MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS; DEFINITIONS.

169.467 MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS; DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. As used in sections 169.467 to 169.469, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. § Subd. 2.Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power manufactured primarily for use on the public streets, roads and highways, except any vehicle operated exclusively on a rail or rails. § Subd. 3.New motor vehicle; new vehicle. "New motor vehicle" or "new vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined herein heretofore unregistered. § Subd. 4.New item of motor vehicle equipment. "New item of motor vehicle equipment" or "new equipment" means any option, device, accessory or other equipment in the possession of a retail merchant including an automobile dealer prior to its initial retail sale designed to be attached to a motor vehicle as a part thereof or to be used in conjunction therewith. § Subd. 5.Motor vehicle safety standard. "Motor vehicle safety standard" means a minimum standard for motor vehicle performance, or motor vehicle equipment performance which is practicable, which meets the need for motor vehicle safety and which provides objective criteria. History: 1974 c 21 s 1