Frequently Asked Questions

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Minnesota Uniform Conveyance Blank forms are available from:

• area attorney’s offices
• abstract/title companies
• Google:  Minnesota Uniform Conveyancing Forms

Requests containing document number can be mailed with appropriate fees ($10 for certified copy, or $1 per page for standard copy) to: Anoka County Property Records and Taxation, 2100 3rd Ave, Anoka, MN 55303. Please include self-address stamped return envelope. Request will not be honored without payment.

Documents are also available in our Public Research Area (room 119) located on the first floor in the government center. If document was recorded after 1994, assistance obtaining the document number is available by calling 763-323-5400.

• State Deed Tax: Net Consideration X .0033
• Mortgage Registration Tax: Secured Amount X .0023

1. The document shall consist of one or more individual sheets measuring no larger than 8.5 inches by 14 inches.
2. The form of the document shall be printed, typewritten, or computer generated in black ink and the form of the document shall not be smaller than 8-point type.
3. The document shall be on white paper of not less than 20-pound weight with no background color, images, or writing and shall have a clear border of approximately one-half inch on the top, bottom, and each side.
4. The first page of the document shall contain a blank space at the top measuring three inches, as measured from the top of the page. The right half to be used by the county recorder for recording information or registrar of titles for filing information and the left half to be used by the county auditor or treasurer for certification.
5. The title of the document shall be prominently displayed at the top of the first page below the blank space referred to in clause
6. No additional sheet shall be attached or affixed to a page that covers up any information or printed part of the form.
7. A document presented for recording or filing must be sufficiently legible to reproduce a readable copy using the county recorder's or registrar of title's current method of reproduction. The standards in this paragraph do not apply to a document that is recorded or filed as part of a pilot project for the electronic filing of real estate documents implemented by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391.

1. Date of Execution
2. Name of Grantor / Grantee / Mortgagor / Mortgagee
3. Complete Legal Description
4. Proper Acknowledgement (notary seal / stamp, signatures, martial status when applicable)
5. "Drafted By" Statement -if notarized in Minnesota.

1. Reference Document Number
2. State and County of Venue
3. Mortgage - Secured Amount
4. CRV (Required if sale > $1000) Total Consideration
5. Well Statement / Disclosure
6. Grantee Statement (name and address of grantee)