Building Safety in Minnesota (2026)

Hennepin County enforces Minnesota Statutes 144.9501 to 144.9512 governing lead hazards in pre-1978 housing. Hennepin…

Saint Paul bans applying paint with lead content at or above 0.06 percent by weight to any residential surface…

Before signing a lease, Minneapolis landlords with a rental license must hand new tenants copies of every unresolved…

Stearns County Ordinance 272 requires every interior wall and ceiling in a rental dwelling unit to be free of flaking…

Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators in the City of Brooklyn Park must be maintained under the Minnesota Elevator and…

In the City of Duluth, keeping a rental building's elevators in compliance with the municipal code is a landlord duty…

Saint Paul makes it unlawful to operate any elevator, escalator or similar lifting equipment without a current…

In the City of Duluth, anyone who erects a scaffold on or above a public sidewalk must first fence or guard the work…

Saint Paul's demolition licensing chapter requires every wrecking job in the city to provide sufficient scaffolding to…

In the City of Blaine, no one may install, modify, or remove a fire sprinkler protection system without a permit from…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a variance that allows a lot without proper public street frontage carries a…

In the City of Plymouth, installing, modifying, or removing any fire sprinkler protection system requires a permit from…

Childcare and daycare centers, along with schools, hospitals and larger group-care facilities, are banned outright in…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a child care center in an I-1 industrial district needs a conditional use…

Plymouth requires day care facilities approved by conditional use permit to meet building-related standards under…

Saint Paul requires child care centers in RL-H1 residential districts to occupy a nonresidential building formerly used…

In the City of Blaine, an owner may not occupy or let out any dwelling or dwelling unit unless every exterior door is…

Apartment buildings in the City of Brooklyn Park must keep a working security system controlling access: locked…

In the City of Coon Rapids, City Code section 12-306(9) bars occupancy of any dwelling unit unless every exterior and…

In the City of Duluth, every hotel or motel room exit door must have a deadbolt lock meeting Duluth Legislative Code §…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 11-38-7.G requires every cannabis business operating in the I-1…

Minneapolis requires dead bolt locks on entrance doors of rental dwellings, rooming houses, and hotels, with minimum…

Saint Paul's property maintenance code requires that every door serving as a building exit be openable from the inside…

Stearns County Ordinance 272 requires every exterior door of a rental dwelling unit to have a safe, functioning lock…

Minneapolis caps new house size through floor area ratio limits in its Built Form Overlay Districts, as low as a 0.5…

New residential projects of three or more units and non-residential projects of 10,000 square feet or more must earn…

Saint Paul requires city- and HRA-funded construction and major renovations to meet a certified green building standard…

Minneapolis has no mandatory green building code, but developers can earn zoning bonuses by meeting LEED, PHIUS, or SB…

Carbon monoxide alarms must be installed in Brooklyn Park dwellings under the Minnesota State Fire Code, or the…

Minneapolis Code § 244.2100 adopts Minnesota's carbon monoxide alarm law as city ordinance, requiring approved CO…

Rochester requires carbon monoxide alarms in every dwelling under Code section 7-8-48, incorporating Section 915.2 of…

Saint Paul requires carbon monoxide alarms in every dwelling, lodginghouse, apartment house and hotel under Chapter 39…

Stearns County Ordinance 272 requires every rental dwelling unit to be supplied with a functioning carbon monoxide…

Maple Grove requires a permit before you erect, wreck, or move any building within city limits, with permit issuance…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, building and mechanical work needs a permit as the Minnesota State Building…

In the City of Blaine, no one may erect, alter, remodel, wreck or move any structure without first securing a building…

In unincorporated Blue Earth County, no one may erect, alter, or move a building or its part without first getting a…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, the Minnesota State Building Code governs construction, and § 103.01 adopts it by…

Carver County requires a building permit for work governed by the Minnesota State Building Code, which the county has…

Coon Rapids adopts the Minnesota State Building Code wholesale under § 12-201, so building permit requirements follow…

Moving a building across Duluth, razing one, or installing a mobile home all need a special permit under § 10-2 of the…

In the City of Eagan, it is unlawful to erect, enlarge, alter, repair, move or demolish any building or structure…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 10.06 makes it unlawful to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair…

Lakeville adopts the Minnesota State Building Code by reference in City Code section 9-1-1, and section 9-1-3 ties…

Minneapolis building permits lapse after 180 days of inactivity, and the building official inspects only with occupant…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, building permits, inspections and fee collection follow sections 710 and 715 of…

Olmsted County requires a zoning certificate before anyone builds, alters, converts, enlarges or occupies a building or…

In the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, every permit application for a new building or addition must include a certified…

Rochester enforces the Minnesota State Building Code as its local building code, with permit fees scaled to project…

Saint Paul requires a building permit from the Department of Safety and Inspections before anyone constructs, enlarges…

Stearns County requires a construction site permit before anyone erects, alters or moves a structure, or excavates…

Washington County requires a Certificate of Compliance and building permit before any structure is erected, moved onto…

Woodbury requires a building permit for construction, additions and alterations under the Minnesota State Building…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can perform electrical work without an electrical permit first issued by…

In the City of Blaine, all electrical work must comply with the Minnesota Electrical Act and the National Electrical…

In the City of Coon Rapids, all electrical work follows the Minnesota State Electrical Act adopted by reference under…

No electrical apparatus, wiring or fixture regulated by the State Building Code may be put into operation in the City…

In the City of Eagan, all electrical wiring installation, alteration, repair and layout work must follow the Minnesota…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code section 9-6-6 requires an electrical permit for every installation…

Maple Grove requires anyone performing new electrical work in the city to request a city inspection before starting…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, no one can install, alter, repair or extend electrical work for light, heat or…

In the City of Plymouth, no one may perform electrical work subject to the Building Code without first obtaining a…

Rochester requires a permit from the department of building safety before any electrical system is installed, enlarged…

Saint Paul requires a separate electrical permit for any new electrical installation, remodeling, replacement or…

Woodbury bars anyone from erecting, constructing, altering or changing an electrical system without first securing an…

Minneapolis does not issue its own electrical permits. The State of Minnesota administers and enforces the electrical…

In the City of Blaine, all plumbing, gas piping and related building construction work must follow the state plumbing…

In the City of Brooklyn Park, the Minnesota State Plumbing Code governs plumbing work, adopted by reference at §…

Coon Rapids enforces plumbing work under the Minnesota Plumbing Code, Minnesota Rule Chapter 4714, which § 12-202(21)…

In the City of Duluth, anyone installing, altering, or working on plumbing in a building or on premises connected to…

In the City of Eagan, installing or altering any plumbing system connected to a water or sewage disposal system…

Section 10.06 makes it unlawful to alter plumbing, electrical, ventilating, heating, or air conditioning systems in any…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, plumbing work is governed through the city's adoption of the Minnesota State…

Maple Grove, Minnesota requires a permit before any plumbing installer connects a building sewer, and adopts the state…

Minneapolis requires a permit for plumbing work under its building code, and only state-licensed individuals or…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, no one can install, alter, repair or extend a plumbing system or individual…

In the City of Plymouth, plumbing work is governed by the Minnesota State Building Code adopted under City Code §…

Rochester requires a permit from the department of building safety before any plumbing system is installed, enlarged…

No one may install, remove, alter, repair or replace plumbing, gas or drainage piping, a standpipe or sprinkler system…

Woodbury requires a permit from the building official before any plumbing, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, water service…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, any work done under a permit required by Chapter 150 must be inspected by the…

Every electrical installation or alteration in the City of Duluth must be inspected by the building official before…

Lakeville enforces the Minnesota State Building Code under City Code section 9-1-2 through a City-appointed…

Minneapolis building inspectors need the owner or occupant's consent to enter a property; without it, the city must go…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, permitted plumbing work must be inspected and accepted before it is covered, and…

In the City of Plymouth, final inspection and occupancy authorization for new buildings and additions requires an…

Saint Paul's building official issues a certificate of compliance confirming a building meets Chapter 34's property…

In the City of Blaine, every building permit carries a follow-up inspection fee under City Code § 18-22: the city…