2005 Minnesota Statutes

     519.101 Dower and curtesy actions. 

    Subdivision 1.    General.  The following actions must 
 be commenced, and a notice of lis pendens filed with the county 
 recorder or registrar of titles in the county where the property 
 is located, within 15 years after the conveyance on which the 
 action is based was recorded with the county recorder or 
 registrar of titles:  

    (1) an action for the recovery of title to or possession of 
 real property or a right in the property based on a person 
 having a marital interest or estate in dower or curtesy or a 
 marital interest or estate or statutory interest in lieu of 
 dower or curtesy, or by anyone claiming by, through, or under 
 the person, if the spouse of the person conveyed the real 
 property, or any interest in the property; or 

    (2) an action for the recovery of title to or possession of 
 real property or a right in real property by a person claiming 
 by reason of the failure of a spouse to join in a conveyance of 
 real property that was the homestead of the grantor at the time 
 of the conveyance. 

    Subd. 2.    Inchoate interests.  An inchoate estate or 
 statutory interest in lieu of dower or curtesy in real property 
 in this state that is conveyed in writing by the spouse of the 
 person entitled to the inchoate estate or interest is abolished 
 if the conveyance has been recorded with the county recorder or 
 registrar of titles of the county where the real property is 
 located for 15 years or longer.  This subdivision does not 
 affect an inchoate estate or statutory interest in lieu of dower 
 or curtesy if an action is commenced and a notice of lis pendens 
 is filed with the county recorder or registrar of titles in the 
 county where the property is located during the 15-year period. 

    HIST: 1949 c 308 s 2; 1957 c 375 s 2; 1965 c 772 s 2; 1973 c 
 12 s 2; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1984 c 566 s 4; 1987 c 26 s 5; 1991 c 
 144 s 1