Minnesota Attorney General Opinions

75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, 102 State Capitol, St. Paul, MN 55155-1609 Office: (651) 296- 6197 • Toll Free: (800) 657 - 3787 • Minnesota Relay: (800) 627 - 3529 • Fax: (651) 297 -4193 An Equal Opportunity Employer Who Values Diversity December 12, 2025 John J. Choi Ramsey County Attorney 360 Wabasha Street North, Suite 100 St. Paul, MN 55102-1418 Re: Request for Advisory Opinion Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 8.07 Dear County Attorney Choi: Thank you for your letter of November 25, 2025, which requests an opinion from this Of- fice on whether Minnesota sheriffs may enter 287(g) agre

445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400, St. Paul, MN 55101-2131 Office: (651) 296-3353 • Toll Free: (800) 657-3787 • Minnesota Relay: (800) 627-3529 An Equal Opportunity Employer Who Values Diversity Minnesota State High School League: Executive Order 14201 does not preempt Minnesota law. Prohibiting students from participating in extracurricular activities consistent with their gender identity would violate the Minnesota Human Rights Act. 1035 February 20, 2025 Erich Martens Executive Director Minnesota State High School League 2100 Freeway Boulevard Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 55430 Re:

Minnesota law prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from holding someone based on an immigration detainer if the person would otherwise be released from custody. Minn. Stat. §§ 629.30; .34 3 - a February 6 , 2025 John J. Choi Ramsey County Attorney 360 Wabasha Street North, Suite 100 St. Paul, MN 55102 - 1418 Re: Request for Advisory Opinion Pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 8.07 Dear Ramsey County Attorney Choi : Thank you for your letter of January 13, 2025, which requests an opinion from this O ffice on whether Ramsey County can lawfully hold peo

445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400, St. Paul, MN 55101-2131 Office: (651) 296-3353 • Toll Free: (800) 657-3787 • Minnesota Relay: (800) 627-3529 An Equal Opportunity Employer Who Values Diversity EDUCATION-SCHOOL PROPERTY-LEASES: Where education district will use ninety percent of property for educational programs and leases for remaining ten percent are for commercial uses that do not interfere with educational programs, existing leases do not disqualify the purchase of the property by the district. Under these facts, purchasing the property subject to existing leases is a purchase for a val

445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400, St. Paul, MN 55101-2131 Office: (651) 296-3353 • Toll Free: (800) 657-3787 • Minnesota Relay: (800) 627-3529 An Equal Opportunity Employer Who Values Diversity INCOMPATIBLE OFFICES; COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND CITY ADMINISTRATOR; City administrator position description did not reflect independent and final decision-making authority and therefore did not meet criteria for a public office subject to inherent incompatibility with another public office; local government units are best positioned to assess actual and potential conflicts under their personnel

SCHOOL PUPILS: DISCIPLINE: Laws of Minnesota 2023 ch. 55, art. 2, § 36 and art. 12, § 4 do not limit the types of reasonable force that may be used by school staff and agents to prevent bodily harm or death or to carry out lawful duties as set forth in Minnesota Statutes section 609.06, subd. 1(1). Minn. Stat. §§ 121A.58; 121A.582. Op. Atty. Gen. 169f (August 22, 2023) supplemented. 169f 445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400, St. Paul, MN 55101-2131 Office: (651) 296-3353 • Toll Free: (800) 657-3787 • Minnesota Relay: (800) 627-3529 An Equal Opportunity Employer Who Values Diversity Se

SCHOOL DISTRICTS: SCHOOL PROPERTY: PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY; SALE OF REAL PROPERTY: Intermediate school district’s purchase of property from a member district where the member district retains title as security for the purchase price is governed by Minn. Stat. § 465.71 and the limitations therein and is not authorized by Minn. Stat. § 465.035. Overruling prior Attorney General Opinions to the extent they conflict with Minn. Stat. § 465.71. See, e.g. , Ops. Atty. Gen. 622-j-22 (Sept. 17, 1974); 622-j-5 (Apr. 30, 1971); 622-I-2 (Jan. 19, 1963); 622- I-2 (Dec. 8, 1961); 622-i-11 (Apr. 3, 1959)