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CHAPTER 466. TORT LIABILITY, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS

Table of Sections
SectionHeadnote
466.01DEFINITIONS.
466.02TORT LIABILITY.
466.03EXCEPTIONS.
466.04MAXIMUM LIABILITY.
466.05NOTICE OF CLAIM.
466.06LIABILITY INSURANCE.
466.07INDEMNIFICATION.
466.08COMPROMISE OF CLAIMS.
466.09PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS.
466.10Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1
466.101LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS.
466.11RELATION TO CHARTERS AND SPECIAL LAWS.
466.12SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CERTAIN TOWNS.
466.13Expired
466.131INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE.
466.132INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE.
466.14Expired
466.15CIVIL DAMAGES ACT, APPLICATION.
466.01 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Municipality. For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15, "municipality"
means any city, whether organized under home rule charter or otherwise, any county, town, public
authority, public corporation, nonprofit firefighting corporation that has associated with it a relief
association as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 4, special district, school district, however
organized, county agricultural society organized pursuant to chapter 38, joint powers board or
organization created under section 471.59 or other statute, public library, regional public library
system, multicounty multitype library system, the following local collaboratives whose plans
have been approved by the Children's Cabinet: family services collaboratives established under
section 124D.23, children's mental health collaboratives established under sections 245.491 to
245.495, or a collaborative established by the merger of a children's mental health collaborative
and a family services collaborative, other political subdivision, community action agency, or a
limited partnership in which a community action agency is the sole general partner.
    Subd. 2. Governing body of a town, school district. For the purposes of sections 466.01
to 466.15, the "governing body of a town" means the board of supervisors thereof; "school
district" includes an unorganized territory as defined in Minnesota Statutes 1961, section 120.02,
subdivision 17
.
    Subd. 3. Release, hazardous substance. For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15,
"release" and "hazardous substance" have the meanings given in section 115B.02.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1997 c 7 art 1 s 140]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1997 c 7 art 1 s 140]
    Subd. 6. Employee, officer, or agent. For the purposes of sections 466.01 to 466.15,
"employee," "officer," or "agent" means a present or former employee, officer, or agent of
a municipality, or other person acting on behalf of the municipality in an official capacity,
temporarily or permanently, with or without compensation, but does not include an independent
contractor other than a nonprofit firefighting corporation that has associated with it a relief
association as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 4. "Employee" includes court
administrators who are not under section 480.181, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and their staff
under chapter 485, district administration staff in the Second and Fourth Judicial Districts, and
other employees within the court system whose salaries are paid by the county, other than
employees who remain on the county payroll under section 480.181, subdivision 2.
History: 1963 c 798 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 659 s 3; 1983 c 121 s 27; 1983 c 280 s
2; 1986 c 395 s 12,13; 1986 c 455 s 64; 1988 c 708 s 7; 1989 c 335 art 3 s 12; 1994 c 632 art 4 s
75; 1996 c 412 art 3 s 34; 1996 c 448 art 6 s 1,2; 1997 c 203 art 5 s 23; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3;
1999 c 205 art 1 s 59; 1999 c 216 art 7 s 25; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 11 s 11; 2004 c 193 s 1
466.02 TORT LIABILITY.
Subject to the limitations of sections 466.01 to 466.15, every municipality is subject to
liability for its torts and those of its officers, employees and agents acting within the scope of their
employment or duties whether arising out of a governmental or proprietary function.
History: 1963 c 798 s 2; 1976 c 2 s 142
466.03 EXCEPTIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. Section 466.02 does not apply to any claim enumerated in this section.
As to any such claim every municipality shall be liable only in accordance with the applicable
statute and where there is no such statute, every municipality shall be immune from liability.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1987 c 346 s 18]
    Subd. 3. Tax claims. Any claim in connection with the assessment and collection of taxes.
    Subd. 4. Accumulations of snow and ice. (a) Any claim based on snow or ice conditions
on any highway or public sidewalk that does not abut a publicly owned building or publicly
owned parking lot, except when the condition is affirmatively caused by the negligent acts of
the municipality.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a municipality that owns or leases a building or parking
lot in another municipality is not immune from a claim based on snow or ice conditions on a
public sidewalk abutting the building or parking lot, but the other municipality is immune, except
when the condition is affirmatively caused by its own negligent acts.
    Subd. 5. Execution of statute. Any claim based upon an act or omission of an officer or
employee, exercising due care, in the execution of a valid or invalid statute, charter, ordinance,
resolution, or rule.
    Subd. 6. Discretionary acts. Any claim based upon the performance or the failure to
exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty, whether or not the discretion is abused.
    Subd. 6a. Driving under the influence; custody of motor vehicle. Any claim for which
recovery is prohibited by section 169A.48, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 6b. Unimproved property. Any claim based upon the condition of unimproved real
property owned by the municipality.
    Subd. 6c. Water access sites. Any claim based upon the construction, operation, or
maintenance by a municipality of a water access site created by the Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation Board. A water access site under this subdivision that provides access to an idled,
water filled mine pit also includes the entire water filled area of the pit, and, further, claims related
to a mine pit water access site under this subdivision include those based upon the caving or
slumping of mine pit walls.
    Subd. 6d. Licensing of providers. A claim against a municipality based on the failure
of a provider to meet the standards needed for a license to operate a day care facility under
chapter 245A for children, unless the municipality had actual knowledge of a failure to meet
licensing standards that resulted in a dangerous condition that foreseeably threatened the plaintiff.
A municipality shall be immune from liability for a claim arising out of a provider's use of a
swimming pool located at a family day care or group family day care home under section
245A.14, subdivision 10, unless the municipality had actual knowledge of a provider's failure to
meet the licensing standards under section 245A.14, subdivision 10, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to
(3), that resulted in a dangerous condition that foreseeably threatened the plaintiff.
    Subd. 6e. Parks and recreation areas. Any claim based upon the construction, operation, or
maintenance of any property owned or leased by the municipality that is intended or permitted to
be used as a park, as an open area for recreational purposes, or for the provision of recreational
services, or from any claim based on the clearing of land, removal of refuse, and creation of trails
or paths without artificial surfaces, if the claim arises from a loss incurred by a user of park and
recreation property or services. Nothing in this subdivision limits the liability of a municipality
for conduct that would entitle a trespasser to damages against a private person.
    Subd. 6f. Beach or pool equipment. (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), any claim based
upon an injury arising out of the use by any person of a diving board, diving platform, diving
raft, water slide, nonwater slide, or dock installed at a beach or swimming pool owned, leased, or
operated by a municipality other than a school district, if the injury occurred when the beach or
swimming pool was closed as indicated by a sign posted at the beach or pool.
(b) A municipality has a duty to use reasonable care to warn trespassers of any danger or risk
involved with the use of beach or pool equipment described in paragraph (a) if the municipality:
(1) knows or has reason to know that trespassers regularly use certain portions of the
beach or pool equipment;
(2) installs, operates, or maintains the equipment in a way known as likely to cause death
or serious bodily harm; and
(3) has reason to believe trespassers would not discover the risks involved in the use of
the equipment.
The requirements of this paragraph do not apply if a trespasser knows or has reason to know
of the condition of the equipment and the risk involved in its use.
(c) Nothing in this subdivision limits the liability of a municipality for conduct that would
entitle trespassing children to damages against a private person.
    Subd. 7. Other immunity. Any claim against a municipality as to which the municipality is
immune from liability by the provisions of any other statute.
    Subd. 8. Other than property, personal injury, death. Any claim for a loss other than
injury to or loss of property or personal injury or death.
    Subd. 9. Welfare benefits; exceptions. Any claim for a loss of benefits or compensation due
under a program of public assistance or public welfare, except where municipal compensation
for loss is expressly required by federal law in order for the municipality to receive federal
grants-in-aid.
    Subd. 10. Municipal authorization standard not met. Any claim for a loss based on the
failure of any person to meet the standards needed for a license, permit, or other authorization
issued by the municipality or its agents.
    Subd. 11. Usual care and treatment, hospital, corrections. Any claim for a loss based on
the usual care and treatment, or lack of care and treatment, of any person at a municipal hospital
or corrections facility where reasonable use of available funds has been made to provide care.
    Subd. 12. Loss by municipal patient or inmate. Any claim for a loss, damage, or
destruction of property of a patient or inmate of a municipal institution.
    Subd. 13. Unimproved realty, old mines. Any claim for a loss caused by the condition of
unimproved real property owned by a municipality, which means land that the municipality has
not improved, land that is owned or administered by the municipality that contains idled or
abandoned mine pits or shafts, and appurtenances, fixtures, and attachments to land that the
municipality has neither affixed nor improved.
    Subd. 14. Arrestee's motor vehicle; care and custody. Any claim for a loss for which
recovery is prohibited by section 169A.48, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 15. Section 3.736-like claim. Any claim against a municipality, if the same claim
would be excluded under section 3.736, if brought against the state.
    Subd. 16. Special vehicles; exception. Any claim against a county, arising from the
operation of an all-terrain vehicle, as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8, an off-road vehicle,
as defined in section 84.797, subdivision 7, or an off-highway motorcycle on land administered by
a county under chapter 280, 281, or 282, except that the county is liable for conduct that would
entitle a trespasser to damages against a private person.
    Subd. 17. Logging roads. Any claim arising out of a person's use of a logging road on public
land that is maintained exclusively to provide access to timber on the land by harvesters of the
timber, and is not signed or otherwise held out to the public as a public highway.
    Subd. 18. School building security. Any claim based on injury arising out of a decision by a
school or school district to obtain a fire code variance for purposes of school building security, if
the decision was made in good faith and in accordance with applicable law governing variances.
    Subd. 19. Emergency medical dispatch. Any claim based upon the acts or omissions
of a 911 telecommunicator or dispatcher, who is certified in emergency medical dispatch by
a program incorporating nationally recognized standards, acting in good faith in providing
prearrival medical instruction based upon the emergency medical dispatch protocols adopted
by the dispatching agency.
    Subd. 20. Use of land held under section 473.167. Any claim based on the condition, use,
or maintenance of land acquired and held by the municipality under section 473.167. Nothing in
this subdivision limits the liability of a municipality for conduct that would entitle a trespasser to
damages against a private person.
    Subd. 21. Geographic information systems (GIS) data. (a) Any claim against a
municipality, based on alleged or actual inaccuracies in geographic information systems data,
arising from the public's use of GIS data, if the municipality provides a disclaimer of the accuracy
of the information at any point of initial contact with a geographic information system to which
the public has general access.
(b) Geographic information systems data is government data subject to the presumption of
section 13.01, subdivision 3. GIS data is data generated by a computer database or system that is
designed to electronically capture, organize, store, update, manipulate, analyze, and display all
forms of geographically referenced information that is compiled, from private or public sources,
either alone or in cooperation with other public or private entities, for use by a municipality. GIS
data is accurate for its intended use by a municipality and may be inaccurate for other uses.
    Subd. 22. Highway right-of-way. Any claim for a loss involving or arising out of the use
or operation of a recreational motor vehicle, as defined in section 84.90, subdivision 1, within
the right-of-way of a road or highway as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 26, except
that the municipality is liable for conduct that would entitle a trespasser to damages against a
private person.
History: 1963 c 798 s 3; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1982 c 423 s 13; 1983 c 362 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70;
1Sp1985 c 13 s 346; 1986 c 395 s 14; 1986 c 455 s 65-74; 1988 c 530 s 9,10; 1989 c 331 s 24;
1991 c 162 s 1; 1991 c 313 s 2; 1993 c 311 art 1 s 15; art 2 s 15; 1995 c 226 art 3 s 46; 1997 c 7
art 1 s 141; 1999 c 108 s 1; 1999 c 188 s 1; 1999 c 230 s 36; 2000 c 468 s 27; 2000 c 478 art 2
s 7; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 2 s 68; 2002 c 333 s 3
466.04 MAXIMUM LIABILITY.
    Subdivision 1. Limits; punitive damages. (a) Liability of any municipality on any claim
within the scope of sections 466.01 to 466.15 shall not exceed:
(1) $300,000 when the claim is one for death by wrongful act or omission and $300,000 to
any claimant in any other case, for claims arising before January 1, 2008;
(2) $400,000 when the claim is one for death by wrongful act or omission and $400,000
to any claimant in any other case, for claims arising on or after January 1, 2008, and before
July 1, 2009;
(3) $500,000 when the claim is one for death by wrongful act or omission and $500,000 to
any claimant in any other case, for claims arising on or after July 1, 2009;
(4) $750,000 for any number of claims arising out of a single occurrence, for claims arising
on or after January 1, 1998, and before January 1, 2000;
(5) $1,000,000 for any number of claims arising out of a single occurrence, for claims arising
on or after January 1, 2000, and before January 1, 2008;
(6) $1,200,000 for any number of claims arising out of a single occurrence, for claims arising
on or after January 1, 2008, and before July 1, 2009;
(7) $1,500,000 for any number of claims arising out of a single occurrence, for claims
arising on or after July 1, 2009; or
(8) twice the limits provided in clauses (1) to (7) when the claim arises out of the release
or threatened release of a hazardous substance, whether the claim is brought under sections
115B.01 to 115B.15 or under any other law.
(b) No award for damages on any such claim shall include punitive damages.
    Subd. 1a. Officers and employees. The liability of an officer or an employee of any
municipality for a tort arising out of an alleged act or omission occurring in the performance of
duty shall not exceed the limits set forth in subdivision 1, unless the officer or employee provides
professional services and also is employed in the profession for compensation by a person or
persons other than the municipality.
    Subd. 1b. Total claim. The total liability of the municipality on a claim against it and against
its officers or employees arising out of a single occurrence shall not exceed the limits set forth in
subdivision 1.
    Subd. 2. Inclusions. The limitation imposed by this section on individual claimants includes
damages claimed for loss of services or loss of support arising out of the same tort.
    Subd. 3. Disposition of multiple claims. Where the amount awarded to or settled upon
multiple claimants exceeds the applicable limit under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (2)
to (4), any party may apply to any district court to apportion to each claimant a proper share of
the total amount limited by subdivision 1. The share apportioned each claimant shall be in the
proportion that the ratio of the award or settlement made to each bears to the aggregate awards
and settlements for all claims arising out of the occurrence.
History: 1963 c 798 s 4; 1976 c 264 s 1-3; 1983 c 121 s 28; 1983 c 331 s 2,3; 1986 c 444;
1989 c 325 s 50; 1997 c 210 s 3,4; 2006 c 232 s 2
NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 2006, chapter 232, section 2, is effective
January 1, 2008. Laws 2006, chapter 232, section 2, the effective date.
466.05 NOTICE OF CLAIM.
    Subdivision 1. Notice required. Except as provided in subdivision 2, every person,
whether plaintiff, defendant or third party plaintiff or defendant, who claims damages from any
municipality or municipal employee acting within the scope of employment for or on account of
any loss or injury within the scope of section 466.02 shall cause to be presented to the governing
body of the municipality within 180 days after the alleged loss or injury is discovered a notice
stating the time, place and circumstances thereof, the names of the municipal employees known
to be involved, and the amount of compensation or other relief demanded. Actual notice of
sufficient facts to reasonably put the governing body of the municipality or its insurer on notice of
a possible claim shall be construed to comply with the notice requirements of this section. Failure
to state the amount of compensation or other relief demanded does not invalidate the notice; but
in such case, the claimant shall furnish full information regarding the nature and extent of the
injuries and damages within 15 days after demand by the municipality. The time for giving
such notice does not include the time, during which the person injured is incapacitated by the
injury from giving the notice.
    Subd. 2. Claims for wrongful death; notice. When the claim is one for death by wrongful
act or omission, the notice may be presented by the personal representative, surviving spouse, or
next of kin, or the consular officer of the foreign country of which the deceased was a citizen,
within one year after the alleged injury or loss resulting in such death; if the person for whose
death the claim is made has presented a notice that would have been sufficient had the person
lived an action for wrongful death may be brought without any additional notice.
History: 1963 c 798 s 5; 1974 c 311 s 1; 1976 c 264 s 4,5; 1986 c 444; 1986 c 455 s 75;
1991 c 199 art 1 s 74
466.06 LIABILITY INSURANCE.
The governing body of any municipality may procure insurance against liability of the
municipality and its officers, employees, and agents for damages, including punitive damages,
resulting from its torts and those of its officers, employees, and agents, including torts specified in
section 466.03 for which the municipality is immune from liability. The insurance may provide
protection in excess of the limit of liability imposed by section 466.04. If a municipality other
than a school district has the authority to levy taxes, the premium costs for such insurance may be
levied in excess of any per capita or local tax rate tax limitation imposed by statute or charter.
Any independent board or commission in the municipality having authority to disburse funds for
a particular municipal function without approval of the governing body may similarly procure
liability insurance with respect to the field of its operation. The procurement of such insurance
constitutes a waiver of the limits of governmental liability under section 466.04 only to the extent
that valid and collectible insurance, including where applicable, proceeds from the Minnesota
Insurance Guaranty Association, exceeds those limits and covers the claim. The purchase of
insurance has no other effect on the liability of the municipality or its employees. Procurement
of commercial insurance, participation in a self-insurance pool pursuant to section 471.981, or
provision for an individual self-insurance plan with or without a reserve fund or reinsurance shall
not constitute a waiver of any governmental immunities or exclusions.
History: 1963 c 798 s 6; 1977 c 447 art 6 s 11; 1983 c 314 art 6 s 30; 1984 c 463 art 6 s
12; 1987 c 79 s 1; 1987 c 260 s 1; 1987 c 344 s 9; 1987 c 398 art 1 s 22; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84;
1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11; 1992 c 513 art 4 s 44; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 18
466.07 INDEMNIFICATION.
    Subdivision 1. Indemnification required. Subject to the limitations in section 466.04, a
municipality or an instrumentality of a municipality shall defend and indemnify any of its officers
and employees, whether elective or appointive, for damages, including punitive damages, claimed
or levied against the officer or employee, provided that the officer or employee:
(1) was acting in the performance of the duties of the position; and
(2) was not guilty of malfeasance in office, willful neglect of duty, or bad faith.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in section 123B.25, paragraph (b), or 466.12,
this section applies to all school districts, however organized.
    Subd. 1a.[Repealed, 1987 c 79 s 3]
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1987 c 79 s 3]
    Subd. 3. Effect on other laws. This section does not repeal or modify Minnesota Statutes
1961, sections 471.44, 471.45 and 471.86.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1987 c 79 s 3]
History: 1963 c 798 s 7; 1979 c 205 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1986 c 455 s 76; 1987 c 79 s 2;
1987 c 346 s 3; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3
466.08 COMPROMISE OF CLAIMS.
Notwithstanding sections 466.03 and 466.06, the governing body of any municipality, the
administrator of a self-insurance pool, or the authorized representative of a private insurance
carrier may compromise, adjust and settle tort claims against the municipality for damages
under section 466.02 and may, subject to procedural requirements imposed by law or charter,
appropriate money for the payment of amounts agreed upon. When the amount of a settlement
exceeds $10,000, the settlement shall not be effective until approved by the district court.
History: 1963 c 798 s 8; 1987 c 260 s 2; 1990 c 555 s 12
466.09 PAYMENT OF JUDGMENTS.
When a judgment is entered against or a settlement is made by a municipality for a claim
within the scope of section 466.02, payment shall be made and the same remedies shall apply in
case of nonpayment as in the case of other judgments or settlements against the municipality. If
the municipality has the authority to levy taxes and the judgment or settlement is unpaid at the
time of the annual tax levy, the governing body shall, if it finds that other funds are not available
for payment of the judgment, levy a tax sufficient to pay the judgment or settlement and interest
accruing thereon to the expected time of payment. Such tax may be levied in excess of any per
capita or local tax rate tax limitation imposed by statute or charter.
History: 1963 c 798 s 9; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11
466.10 [Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
466.101 LAW ENFORCEMENT COSTS.
When costs are assessed against a municipality for injuries incurred or other medical
expenses connected with the arrest of individuals violating Minnesota Statutes, the municipality
responsible for the hiring, firing, training, and control of the law enforcement and other employees
involved in the arrest is responsible for those costs.
History: 1986 c 455 s 77
466.11 RELATION TO CHARTERS AND SPECIAL LAWS.
Sections 466.01 to 466.15 are exclusive of and supersede all home rule charter provisions
and special laws on the same subject heretofore and hereafter adopted.
History: 1963 c 798 s 11
466.12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CERTAIN TOWNS.
    Subdivision 1. Not applicable; exception. Sections 466.01 to 466.11, except as otherwise
provided for in this section, do not apply to any school district, however organized, or to a town
not exercising the powers of a statutory city under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1961,
section 368.01, as amended.
    Subd. 2. Pre-12/13/1962 immunity enacted, defined. The doctrine of "governmental
immunity from tort liability" as a rule of the decisions of the courts of this state is hereby enacted
as a rule of statutory law applicable to all school districts and towns not exercising powers of
statutory cities in the same manner and to the same extent as it was applied in this state to school
districts and such towns on and prior to December 13, 1962.
As used in this subdivision the doctrine of "governmental immunity from tort liability"
means the doctrine as part of the common law of England as adopted by the courts of this state as
a rule of law exempting from tort liability school districts and towns not exercising the powers
of statutory cities regardless of whether they are engaged in either governmental or proprietary
activities, subject however, to such modifications thereof made by statutory enactments heretofore
enacted, and subject to the other provisions of this section.
    Subd. 3. Towns may insure, be liable. A town not exercising the powers of a statutory
city may procure insurance as provided for in section 466.06, and if a town not exercising the
powers of a statutory city procures such insurance it shall otherwise be subject to all the terms
and provisions of sections 466.02 to 466.09 to the extent of the liability coverage afforded.
Cancellation or expiration of any liability policy shall restore immunity as herein provided as of
the date of such cancellation or expiration.
    Subd. 3a. Schools shall insure, be liable; conditions. A school district shall procure
insurance as provided in section 466.06, meeting the requirements of section 466.04, if it is able
to obtain insurance and the cost thereof does not exceed $1.50 per pupil per year for the average
number of pupils. If, after a good faith attempt to procure such insurance, a school district is
unable to do so, and the commissioner of insurance certifies that such insurance is unobtainable, it
shall be subject to the provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2. If the school district fails to make a
good faith attempt to procure such insurance and the commissioner of insurance does not certify
that such insurance is unobtainable, then in that event section 466.12 shall not apply to such a
school district and it shall be subject to all of the other applicable provisions of chapter 466.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1]
History: 1963 c 798 s 12; 1965 c 748 s 1; 1969 c 826 s 1-3; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974
c 472 s 1
466.13 [Expired]
466.131 INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE.
Until July 1, 1987, a municipality is an employee of the state for purposes of the
indemnification provisions of section 3.736, subdivision 9, when the municipality is required
by the Public Welfare Licensing Act and rules promulgated under it to inspect or investigate
a provider. After July 1, 1987, a municipality is an employee of the state for purposes of the
indemnification provisions of section 3.736, subdivision 9, when the municipality is required by
sections 245A.01 to 245A.16, the Human Services Licensing Act, and rules adopted under it to
inspect or investigate a provider, and the municipality has been duly certified under standards for
certification developed by the commissioner of human services.
History: 1986 c 395 s 15; 1992 c 464 art 1 s 45
466.132 INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE.
Municipalities, when performing, as required or mandated by state law, inspections or
investigations of persons prior to the issuance of state licenses, are employees of the state for
purposes of the indemnification provisions of section 3.736, subdivision 9. A municipality is
not, however, an employee of the state for purposes of this section if in hiring, supervising, or
continuing to employ the person performing an inspection or investigation for the municipality,
the municipality was clearly negligent. In no event shall the state be obligated to defend or
indemnify a municipality for inspections or investigations relating to licensing to the extent of
insurance purchased by the municipality covering liability therefor. The municipality's right to
indemnity shall not be considered a waiver of the limitations, defenses, and immunities available
to the municipality and state by law.
History: 1986 c 455 s 90; 1988 c 411 s 8
466.14 [Expired]
466.15 CIVIL DAMAGES ACT, APPLICATION.
Sections 466.01 to 466.15 do not modify section 340A.801.
History: 1963 c 798 s 15; 1985 c 305 art 12 s 5; 1Sp1985 c 16 art 2 s 26;

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