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Subdivision 1.Applicability.
All government entities shall be governed by this chapter.
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Subd. 2.Citation.
This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Government Data Practices Act."
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Subd. 3.Scope.
This chapter regulates the collection, creation, storage, maintenance, dissemination, and access to government data in government entities. It establishes a presumption that government data are public and are accessible by the public for both inspection and copying unless there is federal law, a state statute, or a temporary classification of data that provides that certain data are not public.
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Subd. 4.Headnotes.
The headnotes printed in boldface type before paragraphs in this chapter are mere catchwords to indicate the content of a paragraph and are not part of the statute.
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Subd. 5.Provisions coded in other chapters.
(a) The sections referenced in this chapter that are codified outside this chapter classify government data as other than public, place restrictions on access to government data, or involve data sharing.
(b) Those sections are governed by the definitions and general provisions in sections 13.01 to 13.07 and the remedies and penalties provided in sections 13.08 and 13.09, except:
(1) for records of the judiciary, as provided in section 13.90; or
(2) as specifically provided otherwise by law.
Notes of Decisions
Michael Harlow v. State of Minnesota Dep't of Human Servs., 883 N.W.2d 561 (Minn. 2016).
· cites it 10× “” Minn. Stat. § 13.01 , subd. 3 (2014). Generally, government data falls into one of two main categories: (1) “ ‘data on individuals,’ mean[ing] government data in which any individual is or can be identified as the subject of that data,” Minn.”
Navarre v. South Washington Cnty. Schs., 652 N.W.2d 9 (Minn. 2002).
· cites it 6× “” Minn.Stat. § 13.01, subd. 3 (2000). Whether appellant disseminated personnel data in violation of the MGDPA involves our construction of the MGDPA, which is a question of law subject to de novo review.”
Webster v. Hennepin Cnty., 910 N.W.2d 420 (Minn. 2018).
· cites it 8× “See Minn. Stat. §§ 13.01 -.90 (2016). The Data Practices Act governs the storage of government data and public access to government data.”
KSTP-TV v. Ramsey Cnty., 806 N.W.2d 785 (Minn. 2011).
· cites it 6× “” Minn.Stat. § 13.01, subd. 3. The purpose of the MGDPA is “to reconcile the rights of data subjects to protect personal information from indiscriminate disclosure with the right of the public to know what the government is doing.”
Star Tribune Co. v. Univ. of Minnesota Bd. of Regents, 683 N.W.2d 274 (Minn. 2004).
· cites it 4× “" Minn.Stat. § 13.01, subd. 1. "State agency" is defined as "the state, the University of Minnesota, and any office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, commission, authority, district or agency of the state.”
Ernst v. Hinchliff, 129 F. Supp. 3d 695 (D. Minnesota 2015).
· cites it 4× “Plaintiff also raises a claim against Moen for violation of the MGDPA, Minn.Stat. § 13.01 et seq. (See R & R at 719-20.”
Doe v. Minnesota State Bd. of Med. Examiners, 435 N.W.2d 45 (Minn. 1989).
· cites it 4× “1988), holding that the Board's decision, including its discussion of dismissed complaints, was "public" data under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA), Minn.Stat. § 13.01 et seq.; the Medical Practices Act (MPA), Minn.”
Johnson v. Carroll, 658 F.3d 819 (8th Cir. 2011).
· cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 13.01, subdiv. 3. Minnesota Statute § 13.”
KSTP-TV v. Metro. Council, 884 N.W.2d 342 (Minn. 2016).
· cites it 24× “See Minn. Stat. §§ 13.01 -.90 (2014). KSTP-TV (“KSTP”) requested videos that contain recordings of two incidents involving the drivers of Metro Transit buses.”
Helmberger v. Johnson Controls, Inc., 839 N.W.2d 527 (Minn. 2013).
· cites it 6× “” Minn.Stat. § 13.01, subd. 3. The Act defines what data are “public” for purposes of the Act: “All government data collected, created, received, maintained or disseminated by a government entity shall be public unless classified by statute .”
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