Minnesota Statutes
Minn. Stat. § 410.015 (2026)
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The term "statutory city" means any city which has not adopted a home rule charter pursuant to the constitution and laws; the words "home rule charter city" mean any city which has adopted such a charter. In any law adopted after July 1, 1976, the word "city" when used without further description extending the application of the term to home rule charter cities means statutory cities only.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: State v. Kuhlman, 729 N.W.2d 577 (Minn. 2007).
State v. Kuhlman, 729 N.W.2d 577 (Minn. 2007). “See Minn.Stat. § 410.015 (2006); State v. Sugarman, 126 Minn.”
Harstad v. City of Woodbury, 916 N.W.2d 540 (Minn. 2018). “Woodbury is a statutory city, which means that it "has not adopted a home rule charter," Minn. Stat. § 410.015 (2016), and it "has no inherent powers beyond those expressly conferred by statute or implied as necessary in aid of those powers which have been expressly conferred,"…”
Country Joe, Inc. v. City of Eagan, 560 N.W.2d 681 (Minn. 1997). “See Minn.Stat. § 410.015. As a limited statutory creation, the city has no inherent powers beyond those “expressly conferred by statute or implied as necessary in aid of those powers which have been expressly conferred.”
Harstad v. City of Woodbury, 902 N.W.2d 64 (Minn. Ct. App. 2017). “§ 410.015 (2016) (defining “statutory city” as “any city which has not adopted a home rule charter.”
Country Joe, Inc. v. City of Eagan, 548 N.W.2d 281 (Minn. Ct. App. 1996). “Eagan is a statutory city as defined by Minn.Stat. § 410.015 (1994), i.e., a city that has not adopted a home rule charter.”
Kay \KT\" Jacobs v. City of Columbia Heights", 9 N.W.3d 536 (Minn. 2024). “, Charter § 2; see Minn. Stat. §§ 410.015 , 410.04 (2022) (defining and authorizing home rule charter cities).”
State v. Eide, 898 N.W.2d 290 (Minn. Ct. App. 2017). “” Minn. Stat. § 410.015 (2016); see also Minn.”
Hanson v. City of Granite Falls, 529 N.W.2d 485 (Minn. Ct. App. 1995). “20 allows a charter commission to provide that no ordinance passed by the council * * * shall take effect within a certain time after its passage, and that if, during such time, a petition be made by a certain percentage of the electors of the city protesting against the passage…”
City of Baxter v. City of Brainerd, 932 N.W.2d 477 (Minn. Ct. App. 2019). “" Minn. Stat. § 410.015 (2018). Baxter did not codify ordinance 2016-023; accordingly, the ordinance does not appear in the Minnesota Code of Ordinances.”
Almir Puce v. City of Burnsville, MN., A21-0895, Supreme Court. September 28, 2023. (Minn. 2023). “” Minn. Stat. § 410.015 (2022). 3 regulations establishing standards, requirements, and procedures for the review and approval or disapproval of subdivisions.”
Dennis Walsh v. City of Orono, Minnesota (Minn. 2025). “FACTS Orono (the City) is a statutory city, meaning that it “has not adopted a home rule charter pursuant to the constitution and laws,” Minn. Stat. § 410.015 , and has “only those powers expressly conferred by statute or implied as necessary in aid of those powers.”
Look Ex Rel. Dehen v. Pact Charter Sch., 763 N.W.2d 675 (Minn. Ct. App. 2009). “” Minn.Stat. § 410.015. Appellants argue that the district court improperly interpreted the language of the statute and ignored extrinsic evidence showing that the legislature intended the statute to extend a preference to prospective students in cities as well as towns.”
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