Blaine, MN

In the City of Blaine, an unoccupied recreational camping vehicle, a travel trailer, pickup coach, or motor-home, can sit on any residential lot that has a permanent structure under…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, no vehicle may sit parked on any street, highway, or alley for more than 48 consecutive hours, and from November 1 through April 1 overnight parking…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, it is unlawful to park or leave a vehicle on any street once two inches or more of snow has fallen, until the city has plowed that street curb to…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, trucks, semitrailers, buses, and other vehicles over 12,000 pounds gross vehicle weight cannot be parked on public or private property in a…

In the City of Blaine, front-yard and corner side-yard parking is restricted to paved driveways only under City Code § 129-13(9). Those paved driveways can't cover more than 45 percent…

In the City of Blaine, Section 82-69 of the city code bars stopping, standing or parking on sidewalks, in front of driveways, within ten feet of fire hydrants, in crosswalks, bike…

The City of Blaine allows electric vehicle chargers as an accessory use in every zoning district under City Code Sec. 129-26, but caps how many parking spaces with chargers count…

Blaine City Code § 34-141 bars parking, keeping, placing or storing a junk vehicle, stock car, racing car, junk, refuse or recyclable material on public lands, streets, alleys, or any…

In the City of Blaine, any commercial or industrial building that receives or ships goods by truck must provide off-street loading spaces, and Sec. 129-14 controls where they go…

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…

Blaine has no flat cap on household pets, but City Code § 14-1 defines keeping four or more animals of one type over four months old, for private enjoyment or commercial gain, as a…

Blaine requires every cat over 12 months old to carry a current rabies vaccination under City Code § 14-76 and requires a female cat in heat to stay confined to the owner's property…

City Code § 14-106 requires every dog owner in Blaine to keep the dog under restraint at all times, meaning under control and on a leash under the § 14-1 definition. An unattended dog…

Blaine has no breed-specific ban; instead it adopts Minnesota's dangerous-dog statutes, M.S.A. §§ 347.50-347.57, by reference under City Code § 14-156 and runs its own local…

Blaine does not require microchipping for ordinary pets, but City Code § 14-158(a)(3) lets the city's animal control authority require 'proof that a microchip has been implanted'…

In the City of Blaine, keeping a wild or exotic animal as a pet is illegal under City Code § 14-217. The ordinance bans skunks, big cats, wolves and other wild canids, poisonous snakes…

In the City of Blaine, feeding wild or feral animals and small mammals anywhere in the city is illegal under City Code § 14-220. The ban covers grain, fruit, vegetables, nuts, salt…

In the City of Blaine, trapping any wild animal or bird is illegal under City Code § 14-4(d): 'Except as provided in this article, trapping anywhere in the city is prohibited.' The…

In the City of Blaine, the Single-Family (R-1) and Residential Estate zoning codes allow up to six hen chickens, and no roosters, as an accessory use under Sec. 129-20, but only after…

Minnesota keeps honey bees under a hands-off regime. Section 17.445 directs the Department of Agriculture to inspect apiaries only on request, and there is no statewide license…

It is unlawful in the City of Blaine to own, keep, or harbor a 'barking dog' under City Code § 14-109, defined in § 14-1 as one that barks, bays, cries, or howls continuously for ten…

In the City of Blaine, running a radio, PA system or any electronic sound equipment loud enough to be plainly audible 50 feet away between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., or 100 feet away…

In the City of Blaine, construction, remodeling and exterior maintenance work, plus power tools like mowers, chain saws and edgers, are barred between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. daily…

In the City of Blaine, a party or gathering whose noise is plainly audible 50 feet away between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. is presumed to violate City Code Sec. 50-236(6), and police who…

In the City of Blaine, playing a car stereo loud enough to be heard 50 feet away between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., or 100 feet away during the day, is a presumed noise violation under Blaine…

In the City of Blaine, homes built southeast and northeast of Anoka County-Blaine Airport, in the areas bounded by 85th Avenue, 35W, 95th Avenue and the airport, and by 101st Avenue…

No Anoka County or Blaine ordinance singles out leaf blowers. In Blaine they fall under "tools and domestic maintenance equipment," which is restricted only during quiet hours: 10:00…

Local Anoka County city codes (like Blaine's) use a "plainly audible" test, not decibels. Numeric limits come from statewide MPCA rules: for residential areas, daytime 65 dBA (L10) /…

In the City of Blaine, a building permit is required to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, or move any pool. The only exemption is a private residential above-ground prefabricated pool…

In the City of Blaine, any outdoor private residential swimming pool that requires a building permit must be surrounded by a pool barrier at least 48 inches tall, with gaps small…

In the City of Blaine, a backyard recreational or camp fire needs no permit but must fit inside a fire ring no more than three feet in diameter, sit at least 25 feet from any structure…

In the City of Blaine, open burning is banned outright on commercial property and requires a city permit everywhere else under Blaine City Code § 38-54, except for a qualifying…

Minnesota Statutes §§ 624.20-624.25 make it a crime, not just a local rule, to sell, possess, use, or explode fireworks anywhere in Anoka County, including its incorporated cities…

Minnesota law requires every dwelling unit to have a working smoke alarm meeting the State Fire Code. In new construction, alarms must be hardwired to a central power source. Landlords…

Under the Minnesota State Fire Code, propane cylinders must be stored outdoors at least 10 feet from building openings such as windows, doors and fresh-air intakes. In apartments of…

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 Blaine, Section 86-219 limits lawn and garden sprinkling to odd-numbered addresses on odd-numbered days and even addresses on even days, and bans all watering between…

In the City of Blaine, Section 90-22 declares turf grass, pollinator lawns and weeds a public nuisance once they grow taller than eight inches from the ground to the tip of the blade…

In the City of Blaine, Section 90-25(1) exempts a "managed natural landscape" of native or nonnative grasses, wildflowers, forbs, ferns, shrubs or trees from the citywide eight-inch…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-9(b)(1) limits removal of significant trees from privately owned land to two per year absent an approved forest-management plan. Any excavation…

Blaine allows home composting only on residential properties with up to four dwelling units, and Blaine City Code § 34-28 caps a bin at 100 cubic feet on lots under 10,000 square feet…

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 Blaine, Sec. 129-8(e) of the zoning ordinance bans electric fences on residential and business property, with a narrow farm-fence exception. Barbed wire is likewise…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-8(c) requires a building-official permit before any fence is erected or substantially altered. The written application must state the fence's type…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-7 requires any retaining wall to appear on the landscape plan submitted with a site plan application, and bars final slope grades steeper than 3:1…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-8(f) sets fence height limits for single- and two-family residential lots: four feet in front yards, six feet along interior side and most rear yards…

Anoka County does not referee fence disputes between neighbors; cities set the rules. In Coon Rapids the finished side of a fence must face the neighbor or street, and private…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-10 lets residents run a home occupation only if a resident of the property operates it and it stays under 20 percent of the home's floor area, with…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-10(c)(13) requires a home occupation to normally involve fewer than four customers entering the property daily. Delivery trucks serving the business are…

Group family day care is a permitted use by right in the City of Blaine's Single-Family (R-1) district under City Code § 109-117, and in every farm, farm-residential and…

In the City of Blaine, a home business run from a residential property may display exactly one wall sign, capped at 2.5 square feet, under the zoning code's home occupation standards…

Under Minnesota's statewide cottage food exemption (Minn. Stat. 28A.152), you may sell non-hazardous homemade foods and certain home-canned goods directly to consumers without a food…

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 Blaine, either the main house or the accessory dwelling unit must be occupied by the property owner, and that owner-occupancy requirement is recorded against the…

In the City of Blaine, accessory buildings such as sheds cannot sit in a required front or side yard setback and cannot exceed the principal building's height outside the agriculture…

In the City of Blaine, an attached accessory dwelling unit is a permitted use in the R-1, R-1A, R-1AA, R-1B, RE, FR and DF districts with an administrative permit, capped at 50 percent…

In the City of Blaine, the primary home and an accessory dwelling unit count as separate dwellings for rental licensing, so a rental license is required the moment either unit is…

Converting a garage into living space requires a city building permit and must comply with zoning. Coon Rapids requires each dwelling to keep at least 484 square feet of garage/storage…

The statewide 2020 Minnesota Residential Code, Appendix Q, defines a tiny house as a dwelling 400 square feet or less in floor area excluding lofts. Habitable space and hallways must…

No county STR occupancy cap exists. Where short-term rentals are barred (Coon Rapids), the only owner-occupied exception allows the owner plus two or fewer tenants who share all living…

Anoka County sets no annual night cap. Its cities regulate instead, and Coon Rapids does not cap nights but bans any rental under 30 consecutive days in residential zones. The 30-day…

Anoka County has no primary-residence STR rule. Coon Rapids effectively bars non-owner-occupied short-term rentals: only an owner (or qualifying relative) sharing all living space with…

No county host-presence rule exists. In Coon Rapids the only residential exemption requires the owner (or qualifying relative) to live in and share all living space with two or fewer…

Minnesota short-term rentals owe 6.875% state sales tax plus any local lodging tax. Under Minn. Stat. §469.190 a city or town may impose up to a 3% lodging tax on stays under 30 days…

Anoka County has no STR registry. Its cities license rentals: Coon Rapids requires a license for every rental dwelling (§12-903) but bans stays under 30 days, and Blaine requires an…

In the City of Blaine, any resident may serve as the citing party for an ordinance violation under City Code § 2-189, and any city employee or police officer with enforcement authority…

The City of Blaine bans drinking intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor in any public park, street, sidewalk, parking lot, or alley, or any other public place, unless you are…

Anoka County restricts skateboarding, roller skating, and in-line skating in its parks to paved bike trails unless a sign says otherwise, and bans riding on stairways, railings, picnic…

Anoka County bars using any tobacco product, including e-cigarettes and vapes, in or around its park facilities under Ordinance No. 2018-1. The Director can extend the ban to other…

Anoka County Ordinance No. 2023-1 bans using cannabis flower, cannabis products, or hemp-derived edibles in any public place on land the county owns, leases, or controls, including its…

In the City of Blaine, an owner may not occupy or let out any dwelling or dwelling unit unless every exterior door is fitted with a safe, functioning locking device, under section…

In the City of Blaine, no one may install, modify, or remove a fire sprinkler protection system without a permit from the city under Blaine City Code § 38-3. The city runs the program…

In the City of Blaine, no one may erect, alter, remodel, wreck or move any structure without first securing a building permit under City Code § 101-7(b). Single- and two-family home…

In the City of Blaine, every building permit carries a follow-up inspection fee under City Code § 18-22: the city charges a fee for each visit its inspectors make to check progress or…

In the City of Blaine, all plumbing, gas piping and related building construction work must follow the state plumbing code, which City Code § 18-33 adopts by reference and enforces…

In the City of Blaine, all electrical work must comply with the Minnesota Electrical Act and the National Electrical Code, both incorporated into city law under City Code § 18-57. The…

In the City of Blaine, owners must screen ground-level windows, doors, and openings against rodents, seal sewer and pipe penetrations, and rodent-proof floors and basements that touch…

In the City of Blaine, no one may occupy or let out a unit in a rental dwelling unless the city has granted a license for it under article V of chapter 18. Licenses run one year from…

In the City of Blaine, every dwelling unit must have a properly connected kitchen sink, tight-fitting windows and exterior doors, and sound floors, walls, and ceilings, plus heat that…

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 Blaine, the city inspector or a designated agent may inspect rental dwellings on a scheduled basis or whenever there is reason to believe a violation exists, and can…

In the City of Blaine, a rental licensee may not evict, threaten to evict, or otherwise punish a tenant for making a good-faith call to law enforcement about crime, suspicious…

In the City of Blaine, minors under 12 must be off public streets by 9:00 p.m. on school nights (10:00 p.m. Friday-Saturday), 12-14 year-olds by 10:00 p.m. (11:00 p.m. weekends), and…

In the City of Blaine, public parks close to the general public between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. under City Code Sec. 54-52, with narrow exceptions for authorized personnel and people…

In the City of Blaine, Section 86-6 defines reclaimed water as water collected from rooftops, paved surfaces or other devices and reused before it re-enters the natural cycle, and it…

In the City of Blaine, yard waste (garden waste, leaves, lawn cuttings, and shrub or tree trimmings) must be set out immediately behind and within two feet of the curb on pickup day…

In the City of Blaine, recyclables set out at the curb become city property until the licensed hauler collects them, and City Code Sec. 62-20(d)(2) makes unauthorized scavenging a…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(b) requires every property owner or occupant to keep refuse contained and the premises clean between collections. Garbage must go…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-20(c) makes it unlawful to deposit refuse, yard waste or recyclable materials on any street, alley, public ground, vacant lot or ground…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(c) tells residents exactly where to put refuse, recycling and yard waste containers for pickup: immediately behind and within two…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(a) requires every dwelling unit and place of business to contract for solid waste collection service at least once a week, citing…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-21(d)(1) requires any business generating more than three 32-gallon containers of refuse a week to switch to a dumpster instead…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 62-22(b)(4)-(5) requires every licensed hauler to offer recycling collection to each of its customers and to give residents the chance to…

Large items are not put at the curb loose. Residents pre-arrange and pre-pay bulk pickup through their city hauler, or use Anoka County's Household Hazardous Waste Facility and…

In the City of Blaine, operating an adult bookstore, cabaret, massage parlor, or other principal or accessory adult use without a city license is unlawful under City Code § 22-50. The…

In the City of Blaine, no person, partnership, company, or corporation may run a pawn shop without a license from the city under City Code § 22-176, and the city caps the total number…

In the City of Blaine, providing massage for pay requires two licenses under City Code § 22-299: a therapeutic massage enterprise license for the business, capped citywide at ten, and…

In the City of Blaine, no store may sell tobacco, vape, or nicotine delivery products without a city license under Blaine City Code § 42-47. The city caps how many licenses can exist…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-10(d)(1) prohibits auto repair or body shop work as a home occupation in every zoning district. Small engine repair is allowed only as a conditional…

The City of Blaine has no standalone tattoo-shop licensing chapter; instead, City Code § 100-2 defines 'tattoo parlors/shops' and § 125-53 bans them outright within the Highway 65…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, no one may obstruct a public street or right-of-way with unauthorized items such as refuse containers, basketball hoops, fencing, landscape materials…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, no one may obstruct or excavate a public right-of-way, including for private encroachments like driveways or utility work, without first obtaining an…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, anyone planning a parade, race, or other special event, defined to include gatherings of 150 or more people and convoys of over 200 vehicles, must…

In the City of Blaine, outdoor seating and food or beverage service in the 105th Avenue Redevelopment District is a conditional use requiring city approval, and Sec. 117-30 sets siting…

Anoka County requires a Special Event Permit before anyone closes a traffic lane, turn lane or shoulder, directs traffic, or places tents, barricades or other objects in the county…

Anoka County requires a permit before anyone can reserve a park building, trail, or area for exclusive use, or hold a race, run, or organized event the county itself is not running…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, hotels, motels, and tourist courts must collect a three percent lodging tax on room charges under Blaine City Code Section 78-21, authorized by…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle within a bicycle lane is banned except where posted signs allow it, under Blaine City Code Section…

In the City of Blaine, Section 82-103 sorts e-bikes into three state-defined classes and caps e-scooters at 15 miles per hour: Class 1 and Class 2 e-bikes top out at 20 mph, Class 3…

In the City of Blaine, Section 82-106(c) requires companies running shared e-bike or e-scooter services to park their devices only in the city's designated zones so they don't block…

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…

In the City of Blaine, no one may go door-to-door as a peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant, or set up as one, without a city license under City Code § 22-234, filed with the city…

In the City of Blaine, peddlers, solicitors, transient merchants, and door-to-door canvassers may not conduct business before 8:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. under City Code § 22-239, and…

In the City of Blaine, anyone who dispenses confections or other goods straight from a vehicle on city streets, such as an ice cream truck, needs a license under City Code § 22-396…

In the City of Blaine, a mobile food truck may operate only at a private party or city-owned park event, a school-sponsored event on school property, a private event with the…

The City of Blaine requires every mobile food truck to hold a city license before operating anywhere in city limits, per Blaine City Code § 22-428. Operators apply through the city…

In the City of Blaine, charcoal grills, wood smokers, manufactured hibachis, and propane or natural gas cooking devices are defined out of the open burning rules entirely under Blaine…

Under the Minnesota State Fire Code, charcoal and gas grills may not be used on combustible balconies or within 10 feet of combustible construction, with limited exceptions. In…

In the City of Blaine, Minnesota, City Code § 70-2 gives property owners and occupants 48 hours after snow stops falling to clear the public sidewalk in front of or next to their…

In the City of Blaine's business and industrial zoning districts, Section 113-24(c) requires every vacant lot or portion of a lot to be maintained in an orderly manner, free of litter…

Blaine City Code § 34-108 declares nine categories of blighted or unsanitary conditions to be public nuisances, from junk and junk vehicles to dilapidated structures in danger of…

Blaine confines billboards, including digital ones, to Light Industrial, Heavy Industrial, PBD, B-2 and B-3 zoned land adjoining I-35W and U.S. Highway 10, and City Code Sec. 133-8(f)…

Blaine businesses can post signs or posters inside a window without a sign permit, but City Code Sec. 133-6(7) caps them at under 25 percent of the window area and bans flashing…

Blaine lets residents and businesses put up holiday displays without a sign permit, but City Code Sec. 133-6(9) requires temporary displays marking a civil or religious holiday to come…

Blaine City Code § 26-3 confines political campaign signs to private property with the owner's permission, bans them entirely on public property, and sets placement rules: no sign…

In the City of Blaine, garage sale and household-item sale signs must be freestanding, placed only on private property with the owner's consent, and no larger than two feet by three…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-10(g) allows garage sales without a permit, but caps them at twice a year and three days each; sales of individual household items may run up to 15…

In the City of Blaine, new commercial buildings in the 105th Avenue Redevelopment District must follow written architectural design guidelines under City Code Sec. 117-31, covering…

In the City of Blaine, the Floodplain Overlay Districts under Sec. 125-19 through 125-31 divide the city's flood hazard areas into floodway, flood fringe, and general floodplain…

In the City of Blaine, the regulatory flood protection elevation under Sec. 125-20(d) requires two feet of freeboard above the regional flood elevation, and Sec. 125-23(b)(1) requires…

Blaine City Code § 34-290 requires an approved stormwater management plan for any new development, redevelopment or land disturbance over one acre, or part of a larger project, before…

In the City of Blaine, any land-disturbing project bigger than 20,000 square feet must get city approval for a grading, erosion and sediment control plan before work starts, under Sec…

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 Blaine, Sec. 129-2 requires downcast, shielded fixtures for lighting commercial, industrial, multifamily, institutional, and sports complex sites, capping most pole…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-2(c) caps light spilling onto a residentially zoned property at 0.4 footcandle measured at the property line, and 1.0 footcandle onto a public street…

Blaine requires dynamic, electronic billboard lighting to be set at the minimum level needed for viewing and shielded from side or top view, under City Code Sec. 133-8(f)(2), so nearby…

In the City of Blaine, trees planted in the public boulevard, the strip of right-of-way between the curbline and the lot line, must match the location, cultivar and planting…

In the City of Blaine, any live healthy tree of eight inches or more in diameter, measured at 4½ feet up, counts as a 'significant tree' under City Code § 100-2. Developers must file a…

The City of Blaine's Agricultural (AG) zoning district, established under City Code § 109-19 to preserve long-term farmland with no sewer service, requires a 40-acre minimum lot and…

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…

Blaine cannot ban cannabis businesses outright because M.S.A. § 342.13(c), adopted into Blaine City Code § 22-495, lets the city set only reasonable time, place and manner rules rather…

Blaine City Code § 22-548 bars a cannabis business from operating within set distances of sensitive uses: 1,000 feet of a school, and 500 feet each of a daycare, a residential…

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 Blaine, a ground-mounted solar array is an accessory structure: no one may erect one without a building permit under Sec. 101-7(b)(1), and in the Farm Residential and…

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…

In the City of Blaine's Single-Family (R-1) zoning district, Sec. 109-120 sets a 30-foot front yard setback, a 10-foot side yard setback, a 20-foot corner-lot setback and a 30-foot…

In the City of Blaine's Single-Family (R-1) zoning district, Sec. 109-120(11) caps house height at 2½ stories or 30 feet, whichever is less, while a required garage's access doors…

On unincorporated shoreland lots in Anoka County, Ordinance No. 2022-1 caps every building and impervious surface combined at 25 percent of the parcel or the buildable area, whichever…

Anoka County bans using any park as a launch or landing field for aircraft, hot air balloons, parachutes, hang gliders, or drones unless the Director issues a Permit first. The rule…

Beyond the general aviation ban, Anoka County separately outlaws starting, flying, or using any powered model aircraft, hobby drone, model boat, model car, or rocket-powered toy in a…

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…

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…