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2005 Minnesota Statutes Index (topics)

LICENSE PLATES

Administrative impoundment

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.60

Noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.37

Alteration, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.36

Amateur radio station plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Applications for

Drive-away in-transit plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.053

Handicapped license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021

Motor vehicle purchaser's certificate, Minn. Statutes 2005 297B.05

Armed forces plates

Disabled veterans, see Veterans' plates under this topic

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.04

National Guard plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.1296

Ready reserve plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.1296

Veterans, see Veterans' plates under this topic

Assignments, collector motor vehicle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Attaching to vehicle

Handicapped licensed plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Buses, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.61, 168.62, 168.65

Cancellation, intercity buses, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.65

Citizens band radio operators, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Classic car license plates, see Collector motor vehicle plates under this topic

Classic motorcycle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.105, 168.12

Collector motor vehicle plates

Collector military vehicle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Display, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10, 169.79

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Original plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Personalized license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Temporary vehicle permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.09

Collegiate plates

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.129, 168.1296

Scholarship account contribution, Minn. Statutes 2005 135A.30, 168.129

Commercial zone trucks, marking, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.013

Common carriers, passengers, Minn. Statutes 2005 221.0252

Commuter van plates

Commuter vans for state employees, Minn. Statutes 2005 16B.56

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.126

Conditional plates, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.17

Confiscation, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.17, 168.36

Conflict of laws, reciprocity, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Congressional medal of honor recipients' plates

Additional fees, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.124

Corrections Department motor vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Covering, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Dealer license plates

Annual tax, Minn. Statutes 2005 297B.035

Display requirements, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.27

In transit plates, see Drive-away in-transit plates under this topic

Public Safety Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

Use, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.27

Defacement, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.36

Definitions, motor vehicle titles, Minn. Statutes 2005 168A.01

Design

Disabled American veterans, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1251

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Rotary member plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1297

Special critical habitat plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1296

Special plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1293

Tabs and stickers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Vehicles registered on gross weight basis, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.013, 168.12

Destruction, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041

Disability license plates

Special state park permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 85.053

Disabled veterans, see Veterans' plates under this topic

Discontinuance, special plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1293

Display

Collector motor vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.09, 169.79

Original license plate, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 169.79

Tax-exempt plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Temporary permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.09, 168.092

Violations and penalties, see same under this topic

Distribution by motor vehicle dealers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

Drive-away in-transit plates

Firefighting equipment, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.053

Motor vehicle registration taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.181

Period of use, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Duplicate plates, personalized plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Exemptions

Armed forces personnel, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.04

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Manufacturers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.26

Expiration

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.014

Termination of ownership, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.014

Trucks, quarterly registration, display, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.018

Fees

Additional fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Amateur radio station plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Citizens band radio operators plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Classic motorcycle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.105

Collector motor vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Collegiate plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.129

Congressional medal of honor recipients plates, exemption, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.124

Dealer plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

Depositing

Drive-away in-transit plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.057

Former prisoner of war plates, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.125

Handicapped plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021

Highway user tax distribution fund, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.60

Intercity buses, special identification plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.62

Limousine plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.128

Tax exempt plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Temporary nonresident vehicle permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.091

Veterans plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123

Drive-away in-transit plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.053, 168.057

Duplicate plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Firefighter plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Fleet vehicle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.127

Handicapped license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021

Intercity buses, special identification plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.62

Limousines, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.128

Manufacture and issuance, additional fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Manufacturers' test vehicle license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.25

National Guard plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Original plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Ready reserve plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Reciprocity, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012, 168.187, 168.211

Reinstatement of plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.60

Replacement plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.29

Rotary member plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1297

Special critical habitat plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1296

Special plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1293, 168.1297

Special registration plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041, 169A.60

Special series plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041

Special veteran contribution plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1255

Temporary nonresident vehicle permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.091

Transfer fees

Collegiate plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.129

Firefighter plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Former prisoners of war plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.125

Limousine plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.128

National Guard plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Personalized plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Ready reserve plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Rental vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.15

Veterans plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123

Validation stickers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Veterans plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123

Volunteer ambulance attendant plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Fines

Drive-away in-transit plates, violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.053

Fleet vehicle plates, failure to renew, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.127

Handicapped plates, unauthorized use, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021

Firefighter plates

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.1296

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.125

Fleet vehicle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.127

Former prisoners of war plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.125

Graphic design plates

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Special plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1296

Handicapped license plates

Applicants, medical data, classification, Minn. Statutes 2005 13.69

Former prisoners of war-handicapped plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.125

Gas station service, license plate and parking certificates, Minn. Statutes 2005 325E.08

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021

Handicapped parking spaces, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.346

Number of plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.125

Parking privileges, Minn. Statutes 2005 161.1231, 168.021, 169.345

Impoundment

Administrative impoundment, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.37, 169A.60

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041, 169A.60

New license after revocation, compliance, Minn. Statutes 2005 171.29

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.795

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.37

Intercity buses

Cancellation, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.65

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.61

Special license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.62

Issuance

Additional fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Conditional issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.17

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Manufacturers' test vehicle license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.25

Motor vehicle dealers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

Motor vehicles sales taxes, payments, Minn. Statutes 2005 297B.06

Refusal, commercial motor vehicle carriers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.187

Title certificate, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.13

Vehicles from other states, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.13

Law enforcement agency motor vehicles, see Motor vehicles under LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

Lighting, rear license plate, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.50

Limited use license plates

Tax-exempt organizations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

Limousine license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.128

Manufacture

Additional fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.381

Manufacturers' test vehicle license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.25

Marketing, special plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1293, 168.1297

Marking, vehicles registered on gross weight basis, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.013

Motor vehicles sales tax, payment, Minn. Statutes 2005 297B.06

Motorcycles

Classic motorcycles, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.105, 168.12

Handicapped license plates, see same under this topic

Motorized bicycles

Impoundment, see same under this topic

National Guard plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.1296

New plates

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041, 169A.60

Registered vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.013

Nonresidents

Armed forces personnel, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.04

Display, motor vehicle registration taxes, reciprocity, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.181

Temporary nonresident vehicle permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.091

Numbers

Commercial motor vehicle inspection reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.781

Emergency vehicles, right of way violation reports, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.20

Motor carrier shipping documents, Minn. Statutes 2005 221.172

Older model vehicles, sale, reporting, Minn. Statutes 2005 168A.153

Original plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Traffic accident reports, disclosure, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.09

Orders

Impoundment, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041

Manufacturing, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.381

Original plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 169.79

Passenger automobile plates

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Original plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 169.79

Special license plates, veterans, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123

Period of issuance, see Issuance under this topic

Personalized plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Pioneer car license plates, see Collector motor vehicle plates under this topic

Ready reserve plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.1296

Recall, defaced, lost, destroyed, or stolen license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.29

Reciprocity

Conflict of laws, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.187

Nonresidents, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.211

Records and record keeping

Special critical habitat plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1296

Recreational vehicles

Graphic design plates, issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Registration, license plates defined as, Minn. Statutes 2005 168A.01

Reinstatement of plates, fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.60

Removal from vehicle, dealers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 168A.11

Rental vehicle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.15, 168.16

Replacement

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.29

Public Safety Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.29

Record keeping, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.29

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Return

Current plates, return before displaying original plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Revocation of registration, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.17

Termination or transfer of ownership, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.15

Volunteer ambulance attendant plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Rotary member plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1297

Seizure, confiscation, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.17, 168.36

Semitrailer license plates

Display, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Identification purposes, use, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012, 168.09

Special critical habitat plates

Contributions for, spending, purposes, Minn. Statutes 2005 84.943

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1296

Special plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1291, 168.1293, 168.1297

Special registration plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.60

Special series license plates

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041

Vehicles bearing, peace officers' authority to stop, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.0422

Special veteran contribution plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1255

Specially coded plates

Driving after impoundment, crime, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.37

Street rod license plates, see Collector motor vehicle plates under this topic

Support Our Troops license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1298

Surrender

Destruction, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041, 168.33

Gross weight violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.013

Impoundments, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041, 169A.60

No-fault automobile insurance, failure to provide, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.798

Public Safety Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.33

Vehicle transfers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.15, 168.301

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041, 168.10, 168.36

Suspension

Grounds, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.17, 168.187

Motor vehicle transfers, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.301

Tabs and stickers

Costs, funding, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.381

Display, monthly series registration system plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.013, 169.79

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.017, 168.12, 168.31

Issuance by motor vehicle dealers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.27

License plates, design, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.37

Replacement, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.29

Tax-exempt license plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Trailers, lifetime registration, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Tax-exempt plates

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Issuance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

State-owned vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2005 16B.581

Transferability, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Temporary nonresident vehicle permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.091

Temporary vehicle permits

Display, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.09, 168.092

Nonresident buyers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168A.11

Temporary nonresident vehicle permits, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.091, 168A.11

Trailer plates

Display, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Farm trailers, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Transfer of duties

Transfer to Public Safety Department, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.325

Transferability

Collector motor vehicle plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Delivery of plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.15

Fees, see same under this topic

Special critical habitat plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1296

Special veteran contribution plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1255

Tabs or stickers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Transfers of title

Delivery of license plates, transferors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 168A.13

Veterans' plates

Design, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123, 168.1235, 168.1296

Disabled veterans

Certification requirements, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1251

Disabled veterans, additional fees, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12

Discharge papers, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12, 168.123, 168.1235, 168.1251

Rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123

Sets of plates, limitation, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123

Special veteran contribution plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1255

Surcharge, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1251

Tabs and stickers, veterans' organizations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.1235

Transferability, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123, 168.1235, 168.1251

Veterans Affairs Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.123, 168.125

Violations and penalties

Administrative impoundments, Minn. Statutes 2005 169A.37

Alteration or defacement, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.36

Display violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10, 609.035

Drive-away in-transit plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.053

Failure to renew, fleet vehicles, fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.127

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.17

Handicapped license plates, unauthorized use, fines, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021

Lending, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.10

Manufacture, purchase, or sale violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.36

Special series plates, noncompliance, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041

Surrender violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.041, 168.10, 168.36

Use violations, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.021, 168.36

Visibility

Drivers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.79

Lighting, rear license plate, Minn. Statutes 2005 169.50

Tax-exempt license plates, display, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.012

Vehicles registered on gross weight basis, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.013, 168.12

Volunteer ambulance attendant plates, Minn. Statutes 2005 168.12