2003 Minnesota Statutes

     484.014 Housing records; expungement of eviction 
  information. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  For the purpose of this 
 section, the following terms have the meanings given: 

    (1) "expungement" means the removal of evidence of the 
 court file's existence from the publicly accessible records; 

    (2) "eviction case" means an action brought under sections 
 504B.281 to 504B.371; and 

    (3) "court file" means the court file created when an 
 eviction case is filed with the court. 

    Subd. 2.    Discretionary expungement.  The court may 
 order expungement of an eviction case court file only upon 
 motion of a defendant and decision by the court, if the court 
 finds that the plaintiff's case is sufficiently without basis in 
 fact or law, which may include lack of jurisdiction over the 
 case, that expungement is clearly in the interests of justice 
 and those interests are not outweighed by the public's interest 
 in knowing about the record. 

    HIST: 1999 c 199 art 1 s 74; 1999 c 229 s 1