Just cause eviction rules in St. Michael, MN — sometimes called tenant protection or "for cause" eviction ordinances — list the specific legal reasons a landlord can end a tenancy.
Minnesota has no statewide just-cause eviction law, and no Wright County city adds one. But Chapter 504B gives tenants real teeth: written notice, a court eviction before removal, and return of the deposit within 21 days with interest under MN Stat. §504B.178.
No statute requires a landlord in Buffalo, Monticello, St. Michael, or Albertville to prove cause before ending a tenancy. A landlord ends a month-to-month tenancy with written notice of one rental period, then must file an eviction action under Chapter 504B and win a court order before anyone is removed. Self-help lockouts and utility shutoffs are illegal. The 2024 tenant-law reforms tightened notice and habitability rules statewide. One concrete money protection: §504B.178 requires the landlord to return the deposit, with interest, within three weeks (21 days) after the tenancy ends, or send a written statement itemizing exactly what was withheld and why.
A landlord who withholds a deposit in bad faith owes the tenant the amount wrongly withheld plus a punitive sum under MN Stat. §504B.178. Illegal lockouts and utility cutoffs expose the landlord to damages under Chapter 504B.
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