(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.
Notes of Decisions
Bass v. Equity Residential Holdings, LLC, 849 N.W.2d 87 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 20× “* Appellant challenges the district court’s judgment directing it to pay monetary damages for violations of Minn.Stat. §§ 504B.231 and .271, subd. 2.”
Mary Cocchiarella v. Donald Driggs, 870 N.W.2d 103 (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 24× “375 of the Minnesota Statutes and an award of damages pursuant to section 504B.231 of the Minnesota Statutes.”
Pahnke v. Anderson Moving & Storage, 393 F. Supp. 2d 892 (D. Minnesota 2005).
“If a landlord or someone acting on behalf of the landlord enters the premises and removes the personal property of the tenant in violation of this section, then the tenant has been subjected to an unlawful ouster and entitled to damages under § 504B.231. Deputy Sheriff Luke Sass…”
Robert L. Follis, Georgia K. Follis v. State Armory Bldg. Comm'n (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 12× “The district court concluded that since the Follises had not offered any evidence concerning the value of their property remaining in the armory, they could not survive summary judgment on their claim for actual damages under Minn. Stat. § 504B.231 (2014) because damages were an…”
— Minn. Stat. § 504B.231(a) — 4 cases
Bass v. Equity Residential Holdings, LLC, 849 N.W.2d 87 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014).
“* Appellant challenges the district court’s judgment directing it to pay monetary damages for violations of Minn.Stat. §§ 504B.231 and .271, subd. 2.”
Mary Cocchiarella v. Donald Driggs, 870 N.W.2d 103 (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).
“375 of the Minnesota Statutes and an award of damages pursuant to section 504B.231 of the Minnesota Statutes.”
Robert L. Follis, Georgia K. Follis v. State Armory Bldg. Comm'n (Minn. Ct. App. 2015).
“The district court concluded that since the Follises had not offered any evidence concerning the value of their property remaining in the armory, they could not survive summary judgment on their claim for actual damages under Minn. Stat. § 504B.231 (2014) because damages were an…”
— Minn. Stat. § 504B.231(b) — 1 case
Bass v. Equity Residential Holdings, LLC, 849 N.W.2d 87 (Minn. Ct. App. 2014).
“* Appellant challenges the district court’s judgment directing it to pay monetary damages for violations of Minn.Stat. §§ 504B.231 and .271, subd. 2.”
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