City guide
What West St. Paul asks of a seller before a sale closes — and what it doesn’t. Every line below cites the city, county or state page it came from, so you can check it yourself.
All sources last checked 2026-06-03. West St. Paul is in Dakota County, Minnesota.
This is a reference document, not legal advice, and city rules change. Confirm anything you are relying on with West St. Paul before you act on it.
Required · West St. Paul
West St. Paul has no Truth-in-Sale-of-Housing or general point-of-sale housing inspection program, but it does operate a point-of-sale requirement under its Inflow & Infiltration (I/I) Reduction Program. A contractor working for the city videos the sanitary sewer lateral with a CCTV camera and notes whether a sump system is installed. On passing, the city inspector issues a compliance letter, valid for 10 years — or 25 years where the entire sewer has been lined or replaced. Call 651-259-2622 to schedule or ask questions.
Source: https://wspmn.gov/403/Inflow-and-Infiltration · checked 2026-08-18
Not required · West St. Paul
West St. Paul has no Truth in Sale of Housing (TISH) program. The city's Moving Information page explicitly states this. The I/I Compliance program is the city's only mandatory pre-sale inspection requirement.
Source: https://wspmn.gov/140/Moving-Information · checked 2026-08-18
Open question
No requirement identified for this city. That is not the same as confirming there is none — confirm with the city. West St. Paul Building Inspections.
Required in some cases · West St. Paul
West St. Paul requires a rental license for a single-family home, duplex, triplex, four-plex, apartment, condominium, townhome or other residential dwelling used for rental occupancy where the occupants are not the owner or a linear member of the owner's family. Rental density is limited to 10% of single-family properties per block in the R-1 single-family zoning district. If a buyer intends to rent the home, confirm licensing and current block density with the city before closing. Not applicable to a sale to an owner-occupant.
Source: https://wspmn.gov/717/Rental-Licensing-Program-Overview · checked 2026-08-18
Required in some cases · West St. Paul
West St. Paul levies special assessments for public improvements under its Public Improvement and Special Assessment Policy (October 2019), following the procedure in Minn. Stat. ch. 429. The policy governs how the city assesses benefiting properties; it does not set out what a seller must do at a sale. Confirm any levied or pending assessment against a specific property with the city before closing.
Source: https://wspmn.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1807/Special-Assessment-Policy-102019 · checked 2026-08-18
Required · Minnesota
The Minnesota state deed tax of 0.0033 of net consideration applies to transfers statewide. West St. Paul is in Dakota County, and the additional Environmental Response Fund tax of 0.0001 applies only in Hennepin and Ramsey counties, so it does not apply here. No separate West St. Paul municipal transfer tax appears in the Department of Revenue's deed tax schedule.
Source: https://www.revenue.state.mn.us/deed-tax-rate · checked 2026-08-18
Required · Minnesota
Minnesota's Radon Awareness Act (Minn. Stat. 144.496, applied to sellers by 513.61) requires a seller of residential real property to disclose in writing, before signing an agreement to sell, any known radon concentrations, whether testing has occurred, the most current records and reports, and any mitigation or remediation. The seller must also give the buyer the Minnesota Department of Health publication 'Radon in Real Estate Transactions.' A buyer's action for failure to disclose must be commenced within two years of closing. Statewide; West St. Paul adds no city-level radon rule.
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/144.496 · checked 2026-08-18
Required · Minnesota
Well disclosure required statewide under Minn. Stat. 103I.235. Before signing an agreement to sell or transfer real property, the seller must disclose in writing the status and location of all known wells. At recording, the deed must either carry a statement that there are no wells or be accompanied by a well disclosure certificate — a county recorder may not record the deed without one.
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/103I.235 · checked 2026-08-18
Required in some cases · Minnesota
Statewide requirement under Minn. Stat. 116.48; no West St. Paul city-specific storage tank program was identified. A seller who knows the property contains an underground or aboveground storage tank must inform the buyer in writing of the owner's notification requirements (subd. 5), and before transferring ownership the owner must record an affidavit describing the tank and any known releases with the county recorder or registrar of titles and deliver a copy to the buyer (subd. 6).
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/116.48 · checked 2026-08-18
Mailing city can differ from the municipal jurisdiction — confirm the property is actually within these city limits (check the county parcel record) before relying on this checklist.