Directives & Certificates

The following is intended to assist with the administration of the Torrens system in Sherburne County. Please contact David Meyers if you have any questions.

The following is intended to assist with the administration of the Torrens system in Sherburne County. Please contact me if you have any questions.

I. Examiner’s Approval and Certification Prior to Recording is Needed for all Title Transfers, Including Some Liens (generally not mortgages), Easements, Platting, etc., Which Involve any of the Following:

Trust documents
Probate documents (PR’s Deed or Decree)
Guardian or Conservator’s Documents
Religious Corporation Documents
POA’s and Affidavit by Attorney-in-Fact

II. Examiner’s Directives

To alter names, marital status, state of incorporation, etc.
To transfer certificate to purchaser of tax title (if 10 years since filing of Auditor’s Certificate of Forfeiture, sale or State Assignment Certification)
After vacation of street or alley - to add accruing portion to the certificate
Condo documents - CIC’s type condos
To drop old documents which have expired by their terms or are outlawed by statute
After mortgage foreclosure by action
Plat corrections (RLS)
Where the Divorce Decree or Summary Real Estate
Disposition Judgment is being used to transfer title
After eminent domain proceedings
To drop racial restrictions
Transfers, Affidavits of Survivorship, etc., related to or §§ 514.991 - 514.995 (Medical Assistance Liens)Minn. Stat. § 256B.15
To drop easements or restrictions which may appear on the Certificate of Title, but do not affect the title shown on the Certificate.

How to get one?

Fax a copy of the Deed and related documents to David Meyers at 320-656-3500.
Send a $160.00 check for the Examiner's fee to Rinke Noonan Law Firm at 1015 W. St. Germain St., Suite 300 US Bank Plaza, St. Cloud, MN 56301, and reference File No. 16602.048
Or mail the original documents together with a $160.00 check payable to Rinke Noonan. Include instructions on whether to return the documents or send them to the Registrar of Titles.

The cost for a Certification or Directive is usually $160.00. The cost may be higher in complex cases.