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Tenant eviction records

Published (4/11/2008)
By Craig Green
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According to a report from a Renters Working Group convened during the interim, an eviction notice on anyone’s rental record makes it difficult for someone to find new housing. Until now, the report continues, some tenants have evictions added to their records even if they have left the property before the end of a foreclosure redemption period, or even if they never received notice that they should leave.

Sponsored by Rep. Jim Davnie (DFL-Mpls) and Sen. Linda Higgins (DFL-Mpls), a new law changes this.

Signed into law by Gov. Tim Pawlenty April 4, it provides for the expungement of an eviction from someone’s rental records if they left the property before the end of the redemption period, or if they never received the proper notice.

Davnie said that too often, when a lender takes possession of a foreclosed property, they automatically evict the tenants. The tenants are adversely affected by something that’s not their fault, he said.

The law takes effect Aug. 1, 2008.

HF3517/SF2910*/CH174

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