Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

221.0251 MOTOR CARRIER OF PROPERTY; REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Registration statement. (a) A person who wishes to operate as a motor carrier of property shall file a complete and accurate registration statement with the commissioner. (b) A registration statement must be on a f…

221.0252 PASSENGER CARRIER; REGISTRATION, EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Filing required. A person who wishes to operate as a motor carrier of passengers must file with the commissioner a complete and accurate federal motor carrier identification report form MCS-150. In addition, a …

221.0255 MOTOR CARRIER OF RAILROAD EMPLOYEES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given: (1) "conviction" has the meaning given in section 609.02; and (2) "on-duty time" means all time from the time a driver begins to w…

221.026 MOTOR CARRIER OF PROPERTY; EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Registration. No person may engage in the for-hire transportation of property, other than household goods, in Minnesota unless the person has filed a registration statement with the commissioner on a form the commissi…

221.0269 RELIEF FROM SAFETY REGULATION. § Subdivision 1.Governor may grant relief. The governor may declare an emergency and grant relief from any of the regulations incorporated in section 221.0314 to carriers and drivers operating motor vehicles in Minnesota to provide emergenc…

221.031 INTRASTATE CARRIER; OPERATING REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Powers, duties, rules, filings. (a) This subdivision applies to motor carriers engaged in intrastate commerce. (b) The commissioner shall prescribe rules for the operation of motor carriers, including…

221.0314 FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS; ADOPTION. § Subdivision 1.Applicability. (a) Intrastate motor carriers must comply with the federal regulations incorporated in this section. Private carriers and persons providing intrastate transportation described in section 221.025 must co…

221.033 REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. Except as provided in this section, no person may transport or offer or accept for transportation within the state of Minnesota a hazardous material, hazardous substance, or hazardous waste except in complia…

221.0341 REPORT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORTATION INCIDENT. A person who is subject to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 171 through 185, shall immediately notify by telephone the Minnesota duty officer pursuant to section 115E.09 if any of the following events occu…

221.036 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS; ENFORCEMENT, REMEDIES. § Subdivision 1.Order. The commissioner may issue an order requiring violations to be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for a violation of (1) section 221.021; (2) section 221.033, subdivision 2b; (3)…

221.037 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; INFORMATION, INSPECTION. § Subdivision 1.Required to provide information. A person who generates, stores, treats, transports, disposes of, or otherwise handles or has handled hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or hazardous waste shall (1) give…

221.091 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY. § Subdivision 1.Local authority over streets and highways. Sections 221.012 to 221.291 do not authorize the use by a carrier of a public highway in a city of the first class in violation of a charter provision or ordinance of the city in effect…

221.121 HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVER PERMIT. § Subdivision 1.Application; scope. (a) A person desiring to operate as a household goods carrier shall file an application with the commissioner on a form the commissioner prescribes. No person shall knowingly make a false or misleading stat…

221.122 ORDER GRANTING PERMIT OR CERTIFICATE; COMPLIANCE. § Subdivision 1.Registration, insurance, and filing requirements. (a) An order issued by the commissioner which grants a certificate or permit must contain a service date. (b) The person to whom the order granting the cert…

221.124 INITIAL MOTOR CARRIER CONTACT PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Initial motor carrier contact. The initial motor carrier contact program consists of an initial contact, for educational purposes, between a motor carrier required to participate and representatives of the Department …

221.131 CARRIER VEHICLE REGISTRATION; FEES, IDENTIFICATION CARD. § Subdivision 1.Permit renewal. Permits issued under section 221.121 are effective for a 12-month period. A permit holder must renew the permit annually by registration of the vehicles operated under authority of th…

221.132 PREPAID TEMPORARY VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION CARD. For special or extraordinary events, the commissioner may issue a prepaid temporary vehicle identification card to a permit or certificate holder subject to section 221.131, subdivision 2 or 3, for a fee of $5 per card. The c…

221.141 INSURANCE OR BOND. § Subdivision 1.Financial responsibility of carriers. (a) No motor carrier and no interstate carrier shall operate a vehicle until it has obtained and has in effect the minimum amount of financial responsibility required by this section. Policies of ins…

221.152 MS 2006 [Obsolete]

221.161 SCHEDULE OF RATES AND CHARGES. § Subdivision 1.Tariff maintenance and contents. A household goods mover shall maintain a tariff showing rates and charges for transporting household goods. A household goods mover must prepare a tariff under this section in accordance with …

221.171 COMPENSATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIER FIXED. § Subdivision 1.Compensation fixed by schedule on file. A household goods mover must not charge or receive a greater, lesser, or different compensation for the transportation or service provided than the rates and charges spe…

221.172 SHIPPING DOCUMENT. § Subdivision 1.Hazardous material bill of lading. A person who transports a hazardous material by motor vehicle shall conform to the requirements of Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, with respect to shipping documents. § Subd. 2.Hazardous waste ma…

221.173 ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE. (a) The commissioner may accept in lieu of a required document completed on paper, an electronically transmitted document authenticated by an electronic signature. (b) The commissioner shall consult with the Department of Information Technology Servi…

221.178 PASSENGER CARRIER; CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK. § Subdivision 1.Carrier to conduct background check. A motor carrier of passengers shall conduct, or cause to be conducted, an initial background check of a person the carrier hires or with whom the carrier contracts whose dut…

221.181 INTERSTATE CARRIER; REGULATION. The commissioner may register interstate carriers and may regulate their operations to the extent that regulation constitutes a valid exercise of the police powers of the state. History: Ex1957 c 17 s 18; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1976 c 166 s 86; 19…

221.185 OPERATING AUTHORITY; SUSPENSION, CANCELLATION. § Subdivision 1.Grounds for suspension. Despite the provisions of section 221.021, a household goods mover permit or a motor carrier registration issued under section 221.0251 or 221.0252 is suspended without a hearing, by or…

221.221 ENFORCEMENT POWERS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner enforces. The commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and rules, orders, and directives issued or adopted by the commissioner under this chapter. § Subd. 2.Enforcement powers. (a) Transportation program sp…

221.231 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT. The commissioner may enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory bodies of other states and the provinces of the Dominion of Canada regarding motor carriers having an established place of business in that state or province; provided that rec…

221.251 OVERCHARGE REFUND. § Subdivision 1.Refund within 90 days. Charges for freight, baggage, or express collected by a motor carrier over what the carrier is entitled to receive under the lawful tariff or classification must be refunded by the carrier within 90 days after a cl…

221.261 COMPLAINT, ACTION IN DISTRICT COURT. An action or proceeding may be instituted, upon verified complaint of the commissioner or any interested person in any district court of any county wherein a motor carrier has a principal office or into which its route extends, for the…

221.271 LIABILITY. Any person which shall do or cause to be done any unlawful act as herein provided, or fail to perform any duty prescribed, or violate any duly established order, rule or directive of the commissioner, or which shall aid or abet in the performance of any unlawfu…

221.291 VIOLATIONS, MISDEMEANORS. § Subdivision 1.Conspiracy, attempt, aid or abet. Except as provided in subdivisions 4 and 5, and sections 221.036 and 609.671, a person who commits, procures, aids or abets or conspires to commit, or attempts to commit, aid or abet in the violat…

221.293 COMPLAINT, HEARING, AND ORDER. Where any provisions of this chapter or any order adopted thereunder or any rule of the commissioner has been violated, the commissioner upon complaint being filed or on the commissioner's own motion, may issue and serve upon the person enga…

221.60 REGISTRATION OF INTERSTATE CARRIER. § Subdivision 1.Registration required. A foreign or domestic motor carrier, motor private carrier, leasing company, broker, or freight forwarder, as defined in United States Code, title 49, section 13102, may operate in interstate commer…

221.605 COMPLIANCE BY CARRIER. § Subdivision 1.Federal regulations and state rules. (a) Interstate carriers and private carriers engaged in interstate commerce shall comply with the federal motor carrier regulations in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, parts 40, 382, 383, 38…

221.65 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impair the authority of the commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements with the regulatory bodies of other states and the provinces of the Dominion of Canada, as provided in section 221.231. For the …

221.67 SERVICE OF PROCESS. The use of any of the public highways of this state for the transportation of persons or property for compensation by a motor carrier in interstate commerce shall be deemed an irrevocable appointment by the carrier of the secretary of state to be the ca…

221.68 REGISTRATION VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Any person who violates or procures, aids, or abets violation of, or fails to comply with, the provisions of section 221.60, 221.65, or 221.67 or any valid order or rule of the commissioner issued hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor; an…

221.71 COMMUTER VAN; DRIVER LIABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Employment relationship. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the services performed by a driver of a commuter van shall be deemed to be those of an independent contractor and not those of an employee acting within …

221.81 BUILDING MOVER. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms used in this section have the meanings given them in this subdivision. (a) "Building mover" means a person, corporation, or other entity who raises, supports off the foundation, and mo…

221.82 RECEIPTS CREDITED TO TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND. Money received by the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the trunk highway fund. History: 1983 c 293 s 85

221.83 COSTS PAID FROM TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND. The costs of administering the provisions of this chapter shall be paid from the trunk highway fund. History: 1983 c 293 s 86

221.84 LIMOUSINE. § Subdivision 1.Definition. "Limousine service" means a service that: (1) is not provided on a regular route; (2) is provided in a luxury passenger automobile that has a seating capacity of not more than 15 persons, including the driver; (3) provides only prearr…

221.86 PARTIAL IMMUNITY FOR MOTOR CARRIER EMPLOYER. A motor carrier employer that discloses information in good faith about a present or former employee in response to a request pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 382.413, is immune from civil liability, ex…

221.87 INDEMNITY PROVISION IN MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Void. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a provision, clause, covenant, or agreement contained in, collateral to, or affecting a motor carrier transportation contract that pur…