1997 Minnesota Statutes

     504.255 Unlawful ouster or exclusion; damages. 

    If a landlord, an agent, or other person acting under the 
 landlord's direction or control, unlawfully and in bad faith 
 removes, excludes, or forcibly keeps out a tenant from a 
 residential premises, the tenant may recover from the landlord 
 treble damages or $500, whichever is greater, and reasonable 
 attorney's fees.  

    HIST: 1984 c 612 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 328 art 2 s 1