By Paul Birnberg, paulrainerbirnberg@gmail.com
On January 24, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed out Senate File 125. Its companion bill, HF 495 was introduced on January 28.
The bill is a mixture of three parts. This blog only covers sections 1-2, the first part of the bill, which modify Minn. Stat. § 504B.111 and create a new Minn. Stat. § 504B.146. Section 1 requires residential leases for buildings with at least twelve units to identify the specific unit being rented. Section 2 requires residential leases ending in the middle of a month to disclose that on the first page of the lease, to disclose if rent is prorated for that partial month and if so how.
As discussed here, the bill helps deal with problems in a fair number of leases, especially in college neighborhoods, but has some drafting issues.
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