Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 645.02 (2026)

Effective Date And Time Of Laws

✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MN-REVrevisor.mn.gov (official) Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Each act, except one making appropriations, enacted finally at any session of the legislature takes effect on August 1 next following its final enactment, unless a different date is specified in the act. A special law required to be approved by the local government unit affected before it goes into effect becomes effective as to the approving unit the day following the day on which the certificate of approval prescribed by section 645.021 is filed with the secretary of state, unless a later date is specified in the act. When approval of such a special law is required by two or more local government units before it may become effective, the day after the day when the last of the required certificates is filed is the effective date, unless a later date is specified in the act.

An appropriation act or an act having appropriation items enacted finally at any session of the legislature takes effect at the beginning of the first day of July next following its final enactment, unless a different date is specified in the act.

Each act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day it becomes effective, unless a different time is specified in the act.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 71 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1947–2026 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Cooper v. French, 460 N.W.2d 2 (Minn. 1990).
State Ex Rel. Cooper v. French, 460 N.W.2d 2 (Minn. 1990). · cites it 4× “See Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1988); see also Minn.”
Moylan v. Moylan, 384 N.W.2d 859 (Minn. 1986). · cites it 4× “NOTES [1] Unless otherwise noted, all statutory references are to the 1984 version of the statute. [2] For most of the amendments to the Minnesota Statutes, no effective date was specified in the act.”
Hertz Corp. v. State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., 573 N.W.2d 686 (Minn. 1998). · cites it 4× “See Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1996). Minn.Stat. § 65B.”
Lovgren v. Peoples Elec. Co., Inc., 380 N.W.2d 791 (Minn. 1986). · cites it 4× “The statute did not include an effective date and, therefore, pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1984), became effective on August 1.”
Marriage of Nardini v. Nardini, 414 N.W.2d 184 (Minn. 1987). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1986). Nevertheless, the legislature has clearly manifested its unmistakable intention that the 1985 enactment was not intended to change the intent of the statute but only to correct the interpretation.”
Swanlund v. Shimano Indus. Corp., Ltd., 459 N.W.2d 151 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “455, §§ 82, 95; Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1988). The complaint against Shimano American Corporation was served on June 25, 1986.”
Marriage of Holmberg v. Holmberg, 578 N.W.2d 817 (Minn. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “See Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1996) (if no effective date specified, statutes effective August 1 of year enacted); 1997 Minn.”
Braylock v. Jesson, 819 N.W.2d 585 (Minn. 2012). · cites it 2× “See Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (2010). In March 2011, the court of appeals affirmed the Appeal Panel’s decision.”
Marose v. Maislin Transp., 413 N.W.2d 507 (Minn. 1987). · cites it 4× “Instead, the amendments became effective on August 1, 1986, pursuant to Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1986), and, therefore, Minn.”
Calder v. City of Crystal, 318 N.W.2d 838 (Minn. 1982). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1980). The following time line is provided for assistance: April 29,1958 Design and construction of the water drainage system was substantially completed 1965 Section 541.”
Davies v. City of Minneapolis, 316 N.W.2d 498 (Minn. 1982). · cites it 4× “[1] Under Minn.Stat. § 645.02 (1980), special laws required to be approved by a local unit are effective upon filing of the certificate of approval.”
Hansen v. Todnem, 908 N.W.2d 592 (Minn. 2018). · cites it 2× “271, 271-75; see Minn. Stat. § 645.02 (2016). The statute now provides that district courts "must make detailed findings on each of the factors .”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.