Minnesota Statutes Declaratory, Corrective and Administrative Remedies (Ch. 553-569) § 559.201. Definitions

Subdivision 1.Application. The definitions in this section apply to section 559.202.

Subd. 2.Business day. “Business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday as defined in section 645.44, subdivision 5.

Subd. 3.Family farm security loan. “Family farm security loan” has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 41.52, subdivision 5.

Subd. 4.Multiple seller. “Multiple seller” means a person that has acted as a seller in four or more contracts for deed involving residential real property during the 12-month period that precedes either: (1) the date on which the purchaser executes a purchase agreement under section 559.202; or (2) if there is no purchase agreement, the date on which the purchaser executes a contract for deed under section 559.202. A contract for deed transaction that is exempt under section 559.202, subdivision 2, is a contract for deed for the purposes of determining whether a seller is a multiple seller.

Subd. 5.Person. “Person” means a natural person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other legal entity, however organized.

Subd. 6.Purchase agreement. “Purchase agreement” means a purchase agreement for a contract for deed, an earnest money contract, or an executed option contemplating that, at closing, the seller and the purchaser will enter into a contract for deed.

Subd. 7.Purchaser. “Purchaser” means a natural person who enters into a contract for deed to purchase residential real property. Purchaser includes all purchasers who enter into the same contract for deed to purchase residential real property.

Subd. 8.Residential real property. “Residential real property” means real property consisting of one to four family dwelling units, one of which the purchaser intends to occupy as the purchaser's principal place of residence. Residential real property does not include property subject to a family farm security loan or a transaction subject to sections 583.20 to 583.32.