Brooklyn Park, MN

Open burning is illegal everywhere in the City of Brooklyn Park unless the Fire Chief first issues a permit. The permit power is narrow: it covers firefighter training burns…

Backyard fire pits and campfires in Brooklyn Park must comply with the Minnesota State Fire Code plus city-specific material limits set out in City Code Sec. 93A.08. The property…

Brooklyn Park lets building fire alarm systems use UL 268-listed smoke detectors instead of standalone single- and multiple-station smoke alarms, as long as an alarm in one dwelling or…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, retail fireworks sales are confined to a June 15 to July 5 window and require an annual retail fireworks permit under City Code § 93.25. Sales lots must…

Brooklyn Park requires above-ground propane, liquid nitrogen and similar gas tanks accessory to a business use to be fully screened or kept out of public view, and confines propane…

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

City Code § 92.21 caps most Brooklyn Park households at three animals per dwelling unit, with an eight-week grace period to come into compliance and a higher five-animal allowance when…

Keeping a wolf, bear, cougar, skunk, lynx, bobcat, fox, or any other wild animal or wild crossbreed that can threaten humans, pets or transmit rabies is a declared public nuisance in…

Brooklyn Park does not require every pet to be sterilized, but City Code § 92.16 forces neutering of a male dog that bites a human once quarantine ends, at the owner's expense, and…

City Code § 92.52 requires anyone keeping honeybee hives in Brooklyn Park to hold an approved registration, and § 92.54 caps colonies by lot size, from two colonies on a half-acre lot…

Brooklyn Park does not ban dogs by breed. Instead, City Code § 92.26 regulates any dog formally declared dangerous based on its own conduct, requiring annual registration, a strict…

Brooklyn Park does not microchip every pet, but City Code § 92.25(C) requires any dog declared potentially dangerous to be implanted with an identifying microchip within 14 days at the…

City Code § 92.40 bars placing grain, salt licks, bird feed or other food near ground level anywhere it could reasonably attract deer, unless the food is screened off, with narrow…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, no dog may run at large: § 92.03 requires every dog on a street, public park, school ground or public place to be effectively restrained by a chain or…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a CAT is legally an 'animal of the species Felis Domestica' under § 92.01, so cats fall under the citywide three-animal household limit in § 92.21. A…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, City Code § 136.11 bans hunting or shooting any animal or bird within city limits. Narrow exceptions exist for on-duty law enforcement and for people…

Brooklyn Park's Table 152.609.1 permits veterinary clinics by right in the B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, BP, and I nonresidential zoning districts, but bars them outright from the PI Public…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, keeping chickens or other domestic fowl anywhere in the city is declared a public nuisance under § 94.04(B), with no permit or registration path like the…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, yard waste kept on site must be composted or stored so it does not create an unreasonable odor or other nuisance, under City Code § 98.31(D). Yard waste…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, § 97.20(B) makes it every property owner's duty, including on land abutting a street or alley, to keep grass and weeds cut to the center of the platted…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, municipal water customers follow an odd-even lawn sprinkling schedule from May 1 through September 30: even-numbered addresses water on even calendar…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, § 97.20(C)(4) exempts a 'managed natural landscape' from the city's eight-inch grass and weed height limit, letting owners grow native plants and grasses…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, § 97.40(B) requires every owner of a tree, plant or shrub overhanging or bordering a street, right-of-way or sidewalk to prune it clear of streetlights…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, property owners must prune overhanging trees clear of streetlights and intersections and remove any dead, diseased or dangerous tree, shrub, or limb that…

Brooklyn Park lets residential developments swap the standard underground automatic irrigation system required by § 152.1011(G) for an alternative plan built around rain gardens…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, keeping an animal that makes frequent or continuous noise disturbing neighbors is unlawful under City Code Chapter 92. A dog that habitually barks, cries…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, engine or transmission braking, known as jake braking or dynamic braking, is banned outright on any public street, parking lot or alley under City Code §…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, City Code § 134.18 bans gatherings between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. that create noise loud enough to disturb the peace of a residential area. Guests who…

Brooklyn Park bars outdoor entertainment and sound-amplifying equipment from running between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. and requires all such sound to stay within the volume limits the city…

Aircraft noise around Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is governed by federal FAA rules and the Metropolitan Airports Commission, with mitigation programs across south…

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency sets statewide numerical noise limits for stationary sources under Minn. Rules Chapter 7030. Limits vary by Noise Area Classification and time of…

Anyone who wants to build, enlarge or move a swimming pool, spa or hot tub more than 24 inches deep in the City of Brooklyn Park needs a building permit from the City Building Official…

Every private swimming pool, spa or hot tub deeper than 24 inches in the City of Brooklyn Park must have a barrier at least four feet tall with no gaps a four-inch sphere can pass…

Brooklyn Park does not require a permit for an ordinary residential fence, but § 152.1010(A)(3)(b) requires Police and Fire Department sign-off on fence and gate plans for any use…

Retaining walls citywide cannot block drainage to neighboring properties or sit inside an easement under City Code § 152.1010(A)(1), and nonresidential walls must be anchored to the…

Residential fences in Brooklyn Park top out at eight feet, six inches under City Code § 152.1010(A)(4). Anything taller than 42 inches must sit 15 feet back from the front property…

City Code § 152.1010(A)(5) bans electric, concertina, barbed wire, and chicken wire fencing outright on residential property. Chain link is allowed but must carry a top rail, posts no…

Minnesota's partition fence law, Minn. Stat. chapter 344, makes adjoining landowners build and maintain a boundary fence in equal shares when both parcels raise livestock and one owner…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, all on-street parking is prohibited except as this chapter allows: vehicles must park parallel to the curb, facing the direction of traffic, with wheels…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, no one may park on a street between 2:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. from November 1 through March 31, except a physician on an emergency call, under City Code §…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, abandoning, parking, keeping or storing a junk or inoperable vehicle on public property, or on private property without the owner's consent, is a…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, it is unlawful to park on a street with two or more inches of snow on it while snow is falling, has fallen, or has been blowing within the previous 24…

Brooklyn Park requires every business and industrial use to provide an off-street loading, unloading or staging area, and mandates two to four loading docks in the Business Park and…

City Code § 152.1009 requires every driveway in Brooklyn Park to carry a continuous impervious or approved pervious surface, with narrow exceptions for driveways that were already…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, outdoor parking of a commercial vehicle at a residence is limited to one vehicle per dwelling unit under § 152.901(F)(2). Semi trucks, semi trailers, dump…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, recreational vehicles, equipment and trailers stored in a front yard must sit on a continuous impervious surface under § 152.901(F)(6). Storage on grass…

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…

A home occupation in a Brooklyn Park single- or two-family residential district gets exactly one non-illuminated sign per dwelling, capped at two square feet, set back 20 feet from the…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a home day care serving 12 or fewer people is a permitted accessory use under Table 152.507.2 in the UR, R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 residential districts, but…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, any vocation based out of a dwelling unit needs an administrative permit under § 152.901(C)(1). The home occupation must comply with every applicable…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a home occupation's client and customer parking must meet the standards of § 152.1019 and the rest of the city code, and no more than five vehicles…

Minnesota Statutes section 28A.152 establishes the statewide cottage food exemption, allowing home producers to sell certain non-potentially-hazardous foods directly to consumers after…

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 Brooklyn Park, detached accessory structures such as sheds must sit at least five feet from interior side lot lines, stay out of the front yard, and top out at 18 feet…

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…

Short-term rentals in Hennepin County collect 6.875% Minnesota sales tax plus city-specific lodging taxes ranging from 3% (Bloomington) to 6.5% (Minneapolis), totaling roughly 10-13%…

Brooklyn Park charges a 3% lodging tax on hotel, motel and rooming house rent under City Code § 34.22, collected by the operator from guests. The tax applies to stays under 30…

Brooklyn Park makes it a public nuisance to interfere with, obstruct, or render dangerous for passage any public street, highway, right of way, or public waters. The rule sits in the…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, placing any tangible object, such as a fence, retaining wall, planter or temporary structure, in a public right-of-way counts as an obstruction and…

Brooklyn Park declares it a public nuisance to store garbage anywhere but rodent-free or fly-tight containers, and separately bans letting junk or disused items accumulate where they…

Hennepin County adopts the state certified food manager rule, exempting some food establishments if the person in charge still gets sanitation training.

Dumping effluent, garbage, refuse, yard waste, wastewater or any other noxious substance on public or private property is a declared public nuisance in Brooklyn Park under Sec…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, dumpsters and other waste containers cannot sit in a front yard or a side yard facing a street. City Code § 98.14 also requires them fully screened from…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, every owner, lessee, or occupant of a building, commercial or residential, that generates mixed municipal solid waste must separate recyclable materials…

Brooklyn Park's curbside recycling containers must come from the city or its recyclables hauler, stay clean and sanitary, sit where they won't tip over or block traffic, and be big…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, every licensed residential garbage hauler must offer source separated organics (SSO) recycling collection under § 98.08(B), hauling food waste and other…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, yard waste must go out in a lidded container no larger than 96 gallons or in bags and bundles capped at three feet and 60 pounds, tied so nothing spills…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, bulky waste such as furniture, carpeting, mattresses and appliances cannot be set at the curb before 3:00 p.m. the day before your scheduled pickup, and…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, only the property's licensed hauler, or someone with an account relationship with the resident, can take garbage or recyclables from a curb or container…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, every property that generates garbage must have service from a licensed hauler, with commercial and multi-family accounts collected at least weekly…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, garbage and recycling never run on the six legal holidays the code lists. If a holiday falls on a weekday, that day's collection and every collection day…

Hennepin County requires recycling and organics containers at multifamily and commercial properties to be just as accessible as trash containers, at all times.

Reserving city park space for a tournament, filming, exhibition or any event expected to draw 25 or more people requires a special use permit under City Code Sec. 95.02. Parks…

Brooklyn Park allows outdoor dining only if it's shown on an approved site plan, permits temporary seating in the right-of-way as long as five feet of clear sidewalk remains, and…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, any parade, public assembly, or special event needs a special event permit issued by the City Manager under City Code § 152.312. The City Manager weighs…

City parks in the City of Brooklyn Park close overnight under City Code § 95.02(A): parks are open to the public only from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m., and entering or remaining after…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, minors under 12 must be off public streets, parks, and places of amusement by 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday under City…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, § 97.20(C)(6) exempts vacant parcels larger than five acres from the general weed ordinance only if a physical barrier separates them from developed…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, § 96.28 makes every property owner or occupant responsible for keeping the public sidewalk along their lot free of snow and ice, sanding or applying ashes…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a building with structural defects, fire or wind damage, or conditions unfit for human habitation can be declared a dangerous building under § 103.60 and…

Smoking, vaping or otherwise heating any substance to inhale it is unlawful in every Brooklyn Park city park under City Code § 95.03(G). The ban covers cigarettes, vapes and any device…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, skateboarding in city parks is regulated under § 95.06(F) alongside rollerskating and in-line skating. Riders must stick to paved areas unless a sign says…

Drinking intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor on Brooklyn Park's public streets, parking lots or other public property is illegal under § 112.047, and the ban extends to…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, lingering in a building doorway, on steps, or in a parking area to block entry or annoy an owner is a petty misdemeanor under City Code § 130.01. Staying…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, smoking, vaporizing or otherwise consuming smoke or vapor from cannabis flower, cannabis products, or hemp-derived consumer products is banned in public…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, hosting a party where noise disturbs a residential area between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. violates City Code § 134.03. Separately, § 134.04 makes it a…

Operating a still, motion picture, video or other camera for commercial purposes in a Brooklyn Park city park requires a city permit under § 95.04(A)(2). News coverage and media…

Using a loudspeaker or sound-amplifying equipment in a Brooklyn Park city park, common on film and production sets, requires a city permit under § 95.04(C). Radios or instruments…

Launching or landing a drone on Brooklyn Park city property, including any city park, requires a city permit under § 95.04(E), which groups drones with aircraft, hot air balloons…

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

Camping in a Brooklyn Park city park without a written city permit is unlawful under § 95.06(A)(1), part of the chapter regulating recreation activity. The rule bars overnight…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, any company operating a shared micromobility fleet, including motorized foot scooters, bicycles and e-bikes, must hold a city license before placing…

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 Brooklyn Park, the Minnesota State Plumbing Code governs plumbing work, adopted by reference at § 103.10. Plans and specifications for any plumbing infrastructure…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, the Minnesota State Building Code governs construction, and § 103.01 adopts it by reference through the Building Inspection Division. Doing work covered…

Apartment buildings in the City of Brooklyn Park must keep a working security system controlling access: locked entrance or foyer doors and locked hallway doors into each unit…

Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators in the City of Brooklyn Park must be maintained under the Minnesota Elevator and Related Devices Code, with a current inspection certificate…

Carbon monoxide alarms must be installed in Brooklyn Park dwellings under the Minnesota State Fire Code, or the Minnesota Residential Code where it applies, and any alarm or detection…

Hennepin County enforces Minnesota Statutes 144.9501 to 144.9512 governing lead hazards in pre-1978 housing. Hennepin County Public Health performs lead inspections, mandates…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, § 97.35 gives the city the right to plant, prune, maintain and remove trees in public rights-of-way and on public grounds, while letting adjacent owners…

Landlords in the City of Brooklyn Park must supply heat to keep every habitable room, bathroom and toilet room at 68°F from September 15 through May 15. Cooking appliances and portable…

When a Brooklyn Park rental building of three or more units changes ownership, § 117.486 gives tenants a three-month notification period and requires the new owner to disclose within…

Every rental dwelling in Brooklyn Park, from a single general housing unit to a full apartment complex, must be licensed annually by the City Manager under § 117.43 before it can be…

Minnesota Statute 504B.178 caps security deposits at no specific amount but requires landlords return deposits within 21 days of lease termination with itemized deductions. Landlords…

Minnesota Statute 471.9996 allows rent control only if approved by city or county voters at general election. Saint Paul passed rent stabilization in 2021. Minneapolis voters…

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…

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…

Any establishment operating an adult entertainment business in Brooklyn Park must obtain a city license under Chapter 111 before opening, and the zoning code confines sexually oriented…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, nobody may operate, or hold themselves out, as a pawnbroker without first obtaining a city license from the Licensing Division. The Brooklyn Park Police…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a home-based repair business can only fix appliances or goods small enough for one person to carry. Motor vehicle, recreational vehicle and small-engine…

Brooklyn Park treats vapes and e-cigarettes as "licensed products" under its tobacco chapter, so any retailer selling e-cigarettes, e-cigars, vape pens, mods, or tank systems needs a…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, both individual massage therapists and the businesses that employ them, called therapeutic massage enterprises, need separate city licenses under Chapter…

The City of Brooklyn Park licenses tattoo and body piercing shops through its Health Authority under Chapter 123, capping the citywide total at one license per 4,000 residents and…

Operating a mobile food unit in Brooklyn Park requires a food establishment license under § 114.04 before serving any food, plus compliance with state and Hennepin County food codes…

Brooklyn Park bars mobile food unit locations from residential districts and limits on-street food truck parking to sites next to Business Park, General Industrial, and…

The City of Brooklyn Park licenses itinerant produce merchants, temporary sellers of fresh flowers, fruit, and vegetables, and limits them to zoning-approved locations, an April 1…

Brooklyn Park's City Manager and designated agents can enter and inspect any rental dwelling to enforce the property maintenance code under § 117.52(C), with no fee for the first…

A Brooklyn Park tenant who believes a new building owner skipped the § 117.486 ownership-transfer notice can file a notice of violation with the city, prompting a review for a possible…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, a window sign cannot cover more than 25% of the total window area on the wall face where it hangs. Interior window signs need no permit, but the city…

Campaign signs in the City of Brooklyn Park may go up 46 days before a state primary and must come down ten days after the state general election, per state law the city adopts by…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, City Code § 150.05(A) bans motion signs citywide but exempts permanent electronic message center signs that display only time or temperature, or that…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, City Code § 150.05(I) flatly bans billboards within the T.H. 610 Corridor as delineated in the T.H. 610 Corridor Plan. The prohibition sits alongside a…

Brooklyn Park caps garage and rummage sale signs at four square feet, limits display to four days, and requires the sale's start and end dates and address on every sign. Signs cannot…

Billboards in the City of Brooklyn Park's I General Industrial District must have any illumination shielded so the light stays confined to the sign face, the same shielding standard…

Brooklyn Park's zoning code caps outdoor light fixtures at 15 feet within 250 feet of any residential-zoned property and 25 feet beyond that distance, and every free-standing luminaire…

Brooklyn Park requires every outdoor light source to be shielded so it cannot be seen from off the property, capping the maximum intensity at the side or interior property line at 0.5…

Every preliminary plat in the City of Brooklyn Park must address erosion and sediment control: staged construction, minimal soil exposure, three inches of restored topsoil, and…

Brooklyn Park's Flood Hazard Overlay requires every structure in the Flood Fringe District, including accessory buildings, to be elevated on fill so the lowest floor sits at or above…

Brooklyn Park requires a stormwater management plan for every subdivision, conditional use permit or grading permit that involves land-disturbing activity, filed with the Engineering…

The City of Brooklyn Park regulates Floodway, Flood Fringe, and General Flood Plain overlay districts under City Code § 152.801, requiring a Zoning Administrator permit before…

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 Brooklyn Park, ground-mounted solar systems are limited to rear yards in residential districts, capped at 15 feet tall at maximum tilt, and must be screened 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…

Cannabis oriented businesses in Brooklyn Park must stay 300 feet from any school, daycare serving minors, or park attraction, and 300 feet from another registered cannabis business…

Brooklyn Park has not opted out of cannabis retail; it caps registrations at one retailer per 12,500 residents and requires zoning and land use approval before the city will certify a…

Adults 21 and older in Hennepin County may grow up to eight cannabis plants per household under Minn. Stat. 342.09, with no more than four mature plants flowering at one time.

Brooklyn Park zoning code caps garage sales at four per property per calendar year, with each sale running no more than three days. The limit is a supplemental temporary-use standard…

New landscaping in Brooklyn Park cannot use nine listed tree and shrub species under Table 152.1012.2, including Common Buckthorn, Amur Maple, Siberian Elm, American Elm, and…

The City of Brooklyn Park has no right-to-farm nuisance shield; agriculture is a permitted use only inside the UR Urban Reserve District under City Code § 152.500, reserved for…

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 Brooklyn Park, Table 152.506.1 caps impervious surface in front yards and building footprint at 40% of the lot in every residential zoning district, from the 20-acre UR…

Table 152.506.2 sets Brooklyn Park's front, side, and rear yard setbacks by residential zoning district. A 50-foot front setback applies along principal or minor arterials citywide…

Table 152.506.3 caps single-family, two-family, and townhome buildings in Brooklyn Park at 3 stories or 40 feet, and multiple-family dwellings at 6 stories or 75 feet, with a…

Anyone who goes door-to-door, business-to-business, or street-to-street in the City of Brooklyn Park to sell goods or take orders must first get a city peddler/solicitor license…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, licensed peddlers and solicitors may only work between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., and any property owner or tenant can bar them entirely by posting a "No…

Minnesota's statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time law at Minn. Stat. 181.9445 took effect January 2024, requiring all Hennepin County employers to provide paid sick leave, with stricter…

Hennepin County bans selling flavored tobacco and vape products unless a retailer meets narrow adult-only shop exemption criteria.

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 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 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…