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ClaraDB gives a verdict only for PFAS state laws for cookware and bakeware, California Proposition 65 consumer-product warning check for BPA, BPS, formaldehyde, styrene, antimony trioxide, vinyl acetate, lead and cadmium, California Proposition 65 warning check for candles and ceramicware (lead, cadmium, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, naphthalene, carbon monoxide, benzo[a]pyrene), US packaging EPR producer size thresholds (California, Colorado, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington) for a brand-owning manufacturer, US lead in children's products and furniture (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in toys and child care articles (lead paint and total lead content), US lead in children's products (other) and bags (lead paint and total lead content), US phthalates in children's toys and child care articles (DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP) and US children's product certificate and tracking label for children's tableware (AI-checked, quotes verified word for word). Every other answer shows the laws and quotes found without saying whether they apply. Not checked: Consumer electronics (FCC equipment authorization, 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15, energy rules). What ClaraDB has checked

Home and kitchen goodsAll sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20253 areas read · 1 not read yet
Sources read
  • Amara's Law PFAS in products (116.943)
  • PFAS in food packaging (325F.075)
  • MPCA PFAS reporting rule (ch. 7026)
Not read yet
  • currently unavoidable use determinations (event-triggered)
Cosmetics and personal careMain sourcesfrom 1 Jan 20251 area read · 2 not read yet
Sources read
  • Amara's Law PFAS in cosmetics
Not read yet
  • other Minnesota cosmetics law
  • e.g. formaldehyde and mercury in cosmetics for children (HF 2025)
Packaged food and beveragesMain sources

Minnesota (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.

Consumer electronics and small appliancesMain sources

Minnesota (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.

Batteries, e-bikes and power banksMain sources

Minnesota (US state): main sources stored. Not stored: other rules that may apply.

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Minnesota Statutes 325G.17 to 325G.20 (consumer sale warranties)Minn. Stat. 325G.18, 325G.191 ruleIn force from: 1 Aug 1973Industries: Home and kitchen, Cosmetics, Food, Electronics, Batteries
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Whoever gives a written express warranty in a Minnesota consumer sale honors its terms and does not use it to disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness

Must meet the conditions of Minn. Stat. 325G.19 subd. 1: no express warranty arising out of a consumer sale of new goods may disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability or, where applicable, of fitness; subd. 2: the maker of an express warranty arising out of a consumer sale in Minnesota must honor its terms (the manufacturer, distributor or retail seller each honors its own); subd. 3: a manufacturer that authorizes a Minnesota retailer to do warranty service pays the retailer its normal retail rate. Express warranty (325G.17 subd. 5): a written statement in a consumer sale undertaking to preserve or maintain the goods' utility or performance or to compensate or replace on failure. Violations are treated as violations of 325F.69 (325G.20).

The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).

Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, current edition.

  • It is a consumer sale: new goods, or goods under an express warranty, bought mainly for personal, family or household use (Minn. Stat. 325G.17 subd. 2)
  • You make an express warranty (a written statement undertaking to preserve or maintain the goods' utility or performance, or to compensate or replace them; Minn. Stat. 325G.17 subd. 5) in a consumer sale in Minnesota

In force, start date unknown

Enacted by Laws 1973 c 692 (History line); the sections state no start date, and the date shown is the general August 1 effective date for 1973 Minnesota laws, a proxy.

“The maker of an express warranty arising out of a consumer sale in this state shall honor the terms of the express warranty.”
Minn. Stat. 325G.19 subd. 2 · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325G.18, 325G.19(opens in a new tab)
  • Conformity

    Whoever gives a written express warranty in a Minnesota consumer sale honors its terms and does not use it to disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness

    Must meet the conditions of Minn. Stat. 325G.19 subd. 1: no express warranty arising out of a consumer sale of new goods may disclaim the implied warranties of merchantability or, where applicable, of fitness; subd. 2: the maker of an express warranty arising out of a consumer sale in Minnesota must honor its terms (the manufacturer, distributor or retail seller each honors its own); subd. 3: a manufacturer that authorizes a Minnesota retailer to do warranty service pays the retailer its normal retail rate. Express warranty (325G.17 subd. 5): a written statement in a consumer sale undertaking to preserve or maintain the goods' utility or performance or to compensate or replace on failure. Violations are treated as violations of 325F.69 (325G.20).

    The start date is not stated in the text (date unknown).

    Official text, current to 27 Oct 2026. Minnesota Revisor of Statutes pages, current edition.

    Applies when
    • It is a consumer sale: new goods, or goods under an express warranty, bought mainly for personal, family or household use (Minn. Stat. 325G.17 subd. 2)
    • You make an express warranty (a written statement undertaking to preserve or maintain the goods' utility or performance, or to compensate or replace them; Minn. Stat. 325G.17 subd. 5) in a consumer sale in Minnesota
    Effective

    In force, start date unknown

    Enacted by Laws 1973 c 692 (History line); the sections state no start date, and the date shown is the general August 1 effective date for 1973 Minnesota laws, a proxy.

    Source
    “The maker of an express warranty arising out of a consumer sale in this state shall honor the terms of the express warranty.”
    Minn. Stat. 325G.19 subd. 2 · fetched 2026-10-27Minnesota Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. 325G.18, 325G.19(opens in a new tab)

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