1998 Minnesota Statutes

     504A.525 Defenses. 

    It is a sufficient defense to a complaint under section 
 504A.505 or 504A.585 that: 

    (1) the violation or violations alleged in the complaint do 
 not exist or that the violation or violations have been removed 
 or remedied; 

    (2) the violations have been caused by the willful, 
 malicious, negligent, or irresponsible conduct of a complaining 
 residential tenant or anyone under the tenant's direction or 
 control; or 

    (3) a residential tenant of the residential building has 
 unreasonably refused entry to the landlord or the landlord's 
 agent to a portion of the property for the purpose of correcting 
 the violation, and that the effort to correct was made in good 
 faith.  

    HIST: 1998 c 253 s 58