Tattooing Information for Tattooists And Consumers in Minnesota
Minnesota state government do not regulate tattooists and tattoo parlors.
City or county agencies may regulate the tattooists. One has to check for his city or county agency to see if it regulate to license tattooists or tattoo parlors.
Minnesota Law require the following regarding the tattooing of minors since 1st August, 1996.
609.2246. Tattoos; minors
Subdivision 1
Requirements : Any person under 18 years of age is not allow to receive a tattoo unless and until he or she provides parental consent in the written form to the tattoo artist with custodial and noncustodial parents, where applicable.
Subdivision. 2
Definition : In this section, 'tattoo' means an indelible mark or symbolic mark fixed on the body by insertion of pigment under the skin or by producing the scars.
Subdivision. 3
Penalty : A person who tattoos a minor is a violation of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
