Minnesota2026Passed Legislature
HF3459
Updates and Clarifications to Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Rules
Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 3:39 AM
In one sentence
This law makes technical corrections, clarifies insurance rules, sets director numbers for some associations, provides exemptions for certain groups, and allows specific communities to choose if they want the new rules.
What it does
- Makes clarifying, technical, and conforming changes to the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act.
- Sets requirements for the number of directors for certain types of associations.
- Clarifies what is required in insurance policies for these properties.
- Provides exemptions so that some older or smaller groups do not have to follow all rules unless they choose to.
- Allows specific condominiums, planned communities, and cooperatives to elect to be covered by the updated law.
Who it affects
- Owners of units in Minnesota common interest communities created on or after June 1, 1994.
- Boards of directors for associations managing these properties.
- Developers (declarants) who create or sell units in these communities.
Limits and unknowns
- The text does not list a specific effective date for these changes.
- Cooperatives and planned communities created before June 1, 1994 are generally exempt unless they choose to follow the new rules.
- Planned communities with more than two but fewer than 13 units created between June 1, 1994, and August 1, 2006, are exempt unless they elect to be covered.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Common Interest Community
- A group of homes, such as condos, cooperatives, or planned communities, where owners share ownership of common areas.
- Declarant
- The developer or person who creates the community and sells the first units to buyers.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act clarifying, technical, and conforming changes made; exemptions provided; number of directors for certain associations provided; and insurance policies clarified.
Official activity
Bill history
- See Senate file in House SF3622House
- Bills identical, SF substituted on General RegisterHouse
- Referred to Chief Clerk for comparison with SF3622House
- Committee report, to adopt as amendedHouse
- Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil LawHouse