325F.83 REGULATION OF AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR OPENING SYSTEMS.
Subdivision 1. Manufacturing, sales, purchases, or installations of systems. No person shall
manufacture, sell, offer for sale, purchase, or install in this state an automatic garage door opening system
for residential buildings that does not comply with subdivision 3.
Subd. 1a. Service or repair of systems. No person shall service or repair an automatic garage door
opening system for residential buildings that does not comply with the automatic reversing requirement.
This paragraph does not prevent the servicing or repair of an automatic garage door opening system if the
system will be in compliance with the automatic reversing requirement after the repair or service.
The person servicing or repairing the automatic garage door opening system shall determine whether
or not the system complies with the automatic reversing requirement by conducting an on-site test of the
system.
Subd. 1b. Warning label. If the automatic garage door opening system does not pass the on-site test
required by subdivision 1a, the person conducting the test shall complete and conspicuously attach to the
automatic garage door opening system, a red label that states the following:
"DANGER
This garage door opener was tested and does not meet the requirements for a working safety reverse
feature. This can be dangerous and may cause serious injury or death. You are advised to disconnect the
opener from the door immediately and operate the door manually until the opener has been repaired or
replaced with one that meets current safety standards relating to automatic reversal as provided for in
Minnesota Statutes, section 325F.83, subdivision 1a.
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The firm of the agent or employee who attached the red label shall notify within ten working days in
writing the occupant of the residence that the system did not comply with subdivision 1a.
Subd. 2. Design and construction of residential buildings. No residential building shall be designed
or built in this state unless all automatic garage door opening systems comply with subdivision 3.
Subd. 3. Minimum standards. (a) No later than January 1, 1991, all automatic garage door opening
systems subject to subdivision 1, 1a, or 2 must conform to the applicable requirements of Underwriters
Laboratories, Inc., Standards for Safety-UL 325, third edition, as revised May 4, 1988.
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