An application for registration may be made by any of the following persons:

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 508.03

  • Chair: includes chairman, chairwoman, and chairperson. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) the person or persons who singly or collectively own the land; tenants in common shall join in the application;

(2) the person or persons who singly or collectively have the power of disposing of the land;

(3) infants and other persons under disability, by their guardian duly appointed by the proper court in this state;

(4) a corporation, by its proper officer, or by an agent duly authorized by the board of directors;

(5) any executor, administrator or personal representative duly appointed by the proper court in this state;

(6) a municipal corporation, by its mayor and city clerk, in the case of a city, after a resolution passed by its city council so directing, and by the county auditor and chair of the county board, in the case of a county, after a resolution passed by its county board so directing;

(7) any person may make application when, for at least 15 years, the land has been in the adverse possession of the applicant or those through whom the applicant claims title;

(8) a partnership by one or more of its general partners;

(9) the state of Minnesota, by the county auditor and chair of the county board of the county in which the land is located, at the direction of the county board of such county, in the case of lands forfeited to the state for taxes, and held by it in trust for its taxing districts, or otherwise.

This provision is in addition to all other laws by which the state may register the title to land.