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Minnesota notice of entry template

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Your Minnesota notice of entry has 2 rules to meet. ReportDraft puts every one on your checklist and checks your draft before you sign.

  • 24 hours' notice with a time window, entry 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Entered without notice while the tenant was out: leave a written note inside

A notice of entry template set up for Minnesota. In Word and PDF.

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Minnesota Notice of entry Template
Landlord or property manager
Tenant names
Rental unit address
Date the notice is given
How the notice is given
Date of entry
Time of entry or time window
Purpose of entry
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Minnesota rules for this report

These rules are about how and when you report, not the template's fields. Check them before you deliver.

  • The privacy rules bind the landlord and the landlord's agent or anyone acting under the landlord's direction; a landlord includes an owner, contract for deed vendee, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee, agent or other person controlling the rental propertyMinn. Stat. s. 504B.211, subd. 1 ยท Minn. Stat. s. 504B.001, subd. 7
  • A landlord may enter only for a reasonable business purpose and after a good faith effort to give reasonable notice of not less than 24 hours; the notice gives a time or anticipated window, entry is between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. unless both agree otherwise, and the right to notice cannot be waived as a lease conditionMinn. Stat. s. 504B.211, subd. 2
  • Reasonable business purposes include showings to prospective tenants or buyers or an insurer, maintenance work, code inspections by officials, a disturbance or a reasonably suspected lease violation in the unit, senior housing housekeeping, a suspected unlawful occupant, and a vacated unitMinn. Stat. s. 504B.211, subd. 3
  • Without notice, the landlord may enter when immediate entry is reasonably necessary to prevent injury to people or property, to check a tenant's safety, or to comply with local ordinances on unlawful activityMinn. Stat. s. 504B.211, subd. 4
  • If the landlord enters without prior notice while the tenant is away, the landlord leaves a written disclosure of the entry in a conspicuous place in the unitMinn. Stat. s. 504B.211, subd. 5
  • A violation can bring a rent reduction up to rescission of the lease, recovery of the damage deposit, a civil penalty of up to 500 dollars for each violation and reasonable attorney feesMinn. Stat. s. 504B.211, subd. 6

What is in it

  • Notice of entryThe notice to the tenant, in the standard wording filled in with the entries.
  • Additional detailsAnything else the tenant should know: keys, pets, access instructions.

Rules last reviewed October 26, 2026. Read the full Minnesota notice of entry requirements.