2025 Session Last amended: 2015 session

§ 505.04 — Real Estate Taxes; Recording; Copies

Plain-Language Summary

A plat can be recorded with the county recorder or registrar of titles only after all current real estate taxes are paid. Copies must be made available for public inspection. The county auditor can request a copy at county expense.

505.04 REAL ESTATE TAXES; RECORDING; COPIES.

Every plat, when duly certified, signed, and acknowledged, as provided in section 505.021, and upon presentation of a certificate from the authorized county official that the current year’s taxes have been paid, shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles, or both, if the plat contains both nonregistered and registered property. All copies required by the county shall be exact transparent reproducible copies prepared in accordance with section 505.021, subdivision 1. The official plat and any copies maintained in county offices shall be open to inspection by the public. Upon request of the county auditor of the county wherein the land is situated, the county recorder or registrar of titles shall cause a reproduction copy of the official plat, or of the exact copy, to be made and filed with the county auditor, at the expense of the county.

History:

(8240) RL s 3368; 1907 c 438; 1911 c 347 s 2; 1967 c 580 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 222 s 43; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 68; 2007 c 73 s 4; 2015 c 7 s 10

History: History: (8240) RL s 3368; 1907 c 438; 1911 c 347 s 2; 1967 c 580 s 3; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1983 c 222 s 43; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 68; 2007 c 73 s 4; 2015 c 7 s 10

Practical Notes

Before you can record a plat, you must get a certificate showing that current year’s property taxes are paid. The official plat is a public record that anyone can inspect. If your property includes both registered and unregistered land, the plat goes to both the recorder and registrar of titles.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes