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Legal Topics: Landlord and Tenant

Statutes: (Additional statutes, regulations & opinions may apply to your specific situation.)

  • Minnesota Statutes: Chapter 504B, Landlord and Tenant; §484.014, Housing Records, Expungement of Eviction Information.

    • Resources:

  • Cold Weather Rule, from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
  • Housing, from LawHelpMN.org.
  • Housing / Landlord-Tenant Forms, from the Minnesota Courts.
  • Landlords and Tenants Rights and Responsibilities, a guide from the Office of the Attorney General.
  • Landlord & Tenant, from the Self-Help Center.
  • Landlord Tenant Forms, from LawHelpMN.org.
  • Minnesota Multi Housing Association (MHA) Hotline: (952) 858-8222
    MHA's landlord/tenant hotline provides pre-recorded information on security deposits, leases, giving notice, discrimination and other topics related to rental statutes and rights. If your question is not answered within the recording, you may leave a message and one of our knowledgeable volunteers will return your call.
  • Minnesota Standard Residential Lease (MSBA, Real Property Section)
  • For a more detailed explanation with footnotes to the leading statutes and cases, try the article on Landlord and Tenant in Dunnell Minnesota Digest, an encyclopedia of Minnesota law available at the Law Library, county law libraries, and some public libraries.
  • Tenant Actions, from the Fourth District (Hennepin County) courts.

    • Eviction:

  • Evict a Tenant, from the First District courts.
  • Eviction Actions, from the Fourth District (Hennepin County) courts.
  • Eviction Actions, from the Self-Help Center.
  • Expungement of Eviction Record, from the Self-Help Center
  • Expunging your Eviction Case (Unlawful Detainer) from Your Records, from the Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project.
  • Filing an Eviction Appeal, from the Court of Appeals Self-Help Center
  • Housing Court - Expungements, from the Fourth District (Hennepin County) courts
  • Housing Court, from the Second District (Ramsey County) courts, includes information on Eviction/unlawful detainer actions by landlords, actions to enforce tenants rights and actions to have the record of an eviction expunged.
  • How to Prepare for Trial in Housing Cases (PDF) from the Self-Help Center
  • Unlawful Detainers (Eviction Actions), from the Tenth District courts.

    • Resources for help or advice:

  • Resources For Help or Legal Advice from the Fourth District (Hennepin County) Housing Court.
  • Housing Court Project from the Fourth District (Hennepin County) Housing Court. Free walk-in legal advice for low-income tenants and landlords at the Hennepin County Government Center.
  • Suggested Referals, from the State Law Library.

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