Rental licensing is a city job in Wright County, not a county one. Monticello licenses every rental annually and inspects on a two-year cycle; Albertville requires a license before renting. Landlords register with their city, and the license rests on state habitability standards under Chapter 504B.
Wright County itself runs no rental registry; each city sets its own program. Monticello requires an annual rental license for residential rental housing and inspects each unit every other year against the International Property Maintenance Code, confirming heat, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and basic habitability. Albertville bars anyone from operating a rental dwelling without a city license (City Code 10-4-10) and requires a nonresident owner to name a local resident agent responsible for maintenance. Buffalo and St. Michael administer their own building and housing codes. Across all of them, units must meet the habitability floor that Chapter 504B and the state building code set, including working smoke and CO alarms.
Renting without a required Monticello or Albertville license, or skipping a scheduled inspection, draws correction orders, doubled or added fees, and possible license suspension. Failing to fix habitability defects can bar the landlord from collecting rent until the unit passes.
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