Minnesota § 508.84 - INSTRUMENTS OF ENCUMBRANCE; DISPOSAL
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 508.84 — INSTRUMENTS OF ENCUMBRANCE; DISPOSAL, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 508.84. INSTRUMENTS OF ENCUMBRANCE; DISPOSAL
The registrar of titles is hereby authorized to destroy instruments of encumbrance which have been satisfied of record or extinguished by operation of law for a period of five years together with the assignments and satisfactions thereof. When the discharge of an encumbrance is by virtue of a judicial or statutory sale, the instruments evidencing the encumbrance of the foreclosure thereof, shall not be destroyed until six months after entry of an unappealed order for issuance of a new certificate of title to the purchaser at such sale or to the purchaser's assignee. Nothing herein contained shall relieve such registrar from maintaining the books and index records required under sections 508.34 and 508.37.
History:
1955 c 286 s 1; 1971 c 533 s 3; 1986 c 444
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 508.84 ("INSTRUMENTS OF ENCUMBRANCE; DISPOSAL") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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