Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

171.12 DRIVING RECORD; FILING; PRIVATE DATA. § Subdivision 1.Licenses filed in alphabetical order. (a) The department shall file every application for a driver's license received by it and shall maintain suitable indices containing, in alphabetical order: (1) all applications den…

171.1205 RESTRICTIONS ON USE. A state agency or a political subdivision must not use the possession of a noncompliant driver's license or identification card as (1) evidence of a person's citizenship or lawful presence in the United States, or (2) the primary basis for investigat…

171.121 USE OF ANOTHER'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS. A person may notify the commissioner in writing to the effect that the person (1) is the owner of a residence, and (2) does not consent to have that residence address identified on any driver's license or identification card or driving …

171.122 ENHANCED DRIVERS' LICENSES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS; LIMITATION. Provisions of this chapter that relate expressly to enhanced drivers' licenses or enhanced identification cards apply only to drivers' licenses within the meaning of section 171.01, subdivision 31a, and iden…

171.13 EXAMINATION. § Subdivision 1.Examination subjects and locations; provisions for color blindness, disabled veterans. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the commissioner must examine each applicant for a driver's license by such agency as the commissioner dire…

171.131 PHYSICIAN REPORTING TO COMMISSIONER. § Subdivision 1.Voluntary reporting by physicians. Any physician who diagnoses a physical or mental condition which in the physician's judgment will significantly impair the person's ability to operate safely a motor vehicle may volunt…

171.14 CANCELLATION. (a) The commissioner may cancel any driver's license upon determination that (1) the licensee was not entitled to the issuance of the license, (2) the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in the application, (3) the licensee committed a…

171.15 NONRESIDENT'S DRIVING PRIVILEGE. § Subdivision 1.Suspension or revocation. (a) The privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the highways of this state given to a nonresident hereunder shall be subject to the suspension or revocation by the commissioner in like manner and fo…

171.16 COURT MAY RECOMMEND SUSPENSION. § Subdivision 1.Court to report to commissioner. Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under any law of this state or ordinance of a political subdivision regulating the operation of motor vehicles, shall forward to the dep…

171.161 COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE; FEDERAL CONFORMITY. § Subdivision 1.Conformity with federal law. The commissioner of public safety shall ensure the programs and policies related to commercial drivers' licensure and the operation of commercial motor vehicles in Minnesota conf…

171.162 COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, REQUIRED RECORDS. § Subdivision 1.Driving record. As required by Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.73, before issuing a class A, class B, or class C commercial driver's license, the department shall request the applicant's com…

171.163 COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE RECORD KEEPING. An agency, court, or public official in Minnesota shall not mask, defer imposition of judgment for, or allow an individual to enter into a diversion program that would prevent a conviction for a violation of a state or local tra…

171.165 COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, DISQUALIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Federal standards. Subject to section 171.166, the commissioner shall disqualify a person from operating commercial motor vehicles in accordance with the driver disqualifications and penalties in Code of Feder…

171.166 REVIEW OF DISQUALIFICATION. § Subdivision 1.Review of convictions. The commissioner shall review court records of convictions subject to section 171.165, other than a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.31, sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, or section 171.177, if the commission…

171.167 NOTICE TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION SYSTEM. The department shall participate fully in the commercial driver's license information system established under the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 at United States Code, title 49, section 31309. History…

171.168 NOTICE OF VIOLATION BY COMMERCIAL DRIVER. § Subdivision 1.Department notice. Each person who operates a commercial motor vehicle, who has a commercial driver's license issued by this state, and who is convicted of a criminal offense; of a serious traffic violation, as def…

171.169 NOTICE OF COMMERCIAL LICENSE SUSPENSION. Each employee, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 383.5, who has a Minnesota-issued driver's license suspended, revoked, or canceled by this state or another state or jurisdiction, who loses the right to o…

171.17 REVOCATION. § Subdivision 1.Offenses. (a) The commissioner must immediately revoke the license of a driver upon receiving a record of the driver's conviction of: (1) manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle under section 609.20 or 609.205; (2) criminal …

171.171 SUSPENSION; ILLEGAL PURCHASE OF ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO. The commissioner shall suspend for a period of 90 days the license of a person who: (1) is under the age of 21 years and is convicted of purchasing or attempting to purchase an alcoholic beverage in violation of section …

171.172 REVOCATION; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OFFENSE. The commissioner of public safety shall revoke the license of any person convicted of or any juvenile adjudicated for a controlled substance offense if the court has notified the commissioner of a determination made under section …

171.173 SUSPENSION; UNDERAGE DRINKING OFFENSE. The commissioner of public safety shall suspend the license of any person convicted of or any juvenile adjudicated for an offense under section 340A.503, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), if the court has notified the commiss…

171.174 REVOCATION; FLEEING PEACE OFFICER OFFENSE. The commissioner of public safety shall revoke the license of a person upon receipt of a certificate of conviction showing that the person has in a motor vehicle violated section 609.487, subdivision 3 or 4, or an ordinance in co…

171.175 SUSPENSION; THEFT OF MOTOR FUEL OFFENSE. § Subdivision 1.Theft of motor fuel. The commissioner of public safety shall suspend for 30 days the license of any person convicted or juvenile adjudicated delinquent for theft of motor fuel under section 609.52, subdivision 2, pa…

171.176 REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION; SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. The commissioner of public safety may not link or condition issuing, suspending, or revoking a person's license to operate a motor vehicle to attendance at a secondary school. History: 1Sp2005 c 5 art 2 s 79

171.177 REVOCATION; PURSUANT TO SEARCH WARRANT. § Subdivision 1.Search warrant-required testing advisory. At the time a blood or urine test is directed pursuant to a search warrant, the person must be informed that refusal to submit to a blood or urine test is a crime. § Subd. 2.…

171.178 REVOCATION, DENIAL, AND REINSTATEMENT; DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED; CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND OPERATION. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Ignition interlock device" has the meaning given in s…

171.18 SUSPENSION. § Subdivision 1.Offenses. (a) Subject to section 171.16, the commissioner may suspend the license of a driver without preliminary hearing upon a showing by department records or other sufficient evidence that the licensee: (1) has committed an offense for which…

171.181 RESIDENT DRIVING PRIVILEGE. § Subdivision 1.Foreign state conviction. (a) On revoking or suspending the driver's license of a Minnesota resident as a result of a foreign state conviction, the commissioner shall notify that foreign state when the driver's license is reinst…

171.182 SUSPENSION; UNINSURED VEHICLE. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of sections 171.182 to 171.184, the term "judgment" means a judgment which has become final by expiration without appeal within the time which an appeal might have been perfected, or by final affi…

171.183 SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT. § Subdivision 1.Requirements. For the purposes of sections 171.182 to 171.184, a judgment is satisfied if: (1) $30,000 has been credited upon any judgment or judgments rendered in excess of that amount because of bodily injury to or death of one …

171.184 INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Authorization. A judgment debtor upon due notice to the judgment creditor may apply to the court in which the judgment was rendered for the privilege of paying the judgment in installments. The court, in its discretion and without pre…

171.186 SUSPENSION FOR NONPAYMENT OF SUPPORT; LIMITED LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Suspension. The commissioner shall suspend a person's driver's license or operating privileges without a hearing upon receipt of a court order or notice from a public authority responsible for child su…

171.187 SUSPENSION; CRIMINAL VEHICULAR OPERATION AND MANSLAUGHTER. § Subdivision 1.Suspension required. The commissioner shall suspend the driver's license of a person: (1) for whom a peace officer has made the certification described in section 629.344 that probable cause exists…

171.188 DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED REVOCATION AND PROHIBITION; OFF-ROAD RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND MOTORBOATS. (a) The provisions of this chapter for revoking or canceling a driver's license or nonresident driving privilege for alcohol, controlled substance, or intoxicating substance …

171.19 PETITION FOR COURT HEARING ON LICENSE REINSTATEMENT. Any person whose driver's license has been refused, revoked, suspended, canceled, or disqualified by the commissioner, except where the license is revoked or disqualified under section 169A.52, 171.177, or 171.186, or wh…

171.20 MINNESOTA LICENSE REQUIRED; CONDITIONS, FEES. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 1993 c 266 s 34] § Subd. 2.Operation after revocation, suspension, cancellation, or disqualification. (a) A resident or nonresident whose driver's license or right or privilege to operate a motor veh…

171.21 COPY OF RECORD AS EVIDENCE. Copies of any of the files or records of the department certified by the commissioner as being true copies shall be received in evidence in any court in this state with the same force and effect as the originals. History: (2720-145f) 1939 c 401 …

171.22 UNLAWFUL ACTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Violations. With regard to any driver's license, including a commercial driver's license, it shall be unlawful for any person: (1) to display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in possession, any fictitious…

171.23 RENTING VEHICLE TO UNLICENSED DRIVER. No person shall rent or lease a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed hereunder, or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the law of the state or country of residence, except…

171.24 VIOLATIONS; DRIVING WITHOUT VALID LICENSE. § Subdivision 1.Driving after suspension; misdemeanor. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 5, a person is guilty of a misdemeanor if: (1) the person's driver's license or driving privilege has been suspended; (2) the perso…

171.2405 LICENSE REINSTATEMENT DIVERSION PROGRAM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. (a) A city or county may establish a license reinstatement diversion program for holders of class D drivers' licenses who have been charged with violating section 171.24, subdivision 1 or 2. An indiv…

171.241 CHAPTER VIOLATIONS; MISDEMEANORS. It is a misdemeanor for any person to willfully violate any of the provisions of this chapter unless the violation is declared by any law to be a felony or gross misdemeanor, or the violation is declared by a section of this chapter to be…

171.25 ENFORCEMENT; DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. The commissioner shall be charged with the responsibility for the administration and execution of this chapter. Any duties required of or powers conferred on the commissioner under the provisions of this chapter may be done and perform…

171.26 MONEY CREDITED TO FUNDS. § Subdivision 1.Driver and vehicle services operating account. Unless otherwise specified, all money received under this chapter must be deposited in the driver and vehicle services operating account under section 299A.705. § Subd. 2. MS 2008 [Expi…

171.27 LICENSE EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL; EXCEPTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Expiration. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the expiration date for each driver's license is the birthday of the driver in the fourth year following the date of issuance of the license. The birth…

171.29 REVOKED LICENSE; CONDITIONS FOR REINSTATEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Examination required. (a) No person whose driver's license has been revoked by reason of conviction, plea of guilty, or forfeiture of bail not vacated, under section 169.791, 169.797, 171.17, or 171.172, or rev…