Editing Flag of Minnesota (section)

=== Statute ===
[[File:MN state flag construction set.svg|thumb|Construction sheet]]
Minnesota statute 1.141 states that "The design of the state flag as certified in the report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission... is adopted as the official state flag."<ref name="flag statute">{{cite web |year=2006 |title=1.141 Official State Flag |website=Office of the Revisor of Statutes |url=http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getpub.php?type=s&year=current&num=1.141 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329212556/https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/1.141 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2007 |publisher=State of Minnesota}}</ref> The text of the law defers the details of the current flag's appearance and design to the Commission's report, which was dated January 1, 2024.<ref name="report">{{cite web |title=The New Official Flag and Great Seal: Report of the Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission to the Minnesota Legislature and Governor |url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/5892/2023-state-emblem-redesign-commission-report.pdf |author=Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission |date=January 1, 2024 |publisher=Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State |access-date=November 16, 2024 |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203214041/https://www.sos.state.mn.us/media/5892/2023-state-emblem-redesign-commission-report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission described the design as the following: 
{{Blockquote|text=On its left side, the flag contains a dark blue background with a white, 8 point star. One of the points of the star points north. The dark background is in the shape of the outline of the State of Minnesota. The remainder of the flag is a solid, bright blue.<ref name="report" />}} The report also features imagery and a construction sheet, more precisely designating the flag's colors and appearance.