HF 3407

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/08/2018 02:18pm

A bill for an act
relating to housing; landlord and tenant; prescribing when an eviction action may
be disclosed in a residential tenant report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016,
section 504B.241, subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 504B.241, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

Subd. 5.

Eviction action coding.

(a) The court shall indicate on the court file or any
summary of a court file the specific basis of the court's decision in an eviction action
according to codes developed by the court that, at a minimum, indicates if the basis of the
court's decision is nonpayment of rent, a violation of the covenants under section 504B.161
or 504B.171, other breach of a lease agreement, or a counterclaim for possession of the
premises under section 504B.385. The court shall indicate on the court file whether an
eviction action is pending or if a verdict or finding has been reached as provided in section
504B.355 and, if so, whether it is in favor of the plaintiff or defendant.

(b) A residential tenant screening service must not include information in a residential
tenant report relating to an eviction action unless a verdict of the jury or finding of the court
has been reached in favor of the plaintiff as provided in section 504B.355.