566.23 Defenses.
It shall be a sufficient defense that:
(a) The violation or violations alleged in the complaint do not in fact exist or that the violation or violations have been removed or remedied; or
(b) The violations have been caused by the willful, malicious, negligent or irresponsible conduct of a complaining tenant or anyone under the tenant's direction or control; or
(c) Any tenant of the building has unreasonably refused entry to the owner or the owner's agent to a portion of the premises for the purpose of correcting the violation, and the effort to correct was made in good faith.
HIST: 1973 c 611 s 18; 1978 c 598 s 8; 1986 c 444
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