{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-504b.415","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 504B.415","heading":"DEFENSES.","body":"It is a sufficient defense to a complaint under section 504B.385 or 504B.395 that:\n(1) the violation or violations alleged in the complaint do not exist or that the violation or violations have been removed or remedied;\n(2) the violations have been caused by the willful, malicious, negligent, or irresponsible conduct of a complaining residential tenant or anyone under the tenant's direction or control; or\n(3) a residential tenant of the residential building has unreasonably refused entry to the landlord or the landlord's agent to a portion of the property for the purpose of correcting the violation, and that the effort to correct was made in good faith.","path":["PROPERTY AND PROPERTY INTERESTS","CHAPTER 504B. LANDLORD AND TENANT","TENANT REMEDIES ACTION"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504B.415","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:48Z","sha256":"24ec6c9249e36eedd35ae8f186642f6aa366ca21ae0a07f3981dbe0ce210d813","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-504b.411","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-504b.421"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}