Minnesota Administrative Rules

7403.0850 RECALL OF PERSONALIZED PLATES.

If, as a result of a written complaint, the division considers a personalized character combination currently in use to be obscene, indecent, or immoral, the owner of the character combination must be notified, in writing, of the following:

A.

that a complaint has been received regarding the character combination;

B.

the nature of the complaint;

C.

that the division finds the complaint to be valid;

D.

the reason the division finds the complaint to be valid;

E.

that the character combination is no longer valid after 30 days from the date the notice was mailed; and

F.

that the owner of the plate is entitled to:

(1)

a different personalized character combination for no additional fee; or

(2)

a replacement regular plate for no additional fee and a prorated refund of the application fee if the personalized plate is returned within the first five years of original issuance, as follows:

(a)

first year, 100 percent;

(b)

second year, 80 percent;

(c)

third year, 60 percent;

(d)

fourth year, 40 percent;

(e)

fifth year, 20 percent; or

(f)

sixth and seventh years, zero percent.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 14.06; 168.12; 168.123; 168.125; 299A.01

History:

17 SR 1892

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005