2025 Session
Last amended: 1976 session
§ 466.02 — Tort Liability
Plain-Language Summary
Establishes that every municipality in Minnesota can be sued for torts committed by the municipality or its employees acting within the scope of their duties, whether the function is governmental or proprietary.
466.02 TORT LIABILITY.
Subject to the limitations of sections 466.01 to 466.15, every municipality is subject to liability for its torts and those of its officers, employees and agents acting within the scope of their employment or duties whether arising out of a governmental or proprietary function.
History:
1963 c 798 s 2; 1976 c 2 s 142
History: History: 1963 c 798 s 2; 1976 c 2 s 142
Practical Notes
This is the core liability section. Before 1963, municipalities had broad sovereign immunity. This statute waives that immunity, but subject to the exceptions and caps in the rest of the chapter.