Recording checklist - Dakota County Minnesota

Check the following before sending in for recording:

All Documents:

Date
Legible notary seal
Notary signature
Notary commission expiration date
Names and marital status (single, married, or husband and wife, if not in heading) of signatures being acknowledged
If corporate acknowledgment (business name, who signs and their titles)

Transfer deeds:

State deed tax included (purchase price times .0033 = deed tax) exception: Hennepin & Ramsey counties (purchase price times .0034 = deed tax)
Completed Certificate of Real Estate Value
“Send Tax Statements to:” Include name & address
If any delinquent taxes are due.
If split in tax parcel - all current taxes must be paid.
If applicable, statement regarding “Total consideration for this transfer is $500 or less" (enclose $1.65 deed tax) exception: Hennepin & Ramsey counties enclose $1.70 deed tax
Completed Well Certificate and $50.00 fee or one of the statements that apply: “The Seller certifies that the seller does not know of any wells on the described real property” or “I am familiar with the property described in this instrument and I certify that the status and the number of wells on the described real property have not changed since the last previously filed well disclosure certificate”

Miscellaneous documents:

Correction documents need to have new signatures and new acknowledgement along with a correction statement.
Mortgage registration tax included (mortgage amount times .0023 = mortgage registration tax) exception: Hennepin and Ramsey counties (mortgage amount times .0024 = mortgage registration tax)
Warranty Deed completing a Contract for Deed must have a well statement signed by the buyers or a Well Certificate with the $50.00 fee.
For transfer documents and mortgages an agricultural conservation fee of $5.00 is due in the following counties: Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Wright, Carver, Hennepin, Scott, Washington, Waseca, Winona