Please check the following BEFORE SENDING in for recording:
ALL DOCUMENTS:
- Document dated
- Document signed
- Acknowledgment needs:
- Legal Description (Check to see if complete)
- Date
- Legible Notary Seal, Notary Signature, Notary Commission Expire Date, Names AND marital status (single or husband and wife) of signatures being acknowledged
- If Corporate acknowledgment (business name,who signs & their titles
- Exhibits are attached
- Legal Description (Check to see if complete)
- Exhibits are attached
- "Drafted by:" Include name & address
- Filing fees
- White-out is unacceptable on any legal documents
TRANSFER DEEDS:
- State Deed Tax included (Purchase price times .0033 = Deed Tax)
- Completed Certificate of Real Estate Value
- “Send Tax Statements to:” Include name & address
- Are there delinquent taxes due?
- If split in tax parcel – all current taxes must be paid
- If applicable, statement regarding “Total consideration for this transfer is $1000 or less” (Enclose $1.65 Deed Tax)
- Completed Well Certificate and $50 fee OR one of the statements that apply:
The Seller certifies that the seller does not know of any wells on the described real property.
"I am familiar with the property described in this instrument and I certify that the status and the number of wells on the described real property have not changed since the last previously filed well disclosure certificate."
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS:
- Correction Documents (Need to have new signatures and new acknowledgement along with a Correction Statement.)
- Mortgage Registration Tax included (Mortgage amount times .0023 – Mtg. Reg. Tax)
- Warranty Deed completing a Contract for Deed must have a well statement signed by the buyers OR a Well Certificate with the $50 fee.
Pine County does not require a conservation fee. - ****By Minnesota Statute when document is presented for recording, you must indicate (preferably on your cover letter) whether document is to be recorded in "Abstract" or "Torrens" MN Statute 508.76 Sub. 2
Minnesota Statutes 507.093 Standards for Documents to be recorded
Minnesota Statutes 508.82 Registrar's Fees