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Also called: probable cause determination; no probable cause.
On other charges the commissioner shall make a determination within 12 months after the charge was filed as to whether or not there is probable cause to credit the allegation of unfair discriminatory practices.
Minn. Stat. § 363A.28, subd. 6(b). The chapter tells the commissioner what to decide without saying what the standard is: a full-text search of the Revisor’s official chapter file for chapter 363A on September 8, 2026 turns up no definition of “probable cause.” What subdivision 6 does supply is consequence. A no-probable-cause determination is served within ten days and may be reconsidered on written request within 30 days, but it “shall not be appealed to the court of appeals pursuant to section 363A.34 or sections 14.63 to 14.68.” A probable-cause finding sends the matter toward conciliation under subdivision 8 and, failing that, a complaint and hearing.
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Sources checked September 8, 2026. Citations independently verified against the primary source September 8, 2026.