Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Minnesota

Re: Contract for Deed

In theory you should be able to do this yourselves, but as a practical matter you are almost sure to screw up the title if you try to do this without a lawyer.

The procedures for drafting and filing any document which has to do with real estate in Minnesota are complicated and exacting. It's one of the reasons I'm always sure I have malpractice insurance. It's easy for an experienced attorney to make a mistate and not get it right.

Once you have a document in the chain of title which has been done improperly, you may have hell to pay to get the mistate corrected. Hiring a lawyer to help you at the beginning will save you many times over the cost of fixing the error later.

Good luck.

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