§ 504B.391 — Violations of Building Repair Orders
Plain-Language Summary
A landlord who deliberately ignores a court order to fix building violations faces fines starting at $250 for the first offense, $500 for the second, and $750 for each one after that. A third willful violation within three years is a gross misdemeanor criminal offense.
504B.391 VIOLATIONS OF BUILDING REPAIR ORDERS.
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Subdivision 1.Noncompliance; fines.
If the court finds that a landlord has willfully failed to comply with a court order to remedy a violation, the court shall fine the landlord according to the following schedule:
(1) $250 for the first failure to comply;
(2) $500 for the second failure to comply with an order regarding the same violation; and
(3) $750 for the third and each subsequent failure to comply with an order regarding the same violation. §
Subd. 2.Criminal penalty.
A landlord who willfully fails to comply with a court order to remedy a violation is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if it is the third or subsequent time that the landlord has willfully failed to comply with an order to remedy a violation within a three-year period.
History:
History: History:
1999 c 199 art 1 s 58