{"id":"MN-026","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz","authority":"Minn. Stat. secs. 12.21, subd. 3, 12.32, 12.45, 8.31; approved by the Executive Council","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 20-79","title":"Modifying the Suspension of Evictions and Writs of Recovery During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-07-14","effective":"2020-08-04 12:00 a.m.","end":"Declared \u0027null and void\u0027 effective June 30, 2021 by Laws 2021, 1st Spec. Sess., ch. 8, art. 5, sec. 1 (MN-042)","startDate":"2020-08-04","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["residential landlords, property owners, mortgage holders","officers holding writs","financial institutions (requested)"],"clause":"2. The ability of property owners, mortgage holders, or other persons entitled to recover residential premises to file an eviction action on the grounds that a residential tenant remains in the property after a notice of termination of lease, after a notice of nonrenewal of a lease, after a material violation of a lease, after the termination of the redemption period for a residential foreclosure, or after nonpayment of rent, is suspended.... 3. Residential landlords must not issue notices of termination of lease or nonrenewal of lease or terminate residential leases during the pendency of the peacetime emergency unless the termination or nonrenewal is based upon one of the grounds permitted by paragraph 2.... 5. All officers who hold a writ of recovery of premises and order to vacate must cease executing such writs... 6.... must provide a written notice of intent to file an eviction action to the tenant at least 7 days prior to filing","enforcement":"Para. 10: willful violation of paras. 2, 3 and 5 \u0027is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days. The Attorney General may also seek any relief available pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2019, section 8.31.\u0027","functions":["PM property management","SV servicing and collections","CL court process","CB tenants"],"notes":"Narrow exceptions for endangerment, property damage and owner move-in (para. 4); mortgage foreclosure moratorium \u0027requested\u0027 (para. 8).","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/execorders/20-79.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":408234,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-026","citation":"Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-79 (July 14, 2020) (Ex. MN-026)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-042","SEC-13-082","MN-028","MN-029","MN-024","MN-023","MN-021","MN-019","MN-018"]}