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Emergency Executive Order 20-14

Suspending Evictions and Writs of Recovery During the COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency

Governor Tim Walz · Minnesota (State)

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Jurisdiction
Minnesota
Level
State
Authority
Minn. Stat. § 12.21, subd. 3(1) (Peacetime Emergency)
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
End
Continued by EO 20-79 (Aug. 4, 2020) and successors; phased out under 2021 Minn. Laws ch. 8 (June 29, 2021) from June 30, 2021 to June 1, 2022 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • all residential landlords
  • courts (eviction actions under §§ 504B.285, 504B.291)
  • mortgagees (post-redemption evictions)
Functions reached
  • PM
  • SV
  • CT
Collection
Travel, gatherings, courts and public offices ECO-C

Operative words

[Beginning no later than March 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm and continuing for the duration of the peacetime emergency... after] the redemption period for a residential foreclosure, after a residential lease has been breached, or after nonpayment of rent, the ability to file an eviction action under Minnesota Statutes 2019, section 504B.285 or 504B.291 is suspended.... all residential landlords must cease terminating residential leases during the pendency of the emergency

Enforcement

Minn. Stat. § 12.45 (misdemeanor)

Notes

Recites HUD's Mar. 18, 2020 suspension of foreclosures and evictions.