2023 Minnesota Statutes

117.087 PREPAYMENT PENALTIES; DAMAGES.

When property is taken pursuant to this chapter and it is security for a loan or advance of credit with a provision requiring or permitting the imposition of a penalty if the loan or advance of credit is prepaid, the cost of the penalty is an item of damages which shall be separately stated.

When property is purchased by a body having the power of eminent domain the buyer shall inquire whether it is security for a loan or advance of credit with a provision requiring or permitting the imposition of a penalty if the loan or advance of credit is prepaid and, if so, the penalty shall be an item considered by the parties in the negotiation of the price.

History:

1978 c 623 s 1; 2006 c 214 s 20