2007 Minnesota Statutes

507.24 RECORDABLE, WHEN.
    Subdivision 1. General. To entitle any conveyance, power of attorney, or other instrument
affecting real estate to be recorded, it shall be legible and archivable, it shall be executed,
acknowledged by the parties executing the same, and the acknowledgment certified, as required
by law. All such instruments may be recorded in every county where any of the lands lie. If the
conveyance, power of attorney, or other instrument affecting real estate is executed out of state, it
shall be entitled to record if executed as above provided or according to the laws of the place of
execution so as to be entitled to record in such place.
    Subd. 2. Original signatures required. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, an instrument
affecting real estate that is to be recorded as provided in this section or other applicable law must
contain the original signatures of the parties who execute it and of the notary public or other
officer taking an acknowledgment. However, a financing statement that is recorded as a filing
pursuant to section 336.9-502(b) need not contain: (1) the signatures of the debtor or the secured
party; or (2) an acknowledgment.
    (b)(1) Any electronic instruments, including signatures and seals, affecting real estate may
only be recorded 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, or by the Electronic Real Estate
Recording Task Force created under section 507.094. The Electronic Real Estate Recording Task
Force created under section 507.094 may amend standards set by the task force created in Laws
2000, chapter 391, and may set new or additional standards and establish pilot projects to the
full extent permitted in section 507.094, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). Documents recorded in
conformity with those standards and in those pilot projects are deemed to meet the requirements
of this section.
    (2)(i) 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:
    (A) the county complies with standards adopted by the task force; and
    (B) the county uses software that was validated by the task force.
    (ii) A county that did not participate in the pilot project may record or file a real estate
document electronically, if:
    (A) 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;
    (B) the county complies with the standards adopted by the task force;
    (C) the county uses software that was validated by the task force; and
    (D) 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.
    (c) Notices filed pursuant to section 168A.141, subdivisions 1 and 3, need not contain an
acknowledgment.
History: (8217) RL s 3348; 1947 c 566 s 2; 1973 c 9 s 3; 1998 c 262 s 7; 2001 c 195 art 1 s
20; 2002 c 365 s 2; 2003 c 90 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 120; 2005 c 156 art 2 s 42; 2007 c 148 art 2 s 70