# Minnesota — How long a money judgment stays enforceable before it must be renewed, by state

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, not quoted from the source)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_
- **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, not quoted from the source)_
- **How the statute states the period:** The judgment survives, and the lien continues, for ten years after its entry. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Section:** 548.09 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## 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

## 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.

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/548.09
- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.04

Last verified: 2026-09-01. Review by: 2027-09-01.
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