1998 Minnesota Statutes

     168A.29 Fees. 

    Subdivision 1.    Amounts.  (a) The department shall be 
 paid the following fees: 

    (1) for filing an application for and the issuance of an 
 original certificate of title, the sum of $2; 

    (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a 
 certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of any 
 assignment thereof and its subsequent release or satisfaction, 
 the sum of $2, except that no fee is due for a security interest 
 filed by a public authority under section 168A.05, subdivision 
 8; 

    (3) for the transfer of the interest of an owner and the 
 issuance of a new certificate of title, the sum of $2; 

    (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first 
 noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with 
 the security interest, the sum of $1; 

    (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, the sum 
 of $4.  

    (b) After June 30, 1994, in addition to each of the fees 
 required under paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (3), the 
 department shall be paid $3.50. 

    The additional fee collected under this paragraph must be 
 deposited in the special revenue fund and credited to the public 
 safety motor vehicle account established in section 299A.70. 

    Subd. 2.    Fee in lieu of other fee.  If a person 
 applies for an original or a new certificate of title to a 
 vehicle, concurrently with an application , as transferee, of 
 registration of the vehicle, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 
 shall be in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 168.54, with 
 respect to any transfer of ownership or registration of the 
 vehicle to the applicant.  

    Subd. 3.    No certificate issued until fees paid.  
 Subject to subdivision 2, the department shall not issue a 
 certificate of title to a vehicle until all fees prescribed by 
 sections 168.54 and 168A.10, subdivision 6, with respect to any 
 prior transfer of ownership or registration of the vehicle shall 
 have been paid. 

    HIST: 1971 c 162 s 29; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 209 art 2 s 22; 1994 
 c 632 art 1 s 4; 1995 c 257 art 1 s 9; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 16