Apple Valley, MN

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a backyard fire pit is a recreational fire site: no larger than three feet by three feet by three feet, ringed by noncombustible material, and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can start open burning without an open burn permit from the Fire Department, and leaves, grass clippings, plastics, rubber, treated wood…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.07 bans selling, storing or exploding fireworks unless the state statutes it adopts allow it, and sets its own limits on consumer…

Under the Minnesota State Fire Code, propane (LP-gas) cylinders larger than 1 pound cannot be stored or used indoors at a home, including attached or detached garages. Twenty-pound…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code, placed in and near each bedroom and on every level. This is a statewide rule…

Minnesota DNR designates statewide and regional wildfire restriction zones during elevated fire danger, suspending all burning permits. Restrictions apply uniformly within designated…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 91.17 bans dogs running at large at any time, except inside a city-designated off-leash dog area that meets its conditions. Owners must be 16…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no person can disturb or interfere with any birds or animals kept or found in a city park, and hunting or trapping in parks is prohibited. The…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no person can keep more than three service animals, or more than three each of dogs, ferrets and cats over four months old, with a combined…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 91.06(D) bans skunks, large cats, wolves and other Canidae, wolf and coyote crossbreeds, poisonous snakes, raccoons, piranhas, snakeheads…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every cat four months or older must be vaccinated against rabies and distemper and wear a current vaccination tag on a collar or harness…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, dogs are regulated by conduct, not breed. A police officer, community service officer or animal control officer can declare a dog dangerous or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the only microchip mandate in the animal code applies to dogs declared potentially dangerous or dangerous. The owner must implant a microchip…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the animal chapter names bees in its definition of FARM ANIMAL, and § 91.06(D)(1)(b) bars keeping farm animals except on property zoned for…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 91.06(D)(1)(b) prohibits farm poultry and farm animals unless they are on property zoned for agricultural uses. Horses are the one residential…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, an animal hospital or clinic is a permitted use in the GB general business district when contained within a building, under § 155.126(I). The…

In Dakota County parks it is unlawful to feed or otherwise disturb wildlife under Park Ordinance 107, Section 5.4. Off park land, deer and other wildlife-feeding limits are set by your…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every property owner must cut, remove and prevent weeds, grasses and rank vegetation on their property that exceed eight inches in height. A…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 51.05(G) makes it unlawful to water for irrigation between 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. from May 1 through September 30 each year. The same limits…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, tree limbs that overhang public streets, sidewalks or paths are a prohibited nuisance if they hang less than ten feet above a sidewalk or path…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, removing a significant tree, meaning a healthy deciduous tree eight inches or larger or a conifer six inches or larger, triggers replacement…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, native plants are required, not merely allowed, in the protective buffer strips along lakes, stormwater ponds and wetlands under Apple Valley…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, all compostable material must be confined to a container. A compost container goes in the rear yard between the rear property line and the rear…

Minnesota does not restrict collecting rainwater in barrels for gardens and landscaping, but plumbed nonpotable rainwater catchment systems that supply fixtures, water features, or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 91.19(A) makes it a public nuisance to keep or harbor any animal that habitually barks, cries, whimpers or otherwise emits loud or unusual…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.56 bars building construction, remodeling and repair between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily. The same window covers utility and street…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.58 bans running any electronic sound system or audio equipment in an unreasonably loud manner. A violation is presumed when the sound is…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 70.05 makes it a petty misdemeanor to drive so as to cause unnecessary engine noise, backfire or tire squeal, and § 130.58(C) holds the owner…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 caps amplified sound in county parks to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and bans loud, unnecessary or unusual noise that disturbs the peace…

Dakota County uses Minnesota's statewide MPCA decibel standard (Minn. R. 7030). In residential areas the L50 limit is 60 dBA daytime and 50 dBA at night, with L10 limits of 65 and 55…

Aircraft noise in Minnesota is governed primarily by federal aviation rules, with state oversight through the Metropolitan Airports Commission and MnDOT airport zoning standards. Local…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 71.19(A) bars stopping, standing or parking on sidewalks, in front of driveway access, in intersections, on crosswalks and within ten feet of…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no commercial motor vehicle over one ton capacity and no commercial trailer can be parked or stored in a residential district, except when…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can stop, stand or park a motor vehicle on a public street or roadway for longer than five minutes between 3:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no owner or driver can park a motor vehicle, or let one remain, on any street while snow plowing or snow removal operations are in progress. The…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a vehicle is abandoned when it sits more than 48 hours on public property, or without consent on private property, and lacks vital parts or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, loading areas must be off-street and on the same lot as the building they serve. They cannot sit next to a residential district or face a public…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a residential lot smaller than one acre can keep one Class I and one Class II RV or trailer outside, or two Class I units. A lot of one acre or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, single-family driveways and parking areas must be surfaced with concrete, asphalt or brick pavers unless the City approves pervious material. A…

Minnesota Statutes chapter 168B governs nonconsensual towing and impoundment. It sets no cap on hookup, mileage, storage, or gate fees, and it creates no drop fee for an owner who…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 153.60 of the Code of Ordinances caps retaining walls and terrace contours at 30 inches in height unless the city approves more, requires…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, barbed wire fences are not permitted in any district except agricultural unless the City Council specifically permits them. Electric fences are…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can build a fence, wall or similar barrier taller than seven feet without first getting a permit from the city. Height is measured from…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a boundary fence must sit entirely on the private property of the person building it, unless the adjoining owner agrees in writing to a fence on…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a boundary fence on a residential lot is held to 3½ feet, with eight-foot exceptions on side and rear lines, and corner lots keep a 30-foot curb…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a swimming pool needs a barrier at least 48 inches high that completely surrounds and restricts access to the pool. Gates must be self-closing…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can construct, install or locate a swimming pool without first obtaining a swimming pool permit from the city. Storable swimming or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, an accessory unit dwelling (AUD) is allowed only inside or attached to a one-family detached home in the R-1 district, and only with a…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the property owner must live in either the main house or the accessory unit dwelling as a permanent residence. Under Apple Valley Code of…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, an accessory unit dwelling cannot be used as a rental unit for any period less than 30 consecutive days. Apple Valley Code of Ordinances §…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, garage space can be converted into an accessory unit dwelling only if space remains for a two-car garage on the lot without a variance. Apple…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, an outdoor accessory storage building over 200 square feet of enclosed area on a residential lot needs a building permit. Code § 155.332 caps…

Minnesota's tiny-home statute, Minn. Stat. § 327.30, legalizes "micro units", permanent dwellings of 400 gross square feet or less, but only when placed within a…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no dwelling or portion of a dwelling can be used as a rental unit for any period less than 30 consecutive days. The code prints no short-term…

Dakota County has no STR parking rule. Cities set them. Mendota Heights limits overnight vehicles to the number allowed by its Property Maintenance Code and requires listings to state…

Minnesota sales tax applies to short-term rentals under 30 days. Dakota County has no county-wide lodging tax. Cities and towns may impose up to a 3% local lodging tax under Minn…

Dakota County sets no STR occupancy limit. Cities do. Mendota Heights caps rentals at five bedrooms and limits occupancy to two persons per bedroom (four in a bedroom over 280 square…

Dakota County sets no minimum or maximum night rule. A short-term rental is any stay of 30 consecutive days or less. Cities may add minimums; Mendota Heights requires a two-night…

Dakota County sets no STR-specific noise rule. Cities require operators to keep guests from creating a nuisance and enforce local noise limits, which follow MPCA standards of 60 dBA…

Dakota County has no rule, but some cities restrict short-term rentals to owner-occupied primary residences. Mendota Heights allows STRs only in a primary residence, defined as a…

Dakota County has no STR insurance rule. Cities focus on safety: Mendota Heights requires working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms per Minn. Stat. 299F.362 and 299F.51 plus a fire…

Dakota County imposes no host-presence rule. Cities that tie STRs to a primary residence effectively require an owner-operator connection. Mendota Heights defines the operator as an…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a day care home licensed under M.S. § 245.812 is a permitted use in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts. A day care home not licensed by the state…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a home occupation is a permitted use in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts, but only if it stays inside the principal structure, shows no evidence…

Cottage food is a statewide program, so Dakota County home cooks follow Minnesota's cottage food law. You may sell non-hazardous home-made foods after registering with the state, with…

Minnesota has never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, and its food code closes the door from the other side. Minn. R. 4626.1425 says a private home, a room used as living…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, placing any obstruction or digging in a public right-of-way or on public grounds without a city permit is a declared public nuisance and is…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 94.17 declares obstructions and excavations affecting public use of streets, alleys and sidewalks a public nuisance unless the code or other…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every residential rental property must be registered with the city by the owner or the rental manager, on a separate form for each property. The…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, Chapter 122 requires every residential rental property to be registered with the City and to be operated as decent, safe and sanitary housing…

Since a 2023 amendment, Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.321, subd. 1a requires a landlord to give a tenant 14 days' written notice before filing an eviction for nonpayment of rent. The notice…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.211 a landlord must give reasonable notice of not less than 24 hours before entering a tenant's unit and may enter only for a reasonable business purpose…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.177 caps late fees on residential rent at 8% of the overdue rent payment and allows a late fee only if landlord and tenant agreed to it in writing. The statute…

Under Minn. Stat. Sec. 504B.135, either party may end a tenancy at will with written notice at least as long as the rent interval or three months, whichever is less. For monthly rent…

Minnesota has no statewide rent cap and generally bars local rent control under Minn. Stat. § 471.9996, but it carves out one exception: a city, county, or town may control rents if…

Minnesota has no rent control statute and no dollar cap on rent increases. A rent change on a month-to-month tenancy takes effect at a new term, so notice follows the termination rule…

Minnesota sets no statutory cap on residential security deposits under Minn. Stat. § 504B.178. The landlord must return the deposit, plus 1% simple interest, within three weeks after…

Minn. Stat. Sec. 541.02 sets a 15-year limitations period to recover real estate, the basis for adverse possession. For platted, taxed land the claimant must also have paid the…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, operating a massage therapy business requires a city license, and each massage therapist needs a separate license. Licenses are annual and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, adult establishments and high impact adult accessory uses are prohibited in every use district except ten listed business, planned development…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, no one can sell or offer to sell tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco related devices without a city license, and § 115.19…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, no person can carry on business as a pawnbroker or precious metal dealer without a city license under Chapter 117. The City…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the City Council designates one or more official towing contractors by motion or resolution, and they serve at its pleasure. Contractors must…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, residents in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 districts can repair and maintain motor vehicles they own as a permitted accessory use. Under § 155.348, minor…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 94.15 declares specific conditions public nuisances affecting health, including decayed food, stagnant water, unburied carcasses, accumulated…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, wood smokers, charcoal grills, hibachis and propane or natural gas grills are not recreational fires under § 93.31. The main restriction is §…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 93.06 bans open flame, barbecues, torches and fuel on balconies above ground level, and on ground floor patios within 15 feet of the…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, willfully or intentionally urinating or defecating in any public place, or anywhere others are likely to be exposed to it, is declared a public…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, persons 21 or older can possess, consume or display alcoholic beverages in any city park, but distilled spirits are banned in parks except at…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.09 bars using cannabis flower, cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles or hemp-derived consumer products on city property or in any…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 130.59 bars permitting or participating in a party or gathering that causes unreasonably loud noise. A violation is presumed when noise is…

Dakota County bans smoking and vaping of any kind on county park property and recreational facilities, with narrow exceptions for parking lots, roadways, rented campsites, and…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 limits roller-skating, in-line skating, and skateboarding to designated bikeways, roadways, and trails, bans nuisance or unsafe riding, and caps speed…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 bans entering closed park buildings or areas, being present after posted hours, and loitering, sleeping, or congregating inside a building or closed…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 94.35 lists noxious weeds including Buckthorn, Purple Loosestrife, Leafy Spurge, Canada Thistle and Wild Parsnip. Section 94.36 requires every…

City parks in the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota open at 5:00 a.m. and close at 10:00 p.m. No one but a city agent, employee or police officer on official duty can be in a park while…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, minors under 15 must be off public places from 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 11:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday until 5:00 a.m. Minors…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the owner or occupant of real property must remove snow or ice from public sidewalks within 48 hours after it has been deposited. Asphalt…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a building or property that is a fire risk or a threat to public safety and health because of dilapidation, damage, unsanitary condition or…

Dakota County has no countywide vacant-lot maintenance ordinance. Cities require owners to keep vacant lots free of tall grass, weeds, junk, and debris under their nuisance codes…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can perform electrical work without an electrical permit first issued by the city. Permits go to state-licensed electrical contractors…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, any work done under a permit required by Chapter 150 must be inspected by the city. The Minnesota State Building Code and the permit itself set…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, building and mechanical work needs a permit as the Minnesota State Building Code requires, and plumbing work needs one under the Minnesota…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a child care center in an I-1 industrial district needs a conditional use permit from the City Council, a State of Minnesota license, and a spot…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, Dakota County Ordinance No. 110 organics requirements apply through Apple Valley Code of Ordinances § 50.03(C). Owners, managers, and event…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, bulk and large-item collection runs under the code's "special pick-up" definition in § 50.01: white goods, furniture, oversized materials, and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 50.04(B) lets licensed collectors work Saturdays to accommodate recognized national holidays and lets them collect outside a hauling zone's…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 50.06 bars depositing refuse or yard waste on any public street, in public waters or on the ice, on shoreland areas beside public ponds or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, waste containers go to the curb or the agreed collection point no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the night before collection day. Between pickups…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every licensed hauler must offer a separate weekly yard waste collection for a minimum of eight weeks in the spring starting April 1 and eight…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, licensed haulers can make individual residential pickups only between 6:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, with Saturday allowed for…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a flexible dumpster or compact dumpster cannot exceed five cubic yards, must sit behind the street curb and outside sidewalks, paths and trails…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every residential dwelling and commercial or industrial establishment must be under a contract with a licensed collector for garbage, refuse and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every licensed hauler must offer individual residential customers weekly recycling collection on the same day as garbage. Bi-weekly recycling is…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 50.03(C) applies Dakota County Ordinance No. 110 to multi-unit residential buildings and large event venues with organics. Buildings must…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, no person can work as a peddler or solicitor without a city license, and peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants need the…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, a property owner or tenant can bar peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants by posting a placard at least four inches by…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 51.09 requires any owner, occupant or user who discovers a leak in a service line to notify the Utilities Superintendent within 24 hours…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, every operator of a hotel, motel, rooming house, tourist court or resort must impose and collect a 3% tax on the gross…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, each vending cart needs its own city license and can operate only at the location named in it. The code grants a maximum of…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, in Dakota County, vending carts are permitted only along 147th Street from Galaxie to Pennock Avenues, Pennock Avenue from 147th to 153rd…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no vending cart or mobile food unit can sell food or beverage to the public anywhere in the city except as part of a permitted outdoor…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 154.05 prohibits advertising or billboard signs on any property other than the premises of the business advertised, and prohibits electronic…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 154.03(H) keeps inside window signs out of the 20% wall coverage computation but caps them at 50% of the coverage of the window area along any…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 154.03(J) lets temporary political signs go up no earlier than 100 days before an election, requires removal within ten days after it…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 154.03(M) limits garage sale signs to a maximum of three days for each sale, no more than three sales each calendar year for a household, and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 153.59 of the Code of Ordinances sets the planting standard for street trees in new subdivisions: not less than 40 feet apart, at least one…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, oak trees get the code's only species-specific replacement rule: a lost significant oak must be replaced by an oak, placed where the city…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the only place the Code of Ordinances names a data center as a use is Zone 2 of the property designated by Ordinance No. 1053, where it is a…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the regulatory flood protection elevation is no lower than one foot above the regional flood elevation. Structures in the Floodplain (FP)…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, Chapter 156 adopts the Dakota County FIRM panels dated December 2, 2011 as the Floodplain (FP) District, an overlay on the underlying zoning…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, construction that disturbs soil needs a natural resources management permit and a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) naming its…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, development cannot send surface runoff onto adjacent property, and Apple Valley Code of Ordinances § 152.55 requires on-site infiltration of the…

Docks wider than eight feet on unincorporated Dakota County shoreland need a shoreland building permit from the Zoning Administrator and may also require a Minnesota DNR dock permit…

Development along Minnesota's Lake Superior shoreland outside Duluth must meet the standards in the North Shore Management Plan, set statewide by Minnesota Rules 6120.2800, subpart 1a…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, light cast on an adjacent residential property cannot exceed 1/2 foot candle as measured at the property line. In commercial and industrial…

In every district of the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, lighting for off-street parking areas and signs must deflect light away from adjoining residential zones and public streets…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, outdoor dining is an accessory use to a Class I, II, or III restaurant and needs site plan review by the Planning Commission and City Council…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a temporary outdoor event permit is required for any parade, for events needing street closures, and for larger athletic and vendor events…

Dakota County requires a Special Use Permit for any exclusive or special use of park grounds, greenways, trails, or facilities, or for events expected to draw 50 or more people, issued…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, every building and accessory structure must be kept free from rodent or pest infestation. Owners and occupants cannot let garbage, refuse or…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 155.080(B) raises the maximum density in the M-1 through M-8 multiple-family districts for six design features, from 0.25 units/acre for full…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, areas and uses in Downtown Apple Valley must also follow the Downtown Design Guidelines adopted to the City Council's satisfaction, on top of…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 155.020 makes all types of agricultural pursuits, including the keeping, raising or production of livestock, a permitted use in the…

Minnesota's Right to Farm law in Minn. Stat. 561.19 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits when they have operated for at least two years and comply with…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, cannabis retail stores are confined to commercial, industrial and agricultural zoning through a district use table in Code § 155.320, and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a cannabis business cannot locate within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school, within 500 feet of a state licensed day care, residential treatment…

Minnesota Statutes section 342.09 allows adults 21 and older to cultivate up to eight cannabis plants per residence, with no more than four mature, statewide. Cities cannot prohibit…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, garage sales are limited to three consecutive days and not more than three per calendar year, per residence, under § 155.053(J). Garage sale…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 155.350(B) caps impervious surface on one-family detached and twinhome lots at 35% for lots of 10,000 sq. ft. or greater, rising to 40%, 45%…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the R-1 row of Chapter 155 Appendix A prints a 30-foot front setback, 20 feet on an interior side, 30 feet on a corner side and 30 feet in the…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, the R-1 and R-2 one-family districts print a 35-foot maximum height in Chapter 155 Appendix A, and § 155.334 lets antennas, belfries, church…

Dakota County requires 10 days' advance notice before any non-low-impact filming or photography in a county park, and the county decides case by case whether a Special Use Permit is…

Dakota County confines drone flying to established designated areas in its parks under Section 4.4, and separately lists flying a drone as a commercial activity requiring a Special Use…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 confines unmanned aerial vehicles to established, designated areas within county parks, grouping drones with aircraft, hot air balloons, and parachutes…

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 360 classifies unmanned aircraft as aircraft subject to FAA regulation and state aeronautics rules. The Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 confines park bicycling to designated bikeways, roadways, and trails, keeps riders to the right-hand side of the path, bans nuisance or unsafe riding…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 allows electric-powered bikes and similar devices on paved park surfaces at up to 15 mph, and limits Class 1 electric mountain bikes to designated…

Minnesota runs two separate tracks. A motorized golf cart, ATV, utility task vehicle or mini truck may use a public road only where the county, city or town has passed an ordinance…

Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time law in Minn. Stat. 181.9445 to 181.9448 provides statewide accrual rights, while a separate state Paid Leave program under chapter 268B begins…

Minnesota issues permits to carry pistols under the Minnesota Citizens' Personal Protection Act, codified at Minn. Stat. 624.714, with sheriffs administering shall-issue permitting for…

Minnesota statute 471.633 broadly preempts local firearms regulation, reserving authority over the lawful sale, transfer, possession, carrying, transportation, storage, and use of…

Minnesota law treats open carry of a pistol the same as concealed carry, requiring a permit under Minn. Stat. 624.714, while long-gun open carry is generally lawful absent local…

Minnesota requires a permit to carry a pistol on or about the person or in a vehicle under Minn. Stat. 624.714, with state preemption barring stricter local rules under Minn. Stat…

Nonprofit, fraternal, veterans', and religious organizations need a license from the Gambling Control Board before running bingo, raffles, paddlewheels, tipboards, or pull-tabs. Minn…

Minnesota's gambling statute excludes "a private social bet not part of or incidental to organized, commercialized, or systematic gambling" from the legal definition of a bet. Under…

Minnesota has never authorized a licensed sportsbook. Placing a bet is a misdemeanor under Minn. Stat. § 609.755(1), and taking bets crosses into gross-misdemeanor or felony territory…

Under the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act (Minn. Stat. Ch. 515B), an association gets an automatic lien for unpaid assessments. Section 515B.3-116 gives it a six-month…

The Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act requires open board meetings (Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-103), annual meetings with director elections (§ 515B.3-108), and gives owners broad…

Minnesota law overrides HOA covenants in two areas. Minn. Stat. § 500.216 bars associations from prohibiting roof-mounted solar on qualifying single-family homes, and Minn. Stat. §…

Minnesota Statutes section 500.215 makes void and unenforceable any deed restriction, restrictive covenant, homeowners association document, lease term, contract, or even a local…

Minnesota Statutes section 515B.3-102(a)(11) lets a common interest community association levy reasonable fines for violations of the declaration, bylaws, and rules, but only after…

A Minnesota common interest community association can foreclose on your home without ever going to court. Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-116(h)(1) gives the association a power of sale to…

Minnesota is one of the states that runs the opposite way on this question. Nothing in the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership Act caps how far an association may restrict leasing…

Minnesota does not run sobriety checkpoints, and it never legislated for them. The words checkpoint and roadblock do not appear anywhere in chapter 169A, the impaired driving chapter…

Minnesota is a one-party consent state. Minn. Stat. section 626A.02, subdivision 2, paragraph (d) makes it lawful for a person not acting under color of law to record a wire…

Minnesota has never enacted a general stop-and-identify statute. Neither chapter 609, the criminal code, nor chapter 629, the arrest chapter, creates an offence of refusing to give a…

Minnesota wrote the rule into the search chapter, not the legalisation act. Minn. Stat. section 626.223, added by 2024 Laws chapter 123, article 3, section 5 and effective 1 August…

Minnesota previously preempted local plastic bag bans under Minn. Stat. 325E.045, but the legislature repealed that preemption in 2023, allowing cities like Minneapolis to enforce bag…

Minn. Stat. 500.216 bars homeowners associations and other private entities from prohibiting a roof-mounted solar energy system on a qualifying single-family home. Effective July 1…

Minnesota protects solar access: Minn. Stat. 462.357 subd. 1 lets cities regulate access to direct sunlight, 500.216 bars HOA prohibitions on roof-mounted solar, and 500.30 authorizes…

Minnesota raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco and electronic delivery devices to 21 in 2020 through changes tied to Minn. Stat. 461.12 and 609.685, aligning with federal Tobacco…

Minnesota does not impose a statewide flavored tobacco ban, but Minn. Stat. 461.12 authorizes cities and counties to adopt stricter local rules including restrictions on menthol and…

Minnesota allows extra forward lighting but counts and measures it. Minn. Stat. 169.56 lets any motor vehicle carry no more than two spot lamps, two fog lamps mounted 12 to 30 inches…

Minnesota answers the dash cam question with a closed list rather than a measurement. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 1(a)(2) bars any object suspended between the driver and the windshield…

Minnesota motorcyclists may split and filter, but only in slow traffic. Minn. Stat. § 169.974, subd. 5(f) still prohibits riding between lanes, riding abreast of another vehicle in the…

Minnesota leaves no room for a tinted, smoked or even perfectly clear plate cover. Minn. Stat. § 169.79, subd. 7 says it is unlawful to cover the assigned letters and numbers, or the…

Minnesota has never written a radar detector statute. A full-text search of the 2025 Minnesota Statutes on the Revisor of Statutes site returns zero occurrences of the phrase "radar…

Minnesota does not have a studded-tire season. Minn. Stat. § 169.72, subd. 1(c) bars any tire on a highway from carrying a block, stud, flange, cleat or spike of any material other…

Minnesota applies one light-transmittance figure to the whole car. Minn. Stat. 169.71, subd. 4(3) bars driving a Minnesota-registered vehicle whose side or rear windows pass less than…