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Chapter 508
Section 508.37
Recent History
- 2005 508.37 Amended 2005 c 4 s 122
- 1994 Subd. 1a Amended 1994 c 388 art 3 s 9
This is an historical version of this statute chapter. Also view the most recent published version.
508.37 TRACT INDEXES, RECEPTION INDEXES.
Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 41]
Subd. 1a. Indexes. The registrar shall likewise keep tract indexes, in which the registrar shall
enter an accurate description of all registered land, together with the names of the respective
owners thereof, and a reference to the number of the certificate of title. The registrar shall keep
two indexes, to be known as the grantors' and grantees' reception indexes respectively.
The reception indexes shall include the surname and given name of the grantor and grantee;
the date of registration, specifying the month, day, year, and hour and whether a.m. or p.m.;
the number of the instrument; the number of the certificate or, where applicable, the book and
page where the land is registered.
Subd. 2. Entries. The registrar shall enter in each of these indexes in the order and manner
aforesaid, and as soon as the same are recorded, all instruments affecting the title to land which
are recorded with the registrar and, as far as may be the particulars of the instruments in the
appropriate places in the indexes. Retrieval of information from these indexes must be by as
convenient an alphabetical search as possible.
History: (8283) RL s 3405; 1905 c 305 s 36; 1953 c 520 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 40; 1986
c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 9; 2005 c 4 s 122
Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 41]
Subd. 1a. Indexes. The registrar shall likewise keep tract indexes, in which the registrar shall
enter an accurate description of all registered land, together with the names of the respective
owners thereof, and a reference to the number of the certificate of title. The registrar shall keep
two indexes, to be known as the grantors' and grantees' reception indexes respectively.
The reception indexes shall include the surname and given name of the grantor and grantee;
the date of registration, specifying the month, day, year, and hour and whether a.m. or p.m.;
the number of the instrument; the number of the certificate or, where applicable, the book and
page where the land is registered.
Subd. 2. Entries. The registrar shall enter in each of these indexes in the order and manner
aforesaid, and as soon as the same are recorded, all instruments affecting the title to land which
are recorded with the registrar and, as far as may be the particulars of the instruments in the
appropriate places in the indexes. Retrieval of information from these indexes must be by as
convenient an alphabetical search as possible.
History: (8283) RL s 3405; 1905 c 305 s 36; 1953 c 520 s 1; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 2 s 40; 1986
c 444; 1994 c 388 art 3 s 9; 2005 c 4 s 122
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes