Minnesota § 117.065 - NOTICES OF PENDENCY AND ABANDONMENT; REQUIRED RECORDINGS

Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 117.065 — NOTICES OF PENDENCY AND ABANDONMENT; REQUIRED RECORDINGS, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 117.065. NOTICES OF PENDENCY AND ABANDONMENT; REQUIRED RECORDINGS

At the time of filing the petition the petitioner shall record a notice of the pendency of the proceeding, describing with reasonable certainty the lands affected and for what purpose they are to be taken. The notice shall be recorded as follows:

(1) if the lands are registered lands, with the registrar of titles;

(2) if the lands are nonregistered, with the county recorder;

(3) if the lands are both registered and nonregistered, with both the registrar and the county recorder.

If the proceeding be abandoned in whole or in part the petitioner shall within ten days thereafter record a notice to that effect, describing with reasonable certainty the lands so abandoned. The notice of abandonment shall be recorded in the same places as the notice of the pendency of the proceeding.

History:

1971 c 595 s 9; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1995 c 106 s 1; 2005 c 4 s 29

Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes

Source: official Minnesota text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 117.065 ("NOTICES OF PENDENCY AND ABANDONMENT; REQUIRED RECORDINGS") 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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