Minnesota Statutes 272.435 – Notice of Tax Payments to Mortgagors and Contract Vendees
A mortgagee or a vendor on a contract for the conveyance of real property who pays all or any portion of taxes levied upon real property in this state with moneys supplied for that purpose by the mortgagor or contract vendee shall notify the mortgagor or contract vendee in writing each year during the term of the mortgage or contract of the final annual payment of property taxes payable that year within 90 days after such payment and shall enclose with the notice a copy of the statement for such taxes or a statement containing the same information appearing on such tax statement. Where the tax statements are not provided to the mortgagee or the contract vendor, the county shall send out a copy of the statement to the mortgagor or contract vendee.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 272.435
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
- Mortgagor: The person who pledges property to a creditor as collateral for a loan and who receives the money.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Tax: means any fee, charge, exaction, or assessment imposed by a governmental entity on an individual, person, entity, transaction, good, service, or other thing. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44