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SF4145 • 2026

Landlords prohibition from listing the name of a minor child of a tenant in a eviction complaint

Landlords prohibition from listing the name of a minor child of a tenant in a eviction complaint

Children 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
2026-03-23
Official status
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 House

    Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Housing and Homelessness Prevention

  2. 2026-03-04 House

    Introduction and first reading

Official Summary Text

Landlords prohibition from listing the name of a minor child of a tenant in a eviction complaint

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to housing; prohibiting landlords from listing the name of a minor child

of a tenant in an eviction complaint; 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.2136] NAMING MINORS AS DEFENDANTS PROHIBITED.

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(a) A residential landlord shall not list a minor child of a residential tenant as a defendant

in an eviction action complaint against the residential tenant. If a minor is the only person

renting the unit from the landlord, the landlord may list the minor as a defendant in an

eviction action complaint against the minor.

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(b) The requirements of this section may not be waived or modified by the parties to a

residential lease. Any provision, whether oral or written, of a lease or other 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 actual and consequential damages or $300,

whichever is greater, for a violation of this section.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective August 1, 2026, and applies to eviction

actions filed on or after that date.

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