MN - how to remove unwanted holdover tenant with covid restrictio

[Stephanie Smith]

I just purchased a property June 1, 2021. The leases that were signed by tenants and previous owner clearly states they accept that their lease ends when the building is sold and that they will be required to leave the building within 30 days of the sale. They were served 2x with notice of building being sold 60 days prior and 30 days prior as well as served a request to vacate by July 1st by a 3rd party. They are not paying rent, and have not and will not be signing new leases. They are constantly having the police called and are wrecking my property. Does anyone know anything about a specific situation and what can be done? All the help I can find is for renters however I'm a new property owner and being torn down before I even start thanks to the state of Minnesota.
Looking for help,
Stephanie Smith

[Cara Lonsdale]

Originally posted by @James Hamling:

Originally posted by @Cara Lonsdale:

COVID only protects for non-payment of rent.  It sounds like you have other issues at play.  I would start the process to evict.

You can always throw money at it.  That can sometimes quicken the process, but it's a hard pill to swallow sometimes.

 OP stated it's in MN, there is moratorium on evictions, and it was criminalized to violate the order so major fines and jail time for violations. Please don't make advisment if not certain of the information/direction given, it could get a person in even worse position. 

You are EXACTLY why we need to be having this conversation.  Misinformation!  You are incorrect.  

Tenants CAN be evicted for other reasons.  Please refer to the link below that is direct from the CDC and is the form used to declare.  Please reference the last two lines in the BOX at the top.  You will see that evictions can still go forward that are not related to non-payment of rent.

CDC Declaration

Additionally, I went to an advocacy site for Minnesota specifically, and it too states very clearly that evictions can go forward for other reasons, other than non-payment of rent.  That link is also below.     

Minnesota Specific