Roseville, MN

Roseville charges a Short-Term Rental License fee of $540.00 in its 2026 fee schedule, plus a $108.00 administrative fine amount under chapter 313. Rentals under 30 days also owe local…

Roseville sets no annual night cap on short-term rentals. It limits how often a licensed unit can be rented: one rental every seven days from October 1 to May 1, and one every ten days…

In Roseville, two or more confirmed violations within 180 days are grounds for the city council to suspend or revoke a short-term rental license. A first suspension lasts at least 180…

Roseville has no separate noise section for short-term rentals. Section 313.07(b) requires the owner or agent to post chapters 404 (noise control), 405 (nuisances) and 602 (parking) in…

Roseville exempts rentals from its short-term rental license when the owner is present for the duration of the rental. The same section exempts individual sleeping rooms in an…

Roseville's short-term rental chapter sets no primary-residence test. It licenses non-owner-occupied dwelling units rented for 30 consecutive days or less, and it exempts…

Roseville ties short-term rental occupancy to its definition of family. Every license application must certify a maximum occupancy of four or fewer unrelated adults per unit, or one…

Roseville makes it unlawful to let a residential property for short-term occupancy without a license from the city. No new license is issued to a property within 500 feet of another…

Ramsey County sets no STR insurance rule, but St. Paul does: hosts must carry liability insurance of at least $300,000 naming the City as certificate holder, or rent only through a…

Roseville City Code § 404.02 bars sounding a vehicle's audible signaling device except as a warning of danger, requires exhaust to pass through a muffler that prevents loud or…

Roseville City Code § 404.02 bars loudspeakers and amplifiers on streets and public places for commercial advertising, and makes it a violation to run an amplified music device in a…

Roseville declares any animal that habitually barks or cries for extended or unreasonable periods of time, or that disturbs another person's peace and quiet by any noise, a nuisance…

In Roseville, operating a radio, instrument or other sound device between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. so it is plainly audible at the property line, in an adjacent hallway or apartment…

Roseville allows construction activities that use electric, diesel or gas powered machines or other power equipment only between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and between 9:00…

Roseville limits domestic power maintenance equipment such as lawn mowers, hedge clippers, chain saws, mulchers, tillers, edgers and drills to 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and…

Minnesota's statewide standards cap industrial noise: heavy-industrial areas (Class 3) at L50 75 / L10 80 dBA day and night (Minn. R. 7030.0040). St. Paul mirrors this at 80 dBA for…

Aircraft noise in Minnesota is governed primarily by federal aviation rules, with state oversight through the Metropolitan Airports Commission and MnDOT airport zoning standards. Local…

Roseville prohibits open burning except recreational fires that meet twelve conditions: 25 feet from structures and property lines for permanent fire pits, 15 feet for portable ones…

Open burning is prohibited in Roseville under City Code § 403.02(a). The only exceptions are recreational campfires, fire department training approved by the fire chief, and…

In Roseville, no person can discharge or display fireworks in a city park unless a permit is obtained from the city manager. Section 701.03(2) sits beside a ban on discharging firearms…

Roseville's property maintenance chapter requires single-station smoke alarms in existing Group I-1 and R occupancies and ties installation and interconnection to section 907 of the…

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

Roseville makes it unlawful to pile, store or keep wrecked, junked, inoperable, unauthorized or abandoned vehicles on private or public property. A vehicle without a valid state…

In Roseville, a vehicle parked on any street must sit with its right-hand side parallel to the curb and no more than one foot from it, with at least four feet left between parked…

Roseville requires electric vehicle charging stations in new parking areas and in existing lots that add more than 25 percent more spaces or have more than 25 percent of the lot…

Roseville bars parking on any street for 48 hours after a continuous snowfall of two inches or more, or until snow removal has been completed on that street, whichever comes first…

Roseville bars any vehicle with a manufacturer's rated capacity of more than one ton from parking outside or standing continuously for more than two hours on a property or public…

In Roseville, trailers and recreational vehicles in a residential front yard must sit on an improved surface at least five feet from a property line, boats over 20 feet are barred from…

Roseville lets a nonresidential building meet its off-street loading requirement with a designated on-site loading zone, separate from required parking. Loading berth curb cuts must…

Roseville caps a single-family or duplex driveway in the LDR and LMDR districts at 26 feet wide at the property line, with three-foot flares, and requires concrete, asphalt, brick…

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…

Roseville regulates dangerous animals by behavior, not breed. Section 501.15 defines dangerous and potentially dangerous animals by conduct such as unprovoked bites, requires dangerous…

Roseville bans intentional feeding of wild animals under City Code § 407.03. Feeding means putting out one gallon or more of grain, vegetables, fruits, nuts, hay, or a salt lick within…

Roseville treats more than two dogs over three months of age as a kennel needing a license (Code § 501.18). The exception is a special two-year multiple dog license for three or four…

In Roseville, no person can disturb or interfere with any birds or animals kept or found in a city park. Section 701.03(8) is a one-sentence park rule, and it sits in a chapter that…

Roseville bars any pet store from selling, giving away or otherwise transferring cats or dogs. Section 501.23 still lets stores host animal shelters and rescues that showcase adoptable…

Roseville's nuisance chapter declares the keeping of non-domestic animals a nuisance, with poultry and bees named as the exceptions in Section 405.02(5). Non-domestic animals are…

Roseville lets wildlife rehabilitators possess wild animals only with a state Department of Natural Resources permit. The rule is § 501.21(c)(3) of the animal chapter, and it also…

Roseville makes it unlawful to keep any wild animal inside the city limits. Section 501.21 defines a wild animal as a species wild by nature or inherently dangerous to people and lists…

Roseville's Chapter 407 counts coyotes as wild animals and requires the city to develop and maintain a deer management program. Sections 407.02 and 407.04 name coyotes and deer, set…

In Roseville no owner can allow an animal to run at large. For a dog, control off the owner's premises means a leash, cord or chain not more than six feet in length held by a person of…

Roseville requires a license for any cat kept in the city that is three months of age or older, obtained within 30 days of acquiring the cat or becoming a city resident (Code §…

Roseville's code ties microchips to two places. Section 501.05 sets lower pet license fees for electronically tagged animals, and section 501.15 requires an implanted microchip for…

Roseville requires every animal hospital and veterinary clinic to keep all activities inside completely enclosed buildings with soundproofing and odor control. Under § 1011.12(e)(2)…

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…

Roseville's water chapter prints no sprinkling days or hours of its own. Section 801.14 makes every water customer and consumer follow the regulations of the board of water…

No one can remove, trim, treat or plant a tree, shrub or herbaceous plant on a Roseville public boulevard without a public tree permit from the city forester. The forester can require…

Roseville requires turf grasses, nuisance weeds and rank vegetative growth to stay at eight inches or less within 40 feet of an occupied principal structure, an occupied neighboring…

Roseville limits composting on single-family residential parcels to containers or areas of no more than five feet in length, width or height: up to two on lots of up to 10,000 square…

Roseville requires all trees and shrubs to be pruned high enough for free passage: nine feet over sidewalks, 16 feet over streets, and two feet horizontal distance. Private property…

Roseville declares all noxious weeds a nuisance everywhere, and turf grasses, nuisance weeds and rank vegetative growth a nuisance when not kept at eight inches or less within 40 feet…

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

Renting an accessory dwelling unit in Roseville takes a lifetime, non-transferrable ADU occupancy permit from the Community Development Department, plus compliance with rental…

In Roseville a private garage converted into a dwelling unit counts as an accessory dwelling unit, so it must meet § 1011.12(b)(1): one ADU per lot, an owner-occupied property under…

In Roseville, each principal dwelling unit with a one- or two-family use is allowed up to two detached accessory buildings for storage. Combined storage area tops out at 864 square…

Roseville allows one accessory dwelling unit per lot on a lot with a one-family dwelling. An ADU must have 300 to 650 square feet of living area, no more than one bedroom, and a…

In Roseville, either the principal dwelling or the accessory dwelling unit must be owner-occupied, and both units must be under unified ownership. An owner who rents an ADU, or lives…

Ramsey County sets no tiny-home rule. Whether a tiny home is allowed, and as a primary dwelling or an ADU, is decided by city zoning under Minn. Stat. 462.357. In St. Paul a tiny home…

Roseville allows home occupations in residential districts under the standards in § 1011.12(b)(3). Any home occupation that is new as of January 1, 2011 needs an annual city…

In Roseville, a family day care facility is a permitted use in all four residential districts (LDR, LMDR, MDR, HDR), while a group family day care facility needs conditional use…

A Roseville home occupation in the LDR and LMDR districts gets one non-illuminated sign of up to 6 square feet, placed on a wall or in the front yard with a 10-foot minimum setback and…

Cottage food is a statewide exemption, not a county rule. Under Minn. Stat. 28A.152 you must register with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture before selling and are capped at…

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…

Roseville requires a building permit for any swimming pool with a capacity over 3,000 gallons or a depth of over three feet and six inches of water. The application must show the pool…

Roseville requires a private swimming pool, the rear yard or the whole property to be enclosed by a non-climbable wall or fence at least four feet high, with slat openings no wider…

Residential fences in Roseville must be chain-link, wood, plastic, or metal, and barbed wire, electric, weaved, and welded wire fences are barred. Garden mesh fences get a single…

Roseville limits residential fences used for screening or security to 6½ feet, and fences in front yards to four feet. A front-yard fence beside the side or rear yard of an abutting…

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…

Roseville runs curbside recycling as a public utility: the city contracts with one exclusive recycling contractor, the city council sets the schedule and frequency, and every…

Roseville requires residential recycling containers to be out of public view except on collection day, placed at the curb before 7:00 a.m. and removed within 24 consecutive hours…

Every Roseville home and business must arrange solid waste collection with a hauler licensed in the city. The city manager divides Roseville into zones, each collected on one day, and…

In Roseville, trash containers at homes must stay out of public view except on pickup day, can go to the curb only before 7:00 a.m., and cannot remain at the curb for more than 24…

In Roseville, waste and recycling storage areas in non-LDR or LMDR zoning districts must be enclosed behind block or masonry walls designed to match the building. Developments of two…

Roseville's solid waste chapter defines yard waste as lawn clippings, leaves, weeds, garden wastes and soft bodied plants, and requires it to be placed out separately from other trash…

Roseville requires garbage and other refuse to be in watertight containers with tight-fitting lids, and requires yard waste and special waste to be placed out separately. Section…

Roseville classes large appliances, furniture, mattresses, carpeting, tires, batteries, scrap metal, big limbs, stumps, Christmas trees and demolition debris as special waste, a…

Roseville bars anyone from dumping or depositing solid waste at any place in the city. Section 502.02(b) is the flat prohibition. Related rules treat debris dumped on public or private…

Roseville, Minnesota registers cannabis retailers instead of banning them, but caps the number: the city issues one registration per 12,500 residents, using the state demographer's…

In Roseville, Minnesota, no cannabis business can be located within 100 feet of a school or daycare or within 500 feet of a residential treatment facility. The distances are printed in…

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…

Selling tobacco, vape, or nicotine products at retail in Roseville requires a city license approved by the City Council. Only fixed-location businesses qualify, licenses cannot be…

Roseville issues no more than one pawnbroker license at any time, with priority for qualified renewal applicants. Licensees file a $10,000.00 bond, report every transaction daily to…

Operating a massage therapy establishment in Roseville requires a city license for each place of business, and licenses go only to establishments operating inside a properly zoned…

Roseville requires a sexually oriented principal use to sit at least 1,320 radial feet from another such use, churches, daycare centers, liquor establishments, public libraries…

Roseville prohibits motor vehicle repair as a home occupation. Section 1011.12(b)(3)l.3 lists it among the activities banned from residential home businesses, alongside manufacturing…

In Roseville, no one can kindle or maintain a fire or open flame on a balcony above ground level, or on a ground floor patio within 15 feet of the structure, in any building with three…

Roseville requires a permit for plumbing work as specified in the Minnesota State Building Code, which the city adopts as its building code under § 901.01. Section 901.07(f) sets the…

Roseville requires carbon monoxide alarms in dwellings in accordance with the state building code, and § 906.09(d)(13) requires them to be maintained under NFPA 720. Inoperable alarms…

Roseville requires permits wherever the Minnesota State Building Code says so, and adds its own permit list: fences and walls over four feet tall, driveways, drain tile, sheds, and…

Roseville ties building inspections to the Minnesota State Building Code and its own Title 9. Within five working days after finishing permitted work, the permit holder must notify the…

Roseville requires a deadbolt lock on every door giving access to a rented, leased or let dwelling unit, rooming unit or housekeeping unit. The bolt needs a throw of not less than…

Roseville requires a permit from the fire chief to install or modify an automatic fire sprinkler system, with the fee set through section 901.05 and a plan check fee on top. Installed…

Roseville leaves fire safety inspections of state-licensed day care facilities to procedures and fees set by the state fire marshal's office, the Department of Human Services and the…

Roseville makes the electrical code an adopted section of the Minnesota State Building Code. Electrical work fees follow the most current electrical inspection services contract…

Roseville requires every elevator, dumbwaiter and escalator in an existing building to be maintained to ASME A17.1 under its property maintenance chapter. The current certificate of…

Roseville can bill the owner or occupant of private property after city staff respond three or more times within 720 days to nuisance conduct, which covers disturbances that annoy or…

Roseville prohibits possessing, displaying, consuming or using intoxicating liquors in city parks. Non-intoxicating malt liquors are barred the same way, except in certain areas of…

Roseville bans smoking or vaping cannabis flower, cannabis products and hemp-derived consumer products at specified city properties, which include city parks, their parking lots and…

Roseville prohibits smoking, vaping and use of tobacco-related or electronic delivery devices at specified city properties: all city parks, their adjacent parking lots and trails, and…

Roseville caps building height at 30 feet in the Low Density Residential district under Table 1004.09, and at 35 feet in the Low to Medium Density Residential district under Table…

In Roseville's Low Density Residential district, section 1004.09(c) limits the improvement area, meaning paved surfaces and building footprints, decks, pergolas and pools, to 50…

In Roseville's Low Density Residential district, Table 1004.09 sets a 30-foot front yard, a 30-foot rear yard, 5-foot interior side yards and 10-foot corner side yards. Reverse corner…

Roseville classes a deciduous tree of 27 inches DBH or more, or a coniferous tree 50 feet or taller, as a heritage tree. A smaller tree qualifies if a forester or arborist finds it…

Roseville protects two tree species by season under its tree preservation section: oak trees cannot be pruned from March 15 through July 1, and elm trees cannot be pruned from April 1…

In Roseville, trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants on a boulevard must sit within the first three feet of the boulevard, measured from the property line, and planting is by permit only…

Roseville's Chapter 112, adopted by Ord. No. 1698 on 1-22-2026, bars city employees, representatives, and contractors from using city resources, including license plate recognition and…

Roseville requires premises and exterior property to be kept free from weeds or plant growth in excess of eight inches, and prohibits all noxious weeds listed by the state department…

Roseville bars any new landscaping from containing plants on the state department of agriculture noxious weed list or the state department of natural resources invasive terrestrial…

Roseville prohibits obstructing or blocking city owned non-motorized pathways, sidewalks, or designated bicycle routes by any means. The code names two examples, the parking of…

In Roseville, no person can obstruct or excavate a right-of-way, or install or place anything in it, without first obtaining the appropriate right-of-way permit from the public works…

Roseville bars minors under 16 from public places from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. every day, and 16- and 17-year-olds from 12:00 midnight to 5:00 a.m. Chapter 504 also makes parents…

Roseville city parks are closed between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless otherwise posted. Under § 701.03(13), no person can remain in a park and no motor vehicle can be left there…

Roseville City Code § 404.02(d) says no person shall create loud and excessive noise in loading, unloading or unpacking any vehicle. The code sets no separate delivery-hour window, but…

Roseville bars anyone from placing, maintaining or operating an air conditioning unit in a way that unreasonably disturbs the peace, quiet and comfort of persons using adjacent…

Roseville bars any illicit discharge into its storm sewer system or surface water, with a short list of exempt discharges, and makes the public works director the official who…

Roseville sets the regulatory flood protection elevation at no lower than one foot above the elevation of the regional flood, plus any increases in flood elevation caused by floodway…

Roseville requires an approved grading, erosion and sediment control plan before any land disturbance activity: more than 5,000 square feet, or 50 cubic yards of earthen material…

Roseville's floodplain chapter splits mapped Zone AE and Zone A land into a floodway district and a flood fringe district. In the floodway, flood fringe and general floodplain…

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 Roseville, vacant land must be kept in a clean, safe, secure and sanitary condition so it does not cause a blighting problem, and every premises must stay free from weeds or plant…

On properties with off-the-road, non-motorized pathways, Roseville requires ice and snow to be removed within 12 hours after it has ceased to be deposited. Non-tax-exempt low density…

Roseville declares poorly maintained buildings, fences and structures a public nuisance when their condition and appearance detract from the surrounding neighborhood or when they fail…

Roseville bans the sale or offer for sale of any flavored tobacco, vape, or nicotine product, including menthol and mint, at every retailer except age-restricted tobacco retailers. A…

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…

Every solar energy system in Roseville needs administrative plan approval from the Community Development Department, and every active system also needs a building permit. Plan approval…

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…

Roseville imposes a three percent local lodging tax on the rent charged by an operator for lodging. Stays of 30 days or more to the same lodger are excluded, and the code applies the…

Roseville declares peddling or soliciting a nuisance when done before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m., and bars entering property marked with a qualifying no-solicitor sign unless the…

Roseville prohibits new billboards. Only five lawful pre-existing nonconforming billboards can convert to a dynamic display, and the converted display must face and sit within 150 feet…

Window signs in Roseville cannot cover more than 25 percent of the total window area, and they cannot block the view from a public street into the clerk's or cashier's area. Total…

Roseville requires every dynamic display image to hold for at least 12 seconds, change by instantaneous repixelization, and stay at or below 6,500 nits in daylight and 500 nits from…

Roseville exempts political signs from sign permits and permit fees if they meet the criteria in section 1010.09(6): posting begins 46 days before the primary, removal follows the…

In Roseville, a garage or yard sale sign can stay up only during the term of the sale and must come down when the sale is completed. Section 1010.09(4) lists these signs among…

Roseville limits holiday signs to a total of 60 days per calendar year and an aggregate area of 50 square feet. Section 1010.09(5) requires no permit or fee for them, but the rest of…

In Roseville's Shoreland Overlay District, every residential planned unit development must use an owner's association unless the developer sets up an equally effective alternative…

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…

Roseville makes the consumer or owner responsible for the service pipe from the water main into the house or building. A leak in that pipe left unrepaired 24 hours after verbal or…

Roseville requires parking lot lights to be downcast, cutoff fixtures that conceal the light source and prevent glare. Lights not needed for security or business operations go off…

Roseville requires parking lot fixtures to be a downcast, cutoff type that conceals the light source and prevents glare. Lights not needed for security or business must be off from…

Roseville caps a dynamic display sign at 6,500 nits in daylight and 500 nits from dusk to dawn, measured at the sign face at maximum brightness. An automatic dimmer must step the light…

In Roseville, the city can require an inspection of a licensed multifamily rental building after a creditable third-party complaint or a complaint from residents with reasonable…

Roseville requires all structures and exterior property to be kept free from rodent harborage and infestation. Rodents that are found must be promptly eliminated by approved processes…

Roseville requires the owner of any rental property with one to four units to register it with the city before anyone occupies it. Registration lasts one year (365 days), owners…

Roseville applies the 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted in Chapter 906, to all existing residential and nonresidential structures, rentals included. Owners must…

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…

Roseville limits garage sales and residential boutique sales to three sales each calendar year per dwelling unit, with no sale longer than three consecutive days and no more than nine…

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'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…

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…

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…

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 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 agricultural zoning combines local authority under chapter 394 county planning with state feedlot rules in Minn. Stat. 116.07, while Right to Farm protections in 561.19 limit…

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…

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…