# Atlas Commons research objects — civil legal aid capacity for Minnesota (FY2025) — context brief

Minnesota's LSC-funded civil legal aid capacity from the LSC Basic Field grant directory, with each figure's status labeled so a consuming agent can weight it correctly: the measured LSC records (provider count, awarded grant dollars, service-area types, and the Census-based poverty population LSC allocates by); one computed figure — LSC funding per person in poverty — a transparent ratio neither LSC nor Census publishes, with its formula disclosed; and the interpretive boundary (what this funding/capacity surface is, and is not). Source: LSC Basic Field grant directory. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **5 LSC-funded civil legal aid providers received $6,678,489 in Minnesota (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **532,795 people in poverty live in the LSC service areas covering Minnesota (FY2025)** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory — poverty population (U.S. Census/ACS) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC grant counts by service-area type in Minnesota (FY2025): Basic Field 4, Agricultural Worker 2, Native American 1** — RECORDED · Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory (FY2025) (https://www.lsc.gov/about-lsc/who-we-are/our-grantees)
- **LSC civil legal aid funding is $11.86 per person in poverty in Minnesota (FY2025) — a derived ratio** — DERIVED · Justice Atlas — derived ratio (LSC allocation ÷ service-area poverty population, over the same set of grants) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **What this legal-aid surface is — and is NOT — for Minnesota (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the LSC facts above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)
- **Minnesota sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for defamation (libel / slander) (Minn. Stat. § 541.07(1))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.07)
- **Minnesota sets a 2 years civil statute of limitations for medical malpractice (Minn. Stat. § 541.076)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.076)
- **Minnesota sets a 3 years from death; max 6 years from act civil statute of limitations for wrongful death (Minn. Stat. § 573.02)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/573.02)
- **Minnesota sets a 4 years (strict liability) / 6 years (negligence) civil statute of limitations for product liability (Minn. Stat. § 541.05, subd. 2)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.05)
- **Minnesota sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract oral (Minn. Stat. § 541.05, subd. 1(1))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.05)
- **Minnesota sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for contract written (Minn. Stat. § 541.05, subd. 1(1))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.05)
- **Minnesota sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for fraud (Minn. Stat. § 541.05, subd. 1(6))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.05)
- **Minnesota sets a 6 years (negligence) / 2 years (intentional torts) civil statute of limitations for personal injury (Minn. Stat. § 541.05)** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.05)
- **Minnesota sets a 6 years civil statute of limitations for property damage (Minn. Stat. § 541.05, subd. 1(4))** — RECORDED · CaseFleet Civil Statute-of-Limitations Reference (2026) (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/541.05)
- **Why these statute-of-limitations periods are NOT your deadline (the L5 boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Justice Atlas framing (over the statutes above) (https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://justice-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/justice/states/mn.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Minnesota — every legal-aid indicator (typed)** (6): LSC-funded providers (distinct organizations) — 5 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; LSC service-area grants — 7 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory; Total LSC allocation (USD) — 6678489 — RECORDED — Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Basic Field grant directory…
**Minnesota — LSC grants by service-area type (RECORDED)** (3): Basic Field — 4; Agricultural Worker — 2; Native American — 1…
**Minnesota — LSC-funded legal-aid grants (RECORDED)** (7): Central Minnesota Legal Services, Inc. — MN-6 — Basic Field — 2351480 — 198294; Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Inc. — MN-5 — Basic Field — 2149346 — 181248; Justice North — MN-1 — Basic Field — 590043 — 49757…