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Minnesota Law
The following information was excerpted from the Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 1.
Jurisdiction, Civil Divisions.
CHAPTER 1. Sovereignty, Jurisdiction, Emergency Operation, General Policies.
SECTION 1.1441.
1.141 OFFICIAL STATE FLAG.
Subdivision 1. Adoption. The design of the state flag proposed by the Legislative Interim Commission acting under Laws 1955, Chapter 632, is adopted as the official state flag.
Subd. 2. Photograph. The secretary of state shall file a photograph of the state flag. The secretary shall also retain custodial control over the sample design flag of the commission for use by the public for copies.
Subd. 3. Description. The design of the flag shall conform substantially to the following description: The staff is surmounted by a bronze eagle with outspread wings; the flag is rectangular in shape and is on a medium blue background with a narrow gold border and a golden fringe. A circular emblem is contained in the center of the blue field. The circular emblem is on a general white background with a yellow border. The word MINNESOTA is inscribed in red lettering on the lower part of the white field. The white emblem background surrounding a center design contains 19 five pointed stars arranged symmetrically in four groups of four stars each and one group of three stars. The latter group is in the upper part of the center circular white emblem. The group of stars at the top in the white emblem consists of three stars of which the uppermost star is the largest and represents the North Star. A center design is contained on the white emblem and is made up of the scenes from the great seal of the state of Minnesota, surrounded by a border of intertwining Cypripedium reginae, the state flower, on a blue field of the same color as the general flag background. The flower border design contains the figures 1819, 1858, 1893. The coloring is the same on both sides of the flag, but the lettering and the figures appear reversed on one side.
Subd. 4. Official flag. The flag described above is the official flag of the state of Minnesota.
Subd. 5. Hours of flying. The official state flag shall be flown on the State Capitol grounds at all times between sunrise and sunset.
History: 1957 c 155 s 1-4; 1959 c 371 s 1; 1984 c 628 art 1 s 1; 1986 c 444
Copyright © 2006 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.
Additional Information
Adoption of Minnesota's State Flag from NETSTATE.
Minnesota (U.S.): FOTW "Flags of the World" Web Site.
State Flags: Complete list of state flags with links to large pictures and images suitable for coloring.
Flag Terminology: The parts of a flag and terms associated with its design.
Visit Our Flag Shop: Purchase all kinds of flags and banners, lapel pins, 50 state flag sets, decals, patches, college banners at the Flag Shop.
Flags of the Fifty States and their Incredible Histories: A complete guide to America's most powerful symbols by Randy Howe.
How Proudly They Wave: Flags of the Fifty States: This book, by Rita D. Haban, is geared toward younger readers.
