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Also called: NDA; confidentiality agreement.
A search of the chapters that use the phrase turns up no definition of “nondisclosure agreement.” Minn. Stat. § 181.988, subd. 1(a), names the category only to carve it out of the noncompete ban:
A covenant not to compete does not include a nondisclosure agreement, or agreement designed to protect trade secrets or confidential information.
A full-text search of the Revisor’s official chapter file for chapter 181 on September 8, 2026 returns four uses of “nondisclosure” and no definition; chapters 177 and 325C do not use the word at all. This site therefore uses “nondisclosure agreement” for a contract that restricts what you may say or share, as opposed to where you may work — because that is the line § 181.988 draws, and it is the line that decides whether the ban applies.
Where this comes up
- Minnesota's noncompete ban did not touch your NDA or your nonsolicit — and no Minnesota employment or civil-rights statute voids a settlement NDA about harassment
- If you signed a Minnesota noncompete on or after July 1, 2023, it is void — and that does not touch your NDA
- The Exit Meeting: Every Document Handed Across the Table Runs on Its Own Statute and Its Own Clock
Sources checked September 8, 2026. Citations independently verified against the primary source September 8, 2026.