Minnesota Notice to Terminate Tenancy (No-Cause / End of Term)

MINNESOTA NOTICE TO TERMINATE TENANCY AT WILL

Use this notice for a tenancy at will only after verifying that termination without stating a cause is lawful for this tenancy and property. Do not use it to terminate a fixed term before its expiration or where another law, Lease term, local ordinance, or housing program requires cause or a different notice.

1. NOTICE

Date of Notice: [__/__/____]

To Tenant(s): [NAMES]

Premises: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, MINNESOTA, ZIP]

From Landlord / Agent: [NAME / ADDRESS / CONTACT]

Landlord gives written notice that the tenancy at will for the Premises will terminate on [__/__/____]. Tenant must surrender possession by [TIME] on that date, subject to every right and defense provided by applicable law.

2. NOTICE-PERIOD CALCULATION

Minn. Stat. § 504B.135 states that a tenancy at will may be terminated by either party by written notice. The notice time must be at least as long as the interval between rent-due dates or three months, whichever is less.

Minn. Stat. § 504B.147 applies when a residential Lease gives Landlord a different notice period for termination or rent increase than Tenant’s notice period. Landlord may not use a period shorter than the period the Lease gives Tenant, and Tenant may use either applicable Lease period described in that section.

This form does not assert a universal rule that a month-to-month termination always ends on the last calendar day of a month. Calculate the date from the actual rent-due interval, Lease, and controlling law.

3. COVERAGE AND VALIDITY CHECK

Before service, confirm and document:

☐ The tenancy is a tenancy at will and is not within an unexpired fixed term.

☐ The Lease does not require a longer period, cause, or a different form or service method.

☐ Current local law has been checked for the municipality where the Premises is located.

☐ Any federal, state, or local subsidy or affordable-housing program has been checked.

☐ Manufactured-home park rules do not apply.

☐ The notice is not based on a protected characteristic, protected victim status, or another unlawful reason.

☐ The notice is not retaliatory. Under Minn. Stat. § 504B.285, subdivision 2, if a notice to quit follows specified protected tenant conduct within 90 days, Landlord bears the burden of proving it was not served in whole or part for a retaliatory purpose.

Current Chapter 504B does not contain the prior template’s claimed statewide prohibition on no-cause termination during the first 12 months. Do not cite HF 1655 or a bill title as if it enacted such a rule; apply only current enacted law and any actual local or program restriction.

4. MOVE-OUT AND INSPECTION

Tenant should remove personal property, return keys and access devices, and provide a mailing address or delivery instructions for the security-deposit accounting.

Landlord will separately notify Tenant in writing of the option to request a move-out inspection and of Tenant’s right to be present as required by Minn. Stat. § 504B.182. If requested, the inspection must occur at a reasonable time no earlier than five days before termination, Lease end, or Tenant’s planned move-out date, and the parties must attempt to schedule a mutually acceptable date and time.

The prior version’s statement that Minnesota does not codify a pre-move-out inspection right was false.

5. SECURITY DEPOSIT

After receiving Tenant’s mailing address or delivery instructions, Landlord must mail or deliver the deposit and one-percent simple statutory interest, or a written statement giving the specific reasons for withholding, within three weeks after termination. A five-day deadline applies to a qualifying legal-condemnation departure. See Minn. Stat. § 504B.178.

Forwarding address or delivery instructions: [DETAILS]

6. POSSIBLE HOLDOVER ACTION

If Tenant remains after lawful termination of the tenancy by notice to quit, the person entitled to the Premises may seek possession under Minn. Stat. § 504B.285, subdivision 1(3), through judicial process. This notice itself does not award possession, damages, costs, or attorney fees and does not authorize self-help.

7. DELIVERY RECORD

Minn. Stat. § 504B.135 requires written notice but does not prescribe the generic menu of service methods stated in the prior template. Use a method authorized by the Lease and controlling law and reasonably calculated to prove timely receipt or delivery.

Authority for delivery method: [LEASE SECTION / LOCAL OR PROGRAM RULE / COUNSEL ANALYSIS]

Date, time, method, address, and recipient: [DETAILS]

Delivered by: [NAME / ROLE]

Signature: ________________________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

8. LANDLORD / AGENT SIGNATURE

Signature: ________________________________________

Printed Name / Title: [________________________________]

Date: [__/__/____]

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• Minn. Stat. § 504B.135 — Terminating Tenancy at Will
• Minn. Stat. § 504B.147 — Notice to Quit or Rent Increase
• Minn. Stat. § 504B.178 — Security Deposits
• Minn. Stat. § 504B.182 — Initial and Final Inspection
• Minn. Stat. § 504B.285 — Eviction Grounds and Retaliation