1997 Minnesota Statutes

     508.37 Tract indexes, reception books. 

    Subdivision 1. Repealed, 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 41 

    Subd. 1a.    Books.  The registrar shall likewise keep 
 tract indexes, in which the registrar shall enter an accurate 
 description of all registered land, together with the names of 
 the respective owners thereof, and a reference to the number of 
 the certificate of title.  The registrar shall keep two books, 
 to be known as the grantors' and grantees' reception books 
 respectively.  

    The grantors' reception book shall be a grantors' index of 
 instruments filed with the registrar.  Each page shall be 
 divided into columns.  The surname and given name of the grantor 
 shall be entered under the first column and under the succeeding 
 columns there shall be entered respectively the name of the 
 grantee; the date of registration, specifying the month, day, 
 year and hour and whether ante meridian or post meridian; the 
 number of the instrument; the book and page of the register of 
 titles where the land is registered; the type of instrument; and 
 a description of the property by lot or section, block or 
 township, range, addition and other pertinent information.  

    The grantees' reception book shall be a grantees' index of 
 instruments filed with the registrar.  Each page shall be 
 divided into columns.  The surname and given name of the grantee 
 shall be entered under the first column and under the succeeding 
 columns there shall be entered respectively the name of the 
 grantor; the date of registration, specifying the month, day, 
 year and hour and whether ante meridian or post meridian; the 
 number of the instrument; the book and page of the register of 
 titles where the land is registered; the type of instrument; and 
 a description of the property by lot or section, block or 
 township, range, addition and other pertinent information.  

    Subd. 2.    Entries.  The registrar shall enter in each 
 of these books in the order and manner aforesaid, and as soon as 
 the same are received, all instruments affecting the title to 
 land which are filed with the registrar and, as far as may be 
 the particulars of the instruments in the appropriate column of 
 these books.  The pages of each of the reception books shall be 
 lettered in alphabetical order, a convenient number of 
 consecutive pages being allotted to each letter of the alphabet, 
 and each entry shall be made in the grantors' reception book 
 under the initial letter of the grantor's surname, and in the 
 grantees' reception book, under the initial letter of the 
 grantee's surname, and all the entries under each letter shall 
 appear in the order as to time in which the instruments were 
 filed. 

    HIST: (8283) RL s 3405; 1905 c 305 s 36; 1953 c 520 s 1; 
 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 40; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 9