Home Sweet Homestead
An exception to the general requirement in Minn. Stat. 507.02 that conveyances of the homestead are void if not signed by both spouses, this type of mortgage, used to acquire the property, does not require the signature of both spouses.
What is a Purchase Money Mortgage?
A typical platted street is dedicated to this width.
What is 66 feet or 4 Rods?
This is Minnesota's smallest county by area, and its county seat is also the state capital.
What is Ramsey County?
For Statutory Cities conveyancing requirements are found in the statutes; for this type of entity, you must examine the City Charter.
What is a Charter City?
Jeffrey Nguyen and Geoffrey Winn might be presumed identical pursuant to this Title Standard.
What is Standard No. 1
This is the maximum quantity of Land exempt from seizure as a homestead.
What is 160 Acres?
Owners of a landlocked parcel may petition to establish this type of access when they lack access to a public road, but they will have to pay for it. Water access is no longer sufficient.
What is a Cartway?
This is Minnesota's largest county by area and home to the world's largest inland port accessible to oceangoing ships.
What is Saint Louis County?
This is the amount of time a City has to approve or deny a variance request.
What is 60 days?
The standards used for reviewing historical documents in conducting a title examination were historically printed on this color paper.
What is green?
Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 273.124 Subd. 1 (c) residential real estate that is occupied and used for purposes of a homestead by this person is a homestead but only to the extent it would be if the owner occupied the property.
Who is a Relative of the Owner?
This is the legal process for closing a public street or alley.
What is Vacation?
This county seat for Stearns County also includes portions of Benton and Stearns counties.
What is Saint Cloud?
A conveyance from this entity requires a Certified Copy of school board resolution authorizing the sale and containing the legal description and a deed signed by the chairperson and clerk.
What is an Independent School District?
The newest section of the Title Standards deals with these issues and would be printed on grey paper if the Title Standards were still printed on paper.
What are Legal Descriptions or Survey Matters?
This is the maximum value of land exempt from seizure as a non-agricultural homestead.
What is $510,000?
Local road authorities may apply this designation to roads used only occasionally, and post signs warning the public that they may use them at their own risk.
What are Minimum Maintenance Roads?
This county is the southwest corner of the state; its county seat is named for Luverne Hawes, the daughter of an early settler.
What is Rock County?
This action may be brought to force a unit of government to compensate a landowner for a regulatory taking such as airport zoning.
What is Inverse Condemnation?
Title Standard 84 addresses the requirements for the dissolution of this relationship which should result in a Summary Real Estate Disposition Judgment.
What is Marriage?
The period of time the proceeds from the sale of the homestead are generally exempt.
What is One Year?
If a road has been used and maintained as a public highway for this period it shall be deemed dedicated by use.
What is 6 years?
This portion of Lake of the Woods County resulted from a surveying error; its land is separated from the rest of the state by Lake of the Woods and Canada.
What is the Northwest Angle?
A City may acquire an easement for sidewalks and traffic signal purposes, except over property owned by this type of non-governmental entity.
What is a Church?
The "White Pages" are a supplement to the Title Standards intended for use in the transactional context and provide that these THREE documents are required to vest title in the beneficiary of a recorded Transfer on Death Deed. Note: the documents may be combined as a single document for recording.
What are an Affidavit of Identity and Survivorship, a Certified Copy of Death Certificate for each Grantor owner, and a Clearance Certificate for Medical Assistance claims?