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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 359 Enacts Minnesota Partition Act, Updates Eminent Domain Notice Rules, and Clarifies Transfer on Death Deeds
Last action · February 13, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil LawSponsors: Sandra Feist and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House Bill 359 establishes the new Minnesota Partition Act for partition actions commenced on or after August 1, 2025, modifies notice requirements and appeal methods for eminent domain proceedings, and retroactively clarifies the effective date for corrections.
Property co-owners, litigants, and legal practitioners face new statutory standards for dividing real estate, modified notification procedures when property is acquired through eminent domain, and updated title correction rules for s.
- Partition actions allow co-owners of real property to legally divide or sell jointly held real estate when they disagree on its management or use. context
- Eminent domain proceedings govern the government's power to acquire private property for public use with payment of compensation. context
Who It Would Have Affected
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Real Property Co-owners
Eminent Domain Petitioners and Respondents
Parties involved in eminent domain proceedings are subject to updated notification requirements and permitted electronic service methods for appeals.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How are appeal notices served under the modified eminent domain provisions?
What is the effective date for the transfer on death deed title correction provisions?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
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Comprehensive Overhaul of Partition Law
The bill creates an entirely new chapter (558A) to govern partition actions while grandfathering existing actions under chapter 558.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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