2025 Session Last amended: 1989 session

§ 336.2A-105 — Territorial Application of Article to Goods Covered by Certificate of Title

Plain-Language Summary

When leased goods are covered by a certificate of title issued by Minnesota or another jurisdiction, the law of the jurisdiction that issued the certificate (including its conflict-of-laws rules) governs compliance with the certificate-of-title statute and the effect of complying or not complying. That issuing jurisdiction's law continues to apply until the earlier of two events: the certificate is surrendered, or four months pass after the goods are removed from that jurisdiction. After that point its law applies until another jurisdiction issues a new certificate of title. These rules are subject to sections 336.2A-304(3) and 336.2A-305(3).

Practical Notes
For titled goods (such as vehicles) under a lease, the title-issuing state’s law controls title compliance until the title is surrendered or four months after the goods leave that state, and then until a new state issues a new title.