Minnetonka, MN

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a retaining wall cannot be within 25 feet of a wetland unless it is needed to control existing erosion, and city staff must field verify the…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 300.15, subd. 9 lets fences occupy any part of a required front, side or rear yard setback, but visibility…

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 Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 314.01 of the City Code limits removal of protected trees whenever construction, site work or redevelopment happens on a…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), the Minnetonka City Council declares trees and hedges that block a clear view of traffic approaching an intersection to be…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), the City Council treats turf grass lawns and managed natural landscapes as equally acceptable. A managed natural landscape can…

Minnesota does not restrict collecting rainwater in barrels for gardens and landscaping, but plumbed nonpotable rainwater catchment systems that supply fixtures, water features, or…

Minnesota Statutes §18.78 makes every landowner, land occupant, and public-land caretaker responsible for managing noxious weeds under the categories set in §18.771…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the City Code does not set a fixed number of electric vehicle chargers for new parking lots. Section 315.14 encourages projects…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, section 930.030 bars parking where the city posts no parking signs, in fire lanes, in alleys, in front of building exits and fire…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, section 930.032 lets the City Council create overnight parking permit areas by resolution where residential streets lack…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the City Council creates no parking and limited time zones by resolution, and where there is a raised curb it must be painted…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a vehicle cannot be parked on a public street between 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., and cannot stay in any one place longer than 6…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a loading zone is a curb space reserved for loading or unloading passengers or materials. Section 930.030 lets an occupant ask…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.020, subdivision 3(d), bars a vehicle in weight classification G through T under Minn. Stat. § 168.013 from parking…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.020 requires vehicles parked or stored outside in the front-yard area of residentially-zoned property to sit on a paved…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.020 bars parking a recreational vehicle or vehicle for sale within ten feet of the paved street portion, unless the…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.025 treats a motor vehicle as abandoned after more than 48 hours on public property illegally or lacking vital…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a person must not leave a motor vehicle or trailer on a street, road or highway in a way that interferes with removing snow…

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 Minnetonka, Minnesota, accessory dwelling units are allowed only on R-1, R-1A and R-2 properties, one per property, under the conditional use standards of Minnetonka…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, garage space can be converted into an accessory dwelling unit only if the lot keeps room for a 24-foot by 24-foot garage without a variance and a…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, the owner of a property with an accessory dwelling unit must live in the principal dwelling or the ADU as a permanent residence at least 185 days…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 300.15, subd. 12 keeps a detached accessory building at least six feet from the house, allows a 10 foot…

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 Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a home occupation that regularly has customer, client, or patient visits is allowed in residential districts only as an interim…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a home occupation is a permitted accessory use in every residential district only when everyone who works in the dwelling lives there and the…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a licensed day care serving 12 or fewer persons and a licensed group family day care serving 14 or fewer children are permitted…

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

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), § 850.010 prohibits sounding a vehicle horn for at least 15 seconds outside an emergency, tire squeal or other vehicle noise…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a stereo, instrument, or other sound device cannot be operated in a way that unreasonably disturbs a reasonable person of…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 850.015 bars construction or grading activities using power equipment at any time other than between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 850.015 bars operating outdoor power implements at any time other than between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. The code does not…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, animal noise becomes a violation when it can be heard from outside the unit, building or premises and repeats over at least a…

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

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…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 910.020 keeps recreational fires 25 feet from a structure or combustible material and requires fire pits to sit at least 10…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), Minnetonka City Code § 1045.050 bars a person from possessing, selling, offering or exposing for sale, using, or exploding any…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 910.020 amends Section 307 of the state fire code so that no one can kindle a recreational fire without an annual permit…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the city's amendment to Appendix O of the state fire code bars propane grills and cylinder storage within 15 feet of an…

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 Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a household can keep no more than two dogs, or five cats, or five animals combining cats and dogs with no more than two dogs…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a pet shop, defined as a place for the exhibition, sale or purchase of live dogs, cats and other animals, needs a city license that expires…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, chickens are farm animals under section 925.115 of the City Code. Fowl are capped at five per half acre, barred from the front…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the City Code requires a microchip identification implanted in any animal found potentially dangerous. Section 925.105 adopts…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a person who owns, harbors or keeps a cat over six months old must have it vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a dog off its owner's property must be under restraint: inside a crate or vehicle, or on a leash not exceeding six feet. A…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, section 925.095 bars keeping, owning, harboring or possessing a wild animal. The definition covers front-fanged venomous snakes…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 1035.010 prohibits trapping anywhere in the city, and its definition of a trap includes a bird line, net, snare, or hawk…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), wild animals including birds cannot be fed in any city park facility unless the feeding is part of a city sponsored program. The…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), section 1010.030 makes it an offense to obstruct the city's deer management program, tamper with a deer trap or removal…

Minnesota keeps honey bees under a hands-off regime. Section 17.445 directs the Department of Agriculture to inspect apiaries only on request, and there is no statewide license…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a person must not construct, alter or reconstruct a private residential pool without first getting a city permit. The application…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, outdoor private residential pools holding water more than 24 inches deep must be completely enclosed by a fence or barrier at least 5 feet high…

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 Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 300.24 of the City Code regulates development in flood hazard areas as an overlay on the base zoning district. Fill is…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 300.25 of the City Code permits docks, boat lifts and mooring structures at the shoreline, caps dock width at 8 feet…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, new principal structures, attached garages and additions near a floodplain need a lowest floor at least two feet above the…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), the Minnetonka City Council requires a grading and erosion control plan for land-disturbing work, and section 300.28 subdivision…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), Minnetonka City Code § 1205.015 bars any person from discharging pollutants into the city's municipal separate storm sewer…

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 Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, no one can operate as a pawnbroker, precious metal dealer, or secondhand dealer without a license from the Minnetonka City…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a vehicle towing business needs a conditional use permit in the I-1 Industrial District, and the City Council must find five standards met…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a secondhand dealer license covers businesses that buy or take in trade consumer electronics or jewelry and gemstones, once a…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, repair, service and painting of motor vehicles is on the list of businesses prohibited as home occupations in every residential district under…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), selling or giving away any tobacco-related product at retail, vapes and e-cigarettes included, requires a city license under…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), no one can own or operate a sexually-oriented business without a license under City Code section 615. The City Council holds a…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, no one can operate a massage business without a current city license. The license requires at least $1,000,000 in personal liability insurance…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, no one can maintain, own or operate a body art establishment, including tattoo and piercing studios, without a city license. Every individual…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, impervious surface caps depend on the district. Shoreland lots are held to 30 percent within 150 feet of the ordinary high water…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, buildings in the R-1 district are capped at a maximum of 35 feet under Minnetonka City Code § 300.10, subd. 5(a). Accessory…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, the R-1 district requires a front yard setback of 35 feet, side yard setbacks totaling at least 30 feet with a 10 foot minimum…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, an accessory sidewalk cafe or outdoor eating area in the B-2 district needs a conditional use permit, and the City Council must find that eight…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a group of 25 people or more cannot gather in a park without a city permit. Under Minnetonka City Code § 1135.030 the park…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, a liquor license applicant must file a business plan that includes a sound and noise management plan covering sound equipment and…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), loading or unloading a motor vehicle, or handling bales, boxes, crates, or containers, in a way that causes loud or disturbing…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, political signs fall under temporary non-commercial signs. Table 325.3 in § 325.06 sets no maximum number or area for residential…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, outdoor advertising signs are no longer allowed, and those existing on March 13, 1991 are nonconforming. Section 325.05 offers…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, no one can install, alter, repair or extend a plumbing system or individual sewage disposal system without first obtaining a city permit and…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a variance that allows a lot without proper public street frontage carries a sprinkler condition: automatic fire sprinkler protection must be…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, building permits, inspections and fee collection follow sections 710 and 715 of the city code and chapter 1 of the international building code…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, permitted plumbing work must be inspected and accepted before it is covered, and no one can occupy new premises until the city has made a final…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, no one can install, alter, repair or extend electrical work for light, heat or power without first obtaining a city permit and paying the chapter…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, the housing code is the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code, including its appendix, adopted by reference in section 525.005. The…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, the owner or rental manager must register each residential rental property with the city on a separate form, renew every calendar year with…

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…

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…

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 Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), section 300.28 subdivision 2 requires exterior lighting to use lenses, shields, louvers, prismatic control devices and limits on…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), reflected glare or spill light from exterior lighting cannot exceed five-tenths footcandles at the property line when it abuts a…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), City Code § 625.040 bars anyone from selling, offering, giving away or otherwise dealing in flavored tobacco-related products or…

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…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.010 requires every owner or occupant to dispose of waste through a licensed collector, an approved incinerator or an…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.030 requires every multiple dwelling owner to give residents the chance to recycle newspaper, cans, glass containers…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.033 lets the city contract with a licensed hauler for recycling or organics at some or all premises, keeps residents…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.032 requires every licensed trash collector to offer residential customers source-separated organics collection and…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 835.015 bars setting waste out next to the roadway before sunset of the day before collection, limits how long uncollected…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, yard waste must be placed in bags or bundles not exceeding three feet in any dimension and securely fastened to avoid spillage. Yard waste and its…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.010 declares a public nuisance the depositing of garbage, trash, rubbish, bottles, cans and other refuse on any…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a dumpster on a single or two family residential lot must sit on a paved or graveled parking or driveway area, stay off the public street, and…

Minnesota state law bans appliances, electronics, tires, lead-acid batteries, and mercury-containing devices from solid waste disposal. These items must be recycled through approved…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a peddler or solicitor working residential property must first get a license and an identification card from the Community…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a licensed peddler or solicitor cannot go onto private property where signs are prominently posted saying trespassing…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), City Code § 650.20 bars any cannabis retail business within 1,000 feet of an elementary, middle or high school and within 500…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, cannabis retail businesses are regulated by registration, not banned: Minnetonka City Code § 650.15 caps registrations at five, and § 650.20 bars…

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.

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a building or structure is a public nuisance if the city building official or fire marshal finds it dangerous to public safety…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.030 caps turf grass lawns and weeds at eight inches on developed property, vacant property combined with developed…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, agriculture, farming, and truck gardening are permitted uses in the R-1 Low Density Residential District under Minnetonka City…

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 Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.005 declares eight conditions public health nuisances, including stagnant water, accumulated rubbish, noxious weeds and…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 910.020 allows listed propane grills only at ground level and prohibits propane grills and cylinder storage within 15 feet…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 910.020 allows listed charcoal grills and smokers only at ground level, and bars using or storing them within 15 feet of…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 845.010 declares it a public nuisance to obstruct a public highway or right-of-way, to throw glass, tacks or nails on a…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), a person can use undeveloped public right-of-way, including boulevards, slopes, unpaved shoulders and dedicated streets not yet…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), the service pipe from the corporation connection at the watermain belongs to the property owner, who must protect and maintain…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, section 930.040 requires pedestrians and bicyclists to use a pedestrian bicycle safety zone when one is provided, and riders in a…

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

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 1005.015 sets a curfew by age. Under 12 is barred from 9:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:00 p.m. Friday and…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), public parks and recreational trails are open for public use only between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. each day. After closing, no…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), skateboards are self-propelled roller devices, so riders on public streets and parking lots must stay within a pedestrian…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 1045.030 prohibits drinking an alcoholic beverage, or holding an open or unsealed container within immediate reach…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 1045.032 makes it a petty misdemeanor to use cannabis within 50 feet of a city-maintained beach, playground, sports…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 1006.015 makes it unlawful to host or allow a gathering where alcohol is present and an underage person drinks, if the…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 1020 makes it a misdemeanor to lurk, loiter, or prowl in a manner not usual for law abiding individuals under…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County), smoking or vaporizing cannabis is a petty misdemeanor on any city park property and on any property with a city-operated…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, noxious weeds are a declared public nuisance under Minnetonka City Code § 845.030. Noxious weeds are the plants the State of…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Section 1020.015 bars a person from loitering, standing, sitting or lying on public property, sidewalks, streets, crosswalks…

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 requires a food establishment license for mobile food units and itinerant food stands before they may operate.

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

Hennepin County's Public Health Nuisance Ordinance declares rat, mouse, and other vermin infestations a public health nuisance subject to county abatement.

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…

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…

Minnesota protects solar access: Minn. Stat. 462.357 subd. 1 lets cities regulate access to direct sunlight, 500.216 bars HOA prohibitions on roof-mounted solar, and 500.30 authorizes…

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…