Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 500.02 (2026)

Estates Of Inheritance

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Every estate of inheritance shall continue to be termed a fee simple, or fee; and every such estate, when not defeasible or conditional, shall be a fee simple absolute or an absolute fee.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1957–2005 · leading case: Wichelman v. Messner, 83 N.W.2d 800 (Minn. 1957).

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Wichelman v. Messner, 83 N.W.2d 800 (Minn. 1957). · cites it 7× “Under the definition of § 500.02, “Every estate of inheritance shall continue to be termed a' fee simple, or fee; and every such estate, when not defeasible or conditional, shall be a fee simple absolute or an absolute fee.”

Spears v. Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 363 F. Supp. 2d 1176 (D. Minnesota 2005). · cites it 2× “See Tribal Code §§ 500.02, subd. 2. A reckless driving charge was dismissed pursuant to the plea agreement.”

Town of Belle Prairie v. Kliber, 448 N.W.2d 375 (Minn. Ct. App. 1989). “Even if we accept respondents’ concession at oral argument that the Kli-bers’ claim of title is based on a tax title recorded in 1964, this does not constitute a concession that the Klibers owned in fee simple.”

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