Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 508.22 (2026)

Decree Of Registration; Effect

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If, after hearing, the court finds the applicant has a title proper for registration, whether as stated in the application or otherwise, it shall make and file its decree therein, confirming the title of the applicant and ordering its registration. Except as herein otherwise provided, every decree of registration shall bind the land described in it, forever quiet the title to it, and be forever binding and conclusive upon all persons, regardless of whether they were mentioned in the application or in the report of the examiner or whether they possessed an interest in the land not referred to in the application or in the report of the examiner, whether they were mentioned by name in the summons, or included in the phrase, "all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the application herein." The decree shall not be opened, vacated, or set aside by reason of the absence, infancy, or other disability of any person affected by it, nor by any proceeding at law or in equity for opening, vacating, setting aside, or reversing judgments and decrees, except as herein especially provided. The decree shall forever determine, bind, and conclude all the right, title, interest, estate, or lien in the land described in it of the spouse of any defendant acquired or growing out of the marriage relation as though the spouse had been expressly named in the decree.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases, 1954–2009 · leading case: In Re the Brainerd Nat'l Bank, 383 N.W.2d 284 (Minn. 1986).
In Re the Brainerd Nat'l Bank, 383 N.W.2d 284 (Minn. 1986). · cites it 16× “02 is inconsistent with the following provision of the Torrens Act, Minn. Stat. § 508.22 (1984), which states that except as otherwise provided: 1 [Ejvery decree of registration shall bind the land described in it, forever quiet the title to it, and be forever binding and…”
In Re Collier, 726 N.W.2d 799 (Minn. 2007). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. § 508.22 (2004). A court-appointed officer, the examiner of titles, oversees the registration process.”
Hersh Props., LLC v. McDonald's Corp., 588 N.W.2d 728 (Minn. 1999). · cites it 2× “Accordingly, in order to maintain the reliability of certificates of title, certain subsequent transfers of title and changes to the certificate must be made either by court order or by approval of the examiner of titles.”
Petition of Geis, 576 N.W.2d 747 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “06(3) (1996) (providing application for registration of land shall set forth substantially correct description of land); Minn.Stat. § 508.22 (1996) (providing every decree of registration shall bind land described in it, forever quiet title to it, and be forever binding and…”
Moore v. Henricksen, 165 N.W.2d 209 (Minn. 1968). · cites it 3× “Section 508.22 provides that “[e]xcept as herein otherwise provided, every decree of registration shall bind the land described therein, forever quiet the title thereto, and be forever binding and conclusive upon all persons, whether mentioned by name in the summons, or included…”
Park Elm Homeowner's Ass'n v. Mooney, 398 N.W.2d 643 (Minn. Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 508.22 (1984) states that, except as otherwise provided, every decree of registration shall bind the land described in it, forever quiet the title to it, and be forever binding and conclusive upon all persons * * *.”
Howe v. Hauge, 766 N.W.2d 50 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 2× “See Minn. Stat. § 508.22 (2008) (stating that if “the applicant has title proper for registration .”
Konantz v. Stein, 167 N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 1969). “This is so because § 508.22 provides in part: “* * * [E]very decree of registration shall bind the land described therein, forever quiet the title thereto, and be forever binding and conclusive upon all persons, whether mentioned by name in the summons, or included in the…”
United States v. Ryan, 124 F. Supp. 1 (D. Minnesota 1954). “§ 508.22 provides for the entering of a decree of registration if, after a hearing, the court finds the applicant has a title proper for registration, and that the decree shall forever quiet the title and be forever binding upon all persons.”
Maeser v. Cook, Voegele & Nelson, Pa, 446 N.W.2d 697 (Minn. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 2× “01 (1988), and the Torrens proceeding to register property, Minn.Stat. § 508.22 (1988), as alternative methods.”
Thelen V. Brainerd Nat'l Bank, 360 N.W.2d 353 (Minn. 1984). · cites it 2× “Also, Minn.Stat. § 508.22 states that within Chapter 508 relative to conveyancing and registration, there are matters which the district court can look into after the initial registration.”
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