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Torrens Recording Requirements
DO NOT USE WHITE OUT, IT CAN EASILY BE SCRAPED OFF. If there needs to be a correction made, use XXXXs or a solid line to show the error, type corrections, and include initials by parties involved.
| Requirements When Recording Deeds | |
| Recording Fee | see Fees Schedule on the Recorder Real Estate page. |
| Affidavit of Purchaser | No longer required (as of 08/01/03). |
| Title of Document | |
| Certificate of Real Estate Value | Form to be completed if consideration is over $1,000.00. Contact the Auditor's Office for forms or with questions. |
| State Deed Tax | see Deed Tax on the Treasurer Deed Tax page. |
| Well information | if a Certificate of Real Estate Value (CRV) is required. See Well Disclosure Certificates on the Recorder Real Estate page. |
| Complete legal description | (Legal descriptions on tax statements are often only abbreviated versions and not considered complete) |
| “Send Tax Statements to:” |
Name and Address,
Minnesota Statute
507.092 |
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“Drafted
By” statement: Signatures of Grantors |
Name
and Address,
Minnesota Statute 507.091 and marital status. |
| Complete Acknowledgement | Venue (State & County where acknowledgment took place) Date, Notary Seal, Notary Signature, Notary Commission Expiration, Names & Marital Status of signatures being acknowledged or if a Corporate acknowledgment business name, who signs & their titles. |
| Delinquent Real Estate Taxes |
must be paid.
Contact Clay County Auditor’s Office with questions. |
| Septic Certification |
Non Residential/Non Commercial or Non
Rural - Septic Certificate NOT required.
Rural Residential/Commercial -
Septic Certificate IS required from Environmental
Health (299-7195), but recording WILL NOT be delayed.
Environmental Health and County Attorney’s Office will be
notified. Clay County Environmental Health has information on Clay County septic requirements. |
| Split in tax parcel |
Current taxes must be paid in full and
a survey may be required.
Moorhead City Planning & Zoning has information on the development process when dividing real estate parcels within 2 miles of Moorhead or within the City of Moorhead. Clay County Planning & Zoning has information on the requirements when dividing real estate parcels in rural Clay County. |
| Requirements When Recording Mortgages | |
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Recording Fee |
see Fees Schedule on the Recorder Real Estate page. |
| Title of Document | |
| Mortgage Registration Tax (MRT) | See Mortgage Registration Tax on the Treasurer MRT page. |
| Complete legal description | (Legal descriptions on tax statements are often only abbreviated versions and not considered complete) |
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“Drafted
By” statement: Signatures of Mortgagors |
Name and Address, Minnesota Statute 507.091 |
| Complete Acknowledgement | Venue (State & County where acknowledgment took place) Date, Notary Seal, Notary Signature, Notary Commission Expiration, Names & Marital Status of signatures being acknowledged or if a Corporate acknowledgment business name, who signs & their titles. |
| Requirements
When Recording Real Estate Documents That Are Not Deeds or Mortgages |
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| Recording Fee | See Fees Schedule on the Recorder Real Estate page. |
| Title of Document | |
| Complete legal description |
if document is to be indexed against a
parcel of land. (Legal descriptions on tax statements are often
only abbreviated versions and not considered complete.) |
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“Drafted
By” statement: Appropriate Signatures |
Name and Address, Minnesota Statute 507.091 |
| Complete Acknowledgment |
Venue (State & County where
acknowledgment took place) Date, Notary Seal, Notary Signature,
Notary Commission Expiration, Names & Marital Status of
signatures being acknowledged or if a Corporate acknowledgment
business name, who signs & their titles.
Affidavits require a "subscribed and sworn to" format instead of a complete acknowledgement. |
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