HF 1541

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to landlords and tenants; requiring landlords 
  1.3             to accept current tenant reports on prospective 
  1.4             tenants if available; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [504B.172] [LANDLORD MUST ACCEPT CURRENT TENANT 
  1.8   REPORT.] 
  1.9      If a prospective tenant has available, through a 
  1.10  residential tenant screening service, a residential tenant 
  1.11  report issued in the past 45 days that includes rental history, 
  1.12  credit history, and criminal history, a landlord or the 
  1.13  landlord's agent must not charge the prospective tenant an 
  1.14  applicant screening fee or application fee.  The landlord must 
  1.15  process the tenant's application using the available report for 
  1.16  no charge, or the landlord may choose to pay another residential 
  1.17  tenant screening service to receive a similar report on the 
  1.18  applicant.  If a prospective tenant does not have a report 
  1.19  issued in the past 45 days available, then section 504B.173 
  1.20  applies.  The remedies in section 504B.173, subdivision 4, also 
  1.21  apply to this section.