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SF3565 • 2026

Rental unit prospective tenant right to view establishment

Rental unit prospective tenant right to view establishment

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Clark, Oumou Verbeten
Last action
2026-05-13
Official status
Author added Oumou Verbeten
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Rental unit prospective tenant right to view establishment

Rental unit prospective tenant right to view establishment

What This Bill Does

  • Rental unit prospective tenant right to view establishment

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-13 House

    Author added Oumou Verbeten

  2. 2026-02-17 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Rental unit prospective tenant right to view establishment

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to housing; establishing a right of a prospective tenant to view the rental

unit; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 504B.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[504B.2143] PROSPECTIVE TENANT RIGHT TO VIEW DWELLING.

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The landlord must notify a prospective tenant of their option to view the dwelling that

the landlord intends to rent to the tenant. At the request of the prospective tenant, the landlord

shall allow the prospective tenant to visit the dwelling before leasing the dwelling to the

prospective tenant. If the prospective tenant cannot visit the dwelling in person, at the request

of the prospective tenant, the landlord shall allow the prospective tenant to remotely and

electronically view the dwelling before leasing the dwelling to the prospective tenant. Any

agreement by which any provision of this section is waived by a tenant is contrary to public

policy and void. The tenant shall recover from the landlord treble actual and consequential

damages or $1,000, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney fees, for a violation of

this section.

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