Mounds View requires homeowners to discharge racist deeds before sale. 100 have done it.

Over the summer, Mounds View became the first Minnesota city to require homeowners to discharge racist deed language before the sale of a home.

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Residents can visit the city’s website to download a form, fill it out and bring it to City Hall, where staff will notarize and mail it. The city covers the cost, which could include postage and paying a notary.

Johnson said her neighborhood is tight-knit and everyone she knows on her street has had their covenants discharged. While she and her husband aren’t planning to sell their home soon, she said they felt the step was an important one.