# Minnesota — Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state

For Minnesota, presumption period is 90 days; what the presumption does is the burden of proving that the notice to quit was not served in whole or part for a retaliatory purpose shall rest with the plaintiff; example of a protected activity is the alleged termination was intended in whole or part as a penalty for the defendant's good faith report to a governmental authority of the plaintiff's violation of a health, safety, housing, or building code or ordinance; statute is Minn. Stat. 504B.285, subd. 2, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Presumption period:** 90 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **What the presumption does:** the burden of proving that the notice to quit was not served in whole or part for a retaliatory purpose shall rest with the plaintiff _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Example of a protected activity:** the alleged termination was intended in whole or part as a penalty for the defendant's good faith report to a governmental authority of the plaintiff's violation of a health, safety, housing, or building code or ordinance _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Statute:** Minn. Stat. 504B.285, subd. 2 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> If the notice to quit was served within 90 days of the date of an act of the tenant coming within the terms of clause (1) or (2) the burden of proving that the notice to quit was not served in whole or part for a retaliatory purpose shall rest with the plaintiff.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Example of a protected activity

> (2) the alleged termination was intended in whole or part as a penalty for the defendant's good faith report to a governmental authority of the plaintiff's violation of a health, safety, housing, or building code or ordinance.

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504B.285

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
Part of [Landlord retaliation presumption period by US state](https://referencesource.org/landlord-retaliation-presumption-period-by-state/).