2000 Minnesota Statutes

     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 affirmation on appeal, rendered by a court of competent 
 jurisdiction, including county, municipal, or conciliation 
 court, of any state of the United States, upon a claim for 
 relief arising out of ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor 
 vehicle, for damages, including damages for care and loss of 
 services, because of bodily injury to or death of a person, or 
 for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, 
 including the loss of use thereof, or upon a claim for relief on 
 an agreement of settlement for the damages.  

    Subd. 2.    Copy of judgment to commissioner.  If a 
 person fails within 30 days to satisfy a judgment, the court 
 administrator, upon affidavit of the judgment creditor that the 
 judgment has not been satisfied, shall immediately forward to 
 the commissioner a certified copy of the judgment and affidavit 
 of identification.  

    If the judgment debtor named in a certified copy of a 
 judgment reported to the commissioner is a nonresident, the 
 commissioner shall transmit a certified copy of the judgment to 
 the official in charge of the issuance of drivers' licenses of 
 the state of which the judgment debtor is a resident.  

    Subd. 3.    Conditions.  The commissioner, upon receipt 
 of a certified copy of a judgment, shall suspend the license or 
 the nonresident's operating privilege, of the person against 
 whom judgment was rendered if:  

    (a) at the time of the accident the person did not maintain 
 the reparation security required by section 65B.48; and 

    (b) the judgment has not been satisfied.  

    Suspensions under this section are subject to the notice 
 requirements of section 171.18, subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 4.    Duration.  A license or nonresident's 
 operating privilege shall remain suspended and shall not be 
 renewed, nor shall a license be thereafter issued to the person 
 until every judgment is satisfied in full, or has expired, or to 
 the extent hereinafter provided.  

    Subd. 5.    Affidavit of insurance coverage.  A person 
 whose license or nonresident's operating privileges has been 
 suspended or has become subject to suspension because of an 
 unsatisfied judgment may be relieved of the suspension by filing 
 with the commissioner an affidavit stating that at the time of 
 the accident giving rise to the judgment the person was insured, 
 that the insurer is liable for the judgment, and the reason, if 
 known, why the judgment has not been paid.  The affidavit shall 
 be accompanied by a copy of the insurance policy and other 
 documents the commissioner requires to show that the loss, 
 injury or damage giving rise to the judgment was covered by the 
 policy.  If satisfied that the insurer was authorized to issue 
 the policy and is liable for the judgment, at least to the 
 extent and for the amounts required in this chapter, the 
 commissioner shall not suspend the license, or reinstate the 
 license if already suspended.  

    HIST: 1982 c 598 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1996 
 c 346 s 8