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504B.385 RENT ESCROW ACTION TO REMEDY VIOLATIONS. § Subdivision 1. Escrow of rent.
(1) order relief as provided in section 504B.425 , including retroactive rent abatement;
(e) The court must provide a simplified form for use under this section. § Subd. 3. Defenses.
(c) The contents of the counterclaim for possession must meet the requirements for a complaint under section 504B.321 .
The defenses provided in section 504B.415 are defenses to an action brought under this section. § Subd. 4. Filing fee.
(a) Upon finding that a violation exists, the court may, in its discretion, do any or all of the following:
(2) order that all or a portion of the rent in escrow be released for the purpose of remedying the violation;
(a) A hearing must be held within ten to 14 days from the day a residential tenant: (1) deposits rent with the court administrator; or
Actions under this section and eviction actions which involve the same parties must be consolidated and heard on the date scheduled for the eviction action. § Subd. 9. Judgment.
Nothing in this subdivision relieves the tenant of the obligation to deposit rent that becomes due to the landlord after the filing but before the hearing with the court administrator.
(2) files the notice required under subdivision 1, paragraph (b) or (c), if the tenant is not required to deposit rent with the court administrator under subdivision 1, paragraph (d).
The court administrator may charge a filing fee in the amount set for complaints and counterclaims in conciliation court, subject to the filing of an inability to pay affidavit. § Subd. 5. Notice of hearing.
(a) The landlord may file a counterclaim for possession of the property in cases where the landlord alleges that the residential tenant did not deposit the full amount of rent with the court administrator.
(a) If a violation exists in a residential building, a residential tenant may deposit the amount of rent due to the landlord with the court administrator using the procedures described in paragraphs (b) to (d).
(d) The landlord must serve the counterclaim as provided in section 504B.332 , except that the affidavit of service or mailing may be brought to the hearing rather than filed with the court before the hearing.
(3) order that rent be deposited with the court as it becomes due to the landlord or abate future rent until the landlord remedies the violation; or (4) impose fines as required in section 504B.391 .
(b) When a proceeding under this section has been consolidated with a counterclaim for possession or an eviction action, and the landlord prevails, the residential tenant may redeem the tenancy as provided in section 504B.291 .
(d) If the cost of remedying the violation, as estimated by the tenant, is above the jurisdictional limit for conciliation court, the tenant must serve the notice of hearing according to the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b) If the cost of remedying the violation, as estimated by the residential tenant, is within the jurisdictional limit for conciliation court, the court administrator shall notify the landlord and the residential tenant of the time and place of the...
...If the landlord has disclosed a post office box as the landlord's address under section 504B.181 , notice of the hearing may be mailed to the post office box.