1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to judiciary; requiring automatic expungement of eviction orders;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 484.014, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 484.014, is amended by adding a 
1.6 	subdivision to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Expungement of eviction order. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the 
1.8 	contrary in its eviction order against a person, the court must order the automatic 
1.9 	expungement of the eviction court file three years after the date of the order. A landlord 
1.10 	may not use an expunged eviction order to determine eligibility of a person seeking 
1.11 	occupancy in that landlord's residential building.
1.12 	(b) For the purposes of this section:
1.13 	(1) "landlord" has the meaning given in section 504B.001, subdivision 7; and
1.14 	(2) "residential building" has the meaning given in section 504B.001, subdivision 11.