HOTELS

Abandoned property

Generally, see Consignments and bailments under ABANDONED AND UNCLAIMED PROPERTY

Storage, disposal, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Accommodations intermediaries, collection of sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2025 297A.61, 297A.66

Accommodations, obtaining by fraud, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.75

Addresses, guests, registration, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10

Alcoholic beverages

Bed and breakfast facilities, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.4011, 340A.414

Bottle clubs, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.414

Consumption and display set up permits, Minn. Rules 7515.1200 to 7515.1230

Consumption by children, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.101, 340A.414

Generally, Minn. Rules 7515.0100 to 7515.1480

Hours and days of sale, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.504

In-room dispensing, sales exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.504

Licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.404, 340A.411 to 340A.413, 340A.601

Sale of miniatures in dispensing devices, Minn. Rules 7515.0560

Baggage room, contents, innkeepers' liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Bathtubs, Minn. Rules 4625.1200

Bed and breakfast establishments

Capitol area, Minn. Rules 2400.2040, 2400.2820

Food service, Minn. Rules 4626.0506

Bedding requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.1000

Beds, space requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0900

Boarding and lodging houses, see BOARDING AND LODGING HOUSES

Building requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0400

Capitol area

Parking facilities, spaces, number, Minn. Rules 2400.2820

Use districts, Minn. Rules 2400.2205

Carbon monoxide alarms, Minn. Statutes 2025 299F.50, 299F.51

Clean indoor air, see SMOKING

Cleanliness of premises, Minn. Rules 4625.1900

Construction, plan review fee, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Contagious or infectious diseases, prevention and control, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.12

Contempts, records, failure to produce, Minn. Statutes 2025 8.16

Credit, obtaining by fraud, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.75

Cribs, Minn. Statutes 2025 325F.171

Damage deposits, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Definitions

Carbon monoxide alarms, Minn. Statutes 2025 299F.50

Food, beverage, and lodging establishments, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.15, 157.16, 157.20

Food code, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Hotels, public resorts, and manufactured homes, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.70

Liquor law, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.101, 340A.414

Prostitution, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.321

Public nuisances, Minn. Statutes 2025 617.80

Sales and use taxes, Minn. Rules 8130.1900

Tourism improvement districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 428B.01

Disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2025 256C.02

Disclosures, fees and surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2025 325D.44

Discrimination

Guests, ejection or refusal of admission, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Unfair discriminatory practices, service animals, Minn. Statutes 2025 363A.19

Dishes provided in rooms, Minn. Rules 4625.1500

Dispensing of ice, Minn. Rules 4625.2200

Drinking water

High-risk establishments, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Inspections, see same under this topic

Eating utensils provided in rooms, Minn. Rules 4625.1500

Enforcement of law

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2025 145A.07

Cribs, Minn. Statutes 2025 325F.171

Innkeepers' liens, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Nonsmoking regulations, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.742

Public health requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.989 to 144.993

Sex trafficking prevention training, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.177

Expiration dates, licenses, Minn. Rules 4625.2300

Fees, licenses, Minn. Rules 4625.2300

Fines, smoking violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.742

Fire protection, Minn. Rules 4625.2000

Fire protection, state fire marshal, Minn. Statutes 2025 299F.391, 299F.46

Fires

Arson, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.5631

Notice requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.74

Setting by negligence, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.74

Smoke detectors, Minn. Statutes 2025 326B.106

Floor requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0500

Food

Food licensing law, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2025 28A.15

Obtaining by fraud, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.75

Unsanitary conditions prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2025 31.161

Food, beverage, and lodging establishment fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Food service

Food Code variance requests, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

High-, medium-, or low-risk establishments, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Inspections, see same under this topic

Licenses, see same under this topic

Managers, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.011

Unsanitary conditions prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2025 31.161

Fraud, food, lodging, accommodations, or credit, obtaining by, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.75

Glasses provided in rooms, Minn. Rules 4625.1500

Guest rooms, eating utensils and drinking vessels, Minn. Rules 4625.1500

Guests

Disabled persons, rights, Minn. Statutes 2025 256C.02

Discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Ejection or refusal of admission, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.731, 604.12

Invasion of privacy, criminal penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.746

Liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.731, 327.742

Number per room, limitation, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Overstaying without approval, trespass, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.72

Personal property of guests, see same under this topic

Registration, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10 to 327.13

Transient occupancy, rebuttable presumption, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.70

Handwashing and handwashing facilities, Minn. Rules 4625.1400

High-risk establishments

Food service, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Inspections, see same under this topic

Honor bars, Minn. Statutes 2025 340A.504

Hospitality fee, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.15, 157.16

Housing support, licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 256I.04

Ice for beverages, Minn. Rules 4625.2200

Income taxes, see INCOME AND FRANCHISE TAXES

Individual sewage treatment systems, design flow, Minn. Rules 7081.0130

Innkeepers

Liability, guests' personal property, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Liens, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Registration of guests, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10

Right to eject or refuse admission to guests, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Insect control, Minn. Rules 4625.1700

Inspections

Community health boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 145A.07, 157.20

Game and fish storage, Minn. Statutes 2025 97A.215

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20, 157.21

Registration records, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10, 327.12

State fire marshal, Minn. Statutes 2025 299F.46

Kettle Falls Hotel, historic place, Minn. Statutes 2025 138.664

Large establishments, food, beverage, and lodging establishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Lavatories, Minn. Rules 4625.1200

Lawsuits

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Motorcyclists, discrimination against, Minn. Statutes 2025 604.12

Leases, subdivided land sales law, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2025 83.26

Liability

Guest's liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.731, 327.742

Innkeeper's liability, guests' personal property, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Property damage, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.731

License fees, Minn. Rules 4625.2300

Licenses

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2025 145A.07

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Highway business panel signs, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.80

Housing support, Minn. Statutes 2025 256I.03 to 256I.05

Liquor, see Alcoholic beverages under this topic

Municipal licenses, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.585

Technology fee, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Violations and penalties, see same under this topic

Liens, innkeeper's liens, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Lighting requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0800

Limited menu selection, food, beverage, and lodging establishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Linen requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.1000

Location, highway business panel signs, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.80

Lodging and related services

Obtaining by fraud, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.75

Sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2025 297A.61

Lodging establishment operators, see Innkeepers under this topic

Lodging taxes, see LODGING TAXES

Low-risk establishments

Food service, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Inspections, see same under this topic

Machines, ice, Minn. Rules 4625.2200

Medical assistance, coverage, Minn. Statutes 2025 256B.0625

Medium establishments, food, beverage, and lodging establishment fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Medium-risk establishments

Food service, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Inspections, see same under this topic

Motor vehicles of guests, identification, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10

Negligence

Fires, setting, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.74

Loss of or damage to guests' personal property, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Property damage or personal injury caused by, liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.731

Noise, area classification systems, Minn. Rules 7030.0050

Nonsmoking rooms, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.742

Operator, retailer, defined, Minn. Rules 8130.1900

Operators, see Innkeepers under this topic

Orders

Correction orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Innkeepers' liens, satisfaction, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Records, failure to produce, contempt, Minn. Statutes 2025 8.16

Outdoor advertising, see OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

Payments to

Guests, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.742

Recovery, innkeeper's rights, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Peeping Toms, Minn. Statutes 2025 609.746

Performance bonds, charges due, recovery lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Personal injuries, liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.731

Personal property of guests

Abandoned property, see same under this topic

Damage to, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.731

Delivery to innkeeper for custody, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Innkeepers' liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Liens against, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Possession during lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Sale to satisfy innkeeper's lien, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Personnel health and cleanliness, Minn. Rules 4625.1800

Plans and specifications, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Plumbing, construction and design, Minn. Rules 4625.2100

Premises, defined, Minn. Rules 4626.0020

Presumptions, transient occupancy, rebuttable presumption, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.70

Prima facie evidence, fraud, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.75

Promotion, see TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS

Property damage

Guardians of minors, liability for wards' debts, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.731

Parents, liability for children's debts, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 327.731

Persons causing, liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.731

Property taxes, owner-occupied motels, homestead classification, Minn. Statutes 2025 273.124

Proprietors, see Innkeepers under this topic

Public nuisances, defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 617.80

Records and record keeping

Orders to produce, failure to comply, contempts, Minn. Statutes 2025 8.16

Registration of guests, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10, 327.12

Subpoenas to produce, Minn. Statutes 2025 8.16, 388.23

Recycling space, State Building Code, Minn. Rules 1303.1500

Refunds, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Registration of guests

Guests, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10, 327.11

Innkeeper, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10

Records, retention, inspection, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10, 327.12

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.10, 327.11

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.13

Remodeling, fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Renewal license fees, Minn. Rules 4625.2300

Reports, sex trafficking, immunity from civil actions, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.177

Reservations, online travel companies, sales and use tax collection, Minn. Statutes 2025 297A.61, 297A.66

Rodent control, Minn. Rules 4625.1700

Room furnishing requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.1100

Rooms

Nonsmoking rooms, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.742

Notices in (posting), Minn. Statutes 2025 327.731

Number of occupants, limitation, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Sleeping rooms, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.80, 609.746

Rules of establishment, violations, ejection or refusal of admission, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Safes, personal property, custody, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Sales and use taxes

Collection, accommodations intermediaries, Minn. Statutes 2025 297A.61, 297A.66

Criteria, Minn. Rules 8130.1000

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 297A.61

Hotel taxes, see LODGING TAXES

Sales to exempt entities, Minn. Rules 8130.5700

Sanitation

Community health boards, duties delegated to, Minn. Statutes 2025 145A.07

Food, unsanitary conditions, Minn. Statutes 2025 31.161

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.12

Sanitation and health requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0200, 4625.0300

Screening requirements, doors and windows, Minn. Rules 4625.0700

Sewage systems, summer hotels, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.12

Sewerage systems, Minn. Rules 4625.1600

Sewers, licenses, see Licenses under this topic

Showers and shower facilities, food and beverage service establishments, Minn. Rules 4625.1200

Signs

Highway business panel signs, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.80

Specific services signs, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.292 to 160.296

Sleeping rooms, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.80, 609.746

Sleeping space requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0900

Small establishments, food, beverage, and lodging establishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Smoke detectors

Fire protection devices, Minn. Statutes 2025 299F.362

State Building Code, Minn. Statutes 2025 326B.106

Smoke detectors and alarms, building code amendments, Minn. Rules 1305.0907

Smoking

Permitted smoking, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.4167

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.742

Smoking restrictions, see SMOKING

Space requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0900

Spas and spa pools

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Licenses, see same under this topic

Standards, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.011

State Building Code, classification, Minn. Rules 1305.0310

Subpoenas, records, producing, Minn. Statutes 2025 8.16, 388.23

Summer hotels, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.12, 145A.07

Swimming pools, Minn. Rules 4625.2100

High-risk establishments, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Inspections, see same under this topic

Taxes, see LODGING TAXES

Telecommunications services, furnishing to guests, sales and use taxes, Minn. Statutes 2025 297A.61

Telephone services

Charges and rates, Minn. Statutes 2025 237.067, 325F.99

Multiline telephone systems, 911 requirements, Minn. Statutes 2025 403.15

Public access, highway business panel signs, Minn. Statutes 2025 160.80

Regulation, Minn. Statutes 2025 237.067

Toilet requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.1200

Trafficking in persons, prevention training, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.177

Transient occupancy, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.70

Trespass, guests, overstaying without approval, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.72

Unfair discriminatory practices, service animals, Minn. Statutes 2025 363A.19

Uniform Building Code amendments, see STATE BUILDING CODE

Valuables

Innkeepers' liability, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Items worth more than 1,000 dollars, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Liens against, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Possession during lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Sale to satisfy innkeeper's lien, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.76

Valuation of property, market value, automatic fire-safety sprinkler systems, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 273.11

Variances, Food Code variance requests, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Vaults, personal property, custody, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Ventilation requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0800

Violations and penalties

Carbon monoxide alarms, Minn. Statutes 2025 299F.51

Discrimination, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73, 604.12

Federal, state, or local laws and ordinances, violations, ejection or refusal of admission, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.73

Fires, setting by negligence, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.74

Generally, correction orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Guests, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.72, 327.73

Liability provisions, notice, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.731

License violations, enforcement, penalty fees, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.16

Municipal licenses, denial or revocation, Minn. Statutes 2025 471.585

Personal property of guests, loss or damage, penalties, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Registration of guests, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.13

Rules violations, correction orders, Minn. Statutes 2025 157.20

Smoking violations, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.742

Wall and ceiling requirements, Minn. Rules 4625.0600

Warehouse receipts, abandoned property, storage, Minn. Statutes 2025 327.71

Waste disposal, Minn. Rules 4625.1600

Water conditioning contractors and installers, exclusion, Minn. Statutes 2025 326B.50

Water supply, Minn. Rules 4625.1300

Licenses, see same under this topic

Summer hotels, Minn. Statutes 2025 144.12

Whirlpool baths, see Spas and spa pools under this topic

Workplace accident and injury reduction, compliance, Minn. Rules 5208.1500

Zoning, first class cities, restricted residence districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 462.12