SF 222

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/10/2025 04:36 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to landlords and tenants; permitting criminal history background checks
for nonresident tenant organizers; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
504B.212, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 504B.212, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end

new text begin Criminal history background check; nonresident tenant organizers. new text end

new text begin A
landlord may request a criminal history background check from the superintendent of the
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for a tenant organizer who is not a resident at the premises
before the tenant organizer enters the premises or exercises any rights under this section.
The tenant organizer must complete a criminal history consent form and provide payment
to the landlord in an amount equal to the actual cost to the landlord for conducting the
criminal history background check. A landlord may prohibit a tenant organizer from entering
the premises or exercising the rights under this section if:
new text end

new text begin (1) the tenant organizer was convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section
624.712, subdivision 5; or
new text end

new text begin (2) the tenant organizer refuses to consent to a criminal history background check.
new text end