2003 Minnesota Statutes

     327C.09 Termination. 

    Subdivision 1.    Cause required.  A park owner may 
 recover possession of land upon which a manufactured home is 
 situated only for a reason specified in this section or section 
 327C.095. 

    Subd. 2.    Nonpayment of rent or utilities.  The park 
 owner gives ten days' written notice to the resident and to any 
 party holding a security interest in the resident's home known 
 to the park owner that a periodic rental or utilities payment 
 owed to the park owner is overdue, and neither the resident nor 
 the secured party cures the default within ten days of receiving 
 the notice.  

    Subd. 3.    Violations of law.  The resident fails to 
 comply with a local ordinance, state law or state rule relating 
 to manufactured homes within the time the ordinance, state law 
 or state rule provides or, if no time is provided, within a 
 reasonable time after the resident has received written notice 
 of noncompliance.  

    Subd. 4.    Rule violations.  The resident fails to 
 comply with a rule within 30 days after receiving written notice 
 of the alleged noncompliance, except the 30-day notice 
 requirement does not apply to nonpayment of rent.  To be 
 effective, the notice must specify the date, approximate time, 
 and nature of the alleged rule violation.  Loud noise created by 
 residents, guests, or their equipment is a rule violation.  
 After written notice has been provided for two prior incidents, 
 loud noise is a violation of subdivision 5. 

    Subd. 5.    Endangerment; substantial annoyance.  The 
 resident acts in the park in a manner which endangers other 
 residents or park personnel, causes substantial damage to the 
 park premises or substantially annoys other residents, and has 
 received 30 days' written notice to vacate, except the park 
 owner may require the resident to vacate immediately if the 
 resident violates this subdivision a second or subsequent time 
 after receipt of the notice.  To be effective, the notice must 
 specify the time, date, and nature of the alleged annoyance, 
 damage, or endangerment.  A park owner seeking to evict pursuant 
 to this subdivision need not produce evidence of a criminal 
 conviction, even if the alleged misconduct constitutes a 
 criminal offense.  

    Subd. 6.    Repeated serious violations.  The resident 
 has repeatedly committed serious violations of the rental 
 agreement or provisions of a local ordinance or state law or 
 state rule relating to manufactured homes, and the park owner 
 has given the resident written notice of the violations and has 
 given the resident a written warning that any future serious 
 violation will be treated as cause for eviction as provided in 
 this subdivision, and within six months of receiving the warning 
 the resident commits a serious violation of any park rule or any 
 provision of a local ordinance or state law or state rule 
 relating to manufactured homes.  

    Subd. 7.    Material misstatement in application.  The 
 resident's application for tenancy contained a material 
 misstatement which induced the park owner to approve the 
 applicant as a resident, and the park owner discovers and acts 
 upon the misstatement within one year of the time the resident 
 began paying rent.  

    Subd. 8.    Improvements.  The park owner has specific 
 plans to make improvements to the park premises which will 
 substantially benefit the health and safety of the residents or 
 have been ordered by a government agency, and which necessitate 
 removal of the resident's manufactured home from the park.  The 
 park owner must give the resident 90 days' written notice and 
 include in that notice a statement identifying how the 
 improvements will substantially benefit the health and safety of 
 the residents.  If another lot is available in the park, the 
 park owner must allow the resident to relocate the home to that 
 lot unless the home, because of its size or local ordinance, is 
 not compatible with that lot. 

    Subd. 9. Repealed, 1987 c 179 s 12 

    HIST: 1982 c 526 art 2 s 9; 1987 c 179 s 6-8; 1996 c 311 s 1; 
 1997 c 61 s 3