2007 Minnesota Statutes

211B.20 DENIAL OF ACCESS BY POLITICAL CANDIDATES TO MULTIPLE UNIT
DWELLINGS.
    Subdivision 1. Prohibition. It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, to
deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home park, other
multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or more single-family dwellings
are located on private roadways to a candidate who has filed for election to public office or
to campaign workers accompanied by the candidate, if the candidate and workers seeking
admittance to the facility do so solely for the purpose of campaigning. A violation of this section
is a petty misdemeanor.
    Subd. 2. Exceptions. Subdivision 1 does not prohibit:
(1) denial of admittance into a particular apartment, room, manufactured home, or personal
residential unit;
(2) requiring reasonable and proper identification as a necessary prerequisite to admission
to a multiple unit dwelling;
(3) in the case of a nursing home, denial of permission to visit certain persons for valid
health reasons;
(4) limiting visits by candidates or workers accompanied by the candidate to a reasonable
number of persons or reasonable hours;
(5) requiring a prior appointment to gain access to the facility; or
(6) denial of admittance to or expulsion from a multiple unit dwelling for good cause.
History: 1988 c 578 art 3 s 20