- Department of Revenue
Information and tax forms.
- Board of Electricity
Regulates licensing of electricians, inspects electrical installations. Oversees alarm and communication contractors, elevator contractors. Agency guide, contractor directory, information on electrical codes, how to register a complaint.
- Board of Government Innovation and Cooperation
Facilitates improvement in the quality of local government services. Has three grant programs, a program of administrative rule waivers and procedural law exemptions, and a program to assist with voluntary local government consolidation.
- Board of Private Detective and Protective Agent Services
State agency licenses and disciplines security professionals in these areas. Requirements, application procedure, fee schedule, applicable statutes and rules.
- Board on Judicial Standards
An independent state agency that receives and acts upon complaints about Minnesota judges for judicial misconduct or wrongdoing. The board handles judicial disability matters.
- Bureau of Mediation Services
Responsible for the administration of the Minnesota Labor Relations Act (MLRA), conciliation/mediation, arbitration, bargaining unit determinations, and bargaining unit certification elections.
- Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board
Responsible for preserving the architectural integrity of state capitol buildings and grounds, protecting open spaces in the capitol area, ensuring accessibility for pedestrians and motorists.
- Department of Administration
The department provides an extensive array of business management and administrative services for the executive branch of state government.
- Department of Agriculture
Mission is to work toward a diverse agricultural industry that is profitable and environmentally sound; to protect public health and safety regarding food and agricultural products; and to ensure orderly commerce in agricultural and food products.
- Department of Commerce
Information about department programs and the industries they regulate. Find instructions on how to file a complaint, look-up licensed individuals and businesses, check enforcement actions, and view consumer publications.
- Department of Employee Relations
The employer for the executive branch of Minnesota state government. Responsible for recruiting, hiring, training, and retention of state employees. Background, information on employee benefits, labor relations, how to apply for a civil service job.
- Department of Employment and Economic Development
Formed by a merger of the former Department of Economic Security and the Department of Trade and Economic Development. Is concerned with business and community development, and employment.
- Department of Finance
Ensures the integrity of state fiscal resources, and supports decision makers to constantly increase the value per dollar of services provided to Minnesotans.
- Department of Human Rights
Information about the department, its initiatives, an index of services, online version of the Human Rights Act, and legal affairs information.
- Department of Transportation Office of Investment Management
Information on state transportation planning.
- Driver and Vehicle Services
Provides vehicle licensing, titling, and registration information as well as forms and contact information.
- Information Policy Council
Responsibilities include initiation, review and recommendation of policy relating to information management and operations. Standards to enhance communication by and between state agencies.
- Minnesota Board of Social Work
Enacts and enforces licensure and practice standards for social workers. General information, licensure handbook, student handbook, current fees, professional standards and disciplinary process.
- Minnesota Court System
- Minnesota Department of Human Services
Provides health care, economic assistance, and social services for people who do not have the resources to meet their basic needs.
- Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Information on occupational health and safety, labor standards, workers' compensation, apprenticeship programs. Also deals with codes for boilers and high-pressure piping, and boats-for-hire.
- Minnesota House of Representatives
- Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
Provides affordable housing to low- and moderate-income Minnesotans. Affordable housing directory by county, information on Section 8 housing, housing tax credit, help on buying or fixing a home, special needs.
- Minnesota Office of Citizenship and Volunteer Services
Resource organization for people managing volunteer programs and citizen initiatives.
- Minnesota Planning
Officially, the Office of Strategic and Long Range Planning. Mission is to provide policy-makers and the public with accurate information and analysis about emerging and critical issues.
- Minnesota Secretary of State
Elections, open appointments, business services, direct access and public information, administrative rules, and Universal Commercial Code (UCC) administration.
- Minnesota Senate
Information on conference committees, Senate floor amendments, state senators. Also offers live video coverage.
- Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Maintains model guidelines for the sentencing of convicted felons to promote consistency.
- Minnesota State Legislature
- Minnesota State Retirement System
Provides retirement, survivor, and disability benefits for employees of the State of Minnesota. Site has information on the different plans administered by MSRS, online forms, and online access to account.
- Minnesota State Treasurer
Elected officer responsible for safeguarding and overseeing state funds independent of all other agencies. The Treasurer represents citizens directly in the state government's system of financial checks and balances.
- Office of Administrative Hearings
Provides a fair, prompt and impartial hearing process for citizens who disagree with actions taken by government.
- Office of Crime Victims Ombudsman
A resource for crime victims or witnesses who believe they have been mistreated by the criminal justice system.
- Office of Governor Tim Pawlenty
Official web site of the Office of the Governor. News, the Pawlenty administration, contact information.
- Office of Technology
Connecting Minnesota through information and communication technologies.
- Office of the Legislative Auditor
The auditor of Minnesota state government. Mission to promote accountability, strengthen legislative oversight, support good management in government.
- Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Publishes Laws of Minnesota, Minnesota Statutes, and Minnesota Rules. Also assists legislators, all constitutional state offices, and state agencies in preparing laws and administrative rules.
- Office of the State Auditor
Constitutional office helps insure financial accountability of local governmental entities. Semi-annual update in pdf, description of the office, forms, searchable database of city and county expenditures.
- Public Employees Retirement Association of Minnesota (PERA)
Pension and pension taxation information.
- Public Utilities Commission
Regulates electric, natural gas and telephone service, ensuring that utilities provide safe, adequate, reliable service at fair, reasonable rates.
- Resource Recovery Office
Part of the Department of Administration. Promotes waste reduction and recycling in Minnesota government. News items, information on purchasing, reusables, confidential papers, the State Recycling Center.
- State Register
Weekly publication of the State of Minnesota which includes official notices, executive orders, contracts, state grants and loans, and a summary of rulemaking. In pdf.
- Vital Records Information for Minnesota
Information about where to obtain copies of vital records (birth, death and marriage certificates) in Minnesota, including addresses for vital records offices in every county.
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