2007 Minnesota Statutes

169.78 MUNICIPAL INSPECTION STATION.
(a) Every municipality in the state shall have the power to acquire, erect, establish, equip,
operate, and maintain motor vehicle testing stations, for the purpose of testing and inspecting
motor vehicles using the public streets of any such municipality, and to finance and pay for the
same out of the proceeds of the collection of fees charged for such inspection. Any municipality
may pass, and by proper penalties enforce, ordinances for these purposes, and by such ordinances:
(1) require the attendance of such motor vehicles at such testing station for the purpose of
inspection, at such time as shall be deemed reasonable, after due notice thereof shall first have
been given to the owner of such motor vehicle or the owner's agent; provided, that any owner of
five or more commercial vehicles having testing equipment and facilities meeting the requirements
of the municipality may be exempted from the requirements of attendance at such testing station;
(2) require the payment of inspection fees, but such fees shall not exceed the amount of 50
cents for any one inspection, or $1 for any one year;
(3) provide free inspections as often as the owner desires between compulsory inspection
periods;
(4) provide for the issuance of an inspection certificate and require the same to be displayed
on the windshield of such motor vehicle in the lower right corner thereof, and in such manner
as not to obstruct the driver's view;
(5) prohibit the operation on the public streets of such municipality of any motor vehicle
which shall not have been submitted for inspection within a reasonable time after notice of such
required inspection shall have been given to the owner of such motor vehicle or the owner's agent,
or any motor vehicle which shall be found to be in a faulty or unsafe condition or in violation of
any city ordinance or state law, and now having a proper inspection certificate properly displayed.
(b) No such inspection shall be required of the owner of a vehicle who is not a resident of the
municipality operating and maintaining the motor vehicle testing station.
(c) In making such inspection or tests, no additional or different mechanical requirements
than those provided by state law shall be imposed upon or against a motor vehicle or the owner
thereof, or the owner's agent, in order to entitle such vehicle to an inspection certificate, but no
such certificate shall be issued or attached to any vehicle until and unless such vehicle shall, upon
such inspection, be found to comply with the terms of the state law.
History: (2720-267) 1937 c 464 s 117; 1986 c 444