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- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Minn. Stat. secs. 12.21, subd. 3, 12.32, 12.45, 8.31; approved by the Executive Council
- Issued
- 2020-07-14 July 14, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-04 12:00 a.m. (read as 2020-08-04)
- End
- Declared 'null and void' effective June 30, 2021 by Laws 2021, 1st Spec. Sess., ch. 8, art. 5, sec. 1 (MN-042) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Aug. 4, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- residential landlords, property owners, mortgage holders
- officers holding writs
- financial institutions (requested)
- Functions reached
- PM property management
- SV servicing and collections
- CL court process
- CB tenants
- Collection
- Minnesota MN
Operative words
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 'is 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.'
Notes
Narrow exceptions for endangerment, property damage and owner move-in (para. 4); mortgage foreclosure moratorium 'requested' (para. 8).