2004 Minnesota Statutes

     487.24 Eviction actions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Return days.  Return days for eviction 
 actions may be fixed by rule promulgated by the court. 

    Subd. 2.    Procedure; forms.  Sections 504B.281 to 
 504B.371 apply to the county court.  The forms therein 
 prescribed, with appropriate modifications, may be used. 

    Subd. 3.    Default judgments.  Whenever a duly verified 
 complaint in an action of eviction 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 of the 
 county court, upon proof of the due service of the summons, may 
 find the defendant in default and file an order for judgment 
 accordingly. 

    HIST: 1971 c 951 s 24; 1973 c 679 s 23; 1999 c 199 art 2 s 22; 2003 
 c 2 art 2 s 6