is deceased at the time the certification
of payment under section 282.301 is made.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for purchases made on or after July 1,
2020.
new text end

Sec. 3.

new text begin [282.303] ASSIGNMENT OF INSTALLMENT CONTRACT.
new text end

new text begin If the record owner at the time of the expiration of redemption assigns an installment
contract used to repurchase, and the assignment was registered or recorded, the state deed
must name the assignee as the grantee.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for purchases made on or after July 1,
2020.
new text end

Sec. 4.

new text begin [282.304] RECORDATION OF DEED; DEFAULT.
new text end

new text begin (a) The quitclaim deed issued under section 282.302 must be sent to the county auditor
who must have it recorded before it is forwarded to the grantee. Recording of the deed to
the county auditor is deemed delivery to the grantee.
new text end

new text begin (b) Failure to make any payment required by this chapter will constitute default and
upon such default, the sale will be subject to the cancellation provisions of section 282.40.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective for purchases made on or after July 1,
2020.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 325N.01, is amended to read:


325N.01 DEFINITIONS.

The definitions in paragraphs (a) to (h) apply to sections 325N.01 to 325N.09.

(a) "Foreclosure consultant" means any person who, directly or indirectly, makes any
solicitation, representation, or offer to any owner to perform for compensation or who, for
compensation, performs any service which the person in any manner represents will in any
manner do any of the following:

(1) stop or postpone the foreclosure sale;

(2) obtain any forbearance from any beneficiary or mortgagee;

(3) assist the owner to exercise the right of reinstatement provided in section 580.30;

(4) obtain any extension of the period within which the owner may reinstate the owner's
obligation;

(5) obtain any waiver of an acceleration clause contained in any promissory note or
contract secured by a mortgage on a residence in foreclosure or contained in the mortgage;

(6) assist the owner in foreclosure or loan default to obtain a loan or advance of funds;

(7) avoid or ameliorate the impairment of the owner's credit resulting from the recording
of a notice of default or the conduct of a foreclosure sale;

(8) save the owner's residence from foreclosure; or

(9) negotiate or modify the terms or conditions of an existing residential mortgage loan.

(b) A foreclosure consultant does not include any of the following:

(1) a person licensed to practice law in this state when the person renders service in the
course of the person's practice as an attorney-at-law;

(2) a person licensed as a debt management services provider under chapter 332A, when
the person is acting as a debt management services provider as defined in that chapter;

(3) a person licensed as a real estate broker or salesperson under chapter 82 when the
person engages in acts whose performance requires licensure under that chapter unless the
person is engaged in offering services designed to, or purportedly designed to, enable the
owner to retain possession of the residence in foreclosure;

(4) a person licensed as an accountant under chapter 326A when the person is acting in
any capacity for which the person is licensed under those provisions;

(5) a person or the person's authorized agent acting under the express authority or written
approval of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or other department or
agency of the United States or this state to provide services;

(6) a person who holds or is owed an obligation secured by a lien on any residence in
foreclosure when the person performs services in connection with this obligation or lien if
the obligation or lien did not arise as the result of or as part of a proposed foreclosure
reconveyance;

(7) any person or entity doing business under any law of this state, or of the United States
relating to banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, industrial loan and thrift
companies, regulated lenders, credit unions, insurance companies, or a mortgagee which is
a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development approved mortgagee and
any subsidiary or affiliate of these persons or entities, and any agent or employee of these
persons or entities while engaged in the business of these persons or entities;

(8) a person licensed as a residential mortgage originator or servicer pursuant to chapter
58, when acting under the authority of that license, except that the provisions of sections
325N.01 to 325N.06, 325N.08, and 325N.09 shall apply to any person operating under a
mortgage originator license who negotiates or offers to negotiate the terms or conditions of
an existing residential mortgage loan;

(9) a nonprofit agency or organization that has tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code that offers counseling or advice to an owner of a home in
foreclosure or loan default if they do not contract for services with for-profit lenders or
foreclosure purchasers, except that they shall comply with the provisions of section 325N.04,
clause (1);

(10) a judgment creditor of the owner, to the extent that the judgment creditor's claim
accrued prior to the personal service of the foreclosure notice required by section 580.03,
but excluding a person who purchased the claim after such personal service; and

(11) a foreclosure purchaser as defined in section 325N.10.

(c) "Foreclosure reconveyance" means a transaction involving:

(1) the transfer of title to real property by deleted text begin a foreclosed homeowner during a foreclosure
proceeding
deleted text end new text begin an ownernew text end , either by transfer of interest from the deleted text begin foreclosed homeownerdeleted text end new text begin ownernew text end
or by creation of a mortgage or other lien or encumbrance deleted text begin during the foreclosure processdeleted text end
that allows the acquirer to obtain title to the property by redeeming the property as a junior
lienholder; and

(2) the subsequent conveyance, or promise of a subsequent conveyance, of an interest
back to the deleted text begin foreclosed homeownerdeleted text end new text begin ownernew text end by the acquirer or a person acting in participation
with the acquirer that allows the deleted text begin foreclosed homeownerdeleted text end new text begin ownernew text end to possess either the residence
in foreclosure or any other real property, which interest includes, but is not limited to, an
interest in a contract for deed, purchase agreement, option to purchase, or lease.

(d) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
association, or other group, however organized.

(e) "Service" means and includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

(1) debt, budget, or financial counseling of any type;

(2) receiving money for the purpose of distributing it to creditors in payment or partial
payment of any obligation secured by a lien on a residence in foreclosure;

(3) contacting creditors or servicers to negotiate or offer to negotiate the terms or
conditions of an existing residential mortgage loan;

(4) arranging or attempting to arrange for an extension of the period within which the
owner of a residence in foreclosure may cure the owner's default and reinstate the owner's
obligation pursuant to section 580.30;

(5) arranging or attempting to arrange for any delay or postponement of the time of sale
of the residence in foreclosure;

(6) advising the filing of any document or assisting in any manner in the preparation of
any document for filing with any bankruptcy court; or

(7) giving any advice, explanation, or instruction to an owner of a residence in foreclosure,
which in any manner relates to the cure of a default in or the reinstatement of an obligation
secured by a lien on the residence in foreclosure, the full satisfaction of that obligation, or
the postponement or avoidance of a sale of a residence in foreclosure, pursuant to a power
of sale contained in any mortgage.

(f) "Residence in foreclosure" means residential real property consisting of one to four
family dwelling units, one of which the owner occupies as the owner's principal place of
residence, or real property that is principally used for farming, as defined in section 500.24,
subdivision 2
, whether or not parcels are contiguous, so long as the owner occupies one of
the parcels as the owner's principal place of residence, where there is a delinquency or
default on any loan payment or debt secured by or attached to the residential real property
including, but not limited to, contract for deed payments.

(g) "Owner" means the record owner of deleted text begin the residential real property in foreclosure at
the time the notice of pendency was recorded, or the summons and complaint served
deleted text end new text begin a
residence in foreclosure
new text end .

(h) "Contract" means any agreement, or any term in any agreement, between a foreclosure
consultant and an owner for the rendition of any service as defined in paragraph (e).

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2020.
new text end

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 325N.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Foreclosed homeowner.

"Foreclosed homeowner" means deleted text begin andeleted text end new text begin a recordnew text end owner
of deleted text begin residential real property, including a condominium, or an owner of real property that is
principally used for farming as defined in section 500.24, subdivision 2, that is the primary
residence of the owner and whose mortgage on the real property is or was
deleted text end new text begin a residencenew text end in
foreclosure.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2020.
new text end

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 325N.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Foreclosure reconveyance.

"Foreclosure reconveyance" means a transaction
involving:

(1) the transfer of title to real property by a foreclosed homeowner deleted text begin during a foreclosure
proceeding
deleted text end , either by transfer of interest from the foreclosed homeowner or by creation of
a mortgage or other lien or encumbrance deleted text begin during the foreclosure processdeleted text end that allows the
acquirer to obtain title to the property by redeeming the property as a junior lienholder; and

(2) the subsequent conveyance, or promise of a subsequent conveyance, of an interest
back to the foreclosed homeowner by the acquirer or a person acting in participation with
the acquirer that allows the foreclosed homeowner to possess either the residence in
foreclosure or other real property, which interest includes, but is not limited to, an interest
in a contract for deed, purchase agreement, option to purchase, or lease.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2020.
new text end