The several forms of deeds, mortgages, land contracts, assignments, satisfactions, and other conveyancing instruments prepared by the Uniform Conveyancing Blanks Commission and filed by the commission with the secretary of state pursuant to Laws 1929, chapter 135, as amended by Laws 1931, chapter 34, are approved and recommended for use in the state. Such forms shall be kept on file with and be preserved by the commissioner of commerce as a public record. The commissioner of commerce may appoint an advisory task force on uniform conveyancing forms to recommend to the commissioner of commerce amendments to existing forms or the adoption of new forms. The task force shall expire, and the terms, compensation, and removal of members shall be as provided in section 15.059 . The commissioner of commerce may adopt amended or new forms consistent with the laws of this state by order.
Minn. Stat. § 507.09
FORMS APPROVED; AMENDMENTS.
Known as the Minnesota Real Property Electronic Recording Act
The act spans §§ 507–507 (74 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case McGonagle v. Johnson (1987)
Most recently applied in In Re the Petition of Crablex, Inc. (February 2009)
(8204-2) 1931 c 272 s 1; 1975 c 61 s 2; 1979 c 50 s 62; 1980 c 516 s 2; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1983 c 260 s 62; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 618 s 55; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1994 …
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