IN PROCEEDINGS SUBSEQUENT TO INITIAL REGISTRATION

STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN  

In the matter of the Petition of 

For an Order Showing Cancellation of a Contract for Deed	DISTRICT COURT
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
Case type: Other Civil – Torrens

PETITION
under Minn. Stat. § 508.71

TO THE HONORABLE JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF HENNEPIN COUNTY:

Comes now the Petitioner and shows to the Court as follows:

1.	That on (date) the Registrar of Titles entered Certificate of Title No. (no.) to (registered fee owner(s)) for land described on the attached Exhibit A. [Attach a copy of the Certificate of Title as Exhibit A.]

2.	That there are registered on the Certificate of Title [recitals and] memorials as shown on the attached Exhibit A.

3.	That the land is not “agricultural property” as defined in Minn. Stat. § 583.22, Subd. 2, which would be subject to the provisions of the farmer-lender mediation act.

4.	That no bankruptcy proceedings have been instituted by or against (vendees) through the end of the reinstatement period. [Note to drafter: if there was a bankruptcy, then review the “Instructions on pleading bankruptcy allegations” found on the Hennepin County Examiner of Titles webpage.]

5.	That (vendee(s)) was/were not in the military service of the United States at the time of the service of the Notice of Cancellation upon him/her/them or for one year prior to the date of service or for 60 days thereafter. [Note to drafter: review Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), 50 USC App. § 533, to determine relevant period of time prior to date of service of the Notice of Cancellation.]

6.	That Contract for Deed Document No. (no.) has been cancelled pursuant to law and that any interest of the vendee(s) in said Contract and any parties who claim through said Contract was thereby terminated.

7.	That the premises are occupied as follows: (names of occupants and the nature of their interests).

Wherefore Petitioner prays for an Order directing the Registrar of Titles to show by memorial on Certificate of Title No. (no.) that all rights under Contract for Deed Document No. (no.) have terminated, and to omit from future Certificates of Title issued for the premises the memorials of Document Nos. (document numbers of the cancelled Contract for Deed, the Notice of Cancellation, and any other documents that were terminated) and also to omit the memorial of the Order issued pursuant to this Petition.

Date:  ________________			Signed: __________________________________
				Attorney for Petitioner

Attorney’s Name: __________________________
Attorney Registration No.: ___________________
Address:	______________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Telephone: ________________________________
E-mail address: _____________________________

[VERIFICATION]

[By Individual]
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
			          ) ss
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)

__________________________ deposes and states that s/he is (one of) the Petitioner(s) in the above-entitled proceeding, that s/he has read the foregoing Petition and the same is true of his/her own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated on information and belief and as to such matters s/he believes it to be true.

I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Minn. Stat. § 358.116.

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						Signature 

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						Name (typed or printed)

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						Date signed
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						County and State where signed

[By Officer of a Legal Entity]
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
			          ) ss
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)

__________________________ deposes and states that s/he is the (President / other officer) of (name of entity), a (Minnesota / other) (corporation / other legal entity),the Petitioner in the above entitled proceeding, that s/he has read the foregoing Petition and the same is true of his/her own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated on information and belief and as to such matters s/he believes it to be true.

I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Minn. Stat. § 358.116.

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						Signature 

				__________________________________________
						Name (typed or printed)

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						Date signed
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						County and State where signed

[By Partner]
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
			          ) ss
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)

__________________________ deposes and states that s/he is the a partner of (name of partnership), a (Minnesota / other) partnership, the Petitioner in the above entitled proceeding, that s/he has read the foregoing Petition and the same is true of his/her own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated on information and belief and as to such matters s/he believes it to be true.

I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Minn. Stat. § 358.116.

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						Signature 

				__________________________________________
						Name (typed or printed)

__________________________________________
						Date signed
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						County and State where signed

[By Attorney for Individual]
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
			          ) ss
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)

__________________________ deposes and states that s/he is the attorney for the Petitioner in the above entitled proceeding, that the Petitioner is not within the County where the attorney resides, that s/he has read the foregoing Petition and the same is true of his/her own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated on information and belief and as to such matters s/he believes it to be true.

I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Minn. Stat. § 358.116.

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						Signature 

				__________________________________________
						Name (typed or printed)

__________________________________________
						Date signed
							__________________________________________
						County and State where signed

[By Attorney for Legal Entity]
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
			          ) ss
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)

__________________________ deposes and states that s/he is the attorney for ________________, a (Minnesota / other) (type of legal entity), that none of its (officers / managers / partners) acquainted with the facts and capable of making an affidavit to verify the Petition are within the County where the attorney resides, that s/he has read the foregoing Petition and the same is true of his/her own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated on information and belief and as to such matters s/he believes it to be true.

I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Minn. Stat. § 358.116.

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						Signature 

				__________________________________________
						Name (typed or printed)

__________________________________________
						Date signed
							__________________________________________
						County and State where signed

Revised February 2023