1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 500 - 515B Property Interests and Liens
Chapter 504 Landlords and Tenants
Section 504.015 Tenant to be given copy of lease.

504.015 Tenant to be given copy of lease.

Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, "owner" has the meaning given it in section 566.18, and "tenant" means any person occupying the dwelling unit whose signature appears on the lease agreement.

Subd. 2. Copy of written lease to tenant. An owner shall give a tenant a copy of a written lease. An owner may obtain a signed and dated receipt, either as a separate document or an acknowledgment included in the lease agreement itself, from the tenant acknowledging that the tenant has received a copy of the lease. This signed receipt or acknowledgment is prima facie evidence that the tenant has received a copy of the lease.

Subd. 3. Legal action to enforce lease. In any legal action to enforce a written lease, except for nonpayment of rent, disturbing the peace, malicious destruction of property, or a violation of section 504.181, it is a defense for the tenant to establish that the owner failed to comply with subdivision 2. This defense may be overcome if the owner establishes that the tenant had actual knowledge of the term or terms of the lease upon which any legal action is based.

HIST: 1993 c 317 s 2

* NOTE: This section is repealed by Laws 1998, chapter 253, *section 80, effective July 1, 1999. Laws 1998, chapter 253, *section 81.