1999 Minnesota Statutes

     504.245 Action for rental of condemned residential 
  premises. 

    A landlord, agent, or person acting under the landlord's 
 direction or control may not accept rent or a security deposit 
 for residential rental property from a tenant after the leased 
 premises have been condemned or declared unfit for human 
 habitation by the applicable state or local authority, if the 
 tenancy commenced after the premises were condemned or declared 
 unfit for human habitation.  If a landlord, agent, or a person 
 acting under the landlord's direction or control violates this 
 section, the landlord is liable to the tenant for actual damages 
 and an amount equal to three times the amount of all money 
 collected from the tenant after the date of condemnation or 
 declaration, plus costs and attorney fees. 

    HIST: 1988 c 526 s 1 

*   NOTE:  This section is repealed by Laws 1998, chapter 253, 
*section 80, effective July 1, 1999.  Laws 1998, chapter 253, 
*section 81.