Minnesota Session Laws - 2003, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 54-S.F.No. 422 
                  An act relating to examiners of titles; adding Scott 
                  and Wright counties to those with an alternative means 
                  of compensation; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
                  section 508.12, subdivision 1. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 508.12, 
        subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
           Subdivision 1.  [EXAMINER AND DEPUTY EXAMINER.] The judges 
        of the district court shall appoint a competent attorney in each 
        county within their respective districts to be an examiner of 
        titles and legal adviser to the registrar in said county, to 
        which examiner all applications to register title to land are 
        referred without further order, and may appoint attorneys to 
        serve as deputy examiners who shall act in the name of the 
        examiner and under the examiner's supervision and control, and 
        the deputy's acts shall be the acts of the examiners.  The 
        examiner of titles and deputy examiners shall hold office 
        subject to the will and discretion of the district court by whom 
        appointed.  The examiner's compensation and that of the 
        examiner's deputies shall be fixed and determined by the court 
        and paid in the same manner as the compensation of other county 
        employees is paid except that in all counties having fewer than 
        75,000 inhabitants, and in Stearns, Dakota, Scott, Wright, and 
        Olmsted counties the fees and compensation of the examiners for 
        services as legal adviser to the registrar shall be determined 
        by the judges of the district court and paid in the same manner 
        as the compensation of other county employees is paid, but in 
        every other instance shall be paid by the person applying to 
        have the person's title registered or for other action or relief 
        which requires the services, certification or approval of the 
        examiner. 
           Presented to the governor May 13, 2003 
           Signed by the governor May 16, 2003, 3:40 p.m.