Rent Increase Notice Requirements in Minnesota
At a glance
| Governing law | Minn. Stat. § 504B.147 |
|---|---|
| Advance notice required | When § 504B.147 applies, the increase-notice period cannot be shorter than the lease's tenant notice-to-quit period; no single numeric statewide period |
| Statewide limit on the increase | No general statewide percentage or dollar cap |
| Homes and landlords exempt from the cap | N/A No general statewide amount cap |
| How often rent may increase | No general statewide frequency limit stated in § 504B.147 |
| Notice form, content, and service | No statutory form, content fields, writing requirement, or service method stated in § 504B.147 |
| Increase during a fixed lease | Section 504B.147 regulates notice duration but does not itself authorize a unilateral change during an unexpired fixed lease |
| Tenant's remedies | No special damages stated; the notice-duration protection cannot be waived or modified, and a tenant waiver is void (§ 504B.147, subd. 4) |
Requirements one by one
Notice period
Minnesota uses a lease-based comparison rather than one statewide number. Under Minn. Stat. § 504B.147, subd. 3, a landlord may not give rent-increase notice that is shorter than the period the lease gives the tenant to provide notice of an intention to move.
The rule applies in the circumstance defined by subdivision 1: a residential lease provides different periods for the landlord's notice to quit or increase rent and the tenant's notice of intention to quit. Subdivision 2 then lets the tenant use either the tenant period or the landlord period when giving notice of an intention to move.
Nonwaiver and remedy
Subdivision 4 makes the section nonwaivable. The parties may not waive or modify its requirements, and a lease or other agreement purporting to waive a tenant's protection is contrary to public policy and void. The section states no separate damages amount or agency-enforcement procedure for a short notice.
What trips people up
Section 504B.147 does not say every Minnesota increase requires a fixed number of days. The actual floor depends on the tenant notice period written into the lease, and the section's application trigger must be checked before treating that period as the governing increase notice.
The section regulates notice duration. It does not set a percentage cap, limit increases to once per year, or authorize a unilateral rent change during an unexpired fixed term.
Common questions
Is there a universal 30-day or one-month rule?
Not in § 504B.147. The section compares the landlord's increase-notice period with the tenant's lease notice-to-quit period rather than prescribing one numeric period for every residential tenancy.
Can a lease require the tenant to waive this protection?
No. Subdivision 4 says the requirements cannot be waived or modified and makes a tenant waiver void.
Does Minnesota cap the size of an increase statewide?
Section 504B.147 does not. It governs the duration of notice in the circumstance it defines, not the amount or annual frequency of an increase. Local law may separately matter.
Statutes and sources
- Minn. Stat. § 504B.147. Application trigger, lease-based notice-period floor, tenant choice, and nonwaiver rule. Official code (accessed July 12, 2026).
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