2005 Minnesota Statutes

     488A.11 Eviction actions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Return days.  Return days for eviction 
 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 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, 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; 2003 c 2 art 2 s 12