Minnesota SF 2051: Landlord and tenant eviction action prevailing party attorney fees award by court

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to judiciary; restricting public dissemination of personal information about​
1.3 county attorneys and employees in county attorney offices; amending Minnesota​
1.4 Statutes 2024, section 480.40, subdivision 1.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 480.40, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section and section 480.45, the​
1.8 following terms have the meanings given.​
1.9 (b) "Judicial official" means:​
1.10 (1) every Minnesota district court judge, senior judge, retired judge, and every judge of​
1.11 the Minnesota Court of Appeals and every active, senior, recalled, or retired federal judge​
1.12 who resides in Minnesota;​
1.13 (2) a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court;​
1.14 (3) employees of the Minnesota judicial branch;​
1.15 (4) judicial referees and magistrate judges; and​
1.16 (5) current and retired judges and current employees of the Office of Administrative​
1.17 Hearings, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and Tax Court; and​
1.18 (6) Minnesota county attorneys and employees within a Minnesota county attorney's​
1.19 office.​
1.20 (c) "Personal information" does not include publicly available information. Personal​
1.21 information means:​
1​Section 1.​
25-03728 as introduced​02/13/25 REVISOR KLL/EN​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2051​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: FATEH)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​608​03/03/2025​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​

2.1 (1) a residential address of a judicial official;​
2.2 (2) a residential address of the spouse, domestic partner, or children of a judicial official;​
2.3 (3) a nonjudicial branch issued telephone number or email address of a judicial official;​
2.4 (4) the name of any child of a judicial official; and​
2.5 (5) the name of any child care facility or school that is attended by a child of a judicial​
2.6 official if combined with an assertion that the named facility or school is attended by the​
2.7 child of a judicial official.​
2.8 (d) "Publicly available information" means information that is lawfully made available​
2.9 through federal, state, or local government records or information that a business has a​
2.10 reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public through widely​
2.11 distributed media, by a judicial official, or by a person to whom the judicial official has​
2.12 disclosed the information, unless the judicial official has restricted the information to a​
2.13 specific audience.​
2.14 (e) "Law enforcement support organizations" do not include charitable organizations.​
2​Section 1.​
25-03728 as introduced​02/13/25 REVISOR KLL/EN​