N E W S



N E W S

_________________ |The Recorder | |

|L E T T E R | |

Published by: Kristine Basilici, Minnesota County Recorder’s Association, President July 2008

|The American “Can Do Spirit” |

|MCRA Summer Conference Review |

|CONTENTS: | | |

| |MCRA Conference Review |Monday June 9, 2008 |

| | | |

| |Sunday June 8, 2008 |Monday opened with a lively and informative Question and |

| | |Answer session with Examiner of Titles from across the State|

| |The 2008 MCRA Summer Conference opened on Sunday |of Minnesota. A big “Thank You” to the Examiner’s who |

| |afternoon with Jeff Hall MSW, LCSW, MAJ (RET) OEF/OIF |attended and participated in this session and especially to |

| |Rural Outreach Coordinator |Stephanie Young and Diane Grundhoefer for organizing this |

| |Major Hall was a very informative and a touching speaker |panel. Click Here to see the questions presented to the |

| |who brought to our attention many unknown facts regarding|Examiners of Title. |

| |our returning veterans and what they have faced during | |

| |their war time service and what they will face when |Next, State Archaeologist, |

| |transiting back into family and community life. |Scott Anfinson spoke about Archaeology and Unplatted |

| | |Cemeteries in Minnesota. Many comments were made regarding |

| |After Major Hall’s presentation a short program followed |how very interesting and fascinating this session was. |

| |honoring those who are relatives of County Recorder’s and| |

| |their staff/county who are currently serving and also our|An impressive panel of speakers was up next regarding the |

| |fellow Recorder’s who have served. Click Here to view |Implementation of State Law regarding Mortgage Foreclosure |

| |the presentation. |Data Gathering. Thank you to Michael Cunniff, Joel Beckman,|

| |You may need to have the assistance of your IS/IT |Larry Dalien and Ron Elwood of Legal Aid for this session |

| |department to open this document as it is in Power Point |which ties directly into our office function as the |

| |2003 format. |administrators of land record data. |

| | | |

| |A big “Thank You” to the American Legion Color Guard and |Finally, the day was ended with Yvonne Kinney-Hockert a |

| |the Blandin Men’s Choir (with assistance from our very |motivational speaker. |

| |own Larry Unger) for their participation with this |She spoke about “Creating Your Success as a County Recorder”|

| |special section of the conference. |by asking each of us what type of “dog” breed best described|

| | |us. Are you a beagle and how does that affect your ability |

| | |to get along with a golden retriever? Much was discussed |

| | |and even a few witty remarks were made at this session. |

| | | |

|CONFERENCE REVIEW | | |

|NEED TO KNOW | | |

| | | |

|Editors: | | |

|Cathy Racek | | |

|Bonnie Rehder | | |

| | | |

|The Recorder | | |

| | | |

|Kristine Basilici | | |

|Carlton County Recorder | | |

|Registrar of Titles | | |

|Vital Statistics | | |

| | | |

|P.O. Box 70 | | |

|301 Walnut | | |

|Carlton, MN 55718 | | |

| | | |

|P: (218) 384-9195 | | |

|F: ( 218) 384-9157 | | |

|e-mail: kris.basilici@co.carlton.mn.us | | |

| | | |

| | | |

|Stare at the Heavens! | | |

| | | |

|[pic] | | |

|Summer Conference Review - Continued |

| | |

|Tuesday June 10, 2008 |Excitement was the word of the day as the Minnesota Official Marriage Index |

| |(MOMS) was demonstrated by Cheryl Perish, Kay Wrucke, Susan Anderson, Joan |

|E-Recording Model II Panel |Boesen and Ben Marczak. |

|Tuesday began with an excellent overview of the counties currently E-Recording Model II | |

|Documents (Satisfactions, Assignments, Certificates of Release and Mortgages). This |This is a MACO Vital Records Committee and |

|panel included: Joel Beckman (Dakota); Bonnie Rehder (Clay), Gail Miller (Renville) and |E-Counties team effort to create an electronic marriage index across the State|

|Michael Cunniff (Hennepin). |of Minnesota to assist Local Registrar’s and the public. Truly an exceptional|

|Click here for the power point presentation regarding Model II E-Recording or check out |effort on the part of all participants, who are known as the “Creation Team”. |

|the MACO web site for this presentation. | |

| |Our very own KAY WRUCKE – Martin County Recorder gave an informative and |

|A very serious issue was brought to the Recorder’s attention with the next session: An |inspirational outline of how important participation in PRIA and NACRC is even|

|Overview of Land Fraud in America presented by Scott Moore who is a member of the PRIA |at the county level. |

|Fraud Committee. Many Recorder’s were shocked to find such criminal behavior in the | |

|industry, this was not very common just a few years ago. |Kay Wrucke is the 2008 2nd Vice President |

| |of NACRC and will be the 2009 NACRC President |

|The lack of ethical behavior by some in the property industry is further demonstrated on |Kay serves many committees and positions for both PRIA and NACRC. Kay has |

|the following FBI web link: |kept all Minnesota Counties up to date with what is happening at the National |

| |Level, which is so very important in order for MCRA to take a more proactive |

| |than reactive place in regards to the property industry. |

| | |

|Mike Convery – MDH spoke about the new ELECTRONIC WELL CERTIFICATE testing: |The Secretary of State’s Office sent friend and respected colleague, Tom |

|In process as of June 24, 2008 |Durand, to give an overview of the upcoming UCC System Re-write and Notary Law|

|Contact Janice.Stanger@state.mn.us or |Update. As always, Tom was through and complete in what will be coming “down |

|1-651-201-4596 |the line” for the Recorder’s with these new items. The enhanced system should|

|for assistance. |be in place sometime in 2010. Thanks to Tom, and our fellow Recorders who are|

| |serving on a Profile System Re-write Committee, once again, you all are |

|Uniform Conveyancing Blanks Update presented by: |assisting your fellow Recorder’s by serving. |

| | |

|Cathy Racek – St. Louis County | |

|and Gail Miller – Renville County |[pic] Enjoy Your Summer! |

| | |

|Several changes are in process, please see the conference review link shown later in this| |

|newsletter. | |

| | |

|MCRA Vitals committee gave an update which contained: | |

|Introduction of a new subcommittee chair (Allen Paulson) on the Fraud and Communications | |

|Committee | |

|Notary, Passports, Birth/Death and Marriage Information | |

| | |

|For detailed information, please contact the committee chairs | |

| | |

| | |

|Summer Conference Review - Continued |

| |Conference Highlights: |

|Wednesday June 11, 2008 | |

| |Judy’s house and dinner – It was an awesome experience to know you were standing where Judy|

|Wednesday began with Charles Rodgers, Government Records Specialist from the|Garland (aka Frances Gumm) had once performed little skits for her family and |

|Office of the State Archivist. Once again, all in attendance were impressed|neighbors…..such a talent hopefully never to be forgotten. |

|with the quality and excellent content of the information Mr. Rodgers had to| |

|share with us. |Jeanine Barker - BEST RED & WHITE AND BLUE “CAN DO SPIRIT” Costume |

| |Once again Jeanine “brought it” and won! |

|Legislative Update and Recorder’s Business Meeting: |Jeanine was dressed, in red, white and blue, in a tribute to Betsy Ross. |

| |Jeanine has the true American “Can Do Spirit” and she lives this every day! |

|By-Laws Amended (passed) | |

|Committee Updates |However, Larry Unger’s red white and blue “beads” and |

|Conference Updates |T-shirt were priceless, way to go Larry! |

| | |

|Bill Amberg from Ewald gave an extensive update regarding legislation that |Thanks to all who participated and dressed for this contest, it was such fun! |

|will affect Recorder’s. | |

| |The fun of sitting around a Campfire and eating S’Mores which was a wonderful opportunity |

|Ed Bock, Hennepin County Examiner of Titles gave a thorough history and |to share stories and music with our fellow Recorders. It was too bad the weather moved in |

|explanation regarding the new transfer upon death deed legislation. For |and moved us along faster than we wanted….. |

|additional information, click here | |

| |Magic and more – Who will ever be able to forget our entertainment, Mr. Nick Bretz, he |

|MACO Education Credits Update click here |certainly could handle the hecklers as well as his act. Thanks to Jean Winter, Itasca |

| |County Recorder, for recommending this fine young man. He left us holding our sides from |

|State Tax Lien Payment Update click here |laughing so hard and so long. It was a fun time and nice to relax. |

| | |

|[pic] |MCRA sends Best Wishes to: |

| |Jean Winter – Itasca County Recorder |

| |Retiring on June 30, 2008 – You will be missed by all! |

|Schedule some “family fun” time! | |

| |Thora Fisko – Chisago County Recorder |

| |Thora is taking a new position as Executive Director for Karcher Foster Services. Here is |

| |wishing you success and happiness with your new role and responsibilities. |

| | |

| | |

| | |

| | |

|QUESTIONS REGARDING CONFERENCE ITEMS |

|AND OTHER ITEMS YOU NEED TO KNOW! |

| |NEED TO KNOW: |

|MACO Directories: |New Certificate of Real Estate Value (CRV) |

| |coming out to view click here |

|For additional directories please contact Bill Monn |Check out the Secretary of State’s notary study group link: |

|at billm@ and place your requests with him.| |

| | |

| | |

|MACO will have to decide if an additional printing |SOS survey link: |

|must be done and whether or not to charge counties | |

|and vendors for additional directories. |Department of Revenue wants to visit our Prep groups for more information contact Kathy Conlon at |

| |kconlon@co.nicollett.mn.us |

| | |

|MCRA 2009 Summer Conference Information Click Here |WHAT ELSE CAN THE MINNESOTA OFFICIAL MARRIAGE INDEX (MOMS) BE USED FOR? |

| | |

|Attention: A Conference Education Credit and |Recently Bonnie in Clay County had the Chief Assistant County Attorney call to ask if she had a way to search |

|Satisfaction Survey has been distributed by e-mail; |marriage records statewide. The Chief Assistant had two people she was trying to track down related to a criminal |

|please make time to respond, this information is |case but wasn't having any luck. It was assumed the people had gotten married and now had different names. Bonnie|

|very helpful in planning our future conferences. |told the Chief Assistant about MOMS and how it would soon be available to the public. The Chief Assistant was very|

| |excited to hear this news. The Chief Assistant went on to say what a wonderful tool this will be for her and other|

|Overview of conference information |departments such as the Sheriff's Office. In the meantime an e-mail search was done. THANK YOU for searching your|

|click here: |records. |

|Courtesy of Cathy Racek | |

|Chief Deputy Recorder |Reminder: MDH Training St. Paul August 21st or 26th or Bagley Sept. 24th 2008 |

|St. Louis County | |

| |PRIA LINK click here |

| | |

|My Conference “Angels” – I want to thank each and |NACRC LINK click here |

|every one who helped me with this conference. You | |

|made it a wonderful experience for me and I thank |Make sure to greet the following new recorders: |

|you with all of my heart. |Grant-Tonia Steinberger |

|Kris Basilici aka Rosie the Riveter |Itasca-Linda Nielsen |

| |Kittson-Kristi Hultgren |

| |Chisago-Susan J. Johnson as Interim County Recorder effective July 14, 2008. |

| | |

| |Keep moving forward and enjoy the journey! |

| | |

| |[pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic] |

[pic]

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download