Minnesota Session Laws - 1996, Regular Session

  
    
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                            CHAPTER 367-S.F.No. 2196 
                  An act relating to housing; permitting a mortgagee to 
                  provide a resident caretaker for a premises; 
                  authorizing entry into tenant's premises under certain 
                  circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
                  section 582.031, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 
                  1995 Supplement, section 504.183, subdivision 3. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
        504.183, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 3.  [REASONABLE PURPOSE.] For purposes of subdivision 
        2, a reasonable business purpose includes, but is not limited to:
           (1) showing the unit to prospective tenants during the 
        notice period before the lease terminates or after the current 
        tenant has given notice to move to the owner or owner's agent; 
           (2) showing the unit to a prospective buyer or to an 
        insurance representative; 
           (3) performing maintenance work; 
           (4) allowing inspections by state, county, or city 
        officials charged in the enforcement of health, housing, 
        building, fire prevention, or housing maintenance codes; 
           (5) the tenant is causing a disturbance within the unit; 
           (6) the landlord has a reasonable belief that the tenant is 
        violating the lease within the tenant's unit; 
           (7) prearranged housekeeping work in senior housing where 
        80 percent or more of the tenants are age 55 or older; 
           (8) the landlord has a reasonable belief that the unit is 
        being occupied by an individual without a legal right to occupy 
        it; or 
           (8) (9) the tenant has vacated the unit. 
           Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 582.031, 
        subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 2.  [AUTHORIZED ACTIONS.] The holder of the mortgage 
        or sheriff's certificate may take the following actions to 
        protect the premises from waste:  install or change locks on 
        doors and windows, board windows, provide a resident caretaker, 
        and otherwise prevent or minimize damage to the premises from 
        the elements, vandalism, trespass, or other illegal activities.  
        If the holder of the mortgage or sheriff's certificate installs 
        or changes locks under this section, a key to the premises must 
        be promptly delivered to the mortgagor or any person lawfully 
        claiming through the mortgagor, upon request. 
           Presented to the governor March 21, 1996 
           Signed by the governor March 22, 1996, 10:56 a.m.