4 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
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Hennepin County cities use social-host ordinances to fine adults who host gatherings where minors consume alcohol, layered on top of standard noise and disorderly-conduct rules.
Minnesota's Freedom to Breathe Act bans smoking in indoor workplaces and bars, and many Hennepin County cities extend the ban to parks, patios, and transit stops.
Adults 21 and older may possess cannabis in Hennepin County under Minn. Stat. 342, but smoking or vaping it in public, schools, and most workplaces remains a petty misdemeanor.
Open containers of alcohol are prohibited in vehicles statewide and on most public streets and parks across Hennepin County, with limited exceptions for licensed events and patios.
Minn. Stat. § 169A.35
169A.35 OPEN BOTTLE LAW. Subd. 2. Drinking and consumption; crime described. It is a crime for a person to drink or consume an alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit, or 3.2 percent malt liquor in a motor vehicle when the vehicle is upon a street or highway. Subd. 3. Possession; crime described. It is a crime for a person to have in possession, while in a private motor vehicle upon a street or hi...
1 cities in Hennepin County have their own public conduct rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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