2000 Minnesota Statutes

     284.17 Service of summons; mailing; publication; lis 
  pendens; return.  

    The summons shall be served in the manner provided by law 
 for the service of summons in other civil actions in the 
 district court, except as otherwise herein provided.  The 
 summons shall be served upon all persons who are not residents 
 of the state and upon those designated as "all other persons or 
 parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or 
 interest in the lands described in the complaint herein" by 
 publication for three consecutive weeks in a qualified legal 
 newspaper published in the county in which the action is 
 pending; provided, that personal service without the state may 
 be made on any nonresident defendant in the manner provided by 
 law.  No affidavit of nonresidence, notice of lis pendens, or 
 sheriff's return need be filed before the commencement of the 
 publication or before the making of personal service without the 
 state.  At least 20 days before the trial of action, the 
 attorney for the plaintiff shall mail a copy of the summons to 
 each nonresident defendant whose post office address has been 
 ascertained by diligent search and inquiry, of which the 
 affidavit of the attorney, filed with the court administrator, 
 shall be conclusive evidence.  The return of the sheriff stating 
 inability to find any defendant within the county and that such 
 defendant cannot be found therein after diligent search, 
 together with the affidavit of plaintiff's attorney stating the 
 belief that such defendant is not a resident of the state, filed 
 with the court administrator at any time before the trial, shall 
 be prima facie evidence that the facts therein stated are true 
 and that such defendant is not a resident of the state.  

    HIST: (2190-11) 1939 c 341 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 
 s 82