Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 466.01 (2026)

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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 142D.15, 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.

MS 1996 [Repealed, 1997 c 7 art 1 s 140]

Subd. 5.

MS 1996 [Repealed, 1997 c 7 art 1 s 140]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.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 68 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1963–2026 · leading case: Andrade v. Ellefson, 391 N.W.2d 836 (Minn. 1986).

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Andrade v. Ellefson, 391 N.W.2d 836 (Minn. 1986). · cites it 6× “Minn.Stat. § 466.01, subd. 1 (1984) (emphasis added).”

Larson Ex Rel. Larson v. Indep. Sch. Dist. No. 314, Braham, 289 N.W.2d 112 (Minn. 1979). · cites it 4× “Liability of any municipality on any claim within the scope of sections 466.01 to 466.15 shall not exceed *122 "a.”

Rowe v. Munye, 702 N.W.2d 729 (Minn. 2005). · cites it 4× “control, 115water pollution control, 115Awaste management, 115Benvironmental response and liability, 115Cleaking underground storage tanks, and 299Jpipeline safety, public nuisance law for damage to the environment or the public health, any other environmental or public…”

Cracraft v. City of St. Louis Park, 279 N.W.2d 801 (Minn. 1979). · cites it 3× “366): "A duty may be general, and owing to everybody, or it may be particular, and owing to a single person only by reason of his peculiar position.”

United States v. Minnesota Transitions Charter Schs., 50 F. Supp. 3d 1106 (D. Minnesota 2014). · cites it 7× “Minn.Stat. § 466.01, subd. 1 (“For the purposes of [the tort liability statute], ‘municipality’ means any .”

Jane Doe 175, a minor, by her mother & Nat. guardian, Mother Doe 175 v. Columbia Heights Sch. Dist., ISD No. 13, Christopher Lloyd Warnke, 873 N.W.2d 352 (Minn. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “Minn. Stat. § 466.01 , subd. 1. But, the term “scope of their employment or duties” is not defined in-the municipal tort claims act.”

Tischer v. Hous. & Redevelopment Auth. of Cambridge, 693 N.W.2d 426 (Minn. 2005). · cites it 2× “Laws 1396 , 1396-98, 1402 (codified at §§ 466.01, 466.05 (1965)) (applying notice-of-claim provision to a "public authority" or "public corporation"); Act of May 28, 1987, ch.”

Wilson v. Nepstad, 282 N.W.2d 664 (Iowa 1979). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. §§ 466.01, .02; N.Y.Jud.Law, Court of Claims Act § 8; Wash.”

Angell v. Hennepin Cnty. Reg'l Rail Auth., 578 N.W.2d 343 (Minn. 1998). · cites it 4× “regional railroad authority, the Authority has tort liability to the extent a municipality would be liable under Minn.Stat. §§ 466.01 to 466.15 (1996). Minn.”

Faber v. Roelofs, 250 N.W.2d 817 (Minn. 1977). · cites it 2× “Liability of any municipality on any claim within the scope of sections 466.01 to 466.15 shall not exceed "a.”

Bicking v. City of Minneapolis, 891 N.W.2d 304 (Minn. 2017). · cites it 2× “” See Minn. Stat. § 466.01 , subd. 1 (including a “home rule charter” within the definition of “municipality”).”

Glassman v. Miller, 356 N.W.2d 655 (Minn. 1984). · cites it 4× “Minn.Stat. § 466.01 (1982). Tort claims brought against the state must comply with the notice provision set forth in Minn.”

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