Discriminatory covenants were once used to keep people of color from buying houses. The result was a century of segregated Minnesota communities.
Discriminatory covenants are no longer lawful or enforceable. However, they are still legal documents and are maintained in the record.
Call Property Taxation & Records for further information
Property owners may file a 
Discharge of Restrictive Covenants Affecting Protected Classes. This disavows past inclusion of a discriminatory covenant in their property's history. Minnesota Statute 507.18, subd.5.
Please contact Dakota County to receive directions for your property. They will let you know if your property is Torrens or Abstract and provide resources to submit the form. If your property is Torrens, they will give you additional instructions.
County has exempted filing fee
The Discharge many be filed at no charge. The Dakota County Board of Commissioners has exempted property owners from paying a recording fee. The fee will be covered by the county to help property owners.
For Torrens properties
Most of these covenants have already been removed from Torrens Certificates of Title.
Contact Property Taxation & Records at 651-438-4355 or records@co.dakota.mn.us.