SF 1321

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 07/14/2025 10:08 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; modifying the definition of a motor vehicle dealer to
include dealers licensed under the laws of a contiguous state; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, section 168.002, subdivision 6.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.002, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Dealer.

"Dealer" means any person, firm, or corporation regularly engaged in
the business of manufacturing, or selling, purchasing, and generally dealing in new and
unused motor vehicles having an established place of business for the sale, trade, and display
of new and unused motor vehicles and having in possession new and unused motor vehicles
for the purposes of sale or trade. "Dealer" also includes any person, firm or corporation
regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing or selling, purchasing, and generally
dealing in new and unused motor vehicle bodies, chassis mounted or not, and having an
established place of business for the sale, trade and display of such new and unused motor
vehicle bodies, and having in possession new and unused motor vehicle bodies for the
purposes of sale or trade. new text begin For the purposes of sections 168.27, subdivision 28; 168.33,
subdivision 8a; 168.345; and 168.346, the commissioner may consider a motor vehicle
dealer licensed under the laws of a contiguous state as a dealer or licensed dealer.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective October 1, 2025.
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