1997 Minnesota Statutes

     548.09 Lien of judgment. 

    Subdivision 1.    Docketing; survival of judgment.  
 Except as provided in section 548.091, every judgment requiring 
 the payment of money shall be docketed by the court 
 administrator upon its entry.  Upon a transcript of the docket 
 being filed with the court administrator in any other county, 
 the court administrator shall also docket it.  From the time of 
 docketing the judgment is a lien, in the amount unpaid, upon all 
 real property in the county then or thereafter owned by the 
 judgment debtor, but it is not a lien upon registered land 
 unless it is also filed pursuant to sections 508.63 and 
 508A.63.  The judgment survives, and the lien continues, for ten 
 years after its entry.  Child support judgments may be renewed 
 by service of notice upon the debtor.  Service shall be by 
 certified mail at the last known address of the debtor or in the 
 manner provided for the service of civil process.  Upon the 
 filing of the notice and proof of service the court 
 administrator shall renew the judgment for child support without 
 any additional filing fee. 

    Subd. 2.    Judgment creditor's affidavit.  No judgment, 
 except for taxes, shall be docketed until the judgment creditor, 
 or the creditor's agent or attorney, has filed with the court 
 administrator an affidavit, stating the full name, occupation, 
 place of residence, and post office address of the judgment 
 debtor, to the best of affiant's information and belief.  If the 
 residence is within an incorporated place having more than 5,000 
 inhabitants, the street number of both the judgment debtor's 
 place of residence and place of business, if the debtor has one, 
 shall be stated.  

    Subd. 3.    Violations by court administrator.  If the 
 court administrator violates this provision, neither the 
 judgment nor the docketing is invalid, but the court 
 administrator shall be liable to a person damaged by the 
 violation in the sum of $5. 

    HIST: (9400) RL s 4272; 1913 c 112 s 1; 1983 c 308 s 30; 1984 
 c 547 s 22,23; 1986 c 335 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 
 82; 1989 c 209 art 1 s 43; 1993 c 340 s 50