2000 Minnesota Statutes

     559.2091 Contract for deed subject to mediation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Lien for rental value; attachment.  
 (a) A contract for deed vendor who is a natural person with a 
 debt subject to mediation under sections 583.20 to 583.32 and 
 who engages in mediation under sections 583.20 to 583.32 as a 
 result of a purchaser's default on the contract, is considered a 
 person who leases a property for agricultural production under 
 section 514.960.  The vendor has a lien for the reasonable 
 rental value of the property during the mediation period as 
 mutually determined by the vendor and the vendee not to exceed 
 the rental value of the land as determined by the director of 
 the University of Minnesota extension service or by district 
 court. The rental period under this section must not exceed the 
 period in which the vendor's remedies are stayed under sections 
 583.20 to 583.32.  

    (b) The lien attaches to crops grown or to be grown by the 
 vendee on the property subject to the contract regardless of the 
 ownership of the crops.  

    Subd. 2.    Perfection.  Notwithstanding the requirement 
 of section 514.960, subdivision 2, that the lien be filed within 
 30 days after the crops become growing crops, the lien provided 
 under this subdivision is perfected by the vendor only if filed 
 during mediation or within 30 days after the conclusion of 
 mediation.  

    Subd. 3.    Crediting of payments.  Payments acquired 
 through a lien created under this subdivision must be applied as 
 a payment on the contract according to the terms of the contract.

    Subd. 4.    Mediation exemption.  A lien created under 
 this section and filed under section 514.960 is exempt from 
 sections 583.20 to 583.32.  

    HIST: 1987 c 292 s 8