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discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status; and (H) In 2019, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law authorizing property owners to individually discharge or renounce discriminatory covenants by recording a discharge form in the county property records; and (I) Discriminatory covenants promoted and established residential racial segregation, which historically and currently has impacted property ownership, accumulation of wealth, property transfers, mortgage eligibility, rental eligibility, property values, property tax base, internet access, and more. Discriminatory covenants fortified systemic racism and compounded economic divestment in specific communities within Ramsey County; and (J) The State of Minnesota, including the City of Mounds View, recognizes the harm that Discriminatory Covenants, and the racial, religious, and other discriminatory practices that they represent, cause to society in general and to the individuals who are adversely affected by racial, religious, and other discrimination through the presence of discriminatory covenants in the public land records; and (K) The City of Mounds View disavows and condemns the past use of discriminatory covenants and prohibits discriminatory covenants from being used in the future. § 38.002 Definitions. "Discriminatory Covenant" means any restrictive covenant filed against any property that restricts to whom property may be conveyed based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status. § 38.003 Discharge of Discriminatory Covenants. (A) Required. No person shall sell, give, or transact a change in title or property ownership of real property with one or more buildings or structures, without receiving a certificate from the city. (B) Application. Unless the property owner already has a certificate for a property, the owner or owner's representative is required to obtain a certificate before the property is sold, gifted or transferred, and before the owner or owner's representative enters into any contract for deed or other transaction changing the party responsible for the property. (C) Issuance of Certificate (1) A certificate shall be issued by the city if: (a) The applicant submits title evidence showing no discriminatory covenant for the property. (b) The applicant submits documentation showing the discriminatory covenant has been discharged. (c) The applicant submits the form required to discharge discriminatory covenants to the city for filing with Ramsey County. The City may provide notary and mailing services. The certificate shall not be issued unless the form is accepted and filed with Ramsey County. (d) The applicant files the required form to discharge the discriminatory covenant at the time of closing. (D) City Records. The city shall maintain a list of all properties that it has been informed have a discriminatory covenant and a list of all properties for which a certificate has been issued. MU210\5\960017.v4