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504B.231 DAMAGES FOR OUSTER.
(a) If a landlord, an agent, or other person acting under the landlord's direction or control
unlawfully and in bad faith removes, excludes, or forcibly keeps out a tenant from residential
premises, the tenant may recover from the landlord treble damages or $500, whichever is greater,
and reasonable attorney's fees.
(b) The remedies provided in this section are in addition to and shall not limit other rights or
remedies available to landlords and tenants. Any provision, whether oral or written, of any lease or
other agreement, whereby any provision of this section is waived by a tenant, is contrary to public
policy and void. The provisions of this section also apply to occupants and owners of residential
real property which is the subject of a mortgage foreclosure or contract for deed cancellation and
as to which the period for redemption or reinstatement of the contract has expired.
History: 1999 c 199 art 1 s 27

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