561.01 NUISANCE; ACTION. Anything which is injurious to health, or indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property, is a nuisance. An action may be brought by any person whose property is injuriously affected or whose […]
561.02 MALICIOUSLY MAINTAINED STRUCTURE. Any fence, or any other structure, maliciously erected or maintained for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoining property shall be deemed a private nuisance. History: (9581) 1907 c 387 s 1
561.03 REMEDIES. Any such owner or occupant injured, either in comfort or in the enjoyment of an estate by such fence, or any other structure, may have an action of tort for the damage sustained thereby and may have such nuisance abated. History: (9582) 1907 c 387 s 2; 1986 c 444
561.04 TRESPASS; TREBLE DAMAGES. Whoever without lawful authority cuts down or carries off any wood, underwood, tree, or timber, or girdles or otherwise injures any tree, timber, or shrub, on the land of another person, or in the street or highway in front of any person’s house, city lot, or cultivated grounds, or on the […]
561.051 LIABILITY FOR ACTS OF WILD ANIMALS. An owner of land shall not be liable in trespass, nuisance, or otherwise for the actions of wild animals in their natural state. History: 1982 c 462 s 10
561.07 ANIMALS MAY BE IMPOUNDED. Any person may, and every sheriff and police officer shall, distrain and impound any cattle, horses, mules, sheep, swine, or any domestic fowls running at large or trespassing upon the lands of another or upon any public property in this state, and when so impounded such proceedings shall be had […]
561.08 OWNER OF PROPERTY MAY DISTRAIN. The owner or occupant of lands in any city may distrain any of such animals or fowls doing damage on such lands, and thereupon such proceedings as to these animals or fowls and the disposition thereof and the damage done thereby as are or shall be provided by the […]
561.09 OWNER OF ANIMALS LIABLE FOR TRESPASS. In case the owner or occupant of lands shall not distrain the animals or fowls doing damage as provided herein, then any person who shall knowingly permit the running at large or trespass of any such domestic animal or fowl within any city, shall be liable to the […]
561.10 TRESPASS AFTER EXECUTION OR FORECLOSURE SALE. When real property is sold on execution or under judgment or mortgage, the purchaser thereof, or any person who has succeeded to the purchaser’s interest, after the estate becomes absolute, may recover damages for injury to the property by the tenant in possession after the sale, and before […]
561.17 ACTION FOR WASTE. If a guardian, tenant for life or years, joint tenant, or tenant in common, of real property, commits waste thereon, any person injured by the waste may bring an action against the waster therefor, in which there may be judgment for treble damages, forfeiture of the estate of the party offending, […]
561.18 WASTE PENDING YEAR FOR REDEMPTION; INJUNCTION. When real property is sold upon execution or under judgment or mortgage, until the expiration of the time allowed for redemption, the court may restrain the commission of waste on the property, by order granted, with or without notice, on application of the purchaser or the purchaser’s assigns […]
561.19 NUISANCE LIABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them: (a) “Agricultural operation” means a facility and its appurtenances for the production of crops, livestock, poultry, dairy products or poultry products, but not a facility primarily engaged in processing agricultural products. (b) […]
