{"id":"MN-042","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Legislature (2021 First Special Session), signed by Governor Tim Walz June 29, 2021, 1:43 p.m.","authority":"Legislative act; Minn. Stat. secs. 504B.285, 504B.291, 504B.171, 327C.09, 327.64","instrument":"Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 8, article 5 (Eviction Moratorium Phaseout), sections 1-4","title":"Eviction Moratorium Phaseout (in \u0027An act relating to state government; establishing a budget for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency...\u0027)","dateIssued":"2021-06-29","effective":"2021-06-30 (day following final enactment)","end":"Sec. 2 expires 105 days after enactment (Oct. 12, 2021); sec. 4 expires June 1, 2022; sec. 1 (voiding EOs 20-14, 20-73, 20-79) permanent","startDate":"2021-06-30","endDate":"2021-10-12","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["residential landlords","manufactured-home park owners and secured parties","tenants","district courts"],"clause":"Section 1. EXECUTIVE ORDERS 20-14, 20-73, AND 20-79 VOID. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12, or any other law to the contrary, Executive Orders 20-14, 20-73, and 20-79 are null and void.... Sec. 2. EVICTION MORATORIUM PHASEOUT.... (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the following actions are prohibited: (1) termination or nonrenewal of residential leases, except: (i) at the request of a tenant or where the termination is due to the tenant seriously endangering the safety of others or significantly damaging property; (ii) for violations under Minnesota Statutes, section 504B.171, subdivision 1; (iii) for material violations of the lease other than nonpayment of rent; and (iv) from and after 45 days after the date of enactment of this act, for those with outstanding rent who are ineligible for rental assistance through a COVID-19 emergency rental assistance program; (2) filing of eviction actions under Minnesota Statutes, section 504B.285 or 504B.291, except: (i) where the tenant seriously endangers the safety of others or significantly damages property; (ii) for violations under Minnesota Statutes, section 504B.171, subdivision 1; (iii) from and after 15 days after the date of enactment of this act, for material violations of the lease other than nonpayment of rent; and (iv) from and after 75 days after the date of enactment of this act, for those with outstanding rent who are ineligible for rental assistance... (e) This section expires 105 days after the date of enactment of this act. Sec. 3. [15-day pre-filing notice with past-due amount and referral to renthelpmn.org or 211] Sec. 4. EVICTIONS; PENDING APPLICATIONS FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section 2, the filing of an eviction action or proceeding with an eviction action based on nonpayment of rent against a tenant with a pending application for assistance through an emergency rental assistance program... is prohibited.... This section expires June 1, 2022.","enforcement":"Statutory bar on filing and prosecuting eviction actions and on lease terminations; enforced by the district courts in eviction proceedings","functions":["PM property management (no terminations, nonrenewals or filings on stated grounds)","SV collections","CL court process","CB tenants","LE leasing offices"],"notes":"Milestones from enactment June 29, 2021: July 14 (filings for material non-rent violations), Aug. 13 (terminations of rent-delinquent tenants ineligible for assistance), Sept. 12 (filings against them), Oct. 12 (sec. 2 expires); nonpayment evictions against tenants with pending assistance applications barred to June 1, 2022. In force every day of 2021 Q3.","sourceUrl":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2021/1/Session+Law/Chapter/8/pdf/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":776078,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-042","citation":"Minnesota Legislature (2021 First Special Session), signed by Governor Tim Walz June 29, 2021, 1:43 p.m, Laws of Minnesota 2021, First Special Session, chapter 8, article 5 (Eviction Moratorium Phaseout), sections 1-4 (June 29, 2021) (Ex. MN-042)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-031","SEC-13-082","MN-026","DUT-MN-021","MN-006"]}