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GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE

Rule 602.Housing Court Referee

The housing court referee may preside over all actions brought under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B, criminal and civil proceedings related to violations of any health, safety, housing, building, fire prevention or housing maintenance code, escrow of rent proceedings, landlord and tenant damage actions, and actions for rent and rent abatement.

A party may request that a judge hear a case by filing such request in writing with the court administrator at least 24 hours before the scheduled hearing date.

(Amended effective January 1, 2000; amended effective July 1, 2019; amended effective January 1, 2020.)

Advisory Committee Comment - 1999 Amendment

The former chapters 504 and 566 were consolidated into and replaced by a new chapter 504B. This change is not intended to have any substantive effect other than to correct the statutory reference.

Task Force Comment - 1991 Adoption

The procedure for removal of a referee assigned in Housing Court is intended to be different, due to the exigencies of practice in that court, from the procedure created by Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 107.