Minnesota Statutes 508A.72 – Agency; Power to Be Registered
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Any act which may legally be done or performed by any person under sections 508A.01 to 508A.85 may be done and performed by an agent when duly authorized in writing. The instrument or power of attorney shall be filed with and registered by the registrar if it is executed and acknowledged as required by law in the case of a deed. Any instrument revoking the power of attorney may be filed and registered if it is executed and acknowledged in the same way. A written instrument of revocation of an unregistered power of attorney, executed and acknowledged by a person having a registered interest in land, may be filed for registration as a memorial upon the CPT.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 508A.72
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC