practicelaw.org staff continue to add new resources and update old resources. To wit: The County Contacts list for medical assistance was updated in January, thanks to Greg Lulic at the Minnesota Department of Human Services. The list was originally posted in June 2009 and updated in 2010. Users can quickly navigate to the county in question, find the …
New Wisconsin Residential-Offer-to-Purchase Form
Although we are the Minnesota State Bar Association, we know our members cross the border now and again and mix with cheeseheads and their property. So, for those such people, a heads up that the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing has approved a revised residential offer-to-purchase form. Its use is mandated July 1, 2011. …
On Floods, Haiti, Property Records, and Preparing for Disaster
On this gloomy September day, I’ve been mulling over several seemingly unrelated things: floods, Haiti, paperless offices, electronic real estate recording, and the Torrens system. Brownie points to anyone who sees where I’m going with this. It all started yesterday on the way home. I caught a story on NPR about how the biggest obstacle …
Forms Revised Per MCIOA Amendments
Last spring the Legislature amended the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 515B. The House Public Information Service published a summary of the changes. Accordingly the Residential Real Estate Committee of the MSBA’s Real Property Section revised two of its forms that concern common interest community property: RPF Form 12 Addendum to Purchase …
Revised Uniform Conveyancing Blanks
Earlier this week, the Minnesota Department of Commerce approved two revised sets of Uniform Conveyancing Blanks – Series 10 (Deeds) and Series 30 (Contracts for Deeds) – 62 forms in all. The Department of Commerce Order indicates exactly what changes were made to which forms. The more significant changes, however, include: space to include the …
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