The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Minn. Stat. §§ 12.21, 12.31, 12.32, 12.45
- Issued
- 2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-27 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-27)
- End
- 2020-04-10 (extended by EO 20-33 and 20-48 to May 17, 2020 11:59 p.m.) (read as 2020-04-10)
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
- Addressees
- all persons living in Minnesota
- all workers and businesses
- Critical Sector employers
- Functions reached
- CB customer base confined to home
- OF office premises (telework mandate)
- SF sales floors closed to the public
- PF non-critical production floors idled
- WF workforce
- MK events
- SR auto showrooms (sales 'by appointment' only, para. 6.f.v)
- CT legal and notary services limited (paras. 6.cc, 6.dd)
- Collection
- Standing duties: Minnesota DUT-MN
Operative words
1. Beginning on Friday, March 27, 2020 at 11:59 pm through Friday, April 10, 2020 at 5:00 pm, all persons currently living within the State of Minnesota are ordered to stay at home or in their place of residence except to engage in the Activities and Critical Sector work set forth below in Paragraphs 5 and 6.... 6. Exemptions - Critical Sectors. All workers who can work from home must do so. Workers in the following Critical Sectors, who are performing work that cannot be done at their home or residence through telework or virtual work and can be done only at a place of work outside of their home or residence, are exempted from the prohibition in paragraph 1 as set forth below. These critical services exemptions apply only to travel to and from an individual's home or residence and place of work and an individual's performance of work duties that cannot be done at their homes or residence.
Enforcement
Para. 9: 'Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2019, section 12.45, a person who willfully violates this Executive Order is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days.'
Notes
Critical Sectors defined by the Mar. 23, 2020 CISA Guidance plus categories a-ii; construction and critical trades (6.x), child care (6.y), hotels (6.z), real estate transactions (6.hh), financial services (6.l) exempt for on-site work that cannot be done at home; 'Individuals may also travel into and out of Minnesota' (5.e); outdoor recreation permitted but 'does not exempt public accommodations that may feature outdoor activities from closure under Executive Order 20-04' (5.c).
Retrieval noteCross-reference; not re-saved. ¶ 9 also states: 'I urge all Minnesotans to voluntarily comply with this Executive Order', a request for compliance without prosecution, immediately followed by the penalty; the order does not describe compliance as optional.