Minnesota's new HOA law
SF 1750 and your board
Updated September 22, 2026
Starting January 1, 2027, SF 1750 will require at least three written competitive bids before an association signs a maintenance, construction, repair, or reconstruction contract estimated at more than $50,000. The pages below answer the questions boards are asking, one at a time, with the statute cited. TruPoint writes the scope, runs the sealed bid, and keeps the record the law will ask for, so the board is ready before the date.
Minnesota Session Laws 2026, chapter 82, section 4, amending Minn. Stat. 515B.3-103. Effective January 1, 2027.
The questions boards ask
What the law will require
Signed May 12, 2026 as Chapter 82. The provisions that change how boards buy construction take effect January 1, 2027.
- Before entering any contract for property maintenance, construction, repair, or reconstruction services with an estimated cost over $50,000, the board or property manager will have to solicit a minimum of three written competitive bids.
- Any bid from a person affiliated with a board member, a board member's family, or the property manager will have to be disclosed before the bids are considered, and the disclosure recorded in the meeting minutes.
- The board selects from the bids on reasonable business criteria: cost, qualifications, warranties, conformance with the bid solicitation, and schedule.
- The association keeps records of the bid selection process and the contracts awarded for six years, available to unit owners.
- Exceptions exist for emergencies, urgent damage repairs, warranty work, sole-source vendors, volunteer-labor projects under the threshold, and cases where multiple bids cannot be obtained despite reasonable effort.
- The same law bars board members and property managers from accepting anything of value as an inducement on a maintenance, construction, repair, or reconstruction contract, effective the same date.
Where TruPoint comes in
- Scope Build: the written scope, so every bidder prices the same job.
- Bid Processing: three or more sealed bids opened together, with a side by side comparison against the criteria of SF 1750, the disclosures for the minutes, and the six year record.
- Project Oversight: the job done right, through closeout.
- Scope, bidding, and Project Oversight quoted after the free review. What it costs.
Quick answers
When does SF 1750 take effect?
SF 1750, the Homeowners Association Bill of Rights, was signed May 12, 2026 as Chapter 82. The provisions that change how boards buy construction take effect January 1, 2027, and apply to association activity on or after that date.
What will SF 1750 require for competitive bids?
For a property maintenance, construction, repair, or reconstruction contract with an estimated cost over $50,000, the board or property manager will have to solicit at least three written competitive bids, disclose any affiliated bidder in the minutes, select on reasonable business criteria, and keep records of the process for six years.
Does SF 1750 apply to my association right now?
The competitive bid provision takes effect January 1, 2027. Boards have the rest of 2026 to get their bid process ready ahead of the date.
What does TruPoint do on SF 1750 projects?
The construction and bidding side: the scope, a clean competitive bid, and the record from start to finish, so the board is ready before the date.
A contract over $50,000 on the 2027 calendar?
Send the reserve study and the projects on the list. We come back with a bid plan, in writing, at no charge.