Minnesota background check laws and process. Applicant(s) must have good credit history which shows on a credit report from our tenant screening provider, RentGrow.You don't need to send a credit report prior to looking at a place you aren't even sure you want to live at. This fact sheet talks about tenant screenings, how to see your report, and how to fix mistakes. The following pages describe what the law requires of both landlords and tenants in a typical rental agreement. A landlord may not: (1) charge an applicant a screening fee when the landlord knows or should have known that no rental unit is available at that time. A credit report will be run on every tenant. No credit, damaged or poor credit will result in additional deposit. Get Minnesota tenant screening background checks now! Apartment tenant screening services include credit, eviction, criminal and more for all of Minnesota.