DUI State Law · Minnesota

Minnesota Roadside Saliva (Oral Fluid) DUI Testing Law

How Minnesota treats oral fluid (saliva) testing in DUI enforcement — the statute, its current status, and what that means for agencies running roadside drug screening.

Status: Verified · Enacted + Active Deployment

Statute and status in Minnesota

Statute / authority: Minn. Stat. § 169A.51 · Pilot Jan 2024

State-funded pilot distributed devices to 320 Drug Recognition Evaluators. Oral fluid authorized under implied consent statute.

Reviewed Apr 2026. Always verify state law before deployment. This page summarizes OraTek's research and is not legal advice.

What this means for agencies in Minnesota

Minnesota has written oral fluid into its DUI framework and agencies are deploying it. Roadside saliva screening with a preserved specimen for laboratory confirmation is the workflow OraPlex™ was built for: an observed collection in about a minute, a preliminary result at the roadside, and a split sample the laboratory can quantify.

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