No law shall be construed to be retroactive unless clearly and manifestly so intended by the legislature.
Minn. Stat. § 645.21
PRESUMPTION AGAINST RETROACTIVE EFFECT.
Applied in 126 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Cooper v. French (1990)
Most recently applied in Pitman Farms v. Kuehl Poultry, LLC (September 2022)
1941 c 492 s 21
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Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.