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SF 4465

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 04/16/2024 09:27am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to housing; clarifying the right to counsel in evictions; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 504B.268, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 504B.268, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Right to counsel.

A defendant in deleted text begin publicdeleted text end housing new text begin subsidized by the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development under Section 9 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 new text end subject to an eviction action under sections 504B.281 to 504B.371
alleging breach of lease under section 504B.171 or 504B.285 who is financially unable to
obtain counsel has the right to counsel appointed by the court. The complaint required by
section 504B.321 shall include the notice on the first page of the complaint in bold 12-point
type: "If financially unable to obtain counsel, the defendant has the right to a court-appointed
attorney." At the initial hearing, the court shall ask the defendant if the defendant wants
court-appointed counsel and shall explain what such appointed counsel can accomplish for
the defendant.