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OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

Acquisition by state, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.05, 173.17

Adjacent areas

Consent, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Devices in, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.12, 173.13

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Permits, see same under this topic

Size, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13, 173.21

Adjacent areas, defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Advertising areas

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Permits, Minn. Rules 8810.0700, 8810.1300

Advertising devices

Capitol area, Minn. Statutes 2024 15B.28

Commercial or industrial activities, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Disassembly, permit violations, Minn. Rules 8810.1300

Lights and lighting, see same under this topic

Prohibited devices

Generally, Minn. Rules 8810.0400

Maintenance and repair, Minn. Rules 8810.0500

Scenic areas, Minn. Rules 8810.0800

Signs, see same under this topic

Applicants, notice received, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Auctions, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.07, 173.08

Back to back signs

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Permits, Minn. Rules 8810.0700, 8810.1300

Billboards, see BILLBOARDS

Building materials, sales and use taxes, Minn. Rules 8130.1200

Business areas

Classification, termination, effect, Minn. Rules 8810.0900

Corporate limits, Minn. Rules 8810.0900

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08, Minn. Rules 8810.1100

Lights and lighting, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16, 173.26

Nonrecognized areas, Minn. Rules 8810.0900

Ordinances, local, zoning, approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Size, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16, 173.26, Minn. Rules 8810.0900

Spacing, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Standards, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Unzoned areas, Minn. Rules 8810.0900

Cannabis flower and cannabinoid products, Minn. Statutes 2024 342.64

Capitol area, Minn. Statutes 2024 15B.28

Capitol area, purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 2400.2900

Certificates and certification, local zoning, Minn. Rules 8810.1400

Churches, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.08

Commercial activities, defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Commercial activity, unzoned areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02

Commercial or industrial areas

Local zoning, certification, Minn. Rules 8810.1400

Unzoned, Minn. Rules 8810.0200, 8810.1000

Community identification signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Conflict of laws, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.10, 173.20

Contested cases, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Damages

Federal participation, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.25

Removal, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.17, 173.25

Definitions

Adult-use cannabis, Minn. Statutes 2024 342.01

Advertising devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02

Disassembly, Minn. Rules 8810.1300

Trunk highway system, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Unzoned commercial or industrial areas, Minn. Rules 8810.1000

Design

Directional information signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.284

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.081

Sign franchise program, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.80

Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.284

Directional information signs

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.284, 160.285

Resorts, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.283 to 160.285

Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.283, 160.284

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.08, 173.081

Directional signs, defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Discrimination

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 325E.23

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 325E.24

Promotion, conflicting services or ideas, Minn. Statutes 2024 325E.24

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 325E.24, 325E.25

Enforcement of law, local zoning, certification, Minn. Rules 8810.1400

Erection and maintenance

Adjacent areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Definitions, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.081

Permits, see same under this topic, Minn. Rules 8810.0700, 8810.1300

Prohibited placement or servicing, Minn. Rules 8810.0500

Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.15, 173.265

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.04, 173.185

Scenic areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.04, 173.05

Sign franchise program, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.08, 160.80

Standards, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.081

Exclusions and exemptions, Minn. Rules 8810.0400

Federal aid

Acquisition and removal of devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.25

Scenic areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.06

Federal law, conformity, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.01

Fees

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07, 173.13, 173.231

Fines, permits, failure to pay renewal fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Furnishing service or space, discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2024 325E.23 to 325E.25

Hemp-derived products, Minn. Statutes 2024 342.64

Highway business panel signs, see Signs under this topic

Industrial activities, defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Industrial activity

Exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.242

Unzoned commercial or industrial areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02

Injunctions, prohibited devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.21

Interchanges, see Business areas under this topic

Interpretation of law, intersections, Minn. Rules 8810.1100

Intersections, see Business areas under this topic

Interstate highways

Adjacent areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Business areas, see same under this topic

Controlled access highways, rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.08

Devices in, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.12

Directional signs adjacent to, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.08, 173.081

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.20

Permits, see same under this topic

Removal, see same under this topic

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Scenic areas, see same under this topic

Seed corn signs adjacent to, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Size, see same under this topic

Urban interstate highways, sign franchise program, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.80

Violations and penalties, see same under this topic

Lights and lighting

Business areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16, 173.26

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.081

Flashing lights, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08, 173.15, 173.155, 173.16

Model ordinance, Minn. Statutes 2024 16B.328

Outdoor lighting fixtures model ordinance, Minn. Statutes 2024 16B.328

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Standards, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.081

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Location

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8810.1200

Business areas, Minn. Rules 8810.1100

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Intersections, restrictions, Minn. Rules 8810.1100

Prohibited areas, Minn. Rules 8810.1200

Rights-of-way, prohibited, Minn. Rules 8810.0500

Location, controlled access highways, rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.08

Measurement

Business areas, Minn. Rules 8810.1100

Method, Minn. Rules 8810.0600

Prohibited advertising areas, Minn. Rules 8810.1200

Size, Minn. Rules 8810.0700 to 8810.0900, 8810.1300

Unzoned or industrial areas, Minn. Rules 8810.1000

Micromobility facilities, placement of advertising on, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.27

Municipal identification entrance signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.025

Official signs and notices

Advertising, prohibited, Minn. Rules 8810.0500

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Exclusions, Minn. Rules 8810.0400

Fees, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

On-premise signs, defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Ordinances, local, business areas, zoning, approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Out-of-state retailers not maintaining place of business in Minnesota, sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 297A.66

Outdoor Advertising Control Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.01 to 173.27

Outdoor advertising devices

Abandoned devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.15, 173.265

Changeable electronic variable message signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.155

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.08, 173.081

Lights and lighting, see same under this topic

Maintenance, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.265

Permanent business requirement, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Prohibited devices, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.15, 173.155, 173.21

Removal, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.265

Stationary structures, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Substantial changes, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.265

Owners

Agreements by, vegetation control, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.171

Permits, assignment, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Permits

Applications, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07

Back to back signs, Minn. Rules 8810.0700

Consent, scenic areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07, 173.13, 173.231, Minn. Rules 8810.0700, 8810.1300

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13, Minn. Rules 8810.1300

Renewal, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07, 173.13

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.03, 173.07, 173.13, 173.16

Revocation, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07, 173.13

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07, 173.13

Scenic areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.04

Side by side signs, Minn. Rules 8810.0700

V-type signs, Minn. Rules 8810.0700

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.03, 173.07, 173.265

Placement

Primary highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.293

Railroad traffic signs and signals, obstructing, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.29

Placement, state-aid rights-of-way, restrictions, Minn. Rules 8820.2700

Policy of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.01

Political advertising, see POLITICAL ADVERTISING

Primary highways

Adjacent areas, see same under this topic

Business areas, see same under this topic

Devices in, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.12

Directional signs adjacent to, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.08, 173.081

Lights and lighting, see same under this topic

Permits, see same under this topic

Placement restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.293

Removal, see same under this topic

Scenic areas, see same under this topic

Seed corn signs adjacent to, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Size, see same under this topic

Public utility signs

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Exclusions, Minn. Rules 8810.0400

Purpose of rules, Minn. Rules 8810.0300

Removal, Minn. Rules 8810.1300

Adjacent areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.25

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.17

Payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.25

Repair and maintenance violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.265

Scenic areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.04, 173.09

Veterans' Evergreen Memorial Drive, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.14

Rest areas, see Business areas under this topic

Restrictions

Business areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

C. Elmer Anderson Memorial Highway, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.14

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Veterans' Evergreen Memorial Drive, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.14

Sales and use taxes, Minn. Rules 8130.9400

Scenic areas

Conflict of laws, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.10

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.06

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.04

Permits, see same under this topic, Minn. Rules 8810.0700, 8810.1300

Prohibited devices, Minn. Rules 8810.0800

Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.14, 173.08, 173.16

Right of entry, Transportation Department, removal of signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.09

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07, 173.09, 173.11

Scope of rules, Minn. Rules 8810.0300

Service club and religious notices

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Permits, exemptions, Minn. Rules 8810.1300

Service club and religious notices, generally, permitted advertising, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Shared electric vehicle facilities, advertising placement, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.27

Side by side signs

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Permits, Minn. Rules 8810.0700, 8810.1300

Signs

Design, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.284, 160.80, 173.081

Directional information signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.283 to 160.285

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.08, 173.081

Erection and maintenance, see same under this topic

Furnishing service or space, discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2024 325E.23, 325E.24

Location, controlled access highways, rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.08

Logo sign panels (highway business sign panels), Minn. Statutes 2024 160.80

Seed corn signs adjacent to highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Sign franchise program, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.80

Size, see same under this topic

Size

Business areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16, 173.26, Minn. Rules 8810.0900

Devices in, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.13

Directional information signs, resorts, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.284

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.081

Measurement, Minn. Rules 8810.0700 to 8810.0900, 8810.1300

New permits, Minn. Rules 8810.1300

Permits, fee schedules, Minn. Rules 8810.0700

Restrictions, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Sign franchise program, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.80

Standards, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.081

Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.284

V-type signs, Minn. Rules 8810.0700

Solicitation of business, included activities, income and franchise taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 290.015

Spacing

Application of law, Minn. Rules 8810.1200

Business areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16, Minn. Rules 8810.1100

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.081

Prohibited advertising areas, Minn. Rules 8810.1200

Restrictions, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.08

Standards, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02, 173.081

Violations and penalties, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Standards

Directional signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.081

National standards, conformity, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02

Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.081

Unzoned commercial or industrial areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02

Commercial or industrial activity, defined, Minn. Rules 8810.1000

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Measurement, Minn. Rules 8810.1000

V-type signs

Defined, Minn. Rules 8810.0200

Permits, Minn. Rules 8810.0700, 8810.1300

Size and direction, Minn. Rules 8810.0700

Vegetation control, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.171

Violations and penalties

Imitation traffic signs and signals, public nuisance, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.07

Placement violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.2715, 161.14, 169.07, 219.29

Railroad traffic signs and signals, resembling or purporting to be, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.15

Rules violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.07, 173.08, 173.11, 173.21, 173.265

Traffic signals, resembling or purporting to be, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.15

Visibility, vegetation control, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.171

Zoning

First class cities, restricted residence districts, Minn. Statutes 2024 462.12

Ordinances, local, business areas, approval, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.16

Unzoned or commercial or industrial areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 173.02

Zoning, local zoning, certification, Minn. Rules 8810.1400