2004 Minnesota Statutes

     462.36 Certified copies filed with county recorder. 

    Subdivision 1.    Required documents.  A certified copy 
 of every ordinance, resolution, map, or regulation adopted under 
 the provisions of sections 462.358, 462.359, and 462.3595 shall 
 be filed with the county recorder of the county or counties in 
 which the municipality adopting it is located.  A certified copy 
 of every variance to abstract or registered property granted 
 under section 462.358 shall be filed with the county recorder or 
 the registrar of titles of the county or counties in which the 
 municipality granting it is located; except that the requirement 
 to file a variance is satisfied if a certified copy of the 
 resolution citing the existence of the variance is filed 
 identifying the location where the variance documents are 
 available for inspection.  Ordinances, resolutions, maps, 
 regulations or variances filed pursuant to this subdivision do 
 not constitute encumbrances on real property.  The order issued 
 by the governing body or board of appeals and adjustments as the 
 case may be, shall include the legal description of the property 
 involved.  Failure to file an ordinance, resolution, map, 
 regulation, variance, or order shall not affect its validity or 
 enforceability. 

    Subd. 2.    Filing with contiguous planning authorities. 
  A copy of a comprehensive plan adopted by a planning agency 
 under the provisions of sections 462.351 to 462.364 shall be 
 filed with the governing body of each contiguous municipality 
 and with the regional planning agency, if any, established to 
 serve the area in which the municipality is located. 

    Subd. 3.    Plat approval; filing.  Copies of 
 resolutions approving subdivision plats of land within a 
 municipality, but contiguous to another municipality shall be 
 filed with the governing body of the contiguous municipality.  
 Copies of resolutions approving subdivision plats of land 
 outside a municipality but subject to its subdivision 
 regulations shall be filed with the clerk of the town in which 
 the land is situated. 

    HIST: 1965 c 670 s 10; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1980 c 509 s 168; 1982 
 c 507 s 26; 1983 c 187 s 1; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 68; 1988 c 583 s 
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