1998 Minnesota Statutes

     488A.11 Forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions.  

    Subdivision 1.    Return days.  Return days for 
 forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions may be fixed by 
 rule promulgated by a majority of the judges.  

    Subd. 2.    Procedure; forms.  Sections 566.01 to 
 566.16 apply to the court.  The forms therein prescribed, with 
 appropriate modifications, may be used.  

    Subd. 3.    Default judgments.  Whenever a duly 
 verified complaint in an action of forcible entry or unlawful 
 detainer shows one of the causes of action set forth in section 
 566.03 and on the return day of the summons the defendant does 
 not appear, the judge, upon proof of the due service of the 
 summons, shall enter an order adjudging the defendant to be in 
 default, and thereafter the court administrator shall enter 
 judgment for the plaintiff without the introduction of evidence. 

    HIST: 1955 c 215 s 11; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82