Every conveyance of real estate shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county where such real estate is situated; and every such conveyance not so recorded shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real estate, or any part thereof, whose conveyance is first duly recorded, and as against any attachment levied thereon or any judgment lawfully obtained at the suit of any party against the person in whose name the title to such land appears of record prior to the recording of such conveyance. The fact that such first recorded conveyance is in the form, or contains the terms of a deed of quitclaim and release shall not affect the question of good faith of such subsequent purchaser or be of itself notice to the subsequent purchaser of any unrecorded conveyance of the same real estate or any part thereof.
Minn. Stat. § 507.34
UNRECORDED CONVEYANCES VOID IN CERTAIN CASES.
Known as the Minnesota Real Property Electronic Recording Act
The act spans §§ 507–507 (74 sections).
Applied in 47 court decisions — leading case Bergquist v. Anderson-Greenwood Aviation Corp. (In Re Bellanca Aircraft Corp.) (1985)
Most recently applied in Montgomery County ex rel. Becker v. MERSCORP Inc. (August 2015)
(8226) RL s 3357; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 444
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Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.