Otter Tail County Easement Deed Form (Minnesota)

All Otter Tail County specific forms and documents listed below are included in your immediate download package:

Easement Deed Form

Otter Tail County Easement Deed Form

Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included Otter Tail County compliant document last validated/updated 8/27/2024

Easement Deed Guide

Otter Tail County Easement Deed Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
Included Otter Tail County compliant document last validated/updated 6/5/2024

Completed Example of the Easement Deed Document

Otter Tail County Completed Example of the Easement Deed Document

Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included Otter Tail County compliant document last validated/updated 11/26/2024

Guide to Writing an Easement Description

Otter Tail County Guide to Writing an Easement Description

A Description of the Easement will be required. This will show how to write an acceptable description for a Right of Way Easement, which gives access, to and from - point A to point B.
Included Otter Tail County compliant document last validated/updated 9/17/2024

When using these Easement Deed forms, the subject real estate must be physically located in Otter Tail County. The executed documents should then be recorded in the following office:

Otter Tail County Recorder

Government Services Center - 565 Fir Ave West, Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537

Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm M-F

Phone: (218) 998-8140

Local jurisdictions located in Otter Tail County include:

  • Battle Lake
  • Bluffton
  • Clitherall
  • Dalton
  • Deer Creek
  • Dent
  • Elizabeth
  • Erhard
  • Fergus Falls
  • Henning
  • New York Mills
  • Ottertail
  • Parkers Prairie
  • Pelican Rapids
  • Perham
  • Richville
  • Underwood
  • Vergas
  • Vining

How long does it take to get my forms?

Forms are available immediately after submitting payment.

How do I get my forms, are they emailed?

Immediately after you submit payment, the Otter Tail County forms you order will be available for download directly from your account. You can then download the forms to your computer. If you do not already have an account, one will be created for you as part of the order process, and your login details will be provided to you. If you encounter any issues accessing your forms, please reach out to our support team for assistance. Forms are NOT emailed to you.

What does "validated/updated" mean?

This indicates the most recent date when at least one of the following occurred:

  • Updated: The document was updated or changed to remain compliant.
  • Validated: The document was examined by an attorney or staff, or it was successfully recorded in Otter Tail County using our eRecording service.
Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Otter Tail County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed all formatting requirements set forth by Otter Tail County including margin requirements, content requirements, font and font size requirements.

Can the Easement Deed forms be re-used?

Yes. You can re-use the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have more than one property in Otter Tail County that you need to transfer you would only need to order our forms once for all of your properties in Otter Tail County.

What are supplemental forms?

Often when a deed is recorded, additional documents are required by Minnesota or Otter Tail County. These could be tax related, informational, or even as simple as a coversheet. Supplemental forms are provided for free with your order where available.

What type of files are the forms?

All of our Otter Tail County Easement Deed forms are PDFs. You will need to have or get Adobe Reader to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.

Do I need any special software to use these forms?

You will need to have Adobe Reader installed on your computer to use our forms. Adobe Reader is free software that most computers already have installed.

Do I have to enter all of my property information online?

No. The blank forms are downloaded to your computer and you fill them out there, at your convenience.

Can I save the completed form, email it to someone?

Yes, you can save your deed form at any point with your information in it. The forms can also be emailed, blank or complete, as attachments.

Are there any recurring fees involved?

No. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

An easement can give one person the right to use another person's real property for a specific purpose. This non-possessory and non-ownership right is created by the easement deed. In Minnesota, a conveyance of all or any portion of real property includes any benefits and burdens of all easements, conditions, restrictions, or other servitudes validated under 507.47, except as provided in sections 500.20 and 541.023 (507.47).
A plat that has been prepared and recorded in accordance with section 505.01 of the Minnesota Statutes can be used to indicate the dedication of easements for public ways, utility easements, and drainage easements (500.01).

An easement is either appurtenant or in gross. An appurtenant easement benefits the dominant estate and runs with the land, whereas an easement in gross benefits an individual or a legal entity. Further, solar easements and wind easements can also be created under Minnesota law (500.30). These easements are granted in the same manner and with the same effect as a conveyance of an interest in real property.

In order for an instrument affecting Minnesota real estate, such as an easement deed, to be eligible for recordation, it should be executed, acknowledged by the parties executing it, and the acknowledgment should be certified. Easement deeds must contain the original signatures of the parties who execute the instrument and of the notary public or other officer taking acknowledgments (507.24). If the easement deed has been executed out of state, it is entitled to record if it is executed according to Minnesota law or according to the laws of such state.

Every conveyance of real estate that is not recorded is void against a subsequent purchaser in good faith and for a valuable consideration of the same real estate or portion thereof, whose conveyance is first duly recorded. Every instrument in Minnesota that is executed in the form of a conveyance or other form affecting standing timber, stone, ores, minerals, or other similar property, when executed and acknowledged in the manner provided for conveyances, can be recorded in the office of the county recorder where the property is situated. Such record will be notice of the contents thereof and the rights of all parties thereunder as well after as before the severance or separation of such property from the land (507.36).

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