Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

168.27 MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS; VIOLATIONS, PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms in paragraphs (b) to (o) have the meanings given them. (b) "Auctioning motor vehicles" means arranging for and handling the sale of motor vehicles, no…

168.2701 LIABILITY OF LESSORS FOR UNPAID TRAFFIC FINES. When a motor vehicle lessor, licensed under section 168.27, subdivision 2, 3, or 4, is issued a traffic violation citation for a violation committed by a lessee while operating the leased or rented vehicle, the lessor shall …

168.2702 MOTOR VEHICLE LEASES; INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS. Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, a provision in a motor vehicle lease agreement that indemnifies the lessor against any claims or liabilities arising out of the use, operation, or maintenance of the vehicle by the les…

168.271 INFORMATIONAL LABELS ON PICKUP TRUCKS; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Requirement. Every manufacturer of new trucks having a gross vehicle weight of 9,000 pounds or less which are sold or offered for sale for use upon the public streets or highways within this state shall, prio…

168.274 DEFINITIONS. (a) The following definitions shall apply for the words or terms used in sections 168.274 to 168.276 unless other meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context. (b) "Motor vehicle" means and includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscula…

168.275 SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE ON SUNDAY FORBIDDEN. Any person who shall carry on or engage in the business of buying, selling, exchanging, dealing in or trading in new or used motor vehicles; or who shall open any place of business or lot wherein the person attempts to or does en…

168.276 SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DEALER LICENSE. Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed in violation of the provisions of section 168.275 hereof shall forward to the registrar of motor vehicles of this state within ten days following a conviction, a record the…

168.277 MOTOR VEHICLE PURCHASES; DISCLOSURE. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (a) The term "seller" means a person selling more than five motor vehicles in a calendar year and in the business of selling or leasing motor vehicles. (b) The term "contra…

168.28 VEHICLES SUBJECT TO TAX; EXCEPTIONS. Every motor vehicle (except those exempted in section 168.012, and except those which are being towed upon the streets and highways and which shall not be deemed to be using the streets and highways within the meaning of this section) s…

168.29 REPLACEMENT PLATES. (a) In the event of the defacement, loss, or destruction of any number plates or validation stickers, the commissioner, upon receiving and filing a sworn statement of the vehicle owner, setting forth the circumstances of the defacement, loss, destructio…

168.301 VEHICLE TRANSFER DEADLINE; FEES; SUSPENSION. § Subdivision 1.Surrender plates and credit tax paid. (a) On transferring a motor vehicle, the transferor shall surrender the registration plates and assign the registration tax paid to the credit of the transferee. (b) As spec…

168.31 REGISTRATION TAX PAYMENT. § Subdivision 1.When due and payable. The tax required under this chapter to be paid upon a motor vehicle for each calendar year becomes due when the vehicle first uses the public streets or highways in the state, and upon January 1 each year ther…

168.321 NEW VEHICLE MANUFACTURER'S STATEMENT. (a) The registrar may refuse to register any new vehicle unless the manufacturer thereof has filed the sworn statement herein provided for the model of the motor vehicle offered for registration. The registrar shall have authority to …

168.325 DIVISION OF DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES. § Subdivision 1.Established. A division in the Department of Public Safety to be known as the Division of Driver and Vehicle Services is hereby created, under the supervision and control of the director. The commissioner may place …

168.326 EXPEDITED DRIVER AND VEHICLE SERVICES; FEE. (a) When an applicant requests and pays an expedited service fee of $20, in addition to other specified and statutorily mandated fees and taxes, the commissioner shall expedite the processing of an application for a driver's lic…

168.327 DRIVER AND VEHICLE RECORD FEES. § Subdivision 1.Records and fees. (a) Upon request by any person authorized in this section, the commissioner or full-service provider must furnish a certified copy of any driver's license record, instruction permit record, Minnesota identi…

168.33 COMMISSIONER AS REGISTRAR OF VEHICLES; DEPUTY REGISTRARS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner's duties and powers, generally. The commissioner of public safety is the registrar of vehicles of the state of Minnesota, and shall exercise all the powers granted to and perform all the…

168.34 INFORMATION FURNISHED. The registrar shall maintain in the registrar's office an information bureau to answer questions, through electronic transmission, personal inquiry, telephone, or letter. Registrations shall be completed with the utmost dispatch to render the most ef…

168.345 USE OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2023 c 68 art 6 s 17] § Subd. 2.Lessees; information. (a) The commissioner may not furnish information about motor vehicle lessees under a lease for a term of 180 days or more to any person excep…

168.346 PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. § Subdivision 1.Vehicle registration data; federal compliance. (a) Data on an individual provided to register a vehicle shall be treated as provided by United States Code, title 18, section 2721, as in effect on May 23, 2005, and shall be …

168.35 INTENT TO ESCAPE TAX; GROSS MISDEMEANOR. Any person who shall, with intent to escape payment of any tax on a motor vehicle, as herein provided, delay or neglect to properly list and apply to register the same, or, with intent to prevent the payment or collection of the pro…

168.36 UNLAWFUL USE OF UNREGISTERED VEHICLE CERTIFICATE, PLATES. § Subdivision 1.Misdemeanor; use of vehicle or certificate. Any person who shall use or cause any motor vehicle to be used or operated in violation of the provisions of this chapter or while a certificate of registr…

168.37 PLATE TABS OR STICKERS; MONTHLY REGISTRATION SYSTEM. § Subdivision 1. MS 1971 [Repealed, 1973 c 6 s 7] § Subd. 2. MS 1971 [Repealed, 1973 c 6 s 7] § Subd. 3.Design. The registrar may rearrange the words and figures on plates issued for vehicles under the monthly series sys…

168.381 MANUFACTURE OF VEHICLE PLATES; APPROPRIATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; other manufacturers. (a) Plates required by this chapter may be manufactured by the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, or other …

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168.54 MOTOR VEHICLES, TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP. § Subdivision 1. MS 1969 [Repealed, 1971 c 25 s 37] § Subd. 2. MS 1978 [Repealed, 1979 c 333 s 108] § Subd. 3. MS 1978 [Repealed, 1979 c 333 s 108] § Subd. 4.Transfer fee. A fee of $3 is imposed upon every transfer of ownership by the…

168.61 INTERCITY BUS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. The term "intercity bus" as used in sections 168.61 to 168.65 means a motor bus as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 4, which is owned or operated by either a resident or nonresident of Minnesota in interstate commerce under…

168.62 INTERCITY BUS REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Registration of percentage of buses; determination. An owner or operator of more than one intercity bus shall register a percentage of those intercity buses of the owner or operator in Minnesota. The percentage of the intercity b…

168.63 INTERCITY BUS; REGISTRAR DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Administration and enforcement. It shall be the duty of the registrar of motor vehicles to administer and to enforce the terms and conditions of sections 168.61 to 168.65. § Subd. 2.Registration determinations. The registrar…

168.64 INTERCITY BUS RULES, REQUIREMENTS. The registrar of motor vehicles shall: (1) promulgate such rules as the registrar may deem necessary in order to fully administer and carry out the terms and provisions of sections 168.61 to 168.65; (2) require owners and operators of int…

168.65 INTERCITY BUS VIOLATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Unlawful acts. It shall be unlawful for any owner or operator of intercity buses to willfully violate any provision of sections 168.61 to 168.65 or to willfully furnish false information or reports to the registrar of motor vehicle…

168.841 DEFINITION OF RENTAL TRUCK. As used in sections 168.841 to 168.846, "rental truck" means a truck or truck-tractor and "rental trailer" means a trailer or semitrailer as these terms are defined in section 168.002, which is one of a fleet of two or more such vehicles owned …

168.842 REGISTRATION AND TAXATION OF RENTAL TRUCK. An owner of rental trucks shall annually register a percentage of the owner's rental trucks in Minnesota. The number of rental trucks required to be registered in the state shall be determined by dividing the total number of mile…

168.843 REGISTRATION AND TAXATION OF RENTAL TRAILER. An owner or operator of rental trailers shall annually register a percentage of the rental trailers of that owner or operator in Minnesota. The number of rental trailers required to be registered in Minnesota shall be a number …

168.844 OTHER FLEET RENTAL VEHICLES. Upon registration of the number of rental trucks or rental trailers required by sections 168.841 to 168.846 to be registered in this state and upon payment of all registration fees, all rental trucks or rental trailers owned by an owner and id…

168.845 RULES FOR RENTAL TRUCKS AND TRAILERS. The registrar of motor vehicles shall administer sections 168.841 to 168.846 and may promulgate such rules pursuant to chapter 14 as may be required, including forms for the submission of required data as to rental trucks or rental tr…

168.846 MISDEMEANOR VIOLATION OF RENTAL VEHICLE LAWS. Any person who shall knowingly submit any false or incomplete information or report required by sections 168.841 to 168.846 or rule promulgated pursuant to sections 168.841 to 168.846 or who shall in any manner violate any pro…

168A.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. For the purposes of sections 168A.01 to 168A.31, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them, except when the context otherwise requires. § Subd. 1a.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of public safety…

168A.02 APPLICATION; REGISTRATION AND RENEWAL. § Subdivision 1.Application for certificate of title. (a) Except as provided in section 168A.03, every owner of a vehicle which is in this state and for which no currently effective certificate of title has been issued in this state …

168A.03 EXEMPT VEHICLES. § Subdivision 1.No certificate issued. The registrar shall not issue a certificate of title for: (1) a vehicle owned by the United States; (2) a vehicle owned by a nonresident and not required by law to be registered in this state; (3) a vehicle owned by …

168A.04 FORM AND CONTENT OF APPLICATION. § Subdivision 1.Contents. The application for the first certificate of title of a vehicle or manufactured home in this state, or for reissuance of a certificate of title for a manufactured home under section 168A.142, must be made by the o…

168A.05 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE. § Subdivision 1.Filing of application; issuance of certificate. The department shall file each application received, and when satisfied as to its genuineness and regularity and that the applicant is entitled to the issuance of a certificate of title …

168A.06 DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATE. The certificate of title must be delivered to the owner named in it. Secured parties, if any, must be mailed notification of their security interest filed. History: 1971 c 162 s 6; 1989 c 148 s 5; 2000 c 426 s 18