# Minnesota — Security deposit return deadlines by US state — the statutory clock a landlord has to return a tenant's deposit, quoted from the state statute

For Minnesota, return deadline is three weeks; deadline in days is 21; what starts the clock is after termination of the tenancy; statute is Minn. Stat. § 504B.178, subd. 3, recorded from its source on 2026-08-26.

- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Return deadline:** three weeks _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Deadline in days:** 21 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What starts the clock:** after termination of the tenancy _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** Minn. Stat. § 504B.178, subd. 3 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Every landlord shall: (1) within three weeks after termination of the tenancy; or (2) within five days of the date when the tenant leaves the building or dwelling due to the legal condemnation of the building or dwelling in which the tenant lives for reasons not due to willful, malicious, or irresponsible conduct of the tenant, and after receipt of the tenant's mailing address or delivery instructions, return the deposit to the tenant, with interest thereon as provided in subdivision 2, or furnish to the tenant a written statement showing the specific reason for the withholding of the deposit or any portion thereof.

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/504B.178

Last verified: 2026-08-26. Review by: 2027-08-26.
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