1997 Minnesota Statutes

     508.82 Registrar's fees. 

    Subdivision 1.    Standard documents.  The fees to be 
 paid to the registrar shall be as follows: 

    (1) of the fees provided herein, five percent of the fees 
 collected under clauses (3), (4), (10), (12), (13), (14), (16), 
 (17), and (18), for filing or memorializing shall be paid to the 
 state treasurer and credited to the general fund; plus a $4.50 
 surcharge shall be charged and collected in addition to the 
 total fees charged for each transaction under clauses (2) to 
 (5), (10), (12), (14), and (18), with 50 cents of this surcharge 
 to be retained by the county to cover its administrative costs 
 and $4 to be paid to the state treasury and credited to the 
 general fund; 

    (2) for registering each original certificate of title, and 
 issuing a duplicate of it, $30; 

    (3) for registering each instrument transferring the fee 
 simple title for which a new certificate of title is issued and 
 for the issuance and registration of the new certificate of 
 title, $30; 

    (4) for the entry of each memorial on a certificate and 
 endorsements upon duplicate certificates, $15; 

    (5) for issuing each residue certificate, $20; 

    (6) for exchange certificates, $10 for each certificate 
 canceled and $10 for each new certificate issued; 

    (7) for each certificate showing condition of the register, 
 $10; 

    (8) for any certified copy of any instrument or writing on 
 file in the registrar's office, the same fees allowed by law to 
 county recorders for like services; 

    (9) for a noncertified copy of any instrument or writing on 
 file in the office of the registrar of titles, or any specified 
 page or part of it, an amount as determined by the county board 
 for each page or fraction of a page specified.  If computer or 
 microfilm printers are used to reproduce the instrument or 
 writing, a like amount per image; 

    (10) for filing two copies of any plat in the office of the 
 registrar, $30; 

    (11) for any other service under this chapter, such fee as 
 the court shall determine; 

    (12) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title pursuant 
 to the directive of the examiner of titles in counties in which 
 the compensation of the examiner is paid in the same manner as 
 the compensation of other county employees, $50, plus $10 to 
 memorialize; 

    (13) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title pursuant 
 to the directive of the examiner of titles in counties in which 
 the compensation of the examiner is not paid by the county or 
 pursuant to an order of the court, $10; 

    (14) for filing a condominium plat or an amendment to it in 
 accordance with chapter 515, $30; 

    (15) for a copy of a condominium plat filed pursuant to 
 chapters 515 and 515A, the fee shall be $1 for each page of the 
 condominium plat with a minimum fee of $10; 

    (16) for filing a condominium declaration and plat or an 
 amendment to it in accordance with chapter 515A, $10 for each 
 certificate upon which the document is registered and $30 for 
 the filing of the condominium plat or an amendment thereto; 

    (17) for the filing of a certified copy of a plat of the 
 survey pursuant to section 508.23 or 508.671, $10; 

    (18) for filing a registered land survey in triplicate in 
 accordance with section 508.47, subdivision 4, $30; 

    (19) for furnishing a certified copy of a registered land 
 survey in accordance with section 508.47, subdivision 4, $10. 

    Subd. 2.    Variance from standards.  A document that 
 does not conform to the standards in section 507.093, paragraph 
 (a), shall not be filed except upon payment of an additional fee 
 of $10 per document.  This subdivision applies only to documents 
 dated after July 31, 1997, and does not apply to Minnesota 
 uniform conveyancing blanks contained in the book of forms in 
 the office of the commissioner of commerce provided for under 
 section 507.09, certified copies, or any other form provided for 
 under Minnesota Statutes. 

    HIST: (8328) RL s 3450; 1905 c 305 s 80; 1911 c 349 s 1; 1951 
 c 407 s 1; 1955 c 804 s 1; 1957 c 680 s 1; 1974 c 493 s 3; 1976 
 c 77 s 2; 1976 c 145 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1980 c 543 s 7; 1980 c 
 560 s 3; 1982 c 382 s 1; 1983 c 92 s 22; 1985 c 281 s 15; 1986 c 
 342 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 11 s 9; 1991 c 226 s 2; 
 1992 c 463 s 13; 1992 c 513 art 4 s 46; 1993 c 192 s 99; 1996 c 
 338 art 3 s 3 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to this section by Laws 1996, chapter 
*338, article 3, section 3, is effective August 1, 1997.  Laws 
*1996, chapter 338, article 3, section 5.