Minnesota § 363A.17 BUSINESS DISCRIMINATION

Minnesota Statutes

§ 363A.17 — BUSINESS DISCRIMINATION

Minnesota § 363A.17

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Minn. Stat. § 363A.17 (2026).

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It is an unfair discriminatory practice for a person engaged in a trade or business or in the provision of a service:

(1)to refuse to do business with or provide a service to a woman based on her use of her current or former surname; or

(2)to impose, as a condition of doing business with or providing a service to a woman, that a woman use her current surname rather than a former surname; or

(3)to intentionally refuse to do business with, to refuse to contract with, or to discriminate in the basic terms, conditions, or performance of the contract because of a person's race, national origin, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability, unless the alleged refusal or discrimination is because of a legitimate business purpose. Nothing in this section shall prohibit positiv

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It is an unfair discriminatory practice for a person engaged in a trade or business or in the provision of a service:
(1) to refuse to do business with or provide a service to a woman based on her use of her current or former surname; or
(2) to impose, as a condition of doing business with or providing a service to a woman, that a woman use her current surname rather than a former surname; or
(3) to intentionally refuse to do business with, to refuse to contract with, or to discriminate in the basic terms, conditions, or performance of the contract because of a person's race, national origin, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability, unless the alleged refusal or discrimination is because of a legitimate business purpose.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit positive action plans.

Legislative History

1955 c 516 s 5;1961 c 428 s 5;1965 c 585 s 2;1965 c 586 s 1;1967 c 897 s 12-16;1969 c 9 s 80;1969 c 975 s 3-5;1973 c 296 s 1;1973 c 729 s 3,16;1974 c 354 s 1;1975 c 206 s 2-5;1977 c 351 s 5-7;1977 c 408 s 3;1980 c 531 s 4;1980 c 540 s 1,2;1981 c 330 s 1;1982 c 517 s 8;1983 c 216 art 1 s 59;1983 c 276 s 7-10;1984 c 533 s 2,3;1985 c 248 s 70;1986 c 444;1987 c 23 s 3;1987 c 129 s 3;1987 c 141 s 2;1987 c 245 s 1;1988 c 660 s 4;1989 c 280 s 9-14,21;1990 c 567 s 3-6;1992 c 527 s 12-16;1993 c 22 s 8-15;1993 c 277 s 5-7;1994 c 630 art 12 s 1;1995 c 212 art 2 s 10;1997 c 171 s 1;2001 c 186 s 1;2001 c 194 s 2;2023 c 52 art 19 s 70