{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-161.3418","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 161.3418","heading":"LICENSING REQUIREMENTS.","body":"Subdivision 1. Licensed professional required.\nEach design-builder shall employ, or have as a partner, member, officer, coventurer, or subcontractor, a person duly licensed and registered to provide the design services required to complete the project and do business in the state.\nSubd. 2. Contracting for licensed professional.\nA design-builder may enter into a contract to provide professional or construction services for a project that the design-builder is not licensed, registered, or qualified to perform, so long as the design-builder provides those services through subcontractors with duly licensed, registered, or otherwise qualified individuals in accordance with sections 161.3410 to 161.3426.\nSubd. 3. Liability.\n(a) Nothing in this section authorizing design-build contracts is intended to limit or eliminate the responsibility or liability owed by a professional on a design-build project to the state, county, or city, or other third parties under existing law.\n(b) The design service portion of a design-build contract must be considered a service and not a product.","path":["TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 161. TRUNK HIGHWAYS","CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/161.3418","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:35Z","sha256":"f163447f3326aac4ffb232bb8f57a254d1fb0ff466262c040af5ac630a9d6856","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-161.3416","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-161.3420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}