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Also called: good faith report; good-faith belief.
“Good faith” means conduct that does not violate section 181.932, subdivision 3.
Minn. Stat. § 181.931, subd. 4. The cross-reference is short:
This section does not permit an employee to make statements or disclosures knowing that they are false or that they are in reckless disregard of the truth.
Minn. Stat. § 181.932, subd. 3. Subdivision 4 was new in Laws 2013, ch. 83, § 1, and the form of the definition is the point — good faith is defined by what disqualifies a report, not by what qualifies one. On the statute’s face the question is the truthfulness of the report, and the section says nothing about the reporter’s motive.
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Sources checked September 8, 2026. Citations independently verified against the primary source September 8, 2026.