Eden Prairie, MN

In the City of Eden Prairie, Fire Code amendment Section 9.05.G adds new MSFC Section 6103 for liquefied petroleum gas containers. An installer needs a Fire Department permit and plan…

In the City of Eden Prairie, Fire Code Section 9.05, Subd. 8.A bans open burning citywide except for permitted prairie burns, Minnesota River flood-debris removal, recreational fires…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.11, Subdivision 9 requires every rental building to have approved single station smoke alarms on each floor, in line with the City's…

Recreational fires in the City of Eden Prairie need no burning permit, but City Code Section 9.05 caps it at one fire per parcel at a time, requires following all Fire Department…

Aerial and explosive consumer fireworks are illegal statewide in Minnesota under Minn. Stat. §§624.20-624.25. Only non-aerial, non-explosive 'sparkling items' - wire/wood sparklers (up…

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 Eden Prairie, a household may keep up to two dogs and two cats over six months old without a permit; keeping more triggers a private kennel license under City Code §…

In the City of Eden Prairie, keeping honey bees requires a current registration from the Eden Prairie Police Department under City Code Section 9.73, and neighbors within 200 feet get…

In the City of Eden Prairie, keeping chickens requires City registration under Code Section 9.74, is limited to the Rural and R-1 One Family Residential districts, bans roosters…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.75 bars any pet store from selling, delivering, bartering or otherwise transferring dogs or cats, a puppy-mill ordinance the Council…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.07 makes it unlawful for a dog owner to let the animal off the owner's premises unless it is on a leash no longer than six feet, with a…

The City of Eden Prairie requires every cat owner to keep the animal currently vaccinated against rabies under City Code Section 9.07, and Section 9.75 bars any pet store in the City…

City Code Section 9.07, Subd. 18 bars keeping, maintaining or harboring wild or non-domesticated animals in the City of Eden Prairie, naming skunks, big cats of the family Felidae, and…

Eden Prairie has no breed-specific ban; instead, City Code Section 9.07, Subd. 21 lets the Chief of Police determine that a specific dog is dangerous or potentially dangerous, applying…

Minnesota Statute 97B.106 restricts deer feeding statewide in counties affected by chronic wasting disease and bovine tuberculosis. DNR rules supplement the law and apply uniformly…

In the City of Eden Prairie, leaving a motor vehicle on public or private property without the property owner's consent for more than 48 continuous hours qualifies as unlawfully…

City Code Section 8.02 bars stopping, standing, or parking in the City of Eden Prairie's sign-posted fire lanes, alleys except for active loading, curbed boulevards, and within three…

City Code Section 8.07, Subdivision 1 makes it unlawful to stop, park, or leave any vehicle standing on an Eden Prairie street for a continuous period longer than 24 hours, a rule…

When City Code, a permit condition, or the Fire Chief or Police Chief orders a property owner in Eden Prairie to keep a driveway, access lane, or area clear for emergency vehicles…

City Code Section 8.08, Subdivision 2 bars parking a semi-trailer, truck-tractor, any commercially licensed vehicle over 9,000 pounds gross weight, or any tow vehicle on a street…

In the City of Eden Prairie, the City Council establishes commercial loading zones by resolution, and the City Manager installs and sign-posts them under City Code Section 8.11. Once…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 8.15 bans parking on any street once two inches or more of snow has fallen, continuously or intermittently, and the ban stays in force…

In the City of Eden Prairie, an electric vehicle charging station counts as one full off-street parking space toward the minimums in City Code § 11.43, Subdivision 3.F, in every zoning…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 11.44, Subdivision 3 bans parking or storing a recreational vehicle, defined in § 11.02 to include trailers, boats and watercraft, outside an…

In the City of Eden Prairie, driveways must be surfaced with bituminous, concrete, pavers or similar hard material, never bare gravel, sand or dirt, and off-street parking generally…

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 Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.41, Subdivision 2.C bans loudspeakers and sound amplifiers used for commercial advertising on streets and public places in the…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.41, Subdivision 3.B limits electric, diesel and gas powered construction equipment to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.41, Subdivision 3.A confines power lawn mowers, hedge clippers, chain saws, tillers, edgers, drills and other similar domestic power…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 9.41, Subdivision 4 sets maximum sound levels by receiving land use, measured at the property line. Residential property is held to 65 dBA L10…

Eden Prairie does not set decibel limits for aircraft; instead, City Code Section 2.27 creates the seven-member Flying Cloud Airport Advisory Commission to monitor the 2002 Final…

City Code Section 9.07, Subd. 6.B bans keeping any animal whose noise unreasonably disturbs the peace and quiet of a nearby person in the City of Eden Prairie, and it defines that…

Hennepin County is fully incorporated - all 45 cities including Minneapolis enforce their own noise ordinances and the county does not have its own countywide noise rules. Inside…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 9.71, Subdivision 2 bars letting herbaceous vegetation on a lot, or on the abutting City right-of-way, grow past ten inches or go to seed…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 7 bars composting on public, commercial, office, or industrial property without written City permission, and bars…

Section 3.30, Subdivision 12 limits municipal-water irrigation of lawns, grass, or turf to alternating days tied to a property's street address, bans watering entirely between 12:01…

In the City of Eden Prairie, homeowners may convert lawn to a Native Plant Landscape Area under City Code Section 9.71, but the planted area has to sit back at least 20 feet from the…

In shoreland areas of the City of Eden Prairie, synthetic turf installed in a yard is defined as impervious surface and counts against the lot's impervious coverage cap, which is 30%…

In the City of Eden Prairie, tree removal counts as Land Alteration and needs a City permit unless it stays under a 10% threshold; residential lots may also remove one Significant Tree…

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 Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.76, Subdivision 2 caps every fence at 7 feet in height, whichever yard it sits in, and fences taller than 7 feet are outright…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.76, Subdivision 3 bans fences made of razor wire, barbed wire, chicken wire, chain link with slats, rope, cable, railroad ties…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a retaining wall under four feet tall and twenty-five feet long that does not change existing stormwater drainage needs no Land Alteration Permit; taller…

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 Eden Prairie, every outdoor swimming pool deeper than 24 inches and larger than 150 square feet must be enclosed by a security fence or wall between four and seven feet…

Before building or remodeling a public pool in Hennepin County, plans go to the state Pool Engineer first: the ordinance covers public pools, not private backyard pools.

In the City of Eden Prairie, a home based business cannot generate more than ten business-related trips per dwelling per day, and customer hours run only between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a home based business may run only in the R, R-1, RM, MU, TOD-R, TOD-MU, TC-MU and TC-R Districts, and only inside the dwelling itself under City Code…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a home based business may display only one exterior sign, capped at one square foot, under City Code Section 11.65, Subdivision 2.N. Each vehicle used for…

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 Statutes sections 245A.14 and 462.357 require cities to treat licensed family child care homes as a permitted residential use, preempting restrictive zoning. DHS licenses…

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…

A shed or other accessory structure in an Eden Prairie R1 District must sit at least 30 feet from the front line, 10 feet from side and rear lines (5 feet in R1-9.5), and stand no…

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%…

In the City of Eden Prairie, every occupant of a single-family home, multi-family unit or commercial establishment must be a party to, or beneficiary of, a contract for solid waste…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 4 has required owners, associations, and management entities of multi-family dwellings, since July 1, 2008, to provide…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 11.08, Subdivision 4 requires any property built under a building permit issued after June 15, 2010 in multi-family, office, industrial…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01 defines yard waste as grass clippings, twigs, tree and brush trimmings, straw, pine needles, branches, garden waste, and leaves…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 3.A requires trash and recycling storage containers at single-family homes, multi-family buildings, and commercial…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.01, Subdivision 3.I limits a single-family property to one roll-off container for solid waste or construction debris at a time, capped…

City Code Section 5.36 licenses up to five residential waste haulers, assigns each address a fixed collection district and day by Council resolution, caps hauler trucks at eight tons…

Section 5.36, Subdivision 7 requires licensed haulers to collect recyclables at least every two weeks and trash and organics weekly, bars dumping source-separated recyclables at a…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.34, Subdivision 3 makes it unlawful to throw or deposit nails, glass, cans, garbage, leaves, tree limbs, petroleum products, or other…

In the City of Eden Prairie, Section 9.04, Subd. 3 sets public park hours at 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily, closing every park from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. or as posted. Miller Park…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.35 bars minors under fifteen from being on the streets or in public places between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., and minors fifteen through…

In the City of Eden Prairie, Section 9.04 requires a permit before more than 20 residents can use a park shelter over 200 square feet, a trail, or an athletic field or court together…

City Code Section 6.20 requires a Chief of Police permit before any parade, race, or public assembly of 50 or more people on Eden Prairie public property. Applications cost $15 per day…

In the City of Eden Prairie, Section 9.04, Subd. 4, item AF bans skateboards, bicycles, roller skates and scooters from any tennis or basketball court in a city park, and bars dogs…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.32 makes it unlawful to gather on private land for a party loud enough to disturb neighbors' peace, and it puts a legal duty on the…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 9.38 makes it unlawful to consume or possess beer, wine or liquor in an unsealed container on any street or other public property, including…

In the City of Eden Prairie, the Smokefree Air Ordinance at City Code § 9.42 bans smoking, defined to include cigars, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, pipes, weed or plant, in every City park…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.33 bars loitering on public property except in parks. Subdivision 1 defines loiter broadly to include blocking pedestrian or vehicle…

In the City of Eden Prairie, Fire Code Appendix O, amended by Section 9.05.H, bans any fire or open flame, including a barbeque or propane grill, on a balcony above ground level in a…

Eden Prairie requires every mobile food unit and food cart to hold a valid Minnesota Department of Health or Hennepin County license under City Code Section 5.76 before operating…

City Code Section 5.76, Subdivision 3.F flatly bars every food stand and special event food stand in Eden Prairie from operating on public streets or public rights-of-way. The only…

City Code Section 5.76, Subdivision 3.C limits food stands to five zoning categories: the office district, industrial districts, most commercial districts, the Town Center-Commercial…

City Code Section 5.77 requires a City license before anyone may own or operate a sexually oriented business in Eden Prairie, bars locations not permitted under City Code Chapter 11…

In the City of Eden Prairie, anyone operating a massage business or practicing as a massage therapist for pay must first get a license from the Chief of Police under City Code § 5.46…

In the City of Eden Prairie, no one may operate as a pawnbroker or precious metal dealer without a City license under City Code § 5.71. Each pawn transaction made without a license is…

Section 5.35 requires a City license before selling any tobacco-related product at retail, bars issuance to movable or mobile businesses and anyone without a permanent Eden Prairie…

A home business in Eden Prairie, Minnesota cannot turn into an auto repair shop. City Code Section 11.65 caps home occupations to 25% of the dwelling, bars work in an accessory…

Hennepin County requires a Health Authority license before anyone can own, operate, or work in a body art establishment offering tattoos or piercings.

City Code Section 5.81 requires every cannabis retail business to register with Eden Prairie and pass zoning verification before opening, and caps registrations for cannabis retailers…

City Code Section 5.81, Subdivision 5.A keeps cannabis retailers at least 1,000 feet from any school and at least 200 feet from another registered cannabis retail business, measured…

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.

City Code Section 6.03 requires a right-of-way permit from the City before anyone may temporarily or permanently obstruct or excavate a public right-of-way in Eden Prairie…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.34, Subdivision 1 makes it unlawful to place, deposit, display, or offer for sale any fence, goods, or other obstruction, including an…

In the City of Eden Prairie, anyone who peddles, solicits orders, or operates as a transient merchant door to door must first obtain a permit from the Chief of Police under City Code §…

In the City of Eden Prairie, peddlers and solicitors may not knock between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. year-round under City Code § 5.37, Subd. 7.B, and they may not enter or attempt to…

In the City of Eden Prairie, no one may operate a short-term or long-term rental dwelling without first obtaining a license from the City under City Code § 5.72. The rule covers every…

Eden Prairie does not ban no-cause evictions outright, but City Code Section 13.05, Subdivision 4.A forces new owners of certain affordable rental properties to pay for one. If a new…

When a NOAH project or affordable rental project changes hands in Eden Prairie, the new owner cannot stay quiet about a coming rent hike. City Code Section 13.05, Subdivision 5…

City Code Section 9.11 sets minimum habitability standards for every rental building in the City of Eden Prairie, including a 68-degree Fahrenheit heating mandate from September 15 to…

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…

In the City of Eden Prairie, the City will not issue a rental license until the Administrative Authority inspects the dwelling and confirms it meets City Code Section 9.11 and the…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.11 lets the Administrative Authority, the Fire Chief, Fire Code Official, or a designee, inspect a rental building whenever reasonable…

In the City of Eden Prairie, no one may dump pollutants into the storm sewer system or use an illicit connection to send non-stormwater into it. City Code § 5.75 implements the City's…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 9.60, Subdivision 7 ties every dock, watercraft lift, slip structure, platform or marina in public waters to the Minnesota DNR's own permit…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 11.45 regulates development inside the Floodway, Flood Fringe and General Floodplain Districts to keep the City eligible for the National Flood…

In the City of Eden Prairie, new construction and additions inside the Floodway, Flood Fringe or General Floodplain Districts must have their lowest floor built at or above the…

In the City of Eden Prairie, erosion control systems such as silt fence must be installed before any land alteration begins, and disturbed earth must be stabilized by seeding, sodding…

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 Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.41, Subdivision 2.A bars any person or equipment from creating loud and excessive noise while loading, unloading or unpacking a…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 9.41, Subdivision 5 bars anyone from permanently installing an outdoor air circulation device, central air conditioning, heat pumps and similar…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code § 9.71, Subdivision 1 defines weeds to include Minnesota's noxious weed list plus specific volunteer plants the City names outright, garlic…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 6.21 gives owners and occupants of one- and two-family homes 24 hours after snowfall stops to clear the public sidewalk or trail abutting…

In the City of Eden Prairie, every lot or parcel of land, developed or vacant, other than land in the rural zoning district, must be kept below 10 inches of herbaceous vegetation under…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.16 declares any building, fence, or structure that is so poorly maintained it detracts from the surrounding neighborhood a public…

City Code Section 7.20 designates every paved public sidewalk, trail, and path in the City of Eden Prairie, other than streets and highways, as a bicycle way. Motor vehicles, horses…

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…

City Code Section 8.04 bars stopping or parking any vehicle on an Eden Prairie street for camping, living, or sleeping unless the City has signed the spot as a campsite. Section 9.34…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.33, Subdivision 2.B makes it unlawful for any person to sleep upon streets or in or upon public buildings or structures. The section…

City Code Section 3.01 defines "reclaimed water" as water collected from rooftops, paved surfaces, or other devices and reused before re-entering the natural cycle, and Section 3.30…

Section 10.06 makes it unlawful to alter plumbing, electrical, ventilating, heating, or air conditioning systems in any Eden Prairie building without a separate permit, and Section…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 10.06 makes it unlawful to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, convert or demolish any building or structure, or its…

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…

Digital and electronic message signs in Eden Prairie are called 'dynamic displays' under City Code Section 11.70, Subdivision 6, and they are confined to free-standing signs in…

Eden Prairie lets residents post political signs of any size without a permit during a defined election window. City Code Section 11.70, Subdivision 4.E allows non-commercial signs…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a window sign placed inside a building and not exceeding ten percent of the window area needs no sign permit under City Code Section 11.70, Subd. 7.B. Any…

A garage sale sign in the City of Eden Prairie counts as a yard sign under City Code Section 11.70, Subdivision 5.A.2.b, which caps the total area of all yard signs on a lot at six…

In the City of Eden Prairie's Transit Oriented Development districts, impervious surface coverage is capped by subdistrict under City Code § 11.26, Subdivision 5: up to 90 percent in…

In the City of Eden Prairie, R-1 One-Family Residential lots (R1-44, R1-22, R1-13.5, R1-9.5) all carry a 30-foot front yard setback under City Code § 11.11, Subd. 3. Side and rear…

In the City of Eden Prairie, principal homes in every R-1 One-Family Residential subdistrict, R1-44, R1-22, R1-13.5 and R1-9.5, are capped at 40 feet under City Code § 11.11…

In the City of Eden Prairie, every new building, redevelopment or subdivision inside the Town Center (TC) zoning district must follow the Town Center Design Guidelines, incorporated by…

In the City of Eden Prairie, the Council designates Heritage Preservation Sites under City Code § 11.38 to protect buildings, structures and landforms with historic, aesthetic or…

Eden Prairie's animal-keeping chapter, City Code Section 9.08, makes it unlawful to keep any animal, farm animal, or fowl in a structure infested by rodents, vermin, flies or insects…

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

In the City of Eden Prairie, tree preservation rules under City Code § 11.55 protect Significant and Heritage Trees by diameter, but expressly exclude elm, willow, box elder and aspen…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a Heritage Tree, generally 32 inches or more in diameter, cannot be removed without the City Manager's written consent, and any Heritage Tree that is lost…

Rooftop, wall mounted and ground mounted solar panels in the City of Eden Prairie need a building permit before installation under City Code Section 10.06, and Section 11.08…

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…

City Code Section 11.08, Subdivision 3 caps pole lighting at 25 feet on a 3 foot base, twenty-eight feet total, and requires a downcast shoe box lens in the City of Eden Prairie. Wall…

In the City of Eden Prairie, outdoor lighting may not throw more than 0.5 foot candles measured at the property line under City Code Section 11.08, Subdivision 3.B. Glare from…

In the City of Eden Prairie, agriculture and commercial stables are permitted uses only in the R-Rural District, under the permitted uses table in City Code Section 11.04. Section…

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 Eden Prairie, a household may hold no more than four garage sales in any twelve month period, and no single sale may run longer than four consecutive days, under City…

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…

Hennepin County levies a 0.5 percent county lodging tax on top of the 6.875 percent Minnesota sales tax, with cities like Minneapolis adding their own lodging taxes for a typical 13 to…

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

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…