Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided.

This bill prohibits landlords in Minnesota from including clauses in residential leases that stop tenants from joining class-action lawsuits. It declares any such restriction in a lease agreement invalid and unenforceable, regardless of whether it is written or spoken. If a landlord violates this rule, the tenant is entitled to recover three times the actual damages or $1,000, whichever is higher, plus reasonable attorney fees. The law cannot be waived or changed by agreement between the tenant and the landlord.