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What is the eviction process and timeline in Minnesota?

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In Minnesota, a landlord must give a residential tenant 14 days' written notice to pay before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent, and the statutory minimums add up to about three to four weeks from that notice to a sheriff's lockout, four to six weeks in practice.

Cited to Minn. Stat. 504B.321 (Complaint and summons; pre-filing written notice for nonpayment of rent; expedited procedure) subd. 1(c)-(d), subd. 1a(a)-(c), subd. 2(c)-(e), subd. 3, subd. 4, subd. 6 and 20 more Minnesota statutes · Verified August 2, 2026

That 14-day notice has to spell out the total owed with an itemized breakdown, say who to pay and where, and include three exact warning paragraphs the statute writes out word for word; it goes to the tenant in person or by first class mail, and if you skip it the court must throw the case out and erase the record. Minnesota does not set any notice or cure period for lease violations other than nonpayment, so whatever your lease says about warnings and cure is what controls. Once you file, the court sets the hearing 7 to 14 days after it issues the summons, and the tenant must be served at least 7 days before that date. If you win, the court enters judgment and issues the writ of recovery immediately, but it normally holds the writ for up to 7 days first, except on a default judgment or in drug, firearm, prostitution, stolen-property, serious-danger or serious-damage cases. Once the sheriff serves the writ, the tenant has 24 hours to get out. A tenant who owes only rent can stop the eviction at any point before possession actually changes hands by paying the arrears plus interest, costs and a $5 attorney fee, unless you also pleaded a material lease violation. Either side has 15 days to appeal, and an appeal freezes everything. Never change the locks, shut off utilities, or remove doors or windows yourself: that is a misdemeanor and exposes you to triple damages or $500, whichever is greater, plus the tenant's attorney fees. Two changes took effect August 1, 2026, for newly filed cases: assaulting the landlord or the landlord's employees or contractors is now a ground for the faster expedited hearing track (with the penalty for abusing that track raised to $750), and a landlord may no longer name a tenant's minor child as a defendant unless the minor is the only person renting the unit. Check your city's rules too, because Minneapolis requires 30 days' notice instead of 14.

Minnesota eviction process at a glance

Nonpayment notice (pay-or-quit) 14 days
Nonpayment notice rules (day counting, cure rights, service)

The written notice must state the total amount due with an itemized accounting, name who to pay and where, and carry three warning statements the statute writes out word for word (Minn. Stat. 504B.321, subd. 1a). It goes to the tenant personally or by first class mail at the leased premises; posting and email do not count.

Subdivision 1a(a) requires a landlord, before bringing an eviction action alleging nonpayment of rent or other unpaid financial obligation in violation of the lease, to deliver written notice to the residential tenant. The notice must state the total amount due; a specific accounting splitting that total among unpaid rent, late fees and other charges under the lease; the name and address of the person authorized to receive rent and fees on the landlord's behalf; and three statements prescribed verbatim by subd. 1a(a)(4)-(6), namely the legal-aid referral, the financial-assistance referral, and the warning that 'Your landlord can file an eviction case if you do not pay the total amount due or move out within 14 days from the date of this notice. Some local governments may have an eviction notice period longer than 14 days.' Service of the notice is narrow: the landlord or an agent 'must deliver the notice personally or by first class mail to the residential tenant at the address of the leased premises' (subd. 1a(b)) -- posting and email are not authorized substitutes.

Days are calendar days, not judicial or business days; the general computation rule in Minn. Stat. 645.15 excludes the first day and includes the last, and where the last day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday that day is omitted from the computation. The tenant defeats the filing by correcting the rent delinquency within 14 days of delivery or mailing (or the longer period any local government requires) or by vacating (subd. 1a(c)).

Enforcement is structural: the landlord must attach a copy of the notice to the complaint, and 'the court shall dismiss an action without prejudice for failure to provide a notice as described in subdivision 1a and grant an expungement of the eviction case court file' (subd. 1(d)).

Cure rights extend far past the notice period -- under Minn. Stat. 504B.291, subd. 1(a) the tenant may redeem the tenancy 'at any time before possession has been delivered' by paying the rent in arrears with interest, costs of the action, and an attorney's fee not to exceed $5, and by performing other lease covenants; redemption may be funded by a written guarantee from a government agency or a qualifying 501(c)(3) rental-assistance administrator. That redemption right is unavailable where the landlord has also sought eviction for a material lease violation under 504B.285, subd. 5. Rental payments apply first to prior-period rent claimed in the complaint before current-period rent (504B.291, subd. 1(d)).
Lease-violation notice period No statutory period — see the notes on this page
Lease-violation notice rules (cure vs. termination)

Minnesota prescribes NO statutory pre-filing notice or cure period for an eviction grounded on a lease violation, so the lease itself supplies both the right to terminate and any warning or cure opportunity. The empty figure is a true statutory absence, not a zero.

Minn. Stat. 504B.285, subd. 1(a)(2) allows the person entitled to the premises to recover possession when a person holds over 'contrary to the conditions or covenants of the lease or agreement under which that person holds,' so both the right to terminate and any notice or cure opportunity are creatures of the lease itself rather than of statute.

Pleading requirements substitute for a notice period: the complaint must identify the lease clause that is the basis of the allegation, the nature of the conduct constituting the alleged breach, the dates the conduct took place, and the clause granting the right to evict on that basis (504B.321, subd. 3(3)), and the current or most recent written lease plus relevant addenda must be attached (subd. 3(1)). Materiality is therefore litigated at the hearing rather than screened by a waiting period.

'Material violation of the lease' is the operative threshold in 504B.285, subd. 5, which permits nonpayment and material-lease-violation allegations to be combined and heard as alternative grounds; if the landlord does not prevail on the material violation and has also alleged unpaid rent, the tenant may present defenses that the rent is not owing and 'shall be given up to seven days of additional time to pay any rent determined by the court to be due.' Nothing in the retaliation and rent-increase defenses limits a landlord's right to terminate for violation of a lawful, material lease provision (504B.285, subd. 4(a)).

Repeat-violation escalation is not a general statutory mechanism; the closest analogue is Minn. Stat. 504B.171, subd. 2a, which bars a residential landlord from penalizing a tenant or terminating the lease for conduct of the tenant, a household member or a guest occurring off the premises and curtilage unless the conduct would constitute a crime of violence against another tenant, a guest, the landlord or the landlord's employees (regardless of charge or conviction) or results in a conviction of a crime of violence against a person unrelated to the premises, excluding chapter 152 offenses.

Terminating a tenancy at will is separately governed by Minn. Stat. 504B.135: written notice by either party, 'at least as long as the interval between the time rent is due or three months, whichever is less,' which for an ordinary month-to-month tenancy is one rental period; holding over after that notice to quit is itself a ground under 504B.285, subd. 1(a)(3). Because no statute supplies a cure period, real-world lease-violation notice in Minnesota is lease-driven and varies from lease to lease; putting any single number here would be fabrication.
Unconditional-quit grounds Breach of the nonwaivable statutory covenant against unlawful activities is Minnesota's true unconditional-quit ground. Minn. Stat. 504B.171, subd. 1(a) writes into every residential lease or license a covenant that neither party will allow controlled substances in the premises or the common area and curtilage in violation of any criminal provision of chapter 152; allow prostitution or prostitution-related activity as defined in 617.80, subd. 4; allow unlawful use or possession of a firearm in violation of 609.66, subd. 1a, 609.67 or 624.713; or allow stolen property or property obtained by robbery in the premises. Subd. 2 provides that 'a breach of the covenant created by subdivision 1 voids the tenant's or licensee's right to possession of the residential premises' -- immediately, with no notice and no cure period -- although all other lease provisions including the rent obligation remain in effect until the lease terminates by its terms or by operation of law. The covenant cannot be waived or modified by the parties (subd. 3), and it is not violated where someone other than the landlord or tenant is responsible unless the landlord or tenant knew or had reason to know of the activity (subd. 1(a)(2)). The landlord may bring the action or assign the right to bring it to the county or city attorney, in which case the filing fee is waived (subd. 2). These actions, together with actions alleging that the residential tenant engages in behavior that seriously endangers the safety of other residents, assaults the landlord or the landlord's employees or contractors ('assault' as defined in Minn. Stat. 609.02, subd. 10 — a ground added by Laws 2026, ch. 81, sec. 5, effective August 1, 2026), or intentionally and seriously damages the property of the landlord or a tenant, qualify for the expedited procedure in 504B.321, subd. 2: the filer must submit an affidavit stating specific facts and instances supporting expedition, a referee or judge screens it, the appearance is 'not less than five days nor more than seven days from the date the summons is issued,' and the summons must be served within 24 hours of issuance unless the court orders otherwise for good cause. Abuse of the expedited track draws a civil penalty of up to $750 (raised from $500 by Laws 2026, ch. 81, sec. 5, effective August 1, 2026), and expedited claims may not be consolidated with breach-of-lease, holdover or nonpayment claims (subd. 2(d), (e)). Such actions are also exempt from the up-to-seven-day writ stay and receive priority in scheduling, writ issuance and sheriff execution (504B.345, subd. 1(b), (d); 504B.335(d); 504B.361, subd. 2; 504B.365, subd. 2). Other no-cure grounds are structural rather than conduct-based: holding over after the lease term expires or after any rent becomes due per the lease (504B.285, subd. 1(a)(2)); a tenant at will holding over after termination by notice to quit under 504B.135 (subd. 1(a)(3)); holding over after an execution or judgment sale, after expiration of the mortgage-foreclosure or real-estate-tax-judgment redemption period, or after termination of a contract for deed (subd. 1(a)(1)); and unlawful detention under 504B.301. Foreclosure and contract-for-deed holdovers carry their own long notices -- generally at least 90 days' written notice to a bona fide tenant (504B.285, subd. 1a) and at least two months' notice in contract-for-deed cases (subd. 1b). Note that the Laws 2026, ch. 81, sec. 5 changes (assault expedited ground; $750 penalty) are in force but apply only to eviction actions filed on or after August 1, 2026 — actions filed earlier proceed under the prior text. Note also that ch. 81, sec. 5 amended only 504B.321, subd. 2; it did not amend the writ-stay exception list in 504B.345, subd. 1(d) or the priority-writ rule in 504B.361, subd. 2, so an expedited action on the new assault ground is not, by those sections' text, excepted from the up-to-seven-day writ stay or entitled to priority-writ marking the way 504B.171 and serious-endangerment/serious-damage cases are.
Court and action The action is an 'eviction action,' brought in the district court of the county where the premises are located. Minn. Stat. 504B.001, subd. 4 defines 'evict' or 'eviction' as 'a summary court proceeding to remove a tenant or occupant from or otherwise recover possession of real property by the process of law set out in this chapter'; it is the successor to the former unlawful detainer action, and Minn. Stat. 504B.281 separately prohibits forcible entry and unlawful detainer. Procedure is governed by Minn. Stat. 504B.281 to 504B.371, and under 504B.335(c) 'the proceedings in the action are the same as in other civil actions, except as provided in sections 504B.281 to 504B.371,' so the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure and the Minnesota General Rules of Practice for the District Courts fill the gaps. Either party may demand a trial by jury (504B.335(b)), and if the jury cannot agree the court may impanel a new one (504B.351). The case begins with a complaint under 504B.321, subd. 1 stating the full name and date of birth of the person against whom it is made (unless not known -- their absence does not defeat jurisdiction or invalidate the complaint), describing the premises, stating the facts authorizing recovery of possession, and asking for recovery; the complaint must attach the lease and, for nonpayment, a detailed itemized accounting, and must state whether the tenancy is affected by a federal or state housing subsidy program (subd. 3). The court then issues a summons with the complaint attached (subd. 4). For actions filed on or after August 1, 2026, the landlord may not list a residential tenant's minor child as a defendant in the complaint — unless a minor is the only person renting the unit — a requirement no lease can waive; violation makes the landlord liable to the tenant for actual damages or $300, whichever is greater (Minn. Stat. 504B.2136, enacted by Laws 2026, ch. 81, sec. 3; the Revisor's consolidated site serves no 504B.2136 page yet as of August 2, 2026 — the session law controls). The Second (Ramsey) and Fourth (Hennepin) Judicial Districts operate a housing calendar consolidation program -- widely called housing court -- established by Minn. Stat. 484.013, subd. 1(a), which may consolidate all chapter 504B proceedings with housing-code, rent-escrow and rent-abatement matters and may be heard by a referee appointed by the chief judge (subds. 2-4); a chapter 504B eviction may not be delayed by that consolidation, and district courts outside those two districts may establish the program in counties they specify. Eviction files are nonpublic until the court enters final judgment, with access limited to parties and assisting licensed attorneys (504B.321, subd. 6), and expungement of eviction records is governed by Minn. Stat. 484.014, including mandatory expungement in defined circumstances and whenever the court finds for the defendant (504B.345, subd. 1(c)(2)) or dismisses for a defective pre-filing notice or filing (504B.321, subds. 1(d), 5).
Filing to hearing Minn. Stat. 504B.321, subd. 1(c) fixes the window: 'The appearance shall be not less than seven nor more than 14 days from the day of issuing the summons, except as provided by subdivision 2.' Service is governed by Minn. Stat. 504B.332, enacted in 2024 to replace the repealed 504B.331: the summons and complaint 'must be served at least seven days before the date of the court appearance specified in section 504B.321' (subd. 2(a)). If the defendant can be found in the county, service follows the manner provided for a civil action in district court; if not, the summons and complaint may be left at the defendant's last usual place of abode with a person of suitable age and discretion residing there, or, if the defendant has no place of abode, at the property described in the complaint with a person of suitable age and discretion occupying the premises (subd. 3). Where personal or substitute service fails, service by mail and posting is available, and each required step must occur no later than seven days before the appearance: mailing a copy to the last known address; for residential evictions, at least two personal-service attempts on different days at the last known address with at least one between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.; and posting the summons and complaint on the entry to the defendant's individual unit (subd. 4(b)(1)-(3)). A landlord who regularly uses electronic written communication with the tenant must additionally make a good faith attempt, at least seven days before the appearance, to communicate that a hearing has been scheduled, with a time and date stamp and the hearing's date, time and place (subd. 2(b)). Affidavits of service must be filed with the court at least three days before the appearance (subd. 3(c); subd. 4(b)(4)). There is no separate written-answer deadline: 'At the court appearance specified in the summons, the defendant may answer the complaint' (504B.335(a)), and if the defendant or defendant's attorney does not appear, the trial proceeds (504B.332, subd. 5). When setting a trial date the court must select one allowing 'a fair, thorough, and timely adjudication of the merits,' weighing complexity, discovery, witness availability, the opportunity to seek counsel and raise affirmative defenses, and any 504B.171 factors (504B.335(a)). The court may not require the tenant to pay money into court, post a bond or otherwise post security before final disposition, except that if final disposition may be delayed more than ten days the court may order security in an approved form and amount, which may not include amounts allegedly owed before the filing date and may not exceed the monthly or periodic rent accruing during the pendency of the action (504B.335(e)). Expedited actions under 504B.321, subd. 2(c) compress the appearance to 'not less than five days nor more than seven days from the date the summons is issued,' with service on the residential tenant within 24 hours of issuance absent a court order for good cause.
Writ of possession and lockout The possession writ is called the 'writ of recovery of premises and order to vacate.' Under Minn. Stat. 504B.345, subd. 1(a), if the court or jury finds for the plaintiff, 'the court shall immediately enter judgment that the plaintiff shall have recovery of the premises, and shall tax the costs against the defendant,' and 'shall issue execution in favor of the plaintiff for the costs and also immediately issue a writ of recovery of premises and order to vacate.' Issuance is then ordinarily stayed: except in actions brought under 504B.171 or on the basis that the residential tenant engages in behavior that seriously endangers the safety of other residents or intentionally and seriously damages the property of the landlord or a tenant, 'the court shall stay the writ of recovery of premises and order to vacate for a reasonable period, not to exceed seven days,' and that stay 'does not apply when the court has issued a default judgment' (subd. 1(d)). If the defendant or the defendant's attorney informs the court of an intention to appeal, the court must issue an order staying the writ for at least 24 hours after judgment (504B.371, subd. 1). Execution is by the officer holding the order -- the sheriff, or a licensed police officer or community crime prevention licensed police officer -- who executes it 'by demanding that the defendant ... relinquish possession and leave, taking family and all personal property from the premises within 24 hours' (504B.365, subd. 1(a), (d)). If the defendant does not comply, the officer removes the defendant, family and all personal property and places the plaintiff in possession, using the force of the county and any necessary assistance at the plaintiff's cost (subd. 1(b)); if the defendant cannot be found and no one is in charge, the officer may enter, breaking in if necessary, and remove and store the property (subd. 1(c)). The landlord must notify the defendant by first class mail of the date and approximate time the officer is scheduled to carry out the removal, and must also make a good faith effort to notify by telephone, mailing as soon as the schedule is known -- though scheduling need not be delayed for the notice (subd. 3(g)). Writs issued in 504B.171 actions or on nuisance/serious-endangerment grounds must be clearly marked as priority orders in a manner obvious to the executing officer, and receive priority from both court and officer (504B.361, subd. 2; 504B.365, subd. 2; 504B.345, subd. 1(b)). Removed property stored off-premises is subject to a landlord lien for reasonable removal, care, storage and transport costs, enforceable by public sale under Minn. Stat. 514.18 to 514.22 if no payment is made for 60 days (504B.365, subd. 3(b), (c)); the landlord is responsible for proper storage and liable for loss or damage caused by failure to exercise reasonable care (subd. 3(f)). A landlord who removes the tenant's property in violation of 504B.365 other than after abandonment is guilty of unlawful ouster under 504B.231 and subject to penalty under 504B.225, and the section may not be waived or modified by lease (subd. 5). The statute fixes the seven-day stay ceiling and the officer's 24-hour demand but does NOT fix the interval between writ issuance and the sheriff's scheduled execution, which varies by county and is the main source of real-world timeline variance at this stage.
Appeal window 15 days
Best-case uncontested timeline (derived from statutory minimums — contested cases run longer)

About four to six weeks in practice. The arithmetic floor is roughly 22 to 23 days from delivery of the notice to the lockout demand where the landlord takes a default judgment, and roughly 29 to 30 days where the tenant appears and the court imposes the discretionary stay of up to seven days. These are statutory minimums, not a prediction for any particular case.

The floor components are: 14 days' pre-filing written notice under Minn. Stat. 504B.321, subd. 1a; an appearance set 'not less than seven' days from issuance of the summons under subd. 1(c), with the summons and complaint served at least seven days before that appearance under 504B.332, subd. 2(a); immediate entry of judgment and immediate issuance of the writ on a finding for the plaintiff under 504B.345, subd. 1(a); and the officer's demand that the defendant vacate 'within 24 hours' under 504B.365, subd. 1(a). Where the landlord takes a default judgment, the up-to-seven-day writ stay in 504B.345, subd. 1(d) expressly does not apply.

A realistic uncontested range is about four to six weeks, because the statutes fix none of the following intervals: the time the landlord takes to file after the notice period expires, the court's issuance of the summons, the sheriff's scheduling of the actual lockout, or court congestion.

Anything contested extends this materially -- a jury demand under 504B.335(b), redemption at any time before possession is delivered under 504B.291, subd. 1(a), the up-to-seven additional days to pay under 504B.285, subd. 5(b), a motion to vacate the judgment under 504B.345, subd. 3, or an appeal within 15 days under 504B.371, subd. 2, after which 'all further proceedings in the case are stayed' (subd. 4). In Minneapolis the 30-day local pre-eviction notice replaces the state's 14 days at the front of this derivation, adding roughly two weeks.
Self-help eviction (lockout, utility shutoff) barred Yes
Self-help scope and tenant remedies

A landlord who locks a tenant out, cuts electrical, heat, gas or water service, or removes doors, windows or locks commits a misdemeanor, and the tenant recovers treble damages or $500, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney's fees. The tenant can also petition the district court to be put straight back into possession.

Self-help eviction is prohibited in Minnesota by statute, and the prohibition is backed by criminal, civil and summary-restoration remedies that cannot be waived. Minn. Stat. 504B.281 provides that 'no person may occupy or take possession of real property except where occupancy or possession is allowed by law, and in such cases, the person may not enter by force, but only in a peaceable manner.' The conduct reached is broad: Minn. Stat. 504B.375, subd. 1(a) applies to 'actual or constructive removal or exclusion of a residential tenant which may include the termination of utilities or the removal of doors, windows, or locks.'

Criminally, a landlord, agent or person acting under the landlord's direction or control who unlawfully and intentionally removes or excludes a tenant, or who intentionally interrupts or causes the interruption of electrical, heat, gas or water services with intent to unlawfully remove or exclude the tenant, is guilty of a misdemeanor; on proof of an intentional interruption the intent to unlawfully exclude is presumed and the burden shifts to the landlord to rebut it (504B.225). Civilly, where a landlord or agent 'unlawfully and in bad faith removes, excludes, or forcibly keeps out a tenant from residential premises, the tenant may recover from the landlord treble damages or $500, whichever is greater, and reasonable attorney's fees' (504B.231(a)).

Procedurally, the tenant has a summary route back into possession: a verified petition to the district court of the judicial district where the premises are located, describing the premises and landlord, stating the facts showing the exclusion or removal was unlawful (including that no writ under 504B.345 has issued and been executed under 504B.365), and asking for possession; if unlawfulness clearly appears, 'the court shall immediately order that the residential tenant have possession of the premises,' and the sheriff must execute the order immediately by demanding possession from the landlord and, on refusal or absence, entering and placing the tenant back in possession (504B.375, subd. 1(b)-(e)). The court sets security only as appropriate, considering the tenant's ability to afford it (subd. 1(d)), and the filing fee is the conciliation-court rate subject to an inability-to-pay affidavit (subd. 1(f)). The landlord may move to dissolve or modify on at least two days' notice, but 'may recover possession of the premises only by an eviction action or otherwise provided by law' (subd. 2). Orders under this section are final for appeal purposes and either party may appeal within ten days after entry (subd. 3).

Any lease provision waiving 504B.375, 504B.225 or 504B.231 is contrary to public policy and void (504B.375, subd. 4; 504B.225; 504B.231(b)), and 504B.365 likewise may not be waived or modified by lease (subd. 5). These protections also extend to occupants and owners of residential property in mortgage foreclosure or contract-for-deed cancellation where the redemption or reinstatement period has expired (504B.375, subd. 6; 504B.225; 504B.231(b)).

Cite this page: "Landlord Atlas, Minnesota Eviction Process Laws (verified August 2, 2026), landlordatlas.com/laws/eviction-process/minnesota/" — free to cite and quote with a link (how these records are verified). Every figure above is cited to the Minnesota statute in the citations section below.

Notes and caveats

Common questions: Minnesota eviction process

Each answer is the verified value from the table above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How much notice does a landlord have to give before filing an eviction for unpaid rent in Minnesota?
14 days. The written notice must state the total amount due with an itemized accounting, name who to pay and where, and carry three warning statements the statute writes out word for word (Minn. Stat. 504B.321, subd. 1a). It goes to the tenant personally or by first class mail at the leased premises; posting and email do not count.
How much notice is required to evict for a lease violation in Minnesota?
No statutory period — see the notes on this page. Minnesota prescribes NO statutory pre-filing notice or cure period for an eviction grounded on a lease violation, so the lease itself supplies both the right to terminate and any warning or cure opportunity. The empty figure is a true statutory absence, not a zero.
How long does an eviction take in Minnesota?
About four to six weeks in practice. The arithmetic floor is roughly 22 to 23 days from delivery of the notice to the lockout demand where the landlord takes a default judgment, and roughly 29 to 30 days where the tenant appears and the court imposes the discretionary stay of up to seven days. These are statutory minimums, not a prediction for any particular case.
How long does a tenant have to appeal an eviction judgment in Minnesota?
15 days.
Can a landlord change the locks or shut off utilities instead of going to court in Minnesota?
No — Minnesota bars self-help eviction by statute; a landlord must go through the court process. A landlord who locks a tenant out, cuts electrical, heat, gas or water service, or removes doors, windows or locks commits a misdemeanor, and the tenant recovers treble damages or $500, whichever is greater, plus reasonable attorney's fees. The tenant can also petition the district court to be put straight back into possession.

Statute citations

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Minnesota Revisor of Statutes site (revisor.mn.gov, Minnesota Statutes 2025 edition): Minn. Stat. 504B.178, 504B.177, and 504B.211 each read twice independently — the 1% interest rate, three-week/five-day return deadlines, $500 bad-faith punitive cap, 8%-of-overdue-rent late-fee cap, 24-hour entry notice, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. window, and $500-per-violation entry penalty all matched verbatim across reads. 504B.135 and 471.9996 read twice each (the HTML section page plus the Revisor's official PDF read in full). 504B.147 and 504B.120 read once each. MN Attorney General landlord-tenant handbook (ag.state.mn.us) read for the 'one rental period plus one day' rent-increase derivation. 2026 enactment sweep on revisor.mn.gov: SF 4171 bill status and enrolled text read directly (Laws 2026 ch. 81, signed 2026-05-12, effective 2026-08-01 — flagged as pending while not yet in force; folded into late_fees 2026-08-02 once effective); HF 3245 status read (died in House committee at sine die 2026-05-18, not flagged).