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<br />law prohibit discrimination in the sale or lease of housing based on race, color, creed,
<br />religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability,
<br />sexual orientation, or familial status and those state and federal prohibitions extend to the refusal
<br />to sell or to circulate, post or cause to be printed, circulated, or posted, any limitation,
<br />specification, or discrimination as to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital
<br />status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status; and
<br />(H) In 2019, the Minnesota Legislature passed a law authorizing property owners to
<br />individually discharge or renounce discriminatory covenants by recording a discharge form in
<br />the county property records; and
<br />(I) Discriminatory covenants promoted and established residential racial segregation,
<br />which historically and currently has impacted property ownership, accumulation of wealth,
<br />property transfers, mortgage eligibility, rental eligibility, property values, property tax
<br />base, internet access, and more. Discriminatory covenants fortified systemic racism and
<br />compounded economic divestment in specific communities within Ramsey County; and
<br />(J) The State of Minnesota, including the City of Mounds View, recognizes the harm
<br />that Discriminatory Covenants, and the racial, religious, and other discriminatory practices
<br />that they represent, cause to society in general and to the individuals who are adversely
<br />affected by racial, religious, and other discrimination through the presence of
<br />discriminatory covenants in the public land records; and
<br />(K) The City of Mounds View disavows and condemns the past use of discriminatory
<br />covenants and prohibits discriminatory covenants from being used in the future.
<br />§ 38.002 Definitions.
<br />"Discriminatory Covenant" means any restrictive covenant filed against any property that restricts
<br />to whom property may be conveyed based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,
<br />marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial
<br />status.
<br />§ 38.003 Discharge of Discriminatory Covenants.
<br />(A) Required. No person shall sell, give, or transact a change in title or property ownership of
<br />real property with one or more buildings or structures, without receiving a certificate from the city.
<br />(B) Application. Unless the property owner already has a certificate for a property, the owner
<br />or owner's representative is required to obtain a certificate before the property is sold, gifted or
<br />transferred, and before the owner or owner's representative enters into any contract for deed or
<br />other transaction changing the party responsible for the property.
<br />(C) Issuance of Certificate
<br />(1) A certificate shall be issued by the city if -
<br />(a) The applicant submits title evidence showing no discriminatory covenant for the
<br />property.
<br />(b) The applicant submits documentation showing the discriminatory covenant has been
<br />discharged.
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