1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 480 - 494 Judiciary
Chapter 488A Municipal Courts; Hennepin and Ramsey Counties
Section 488A.28 Forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions.

488A.28 Forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions.

Subdivision 1. Procedure. The general laws applicable to forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions shall apply to this court, and the forms as prescribed in the general laws may be used with such appropriate modifications as may be necessary for this court.

Subd. 2. Return days. Return days for forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions may be fixed by rules promulgated by a majority of the judges.

Subd. 3. Default judgments. Whenever a duly verified complaint in a forcible entry and unlawful detainer action shows one of the causes of action as set forth by general statute, and on the return day of the summons the defendant does not appear, the judge, upon proof of the due service of the summons, shall enter an order adjudging the defendant to be in default, and thereafter the administrator shall enter judgment for the plaintiff without the introduction of evidence.

Subd. 4. Trials. Forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions, which are contested, shall be given precedence over all other civil matters in trial settings.

HIST: 1961 c 436 s 11; 1973 c 708 s 23,36