1998 Minnesota Statutes

     504A.235 Documents to be recorded. 

    Subdivision 1.    Notice of cancellation or termination of 
 lease.  The county recorder of the county where a lease is 
 recorded must, upon presentation, record a notice of 
 cancellation or termination of the lease, or a copy of the 
 notice, with proof of service, and the affidavit of the landlord 
 or the landlord's agent or attorney, showing that the renter has 
 not complied with the terms of the notice.  This record is prima 
 facie evidence of the facts stated in it.  

    Subd. 2.    Eviction; recovery of possession.  (a) The 
 following documents must be recorded in the office of the county 
 recorder of the county where property is located if it is 
 unregistered, or in the office of the registrar of titles of the 
 county if it is registered:  

    (1) on eviction of a renter by a landlord, a certified copy 
 of the judgment; or 

    (2) on recovery of possession by a landlord by abandonment 
 or surrender by the renter, an affidavit by the landlord or the 
 landlord's attorney attesting to that fact.  

    (b) A recorded certified copy of the judgment or the 
 affidavit is prima facie evidence of the recovery of possession 
 by the landlord.  

    HIST: 1998 c 253 s 26