(d) The landlord may request that the tenant disclose the name of the perpetrator and, if a request is made, inform the tenant that the landlord seeks disclosure to protect other tenants in the building. The tenant may decline to provide the name of the perpetrator for safety reasons. Disclosure shall not be a precondition of terminating the lease.
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Subd. 2.Treatment of information.
(a) A landlord must not disclose:
(1) any information provided to the landlord by a tenant in the written notice required under subdivision 1, paragraph (b);
(2) any information contained in the qualifying document;
(3) the address or location to which the tenant has relocated; or
(4) the status of the tenant as a victim of violence.
(b) The information referenced in paragraph (a) must not be entered into any shared database or provided to any person or entity but may be used when required as evidence in an eviction proceeding, action for unpaid rent or damages arising out of the tenancy, claims under section 504B.178, with the consent of the tenant, or as otherwise required by law.
(c) The requirements of this subdivision to treat the information enumerated in paragraph (a) are paramount and supersede any other document or form previously signed by the tenant, including but not limited to any release of information form.
(d) A landlord who violates this section is liable to the tenant for statutory damages of $2,000, plus reasonable attorney fees and costs.
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Subd. 3.Liability for rent; termination of tenancy.