2002 Minnesota Statutes

     505.1792 Streets, roads, highways and rights-of-way. 

    Subdivision 1.    Informal; for information.  In order 
 to give supplemental information to the public as to the 
 location of streets, county roads, county state-aid highways, 
 town roads, and other transportation corridors, and the 
 right-of-way thereof, the governing body of any city, town, or 
 county may file for record in the office of the county recorder 
 and the registrar of titles of said county such maps or plats 
 showing such information as the governing body shall determine 
 necessary.  The map or plat shall be subscribed by the mayor or 
 chair of the governing body and the county surveyor, together 
 with a certified copy of the resolution of the governing body 
 setting forth the necessity for said plat, and shall be entitled 
 to record without compliance with the provisions of this 
 chapter.  Any amendments, alterations, or vacations of such maps 
 or plats so filed may be entitled to record in like manner. 

    Subd. 2.    Requirements.  Said plats shall be uniform 
 in size measuring 20 by 30 inches from outer edge to outer 
 edge.  A border line shall be placed one-half inch inside the 
 outer edges of the plat or map on the top, bottom, and right 
 hand side; a border line shall be placed two inches inside the 
 outer edge on the left hand side.  A north arrow and scale of 
 the plat shall be shown on the plat which scale shall be of such 
 dimension that the plat may be easily interpreted.  The plat may 
 consist of more than one sheet but if more than one sheet, they 
 shall be numbered progressively and match lines of the 
 right-of-way shall be indicated on each sheet.  An official and 
 one or more identical copies of each plat shall be prepared in 
 black on white mat photographic card stock with double cloth 
 back mounting or material of equal quality.  One exact 
 reproducible copy of the official plat shall be prepared on 
 linen tracing cloth by a photographic process or on material of 
 equal quality.  The plat on white card stock shall be labeled 
 "Official Plat" and the reproducible copy shall be labeled 
 "Reproducible Copy of Official Plat".  The reproducible copy 
 shall be compared with the official plat and certified to by the 
 county recorder in the manner in which certified copies of 
 records are issued in the recorder's office, and the copies 
 shall be bound in a proper volume for the use of the general 
 public.  The official plat may be inspected by any member of the 
 public but only in the presence of the county recorder or the 
 registrar of titles or a deputy.  Any member of the public may 
 have made a copy of the official plat by paying to the proper 
 officer the cost of reproduction together with a fee of 50 cents 
 for certification by the filing officer.  Reproductions from the 
 exact transparent reproducible copy shall be available to any 
 person upon request and the cost of such reproductions shall be 
 paid by the person making such request.  If the abutting 
 property is abstract property the plat shall be filed with the 
 county recorder; if registered property, with the registrar of 
 titles; if both registered and nonregistered property, then with 
 both the county recorder and the registrar of titles, and when 
 so filed with the registrar of titles , the registrar shall 
 enter a reference to said plat as a memorial on all certificates 
 of title of registered lands which abut the right-of-way shown 
 on the map or plat filed. 

    In counties having microfilming capabilities, a plat may be 
 prepared on sheets of suitable mylar or on linen tracing cloth 
 by photographic process or on material of equal quality.  The 
 plat shall be labeled "Official Plat."  Notwithstanding any 
 other provisions of this subdivision to the contrary, no other 
 copies of the plat need to be filed. 

    Subd. 3.    When street plat prohibited.  A city or town 
 may not file a street plat for any street that is a county road 
 or state highway, or carried designation as a county road or 
 state highway at the time the plat is offered for filing. 

    Subd. 4.    Not a title transfer.  Maps or plats filed 
 for record under this section shall not operate of themselves to 
 transfer title to the property described but such maps or plats 
 shall be for descriptive purposes and shall be notice that the 
 municipality claims an interest in said lands. 

    HIST: Ex1967 c 58 s 1; 1969 c 220 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 
 1976 c 181 s 2; 1978 c 499 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 269 s 49