2005 Minnesota Statutes

     507.093 Standards for documents to be recorded or filed. 

    (a) The following standards are imposed on documents to be 
 recorded with the county recorder or filed with the registrar of 
 titles: 

    (1) The document shall consist of one or more individual 
 sheets measuring no larger than 8.5 inches by 14 inches. 

    (2) The form of the document shall be printed, typewritten, 
 or computer generated in black ink and the form of the document 
 shall not be smaller than 8-point type.  

    (3) The document shall be on white paper of not less than 
 20-pound weight with no background color, images, or writing and 
 shall have a clear border of approximately one-half inch on the 
 top, bottom, and each side.  

    (4) The first page of the document shall contain a blank 
 space at the top measuring three inches, as measured from the 
 top of the page.  The right half to be used by the county 
 recorder for recording information or registrar of titles for 
 filing information and the left half to be used by the county 
 auditor or treasurer for certification.  

    (5) The title of the document shall be prominently 
 displayed at the top of the first page below the blank space 
 referred to in clause (4).  

    (6) No additional sheet shall be attached or affixed to a 
 page that covers up any information or printed part of the form. 

    (7) A document presented for recording or filing must be 
 sufficiently legible to reproduce a readable copy using the 
 county recorder's or registrar of title's current method of 
 reproduction.  

    (b) The standards in paragraph (a) do not apply to a 
 document that is recorded or filed as part of a pilot project 
 for the electronic filing of real estate documents implemented 
 by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, and 
 continued by standards established by the Electronic Real Estate 
 Recording Task Force created under section 507.094.  A county 
 that participated in the pilot project for the electronic filing 
 of real estate documents under the task force created in Laws 
 2000, chapter 391, may continue to record or file documents 
 electronically, if: 

    (1) the county complies with standards adopted by that task 
 force; and 

    (2) the county uses software that was validated by that 
 task force.  

    (c) A county that did not participate in the pilot project 
 may record or file a real estate document electronically, if: 

    (i) the document to be recorded or filed is of a type 
 included in the pilot project for the electronic filing of real 
 estate documents under the task force created in Laws 2000, 
 chapter 391; 

    (ii) the county complies with the standards adopted by the 
 task force; 

    (iii) the county uses software that was validated by the 
 task force; and 

    (iv) the task force created under section 507.094 votes to 
 accept a written certification of compliance with paragraph (b), 
 clause (2), of this section by the county board and county 
 recorder of the county to implement electronic filing under this 
 section.  

    HIST: 1996 c 338 art 3 s 1; 2000 c 275 s 2; 2002 c 365 s 1; 
 2005 c 156 art 2 s 40