Before paying for the service, the tenant or group of tenants shall give oral or written notice to the landlord of the tenant's intention to pay after 48 hours, or a shorter period that is reasonable under the circumstances, if the landlord has not already paid for the service. (4) advice to consider seeking assistance from legal aid, a private attorney, or a housing organization in exercising the rights of tenants under Minnesota law to maintain their utility service.Ī tenant or group of tenants may pay to have the service continued or reconnected as provided under this section. (3) a brief description of the rights of tenants under this section to continue or restore service and (2) the telephone number to call at the utility to obtain further information (1) the date the service will be discontinued The posting must be placed in at least one conspicuous location in or on the building and provide tenants with, at a minimum, the following information:
(a) A municipality, utility company, or other company supplying home heating oil, propane, natural gas, electricity, or water to a building who issues a final notice proposing to disconnect or discontinue the service to the building because a landlord who has contracted for the service has failed to pay for it or because a landlord is required by law or contract to pay for the service and fails to do so must provide notice to the residents of the impending disconnection by posting the building. (c) A failure by the landlord to comply with this subdivision is a violation of sections 504B.161, subdivision 1, clause (1), and 504B.221. The information must contain the toll-free telephone number of the administering agency. (b) By September 30 of each year, a landlord of a single-metered residential building who bills for gas and electric utility charges separate from rent must inform tenants in writing of the possible availability of energy assistance from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. (4) may, if the landlord and tenant agree, provide tenants with a lease term of one year or more the option to pay those bills under an annualized budget plan providing for level monthly payments based on a good faith estimate of the annual bill. Past copies of utility bills must be provided for the preceding two years or from the time the current landlord acquired the building, whichever is most recent and Upon a tenant's request, a landlord must also provide past copies of actual utility bills for any period of the tenancy for which the tenant received an apportioned utility bill. (3) must include in the lease a provision that, upon a tenant's request, the landlord must provide a copy of the actual utility bill for the building along with each apportioned utility bill. (2) must predetermine and put in writing for all leases an equitable method of apportionment and the frequency of billing by the landlord (1) must provide prospective tenants notice of the total utility cost for the building for each month of the most recent calendar year (a) A landlord of a single-metered residential building who bills for utility charges separate from the rent: Conditions of separate utility billing to tenant in single-meter buildings.
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