Minnesota security deposit itemization
A Minnesota landlord must send the itemized statement within 21 days after the later of move-out and receiving the tenant's forwarding address. Miss it and the tenant can sue for the penalty. The generator checks the deadline, the delivery method and the documentation as you fill it in.
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What Minnesota requires
- Deadline
- Three weeks after the tenancy ends and the tenant's mailing address or delivery instructions arrive (five days if the building was condemned).
- Delivery
- First-class mail, postage prepaid, to the address or delivery instructions the tenant furnished is sufficient compliance.
- If it is late
- A penalty equal to the amount withheld plus interest, on top of the refund; bad faith adds punitive damages of up to $500 per deposit and is presumed unless the deposit is returned within two weeks of suit.
- Condition record
- Tell the tenant at the start of the tenancy, or within 14 days of move-in, that they may request a move-in inspection, and give written notice of the right to a move-out inspection; skipping either triggers the penalty.
- Interest
- Simple interest at 1% a year.
- Statute
- Minn. Stat. §§ 504B.178, 504B.182
What goes on the statement
The deposit and the date it was received, each deduction with a specific description and amount, the total withheld, and the refund or balance owed. Minnesota landlords also record how and when the statement was sent, because the deadline is measured to that date. Damage lines should say what was damaged and how, not just a room name: a tenant, and a judge, can tell a burn mark from carpet wear.
Interest, a separate deposit account, receipts, photographs and a sworn attestation are only required in some states. The generator shows the fields Minnesota needs and leaves out the ones it does not.
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