Minnetonka, MN Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Sections 530.01 to 530.05, known as the Minnetonka rental registration ordinance, took effect February 3, 2024 under Ordinance No. 2023-20. The ordinance applies to any building and dwelling unit that is a residential rental property, including accessory dwelling units, garages, storage buildings and appurtenances, and the definition covers any portion of a building occupied for residential purposes by a tenant regardless of the duration of the rental period. A residential tenant is anyone who occupies a dwelling unit for a fee or other compensation under a written or verbal lease or contract.

Minnesota Department of Health licensed rest homes, convalescent care facilities, nursing homes, hotels, motels and owner-occupied units are outside the ordinance. Section 530.03 requires each owner to appoint a rental manager, a natural person able to respond in person to issues, upon whom the city can serve notices; the owner can serve as the rental manager. Under section 530.04 the city issues a non-transferable certificate of registration stating the date of issuance, the property address, the owner's name, the rental manager names and the number of dwelling units.

Issuing the certificate does not indicate the property has been or is expected to be inspected by the city. Within thirty days of a transfer of ownership, a change in rental manager, a change in the number of rental units or a change from owner occupancy to rental tenant occupancy, a new registration form is due. The owner must give a copy of the certificate to the tenant of each unit and post it: in each rental unit of a property with fewer than three units, near the common entry for buildings with four or more units and a common entry, and in a conspicuous location on the premises for buildings with four or more units and no common entry. The fee required by section 710, if any, accompanies the form.