Minnesota Tattoo Laws

• 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.