Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 526-H.F.No. 2224 
           An act relating to landlord tenant law; providing an 
          action for damages for accepting rent on condemned 
          property; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
          Statutes, chapter 504. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [504.245] [ACTION FOR RENTAL OF CONDEMNED 
RESIDENTIAL PREMISES.] 
    A landlord, agent, or person acting under the landlord's 
direction or control may not accept rent or a security deposit 
for residential rental property from a tenant after the leased 
premises have been condemned or declared unfit for human 
habitation by the applicable state or local authority, if the 
tenancy commenced after the premises were condemned or declared 
unfit for human habitation.  If a landlord, agent, or a person 
acting under the landlord's direction or control violates this 
section, the landlord is liable to the tenant for actual damages 
and an amount equal to three times the amount of all money 
collected from the tenant after the date of condemnation or 
declaration, plus costs and attorney fees. 
    Approved April 14, 1988