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Permission granted for pro bono representation.
Use for other purposes, including educational purposes, is by written permission only from Lawrence R. McDonough and Brianna Boone (except where other authors are noted).
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2025 Note
Many landlord and tenant laws were recently revised.
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Manual
Residential Eviction Defense and Tenant Claims in Minnesota
By Lawrence McDonough
These are large files, over 600 pages long. The Word file is the smallest, and the PDF file is the largest. You also can view the HTML file on line.
NOTE:
It is under revision to include 2023 and 2024 laws.
The answer forms below are current with the laws.
To view or download unpublished decisions discussed in it, you need to go to www.projusticemn.org. After registering (if you have not done so already), go to Civil Law, Library, Housing, and Eviction Defense.
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Eviction Answer Forms
Tenancies Table
Unpublished Decisions and Reports in Answer Forms (attach if asserting the defense)
Rejected proposal to amend Minn. Gen. R. Prac. 603 to permit
corporations to appear in district court eviction action without
representation by a licensed attorney, citing Nicollet
Restoration, Inc. v. Turnham
Principal and Address Disclosure, Minn. Stat. § 504B.181
Landlord’s Failure to Give Notice as Required by the Lease
Landlord Failed to Disclose Mortgage Foreclosure to a
Prospective Tenant
Rental License Rent Abatement
A material breach goes to the root or essence of the contract,
so substantial and fundamental that it defeats the object of the
parties in entering into the contract, where the injury is
irreparable or where damages would be inadequate or difficult
or impossible to determine
Answer Forms
Revised August 2025
A0Instructions
A1 Private
A2 Manufactured Home Park Lots
A3Section 8 Housing Choice and VASH Voucher Tenancies
A4HUD Subsidized Projects under Handbook 4350.3
A4XHUD Care Programs
A5HUD Moderate Rehabilitation Projects
A5XHUD HOME Investment Partnerships Program
A6Project Based Section 8 Certificates
A6XInternal Revenue Service Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
A7Rural Housing Service Subsidized Housing Projects
A7XRural Housing Service Subsidized Housing Projects Receiving
A8Public Housing
