Start with the City’s Property Information Search. Enter the street number and a simple street name, choose the matching address or property ID, and open the Truth in Sale of Housing tab. Save the report date, evaluator, and every RRE, RRP, or LIC repair item. Then identify the file’s stage: a Certificate of Approval, an Acknowledgement of Responsibility at closing, or a buyer Certificate of Completion after repairs and reinspection. These records answer different questions.
Check whether this sale needs a TISH report
The City’s TISH overview requires a report before showing a single-family house, duplex, townhouse, or first-time condominium conversion for sale. The page covers owner and agent sales, advertising, contracts for deed, and other title transfers. Confirm the property and transfer type on the current City page instead of assuming every Minneapolis transaction follows the same rule.
Two listed documents create narrow exceptions. A Certificate of Code Compliance issued after a property is brought out of condemnation is good for up to one year for this purpose. A Certificate of Occupancy for a newly built property is good for one sale. Other occupancy records and older certificates fall outside these exceptions.
Follow a Minneapolis TISH record from evaluation to certificate
A licensed evaluator files the TISH report online. The City’s evaluation instructions say the report is valid for two years or one sale. That validity rule governs sales; how long reports stay online or in files is a separate question for staff.
- TISH report: records the evaluation and identifies required repairs. Work that needs a permit also has its own permit and inspection files.
- Certificate of Approval: the City issues this when the report has no required repairs or the seller’s required repairs are completed and verified before closing.
- Acknowledgement of Responsibility: records that required repairs remain and the buyer accepts responsibility at closing. The repairs are still open at this stage.
- Buyer Certificate of Completion: follows completed repairs and successful reinspection. It records that later TISH step for the listed items.
The current acknowledgement page says seller and buyer sign at closing and the buyer files the form within one business day. The linked form, marked rev05/22, visibly provides a buyer signature block and says filing is the joint responsibility of the buyer, buyer’s agent, and closer. Use the form linked from the current City page, and ask TISH staff which signature instructions apply if the page and form differ.
For a buyer file, the current reinspection page says to complete the repairs and required reinspections within 90 days of closing. If the expected clearance is missing, contact TISH staff with the report and repair details, and confirm any extension, fee or alternate deadline with them.
Send each TISH repair code to the right verifier
The City’s evaluator guidelines define three routing codes. The current reinspection page supplies the live verifier route:
- RRE — Required Repair Evaluator: a licensed TISH evaluator returns and signs off the repair.
- RRP — Required Repair Permit: the work needs a permit, the responsible inspector inspects it, and program staff signs off the TISH item. Building, plumbing, and mechanical permits route to the City inspector listed on the permit; electrical permits route to the State electrical inspector.
- LIC — licensed-contractor safety check: the appropriate licensed contractor performs the safety check, and program staff reviews the safety-check form. Repair work found during that check may still need a permit.
A code tells you who must verify the item; the sign-off record shows that verification happened. Likewise, a permit number shows issuance, while a passed inspection, final status and occupancy approval each have their own entries.
Example: a TISH report with one RRE item and one RRP item
Imagine a fictional TISH report with one RRE item and one RRP item. The evaluator can return for the RRE repair, and that visit covers only the RRE item. The RRP item still needs its permit and assigned inspection route. If the sale closes first, an acknowledgement records the transfer of responsibility for both open repairs.
Keep a small record trail: property address and property ID, report date, evaluator, each repair code, related permit number, verifier, inspection outcome, and the certificate actually issued. This prevents a Certificate of Approval, acknowledgement, or Certificate of Completion from being mistaken for the other two.
Ask Minneapolis TISH staff for the exact missing record
The City’s documented lookup begins with street number and a simple street name, then the address or property ID and the TISH tab. The City’s pages give no start date for records shown online, so a missing entry is a reason to ask staff rather than an answer about the report or permit.
If the lookup is unavailable or the expected report or certificate is missing, contact Minneapolis TISH at truthinhousing@minneapolismn.gov or 612-673-5840. Give the address, property ID, approximate report or closing date, evaluator, repair codes, and exact document needed. Ask whether staff can confirm an older report, Certificate of Approval, acknowledgement, or Certificate of Completion by name rather than “the history.”
Use permit records for permit and final-status questions
TISH is a sale-evaluation program, and whether work was permitted and reached final inspection is shown in the permit record. For older construction clues, use the Minneapolis historic permit and 1934 survey guide. When completion is the question, compare the inspection and permit fields described in our final-inspection status guide.
Read each document for its own result: a TISH report for the items it evaluated, an acknowledgement for repairs still owed, and a TISH certificate for the TISH step. Building-permit finals and Certificates of Occupancy come from the permit file.
Minneapolis TISH, evaluation, reinspection, acknowledgement and Property Information Search pages checked October 5, 2026.