327C.015 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Terms. When used in sections 327C.015 to 327C.15 and 363A.38, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Class I. “Class I ” means a manufactured home park that complies with the provisions of section 327C.16. Subd. 3. Closure statement. “Closure statement” means a statement prepared […]
327C.02 RENTAL AGREEMENTS. Subdivision 1. Contents; writing required. Every agreement to rent a lot must be a written agreement signed by the park owner and the resident. A copy of the rental agreement shall be given to the applicant for the purpose of reviewing the agreement prior to signing it. The agreement must specify the […]
327C.025 RESIDENT COPIES. The park owner shall give a copy of the signed rental agreement to each resident with a copy of the evacuation or shelter plan attached. History: 1994 c 592 s 3; 2022 c 55 art 2 s 3
327C.03 FEES. Subdivision 1. Special fees prohibited. Except as provided in this section and section 327C.04, no fee other than the periodic rental payment shall be charged to a park resident or prospective resident or any agent of a resident or prospective resident for the right to obtain or retain a lot. Subd. 2. Installation […]
327C.04 UTILITY CHARGES. Subdivision 1. Billing permitted. A park owner who provides utility service to residents may charge the residents for that service, only if the charges comply with this section. Subd. 2. Metering required. A park owner who charges residents for a utility service must charge each household the same amount, unless the park […]
327C.05 RULES. Subdivision 1. Unreasonable rules prohibited. No park owner shall adopt or enforce unreasonable rules. No park owner may engage in a course of conduct which is unreasonable in light of the criteria set forth in section 327C.015, subdivision 12. Subd. 2. Presumptively unreasonable rules. In any action in which the reasonableness of a […]
327C.06 RENT INCREASES. Subdivision 1. Notice of rent increases required. No increase in the amount of the periodic rental payment due from a resident shall be valid unless the park owner gives the resident 60 days’ written notice of the increase. Subd. 2. Prohibition. No rent increase shall be valid if its purpose is to […]
327C.07 IN PARK SALES. Subdivision 1. Resident’s rights. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a resident has the right to sell a home through an in park sale. The park owner may not charge a fee for allowing the resident to exercise this right, except to charge a fee of up to $25 for […]
327C.08 REMOVAL AFTER REPOSSESSION. A secured party who repossesses a manufactured home located in a park and then removes the home from the lot owes the park owner rent for the period beginning when the secured party accepts voluntary repossession or takes an action pursuant to sections 327.61 to 327.67 and ending on the last […]
327C.09 TERMINATION. Subdivision 1. Cause required. A park owner may recover possession of land upon which a manufactured home is situated only for a reason specified in this section or section 327C.095. Subd. 2. Nonpayment of rent or utilities. The park owner gives ten days’ written notice to the resident and to any party holding […]
327C.095 PARK CLOSINGS. Subdivision 1. Conversion of use; minimum notice. (a) At least 12 months before the conversion of all or a portion of a manufactured home park to another use, or before closure of a manufactured home park or cessation of use of the land as a manufactured home park, the park owner must […]
327C.096 NOTICE OF SALE. When a park owner offers to sell a manufactured home park to the public through advertising in a newspaper or by listing the park with a real estate broker licensed by the Department of Commerce, the owner must provide concurrent written notice to a resident of each manufactured home in the […]
327C.10 DEFENSES TO EVICTION. Subdivision 1. Nonpayment of rent. In any action to recover possession for failure to pay rent, it shall be a defense that the sum allegedly due contains a charge which violates section 327C.03, or that the park owner has injured the defendant by failing to comply with section 504B.161. Subd. 2. […]
327C.11 EVICTION PROCEEDINGS. Subdivision 1. Right of redemption. The right of redemption, as expressed in section 504B.291 and the common law, is available to a resident from whom a park owner seeks to recover possession for nonpayment of rent, but no resident may exercise that right more than twice in any 12-month period; provided, that […]
327C.12 RETALIATORY CONDUCT PROHIBITED. A park owner may not increase rent, decrease services, alter an existing rental agreement or seek to recover possession or threaten such action in whole or in part as a penalty for a resident’s: (1) good faith complaint to the park owner or to a government agency or official; (2) good […]
327C.13 FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. No park owner shall prohibit or adopt any rule prohibiting residents or other persons from peacefully organizing, assembling, canvassing, leafletting or otherwise exercising within the park their right of free expression for noncommercial purposes. A park owner may adopt and enforce rules that set reasonable limits as to time, place and […]
327C.14 RIGHT OF ACCESS. Subdivision 1. To the home. A park owner has no right of access to a manufactured home located within the park unless access is necessary to prevent damage to the park premises or to respond to an emergency. Subd. 2. To the lot. A park owner may come onto a manufactured […]
327C.15 REMEDIES; PENALTIES; ENFORCEMENT. Any violation of sections 327C.015 to 327C.14 is a violation of a law referred to in section 8.31, subdivision 1. History: 1982 c 526 art 2 s 15; 2022 c 55 art 2 s 3
327C.16 CLASS I MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. Subdivision 1. Qualifications. (a) To qualify as a class I manufactured home park, as defined in section 327C.015, subdivision 2, a park owner, or on-site attendant as an employee of the manufactured home park, must satisfy 12 hours of qualifying education courses every three years, as prescribed in this […]
