Minnesota
For Minnesota, how the statute states the period is The judgment survives, and the lien continues, for ten years after its entry; section is 548.09, verified against its source on 2026-09-01.
- State
- Minnesota our reading
- How long the judgment stays enforceable before it must be renewed or revived
- Ten years from entry. The judgment survives, and its lien on the debtor's real property in the county continues, for that period and no longer. our reading
- What has to happen to extend it
- No renewal application. Minnesota's route is to sue on the judgment: an action upon a judgment must be begun within ten years after entry, and a creditor who brings that action in time and wins it holds a new judgment with its own ten years. Child support judgments are the exception - those are renewable under section 548.091. our reading
- How the statute states the period
- The judgment survives, and the lien continues, for ten years after its entry. verified
- Section
- 548.09 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
The judgment survives, and the lien continues, for ten years after its entry. Child support judgments may be renewed pursuant to section 548.091
— revisor.mn.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
State
2025 Minnesota Statutes CIVIL PROCEDURE Chapter 548 Section 548.09
What has to happen to extend it
541.04 JUDGMENTS, TEN YEARS. No action shall be maintained upon a judgment or decree of a court of the United States, or of any state or territory thereof, unless begun within ten years after the entry of such judgment.
Section
548.09 LIEN OF JUDGMENT.
— all from revisor.mn.gov, retrieved 2026-09-01
Sources
- revisor.mn.govhttps://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/548.09
- revisor.mn.govhttps://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.04