Limits on Certain Residential Solar Energy Systems Prohibited

Office of the Revisor of Statutes Search Minnesota Statutes About Minnesota Statutes 2025 Statutes New, Amended or Repealed 2025 Table of Chapters 2025 Statutes Topics (Index) Chapter 500 Table of Sections Full Chapter Text Version List Section 500.216 Version List Recent History 2023 500.216 New 2023 c 60 art 12 s 63 500.216 LIMITS ON CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS PROHIBITED. § Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given. (b) "Private entity" means a homeowners association, community association, or other association that is subject to a homeowners association document. (c) "Homeowners association document" means a document containing the declaration, articles of incorporation, bylaws, or rules and regulations of: (1) a common interest community, as defined in section 515B.1-103 , regardless of whether the common interest community is subject to chapter 515B; and (2) a residential community that is not a common interest community. (d) "Solar energy system" has the meaning given in section 216C.06, subdivision 17 . § Subd. 2. Applicability. This section applies to: (1) single-family detached dwellings whose owner is the sole owner of the entire building in which the dwelling is located and who is solely responsible for the maintenance, repair, replacement, and insurance of the entire building; and (2) multifamily attached dwellings whose owner is the sole owner of the entire building in which the dwelling is located and who is solely responsible for the maintenance, repair, replacement, and insurance of the entire building. § Subd. 3. General rule. Except as otherwise provided in this section and notwithstanding any covenant, restriction, or condition contained in a deed, security instrument, homeowners association document, or any other instrument affecting the transfer, sale of, or an interest in real property, a private entity must not prohibit or refuse to permit the owner of a single-family dwelling to install, maintain, or use a roof-mounted solar energy system. § Subd. 4. Allowable conditions. (a) A private entity may require that: (1) a licensed contractor install a solar energy system; (2) a roof-mounted solar energy system not extend above the peak of a pitched roof or beyond the edge of the roof; (3) the owner or installer of a solar energy system indemnify or reimburse the private entity or the private entity's members for loss or damage caused by the installation, maintenance, use, repair, or removal of a solar energy system; (4) the owner and each successive owner of a solar energy system list the private entity as a certificate holder on the homeowner's insurance policy; or (5) the owner and each successive owner of a solar energy system be responsible for removing the system if reasonably necessary to repair, perform maintenance, or replace common elements or limited common elements, as defined in section 515B.1-103 . (b) A private entity may impose other reasonable restrictions on installing, maintaining, or using solar energy systems, provided that the restrictions do not: (1) decrease the solar energy system's projected energy generation by …

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