2001 Minnesota Statutes

     171.17 Revocation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Offenses.  (a) The department shall 
 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 or criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section 
 609.21; 

    (2) a violation of section 169A.20 or 609.487; 

    (3) a felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was 
 used; 

    (4) failure to stop and disclose identity and render aid, 
 as required under section 169.09, in the event of a motor 
 vehicle accident, resulting in the death or personal injury of 
 another; 

    (5) perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement 
 to the department under any law relating to the ownership or 
 operation of a motor vehicle; 

    (6) except as this section otherwise provides, three 
 charges of violating within a period of 12 months any of the 
 provisions of chapter 169 or of the rules or municipal 
 ordinances enacted in conformance with chapter 169, for which 
 the accused may be punished upon conviction by imprisonment; 

    (7) two or more violations, within five years, of the 
 misdemeanor offense described in section 169.444, subdivision 2, 
 paragraph (a); 

    (8) the gross misdemeanor offense described in section 
 169.444, subdivision 2, paragraph (b); or 

    (9) an offense in another state that, if committed in this 
 state, would be grounds for revoking the driver's license. 

    (b) The department shall immediately revoke the school bus 
 endorsement of a driver upon receiving a record of the driver's 
 conviction of the misdemeanor offense described in section 
 169.443, subdivision 7. 

    Subd. 2.    Offenses by juveniles.  When a juvenile 
 court judge or duly authorized agent determines under a 
 proceeding held under chapter 260 that a person under the age of 
 18 years has committed an offense defined in this section, the 
 judge or authorized agent shall immediately report this 
 determination to the department, and the commissioner shall 
 immediately revoke the person's license. 

    Subd. 3.    Notice.  Upon revoking a license under this 
 chapter, the department shall immediately notify the licensee, 
 in writing, by depositing in the United States post office a 
 notice addressed to the licensee at the licensee's last known 
 address, with postage prepaid. 

    HIST: (2720-145b) 1939 c 401 s 17; 1951 c 483 s 1; 1961 c 32 s 
 1; Ex1971 c 27 s 25; 1981 c 363 s 39; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1985 c 
 291 s 21; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 123 s 3; 1991 c 270 s 2; 1991 c 277 
 s 14; 1993 c 78 s 5; 1998 c 388 s 21,22; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 7