Eagan, MN Public Conduct: Loud Party Ordinance (2026)
Key Facts
- Host duty
- Abate noise on police order
- Dispersal order
- Officer may clear non-owner guests
- Refusing to leave
- Separate unlawful act
- Trigger
- Officer probable cause
- Governing section
- Eagan City Code § 10.31
Summary
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 else present who refuses to leave, under City Code § 10.31.
It is unlawful for any person, owning or possessing property upon which a party or gathering prohibited herein is in progress, to fail to abate such noise upon an order of a police officer. When a police officer has probable cause that a violation of this section is occurring, the officer may order all persons present, other than the owner or person in possession of the property, to disburse and leave the property immediately and failure of any person, other than the owner or person in possession of the property, to refuse to leave after being so ordered by the police officer shall be unlawful.
Full Breakdown
Eagan City Code § 10.31, Subd. 1 attaches direct liability to whoever owns or possesses the property where a prohibited noisy party or gathering is happening: that person must abate the noise once a police officer issues an order to do so, and failing to comply is itself unlawful. The section then gives officers a separate enforcement tool aimed at the crowd rather than the host: when an officer has probable cause that a violation is occurring, the officer may order everyone present, other than the owner or person in possession of the property, to disperse and leave the property immediately.
Any of those other attendees who refuses to leave after being so ordered is independently guilty of a violation. Together the two clauses put the compliance burden on the host first, through an abatement order, and back it up with authority to clear the property of guests if the host cannot or does not bring the noise down, so a single loud gathering can generate violations against both the property owner and any attendee who will not leave.
Violations & Fines
A property owner or possessor who fails to abate noise after a police order, or any attendee other than the owner or possessor who refuses to leave after being ordered to disperse, violates § 10.31, Subd. 1 and is subject to the city's misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor penalty under Eagan City Code § 1.03.
Frequently Asked Questions
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