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- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Minn. Stat. secs. 12.21, subd. 3, 12.32, 12.45; approved by the Executive Council Mar. 23, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- 2020-08-04 12:00 a.m. (rescinded and replaced by EO 20-79); EO 20-73 (June 5, 2020) clarified it (read as 2020-08-04)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Aug. 4, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- residential landlords, property owners, mortgage holders
- sheriffs and officers holding writs
- financial institutions (requested)
- Functions reached
- PM property management
- SV servicing and collections
- CL closings and court process
- CB tenants
- Collection
- Minnesota MN
Operative words
1. Beginning no later than March 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm, and continuing for the duration of the peacetime emergency... the ability to file an eviction action under Minnesota Statutes 2019, section 504B.285 or 504B.291 is suspended.... 2.... all residential landlords must cease terminating residential leases during the pendency of the emergency... 3.... all officers who hold a writ of recovery of premises and order to vacate must cease executing such writs
Enforcement
Para. 5: willful violation of paras. 1, 2 or 3 'is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days. The Attorney General may also seek any relief available pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2019, section 8.31.'
Notes
Para. 4 requested a foreclosure moratorium from mortgage holders. The suspension ran, in successive forms, from Mar. 24, 2020 to June 30, 2021 and then by statute (MN-042).