Although chapter 504B nowhere expressly defines "complaint," a statute's meaning is informed by its surrounding sections. Schroedl , 616 N.W.2d at 277. And the meaning of "complaint" as used in 504B.441 is obvious from the context of the statute as a whole. Beginning with section 504B.395 and ending 14 sections later in 504B.471, the statute provides the procedure and substance for tenant-remedy civil actions. The legislature begins by announcing the procedure, "An action may be brought in district court ...." Minn. Stat. § 504B.395, subd. 1 (2016) (emphasis added). Describing this action, the statute specifies that "the action must be started by service of a complaint and summons." Id ., subd. 5 (2016) (emphasis added). "The complaint must be verified and must" meet specified requirements. Id ., subd. 6 (2016). The next section explains that the court administrator must issue the landlord a summons after the administrator receives "the complaint." Minn. Stat. § 504B.401 (2016). Two sections later the statute presents the responses that a landlord may identify as defenses to a "complaint" filed under section 504B.395. Minn. Stat. § 504B.415 (2016). Another section allows the court to take certain action "if the court finds that the complaint in section 504B.395 has been proved." Minn. Stat. § 504B.425(a) (2016). It is in this context of a tenant's civil action for remedies, brought through the filing and service of a civil complaint in district court, that section 504B.441 appears and states, "A residential tenant may not be evicted ... if the eviction ... is intended as a penalty for the residential tenant's ... complaint of a violation. The burden of proving otherwise is on the landlord if the eviction ... occurs within 90 days after filing the complaint ." Minn. Stat. § 504B.441 (emphasis added).