2005 Minnesota Statutes - 504B.231 — Damages for ouster.

     504B.231 Damages for ouster. 


    (a) If a landlord, an agent, or other person acting under 
 the landlord's direction or control unlawfully and in bad faith 
 removes, excludes, or forcibly keeps out a tenant from 
 residential premises, the tenant may recover from the landlord 
 treble damages or $500, whichever is greater, and reasonable 
 attorney's fees. 


    (b) The remedies provided in this section are in addition 
 to and shall not limit other rights or remedies available to 
 landlords and tenants.  Any provision, whether oral or written, 
 of any lease or other agreement, whereby any provision of this 
 section is waived by a tenant, is contrary to public policy and 
 void.  The provisions of this section also apply to occupants 
 and owners of residential real property which is the subject of 
 a mortgage foreclosure or contract for deed cancellation and as 
 to which the period for redemption or reinstatement of the 
 contract has expired. 


    HIST: 1999 c 199 art 1 s 27