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Minnesota landlord entry laws

How much notice your landlord owes you before coming in, when they may enter without it, and what Minnesota law lets you do about it.

Notice required

24 hours

A landlord may enter only for a reasonable business purpose and after making a good faith effort to give reasonable notice under the circumstances of not less than 24 hours in advance.

Minn. Stat. § 504B.211

When they may enter

Between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., unless the tenant and the landlord agree otherwise.

When they may enter without notice

No notice is required where the landlord reasonably suspects immediate entry is needed to prevent injury to persons or property, to check a tenant's safety, or to comply with local ordinances on unlawful activity.

What you can do about a violation

A tenant is entitled to a penalty which may include a rent reduction up to full rescission of the lease, recovery of the damage deposit, and up to a $500 civil penalty for each violation, plus reasonable attorney fees.

Worth knowing: Note 'up to' — $500 is a ceiling, not a guarantee.

Minn. Stat. § 504B.211, subd. 6

What to do right now

Log each entry separately. The penalty is per violation, so five documented entries are a different case from one remembered one.

Put it in writing

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How this page was checked

  • Read from the source. Every deadline, cap and penalty here was taken from Minnesota's published text — the statute, session law or administrative code itself.
  • No legal-information websites. Commercial summaries were used only to find a provision, never as authority for it. An automated check fails our build if any state we serve cites a secondary source.
  • Locked against drift. The verified figures are pinned by regression tests, so a later edit cannot quietly change a deadline or a penalty.
  • Last verified August 21, 2026. Laws change — confirm the current text before relying on it.

General information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.

Compare all 51 jurisdictions — notice periods range from 12 hours to 72, and thirteen states have no rule at all.