Coon Rapids, MN

In the City of Coon Rapids, no one may cut down a healthy public boulevard or right-of-way tree without a written permit from the City Forester under City Code Section 10-504. The…

The City of Coon Rapids lets property owners grow Managed Natural Landscapes of native grasses, wildflowers and other pollinator-friendly plants under City Code § 8-505, even though…

In the City of Coon Rapids, weeds and grass on most lots cannot grow past eight inches or be left to go to seed under City Code § 8-503(2). The rule reaches property within 100 feet of…

Coon Rapids requires owners and occupants whose trees or shrubs overhang a public right-of-way to trim the lowest branches to at least 13-1/2 feet above a public street and eight feet…

In the City of Coon Rapids, backyard composting must stay inside an enclosed bin under City Code Chapter 8-1600: no larger than 100 cubic feet on lots under 10,000 square feet or 150…

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 Coon Rapids, City Code Section 11-601.3 caps major recreational equipment (RVs, boats, trailers) at two per dwelling, limits height to 13.5 feet, length to 45 feet, and…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 11-601.2 bans parking or storing a truck over 9,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, a truck-tractor, a semitrailer, or special mobile…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 9-108 bans stopping, standing or parking on a sidewalk, in a crosswalk, within an intersection, within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, within…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Sections 8-101 and 8-105 make it unlawful to keep a junk, inoperable or unlicensed vehicle on residential property. A vehicle counts as junk if it…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 9-120 bans parking anywhere on a block where 3 inches or more of snow has fallen in the preceding 24 hours, until the roadway is plowed…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 9-122 bars parking any vehicle on a public street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. every night from November 1 through April 1, regardless…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 9-204 makes it a misdemeanor to park a recreational vehicle, a truck of 26,000 pounds or more, a semi tractor, or a trailer in a…

In the City of Coon Rapids, section 12-306(19) of the Building Maintenance and Occupancy Code bars parking or driving any vehicle, recreational vehicle, trailer, truck or special…

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 Coon Rapids, a state-licensed family day care serving 10 or fewer children and a group family day care serving 14 or fewer children are permitted uses in every…

Coon Rapids allows a home occupation in any residential zoning district only if it stays clearly accessory to the house, generates no visible sign of business activity beyond a…

A Coon Rapids home occupation must generate only minimal vehicle traffic and cannot create congestion or parking problems for the property or its neighbors, and it may employ or…

A Coon Rapids home occupation may post one unlit ground sign of up to six square feet, at most three feet tall, set back per § 11-1203.8, and it is the only outward sign of a home…

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…

Coon Rapids does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but any dog the Chief of Police designates Dangerous or Potentially Dangerous must be permanently microchipped, with the…

Coon Rapids lets a household keep up to three dogs, cats, or a combination without a permit. Once four or more adult dogs and cats over six months old share one premises, the property…

Coon Rapids requires every cat to wear an identification tag with the owner's name and contact information and bans letting a cat run at large off the owner's premises. The city has no…

Coon Rapids bans keeping non-domestic animals such as big cats, wolves and wolf-dog crosses, venomous or constricting snakes, primates, skunks, raccoons and foxes unless a limited…

Coon Rapids caps domesticated birds at six per property, bans roosters, and requires a Community Development Director permit before keeping any chickens, ducks, quail, pigeons or…

Coon Rapids bans pet stores from selling, delivering, or transferring dogs or cats at all. Stores may still host adoption events for shelters and rescues, but showcased animals must be…

Coon Rapids requires a Community Development Director permit before keeping bees, bans hives in front yards, and scales the number of colonies allowed from two on a half-acre lot up to…

Coon Rapids does not ban dogs by breed. City Code § 6-102(2) and (6) define a Dangerous Dog and a Potentially Dangerous Dog entirely by behavior, such as an unprovoked bite or two…

It's unlawful in the City of Coon Rapids for any owner to let a dog run at large, meaning off the owner's property and not on a leash, cord, or chain of six feet or less, under City…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code § 10-404(2) bars anyone from purposely or knowingly feeding wildlife or waterfowl, or providing any substance meant for wildlife or waterfowl to…

Coon Rapids allows pet grooming shops in the Neighborhood Commercial, Community Commercial, General Commercial and Regional Shopping districts, but City Code Section 11-701.1 bars…

City Code Section 11-701.1 permits veterinary clinics and animal hospitals in Coon Rapids' Office, Community Commercial, General Commercial and Regional Shopping districts as long as…

City Code Section 8-403(5) makes it a misdemeanor to keep any animal or bird that causes frequent or long, continued noise disturbing the comfort or repose of nearby residents. The…

City Code Section 8-403(2) bars operating any electronic sound system or audio equipment loudly enough to unreasonably disturb nearby residents, and layers on a nighttime rule: running…

City Code Section 8-403(10) bars erecting, demolishing, altering, or repairing any building outside 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays and other weekdays. Work outside that window…

In the City of Coon Rapids, playing a radio, TV, stereo or other sound system loud enough to carry past your property line, into a neighbor's common area, or 50 feet from the source…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 9-308 bars operating a vehicle, motor vehicle or motorcycle on public or semi-public property in a way that causes unnecessary engine…

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) /…

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 Coon Rapids, no individual may put on a fireworks display at all, and no organization may run one without a permit from the City Clerk under Chapter 5-2300. The Fire…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a recreational fire or campfire is allowed without a permit only inside an approved fire site no more than three feet across, kept at least 25 feet from any…

In the City of Coon Rapids, open burning of any kind is prohibited unless the person first obtains an open burning permit, with permits limited to narrow circumstances like ground…

In the City of Coon Rapids, section 12-406 sets minimum setbacks for liquefied petroleum gas containers in residential districts, scaled to tank size, and bars stacking one LPG…

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…

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 Coon Rapids, a shed or other detached accessory structure cannot go up before the house, cannot be built of tarp or tent-style material, must sit at least five feet off…

Coon Rapids permits accessory dwelling units above garages only in the Riverdale Station Transit District, an accessory use listed in City Code Section 11-904.6(3)(b) alongside a…

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…

Within the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area's bluff and water quality impact zones, Coon Rapids caps replacement retaining walls at five feet in height and ten feet apart, and…

In the City of Coon Rapids a fence needs no building permit up to seven feet, but where it can stand depends on the yard: front and street-side yards cap out at four feet while…

Coon Rapids does not require a building permit for a fence up to seven feet tall, but every fence still has to meet the construction, material, and placement standards in Section…

In the City of Coon Rapids, section 11-1204.1(3) of the Zoning Code bans electric, barbed, and razor wire fencing citywide, along with chain-link fencing lighter than 11 gauge. Fences…

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 Coon Rapids, a permit from the Chief Building Official is required before construction begins on any swimming pool, or before any alteration or repair over $100, under…

In the City of Coon Rapids, every residential swimming pool must be completely enclosed by a non-climbing barrier at least 48 inches tall with no more than a two-inch gap at the…

In the City of Coon Rapids, renting out a dwelling or dwelling unit for less than 30 consecutive days is prohibited outright in every residential zoning district, so there's no permit…

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…

In the City of Coon Rapids, hotels, motels, rooming houses, tourist courts and resorts must collect a 3% lodging tax on gross receipts from short-term accommodations under City Code…

In the City of Coon Rapids, LDR-1 principal structures must sit back 40 feet from the front lot line, 50 feet from the rear, 20 feet from a street side yard, and 15 feet from an…

In the City of Coon Rapids, LDR-1 principal structures are capped at 35 feet tall and accessory structures at 20 feet, or the height of the principal structure if lower, under City…

In the City of Coon Rapids, Low-Density Residential-1 lots cap buildings, driveways, and parking areas at 30 percent of total lot area under City Code Section 11-602.2(9). Undersized…

The City of Coon Rapids has no landmark or cultural-monument designation ordinance. City Code Section 3-212 creates a nine-member Historical Commission that can only recommend…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a residential Planned Unit Development can earn up to a 25 percent increase in units per acre above the underlying zoning density under City Code Section…

Coon Rapids bans drinking intoxicating liquor or 3.2 percent malt liquor on any premises not licensed for alcohol sales under the city's liquor licensing chapter, except on private…

In the City of Coon Rapids, urinating in a public place is a petty misdemeanor under City Code Section 7-107. The ordinance defines a public place broadly to include streets, parking…

In the City of Coon Rapids, using cannabis flower, cannabis products or hemp-derived consumer products anywhere the public can be present is a petty misdemeanor under City Code Section…

In the City of Coon Rapids, pedestrians must use marked crosswalks when crossing any roadway that abuts or adjoins school property, under City Code § 9-401. Crossing mid-block near a…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code § 10-420(6) bars sleeping or protractedly lounging on park benches or seats, and bars loud, boisterous, threatening, abusive, insulting, or…

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…

City Code Chapter 8-200 requires licensed haulers to collect mixed municipal solid waste weekly from every Coon Rapids household and restricts all collection near homes to 6:30 a.m…

City Code Section 8-206 tells Coon Rapids residents exactly where and when their garbage, recycling, and yard-waste containers can sit outside. Containers may not sit closer to the…

City Code Sections 8-215(1) and 8-216(1) require every licensed hauler operating in Coon Rapids to offer residential customers recycling service alongside trash pickup, collected at…

City Code Sections 8-205(4) and 8-206(3) tell Coon Rapids residents how to bag and store yard waste before it is hauled away. Leaves, grass clippings, brush, and prunings must go into…

City Code Section 8-215(1) lets Coon Rapids residents put oversized or excess trash at the curb in an orderly manner, but only after arranging the pickup with their licensed hauler in…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-108 caps how long a dumpster or ground-level storage container can sit on residential property at 30 days. Property tied to an active…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-204 requires every residential household and every business to engage a City-licensed hauler for recycling collection, not just trash…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-216 requires weekly collection of mixed municipal solid waste from residential households and at least every-other-week collection of…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Section 8-203 makes it unlawful to deposit garbage, rubbish, a dead animal, or other waste or recyclable materials on any public street, alley…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no adult oriented business may open without a license from the City Clerk's office, and City Code § 11-1209 bars every such use within 1,000 feet of a…

Anyone doing business as a secondhand or antique dealer in the City of Coon Rapids needs a license under City Code § 5-2603, and § 5-2613(2)(c) confines that use to Neighborhood…

The City of Coon Rapids caps pawnbroker licenses at two citywide under City Code § 5-2414(2)(c), restricts pawnshops to General Commercial zoning, and bars any new shop within one-half…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no one may operate a massage business or work as a massage therapist without a separate City license under § 5-2904, and § 5-2915 bars any massage service…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no one may sell tobacco, tobacco products, tobacco-related devices, or electronic delivery devices without a license issued by the City Clerk under Chapter…

Coon Rapids flatly bans motor vehicle repair, maintenance, service, or sale as a home occupation, along with body shops, raw metal fabrication, welding, and repairing any internal…

Anoka County's Body Art Ordinance requires a separate establishment license for every tattoo and piercing shop and an individual technician license for each artist, administered by the…

The City of Coon Rapids registers rather than opts out of cannabis retail: every state-licensed cannabis or hemp retailer must register with the City Clerk under § 5-3103 before…

City Code § 5-3112(1) bars any cannabis business from operating within 1,000 feet of a school and within 500 feet of a daycare, a residential treatment facility, or a park attraction…

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 Coon Rapids, the juvenile curfew is not written out in the City Code itself. Section 7-401 instead adopts Anoka County Ordinance No. 95-2, the county's Juvenile Curfew…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code § 10-422 closes every City park to the public between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and closes six named parks, Al Flynn, Aspen, Riverview, Sand…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no parade, march, or procession on a public street or alley may start without a permit from the City Clerk under Chapter 5-1200. Applications are due at…

In the City of Coon Rapids, any group wanting exclusive use of a park or the community center for a picnic, sporting event, party, or performance must get an Exclusive Use Permit from…

In the Regional Shopping District, the City of Coon Rapids allows festivals, carnivals and merchandise sales only under a Community Development Director-issued special event permit…

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…

In the City of Coon Rapids, anyone who goes door to door taking orders for future sales, defined as a canvasser or solicitor under Chapter 5-1500, needs a license from the City Clerk…

In the City of Coon Rapids, Section 5-1519 of the City Code bars any peddler, solicitor, or canvasser from knocking before 9:00 a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. without a prior appointment, and…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a mobile food unit needs a license from the City Clerk under Chapter 5-1500 before operating anywhere in the City. Licenses run per day, week, month, six…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a mobile food unit can only set up where retail sales are allowed, per Section 5-1513(1) of the City Code. Trucks may also use private property in the…

In the City of Coon Rapids, Section 5-1519(6) of the City Code bars any peddler, solicitor, or mobile food unit from occupying a public right-of-way or other public property to…

Growing or allowing the growth of Noxious weeds anywhere in the City of Coon Rapids is a misdemeanor and a nuisance under City Code § 8-503(1). The Chapter's own definition of Weeds in…

The City of Coon Rapids treats any post, retaining wall, rock, bush or other object placed in the public right-of-way that impedes pedestrian traffic or endangers vehicles as a public…

Property owners and occupants in the City of Coon Rapids, not the City, are responsible for maintaining the boulevard area next to their land under City Code § 8-1006. That duty runs…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no one may obstruct or excavate any public right-of-way, including boulevards and sidewalks, without first obtaining a Right-of-Way Permit under City Code §…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code § 10-413 bars camping, pitching tents or shacks, or leaving a house trailer or camp wagon overnight in any City park outside a spot the City has…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code § 10-503 lets residents plant and maintain trees in the boulevard next to their property, but the species must be one authorized under §…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a damaged, decayed, dilapidated, unsanitary or unsafe building that endangers health or safety can be declared unfit for human habitation under City Code…

In the City of Coon Rapids, rental dwellings with four or more units must clear their own walkways, sidewalks and steps within 12 hours after any snowfall of one inch or more stops…

Owners of vacant lots must still control weeds and noxious plants. Minnesota's noxious-weed law obligates any landowner to eradicate weeds when ordered by a county-appointed inspector…

In the City of Coon Rapids, anyone applying for a building permit, subdivision approval or a grading permit for land-disturbing work must submit an Erosion Control Plan and Storm Water…

In the City of Coon Rapids, every parcel pays a quarterly storm water drainage fee under Coon Rapids City Code § 13-1302, and Chapter 13-1400 bans dumping anything but storm water into…

Coon Rapids regulates the Mississippi River and Crooked Lake floodplains through three overlay districts: Floodway, Flood Fringe, and General Floodplain, mapped on FEMA panels dated…

Coon Rapids sets its regulatory flood protection elevation (RFPE) at two feet above the regional flood elevation, the local freeboard standard under Section 11-1101.2(4). In the Flood…

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…

The City of Coon Rapids caps home garage sales at six separate sale events per calendar year, each running no more than four consecutive days, under City Code Section 11-601.8's home…

For planned unit developments in Coon Rapids, City Code Section 11-902.10 requires homeowners association covenants to be filed with the City and to let the City abate code violations…

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 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…

Every solar energy system in Coon Rapids, whether roof- or ground-mounted, needs a building permit under § 11-1602.4, and the application must include scaled drawings showing the…

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…

Coon Rapids adopts the Minnesota State Building Code wholesale under § 12-201, so building permit requirements follow the state code; the city's Inspection Division enforces it, and…

Coon Rapids enforces plumbing work under the Minnesota Plumbing Code, Minnesota Rule Chapter 4714, which § 12-202(21) folds into the city's adopted building code, with permits…

In the City of Coon Rapids, all electrical work follows the Minnesota State Electrical Act adopted by reference under Section 12-701, with permits applied for directly to the City…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code section 12-306(9) bars occupancy of any dwelling unit unless every exterior and exit door has a safe, functioning lock. Common-interest and rental…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no fire, flame or barbecue is allowed on a balcony above ground level in a building with two or more vertically stacked units, and grills, torches and fuel…

In the City of Coon Rapids, a wood smoker is not treated as open burning at all: Section 12-415(4)(b) specifically excludes charcoal grills, wood smokers, manufactured hibachis and…

In the City of Coon Rapids, no person may operate a rental dwelling or unit without a license for each building under Section 12-903, backed by a criminal background check, tenant…

In the City of Coon Rapids, section 12-313 lets the Compliance Official declare a building unfit for human habitation when damage, decay, unsanitary conditions, pest infestation, or…

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 Coon Rapids, no one may operate a rental dwelling without a license, and every application must include a City-approved rental dwelling inspection certificate. Buildings…

Section 11-1207.1(12) of the Coon Rapids zoning code caps outdoor lighting at three footcandles measured at the property line and bars any fixture from throwing light into a…

Coon Rapids treats yard signs supporting candidates or ballot measures as noncommercial speech signs under its temporary sign rules. Section 11-1203.6(2)(e) lifts the City's usual size…

Coon Rapids has no separate garage-sale-sign ordinance; a yard sale sign is a temporary sign under Section 11-1203.6(2) and must follow the same rules as any other temporary sign. It…

Digital billboards fall under Coon Rapids' off-premises sign rules as 'dynamic display' signs, and the City has barred new off-premises signs since September 10, 2001, letting only…

Coon Rapids limits temporary window signage to commercial districts and caps it at 40 percent of the window area on any building frontage under Section 11-1203.6(2)(g). A residential…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code Chapter 12-300 requires every structure and yard to stay free of rodent harborage and pest infestation. Boxes, lumber, scrap metal and similar…

Anoka County caps bicycle speed at 15 miles per hour, or any lower posted limit, on trails and roadways inside its park system, and requires riders to stay on designated trails and…

Anoka County's Parks Ordinance caps electric scooters and other Micro Mobility Devices (MMDs) at 15 mph or the posted speed limit on county park property. Riders must also stay off…

Anoka County Ordinance No. 2018-1 treats a class 1, class 2, or class 3 electric-assisted bicycle, as defined by Minn. Stat. § 169.011, exactly like any other bicycle inside the county…

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…

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…

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 agricultural zoning combines local authority under chapter 394 county planning with state feedlot rules in Minn. Stat. 116.07, while Right to Farm protections in 561.19 limit…

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…

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…