Minnesota Rent Increase Notice

A free Minnesota rent increase notice that follows Minnesota law. Fill in the boxes, check the rules below, then print or copy it. Keep a copy and proof of how you sent it.

What Minnesota law says

Notice before a rent increase	No statute sets a fixed rent-increase notice period. If the lease gives the landlord a notice period for a rent increase, it cannot be shorter than the notice the lease requires the tenant to give before moving out, and this cannot be waived. A month-to-month (at-will) tenancy needs written termination notice of at least one rent interval or 3 months, whichever is shorter. Source: Minn. Stat. § 504B.147, subd. 3-4; § 504B.135
Rent control / increase limits	No statewide rent cap. State law preempts local rent control unless the measure is approved by voters in a general election. Saint Paul has a rent stabilization ordinance (originally adopted 'Ord of 11-2-2021', the 2021 general election date, per the ordinance's history notes): a 3% cap on increases within any 12-month period, with exceptions. Source: Minn. Stat. § 471.9996; Saint Paul Legislative Code ch. 193A

Notice before a rent increase

No statute sets a fixed rent-increase notice period. If the lease gives the landlord a notice period for a rent increase, it cannot be shorter than the notice the lease requires the tenant to give before moving out, and this cannot be waived. A month-to-month (at-will) tenancy needs written termination notice of at least one rent interval or 3 months, whichever is shorter.

Source: Minn. Stat. § 504B.147, subd. 3-4; § 504B.135

Rent control / increase limits

No statewide rent cap. State law preempts local rent control unless the measure is approved by voters in a general election. Saint Paul has a rent stabilization ordinance (originally adopted 'Ord of 11-2-2021', the 2021 general election date, per the ordinance's history notes): a 3% cap on increases within any 12-month period, with exceptions.

Source: Minn. Stat. § 471.9996; Saint Paul Legislative Code ch. 193A

Fill in your letter

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To: [tenant name(s)]

Premises: [rental address]

Your rent will change from $[current rent] to $[new rent] per [month], starting [effective date].

This notice is given under Minn. Stat. § 504B.147, subd. 3-4; § 504B.135. If a fixed-term lease is in effect, the new rent starts only when the lease allows a change.

All other terms of your tenancy stay the same.

Questions: [landlord name, phone, email].

Date: [today's date]
Landlord or agent: [your name]
Signature: ____________________

How to send it: use a method you can prove — certified mail with return receipt, or email/text if your lease allows notices that way. Write down the date.

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