MN SF2578

Allows local authorities to inspect rental properties upon request from persons other than tenants or housing organizations, if the authority determines inspection is reasonably required based on available information.

Requires minimum 120-day correction period for code violations, or minimum 360 days if expected repair costs exceed $10,000 and violations do not threaten health or safety.

Limits compliance reinspection scope to verifying correction of previously cited violations unless additional health or safety threats are discovered, with inspection cost capped at $100.

Eliminates notification requirement to landlords and tenants for code violations when inspections are requested by third parties, unless a citation is issued.

Makes it a misdemeanor to knowingly file a false housing code violation report with a local authority, effective for reports made after July 31, 2012.