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Who is the County Surveyor?
The Chapter of Minnesota Statutes that deals with judicial registration of land titles.
What is 508?
This is Minnesota's National Park.
What is Voyageurs?
One method for avoiding probate involves recording this document (sometimes called a Lady Bird Deed) before the death of the grantor/owner.
What is a Transfer on Death Deed?
This is the fee to record a Satisfaction in the abstract records.
What is $46?
This person can require a Registered Land Survey when Torrens land is divided.
Who is the Registrar of Titles?
This is the action brought to adjudicate a dispute involving Torrens property.
What is a Proceeding Subsequent or Proceedings Subsequent?
The boundary of the original reservation for the Fort at this State Park runs through my front yard in Richfield.
What is Fort Snelling?
In Minnesota, the Uniform Probate Code is found in this Chapter.
What is Chapter 524?
Rather than seek money damages, a plaintiff may seek to enforce the terms of a purchase agreement and compel the conveyance of the property to them under this equitable theory.
What is Specific Performance?
He was the last President to personally sign land grants and patents,
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The most common reason a Proceeding Subsequent is brought is to adjudicate the validity of this action by a mortgagee.
What is a Foreclosure by Advertisement?
This is Minnesota's largest State Park.
What is Saint Croix State Park?
In an informal probate proceeding, the Personal Representative does not have authority to convey real property until this many days have passed.
What is 30?
This is the deed tax on a conveyance when the consideration is $3000 or less, assuming the property is not located in Hennepin or Ramsey Counties.
What is $1.65?
The judges of the district court shall appoint a competent attorney in each county within their respective districts to fill this roll and legal adviser to the registrar in said county. The Judges may also appoint deputies.
Who is the Examiner of Titles?
This type of Foreclosure does not require a Proceeding Subsequent and may be approved by the Examiner by Directive.
What is a Foreclosure by Action?
This is Minnesota's newest State Park and can include a trip down 2,341 feet to Level 27.
What is Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park?
This type of testamentary gift prohibits the Personal Representative from selling an identified piece of real property without the consent of the named devisee.
What is a Specific Devise?
Under this theory of law, a person may acquire title to property which she has occupied in an actual, open, notorious, hostile, exclusive and continuous manner for 15 years.
What is Adverse Possession?
Pursuant to Minn. Stat. 558A.08 the court may appoint at least one but not more than three disinterested and judicious persons to serve this role and sell the property or make partition of it.
What are Referees?
In 2004, the Minnesota Supreme Court found that this person was not entitled to the protections of the Torrens Statute because he had actual knowledge of a prior unregistered interest and was therefore not a good faith purchaser.
Who is Joshua Collier?
This area was created by Act of Congress in 1978 and includes 1,090,000 acres of pristine forest, glacial lakes, and streams. It shares a 150-mile border with Canada.
What is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness or BWCA?
The Minnesota Estate Tax exemption (per individual).
What is $3 million.
This tenancy for married couples is similar to joint tenancy but is not recognized in Minnesota.
What is Tenancy by the Entirety?