Minnesota HF3459: Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act clarifying, technical, and conforming changes made; exemptions provided; number of directors for certain associations provided; and insurance policies clarified.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to real property; making clarifying, technical, and conforming changes to the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act; providing for certain exemptions; providing for number of directors for certain associations; clarifying certain insurance policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 515B.1-102; 515B.1-103; 515B.1-116; 515B.2-101; 515B.2-102; 515B.2-104; 515B.2-105; 515B.2-108; 515B.2-110; 515B.2-1101; 515B.2-113; 515B.2-118; 515B.2-119; 515B.2-121; 515B.2-124; 515B.2-125; 515B.3-102; 515B.3-1041; 515B.3-105; 515B.3-1051; 515B.3-106; 515B.3-107…

From the engrossed text, April 7, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to real property; making clarifying, technical, and conforming changes to the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act; providing for certain exemptions; providing for number of directors for certain associations; clarifying certain insurance policies; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 515B.1-102; 515B.1-103; 515B.1-116; 515B.2-101; 515B.2-102; 515B.2-104; 515B.2-105; 515B.2-108; 515B.2-110; 515B.2-1101; 515B.2-113; 515B.2-118; 515B.2-119; 515B.2-121; 515B.2-124; 515B.2-125; 515B.3-102; 515B.3-1041; 515B.3-105; 515B.3-1051; 515B.3-106; 515B.3-107; 515B.3-112; 515B.3-113; 515B.3-1141; 515B.3-1151; 515B.3-116; 515B.4-101; 515B.4-102; 515B.4-1021; 515B.4-103; 515B.4-104; 515B.4-105; 515B.4-106; 515B.4-107; 515B.4-113; 515B.4-116; 515B.4-118; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 515B.3-103; Laws 2024, chapter 96, article 1, section 91, as amended; article 2, section 13, as amended. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 515B.1-102, is amended to read: 515B.1-102 APPLICABILITY. (a) Except as provided in this section, this chapter, and not chapters 515 and 515A, applies to all common interest communities created within this state on and after June 1, 1994. (b) The applicability of this chapter to common interest communities created prior to June 1, 1994, shall be as follows: (1) This chapter shall apply to condominiums created under chapter 515A with respect to events and circumstances occurring on and after June 1, 1994; provided (i) that this chapter shall not invalidate the declarations, bylaws or condominium plats of those condominiums, and (ii) that chapter 515A, and not this chapter, shall govern all …