2025 Session Last amended: 1986 session

§ 508.72 — Agency; Power to Be Registered

Plain-Language Summary

An agent or attorney-in-fact can act on behalf of a registered property owner, but the power of attorney must be filed with the registrar before the agent can make any transactions.

508.72 AGENCY; POWER TO BE REGISTERED.

Any act which may legally be done or performed by any person under this chapter may be done and performed by an agent when duly authorized in writing. The instrument or power of attorney shall be filed with and registered by the registrar if it is executed and acknowledged as required by law in the case of a deed. Any instrument revoking the power of attorney may be filed and registered if it is executed and acknowledged in the same way. A written instrument of revocation of an unregistered power of attorney, executed and acknowledged by a person having a registered interest in land, may be filed for registration as a memorial upon the certificate of title.

History:

(8318) RL s 3440; 1905 c 305 s 70; 1984 c 603 s 1; 1986 c 444

History: History: (8318) RL s 3440; 1905 c 305 s 70; 1984 c 603 s 1; 1986 c 444

Practical Notes

If you give someone a power of attorney to manage your Torrens property, that power of attorney must be filed with the registrar before they can act.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes