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Section 386.001 — Name Change.

386.001 NAME CHANGE. The name of the register of deeds and office of register of deeds is changed to county recorder and office of county recorder respectively. History: 1976 c 181 s 1

Section 386.01 — Bond.

386.01 BOND. Every county recorder, before entering upon the duties of office, shall give bond to the state in the penal sum of $5,000, to be approved by the county board, conditioned that the recorder will faithfully and impartially fulfill the duties of office. The bond and an oath of office shall be filed for […]

Section 386.015 — Counties Under 75,000; Salaries, Fees, Budget; Appeals.

386.015 COUNTIES UNDER 75,000; SALARIES, FEES, BUDGET; APPEALS. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2009 c 152 s 25] Subd. 2. Board’s salary procedure. (a) The county board of each of the counties of less than 75,000 population annually shall set by resolution the salary of the county recorder which shall be paid to the county recorder at […]

Section 386.02 — Delivery To Successor.

386.02 DELIVERY TO SUCCESSOR. At the expiration of a term of office, every recorder shall deliver promptly to the successor all books, records, papers, and other property pertaining to office and if, on application of the duly qualified successor, the recorder refuses to do so, the recorder shall forfeit and pay to the use of […]

Section 386.03 — Reception Index.

386.03 RECEPTION INDEX. Every county recorder shall keep an index, to be denominated as a grantor’s and grantee’s reception index, which shall contain the following information: date of reception, year, month, day, hour and minute, grantor and grantee, where situated, to whom delivered after recording, fees received, instrument number, and kind of instrument. The recorder […]

Section 386.04 — Numerical Register And Reception Index.

386.04 NUMERICAL REGISTER AND RECEPTION INDEX. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state wherein the recorder’s office keeps a deed index and mortgage index are hereby authorized to combine the reception index required by section 386.03 and the consecutive index required by section 386.32, the record book to be designated the […]

Section 386.05 — Tract Index Books.

386.05 TRACT INDEX BOOKS. Every county board shall procure at the expense of its county, and keep in the office of the county recorder suitable books or electronic media so as to allow information to be arranged or retrieved by the description of each section of land or sectional lot, and town or city lot […]

Section 386.06 — Tract Index Books; Contracts For Making.

386.06 TRACT INDEX BOOKS; CONTRACTS FOR MAKING. The board of county commissioners of any county in the state which does not have a tract index, belonging to the county, in the office of the county recorder, of lands within the county, is hereby authorized and empowered to cause or have a tract index made, and […]

Section 386.07 — Tract Index For Torrens Titles; Hennepin, Ramsey Counties.

386.07 TRACT INDEX FOR TORRENS TITLES; HENNEPIN, RAMSEY COUNTIES. The county recorder in any county now having, or which may hereafter have, a population of 400,000 or over, and in which the business of the registrar of titles is conducted in a separate place from that of the county recorder, shall provide a tract index […]

Section 386.071 — Documents Misfiled.

386.071 DOCUMENTS MISFILED. The county recorder may reasonably rely on the affirmative representation of the party presenting instruments for filing as to whether the land described in the instruments or any part of it is registered or unregistered. A party who requests that misfiled instruments be refiled with the registrar is responsible for paying any […]

Section 386.08 — Preparation.

386.08 PREPARATION. The county recorder of any such county may assign the duty of compiling such index to one or more deputies, who shall be paid for extra time so employed additional salary and compensation at the same rate and in the same manner as is paid them for regular service. The total sum for […]

Section 386.09 — Payment For From Revenue Fund.

386.09 PAYMENT FOR FROM REVENUE FUND. The county auditor of any such county shall, upon request of the county recorder, issue warrants in payment for such additional service, in amounts designated by the county recorder, and the same shall be drawn on the county revenue fund. History: (877-4) 1927 c 376 s 3; 1976 c […]

Section 386.13 — Transcribing Records Of State Lands.

386.13 TRANSCRIBING RECORDS OF STATE LANDS. The county commissioners of any county in this state are hereby authorized to direct the county recorder of any county containing any lands heretofore granted to the state from the United States government (except sections 16 and 36), and including all lands so granted in lieu of lands in […]

Section 386.14 — Records As Prima Facie Evidence.

386.14 RECORDS AS PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE. The record of such transcript shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth, and of the contents of the original instruments so transcribed and recorded, and a certified copy of such record shall be admissible in evidence in all the courts of this state. History: (879) […]

Section 386.15 — Tract Indexes Transcribed.

386.15 TRACT INDEXES TRANSCRIBED. In counties having a population of less than 75,000 now having tract indexes of the records in the office of the county recorder, the county board is hereby authorized to have such tract indexes transcribed, compared with the original records, and checked back when the necessity therefor appears. History: (880) 1905 […]

Section 386.16 — County Recorder To Supervise; Compensation.

386.16 COUNTY RECORDER TO SUPERVISE; COMPENSATION. The work provided for in section 386.15 shall be performed by the county recorder of the county. The county recorder, for performing the work, shall receive as compensation therefor such sum as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners. History: (881) 1905 c 51 s 2; 1911 […]

Section 386.17 — To Exhibit Records.

386.17 TO EXHIBIT RECORDS. The county recorder shall exhibit free of charge, during the hours that the office is or is required by law to be open, any of the records or papers in the recorder’s official custody to the inspection of any person demanding the same, either for examination, or for the purpose of […]

Section 386.18 — Abstracter; Bond.

386.18 ABSTRACTER; BOND. The county board may, by resolution, authorize any person to use a portion of the county building for the purpose of making abstracts of title, upon the execution by such person of a bond to the state in a sum not less than $500, conditioned for the faithful performance of duties as […]

Section 386.19 — Record Books, Indexes.

386.19 RECORD BOOKS, INDEXES. The county recorder shall keep suitable word for word records by either manual or electronic means of all instruments delivered to the recorder for record keeping. The recorder shall keep an alphabetical index either by manual or electronic means, to record, under the proper letter of the alphabet, the name of […]

Section 386.20 — Certificates Of Discharge From U.s. Service.

386.20 MS 1949 [Renumbered 386.20, subdivision 1] 386.20 CERTIFICATES OF DISCHARGE FROM U.S. SERVICE. Subdivision 1. Recordation. (a) Certificates of discharge from the armed forces of the United States of America and releases or transfers from active duty therein may be recorded in the office of the county recorder of any county in this state […]