SF 4159

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/06/2026 09:14 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to driver and vehicle services; providing public safety commissioner debt
collection authority; authorizing in-person pickup of physical items delivered
following Driver and Vehicle Services online transactions; modifying deputy
registrar fee retention procedures; appropriating money to reimburse deputy
registrars and driver's license agents for no-fee transactions; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2024, sections 168.0135, subdivision 3; 168.33, by adding a subdivision;
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 168.33, subdivision 7a; 171.061,
subdivision 4a; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.0135, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Fees.

(a) The commissioner may assess a convenience fee of $5 or less for each
transaction completed using a self-service kiosk. The vendor must collect and retain the
revenue from any convenience fee that is assessed.

(b) The filing fees in section 168.33, subdivision 7, apply to transactions conducted at
a self-service kiosk. The deputy registrar must retain the filing fees new text begin and is not required to
disburse the remaining funds to the department until the filing fee amounts have been
deposited in the deputy registrar's account new text end .

(c) The fees authorized in this subdivision are in addition to any transaction fees,
convenience fees, or other fees charged by a financial institution for use of a debit or credit
card.

Sec. 2.

new text begin [168.0136] ONLINE TRANSACTIONS; IN-PERSON PICKUP.
new text end

new text begin (a) For all motor vehicle transactions that may be completed online and that require the
delivery of physical items to a customer, the commissioner must offer a customer the option
to pick up the physical items in person at a local deputy registrar's office of the customer's
choosing.
new text end

new text begin (b) Online transactions under this section include but are not limited to the following:
new text end

new text begin (1) changing license plates;
new text end

new text begin (2) requesting a duplicate registration card;
new text end

new text begin (3) requesting duplicate license plates or stickers;
new text end

new text begin (4) requesting or renewing a disability parking certificate; and
new text end

new text begin (5) renewing vehicle registration tabs.
new text end

new text begin (c) A deputy registrar may charge a handling fee of $....... for each transaction under
this section completed in person at the deputy registrar's office.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 168.33, subdivision 7a, is amended
to read:

Subd. 7a.

Reimbursements.

(a) The commissioner must issue payment to a deputy
registrar as follows:

(1) $2 for paying an account balance;

(2) $4 for the following transactions:

(i) updating a vehicle's address or the county in which the vehicle is kept;

(ii) changing or verifying an address related to the International Registration Plan or the
International Fuel Tax Agreement;

(iii) updating contact information for the International Registration Plan or the
International Fuel Tax Agreement;

(iv) processing a vehicle that has been sold, donated, or removed from the state; and

(v) marking a vehicle as junked;

(3) $8 for the following transactions:

(i) changing a customer's personal identification number;

(ii) adding or removing liens for veterans with a total service-connected disability;

(iii) providing a duplicate title;

(iv) issuing International Fuel Tax Agreement decals;

(v) managing an International Fuel Tax Agreement license; and

(vi) administrative review requests; and

(4) an amount that equals the fee established under subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause
(2), for the following transactions:

(i) vehicle renewal for veterans with a total service-connected disability;

(ii) plate change for veterans with a total service-connected disability;

(iii) correcting or changing title and vehicle details;

(iv) issuing a new disability parking certificate;

(v) new title and registration for veterans with a total service-connected disability;

(vi) transferring title and registration for veterans with a total service-connected disability;
and

(vii) replacing plates, stickers, or registration cards.

(b) The following transactions for which no filing fee under subdivision 7 is collected
are not eligible for payment of any kind:

(1) collection of another fee type, including but not limited to a record request fee or a
fast track fee;

(2) voluntary waiver of a fee by the deputy registrar; and

(3) ancillary to a transaction for which a filing fee may be imposed.

(c) deleted text begin If the amount appropriated for payments under this subdivision is insufficient, the
commissioner must prorate the payments. deleted text end new text begin The amount necessary to make the payments
under this subdivision is annually appropriated from the driver and vehicle services operating
account under section 299A.705 to the commissioner.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 168.33, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Debt collection. new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner must make reasonable and businesslike
efforts to collect money owed for driver and vehicle services fees specified in this chapter,
chapters 168A and 168D, and section 171.26. The commissioner may contract for debt
collection services for the purpose of collecting a money judgment or legal indebtedness.
Money received as full or partial payment must be deposited in the driver and vehicle
services operating account under section 299A.705. When money is collected through
contracted debt collection services, the commissioner may make payment for the service
from the money collected.
new text end

new text begin (b) The amount necessary for payment of contractual collection costs is appropriated
from the driver and vehicle services operating account to the commissioner.
new text end

new text begin (c) Deputy registrars appointed under this section and driver's license agents appointed
under section 171.061 are not responsible for collecting debt owed for driver and vehicle
services fees specified in paragraph (a) and are not responsible for depositing funds into
the driver and vehicle services operating account to make up for the amounts owed. All
debt collection and driver and vehicles services operating account administration activities
are the sole responsibility of the commissioner.
new text end

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 171.061, subdivision 4a, is amended
to read:

Subd. 4a.

Reimbursements.

(a) The commissioner must issue payment to a driver's
license agent as follows:

(1) $2 for paying an account balance;

(2) $4 for the following transactions:

(i) correcting credentials for veterans with a total service-connected disability, homeless
fee, and those with reduced-fee credentials; and

(ii) payment of reinstatement fees for veterans with a total service-connected disability
and homeless youth;

(3) $8 for the following transactions:

(i) changing a customer's personal identification number; and

(ii) mail-in application photograph renewal; and

(4) an amount that equals the fee established under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause
(2), for the following transactions:

(i) addition of court order review;

(ii) paper temporary receipt of application permit for veterans with a total
service-connected disability; and

(iii) issuing a credential for veterans with a total service-connected disability, homeless
youth, and those with reduced-fee credentials.

(b) The following transactions for which no filing fee under subdivision 4 is collected
are not eligible for payment of any kind:

(1) collection of another fee type, including but not limited to a record request fee or a
fast track fee;

(2) voluntary waiver of a fee by the driver's license agent; and

(3) ancillary to a transaction for which a filing fee may be imposed.

(c) deleted text begin If the amount appropriated for payments under this subdivision is insufficient, the
commissioner must prorate the payments. deleted text end new text begin The amount necessary to make the payments
under this subdivision is annually appropriated from the driver and vehicle services operating
account to the commissioner.
new text end