2002 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 504B.281 to 
 504B.371 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 504B.285 
 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; 1999 c 199 art 
 2 s 25