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Minn. Stat. § 525.31 (2026)

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Whenever any person has been dead for more than three years and has left real or personal property, or any interest therein, and no will or authenticated copy of a will probated outside this state in accordance with the laws in force in the place where probated has been probated nor proceedings had in this state, any interested person or assignee or successor of an interested person may petition the court of the county of the decedent's residence or of the county wherein such real or personal property, or any part thereof, is situated to determine the descent of such property and to assign such property to the persons entitled thereto.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2011–2019 · leading case: In re the Est. of Pawlik, 845 N.W.2d 249 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014).
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In re the Est. of Pawlik, 845 N.W.2d 249 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 9× “ISSUE Did the district court err as a matter of law by determining that Bond, a judgment creditor of an heir, is an interested person under Minn.”
In re Beachside I Homeowners Ass'n, 802 N.W.2d 771 (Minn. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 4× “Beachside further contends that Minn. Stat. § 525.31 (1990) provides support for its assertion that probate proceedings are required to vest title in a decedent’s heirs.”
In re the Est. of: Bernice R. Murray aka Bernice Murray (Minn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 6× “Minn. Stat. § 525.31 . In Pawlik, we relied on the probate code’s general definition of “interested person” to include “heirs, devisees, children, spouses, creditors, beneficiaries and any others having a property right in or claim against the estate of a decedent, ward or…”
Oseland by Oseland v. Crow Wing Cnty., 928 N.W.2d 744 (Minn. 2019). · cites it 2× “See Minn. Stat. § 525.31 (2018). Any interested party may obtain a decree of descent if the decedent has been dead for more than 3 years and no probate proceeding has been commenced in any state.”
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