2006 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.
History: 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