§ 508A.01 — REGISTRATION; PURPOSE; DEFINITION

Minnesota § 508A.01

• Jurisdiction: Minnesota
• Part: PROPERTY AND PROPERTY INTERESTS
• Ch. 508A: REGISTRATION OF LAND WITHOUT COURT PROCEEDINGS

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Subdivision 1.Procedure.
The procedures for registration under sections508A.01to508A.85provide an alternative to registration under chapter508, and are intended for uncontested titles. Upon the written recommendation of the county recorder, the county board of county commissioners of any county, by resolution, may authorize the possessory title to real estate in that county to be registered in accordance with the provisions of and in the manner provided in sections508A.01to508A.85. The resolution of the county board may limit the registration of possessory title to real estate to cases in which the applicant owns a tract of land of which a portion has already been registered pursuant to chapter508.

Subd. 2.Purpose.
The purpose of sections508A.01to508A.85is to provide a voluntary procedure for registration of certain possessory estates in land with certainty, at reasonable cost and speed, and without the necessity for the initial adjudication required by chapter508, and to provide for initial registration of land under a certificate of possessory title ("CPT"). Upon the expiration of five years from the date of the first CPT, the registrar of titles shall cancel the CPT and issue a certificate of title as provided in section508A.85, subdivisions 2and 3.

Subd. 3.Definition.
For the purposes of sections508A.01to508A.85, the term "possessory estate in land" means a fee simple estate held by an owner who (1) has been found on examination by the examiner of titles pursuant to section508A.13to be the record owner of the land described; and (2) has satisfied the examiner of titles that the owner is in actual or constructive possession of the land described.

Legislative History

1982 c 396 s 1;1983 c 92 s 23;1986 c 444;1996 c 338 art 1 s 5;1997 c 7 art 1 s 164;2001 c 50 s 7