1999 Minnesota Statutes

     566.23 Defenses. 

    It shall be a sufficient defense that: 

    (a) The violation or violations alleged in the complaint do 
 not in fact exist or that the violation or violations have been 
 removed or remedied; or 

    (b) The violations have been caused by the willful, 
 malicious, negligent or irresponsible conduct of a complaining 
 tenant or anyone under the tenant's direction or control; or 

    (c) Any tenant of the building has unreasonably refused 
 entry to the owner or the owner's agent to a portion of the 
 premises for the purpose of correcting the violation, and the 
 effort to correct was made in good faith. 

    HIST: 1973 c 611 s 18; 1978 c 598 s 8; 1986 c 444 

*   NOTE:  This section is repealed by Laws 1998, chapter 253, 
*section 80, effective July 1, 1999.  Laws 1998, chapter 253, 
*section 81.