2000 Minnesota Statutes

     487.24 Forcible entry and unlawful detainer actions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Return days.  Return days for forcible 
 entry and unlawful detainer actions may be fixed by rule 
 promulgated by the court. 

    Subd. 2.    Procedure; forms.  Sections 504B.281 to 
 504B.371 apply to the county court.  The forms therein 
 prescribed, with appropriate modifications, may be used. 

    Subd. 3.    Default judgments.  Whenever a duly verified 
 complaint in an action of forcible entry or unlawful detainer 
 shows one of the causes of action set forth in section 504B.285, 
 and on the return day of the summons the defendant does not 
 appear, the judge of the county court, upon proof of the due 
 service of the summons, may find the defendant in default and 
 file an order for judgment accordingly. 

    HIST: 1971 c 951 s 24; 1973 c 679 s 23; 1999 c 199 art 2 s 22