1998 Minnesota Statutes

     508A.44 Loss of duplicate CPTs. 

    Subdivision 1.    Court proceeding.  If any duplicate 
 CPT is lost or destroyed or cannot be produced, a duly verified 
 statement, setting forth the facts relating to it, may be filed 
 with the registrar by the registered owner, or other person in 
 interest.  Upon application, after due notice and hearing, the 
 court may direct the registrar to issue a new duplicate CPT 
 containing a memorandum of the fact that it is issued in place 
 of a lost duplicate CPT, which shall be entitled to like faith 
 and credit as the original duplicate.  

    Subd. 2.    Alternate proceeding.  In lieu of the court 
 directive to the registrar to issue a new duplicate CPT under 
 subdivision 1, the registrar of titles shall issue a duplicate 
 CPT when directed to do so by the examiner of titles.  The 
 directive of the examiner shall be in writing after posting a 
 notice addressed "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN" fixing a time when the 
 examiner shall direct the issuance of a new duplicate CPT unless 
 valid objections to it are delivered to the examiner's office 
 prior to the specified time.  The notice shall be posted on a 
 bulletin board provided for the posting of legal notices at the 
 courthouse at least seven days prior to the date fixed for the 
 issuance of the directive.  No directive shall be issued by the 
 examiner unless all persons in interest have signed and verified 
 a statement setting forth the facts relating to the reasons why 
 the duplicate CPT cannot be produced, the statement is 
 memorialized upon the CPT and there is satisfactory evidence as 
 to the identity of the signers and the facts relating to the 
 loss or destruction of the duplicate CPT.  Persons in interest 
 in the case of an owner's duplicate CPT are the registered 
 owners or their probate representatives.  

    HIST: 1982 c 396 s 37; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 463 s 16