Staples, Minn., City Code ch. 103, art. IV § 103-97

(a) Condemnation authorized; requiring vacating. Whenever the housing inspector finds that any dwelling, multiple dwelling, or dwelling unit constitutes a hazard to the health, safety, or welfare of the occupants or to the public because it lacks maintenance, or is dilapidated, unsanitary, vermin-infested, or rodent-infested, because it lacks the sanitary facilities and equipment required by the rental housing maintenance code, or because it violates residential storage standards, the housing inspector may condemn such dwelling or dwelling unit as unfit for human habitation. If any dwelling or any part thereof is occupied by more families than provided by this Code, or is erected, altered or occupied contrary to law, such dwelling shall be deemed an unlawful structure and the housing inspector may cause such dwelling to be vacated. It shall be unlawful to again occupy such dwelling until it or its occupation, as the case may be, has been made to conform to the law.
(b) Placarding. Any dwelling or dwelling units condemned shall be posted with a placard of condemnation by the housing inspector. The placard of condemnation shall include the following:
(1) Name of the city;
(2) The name of the authorized department having jurisdiction;
(3) The chapter and section of this Code or other ordinance under which it is issued;
(4) Street address of building, dwelling number if applicable;
(5) A statement of reasons for condemnation;
(6) A statement of time when occupants must vacate the dwelling or dwelling unit (not less than 24 hours nor more than 30 days, except in cases of emergency);
(7) The date that the placard of condemnation is posted;
(8) A statement of the penalty for defacing or removal of the placard.
(c) Notice of condemnation required. Whenever the housing inspector, county health authority, or the fire chief intends to condemn a dwelling or dwelling unit, notice shall be given to the owner of such condemnation and placarding of the dwelling or dwelling unit. Such notice shall:
(1) Be in writing;
(2) Include the street address of the building, dwelling number if applicable;
(3) Include a statement of the reasons why it is being issued;
(4) Set a date to bring the conditions herein set out into compliance with the rental housing maintenance code and as notice that after said date the building or dwelling will be condemned.
(d) Service of notice of condemnation. Service of notice of condemnation shall be as follows:
(1) By delivery to the owner personally, or by leaving the notice at the usual place of abode of the owner with a person of suitable age and discretion;
(2) By depositing the notice in the United States Mail addressed to the owner at the owner's last-known address with postage prepaid thereon; or
(3) By posting and keeping posted for 24 hours a copy of said notice in placard form in a conspicuous place on the condemned premises.
(e) Duty to vacate. Any dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned and placarded as unfit for human habitation by the housing inspector, county health authority, or the fire chief shall be vacated within a reasonable time as required by said housing inspector and it shall be unlawful for any owner or operator to let or allow any person to occupy said dwelling or dwelling unit. No person shall occupy any dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned and placarded by said housing inspector after the date set forth in the placard of condemnation. The housing inspector, county health authority, or the fire chief may allow a security or fire guard to occupy the condemned dwelling when, in the opinion of said housing inspector such action best serves public interest.
(f) Condemned dwellings not to be occupied. No dwelling or dwelling unit which has been condemned and placarded as unfit for human habitation shall again be used for human habitation until written approval is secured from the housing inspector, county health authority or the fire chief. The housing inspector, county health department, or fire chief shall remove such placard whenever the defect or defects upon which the condemnation and placarding action were based have been eliminated.
(g) Defacing, removal of placard. No person shall deface or remove the placard from any dwelling or dwelling unit that has been condemned and placarded. Such placard shall only be removed by the enforcing officer.