Minnesota legislation · 94th Legislature 2025-2026
Minnesota SF1750: Common interest communities provisions modifications
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
What the bill says
A bill for an act relating to common interest communities; modifying powers and duties of common interest communities; modifying rights of a unit owner; modifying threshold for termination of a common interest community; requiring dispute resolution options; modifying notice of meetings; limiting late fees, fines, and attorney fees; modifying foreclosure requirements; prohibiting local governments from requiring creation of homeowners associations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 515B.1-103; 515B.2-119; 515B.3-102; 515B.3-103; 515B.3-106; 515B.3-107; 515B.3-115; 515B.3-1151…
From the engrossed text, May 6, 2026:
A bill for an act relating to common interest communities; modifying powers and duties of common interest communities; modifying rights of a unit owner; modifying threshold for termination of a common interest community; requiring dispute resolution options; modifying notice of meetings; limiting late fees, fines, and attorney fees; modifying foreclosure requirements; prohibiting local governments from requiring creation of homeowners associations; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 515B.1-103; 515B.2-119; 515B.3-102; 515B.3-103; 515B.3-106; 515B.3-107; 515B.3-115; 515B.3-1151; 515B.3-116; 515B.4-1021; 515B.4-107; 515B.4-116; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 515B. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 515B.1-103, is amended to read: 515B.1-103 DEFINITIONS. In the declaration and bylaws, unless specifically provided otherwise or the context otherwise requires, and in this chapter: (1) "Additional real estate" means real estate that may be added to a flexible common interest community. (2) "Affiliate of a declarant" means any person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a declarant. (A) A person "controls" a declarant if the person (i) is a general partner, officer, director, or employer of the declarant, (ii) directly or indirectly or acting in concert with one or more other persons, or through one or more subsidiaries, owns, controls, holds with power to vote, or holds proxies representing, more than 20 percent of the voting interest in the declarant, (iii) …