Eagan, MN

In the City of Eagan, outdoor electronic sound equipment cannot run past 10 p.m. without a city permit, and even under a permit the sound cannot exceed 55 decibels a quarter mile away…

In the City of Eagan, running a stereo, radio, or other audio equipment loud enough to be plainly audible 50 feet away is presumed unlawful under City Code § 10.31, though permitted…

In the City of Eagan, a gathering's noise is presumed to violate the city's noise ordinance whenever it is plainly audible 50 feet away between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., under City…

In the City of Eagan, letting a dog, cat, or miniature pig habitually bark, cry, whimper, howl, or whine is a public nuisance under Eagan City Code § 10.11, Subd. 6, and animal control…

In the City of Eagan, construction activity, power tools, and power lawn or landscape equipment cannot run on public or private property between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Eagan City…

In the City of Eagan, land within the Aircraft Noise Zone Overlay District spanning DNL 60 to 75-plus decibels near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport cannot get a building or…

Dakota County Ordinance No. 107 bans operating a vehicle in county parks that emits excessive or unusual noise, along with noxious fumes, dense smoke, or other polluting matter, on top…

In the City of Eagan, cats are not licensed the way dogs are, but Eagan City Code § 10.11 still bars letting a cat's waste sit for more than 24 hours, requires rabies inoculation for…

In the City of Eagan, a dog, cat, or ferret must stay on a leash or chain whenever it is off the owner's property and not confined in a vehicle or cage, under Eagan City Code § 10.11…

Eagan has no citywide spay-or-neuter mandate for dogs or cats, but Eagan City Code § 10.11, Subd. 3(a).F requires every miniature pig to be spayed or neutered, with veterinary proof…

Eagan does not require microchips for ordinary pets, but Eagan City Code § 10.11, Subd. 7.E requires an owner of a dog declared potentially dangerous to implant a microchip within 14…

Eagan does not restrict dogs by breed. Instead, Eagan City Code § 10.11, Subd. 7 adopts Minnesota's dangerous dog statute, Minn. Stats. §§ 347.50 to 347.565, letting a police officer…

In the City of Eagan, keeping four or more dogs, cats, ferrets, rabbits, or miniature pigs over six months old on one property requires a kennel license under Eagan City Code § 10.12…

Eagan requires anyone operating a pet shop selling live dogs, cats, monkeys, hamsters, parrots, fish or other small animals to hold a city license under Eagan City Code § 6.43. The…

In the City of Eagan, keeping chickens outside agricultural zoning requires a permit from the city clerk under City Code § 10.12. Single-family homeowners may apply, but roosters are…

Backyard beekeeping in the City of Eagan requires a city permit under City Code § 10.12, Subd. 9 unless the property is zoned agricultural. Hives must sit at least 20 feet from any lot…

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

Minnesota Statute 346.155 prohibits private possession of regulated animals including big cats, bears, and non-human primates. The law preempts conflicting local rules and applies…

In the City of Eagan, the city can restrict the times and hours residents may run lawn and garden sprinklers, irrigation systems, car washing and air conditioning whenever it…

In the City of Eagan, backyard composting is only allowed in residential and agricultural districts, and the enclosure cannot exceed 100 cubic feet on lots of 12,000 square feet or…

Eagan City Code § 10.21 caps vegetation height on any built lot, and on vacant parcels under one acre, at eight inches, measured from ground level to the tip of each blade or stalk…

Eagan City Code § 7.08, Subdivision 1.D.5 requires overhanging branches of mature deciduous trees in a street right-of-way to clear at least 13.5 feet above the street surface and 8…

In the City of Eagan, significant trees, specimen trees and significant woodlands on a development site cannot come down until the city approves a tree preservation plan under City…

Eagan lets homeowners replace turf grass with native grasses, wildflowers, rain gardens and other managed natural landscapes, but only after registering the planting with the city…

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 Eagan, any outdoor swimming pool deeper than 24 inches or larger than 150 square feet at a single-family home must be enclosed by a nonclimbable security fence four to…

Every outdoor swimming pool deeper than 24 inches or larger than 150 square feet at a single-family home in Eagan must be enclosed by a four-to-six-foot nonclimbing fence with…

Eagan bans the sale, possession, or use of fireworks other than consumer fireworks such as sparklers and small novelty items, adopting Minn. Stat. §§ 624.20-624.25 by reference for…

In the City of Eagan, open burning beyond a normal recreational fire needs a permit from the fire chief, fire marshal, or fire official. Eagan City Code § 10.40, Subd. 7 requires at…

In the City of Eagan, no recreational fire, including a fire pit, fire bowl, or chiminea, may burn without a permit from the fire department. Eagan City Code § 10.40, Subd. 6 requires…

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

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

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

Eagan does not offer a special short-term rental permit. Instead, Eagan City Code § 6.55 requires any Airbnb, VRBO, or similar house-sharing rental to carry the same rental dwelling…

Eagan's rental dwelling license law exempts a home shared for 30 to 120 consecutive days while the owner still occupies it the rest of the year, but City Code § 6.55, Subd. 3…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the City of Eagan, parking a commercial vehicle in a residential zoning district is illegal except for active loading or unloading capped at 24 hours. Detached semitrailers cannot…

Eagan City Code § 7.10 makes it unlawful for anyone but a city employee acting within the scope of employment to paint, letter or color a street, sidewalk, or curb and gutter, for…

Eagan City Code § 9.02 lists specific places where stopping, standing or parking a vehicle is unlawful, from blocking a driveway or sidewalk to parking within ten feet of a fire…

Eagan City Code § 9.03 caps how long a recreational camping vehicle, defined to include travel trailers, pickup coaches, motor homes and camping trailers, can sit on a public street or…

Eagan does not impose a blanket overnight parking ban. City Code § 9.08 instead lets the police chief, once authorized by council resolution, designate specific streets or blocks as…

From November 15 through April 15, Eagan City Code § 9.09 requires cars parked on the street to move sides daily: odd-numbered addresses on odd calendar days, even-numbered addresses…

In the City of Eagan it is unlawful to abandon a motor vehicle on public or private property without the consent of whoever controls that property. Eagan City Code § 10.50 defines the…

In the City of Eagan, Level 1 and Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations are a permitted accessory use in every zoning district under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 33, but Level 3 fast…

Eagan caps residential driveways at 22 feet wide where they meet the right-of-way and requires off-street parking lots and driveways to be surfaced to control dust and drainage under…

Commercial and industrial loading areas in Eagan must stay off the front yard and off the street entirely under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 11. A loading dock within 300 feet of a…

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

In the City of Eagan, retaining wall work authorized by a building permit must reach completion within 180 days of issuance under City Code § 4.07. The chief building official may…

Eagan caps residential fences at six feet in side and rear yards and 42 inches in front yards under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 16.B. Business and industrial property-line fences top out…

Eagan bans barbed wire fencing outside non-residential zoning districts and limits above-ground electric boundary fences to active farms in the Agricultural (A) district, under City…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 16 requires every fence to meet the safety and appearance rules in Chapter 10 and caps a temporary snow or erosion-control fence at 30…

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 Eagan, a home daycare or other home occupation must stay clearly secondary to residential use, employ no more than three people (one of whom lives outside the home), be…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 23 bars a home occupation from involving any over-the-counter sales and caps the parking a home business can use at three off-street…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 23 allows a home occupation as an accessory use in a dwelling only if it stays clearly incidental and secondary to the residential…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 23.E bars a home occupation from displaying any sign beyond what is already permitted in the R (residential) zoning districts, meaning…

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

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

In the City of Eagan, detached sheds and accessory buildings over 120 square feet must match the house's finish materials and color, and total detached accessory floor area on an R-1…

In the City of Eagan, you cannot simply convert a garage into finished living space and call it done: City Code § 11.70, Subd. 32 only allows garage conversions inside a permitted…

In the City of Eagan, an accessory dwelling unit is a permitted accessory use only on a single-family lot in the Estate or R-1 zoning district, under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 32.C. Its…

An accessory dwelling unit in the City of Eagan only stays legal if the property owner lives in either the primary residence or the ADU as a genuine permanent home, per City Code §…

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

In the City of Eagan, vending or running a commercial enterprise in a city park requires a vendor permit from the director of parks and recreation, and any group wanting a park…

Street dances, fairs, farmers' markets and similar festivals on Eagan city property or public rights-of-way need a special event permit under City Code § 7.07, filed at least 60 days…

A residential block party in Eagan hosted and attended only by the neighbors along the closed street is not treated as a special event needing the city clerk's special event permit…

Anyone holding a parade, timed athletic event or other special event on Eagan city property or in a public right-of-way needs a special event permit under City Code § 7.07, Subd. 3…

In the City of Eagan, an outdoor dining area attached to a Class I or Class II restaurant is a permitted accessory use under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 29, as long as it sits back 20…

In the City of Eagan, private seasonal docks on city lakes are limited to one per lakeshore parcel and capped in size, and every seasonal dock, pontoon, and floating raft must come out…

New development and redevelopment in Eagan that creates 10,000 square feet or more of impervious surface must retain 1.1 inches of runoff on site under City Code § 4.34(F), control…

Eagan requires an approved land disturbance plan with erosion and sediment control measures before grading, excavation or construction disturbing more than 10,000 square feet, under…

Eagan requires structures in the Flood Fringe District to sit at least two feet above the "regulatory flood protection elevation," itself defined as one foot above the regional flood…

In the City of Eagan, all FEMA-mapped floodplain land falls under the Floodway (FW) or Flood Fringe (FF) overlay districts governed by City Code § 11.66. No structure or land use can…

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 Eagan, minors under 12 must be off the streets by 9 p.m. on school nights and 10 p.m. on weekends, with older tiers up to 17 allowed out later, and parents and business…

Eagan city parks and recreation areas close to the public between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. under City Code § 10.23, Subd. 2.A, and no privately owned vehicle may remain during those…

In the City of Eagan, installing or altering any plumbing system connected to a water or sewage disposal system requires a city plumbing permit, which can only be issued to a…

In the City of Eagan, it is unlawful to erect, enlarge, alter, repair, move or demolish any building or structure, including its plumbing, electrical or HVAC systems, without first…

In the City of Eagan, all electrical wiring installation, alteration, repair and layout work must follow the Minnesota Electrical Act, and the city has adopted the National Electrical…

In the City of Eagan, the owner or person in possession of property hosting a noisy party must abate the noise once a police officer orders it, and the officer may disperse everyone…

In the City of Eagan, using cannabis flower, cannabis products, or hemp-derived consumer products on public property or in any public place is a petty misdemeanor under City Code Sec…

It is unlawful in the City of Eagan to consume or possess an open container of alcohol on city parks, streets, other public property, or private parking lots open to the public, under…

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

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

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

Eagan confines adult establishments to Limited Industrial, Community Shopping Center, General Business, and Business Park zoning districts and requires a city license under Eagan City…

Eagan requires every tattoo, body-piercing, and body-art studio to hold a body art establishment license issued by the State of Minnesota, and technicians must hold a state body art…

In the City of Eagan, home occupations cannot involve any activity inside a detached or attached garage or accessory building, cannot exceed three workers, and cannot include…

Anyone running a pawnshop in the City of Eagan needs a city license under Eagan City Code § 6.45. Applicants post a $5,000 bond and pass a police background check before the city…

Retailers selling tobacco, tobacco products, or vaping devices in the City of Eagan must first obtain a license under Eagan City Code § 6.34. The ordinance bars sales to anyone under…

Operating a massage therapy establishment in the City of Eagan requires a city license under Eagan City Code § 6.39, and every massage therapist working there needs an individual…

In the City of Eagan, every hotel, motel, roominghouse, tourist court and resort operator must collect a 3% local lodging tax on gross receipts from stays under 30 days, hold it in…

In the City of Eagan, large event venues that offer organics service must collect the county's designated recyclables and route food waste to composting or anaerobic digestion under…

In the City of Eagan, construction and demolition debris must sit in a roll-off, dumpster-like container or a temporary wire enclosure rather than loose on the ground. A wire enclosure…

In the City of Eagan, no one may store garbage or refuse on residential property for more than one week, and it has to sit in watertight metal or plastic containers of at least five…

In the City of Eagan, garbage, recycling and yard-waste containers may only sit at curbside from 6:00 p.m. the night before collection until 6:00 a.m. the day after; the rest of the…

In the City of Eagan, every household in a residential or multidwelling district, and every commercial establishment, must have garbage and refuse collection, and that collection must…

Eagan City Code § 6.37 locks residential haulers into fixed Monday, Wednesday, or Friday pickup days by neighborhood, but it lets a hauler's trucks run on a different day than usual to…

Every licensed residential hauler in the City of Eagan must offer curbside recycling to all the single-family and multi-family households it serves under Eagan City Code § 6.37. At…

Eagan City Code § 6.37 defines yard waste as leaves, lawn clippings, garden waste, weeds, Christmas trees, and prunings up to six inches in diameter, and requires every licensed…

Collecting recyclables for hire anywhere in the City of Eagan requires a city hauler license under Eagan City Code § 6.37. Licensed haulers must accept everything on Dakota County's…

In the City of Eagan it is unlawful to throw, deposit, or place household furnishings, appliances, vehicle parts, construction debris, yard waste, garbage, or petroleum products on any…

Yard waste, household hazardous waste, electronics, appliances, and tires are banned from Dakota County trash and recycling. Ordinance 110 makes it unlawful to put yard waste in mixed…

Every owner who lets a dwelling in Eagan must register it with the city by completing a rental dwelling license application under Eagan City Code § 6.55, Subd. 4, disclosing every…

Eagan requires every licensed rental dwelling to comply with the City Code chapters covering building and fire codes, zoning, animal control, public nuisance, and property maintenance…

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…

Every licensed rental dwelling in Eagan is subject to inspection under Eagan City Code § 6.55, Subd. 5, to confirm it meets the Minnesota State Building Code, State Fire Code…

In the City of Eagan, complaints about a licensed rental dwelling flow to Community Development under City Code § 6.55. Any city employee, official or officer who learns of a…

In the City of Eagan, every refuse container and dumpster serving a multiple dwelling or commercial establishment must stay clean and sanitary enough to prevent rodents, vermin or…

Anyone going door-to-door in the City of Eagan to sell goods, take orders, or collect donations needs a permit under Eagan City Code § 6.36. Solicitors, peddlers, and transient…

Eagan City Code § 7.08, Subdivision 1.D governs any tree or shrub placed in a street right-of-way or boulevard, including parkway strips along private streets serving more than 20…

Eagan requires a city-approved tree preservation plan before new development, new building construction, a ten-percent-or-greater expansion, or any project needing a grading permit…

In the City of Eagan, vacant lots and outlots smaller than one acre must be covered with turf grass or other permitted vegetation kept under eight inches tall, the same standard…

Eagan doesn't fine residents simply for not shoveling, but City Code § 7.05, Subd. 7 makes it a public nuisance to push, blow or deposit snow or ice into a street, sidewalk or trail…

In the City of Eagan, the International Property Maintenance Code (2021 edition), as locally amended, governs substandard and blighted properties. Eagan City Code § 10.53 adopts the…

Front yard vegetable and edible gardens are lawful landscaping in the City of Eagan under City Code § 10.21, but the code only counts edible vegetation as permitted vegetation when it…

Eagan bans planting four tree species anywhere in the city unless they occur naturally: female ginkgo, box elder, non-disease-resistant elm species, and nonhybrid cottonwood species…

Eagan bans placing fences, goods, landscaping materials, cords or other objects, or selling merchandise, within a public street, sidewalk or trail right-of-way under City Code § 7.05…

In the City of Eagan, buildings with three or more dwelling units and a shared hallway or exit cannot have grills, fuel, or propane torches on any balcony above ground level or on a…

In the City of Eagan, no one may kindle, maintain, or cause any fire or open flame, including a smoker, on a balcony above ground level or a ground-floor patio within 15 feet of a…

In the City of Eagan, the R-1 Residential Single District requires a 30-foot setback from the public right-of-way, 10 feet on the side yard for the principal structure (5 feet for a…

In the City of Eagan, the R-1 Residential Single District caps building coverage at 20 percent of the lot on a minimum 12,000-square-foot lot, limiting how much of a residential parcel…

In the City of Eagan, the R-1 Residential Single District caps principal structure height at 35 feet, and any home built taller than that must add three feet of setback on every side…

In the City of Eagan, the Agricultural (A) District is set aside as a holding area for future development where farming, livestock-related conditional uses and single-family homes are…

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 Eagan, the Cedar Grove District (CGD) implements the city's Cedar Grove Design Framework with a zero-to-10-foot build-to line for street-facing buildings, a 50-foot base…

In the City of Eagan, digital and dynamic display signs are allowed only on monument and pylon signs under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 28.K, and only as a subordinate feature next to a…

In the City of Eagan, a window or door sign cannot cover more than 60 percent of the windows and doors on the building side where it is displayed, per City Code § 11.70, Subd…

A business directly adjacent to a freeway in the City of Eagan can seek a conditional use permit for an on-premises pylon sign under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 28.F.4, specifically for…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 24.C and D require garage sale signs to comply with the city's sign ordinance, allow a sign to be placed on a different private…

Minnesota law bars cities from restricting the size or number of noncommercial signs, including political signs, from 46 days before the state primary until 10 days after the general…

In the City of Eagan, a cannabis business cannot open within 350 feet of another lawful cannabis business, measured wall-to-wall, under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 36.D.3. The city also…

In the City of Eagan, a cannabis business may only operate on land zoned commercial/retail or industrial under City Code § 11.70, Subd. 36.C, with each specific use tied to the tables…

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…

Once a solar array clears Eagan's by-right accessory-use test, City Code § 11.70, Subd. C, items 3 through 7 set the dimensional rules a permit application must satisfy. Roof panels…

In the City of Eagan, roof-mounted and ground-mounted solar energy systems are a permitted accessory use in every zoning district under City Code § 11.70, Subd. C (Solar energy…

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 Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 21.D.8 requires on-site lighting at multi-family, commercial, industrial and public or institutional developments to be indirect and…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 24 allows garage sales in every residential zoning district but caps them at three sales events per dwelling unit each calendar year…

In the City of Eagan, outdoor food sales, meaning prepared food or drink sold from a temporary stand or a mobile food unit, are permitted only in the Public Facility, Planned…

Minnesota Statute 157.16 requires every mobile food unit to be licensed by the Department of Health or Department of Agriculture. The state license is portable across cities, though…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…