Drafting Real Estate Documents


See Minnesota Statutes Section 481.02.

Steps Involved in the Recording Process

  1. Review the document for completeness and ensure that it meets the requirements according to Minnesota Statute
  2. Determine if the correct recording fees have been submitted
  3. Determine if State Deed Tax is due and included
  4. Determine if Mortgage Registration Tax is due and included
  5. Assign the document a sequential number and stamp with the recording date and time
  6. Index according to legal description
  7. Index by Grantor/Grantee and over 20 other fields
  8. Verify indexing
  9. Scan the document and quality check the optical image
  10. Prepare a receipt and return to the presenter