STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION

Abode, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Action, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Adding words, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.18

Administrative rules, Minn. Statutes 2026 14.37, 645.001

Adult, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45, 645.451

Affirm, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Appellate courts, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Appropriations

Effective date, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.02

Multiple enactments in session, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.435

As now provided by law, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

As provided by law, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Assignment, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Attorneys, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact, Minn. Statutes 2026 148.5185

Bonds (officers and fiduciaries), bond agents, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.10

Chair, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Charge, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Child, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45, 645.451

Children, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45, 645.451

City, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Conditional sale, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Conflicts of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.26

County, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Court administrators, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Criminal penalties

Penalty for each violation, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.24

Petty misdemeanor in absence of other penalty, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.241

Days, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.15, 645.45

Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact, Minn. Statutes 2026 150A.051

Domestic violence death, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 611A.203

Effective dates

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.02

Retroactive effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.21

Special or local laws, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.02, 645.023

Ejusdem generis, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Estimated market value, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Exceptions, interpretation of, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.19

Fee, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Filed for record, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Final enactment

Date, effect on interpretation, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.26, 645.33

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.01

Fiscal year, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Folio, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Forfeitures, penalties for each offense, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.24

Gender

Canons of construction, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Commercial Code, Minn. Statutes 2026 336.1-106

Gender revision of 1986, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.51

General and particular words, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.001 to 645.51

Grammar

Errors, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.18

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Singular and plural number, Minn. Statutes 2026 336.1-106, 645.08

Handwriting, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Headnotes, Minn. Statutes 2026 3C.08, 14.47, 645.49

Health plan company, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.446

Health Records Act, Minn. Statutes 2026 144.2925

Hereafter, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Holidays

Computing time periods including holidays, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.15

Holiday, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Published notice, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.11

I-35W bridge collapse, survivor compensation, Minn. Statutes 2026 3.7394

In writing, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Incorporations by reference, Minn. Statutes 2026 14.07, 645.31

Inhabitants, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Intent, fraud, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.25

Irreconcilable provisions

Amendments to same section, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.33

Implied repeal, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.39

Joint authority of several public officers, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Judicial sale, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Legal age, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.451

Legislative intent

Object of interpretation, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.16

Presumptions about, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.17

Legislature, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.01

Licensed Professional Counselor Interstate Compact, Minn. Statutes 2026 148B.75

Lien, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Majority, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.451

May, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Minnesota Rules, Minn. Statutes 2026 14.37, 645.001

Minnesota Statutes, amendments to

Amendatory laws, effect of repeal, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.34

Citation in bill of statutory section amended, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.29

Merging into text, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.32

Repeal and amendment at same session, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.42

Sections repealed by revision or code, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.30

Simultaneous amendments to same provision, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.33

Minor, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45, 645.451

Minority, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.451

Money, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Months, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.14, 645.44

Mortgage, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Must, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Night time, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Non compos mentis, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Notary, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Now, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Numbers, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08, 645.09

Oath, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, Minn. Statutes 2026 148.645

Paragraphs, references to, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.47

Person, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Physical Therapy Licensure Compact, Minn. Statutes 2026 148.699

Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, Minn. Statutes 2026 147A.35

Pledge, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Population, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Posting (notices), defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.12

Provisos, interpretation of, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.19

Public expression protection lawsuits, Minn. Statutes 2026 554.17, 554.18

Public member, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Public officials, joint authority, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Published notice, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.11

Quorum, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Recorded, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Reenactment

Intermediate law, interpretation, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.38

Repeal and reenactment, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.37

Repeals

Amendatory laws, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.34

Criminal or civil proceedings, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.35

Implied repeals, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.28, 645.39 to 645.41

Nonexistence of reason for law, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.40

Nonuse of law, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.41

Repeal and reenactment, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.37, 645.38

Repeal of repeal, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.36

Repeals and amendment at same session, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.42

Statutes of limitations, effect on tolling, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.43

Retroactive effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.21

Revisions or codes

Existing laws, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.28

Simultaneous amendments, effect, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.30

Rules of grammar, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Saturdays, computing time periods including, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.15, 645.151

Seal, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Section numbers

Bill language, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.29

Range references, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.48

Severability, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.20

Shall, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Sheriffs, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Signatures, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Singular and plural, Minn. Statutes 2026 336.1-106, 645.08

Small business, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.445

Social Work Services Licensure Compact, Minn. Statutes 2026 148E.54, 148E.55

Special or local laws, local approval

Approval by referendum, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.024

Exceptions, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.023

Procedure, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.021

Specific construction provisions, see specific index headings

State

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Effect of statutes on, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.27

Statutes of limitations, repeals, effect on tolling, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.43

Streets and roads, complete streets, Minn. Statutes 2026 174.75

Subdivisions, references to, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.46

Successive weeks, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.13

Sundays, computing time periods including, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.15, 645.151

Swear, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Tax, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Time

Day, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Final enactment of bills, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.01

Fiscal year, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Hereafter, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Heretofore, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Months, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.14, 645.44

Night time, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Now, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Saturdays, computing time periods including, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.15, 645.151

Standard time, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.071

Successive weeks, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.13

Sundays, computing time periods including, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.15, 645.151

Weeks, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.13

Year, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Year of our Lord, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

To, in statutory citations, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.48

Town, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Transfers, multiple enactments in session, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.435

Transposing words, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.18

Unconstitutionality, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.20

Uniform laws, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.22

United States, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Verified, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.45

Violate, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Weeks, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.13

Words, general and particular words, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.08

Written, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Year, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44

Year of our Lord, defined, Minn. Statutes 2026 645.44