2003 Minnesota Statutes

     504B.181 Landlord or agent disclosure. 

    Subdivision 1.    Disclosure to tenant.  There shall be 
 disclosed to the residential tenant either in the rental 
 agreement or otherwise in writing prior to commencement of the 
 tenancy the name and address of: 

    (1) the person authorized to manage the premises; and 

    (2) the landlord of the premises or an agent authorized by 
 the landlord to accept service or process and receive and give 
 receipt for notices and demands. 

    Subd. 2.    Posting of notice.  (a) A printed or 
 typewritten notice containing the information which must be 
 disclosed under subdivision 1 shall be placed in a conspicuous 
 place on the premises.  This subdivision is complied with if 
 notices posted in compliance with other statutes or ordinances 
 contain the information required by this section. 

    (b) Unless the landlord is required to post a notice by 
 section 471.9995, the landlord shall also place a notice in a 
 conspicuous place on the property that states that a copy of the 
 statement required by section 504B.275 is available from the 
 attorney general to any residential tenant upon request. 

    Subd. 3.    Service of process.  If subdivisions 1 and 2 
 have not been complied with and a person desiring to make 
 service of process upon or give a notice or demand to the 
 landlord does not know the name and address of the landlord or 
 the landlord's agent, as that term is used in subdivision 1, 
 then a caretaker or manager of the premises or an individual to 
 whom rental payments for the premises are made shall be deemed 
 to be an agent authorized to accept service of process and 
 receive and give receipt for notices and demands on behalf of 
 the landlord.  In case of service of process upon or receipt of 
 notice or demand by a person who is deemed to be an agent 
 pursuant to this subdivision, this person shall give the 
 process, notice, or demand, or a copy thereof, to the landlord 
 personally or shall send it by certified mail, return receipt 
 requested, to the landlord at the landlord's last known address. 

    Subd. 4.    Information required for maintenance of 
 action.  Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, no 
 action to recover rent or possession of the premises shall be 
 maintained unless the information required by this section has 
 been disclosed to the tenant in the manner provided in this 
 section, or unless the information required by this section is 
 known by or has been disclosed to the tenant at least 30 days 
 prior to the initiation of such action.  Failure by the landlord 
 to post a notice required by subdivision 2, paragraph (b), or 
 section 471.9995 shall not prevent any action to recover rent or 
 possession of the premises. 

    Subd. 5.    Notice to landlord.  Any residential tenant 
 who moves from or subleases the premises without giving the 
 landlord at least 30 days written notice shall void any 
 provision of this section as to that tenant. 

    Subd. 6.    Successors.  This section extends to and is 
 enforceable against any successor landlord or individual to whom 
 rental payments for the premises are made. 

    HIST: 1999 c 199 art 1 s 17; 2000 c 260 s 71; 2001 c 7 s 80