2005 Minnesota Statutes - 601.04 — Deed or court records destroyed; abstract of title as evidence.

     601.04 Deed or court records destroyed; abstract of 
  title as evidence.  


    When, upon the trial of any action or proceeding which is 
 now, or hereafter may be, pending in any court in this state, 
 any party to such action or proceeding, or the party's agent or 
 attorney, shall make and file an affidavit in such cause, 
 stating that the original of any deed or other instrument in 
 writing or the records of any court relating to any lands, the 
 title or any interest therein being in controversy or question 
 in such action or proceeding, are lost or destroyed, and not 
 within the power of such party to produce the same; and the 
 record of such deed, instrument, or other writing has been 
 destroyed by fire or otherwise, it shall be lawful for the court 
 to receive as evidence in such action or proceeding, any 
 abstract of title to such lands made in the ordinary course of 
 business before such loss or destruction.  It shall also be 
 lawful for the court to receive as evidence any copy, extract, 
 or minutes from such destroyed records or from the original 
 thereof, which were, at the date of such destruction or loss, in 
 the possession of any person then engaged in the business of 
 making abstracts of title for others for hire.  


    HIST: (9874) 1905 c 193 s 1; 1986 c 444