Table of Contents

Legislative Branch: Constitution, statutes, bills & legislative information.

Executive Branch: Administrative Rules & Register, agency & dept. information, Atty. Gen'l. Opinions, Governor's Office.

Judicial Branch: Court opinions, rules & information.

Local Government: County, city, township, special district & regional gov't. ordinances, codes & information.

Other web sites for Minnesota documents & information

LawMoose: A web search engine that covers hundreds of legal web sites in Minnesota.

Minnesota Bar Associations

Minnesota Bar Admissions & Bar Exam Information

Minnesota Law Libraries & Related Associations

Minnesota Legal Periodicals

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Legislature, Statutes, Session Laws, Bills, etc.

• Minnesota State Legislature Home Page

• Minnesota State Constitution and Amendments Proposed Since 1858 (.pdf)

• Minnesota Statutes and Previous Editions of Minnesota Statutes (back to 1997).

• Minnesota Session Laws (archived back to 1st the Territorial Legislature in 1849).

• Legislation & Bill Status/Tracking Information

• Minnesota Legislative History Step by Step (Minnesota Legislative Reference Library)
  A guide to Minnesota legislative history research.

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Executive Branch: Governor, Depts., Agencies, Rules, etc.

• Minnesota State Rules
  
• Minnesota State Register
  
• Minnesota State Departments & Agencies
  Includes state boards, commissions, councils, committees, ombudsmen offices and task forces.
  
• Rulemaking in Minnesota: A Guide
  Intended for agencies as a reference to the law and rules that govern each step of the rule making process.
  
• Office of the Minnesota Attorney General and Minnesota Attorney General Opinions.
  
• Office of the Governor
  
• Minnesota Secretary of State

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Judicial Branch: Opinions & Court-Related Information

Minnesota Supreme Court & Court of Appeals
• Minnesota State Court System Home Page
  
• The Minnesota Judiciary: A Guide for Legislators
  "... provides and overview of the relationships among components of the court system and between the state court system, the legislature, and the federal courts. Also describes personnel that work for the judicial branch and how their work is funded."
  
• Minnesota Supreme Court Opinions Recent Opinions and previous weeks (May 1996- )
  
• Minnesota Court of Appeals Opinions Recent Opinions and previous opinions back to May 1996 (includes unpublished & order opinions).
  
• Minnesota Court of Appeals: Standards of Review
  Written and periodically updated by Minnesota appellate court judges, this document is "intended as a tool for finding and applying various standards of review. Citations to applicable case law are provided.
  
• Minnesota Tax Court
  Decisions, court rules, forms, pro se information.
  
• Minnesota Workers'Compensation Court of Appeals
  Decisions (1999- current), court rules.

  Minnesota District (Trial) Courts on the Web 
  

• District Courts Home Page Includes a state map of Minnesota's ten judicial districts and a list of counties within each judicial district.  Links are provided to the court web page for each county and/or links to each county's home page.
• Minnesota Trial Court Public Access Remote view (MPA Remote)
  An online case inquiry tool for statewide electronic case records. MPA Remote Displays case information for public viewing, including register of actions, calendars, judgments, and orders and notices prepared by the court. Internet Explorer is required to use this service. 
• Self-Help Center (Minnesota District Courts)
  "For people who need to handle a legal problem in a Minnesota District Court." Information and forms covering a variety of legal matters.
  

Court Rules

• Court Rules (Minnesota State Court System)
  Includes the text of recent amendments to court rules and the following court rules: Civil Appellate Procedure, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Evidence, Juvenile Procedure (Protection, Deliquency, Juvenile Petty Offenses and Juvenile Traffic), Guardian Ad Litem Procedure, Adoption Procedure and General Rules of Practice. Many of these rules include an appendix with forms.

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Local Government Information: City, County, Special Districts, etc.

• Minneapolis:
  Home Page || Charter || Ordinances || Mayor's Office || City Council || City Attorney's Office
  
• St. Paul:
  Home Page || Charter, Legislative & Administrative Codes || Mayor's Office || City Council || Office of the City Attorney

• Minnesota County & Municipal Ordinances (MN State Law Library)
• Local Government in Minnesota (North Star MN Gov't. Online)
  Links to home pages of county, city, township, special district, regional bodies and other local government entities.
• League of Minnesota Cities

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Other Web Sites for Locating Minnesota Documents & Information

• North Star (Official web site of the State of Minnesota)
  
• Minnesota Legal Periodical Index (Web-MLPI)
  Covers Minnesota law school, bar association and commercial publications as early as 1984. Links to full-text articles when available on the web. A collaborative effort of the Minnesota State Law Library and Pritchard Law Webs, publisher of LawMoose!
  
• Resources on Minnesota Legislative Issues (MN Legislative Reference Library)

Minnesota Law Libraries & Related Associations

Libraries
Note: Can U of M law students borrow materials from other law libraries in the Twin cities?.

Academic

• Hamline University School of Law Library
• University of St. Thomas School of Law Library
• William Mitchell College of Law Library

  County (Twin Cities Metro Area)
  

• Anoka County Law Library
• Dakota County Law Library
• Hennepin County Law Library
• Ramsey County Law Library
• Washington County Law Library
• Directory of County Law Libraries (.rtf format, compiled by the MN State Law Library)

  State
  

• Minnesota Attorney General Library
• Minnesota Legislative Reference Library
• Minnesota State Law Library

  Federal - 8th Circuit
  

• 8th Circuit Minneapolis Branch Library
• 8th Circuit St. Paul Branch Library

  Associations

  
  
• MALL - Minnesota Association of Law Libraries
• AALL - American Association of Law Libraries ALL-SIS's Links to Academic Law Libraries
• CALCO - Capitol Area Library Consortium
• Special Libraries Association (SLA), SLA Legal Division, SLA Minnesota Chapter
• American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST), ASIST Minnesota Chapter