Minneapolis, MN Building Safety: Lead Paint (2026)
Key Facts
- Trigger
- signing a new rental lease
- Must disclose
- unabated code orders and violation tags
- Includes
- open Chapter 240 lead orders
- Tenant remedy
- terminate lease after notice
- Citation
- § 244.2000(8), Housing Maintenance Code
Summary
Before signing a lease, Minneapolis landlords with a rental license must hand new tenants copies of every unresolved code violation and order on the unit, including any lead-hazard citations issued under Chapter 240.
Disclosures; before signing lease. The owner of any dwelling which is required to be licensed by this chapter shall provide information regarding the rental property...to all prospective tenants prior to entering into a lease with the prospective tenant. Such information shall include:...d. A copy of all unabated orders and violation tags affecting the dwelling unit or common areas of the property;...f. Any tenant to whom such disclosures were not made may terminate the lease after notice to the property owner.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 72).
Full Breakdown
Section 244.2000(8) of the Housing Maintenance Code requires every licensed rental owner to give prospective tenants a packet before they sign: the license tier status, the violations behind that tier, and a copy of all unabated orders and violation tags on the unit or common areas, a category that captures open lead-paint orders issued under Chapter 240's lead poisoning prevention program. The city's regulatory services department administers the license tiers and can act on a landlord's failure to comply through the rental licensing enforcement track in section 244.1910. Tenants who never received the packet get a direct remedy under subsection (f) rather than having to prove damages first.
Violations & Fines
Skipping the pre-lease packet lets any affected tenant terminate the lease after giving notice equal to the rent-due interval or three months, whichever is shorter; repeat lapses also feed into adverse rental-license action.
Frequently Asked Questions
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