Minnesota: Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Minnesota allows self-service gas; stations offering both full and self-service must pump for drivers with disability plates at the self-service price.
State law expressly recognizes stations with both full-service and self-service pumps. It requires them to provide an attendant who pumps gas for drivers with disability plates or a disability parking certificate, at the self-service price. Minnesota's fire code adopts the International Fire Code's motor fuel rules and adds no Minnesota change to the self-service section. The legality of self-service is inferred from this statute rather than stated outright.
Conditions
- Stations with both full and self-service must pump for drivers with disability plates at the self-service price
What the law says
All gasoline service stations which offer both full service and self-service gasoline dispensing operations shall provide an attendant to dispense gasoline at the self-service price into vehicles bearing disability plates or a disability parking certificate issued pursuant to section 168.021.
Sources
- Minn. Stat. § 325E.08 Official · revisor.mn.gov
- Minn. R. ch. 7511 (Minnesota State Fire Code) Official · revisor.mn.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Minnesota State Fire Marshal Division, Department of Public Safety
- Phone
- 651-201-7200
- Website
- dps.mn.gov
How bordering states compare
- Iowa Self-serve allowedIowa allows drivers to pump their own gas. State law sets rules for self-service fuel dispensers at retail stations.
- North Dakota Self-serve allowedNorth Dakota law expressly makes it lawful to run self-service gas pumps, with an attendant supervising on the premises.
- South Dakota Self-serve allowedSouth Dakota allows self-service gas; its state fire rules adopt the International Fire Code, which permits self-service stations.
- Wisconsin Self-serve allowedWisconsin allows self-service gas; state fueling rules cover both attended and unattended self-service stations.