Minnesota § 514.11 COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; PROCEEDINGS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 514.11 — COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; PROCEEDINGS

Minnesota § 514.11

PartPROPERTY AND PROPERTY INTERESTS

Ch. 514LIENS AGAINST PROPERTY

This text of Minnesota § 514.11 (COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; PROCEEDINGS) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Minnesota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Minn. Stat. § 514.11 (2026).

Text

The action may be commenced by any lienholder who has filed a lien statement for record and served a copy thereof on the owner pursuant to section514.08, and all other such lienholders shall be made defendants therein. The summons shall state that the complaint has been filed with the court administrator and shall be of no effect unless such complaint be in fact so filed. It shall contain a notice that the action is brought to foreclose a lien, giving the amount thereof, and a brief description of the premises affected, and of the improvement out of which the lien arose, and shall require each defendant to file an answer to the complaint with the court administrator within 20 days after service on the defendant. Such answer, in addition to all other matters proper to be pleaded, shall set 

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The action may be commenced by any lienholder who has filed a lien statement for record and served a copy thereof on the owner pursuant to section514.08, and all other such lienholders shall be made defendants therein. The summons shall state that the complaint has been filed with the court administrator and shall be of no effect unless such complaint be in fact so filed. It shall contain a notice that the action is brought to foreclose a lien, giving the amount thereof, and a brief description of the premises affected, and of the improvement out of which the lien arose, and shall require each defendant to file an answer to the complaint with the court administrator within 20 days after service on the defendant. Such answer, in addition to all other matters proper to be pleaded, shall set up any lien claimed by the defendant, and demand the enforcement thereof. No copies of such complaint or answer need be served on any party, upon demand or otherwise, and all averments of the answer shall be taken as denied without further pleading.