• Trust documents
• Probate documents (PR’s Deed or Decree)
• Guardian or Conservator’s Documents
• Religious Corporation Documents
• POA’s and Affidavit by Attorney-in-Fact

Examiner’s Directive

• To alter names, marital status, state of incorporation, etc.
• To transfer certificate to purchaser of tax title (if 10 years since filing of Auditor’s Certificate of Forfeiture, sale or State Assignment Certification)
• After vacation of street or alley - to add accruing portion to the certificate
• Condo documents - CIC’s type condos
• To drop old documents which have expired by their terms or are outlawed by statute
• After foreclosure by action
• Plat corrections (RLS)
• Where the Divorce Decree or Summary Real Estate Disposition Judgment is being used to transfer title
• After eminent domain proceedings
• To drop racial restrictions
• Transfers, Affidavits of Survivorship, etc., related to Minnesota Statute 256B.15, or 514.980 - 514.985 (Medical Assistance Liens)
• To drop easements or restrictions which may appear on the Certificate of Title, but do not affect the title shown on the Certificate
• To transfer after repurchase of Auditor's Tax Sale

Proceedings Subsequent (District Court Action)

• After cancellation of Contract for Deed
• After mortgage foreclosure by advertisement
• Tax title less than 10 years old
• To reform the certificate of title or documents (to remove or add anything not specified under directive statutes)
• To transfer title to buyer under Contract for Deed where contract is paid off, but no deed forthcoming
• To determine boundaries
• After Mechanic’s Lien or judgment foreclosures
• After a named corporation is dissolved and three years have passed or dissolution of any other entity shown as the registered owner
• Lost deed or other instrument
• To determine adverse claims
• Any other change to the Certificate the Examiner doesn’t feel comfortable in directing without a Court Hearing
• Lost deed or other instrument when a copy is available

Items You May Wish to Discuss With the Examiner

• Foreign notaries
• Blanket or not well-defined easements
• X by his/her mark
• Appointment of corporate agent to sign documents
• MERS
• Whether to continue Divorce Decree on new Certificate (if lien)
• Dropping old judgments, federal tax liens, Mechanic’s Liens
• Items expiring by their own terms (lease, options to purchase, etc.)
• Foreign decrees
• Alterations to documents
• Date only on acknowledgment
• Use of A.K.A.’s as grantors or grantees
• Affidavit of Merger, Easement and subsequent property acquired by the same owner
• Owner redemption from Mortgage or other Lien Foreclosure Sale
• Registrar’s correction document for clerical errors - only if it may adversely affect the interest of a party (See: 508.71(1a))
• Appeal to Examiner from Registrar’s rejection (See: 508.321)
• Notices of Adverse Claim
• Registered Land Surveys
• Lot or Parcel Splits