Treble Damages Calculator Guide for Minnesota

US-MN treble damages rules

This source-backed guide covers US-MN treble damages authority (Minn. Stat. § 548.05 (treble damages for trespass — automatic 3x); Minn. Stat. § 604.14 (civil theft — actual + up to 100% punitive, NOT 3x); Minn. Stat. § 504B.231 (security deposit — treble or $500); Minn. Stat. § 325F.69 / § 8.31(3a) (Consumer Fraud Act — actual damages + fees, NO treble)). It explains how to read the calculator's multiplier output and points to the controlling US-MN multiplier statutes.

What the output means

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When the calculator shows a multiplier result, read it as a statutory multiplier on the base damages figure, not as a separate damages category.

• Base damages stay the same until the multiplier is applied.
• The statutory multiplier changes the total by the rule-specified factor.
• Any cap, exception, or carve-out still controls if the statute says it does.

US-MN rule notes

Statutory multiplier

Minn. Stat. § 548.05 (treble damages for trespass — automatic 3x); Minn. Stat. § 604.14 (civil theft — actual + up to 100% punitive, NOT 3x); Minn. Stat. § 504B.231 (security deposit — treble or $500); Minn. Stat. § 325F.69 / § 8.31(3a) (Consumer Fraud Act — actual damages + fees, NO treble) governs the treble (multiple) damages rule for US-MN.

548.05. Whoever shall carry away, use or destroy any wood, timber, lumber, hay, grass, or other personal property of another person, without lawful authority, shall be liable to the owner thereof for treble the amount of damages assessed therefor in an action to recover such damages. If upon trial, the defendant proves having probable cause to believe that such property was the defendant's own, or was owned by the person for whom the defendant acted, judgment shall be given for the actual damages only, and for costs.

What changes the result most

• The base damages input, because the multiplier applies to that number.
• The statutory multiplier itself, because 2x, 3x, and 4x produce different totals.
• Any cap or carve-out in the statute, because it can limit the multiplied amount.

Use the calculator

DocketMath's treble-damages calculator can model multiplier outcomes once you identify the controlling statute and whether a cap or exception applies. Use the source panel for the verified primary-source rule.

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Sources

• 548.05 — Minn. Stat. § 548.05 (treble damages for trespass — automatic 3x); Minn. Stat. § 604.14 (civil theft — actual + up to 100% punitive, NOT 3x); Minn. Stat. § 504B.231 (security deposit — treble or $500); Minn. Stat. § 325F.69 / § 8.31(3a) (Consumer Fraud Act — actual damages + fees, NO treble)

All sources are official primary law published by www.revisor.mn.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.