Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

325E.19 EXEMPTIONS. Sections 325E.169 to 325E.201 do not apply to any person who transfers or causes to be transferred any recordings (a) intended for or in connection with radio or television broadcast transmission or related uses, (b) for archival purposes, (c) for library purp…

325E.201 VIOLATIONS; PUNISHMENT. A violation of section 325E.17 or 325E.18 is a felony and is punishable upon conviction by: (1) a fine of not more than $100,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, if the violation is a first offense involving more than 100 but…

325E.21 DEALERS IN SCRAP METAL; RECORDS, REPORTS, AND REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given. (b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce. (c) "Law enforcement agency" or…

325E.23 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.23 to 325E.25 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Advertising device. "Advertising device" means any billboard, sign, notice, poster, display emblem or similar item…

325E.24 FURNISHING OF SPACE; EXCEPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Unlawful discrimination prohibited. It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising to directly or indirectly discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed or political affiliation in the furn…

325E.25 VIOLATIONS. Any person violating the provisions of sections 325E.23 to 325E.25 is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1965 c 531 s 3

325E.26 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The terms used in sections 325E.26 to 325E.30 have the meanings given them in this section. § Subd. 2.Automatic dialing-announcing device. "Automatic dialing-announcing device" means a device that selects and dials telephone numbers and…

325E.27 USE OF PRERECORDED OR SYNTHESIZED VOICE MESSAGES. (a) A caller shall not use or connect to a telephone line an automatic dialing-announcing device unless: (1) the subscriber has knowingly or voluntarily requested, consented to, permitted, or authorized receipt of the mess…

325E.28 REQUIREMENTS ON AUTOMATIC DIALING-ANNOUNCING DEVICES. A caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device unless the device is designed and operated so as to disconnect within ten seconds after termination of the telephone call by the subscriber. History: 1987 c…

325E.29 MESSAGE REQUIREMENTS. Where the message is immediately preceded by a live operator, the operator must, at the outset of the message, disclose: (1) the name of the business, firm, organization, association, partnership, or entity for which the message is being made; (2) th…

325E.30 TIME OF DAY LIMIT. A caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device nor make any commercial telephone solicitation before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. History: 1987 c 294 s 5

325E.31 REMEDIES. (a) A person who is found to have violated sections 325E.27 to 325E.30 is subject to the penalties and remedies, including a private right of action to recover damages, as provided in section 8.31. (b) In addition to the penalties and remedies under paragraph (a…

325E.317 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 325E.317 and 325E.318, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Provider. "Provider" means a provider of wireless telecommunications services. § Subd. 3.Telecommunications servic…

325E.318 WIRELESS DIRECTORIES. § Subdivision 1.Notice. No provider of wireless telecommunications service, or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a provider, may include the wireless telephone number information of a customer in a wireless telephone directory assistance …

325E.319 WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES; ACQUISITION FOR RESALE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "CMRS provider" means a provider of commercial radio service, as defined in United States Cod…

325E.32 WASTE TIRES; COLLECTION. A person who sells automotive tires at retail must accept waste tires from customers for collection and recycling. The person must accept as many waste tires from each customer as tires are bought by that customer. History: 1988 c 685 s 28

325E.33 MISCONDUCT OF ATHLETIC AGENTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) "Student athlete" means a person who engages in, is eligible to engage in, or may be eligible to engage in any intercollegiate sporting event, co…

325E.34 FREE NEWSPAPERS; EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTE PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms in paragraphs (a) and (b) have the meanings given them. (a) "Newspaper" means a publication issued regularly by the same person or corporati…

325E.35 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to section 325E.36. § Subd. 2.Agricultural chemical. "Agricultural chemical" has the meaning given in section 18D.01, subdivision 3. § Subd. 3.Agricultural production input. "Agricultural pr…

325E.36 SELLER-FINANCED AGRICULTURAL INPUT SALES. If a person sells agricultural production inputs at retail on credit and the interest rate charged to the buyer is less than the interest rate index, the person must also offer to sell the agricultural inputs to the buyer at a dis…

325E.37 TERMINATION OF SALES REPRESENTATIVES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings given them. (b) "Good cause" means a material breach of one or more provisions of a written sales representative agreement governing the r…

325E.38 SALE OF CERTAIN CFC PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Motor vehicle coolants. A person may not offer for sale or sell CFC coolants in containers weighing less than 15 pounds that are designed for or are suitable for use in motor vehicle air conditioners except to perso…

325E.381 PERCHLOROETHYLENE PROHIBITION. After December 31, 2025, using perchloroethylene as a dry cleaning solvent is prohibited. History: 2021 c 5 s 2

325E.385 PRODUCTS CONTAINING POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of sections 325E.386 to 325E.388, the terms in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Commercial decabromodiphenyl ether. "Commercial decabromodiphenyl ether" m…

325E.386 PRODUCTS CONTAINING CERTAIN POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS BANNED; EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Penta- and octabromodiphenyl ethers. Except as provided in subdivision 2, beginning January 1, 2008, a person may not manufacture, process, or distribute in commerce a product …

325E.387 REVIEW OF DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner duties. The commissioner in consultation with the commissioners of health and public safety shall review uses of commercial decabromodiphenyl ether, availability of technically feasible and safer alternative…

325E.388 PENALTIES. A manufacturer who violates sections 325E.386 to 325E.388 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation in the case of a first offense. A manufacturer is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each repeat offense. Penalties…

325E.3892 LEAD AND CADMIUM IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS; PROHIBITION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Covered product" means any of the following products or product components: (1) jewelry; (2) toys; (3) co…

325E.39 TELEPHONE ADVERTISING SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "telephone advertising service" means a service that enables advertisers to make recorded personal or other advertisements available to respondents by means of voice mail or another …

325E.395 FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED ADVERTISING MATERIALS. § Subdivision 1.Telephone number and address required; notice. (a) A person conducting business in this state may not make or cause to be made a facsimile transmission of documents consisting of unsolicited adv…

325E.40 SALE OF PETROLEUM-BASED SWEEPING COMPOUND PRODUCTS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1.Prohibition. A person may not offer for sale or sell any sweeping compound product that the person knows contains petroleum oil. § Subd. 2.Labeling. The manufacturer of sweeping compound that i…

325E.41 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MARKETING CLAIMS. § Subdivision 1.Adoption of federal guides. (a) Environmental marketing claims made by a manufacturer, packager, wholesaler, or retailer for a product sold or offered for sale or distribution in this state, includ…

325E.42 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES; GAMBLING ADVERTISING AND MARKETING CLAIMS. § Subdivision 1.Regulation. All advertising or marketing materials relating to the conduct of any form of legal gambling in Minnesota, including informational or promotional materials, must: (1) be suff…

325E.491 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms. For the purpose of section 325E.492, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given. § Subd. 2.Performing group. "Performing group" means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of another group that has previo…

325E.492 PRODUCTION. It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in this state through the use of a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation, connection, or association between a performing group and a recording group. T…

325E.50 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Terms. For purposes of sections 325E.50 to 325E.57, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Copyright owner. "Copyright owner" means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical work recognized and enforc…

325E.51 LICENSING NEGOTIATIONS. No performing rights society shall enter into, or offer to enter into, a contract for the payment of royalties by a proprietor unless at the time of the offer, or any time thereafter, but no later than 72 hours prior to the execution of that contra…

325E.52 ROYALTY CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. Every contract for the payment of royalties between a proprietor and a performing rights society executed in this state must be in writing and signed by the parties and must include, at a minimum, the following information: (1) the proprieto…

325E.53 IMPROPER LICENSING PRACTICES. No performing rights society or any agent or employee of a performing rights society shall: (1) collect, or attempt to collect, from a proprietor licensed by that performing rights society, a royalty payment except as provided in a contract e…

325E.54 INVESTIGATION. Nothing in sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 shall be construed to prohibit a performing rights society from conducting investigations to determine the existence of music use by a proprietor or informing a proprietor of the proprietor's obligation under the feder…

325E.55 REMEDIES. A person who suffers a violation of sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 may bring an action to recover actual damages and reasonable attorney's fees and seek an injunction or any other available remedy. History: 1996 c 336 s 6

325E.56 REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. The rights, remedies, and prohibitions contained in sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 are in addition to and cumulative of any other right, remedy, or prohibition accorded by common law, or state or federal law. Nothing contained in sections 325E.50 to 325E…

325E.57 EXCEPTIONS. Sections 325E.50 to 325E.57 do not apply to contracts between copyright owners or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or to contracts with cable operators, programmers, or other transmission services.…

325E.59 USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS. § Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) A person or entity, not including a government entity, may not do any of the following: (1) publicly post or publicly display in any manner an individual's Social Security number. "Publicly post" or "publicly …

325E.60 RESTROOM ACCESS. § Subdivision 1.Short title. This section may be cited as the "Restroom Access Act." § Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section: (a) "Customer" means an individual who is lawfully on the premises of a retail establishment. (b) "Eligible medical c…

325E.61 DATA WAREHOUSES; NOTICE REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN DISCLOSURES. § Subdivision 1.Disclosure of personal information; notice required. (a) Any person or business that conducts business in this state, and that owns or licenses data that includes personal information, shall disclos…