2007 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 65B. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

65B.001 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Application. Unless a different meaning is expressly made applicable, the
terms defined in this section shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 2. Private passenger vehicle insurance. "Private passenger vehicle insurance" means
a policy insuring a natural person as named insured, and any relative of the named insured who is
a resident of the same household, covering private passenger vehicles or utility vehicles owned
by the insured. This term does not include a policy insuring more than four vehicles rated on a
fleet basis or covering garage, automobiles sales agency, repair shop, service station or public
parking place operation hazards.
    Subd. 3. Private passenger vehicle. "Private passenger vehicle" means a passenger
automobile defined in section 168.011, or a jeep type automobile, that is not rented to others or
used as a public or livery conveyance for passengers.
    Subd. 4. Utility vehicle. "Utility vehicle" means any four wheel vehicle, other than a private
passenger vehicle, which has a pickup, van, or panel truck type body and is not used primarily in
the occupation, profession or business of the insured, other than farming or ranching.
    Subd. 5. Motorcycle. "Motorcycle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed to travel on
fewer than four wheels that has an engine rated at greater than five horsepower, and includes a
trailer with one or more wheels, when the trailer is connected to or being towed by a motorcycle.
For purposes of this chapter, motorcycle includes a motorized bicycle as defined in section
169.01, subdivision 4a, but does not include an electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section
169.01, subdivision 4b.
History: 1977 c 366 s 1; 1984 c 592 s 52; 1987 c 269 s 1; 1989 c 140 s 1; 1996 c 435 s 1

MINNESOTA AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE PLAN

65B.01 PURPOSES, CONSTRUCTION AND SCOPE.
    Subdivision 1. Purpose. The purposes of sections 65B.01 to 65B.12 are to provide the
guarantee that automobile insurance coverage will be available to any person who is unable
to procure such insurance through ordinary methods by providing a facility for the placement
of automobile insurance risks with insurers, and to preserve to the public the benefits of price
competition by encouraging maximum use of the normal private insurance system. Sections
65B.01 to 65B.12 shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes stated.
    Subd. 2. Scope and membership. Every insurer authorized to write automobile liability or
physical damage insurance in this state, as a condition precedent to being licensed or to retain
such license to write such insurance in this state, shall be a member of the facility and shall
participate therein under the terms and provisions of sections 65B.01 to 65B.12.
History: 1971 c 813 s 1; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1992 c 520 s 2

65B.02 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Application. Unless the language or context clearly indicates a different
meaning is intended, the following terms shall, for the purposes of sections 65B.01 to 65B.12,
have the meanings ascribed to them.
    Subd. 2. Qualified applicant. "Qualified applicant" means a person who:
(1) is a resident of this state;
(2) owns a motor vehicle registered in accordance with the laws of this state, or has a valid
driver's license, or is required to file a certificate of insurance with the commissioner of public
safety; and
(3) has no unpaid premiums with respect to prior automobile insurance.
    Subd. 3. Facility. "Facility" means the organization formed by insurers to carry out the
purposes provided in section 65B.01, subdivision 1, and shall be known as the Minnesota
Automobile Insurance Plan.
    Subd. 4. Member. "Member" means an insurer who is required by sections 65B.01 to
65B.12, to be a member of the facility.
    Subd. 5. Car years. "Car years" means the number of insurance policies written on
automobile or licensed drivers by a given insurer in any calendar year; and "voluntary car years"
means the number of such policies written by a given insurer, exclusive of policies written
through the facility.
    Subd. 6. Private passenger nonfleet automobile. "Private passenger nonfleet automobile"
means motorized vehicles designed for transporting passengers or goods, subject to specific
contemporary definitions for insurance purposes as provided in the plan of operation.
    Subd. 7. Participation ratio. "Participation ratio" means the ratio of the member's Minnesota
premiums, or other measure of business written approved by the commissioner, in relation to the
comparable statewide totals for all members.
(1) For private passenger nonfleet automobile insurance coverages the participation ratio
shall be based on voluntary car years written in this state for the calendar year ending December
31 of the second prior year, as reported by the statistical agent of each member as private
passenger nonfleet exposures.
(2) For insurance coverages on all other automobiles, including insurance for fleets,
commercial vehicles, public vehicles and garages, the ratio shall be based on the total Minnesota
gross, direct automobile insurance premiums written, including both policy and membership
fees less return premiums and premiums on policies not taken, without including reinsurance
assumed and without deducting reinsurance ceded, and less the amount of such premiums
reported as received for insurance on private passenger nonfleet vehicles, for the calendar year
ending December 31 of the second prior year.
(3) For the purpose of determining each member's responsibility for expenses and
assessments, the ratio shall be based on each member's total Minnesota car years and gross,
direct premiums written, including both policy and membership fees less return premiums and
premiums on policies not taken, without including reinsurance assumed and without deducting
reinsurance ceded, for the calendar year ending December 31 of the second prior year, provided,
however, that the preliminary determination of each member's responsibility for expenses and
assessments may use the calendar year ending December 31 of the third prior year.
    Subd. 8. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce or one
properly acting in the capacity of the commissioner of commerce.
History: 1971 c 813 s 2; 1974 c 408 s 32 subd 4; 1977 c 276 s 1; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd
1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1992 c 520 s 3-5; 1999 c 177 s 66

65B.03 GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
    Subdivision 1. Membership. An election must be held among every insurer subject to
sections 65B.01 to 65B.12, for the election of insurer representatives on the facility governing
committee. The governing committee shall be made up of nine individuals, five of whom shall be
elected by members of the facility and four who shall be public members. Public members may
include licensed insurance agents. The public members shall be appointed by the commissioner.
The term of office for members of the governing committee is two years.
Each member serving on the governing committee shall be represented by a salaried
employee of that member, and not more than one member in a group under the same management
shall serve on the governing committee at the same time.
    Subd. 2. Terms of office. The governing committee members shall serve two-year terms.
Vacancies shall be filled as provided in the plan of operation.
History: 1971 c 813 s 3; 1973 c 756 s 1; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92;
1Sp1985 c 10 s 66; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 337 s 96; 1992 c 520 s 6

65B.04 PLAN OF OPERATION.
    Subdivision 1.[Repealed, 1992 c 520 s 18]
    Subd. 1a. Plan. The plan of operation consists of the operation procedures of the facility.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1992 c 520 s 18]
    Subd. 3. Amendments. The plan of operation may be amended by a majority vote of the
governing committee and the approval of the commissioner. An order by the commissioner
disapproving an amendment to the plan of operation must be issued within 30 days of receipt by
the commissioner of the proposed amendment, certified by the governing committee as having
been adopted by that committee by a majority vote, or the amendment shall be deemed approved
by the commissioner. An order of disapproval may be appealed as provided in chapter 14.
    Subd. 4. Adherence to plan. Every insurer authorized to write automobile bodily injury
liability, property damage liability or physical damage insurance in this state, as a condition to
maintaining its authorization to transact the business of insurance in this state, shall adhere to
the plan of operation.
History: 1971 c 813 s 4; 1983 c 247 s 34; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 520 s 7-9; 2001 c 215 s 29

65B.05 POWER OF FACILITY, GOVERNING COMMITTEE.
The governing committee shall have the power to direct the operation of the facility in all
pursuits consistent with the purposes and terms of sections 65B.01 to 65B.12, including but
not limited to the following:
(1) To sue and be sued in the name of the facility and to assess each member in accord with its
participation ratio to pay any judgment against the facility as an entity, provided, however, that no
judgment against the facility shall create any liabilities in one or more members disproportionate
to their participation ratio or an individual representing members on the governing committee.
(2) To delegate ministerial duties, to hire a manager and to contract for goods and services
from others.
(3) To assess members on the basis of participation ratios to cover anticipated costs of
operation and administration of the facility.
(4) To impose limitations on cancellation or nonrenewal by members of insureds covered
pursuant to placement through the facility in addition to the limitations imposed by chapter 72A
and sections 65B.1311 to 65B.21.
History: 1971 c 813 s 5; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 56; 1992 c 520 s 10; 2001 c 7 s 16

65B.06 DISTRIBUTION OF RISKS; COVERAGE.
    Subdivision 1. Distribution of private passenger, nonfleet auto risks. With respect to
private passenger, nonfleet automobiles, the facility shall provide for the equitable distribution
of qualified applicants to members in accordance with the participation ratio or among these
insurance companies as selected under the provisions of the plan of operation.
    Subd. 2. Private passenger; nonfleet auto coverage. With respect to private passenger,
nonfleet automobiles, the facility shall provide for the issuance of policies of automobile insurance
by members with coverage as follows:
(1) bodily injury liability and property damage liability coverage in the minimum amounts
specified in section 65B.49, subdivision 3;
(2) uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages as required by section 65B.49,
subdivisions 3a and 4a ;
(3) a reasonable selection of higher limits of liability coverage up to $50,000 because of
bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident and, subject to such limit for one
person, up to $100,000 because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one
accident, and up to $25,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one
accident, or higher limits of liability coverage as recommended by the governing committee
and approved by the commissioner;
(4) basic economic loss benefits, as required by section 65B.44, and other optional coverages
as recommended by the governing committee and approved by the commissioner; and
(5) automobile physical damage coverage, including coverage of loss by collision, subject
to deductible options.
    Subd. 3. Other auto coverage. With respect to all automobiles not included in subdivisions
1 and 2, the facility shall provide:
(1) the minimum limits of coverage required by section 65B.49, subdivisions 2, 3, 3a, and
4a , or higher limits of liability coverage as recommended by the governing committee and
approved by the commissioner;
(2) for the equitable distribution of qualified applicants for this coverage among the members
in accord with the applicable participation ratio, or among these insurance companies as selected
under the provisions of the plan of operation; and
(3) for a school district or contractor transporting school children under contract with a school
district, that amount of automobile liability insurance coverage, not to exceed $1,000,000, required
by the school district by resolution or contract, or that portion of such $1,000,000 of coverage for
which the school district or contractor applies and for which it is eligible under section 65B.10.
    Subd. 4. Policy and endorsement forms. Coverage made available under this section shall
be the automobile policy and endorsement forms, as approved by the commissioner, with such
changes, additions and amendments as are adopted by the governing committee and approved
by the commissioner.
History: 1971 c 813 s 6; 1974 c 408 s 32 subds 4,5; 1976 c 2 s 41; 1977 c 276 s 2; 1Sp1981 c
4 art 1 s 57; 1984 c 592 s 53; 1986 c 313 s 9; 1992 c 520 s 11; 1995 c 258 s 47; 2001 c 215 s 30,31

65B.07 OTHER PROVISIONS AND FUNCTIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Optional deferred payment plan. The facility shall provide one or more
optional deferred payment plans, which shall include sufficient advance payment to, at all times,
equal at least the pro rata earned premium, and such plans shall include additional charges for
deferred payments.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1992 c 520 s 18]
    Subd. 3. Public education. The facility shall provide for publicizing its purposes and
developing public understanding of the facility.
    Subd. 4. Annual financial statement and report. The facility shall provide an annual
financial statement on the facility's operation to the commissioner, and shall provide an annual
report of operations to the commissioner and to all members so requesting.
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1995 c 258 s 67]
History: 1971 c 813 s 7; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 520 s 12

65B.08 RATES.
    Subdivision 1. Filing. As agent for members, the facility shall file with the commissioner all
manuals of classification, all manuals of rules and rates, all rating plans, and any modifications of
same, proposed for use for automobile insurance placed through the facility. The classifications,
rules and rates and any amendments thereto shall be subject to prior written approval by the
commissioner. Rates, surcharge points, and increased limits factors filed by the facility shall not
be excessive, inadequate, or unfairly discriminatory. No other entity, service or organization shall
make filings for the facility or the members to apply to insurance placed through the facility.
    Subd. 2. Use of rates. Every member shall be authorized to use the rates and rules approved
by the commissioner for use by the facility on business placed through the facility, and shall use
no other rates on automobiles placed through the facility.
    Subd. 3. Facility exempt. Laws relating to rating organizations or advisory organizations
shall not apply to functions provided for under this section.
History: 1971 c 813 s 8; 1992 c 520 s 13,14; 1995 c 258 s 48

65B.09 AGENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Agents' responsibility. Every person licensed under sections 60K.30 to
60K.56 who is authorized to solicit, negotiate or effect automobile insurance on behalf of any
member shall:
(1) offer to place coverage through the facility for any qualified applicant who is ineligible or
unacceptable for coverage in the insurer or insurers for whom the agent is authorized to solicit,
negotiate or effect automobile insurance. Provided, that the failure of an agent to make such an
offer to a qualified applicant shall not subject the agent to any liability to the applicant;
(2) forward to the facility all applications and any deposit premiums which are required by
the plan of operation, rules and procedures of the facility, if the qualified applicant accepts the
offer to have coverage placed through the facility;
(3) be entitled to receive compensation for placing insurance through the facility at the
uniform rates of compensation as provided in the plan of operation, and all members shall pay
such compensation.
    Subd. 2. Agents' contracts. A member may not include the premiums and losses incurred
from risks insured through the facility in determining the loss ratio of any of its agents, or
otherwise use the experience from such risks as cause for altering the relationship between the
member and its agent.
History: 1971 c 813 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 520 s 15; 1993 c 13 art 2 s 3; 1995 c 258 s
49; 2001 c 117 art 2 s 14

65B.10 ELIGIBILITY.
    Subdivision 1. Eligibility for coverage. To be eligible for coverage through the facility an
otherwise qualified applicant must have been rejected, canceled or refused renewal with respect to
automobile insurance by a member.
    Subd. 2. Termination of eligibility. Eligibility for placement through the facility will
terminate if an insured is offered equivalent coverage in the voluntary market at a rate lower than
the facility rate. If the member that is required to provide coverage by the facility makes such an
offer after giving 30 days' advance written notice to the agent of record before making the offer,
the member shall have no further obligation to the agent of record.
    Subd. 3. Review of insureds. At least annually, every member shall review every private
passenger nonfleet applicant which it insures through the facility and determine whether or not
such applicant is acceptable for voluntary insurance at a rate lower than the facility rate. If such
applicant is acceptable, the member shall make an offer to insure the applicant under voluntary
coverage at such lower rate.
History: 1971 c 813 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 520 s 16; 1995 c 258 s 50

65B.11 USE OF FACILITY BY PUBLIC.
If, upon a formal hearing, the commissioner finds that a large proportion of qualified and
eligible persons are failing to gain the benefits of the facility, the facility shall provide service to
assist the public in making application to the facility for placement.
History: 1971 c 813 s 11

65B.12 RIGHT TO HEARING; CONSTRUCTION OF PLAN OF OPERATION.
    Subdivision 1. Hearing request. Any member, applicant or person insured under a policy
placed through the facility may request a formal hearing and ruling by the governing committee on
any alleged violation of the plan of operation or any alleged improper act or ruling of the facility.
The request for hearing must be filed within 30 days after the date of the alleged act or decision.
    Subd. 2. Plan of operation to provide. The plan of operation shall provide for prompt and
fair hearings, and shall prescribe the procedure to be followed in the hearings.
    Subd. 3. Appeal of governing committee ruling. Any formal ruling by the governing
committee may be appealed to the commissioner by filing notice of appeal with the facility and
the commissioner within 30 days after issuance of the ruling. The hearing shall be governed by
the procedures for contested cases.
    Subd. 4. Appeal hearing. Upon a hearing pursuant to chapter 14, the commissioner shall
issue an order approving or disapproving the action or decision of the governing committee or
directing the governing committee to reconsider the ruling.
    Subd. 4a. Judicial review. In lieu of the appeal to the commissioner, a member, applicant, or
person may seek judicial review of the governing committee's action.
    Subd. 5. Plan interpretation. The plan of operation shall be interpreted to conform to the
laws of this state with respect to automobile insurance coverage and any changes in the laws,
unless the facility is specifically excluded from the applicability of these laws.
History: 1971 c 813 s 12; 1987 c 337 s 97; 1992 c 520 s 17

PROVISIONS AFFECTING COVERAGE

65B.13 [Repealed, 2000 c 483 s 55]

65B.131 [Repealed, 1979 c 215 s 2]

65B.1311 COVERAGE FOR FORMER SPOUSE.
    Subdivision 1. New policy issued. An insurer must issue a policy of private passenger
insurance to the former spouse of a named insured, within the provisions of subdivision 2, if
the following conditions are met:
(1) the former spouse has been an insured driver under the former policy for at least the six
months immediately preceding the entry of a valid decree of dissolution of marriage;
(2) the former spouse makes application for a policy before the end of the policy period or
within 60 days after the entry of the decree of dissolution of marriage, whichever is later;
(3) the appropriate premium is paid; and
(4) the former spouse and any person or persons who are to be an insured, as defined in
section 65B.43, meets the insurer's eligibility standards for renewal policies.
    Subd. 2. Named insured. A named insured under a policy of private passenger vehicle
insurance shall have the premium determined at the first and any subsequent renewals of the
policy after entry of a valid decree of dissolution of the marriage of the named insured only on
the basis of the driving record and rating classification applicable to the named insured and any
person who is to be an insured, as defined in section 65B.43, under the policy to be renewed.
History: 1986 c 455 s 49; 1987 c 337 s 98

65B.132 STUDENT DISCOUNTS; ELIGIBILITY.
Any insurance company providing discounts on automobile insurance premiums to eligible
persons attending colleges and universities must provide the discount to eligible students enrolled
in technical colleges.
History: 1975 c 44 s 1; 1987 c 258 s 12; 1989 c 246 s 2; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1996 c
412 art 13 s 2

65B.133 SURCHARGE DISCLOSURE.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this section
have the meanings given them.
(a) "Computed premium" means the rate in effect before the application of a surcharge.
(b) "Chargeable accident" means an accident which is taken into consideration in applying a
surcharge.
(c) "Chargeable traffic violation" means a traffic violation which is taken into consideration
in applying a surcharge.
(d) "Policy" means a policy providing private passenger vehicle insurance, as defined
in section 65B.001, subdivision 2.
(e) "Surcharge" means any increase in premium for a policy, including the removal of an
accident-free or claim-free discount, based upon an accident or a traffic violation.
(f) "Surcharge disclosure statement" means a written statement disclosing the surcharge
plan of an insurer, the effective date of the surcharge plan, and the name of the insurer, and any
other information which the commissioner may require to be disclosed to assist insureds in
comparing surcharge plans among insurers.
(g) "Surcharge plan" means the conditions under which an insurer applies a surcharge
including but not limited to: (1) the maximum dollar amount which an insurer pays due to an
accident without applying a surcharge, (2) accidents which are not chargeable, (3) chargeable
traffic violations, (4) the length of time that an accident or a traffic violation is chargeable, and (5)
surcharge rates for the first and each successive accident or traffic violation.
(h) "Surcharge rate" means the amount of any surcharge expressed as a percentage of the
computed premium rate or as a dollar amount surcharge, if a percentage surcharge is not used.
    Subd. 2. Disclosure to applicants. Before accepting the initial premium payment, an insurer
or its agent shall provide a surcharge disclosure statement to any person who applies for a policy
which is effective on or after January 1, 1983.
    Subd. 3. Disclosure to policyholders. An insurer or its agent shall mail or deliver a
surcharge disclosure statement to the named insured either before or with the first notice to
renew a policy on or after January 1, 1983. If a surcharge disclosure statement has been provided
pursuant to subdivision 2, no surcharge disclosure statement is required to be mailed or delivered
to the same named insured pursuant to subdivision 3.
    Subd. 4. Notification of change. No insurer may change its surcharge plan unless a
surcharge disclosure statement is mailed or delivered to the named insured before the change is
made. A surcharge disclosure statement disclosing a change applicable on the renewal of a policy,
may be mailed with an offer to renew the policy. Surcharges cannot be applied to accidents or
traffic violations that occurred prior to a change in a surcharge plan except to the extent provided
under the prior plan.
    Subd. 5. Limitation on chargeable traffic violations. No traffic violation is chargeable to a
driver unless the driver is convicted of, or forfeits bail for, the offense, or the driver's license is
revoked pursuant to section 169A.52. If a surcharge is applied because bail is forfeited and if
the driver is later acquitted of the offense, the insurer shall rebate the surcharge. A violation of
section 169.685, subdivision 5 is not chargeable.
    Subd. 5a. Surcharge prohibition. No surcharge is chargeable to an insured who collects
benefits under a policy because the insured is a passenger in a bus, taxi, or commuter van involved
in an accident.
    Subd. 6. Penalty. Failure to comply with this section constitutes a violation of section
70A.04 and is subject to the penalties prescribed in section 70A.21.
    Subd. 7. Commissioner may promulgate rules. The commissioner may promulgate rules
reasonably necessary to carry out and make effective this section.
History: 1982 c 541 s 1; 1983 c 261 s 2; 1992 c 564 art 1 s 45; 1997 c 64 s 1; 2000
c 478 art 2 s 7

65B.134 COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE; GLASS BREAKAGE.
Any policy of automobile insurance, as defined in section 65B.14, subdivision 2, providing
comprehensive coverage, whether designated as such or included in a policy providing broader
coverage, must provide at the option of the insured complete coverage for repair or replacement
of all damaged safety glass without regard to any deductible or minimum amount.
History: 1983 c 292 s 2

65B.135 LIMOUSINE INSURANCE.
An insurer who provides insurance for limousines, defined in section 168.011, subdivision
35 , shall provide insurance in a minimum aggregate amount of $300,000 per accident for each
limousine covered.
History: 1989 c 318 s 3

CANCELLATIONS, NONRENEWALS, AND

REDUCTIONS IN COVERAGE

65B.14 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Application. For the purposes of sections 65B.14 to 65B.21, the terms
defined in this section have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 2. Policy of automobile insurance or policy. "Policy of automobile insurance" or
"policy" means a policy of private passenger vehicle insurance as defined in section 65B.001,
or a plan of reparation security as defined in section 65B.48 insuring less than five vehicles
rated on a commercial or fleet basis, or a policy of insurance covering the use of a motorcycle,
delivered or issued for delivery in this state.
    Subd. 3. Renewal or to renew. "Renewal" or "to renew" means the issuance and delivery by
an insurer of a policy superseding at the end of the policy period a policy previously issued and
delivered by the same insurer on the same rating plan, or the issuance and delivery of a certificate
or notice extending the term of a policy beyond its policy period or term; provided, however,
that any policy with a policy period or term of less than six months or any policy with no fixed
expiration date shall for the purpose of sections 65B.14 to 65B.21 be considered as if written for
successive policy periods or terms of six months.
    Subd. 4. Nonpayment of premium. "Nonpayment of premium" means failure of the named
insured to discharge when due any obligations in connection with the payment of premiums on
a policy of automobile insurance or any installment of such premium, whether the premium
is payable directly to the insurer or its agent or indirectly under any premium finance plan or
extension of credit.
    Subd. 5. Violations. "Violations" means all moving traffic violations that are recorded by
the Department of Public Safety on a household member's motor vehicle record, and violations
reported by a similar authority in another state or moving traffic violations reported by the insured.
History: 1967 c 463 s 1; 1971 c 813 s 13; 1974 c 56 s 1; 1974 c 408 s 31; 1977 c 366 s 2;
1984 c 592 s 54,56; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 446 art 1 s 56

65B.15 CANCELLATION OR REDUCTION IN LIMITS DURING POLICY PERIOD.
    Subdivision 1. Grounds and notice. No cancellation or reduction in the limits of liability of
coverage during the policy period of any policy shall be effective unless notice thereof is given and
unless based on one or more reasons stated in the policy which shall be limited to the following:
1. nonpayment of premium; or
2. the policy was obtained through a material misrepresentation; or
3. any insured made a false or fraudulent claim or knowingly aided or abetted another in
the presentation of such a claim; or
4. the named insured failed to disclose fully motor vehicle accidents and moving traffic
violations of the named insured for the preceding 36 months if called for in the written
application; or
5. the named insured failed to disclose in the written application any requested information
necessary for the acceptance or proper rating of the risk; or
6. the named insured knowingly failed to give any required written notice of loss or notice of
lawsuit commenced against the named insured, or, when requested, refused to cooperate in the
investigation of a claim or defense of a lawsuit; or
7. the named insured or any other operator who either resides in the same household, or
customarily operates an automobile insured under such policy, unless the other operator is
identified as a named insured in another policy as an insured:
(a) has, within the 36 months prior to the notice of cancellation, had that person's driver's
license under suspension or revocation because the person committed a moving traffic violation
or because the person refused to be tested under section 169A.20, subdivision 1; or
(b) is or becomes subject to epilepsy or heart attacks, and such individual does not produce a
written opinion from a physician testifying to that person's medical ability to operate a motor
vehicle safely, such opinion to be based upon a reasonable medical probability; or
(c) has an accident record, conviction record (criminal or traffic), physical condition or
mental condition, any one or all of which are such that the person's operation of an automobile
might endanger the public safety; or
(d) has been convicted, or forfeited bail, during the 24 months immediately preceding
the notice of cancellation for criminal negligence in the use or operation of an automobile, or
assault arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, or operating a motor vehicle while in an
intoxicated condition or while under the influence of drugs; or leaving the scene of an accident
without stopping to report; or making false statements in an application for a driver's license, or
theft or unlawful taking of a motor vehicle; or
(e) has been convicted of, or forfeited bail for, one or more violations within the 18 months
immediately preceding the notice of cancellation, of any law, ordinance, or rule which justify a
revocation of a driver's license; or
8. the insured automobile is:
(1) so mechanically defective that its operation might endanger public safety; or
(2) used in carrying passengers for hire or compensation, provided however that the use of an
automobile for a car pool shall not be considered use of an automobile for hire or compensation; or
(3) used in the business of transportation of flammables or explosives; or
(4) an authorized emergency vehicle; or
(5) subject to an inspection law and has not been inspected or, if inspected, has failed to
qualify within the period specified under such inspection law; or
(6) substantially changed in type or condition during the policy period, increasing the risk
substantially, such as conversion to a commercial type vehicle, a dragster, sports car or so as to
give clear evidence of a use other than the original use.
    Subd. 2. Nonapplication. This section shall not apply to any policy of automobile liability
insurance which has been in effect less than 60 days at the time notice of cancellation is mailed or
delivered by the insurer unless it is a renewal policy.
    Subd. 3.[Repealed, 1984 c 592 s 94]
History: 1967 c 463 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 337 s 99; 1989 c 260 s 13;
1996 c 446 art 1 s 57; 2000 c 478 art 2 s 7

65B.16 STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR CANCELLATION OR REDUCTION.
No notice of cancellation or reduction in the limits of liability of coverage of an automobile
insurance policy under section 65B.15 shall be effective unless the specific underwriting or
other reason or reasons for such cancellation or reduction in the limits of liability of coverage
are stated in such notice and the notice is mailed or delivered by the insurer so as to provide the
named insured with at least 30 days' notice prior to the effective date of cancellation; provided,
however, that when nonpayment of premium is the reason for cancellation or when the company
is exercising its right to cancel insurance which has been in effect for less than 60 days at least
ten days' notice of cancellation, and the reasons for the cancellation, shall be given. Information
regarding moving traffic violations or motor vehicle accidents must be specifically requested on
the application in order for a company to use those incidents to exercise its right to cancel within
the first 59 days of coverage. When nonpayment of premiums is the reason for cancellation,
the reason must be given to the insured with the notice of cancellation; and if the company is
exercising its right to cancel within the first 59 days of coverage and notice is given with less
than ten days remaining in the 59-day period, the coverage must be extended, to expire ten
days after notice was mailed.
History: 1967 c 463 s 3; 1971 c 696 s 1; 1984 c 592 s 57; 1987 c 337 s 100; 2001 c 215 s 32

65B.161 REFUND OF PREMIUM ON CANCELLATION.
Cancellation of a policy of automobile insurance pursuant to sections 65B.15 and 65B.16
shall not be effective unless any unearned premium due the insured is returned to the insured with
the notice of cancellation or is delivered or sent by mail to the insured so as to be received by the
insured not later than the effective date of cancellation.
History: 1977 c 366 s 3

65B.162 NOTICE OF POSSIBLE CANCELLATION.
A written notice shall be provided to all applicants for private passenger insurance, at
the time the application is submitted, containing the following language in bold print: "THE
INSURER MAY ELECT TO CANCEL COVERAGE AT ANY TIME DURING THE FIRST
59 DAYS FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF THE COVERAGE FOR ANY REASON WHICH IS
NOT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY STATUTE."
History: 1987 c 337 s 101

65B.17 RENEWAL; NOTICE NOT TO RENEW.
    Subdivision 1. General regulations. No insurer shall fail to renew an automobile insurance
policy unless it shall mail or deliver to the named insured, at the address shown in the policy, at
least 60 days' advance notice of its intention not to renew. The notice must contain the specific
underwriting or other reason or reasons for the nonrenewal. When the failure to renew is based
upon a termination of the agency contract, the notice must so state. This section does not apply:
(a) if the insurer has manifested its willingness to renew; or
(b) in case of nonpayment of the renewal premium,
provided that, notwithstanding the failure of an insurer to comply with this section, the
policy terminates on the effective date of any other automobile insurance policy procured by the
insured, with respect to any automobile designated in both policies. Renewal of a policy does not
constitute a waiver or estoppel with respect to grounds for cancellation which existed before the
effective date of the renewal. No insurer shall fail to renew an automobile policy solely because of
the age of the insured. No insurer shall refuse to renew an automobile insurance policy for reasons
which are arbitrary or capricious. No insurer shall refuse to renew an automobile insurance
policy in violation of rules adopted pursuant to subdivision 2. An insurer may refuse to renew an
automobile insurance policy in case of nonpayment of dues to an association or organization,
other than an insurance association or organization, where payment of dues is a prerequisite to
obtaining or continuing such insurance; provided, however, that this provision for nonrenewal for
failure to pay dues shall not be applicable to persons who are retired at age 62 years of age or
older or who are disabled, according to Social Security standards.
    Subd. 2. Rulemaking. The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 14 to
specify the grounds for nonrenewal of an automobile policy. The rules must limit the basis for
nonrenewal to the following factors:
(a) the reasons stated for cancellation in section 65B.15;
(b) payments made for collision, bodily injury liability, or property damage liability coverage;
(c) moving violations of a driver; and
(d) other factors deemed reasonable by the commissioner.
The rules must specify the manner in which these factors will be considered and may reflect
the severity or recurrence of any moving violation, the amount of any payment made, and the
number of vehicles insured.
    Subd. 2a. Authorization to nonrenew. An insurer withdrawing from the market by
nonrenewing a line of business must notify the commissioner in writing at least 90 days before
termination of any policy is effective. The notice must contain the effective date of the withdrawal
plan, the number of policies affected, the reason for the withdrawal, and the availability of
coverage in the market.
    Subd. 3. Administrative penalty. The rules adopted under this section may provide for
imposition of a monetary penalty not greater than $500 per occurrence upon insurers who are
found to be in violation of any rule provision.
History: 1967 c 463 s 4; 1969 c 845 s 1; 1971 c 696 s 2; 1974 c 56 s 2; 1976 c 175 s 1; 1983
c 203 s 2; 1984 c 592 s 58; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 56; 2007 c 104 s 18

65B.18 PROOF OF MAILING OF NOTICE.
Proof of mailing of notice of cancellation, reduction in the limits of liability of coverage,
or nonrenewal of a policy and, if required herein, the reason or reasons therefor to the named
insured at the address shown in the policy, shall be sufficient proof that notice required herein
has been given.
History: 1967 c 463 s 5; 1969 c 6 s 16; 1974 c 56 s 3

65B.19 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OR NONRENEWAL.
    Subdivision 1. Disclosure. No insurer shall take any action in regard to an automobile
insurance policy on the statements or charges of any person made to the insurer concerning
alleged unsafe driving habits of an insured unless the insurer shall concurrently disclose to the
insured the name and address of the person from which the information was received.
    Subd. 2. Notice of right to complain. When the insurer notifies the policyholder of
nonrenewal, cancellation or reduction in the limits of liability of coverage under section 65B.16
or 65B.17, the insurer shall also notify the named insured of the right to complain within 30 days
of receipt by the named insured of notice of nonrenewal, cancellation or reduction in the limits
of liability to the commissioner of such action and of the nature of and possible eligibility for
insurance through the Minnesota automobile insurance plan. Such notice shall be included in the
notice of nonrenewal, cancellation or reduction in the limits of liability of coverage, and shall state
that such notice of the insured's right of complaint to the commissioner and of the availability of
insurance through the Minnesota automobile insurance plan is given pursuant to sections 65B.14
to 65B.21. The notice must state the name of the insurer and the date the notice is issued.
History: 1967 c 463 s 6; 1969 c 845 s 2; 1971 c 696 s 3; 1971 c 813 s 14; 1973 c 610 s 1;
1984 c 592 s 59; 1986 c 444; 2001 c 215 s 33

65B.20 IMMUNITY OF INSURER OR COMMISSIONER; USE OF REASONS FOR
CANCELLATION.
There shall be no liability on the part of and no cause of action of any nature shall arise
against the commissioner or against any insurer, its authorized representative, its agents, its
employees, or any firm, person or corporation furnishing to the insurer information as to reasons
for nonrenewal or cancellation, for any statement made by them in any written notice of
nonrenewal or cancellation, for the providing of information relating thereto, or for statements
made or evidence submitted at any hearings conducted in connection therewith.
History: 1967 c 463 s 7; 1969 c 845 s 3

65B.21 INSURED'S RIGHT TO OBJECT TO CANCELLATION OR NONRENEWAL.
    Subdivision 1. Form and manner. Any individual who believes such nonrenewal,
cancellation or reduction in the limits of liability of coverage of the individual's policy is arbitrary,
capricious or otherwise in violation of this provision, or who believes such notice of nonrenewal
and the reason or reasons therefor were not given as provided herein, may, within 30 days after
receipt of notice thereof, file in writing an objection to such action with the commissioner.
    Subd. 2. Investigation and determination by commissioner. Upon receipt of a written
objection pursuant to the provisions herein, the commissioner may notify the insurer of receipt of
such objection and of the right of the insurer to file a written response thereto within ten days of
receipt of such notification. The commissioner may also order an investigation of the objection
or complaint, the submission of additional information by the insured or the insurer about the
action by the insurer or the objections of the insured, or such other procedure as the commissioner
deems appropriate or necessary. Within 23 days of receipt of such written objection by an insured
the commissioner shall approve or disapprove the insurer's action and shall notify the insured
and insurer of the final decision. Either party may institute proceedings for judicial review of
the commissioner's decision; provided, however, that the commissioner's final decision shall
be binding pending judicial review.
History: 1967 c 463 s 8; 1969 c 845 s 4; 1971 c 696 s 4; 1973 c 610 s 2; 1986 c 444;
1987 c 337 s 102

65B.22 [Repealed, 1974 c 408 s 33]

65B.23 [Repealed, 1974 c 408 s 33]

65B.24 [Repealed, 1974 c 408 s 33]

65B.25 [Repealed, 1974 c 408 s 33]

65B.26 [Repealed, 1974 c 408 s 33]

65B.27 [Repealed, 1974 c 408 s 33]

PREMIUM REDUCTIONS

65B.28 ACCIDENT PREVENTION COURSE PREMIUM REDUCTIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Required reduction. An insurer must provide an appropriate premium
reduction of at least ten percent on its policies of private passenger vehicle insurance, as defined
in section 65B.001, subdivision 2, issued, delivered, or renewed in this state, to insureds 55
years old and older who successfully complete an accident prevention course or refresher course
established under subdivisions 2 and 3.
    Subd. 2. Accident prevention course; rules. The commissioner of public safety shall adopt
rules establishing and regulating a motor vehicle accident prevention course for persons 55 years
old and older. The rules must, at a minimum, include provisions:
(1) establishing curriculum requirements;
(2) establishing the number of hours required for successful completion of the course; and
(3) providing for the issuance of a course completion certification and requiring its
submission to an insured as evidence of completion of the course.
    Subd. 3. Refresher course. The Department of Public Safety, in consultation with other
traffic safety and medical professionals, may establish a refresher course for persons who have
completed the original course under subdivision 2. The refresher course shall be no more than
four hours, and based on the curriculum established under subdivision 2. The Department of
Public Safety shall establish criteria for and approve training agencies or organizations authorized
to conduct the refresher course.
    Subd. 4. Completion certificate. Persons 55 years old and older may retake the original
course or take the refresher course every three years and receive a course completion certificate to
remain eligible for the premium reduction in subdivision 1. The Department of Public Safety shall
provide criteria for the issuance of the course completion certificates.
History: 1984 c 532 s 1; 1987 c 337 s 103; 1994 c 547 s 1; 1997 c 187 art 3 s 18

65B.285 ANTITHEFT PROTECTION DEVICE PREMIUM REDUCTION.
    Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section the term "authorized antitheft
protection device" means a device provided by the manufacturer of a vehicle as original
equipment or installed in a vehicle by the manufacturer of the vehicle or an authorized dealer of
that manufacturer that does one or more of the following when activated unless the vehicle is
entered and started by means of a lock system: (1) sound an alarm; (2) cause the vehicle horn to
sound; (3) cause the vehicle lights to flash; or (4) cause the vehicle to be rendered inoperable. The
device must be self-activating upon the locking of the passenger doors of the vehicle.
    Subd. 2. Required reduction. An insurer must provide an appropriate premium reduction
of at least five percent on the comprehensive coverage on a policy of private passenger vehicle
insurance, as defined in section 65B.001, subdivision 2, issued, delivered, or renewed in this state,
to an insured whose vehicle is equipped with an authorized antitheft protection device. The
premium reduction required by this subdivision applies to every vehicle of an insured that is
equipped with an authorized antitheft protection device.
History: 1995 c 115 s 1

65B.286 SNOWMOBILE AUXILIARY LIGHTING SYSTEM DISCOUNT.
    Subdivision 1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term "auxiliary hazard
warning lighting system" means a system installed by the manufacturer of a snowmobile as
original equipment or installed in a snowmobile by the manufacturer or an authorized dealer of
that manufacturer as an aftermarket system that does the following when activated:
(1) a yellow light emitting diode (L.E.D.) light on the front of the snowmobile that flashes at
least once per second and is visible at least one-half mile in front of the snowmobile; and
(2) a red light emitting diode (L.E.D.) light on the rear of the snowmobile that flashes at least
once per second and is visible at least one-half mile from behind the snowmobile.
    Subd. 2. Required reduction. An insurer must provide an appropriate premium reduction of
at least five percent on a policy insuring the snowmobile, or on that portion of a policy insuring a
snowmobile that is issued, delivered, or renewed in this state, to the insured whose snowmobile is
equipped with an authorized auxiliary hazard warning lighting system. The premium reduction
required by this subdivision applies to every snowmobile of the insured that is equipped with
an auxiliary hazard warning lighting system.
History: 2005 c 132 s 20

MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE CONTRACTS

65B.29 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE CONTRACTS.
    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
meanings given them:
(1) "Motor vehicle service contract" or "service contract" means a contract or agreement
given for consideration over and above the lease or purchase price of a motor vehicle that
undertakes to perform or provide repair or replacement service, or indemnification for that
service, for the operational or structural failure of a motor vehicle due to defect in materials or
workmanship or normal wear and tear, but does not include mechanical breakdown insurance.
(2) "Motor vehicle service contract provider" or "provider" means a person who issues,
makes, provides, sells, or offers to sell a motor vehicle service contract.
(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.
(4) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.
(5) "Mechanical breakdown insurance" means a policy, contract, or agreement that
undertakes to perform or provide repair or replacement service, or indemnification for that
service, for the operational or structural failure of a motor vehicle due to defect in materials or
workmanship or normal wear and tear, and that is issued by an insurance company authorized
to do business in this state.
(6) "Motor vehicle service contract reimbursement insurance policy" or "reimbursement
insurance policy" means a policy of insurance providing coverage for all obligations and liabilities
incurred by a motor vehicle service contract provider under the terms of motor vehicle service
contracts issued by the provider.
(7) "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon railroad
tracks and any vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled vehicle but does not include
snowmobiles and manufactured homes.
(8) "Service contract holder" means a person who purchases a motor vehicle service contract.
(9) "Motor vehicle service contract administrator" means a person who provides
administrative services to motor vehicle service contract providers, including but not limited
to: issuing a motor vehicle service contract; reviewing or settling losses arising under the
contract; providing or recommending the written contract or form for a contract; providing or
recommending advertising or promotional materials.
    Subd. 2. Insurance required. No motor vehicle service contract may be issued, sold, or
offered for sale in this state unless the provider of the service contract is insured under a motor
vehicle service contract reimbursement insurance policy issued by an insurer authorized to do
business in this state. Insurers issuing such a policy are required to have capital and surplus equal
to at least $5,000,000 at the end of the preceding year. Capital and surplus must be calculated
using the accounting standards required by section 60A.13.
    Subd. 3. Filing requirements. No motor vehicle service contract may be issued, sold,
or offered for sale in this state unless a true and correct copy of the service contract and the
provider's reimbursement insurance policy have been filed with the commissioner and either (1)
the commissioner has approved it or (2) 60 days have elapsed and the commissioner has not
disapproved it as misleading or violative of public policy. The commissioner may, by written
notice to the provider, extend the review for an additional period not to exceed 60 days.
    Subd. 4. Disclosure to provider. No motor vehicle service contract reimbursement insurance
policy may be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state unless the reimbursement insurance
policy conspicuously states that the issuer of the policy will pay on behalf of the provider all sums
which the provider is legally obligated to pay in the performance of its contractual obligations
under the motor vehicle service contracts issued or sold by the provider.
    Subd. 5. Disclosure to service contract holders. No motor vehicle service contract may
be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state unless the contract conspicuously states that the
obligations of the provider to the service contract holder are guaranteed under the service contract
reimbursement policy, and unless the contract conspicuously states the name and address of the
issuer of the reimbursement policy.
    Subd. 6. Commissioner may prohibit certain sales. The commissioner must, upon giving
a ten-day notice to a motor vehicle service contract provider, issue an order instructing the
provider to cease and desist from selling or offering for sale motor vehicle service contracts if the
commissioner determines that the provider has failed to comply with a provision of this section.
The commissioner must, upon giving a ten-day notice to an insurance company, issue an order
instructing the insurer to cease and desist from selling or offering for sale motor vehicle service
contract reimbursement insurance policies if the commissioner determines that the insurer has
failed to comply with a provision of this section.
    Subd. 7. Rules. The commissioner may adopt rules in the manner prescribed by chapter 14
to administer and enforce the provisions of this section and to establish minimum standards for
disclosure of motor vehicle service contract coverage limitations and exclusions.
    Subd. 8. Inapplicable. This section does not apply to motor vehicle service contracts issued
by a motor vehicle manufacturer, distributor or importer.
History: 1984 c 568 s 1; 2000 c 483 s 19,20

NO-FAULT AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

65B.41 CITATION.
Sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 may be cited as the "Minnesota No-Fault Automobile Insurance
Act."
History: 1974 c 408 s 1; 1978 c 674 s 57

65B.42 PURPOSE.
The detrimental impact of automobile accidents on uncompensated injured persons, upon the
orderly and efficient administration of justice in this state, and in various other ways requires that
sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 be adopted to effect the following purposes:
(1) to relieve the severe economic distress of uncompensated victims of automobile accidents
within this state by requiring automobile insurers to offer and automobile owners to maintain
automobile insurance policies or other pledges of indemnity which will provide prompt payment
of specified basic economic loss benefits to victims of automobile accidents without regard
to whose fault caused the accident;
(2) to prevent the overcompensation of those automobile accident victims suffering minor
injuries by restricting the right to recover general damages to cases of serious injury;
(3) to encourage appropriate medical and rehabilitation treatment of the automobile accident
victim by assuring prompt payment for such treatment;
(4) to speed the administration of justice, to ease the burden of litigation on the courts of this
state, and to create a system of small claims arbitration to decrease the expense of and to simplify
litigation, and to create a system of mandatory intercompany arbitration to assure a prompt and
proper allocation of the costs of insurance benefits between motor vehicle insurers;
(5) to correct imbalances and abuses in the operation of the automobile accident tort liability
system, to provide offsets to avoid duplicate recovery, to require medical examination and
disclosure, and to govern the effect of advance payments prior to final settlement of liability.
History: 1974 c 408 s 2; 1978 c 674 s 57

65B.43 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. The following words and phrases, shall, for the purpose of sections
65B.41 to 65B.71, have the meanings ascribed to them, except where the context clearly indicates
a different meaning.
    Subd. 2. Motor vehicle. "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle, other than a motorcycle or
other vehicle with fewer than four wheels, which (a) is required to be registered pursuant to
chapter 168, and (b) is designed to be self-propelled by an engine or motor for use primarily upon
public roads, highways or streets in the transportation of persons or property, and includes a trailer
with one or more wheels, when the trailer is connected to or being towed by a motor vehicle.
    Subd. 3. Maintenance or use of a motor vehicle. "Maintenance or use of a motor vehicle"
means maintenance or use of a motor vehicle as a vehicle, including, incident to its maintenance
or use as a vehicle, occupying, entering into, and alighting from it. Maintenance or use of a motor
vehicle does not include (1) conduct within the course of a business of repairing, servicing, or
otherwise maintaining motor vehicles unless the conduct occurs off the business premises, or
(2) conduct in the course of loading and unloading the vehicle unless the conduct occurs while
occupying, entering into or alighting from it.
    Subd. 4. Owner. "Owner" means a person, other than a lienholder or secured party, who
owns or holds legal title to a motor vehicle or is entitled to the use and possession of a motor
vehicle subject to a security interest held by another person. If a motor vehicle is the subject of
a lease having an initial term of six months or longer, the lessee shall be deemed the owner for
the purposes of sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, and 169.09, subdivision 5a, notwithstanding the fact
that the lessor retains title to the vehicle and notwithstanding the fact that the lessee may be
the owner for the purposes of chapter 168A.
    Subd. 5. Insured. "Insured" means an insured under a plan of reparation security as provided
by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, including the named insured and the following persons not
identified by name as an insured while (a) residing in the same household with the named insured
and (b) not identified by name in any other contract for a plan of reparation security complying
with sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 as an insured:
(1) a spouse,
(2) other relative of a named insured, or
(3) a minor in the custody of a named insured or of a relative residing in the same household
with a named insured.
A person resides in the same household with the named insured if that person's home is
usually in the same family unit, even though temporarily living elsewhere.
    Subd. 6. Income. "Income" means salary, wages, tips, commissions, professional fees,
and other earnings from work or tangible things of economic value produced through work in
individually owned businesses, farms, ranches or other work.
    Subd. 7. Loss. "Loss" means economic detriment resulting from the accident causing the
injury, consisting only of medical expense, income loss, replacement services loss and, if the
injury causes death, funeral expense, survivor's economic loss and survivor's replacement services
loss. Noneconomic detriment is not loss; however, economic detriment is loss although caused by
pain and suffering or physical or mental impairment.
    Subd. 8. Noneconomic detriment. "Noneconomic detriment" means all dignitary losses
suffered by any person as a result of injury arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a
motor vehicle including pain and suffering, loss of consortium, and inconvenience.
    Subd. 9. Reparation obligor. "Reparation obligor" means an insurer or self-insurer obligated
to provide the benefits required by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, including natural persons, firms,
partnerships, associations, corporations, governmental units, trusts and syndicates.
    Subd. 10. Basic economic loss benefits. "Basic economic loss benefits" means benefits as
described in section 65B.44.
    Subd. 11. Injury. "Injury" means bodily harm to a person and death resulting from such harm.
    Subd. 12. Commercial vehicle. "Commercial vehicle" means:
(a) any motor vehicle used as a common carrier,
(b) any motor vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle defined in section 168.011, subdivision
7 , which has a curb weight in excess of 5,500 pounds apart from cargo capacity, or
(c) any motor vehicle while used in the for-hire transportation of property.
Commercial vehicle does not include a "commuter van," which for purposes of this chapter
shall mean a motor vehicle having a capacity of seven to 16 persons which is used principally
to provide prearranged transportation of persons to or from their place of employment or to or
from a transit stop authorized by a local transit authority which vehicle is to be operated by a
person who does not drive the vehicle as a principal occupation but is driving it only to or from
the principal place of employment, to or from a transit stop authorized by a local transit authority
or for personal use as permitted by the owner of the vehicle.
    Subd. 13. Motorcycle. "Motorcycle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed to travel on
fewer than four wheels which has an engine rated at greater than five horsepower, and includes (1)
a trailer with one or more wheels, when the trailer is connected to or being towed by a motorcycle;
and (2) a motorized bicycle as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4a, but does not include an
electric-assisted bicycle as defined in section 169.01, subdivision 4b.
    Subd. 14. Commissioner. Except where otherwise indicated, "commissioner" means the
commissioner of commerce of the state of Minnesota.
    Subd. 15. Plan of reparation security. "Plan of reparation security" means a contract,
self-insurance, or other legal means under which there is an obligation to pay the benefits
described in section 65B.49.
    Subd. 16. Uninsured motor vehicle. "Uninsured motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or
motorcycle for which a plan of reparation security meeting the requirements of sections 65B.41
to 65B.71 is not in effect.
    Subd. 17. Underinsured motor vehicle. "Underinsured motor vehicle" means a motor
vehicle or motorcycle to which a bodily injury liability policy applies at the time of the accident
but its limit for bodily injury liability is less than the amount needed to compensate the insured
for actual damages.
    Subd. 18. Uninsured motorist coverage. "Uninsured motorist coverage" means coverage
for the protection of persons insured under that coverage who are legally entitled to recover
damages for bodily injury from owners or operators of uninsured motor vehicles and hit-and-run
motor vehicles.
    Subd. 19. Underinsured motorist coverage. "Underinsured motorist coverage" means
coverage for the protection of persons insured under that coverage who are legally entitled to
recover damages for bodily injury from owners or operators of underinsured motor vehicles.
    Subd. 20. Political subdivision. "Political subdivision" means any statutory or home
rule charter city; county; town; school district; or metropolitan council, board or commission
operating under chapter 473.
History: 1974 c 408 s 3; 1975 c 18 s 1,2; 1976 c 233 s 6; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1979 c 190 s 1;
1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 592 s 60-62; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1985 c 168 s 1-5; 1985 c 309
s 1-4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 269 s 2; 1989 c 140 s 2; 1996 c 435 s 2; 2005 c 163 s 88

65B.44 BASIC ECONOMIC LOSS BENEFITS.
    Subdivision 1. Inclusions. (a) Basic economic loss benefits shall provide reimbursement for
all loss suffered through injury arising out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle, subject to
any applicable deductibles, exclusions, disqualifications, and other conditions, and shall provide a
minimum of $40,000 for loss arising out of the injury of any one person, consisting of:
(1) $20,000 for medical expense loss arising out of injury to any one person; and
(2) a total of $20,000 for income loss, replacement services loss, funeral expense loss,
survivor's economic loss, and survivor's replacement services loss arising out of the injury to
any one person.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a person entitled to basic economic loss
benefits under this chapter is entitled to the full medical expense benefits set forth in subdivision
2, and may not receive medical expense benefits that are in any way less than those provided for
in subdivision 2, or that involve any preestablished limitations on the benefits. Medical expenses
must be reasonable and must be for necessary medical care as provided in subdivision 2. This
paragraph shall not be deemed to alter the obligations of an insured or the rights of a reparation
obligor as set forth in section 65B.56.
(c) No reparation obligor or health plan company as defined in section 62Q.01, subdivision
4 , may enter into or renew any contract that provides, or has the effect of providing, managed care
services to no-fault claimants. For the purposes of this section, "managed care services" is defined
as any program of medical services that uses health care providers managed, owned, employed
by, or under contract with a health plan company.
    Subd. 2. Medical expense benefits. (a) Medical expense benefits shall reimburse all
reasonable expenses for necessary:
(1) medical, surgical, x-ray, optical, dental, chiropractic, and rehabilitative services,
including prosthetic devices;
(2) prescription drugs;
(3) ambulance and all other transportation expenses incurred in traveling to receive other
covered medical expense benefits;
(4) sign interpreting and language translation services, other than such services provided by a
family member of the patient, related to the receipt of medical, surgical, x-ray, optical, dental,
chiropractic, hospital, extended care, nursing, and rehabilitative services; and
(5) hospital, extended care, and nursing services.
(b) Hospital room and board benefits may be limited, except for intensive care facilities,
to the regular daily semiprivate room rates customarily charged by the institution in which the
recipient of benefits is confined.
(c) Such benefits shall also include necessary remedial treatment and services recognized
and permitted under the laws of this state for an injured person who relies upon spiritual means
through prayer alone for healing in accordance with that person's religious beliefs.
(d) Medical expense loss includes medical expenses accrued prior to the death of a person
notwithstanding the fact that benefits are paid or payable to the decedent's survivors.
(e) Medical expense benefits for rehabilitative services shall be subject to the provisions of
section 65B.45.
    Subd. 3. Disability and income loss benefits. Disability and income loss benefits shall
provide compensation for 85 percent of the injured person's loss of present and future gross
income from inability to work proximately caused by the nonfatal injury subject to a maximum
of $250 per week. Loss of income includes the costs incurred by a self-employed person to hire
substitute employees to perform tasks which are necessary to maintain the income of the injured
person, which are normally performed by the injured person, and which cannot be performed
because of the injury.
If the injured person is unemployed at the time of injury and is receiving or is eligible to
receive unemployment benefits under chapter 268, but the injured person loses eligibility for those
benefits because of inability to work caused by the injury, disability and income loss benefits shall
provide compensation for the lost benefits in an amount equal to the unemployment benefits
which otherwise would have been payable, subject to a maximum of $250 per week.
Compensation under this subdivision shall be reduced by any income from substitute work
actually performed by the injured person or by income the injured person would have earned in
available appropriate substitute work which the injured person was capable of performing but
unreasonably failed to undertake.
For the purposes of this section "inability to work" means disability which prevents the
injured person from engaging in any substantial gainful occupation or employment on a regular
basis, for wage or profit, for which the injured person is or may by training become reasonably
qualified. If the injured person returns to employment and is unable by reason of the injury to
work continuously, compensation for lost income shall be reduced by the income received while
the injured person is actually able to work. The weekly maximums may not be prorated to arrive
at a daily maximum, even if the injured person does not incur loss of income for a full week.
For the purposes of this section, an injured person who is "unable by reason of the injury to
work continuously" includes, but is not limited to, a person who misses time from work, including
reasonable travel time, and loses income, vacation, or sick leave benefits, to obtain medical
treatment for an injury arising out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle.
    Subd. 3a. Disability and income loss benefits election; senior citizens. A plan of reparation
security issued to or renewed with a person who has attained the age of 65 or who has attained the
age of 60 years and is retired and receiving a pension, must provide disability and income loss
benefits under section 65B.44, subdivision 3, unless the insured elects not to have this coverage.
An election by the insured not to have this coverage remains in effect until revoked by the insured.
The reparation obligor shall notify a person of the person's rights under this section at the time of
the sale or the first renewal of the policy after the insured has attained the age of 60 years and at
least annually after that. The rate for any plan for which coverage has been excluded or reduced
pursuant to this section must be reduced accordingly. This section does apply to self-insurance.
    Subd. 4. Funeral and burial expenses. Funeral and burial benefits shall be reasonable
expenses not in excess of $2,000, including expenses for cremation or delivery under the Uniform
Anatomical Gift Act (1987), sections 525.921 to 525.9224.
    Subd. 5. Replacement service and loss. Replacement service loss benefits shall reimburse
all expenses reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the nonfatally injured person in obtaining
usual and necessary substitute services in lieu of those that, had the injured person not been
injured, the injured person would have performed not for income but for direct personal benefit or
for the benefit of the injured person's household; if the nonfatally injured person normally, as a
full time responsibility, provides care and maintenance of a home with or without children, the
benefit to be provided under this subdivision shall be the reasonable value of such care and
maintenance or the reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining usual and necessary substitute care
and maintenance of the home, whichever is greater. These benefits shall be subject to a maximum
of $200 per week. All replacement services loss sustained on the date of injury and the first seven
days thereafter is excluded in calculating replacement services loss.
    Subd. 6. Survivors economic loss benefits. Survivors economic loss benefits, in the event of
death occurring within one year of the date of the accident, caused by and arising out of injuries
received in the accident, are subject to a maximum of $200 per week and shall cover loss accruing
after decedent's death of contributions of money or tangible things of economic value, not
including services, that surviving dependents would have received from the decedent for their
support during their dependency had the decedent not suffered the injury causing death.
For the purposes of definition under sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, the following described
persons shall be presumed to be dependents of a deceased person: (a) a wife is dependent on a
husband with whom she lives at the time of his death; (b) a husband is dependent on a wife with
whom he lives at the time of her death; (c) any child while under the age of 18 years, or while over
that age but physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, is dependent on the parent with
whom the child is living or from whom the child is receiving support regularly at the time of the
death of such parent. Questions of the existence and the extent of dependency shall be questions
of fact, considering the support regularly received from the deceased.
Payments shall be made to the dependent, except that benefits to a dependent who is a child
or an incapacitated person may be paid to the dependent's surviving parent or guardian. Payments
shall be terminated whenever the recipient ceases to maintain a status which if the decedent were
alive would be that of dependency.
    Subd. 7. Survivors replacement services loss. Survivors replacement services loss benefits
shall reimburse expenses reasonably incurred by surviving dependents after the date of the
decedent's death in obtaining ordinary and necessary services in lieu of those the deceased would
have performed for their benefit had the decedent not suffered the injury causing death, minus
expenses of the survivors avoided by reason of the decedent's death. These benefits shall be
subject to a maximum of $200 per week.
    Subd. 8. Property damage exclusion. "Basic economic loss benefits" do not include benefits
for physical damage done to property including motor vehicles and their contents.
History: 1974 c 408 s 4; 1975 c 18 s 3-6; 1976 c 2 s 42; 1977 c 266 s 1; 1978 c 674 s 57;
1979 c 221 s 1,2; 1983 c 345 s 1; 1984 c 602 s 5; 1985 c 168 s 6,7; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 67; 1986 c
444; 1989 c 260 s 14; 1991 c 202 s 1; 1997 c 66 s 80; 1999 c 107 s 66; 1999 c 134 s 1; 1999 c
177 s 67; 1987 c 337 s 107; 2001 c 124 s 1,2; 2002 c 274 s 1; 2006 c 255 s 57

65B.45 REHABILITATION TREATMENT AND OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING.
    Subdivision 1. Reparation obligor responsibility. A reparation obligor is responsible for
the cost of a procedure or treatment for rehabilitation or a course of rehabilitative occupational
training if the procedure, treatment, or training is reasonable and appropriate for the particular
case, its cost is reasonable in relation to its probable rehabilitative effects, and it is likely to
contribute substantially to medical or occupational rehabilitation.
    Subd. 2. Notice of treatment or training. An injured person who has undertaken a
procedure or treatment for rehabilitation or a course of rehabilitative occupational training, other
than medical rehabilitation procedure or treatment, shall give notice to the reparation obligor of
having undertaken the procedure, treatment, or training within 60 days after a rehabilitation
expense exceeding $1,000 has been incurred for the procedure, treatment, or training, unless the
reparation obligor knows or has reason to know of the undertaking. If the injured person does not
give the required notice within the prescribed time, the reparation obligor is responsible only for
$1,000 or the expense incurred after the notice is given and within the 60 days before the notice,
whichever is greater, unless failure to give timely notice is the result of excusable neglect.
    Subd. 3. Enforcement of reparation obligor responsibility. If the injured person notifies
the reparation obligor of a proposed specified procedure or treatment for rehabilitation, or a
proposed specified course of rehabilitative occupational training, and the reparation obligor does
not promptly thereafter accept responsibility for its cost, the injured person may make a motion
in an action to adjudicate the claim, or, if no action is pending, bring an action in the district
court, for a determination that the reparation obligor is responsible for its costs. A reparation
obligor may make a motion in an action to adjudicate the injured person's claim, or, if no action is
pending, bring an action in the district court, for a determination that it is not responsible for the
cost of a procedure, treatment, or course of training which the injured person has undertaken or
proposes to undertake. A determination by the court that the reparation obligor is not responsible
for the cost of a procedure, treatment, or course of training is not res judicata as to the propriety
of any other proposal or the injured person's right to other benefits. This subdivision does not
preclude an action by the reparation obligor or the injured person for declaratory relief under any
other law of this state, nor an action by the injured person to recover basic economic loss benefits.
    Subd. 4. Insured's refusal to accept treatment or training; adjudication of claim. If an
injured person unreasonably refuses to accept a rehabilitative procedure, treatment, or course of
occupational training, a reparation obligor may make a motion in an action to adjudicate the
injured person's claim, or if no action is pending, may bring an action in the district court, for a
determination that future benefits will be reduced or terminated to limit recovery of benefits to an
amount equal to benefits that in reasonable probability would be due if the injured person had
submitted to the procedure, treatment, or training, and for other reasonable orders. In determining
whether an injured person has reasonable ground for refusal to undertake the procedure, treatment,
or training, the court shall consider all relevant factors, including the risks to the injured person,
the extent of the probable benefit, the place where the procedure, treatment, or training is offered,
the extent to which the procedure, treatment, or training is recognized as standard and customary,
and whether the imposition of sanctions because of the person's refusal would abridge the right to
the free exercise of religion.
History: 1974 c 408 s 5; 1986 c 444

65B.46 RIGHT TO BENEFITS.
    Subdivision 1. Motor vehicle or motorcycle accident in this state. If the accident causing
injury occurs in this state, every person suffering loss from injury arising out of maintenance or
use of a motor vehicle or as a result of being struck as a pedestrian by a motorcycle has a right to
basic economic loss benefits.
    Subd. 2. Motor vehicle or motorcycle accident outside this state. If the accident causing
injury occurs outside this state in the United States, United States possessions, or Canada,
the following persons and their surviving dependents suffering loss from injury arising out
of maintenance or use of a motor vehicle or as a result of being struck as a pedestrian by a
motorcycle have a right to basic economic loss benefits:
(1) insureds, and
(2) the driver and other occupants of a secured vehicle, other than (a) a vehicle which is
regularly used in the course of the business of transporting persons or property and which is one
of five or more vehicles under common ownership, or (b) a vehicle owned by a government
other than this state, its political subdivisions, municipal corporations, or public agencies. The
reparation obligor may, if the policy expressly states, extend the basic economic loss benefits to
any stated area beyond the limits of the United States, United States possessions and Canada.
    Subd. 3. Limitation; motorcycle injuries. For the purposes of sections 65B.41 to 65B.71,
injuries suffered by a person while on, mounting or alighting from a motorcycle do not arise
out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle although a motor vehicle is involved in the
accident causing the injury.
History: 1974 c 408 s 6; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1980 c 539 s 1; 1987 c 337 s 104

65B.47 PRIORITY OF APPLICABILITY OF SECURITY FOR PAYMENT OF BASIC
ECONOMIC LOSS BENEFITS.
    Subdivision 1. Injury resulting from business use. In case of injury to the driver or
other occupant of a motor vehicle, if the accident causing the injury occurs while the vehicle is
being used in the business of transporting persons or property, the security for payment of basic
economic loss benefits is the security covering the vehicle or, if none, the security under which
the injured person is an insured.
    Subd. 1a. Exemptions. Subdivision 1 does not apply to:
(1) a commuter van;
(2) a vehicle being used to transport children as part of a family or group family day care
program;
(3) a vehicle being used to transport children to school or to a school-sponsored activity;
(4) a bus while it is in operation within the state of Minnesota as to any Minnesota resident
who is an insured as defined in section 65B.43, subdivision 5;
(5) a passenger in a taxi; or
(6) a taxi driver, provided that this clause applies only to policies issued or renewed on or
after September 1, 1996, and prior to September 1, 1997.
    Subd. 2. Injury resulting from use of vehicle provided by employer. In case of injury to
an employee, or to the employee's spouse or other relative residing in the same household, if the
accident causing the injury occurs while the injured person is driving or occupying a motor
vehicle other than a commuter van furnished by the employer, the security for payment of basic
economic loss benefits is the security covering the vehicle or, if none, the security under which
the injured person is an insured.
    Subd. 3. Injury to other persons. In the case of any other person whose injury arises from
the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle described in subdivision 1 or 2 who is not a driver or
occupant of another involved motor vehicle, the security for the payment of basic economic loss
benefits is the security covering the vehicle, or if none, the security under which the injured
person is an insured.
    Subd. 4. Other cases. In all other cases, the following priorities apply:
(a) The security for payment of basic economic loss benefits applicable to injury to an
insured is the security under which the injured person is an insured.
(b) The security for payment of basic economic loss benefits applicable to injury to the driver
or other occupant of an involved motor vehicle who is not an insured is the security covering
that vehicle.
(c) The security for payment of basic economic loss benefits applicable to injury to a person
not otherwise covered who is not the driver or other occupant of an involved motor vehicle is the
security covering any involved motor vehicle. An unoccupied parked vehicle is not an involved
motor vehicle unless it was parked so as to cause unreasonable risk of injury.
    Subd. 5. Contribution. If two or more obligations to pay basic economic loss benefits are
applicable to an injury under the priorities set out in this section, benefits are payable only once
and the reparation obligor against whom a claim is asserted shall process and pay the claim as
if wholly responsible, but the reparation obligor is thereafter entitled to recover contribution
pro rata for the basic economic loss benefits paid and the costs of processing the claim. Where
contribution is sought among reparation obligors responsible under subdivision 4, clause (c),
proration shall be based on the number of involved motor vehicles.
    Subd. 6. Subrogation. Where a reparation obligor pays basic economic loss benefits which
another reparation obligor is obligated to pay under the priority provided in this section, the
reparation obligor that pays is subrogated to all rights of the person to whom benefits are paid.
    Subd. 7. Adding policies together. Unless a policyholder makes a specific election to have
two or more policies added together the limit of liability for basic economic loss benefits for two
or more motor vehicles may not be added together to determine the limit of insurance coverage
available to an injured person for any one accident. An insurer shall notify policyholders that
they may elect to have two or more policies added together.
History: 1974 c 408 s 7; 1976 c 180 s 1; 1976 c 233 s 7,8; 1985 c 168 s 8; 1986 c 444; 1986
c 455 s 50; 1990 c 496 s 1,2; 1995 c 227 s 1; 1996 c 446 art 1 s 58

65B.48 REPARATION SECURITY COMPULSORY.
    Subdivision 1. General requirement and coverages. Every owner of a motor vehicle
of a type which is required to be registered or licensed or is principally garaged in this state
shall maintain during the period in which operation or use is contemplated a plan of reparation
security under provisions approved by the commissioner, insuring against loss resulting from
liability imposed by law for injury and property damage sustained by any person arising out of the
ownership, maintenance, operation or use of the vehicle. The plan of reparation security shall
provide for basic economic loss benefits and residual liability coverage in amounts not less than
those specified in section 65B.49, subdivision 3, clauses (1) and (2). The nonresident owner of a
motor vehicle which is not required to be registered or licensed, or which is not principally
garaged in this state, shall maintain such security in effect continuously throughout the period of
the operation, maintenance or use of such motor vehicle within this state with respect to accidents
occurring in this state; such security shall include coverage for property damage to a motor
vehicle rented or leased within this state by a nonresident.
    Subd. 2. Types of security. The security required by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 may be
provided by a policy of insurance complying with sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 which is issued by
or on behalf of an insurer authorized to transact business in this state or, if the vehicle is registered
in another state, by a policy of insurance issued by or on behalf of an insurer authorized to
transact business in either this state or the state in which the vehicle is registered or by qualifying
as a self-insurer.
    Subd. 3. Self-insurance. Self-insurance, subject to approval of the commissioner, is effected
by filing with the commissioner in satisfactory form:
(1) a continuing undertaking by the owner or other appropriate person to pay tort liabilities
or basic economic loss benefits, or both, and to perform all other obligations imposed by sections
65B.41 to 65B.71;
(2) evidence that appropriate provision exists for prompt administration of all claims,
benefits, and obligations provided by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71;
(3) evidence that reliable financial arrangements, deposits, or commitments exist providing
assurance, substantially equivalent to that afforded by a policy of insurance complying with
sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, for payment of tort liabilities, basic economic loss benefits, and all
other obligations imposed by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71; and
(4) a nonrefundable initial application fee of $2,500 and a renewal fee of $1,200 for political
subdivisions and $1,500 for nonpolitical entities every three years.
    Subd. 3a. Rulemaking. To carry out the purposes of subdivision 3, the commissioner may
adopt rules pursuant to chapter 14. These rules may:
(a) establish reporting requirements;
(b) establish standards or guidelines to assure the adequacy of the financing and
administration of self-insurance plans;
(c) establish bonding requirements or other provisions assuring the financial integrity of
entities that self-insure other than bonding requirements for self-insuring political subdivisions;
and
(d) establish other reasonable requirements to further the purposes of this section.
    Subd. 4. State or political subdivisions to provide security. The state of Minnesota or any
agency thereof and any political subdivision of the state or agency thereof shall provide security
by lawfully obligating itself to pay benefits in accordance with sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, either
as a self-insurer pursuant to subdivision 3, or through purchase of a plan of reparation security.
    Subd. 5. Motorcycle coverage. (a) Every owner of a motorcycle registered or required to be
registered in this state or operated in this state by the owner or with the owner's permission shall
provide and maintain security for the payment of tort liabilities arising out of the maintenance or
use of the motorcycle in this state. Security may be provided by a contract of liability insurance
complying with section 65B.49, subdivision 3, or by qualifying as a self insurer in the manner
provided in subdivision 3.
(b) At the time an application for motorcycle insurance without personal injury protection
coverage is completed, there must be attached to the application a separate form containing a
written notice in at least 10-point bold type, if printed, or in capital letters, if typewritten that states:
"Under Minnesota law, a policy of motorcycle coverage issued in the State of Minnesota
must provide liability coverage only, and there is no requirement that the policy provide
personal injury protection (PIP) coverage in the case of injury sustained by the insured.
No PIP coverage provided by an automobile insurance policy you may have in force will
extend to provide coverage in the event of a motorcycle accident."
    Subd. 6. Self-insurer defined. A person providing security pursuant to subdivision 3 is
a "self-insurer."
    Subd. 7. Security covering vehicle and secured vehicle defined. "Security covering the
vehicle" is the insurance or other security so provided. The vehicle for which the security is so
provided is the "secured vehicle."
    Subd. 8.[Repealed, 1984 c 592 s 94]
History: 1974 c 408 s 8; 1975 c 160 s 1; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1983 c 203 s 3,4; 1984 c 640 s 32;
1985 c 168 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 337 s 105; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 56; 1997 c 200 art 1 s 44; 1999
c 177 s 68; 1999 c 223 art 2 s 8; 2005 c 132 s 21

65B.481 [Repealed, 1989 c 321 s 18]

65B.482 INSURANCE IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
    Subdivision 1. Issuance of card. Every obligor transacting business in this state shall
provide an insurance identification card for each vehicle covered at the time of initiating each
policy of automobile insurance, as defined in section 65B.14, subdivision 2, and at the time of
policy renewal. When an insured has five or more vehicles registered in this state, the obligor
may use the designation "all owned vehicles" on each identification card in lieu of a specified
description. The card must state:
(1) the insured's name;
(2) the policy number;
(3) the policy dates of coverage;
(4) the make, model, and year of the vehicle being covered;
(5) the vehicle identification number or at least the last three digits of that number; and
(6) the name of the obligor providing coverage.
    Subd. 2. Notice of criminal penalties. Every obligor transacting business in this state shall
provide to the insured at the time of issuing an insurance identification card under subdivision 1
a plain-language summary of the criminal penalties imposed by sections 169.791, 169.793,
and 169.797.
History: 1989 c 321 s 1; 1992 c 571 art 14 s 13

65B.49 INSURERS.
    Subdivision 1. Mandatory offer of insurance benefits. On and after January 1, 1975, no
insurance policy providing benefits for injuries arising out of the maintenance or use of a motor
vehicle shall be issued, renewed, continued, delivered, issued for delivery, or executed in this state
with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state unless coverage
is provided therein or supplemental thereto, under provisions approved by the commissioner,
requiring the insurer to pay, regardless of the fault of the insured, basic economic loss benefits.
A plan of reparation security shall state the name and address of the named insured, the
coverage afforded by the policy, the premium charged, the term and limits of liability, and shall
contain an agreement or endorsement that insurance is provided thereunder in accordance with
and subject to the provisions of sections 65B.41 to 65B.71.
    Subd. 2. Basic economic loss. Each plan of reparation security shall provide for payment of
basic economic loss benefits.
    Subd. 3. Residual liability insurance. (1) Each plan of reparation security shall also contain
stated limits of liability, exclusive of interest and costs, with respect to each vehicle for which
coverage is thereby granted, of not less than $30,000 because of bodily injury to one person in
any one accident and, subject to said limit for one person, of not less than $60,000 because of
injury to two or more persons in any one accident, and, if the accident has resulted in injury to
or destruction of property, of not less than $10,000 because of such injury to or destruction of
property of others in any one accident.
(2) Under residual liability insurance the reparation obligor shall be liable to pay, on behalf
of the insured, sums which the insured is legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily
injury and property damage arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of any motor
vehicle, including a motor vehicle permissively operated by an insured as that term is defined
in section 65B.43, subdivision 5, if the injury or damage occurs within this state, the United
States of America, its territories or possessions, or Canada. A reparation obligor shall also be
liable to pay sums which another reparation obligor is entitled to recover under the indemnity
provisions of section 65B.53, subdivision 1.
(3) Every plan of reparation security shall be subject to the following provisions which
need not be contained therein:
(a) The liability of the reparation obligor with respect to the residual liability coverage
required by this clause shall become absolute whenever injury or damage occurs; such liability
may not be canceled or annulled by any agreement between the reparation obligor and the insured
after the occurrence of the injury or damage; no statement made by the insured or on the insured's
behalf and no violation of said policy shall defeat or void said policy.
(b) The satisfaction by the insured of a judgment for such injury or damage shall not be a
condition precedent to the right or duty of the reparation obligor to make payment on account
of such injury or damage.
(c) The reparation obligor shall have the right to settle any claim covered by the residual
liability insurance policy, and if such settlement is made in good faith, the amount thereof shall be
deductible from the limits of liability for the accident out of which such claim arose.
(d) Except as provided in subdivision 5a, a residual liability insurance policy shall be excess
of a nonowned vehicle policy whether the nonowned vehicle is borrowed or rented, or used for
business or pleasure. A nonowned vehicle is one not used or provided on a regular basis.
    Subd. 3a. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages. (1) No plan of reparation
security may be renewed, delivered or issued for delivery, or executed in this state with respect to
any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state unless separate uninsured and
underinsured motorist coverages are provided therein. Each coverage, at a minimum, must provide
limits of $25,000 because of injury to or the death of one person in any accident and $50,000
because of injury to or the death of two or more persons in any accident. In the case of injury to,
or the death of, two or more persons in any accident, the amount available to any one person must
not exceed the coverage limit provided for injury to, or the death of, one person in any accident.
(2) Every owner of a motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state shall
maintain uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages as provided in this subdivision.
(3) No reparation obligor is required to provide limits of uninsured and underinsured
motorist coverages in excess of the bodily injury liability limit provided by the applicable plan
of reparation security.
(4) No recovery shall be permitted under the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages
of this section for basic economic loss benefits paid or payable, or which would be payable
but for any applicable deductible.
(5) If at the time of the accident the injured person is occupying a motor vehicle, the limit
of liability for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages available to the injured person is
the limit specified for that motor vehicle. However, if the injured person is occupying a motor
vehicle of which the injured person is not an insured, the injured person may be entitled to excess
insurance protection afforded by a policy in which the injured party is otherwise insured. The
excess insurance protection is limited to the extent of covered damages sustained, and further
is available only to the extent by which the limit of liability for like coverage applicable to any
one motor vehicle listed on the automobile insurance policy of which the injured person is an
insured exceeds the limit of liability of the coverage available to the injured person from the
occupied motor vehicle.
If at the time of the accident the injured person is not occupying a motor vehicle or
motorcycle, the injured person is entitled to select any one limit of liability for any one vehicle
afforded by a policy under which the injured person is insured.
(6) Regardless of the number of policies involved, vehicles involved, persons covered,
claims made, vehicles or premiums shown on the policy, or premiums paid, in no event shall
the limit of liability for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages for two or more motor
vehicles be added together to determine the limit of insurance coverage available to an injured
person for any one accident.
(7) The uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages required by this subdivision do not
apply to bodily injury of the insured while occupying a motor vehicle owned by the insured,
unless the occupied vehicle is an insured motor vehicle.
(8) The uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages required by this subdivision do not
apply to bodily injury of the insured while occupying a motorcycle owned by the insured.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 10 s 123 subd 5]
    Subd. 4a. Liability on underinsured motor vehicles. With respect to underinsured motorist
coverage, the maximum liability of an insurer is the amount of damages sustained but not
recovered from the insurance policy of the driver or owner of any underinsured at fault vehicle. If
a person is injured by two or more vehicles, underinsured motorist coverage is payable whenever
any one of those vehicles meets the definition of underinsured motor vehicle in section 65B.43,
subdivision 17 . However, in no event shall the underinsured motorist carrier have to pay more
than the amount of its underinsured motorist limits.
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1980 c 539 s 7]
    Subd. 5a. Rental vehicles. (a) Every plan of reparation security, wherever issued, insuring a
natural person as named insured, covering private passenger vehicles as defined under section
65B.001, subdivision 3, and pickup trucks and vans as defined under section 168.011 must: (1)
provide that all of the obligation for damage and loss of use to a rented private passenger vehicle,
including pickup trucks and vans as defined under section 168.011, and rented trucks with a
registered gross vehicle weight of 26,000 pounds or less would be covered by the property damage
liability portion of the plan; and (2) extend the plan's basic economic loss benefits, residual
liability insurance, and uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages to the operation or use of
the rented motor vehicle. This subdivision does not apply to plans of reparation security covering
only motor vehicles registered under section 168.10, subdivision 1a, 1b, 1c, or 1d, or recreational
vehicles as defined under section 168.011. The obligation of the plan must not be contingent on
fault or negligence. In all cases where the plan's property damage liability coverage is less than
$35,000, the coverage available under the subdivision must be $35,000. Other than as described in
this paragraph; paragraph (i), clause (2); or paragraph (j), nothing in this section amends or alters
the provisions of the plan of reparation security as to primacy of the coverages in this section.
    (b) A vehicle is rented for purposes of this subdivision:
    (1) if the rate for the use of the vehicle is determined on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis; or
    (2) during the time that a vehicle is loaned as a replacement for a vehicle being serviced or
repaired regardless of whether the customer is charged a fee for the use of the vehicle.
    A vehicle is not rented for the purposes of this subdivision if the rate for the vehicle's use is
determined on a period longer than one month or if the term of the rental agreement is longer than
one month. A vehicle is not rented for purposes of this subdivision if the rental agreement has a
purchase or buyout option or otherwise functions as a substitute for purchase of the vehicle.
    (c) The policy or certificate issued by the plan must inform the insured of the application
of the plan to private passenger rental vehicles, including pickup trucks and vans as defined
under section 168.011, and that the insured may not need to purchase additional coverage from
the rental company.
    (d) Where an insured has two or more vehicles covered by a plan or plans of reparation
security containing the rented motor vehicle coverage required under paragraph (a), the insured
may select the plan the insured wishes to collect from and that plan is entitled to a pro rata
contribution from the other plan or plans based upon the property damage limits of liability. If the
person renting the motor vehicle is also covered by the person's employer's insurance policy or the
employer's automobile self-insurance plan, the reparation obligor under the employer's policy or
self-insurance plan has primary responsibility to pay claims arising from use of the rented vehicle.
    (e) A notice advising the insured of rental vehicle coverage must be given by the reparation
obligor to each current insured with the first renewal notice after January 1, 1989. The notice must
be approved by the commissioner of commerce. The commissioner may specify the form of
the notice.
    (f) When a motor vehicle is rented in this state, there must be attached to the rental contract a
separate form containing a written notice in at least 10-point bold type, if printed, or in capital
letters, if typewritten, which states:
Under Minnesota law, a personal automobile insurance policy must: (1) cover the rental
of this motor vehicle against damage to the vehicle and against loss of use of the vehicle;
and (2) extend the policy's basic economic loss benefits, residual liability insurance, and
uninsured and underinsured motorist coverages to the operation or use of a rented motor
vehicle. Therefore, purchase of any collision damage waiver or similar insurance affected
in this rental contract is not necessary. In addition, purchase of any additional liability
insurance is not necessary if your policy was issued in Minnesota unless you wish to have
coverage for liability that exceeds the amount specified in your personal automobile
insurance policy.
No collision damage waiver or other insurance offered as part of or in conjunction with a
rental of a motor vehicle may be sold unless the person renting the vehicle provides a written
acknowledgment that the above consumer protection notice has been read and understood.
    (g) When damage to a rented vehicle is covered by a plan of reparation security as provided
under paragraph (a), the rental contract must state that payment by the reparation obligor within
the time limits of section 72A.201 is acceptable, and prior payment by the renter is not required.
    (h) Compensation for the loss of use of a damaged rented motor vehicle is limited to a
period no longer than 14 days.
    (i)(1) For purposes of this subdivision, "rented motor vehicle" means a rented vehicle
described in paragraph (a), using the definition of "rented" provided in paragraph (b).
    (2) Notwithstanding section 169.09, subdivision 5a, an owner of a rented motor vehicle is
not vicariously liable for legal damages resulting from the operation of the rented motor vehicle
in an amount greater than $100,000 because of bodily injury to one person in any one accident
and, subject to the limit for one person, $300,000 because of injury to two or more persons in
any one accident, and $50,000 because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any
one accident, if the owner of the rented motor vehicle has in effect, at the time of the accident,
a policy of insurance or self-insurance, as provided in section 65B.48, subdivision 3, covering
losses up to at least the amounts set forth in this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph alters or
affects the obligations of an owner of a rented motor vehicle to comply with the requirements of
compulsory insurance through a policy of insurance as provided in section 65B.48, subdivision 2,
or through self-insurance as provided in section 65B.48, subdivision 3, which policy of insurance
or self-insurance must apply whenever the operator is not covered by a plan of reparation security
as provided under paragraph (a) ; or with the obligations arising from section 72A.125 for products
sold in conjunction with the rental of a motor vehicle. Nothing in this paragraph alters or affects
liability, other than vicarious liability, of an owner of a rented motor vehicle.
    (3) The dollar amounts stated in this paragraph shall be adjusted for inflation based upon the
Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, known as the CPI-U, published by the United
States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The dollar amounts stated in this paragraph are based upon the
value of that index for July 1995, which is the reference base index for purposes of this paragraph.
The dollar amounts in this paragraph shall change effective January 1 of each odd-numbered year
based upon the percentage difference between the index for July of the preceding year and the
reference base index, calculated to the nearest whole percentage point. The commissioner shall
announce and publish, on or before September 30 of the preceding year, the changes in the dollar
amounts required by this paragraph to take effect on January 1 of each odd-numbered year. The
commissioner shall use the most recent revision of the July index available as of September 1.
Changes in the dollar amounts must be in increments of $5,000, and no change shall be made
in a dollar amount until the change in the index requires at least a $5,000 change. If the United
States Bureau of Labor Statistics changes the base year upon which the CPI-U is based, the
commissioner shall make the calculations necessary to convert from the old base year to the new
base year. If the CPI-U is discontinued, the commissioner shall use the available index that is
most similar to the CPI-U.
    (j) The plan of reparation security covering the owner of a rented motor vehicle is excess of
any residual liability coverage insuring an operator of a rented motor vehicle.
    Subd. 6.[Repealed, 1980 c 539 s 7]
    Subd. 7. Additional benefits and coverage not prohibited. Nothing in sections 65B.41
to 65B.71 shall be construed as preventing the insurer from offering other benefits or coverages
in addition to those required to be offered under this section.
    Subd. 8. Compliance. Any coverage issued by a participating member of the Minnesota
automobile insurance plan shall comply with the provisions of this section, any provisions of law
or of the contract notwithstanding.
    Subd. 9. Family or group family day care provider coverage. No plan of reparation
security shall exclude coverage for a vehicle when used to transport children as part of a family
or group family day care program.
History: 1974 c 408 s 9; 1977 c 266 s 2,3; 1977 c 276 s 3; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1985 c 168 s
10-12; 1985 c 309 s 5,6; 1Sp1985 c 10 s 68,123 subd 5; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 191; 1986 c 444; 1987 c
337 s 106; 1988 c 611 s 2; 1989 c 213 s 1,2; 1989 c 260 s 15; 1989 c 356 s 20,41; 1990 c 394
s 1; 1990 c 496 s 3; 1990 c 504 s 1; 1991 c 207 s 6; 1994 c 465 art 3 s 6; 1994 c 485 s 53;
1995 c 140 s 1; 1995 c 225 s 1; 1996 c 446 art 1 s 72; 2000 c 309 s 1; 2002 c 234 s 1; 2005 c
163 s 88; 2006 c 212 art 1 s 23; 2007 c 72 s 1

65B.491 [Renumbered 65B.44, subd 3a]

65B.50 INSURERS' CERTIFICATION OF BASIC COVERAGE.
    Subdivision 1. Filing. Every insurer licensed to write motor vehicle accident reparation and
liability insurance in this state shall, on or before January 1, 1975, or as a condition to such
licensing, file with the commissioner and thereafter maintain a written certification that it will
afford at least the minimum security provided by section 65B.49 to all policyholders, except that
in the case of nonresident policyholders it need only certify that security is provided with respect
to accidents occurring in this state.
    Subd. 2. Contacts of liability insurance as security covering the vehicle. Notwithstanding
any contrary provision in it, every contract of liability insurance for injury, wherever issued,
covering obligations arising from ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle, except a
contract which provides coverage only for liability in excess of required minimum tort liability
coverages, includes basic economic loss benefit coverages and residual liability coverages
required by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, while the vehicle is in this state, and qualifies as security
covering the vehicle.
History: 1974 c 408 s 10; 1978 c 674 s 57

65B.51 DEDUCTION OF COLLATERAL BENEFITS FROM TORT RECOVERY;
LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO RECOVER DAMAGES.
    Subdivision 1. Deduction of basic economic loss benefits. With respect to a cause of
action in negligence accruing as a result of injury arising out of the operation, ownership,
maintenance or use of a motor vehicle with respect to which security has been provided as
required by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, the court shall deduct from any recovery the value of
basic or optional economic loss benefits paid or payable, or which would be payable but for any
applicable deductible. In any case where the claimant is found to be at fault under section 604.01,
the deduction for basic economic loss benefits must be made before the claimant's damages are
reduced under section 604.01, subdivision 1.
    Subd. 2. Right to recover economic loss not covered in first party benefits. A person
may bring a negligence action for economic loss not paid or payable by a reparation obligor or
through the assigned claims plan because of any lack of insurance coverage for the economic loss
described in section 65B.44, daily or weekly dollar limitations of section 65B.44, the seven-day
services exclusion of section 65B.44, the limitations of benefits contained in section 65B.44,
subdivision 1 , or an exclusion from coverage by sections 65B.58 to 65B.60.
    Subd. 3. Limitation of damages for noneconomic detriment. In an action described in
subdivision 1, no person shall recover damages for noneconomic detriment unless:
(a) The sum of the following exceeds $4,000:
(1) reasonable medical expense benefits paid, payable or payable but for any applicable
deductible, plus
(2) the value of free medical or surgical care or ordinary and necessary nursing services
performed by a relative of the injured person or a member of the injured person's household, plus
(3) the amount by which the value of reimbursable medical services or products exceeds the
amount of benefit paid, payable, or payable but for an applicable deductible for those services or
products if the injured person was charged less than the average reasonable amount charged in
this state for similar services or products, minus
(4) the amount of medical expense benefits paid, payable, or payable but for an applicable
deductible for diagnostic X-rays and for a procedure or treatment for rehabilitation and not for
remedial purposes or a course of rehabilitative occupational training; or
(b) the injury results in:
(1) permanent disfigurement;
(2) permanent injury;
(3) death; or
(4) disability for 60 days or more.
(c) For the purposes of clause (a) evidence of the reasonable value of medical services and
products shall be admissible in any action brought in this state.
For the purposes of this subdivision disability means the inability to engage in substantially
all of the injured person's usual and customary daily activities.
    Subd. 4. Actions based on certain defects not affected. Nothing in this section shall impair
or limit the liability of a person in the business of manufacturing, distributing, retailing, repairing,
servicing or maintaining motor vehicles arising from a defect in a motor vehicle caused or not
corrected by an act or omission in manufacture, inspection, repair, servicing or maintenance of a
vehicle in the course of the business.
    Subd. 5. Actions based on certain negligent acts or omissions not affected. Nothing in
this section shall impair or limit tort liability or limit the damages recoverable from any person for
negligent acts or omissions other than those committed in the operation, ownership, maintenance,
or use of a motor vehicle.
History: 1974 c 408 s 11; 1975 c 18 s 7; 1977 c 266 s 4; 1978 c 711 s 1; 1983 c 243 s
1; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 58 s 1; 1990 c 555 s 6

65B.52 [Repealed, 1975 c 18 s 17]

65B.525 ARBITRATION PROCEDURE; RULES OF COURT.
    Subdivision 1. Mandatory submission to binding arbitration. Except as otherwise
provided in section 72A.327, the Supreme Court and the several courts of general trial jurisdiction
of this state shall by rules of court or other constitutionally allowable device, provide for
the mandatory submission to binding arbitration of all cases at issue where the claim at the
commencement of arbitration is in an amount of $10,000 or less against any insured's reparation
obligor for no-fault benefits or comprehensive or collision damage coverage.
    Subd. 2. Agreement of reference. The rules of court may provide that cases which are not at
issue, whether or not suit has been filed, may be referred to arbitration by agreement of reference
signed by counsel for both sides, or by the parties themselves. Such agreement of reference shall
define the issues to be arbitrated and, shall also contain any stipulations with respect to facts
submitted or agreed or defenses waived. In such cases, the agreement of reference shall take the
place of the pleadings in the case and be filed of record.
History: 1975 c 160 s 2; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1985 c 168 s 13; 1987 c 337 s 108; 1989 c 260 s
16; 1989 c 330 s 26; 1991 c 321 s 1

65B.53 INDEMNITY; ARBITRATION BETWEEN OBLIGORS; SUBROGATION.
    Subdivision 1. Indemnity from obligor of commercial vehicle. A reparation obligor paying
or obligated to pay basic or optional economic loss benefits is entitled to indemnity subject
to the limits of the applicable residual liability coverage from a reparation obligor providing
residual liability coverage on a commercial vehicle of more than 5,500 pounds curb weight if
negligence in the operation, maintenance or use of the commercial vehicle was the direct and
proximate cause of the injury for which the basic economic loss benefits were paid or payable to
the extent that the insured would have been liable for damages but for the deduction provisions of
section 65B.51, subdivision 1.
For purposes of this subdivision, a "commercial vehicle of more than 5,500 pounds curb
weight" does not include a vehicle listed in section 65B.47, subdivision 1a.
    Subd. 2. Obligor subrogated to economic loss claim. A reparation obligor paying or
obligated to pay basic or optional economic loss benefits is subrogated to the claim for the
recovery of damages for economic loss that the person to whom the basic or optional economic
loss benefits were paid or payable has against another person whose negligence in another state
was the direct and proximate cause of the injury for which the basic economic loss benefits were
paid or payable. This right of subrogation exists only to the extent that basic economic loss
benefits are paid or payable and only to the extent that recovery on the claim absent subrogation
would produce a duplication of benefits or reimbursement of the same loss.
    Subd. 3. Obligor subrogated to certain tort, liability, or negligence claim. A reparation
obligor paying or obligated to pay basic economic loss benefits is subrogated to a claim based
on an intentional tort, strict or statutory liability, or negligence other than negligence in the
maintenance, use, or operation of a motor vehicle. This right of subrogation exists only to the
extent that basic economic loss benefits are paid or payable and only to the extent that recovery
on the claim absent subrogation would produce a duplication of benefits or reimbursement of
the same loss.
    Subd. 4. Indemnity enforced through arbitration. The right of indemnity provided in
subdivision 1 shall be enforceable only through mandatory good-faith and binding arbitration
procedures established by rule of the commissioner of commerce. These procedures shall utilize
determinations of comparative negligence. No evidence nor the decision in such an arbitration
proceeding shall be admissible in any action by any party.
    Subd. 5. Collision coverage subrogation. Except as provided in this section nothing in
sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 shall limit or abridge the subrogation rights of a reparation obligor
providing collision coverage to a policyholder.
    Subd. 6. Other restrictions. No reparation obligor shall include in its contract any provision
which would require a person to commence a negligence action as a condition precedent to the
payment of basic economic loss benefits or which permits the reparation obligor to determine
whether such an action will be commenced. No reparation obligor shall contract for a right of
reimbursement or subrogation greater than or in addition to those permitted by this chapter.
    Subd. 7. Arbitration proceedings and benefit payments. Arbitration proceedings need not
await final payment of benefits, and the award, if any, shall include provision for reimbursement
of subsequent benefits, but no question of fact decided by a prior award shall be reconsidered
in any such subsequent arbitration hearing.
    Subd. 8. Enforceability of subrogation right. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
in any action brought for the recovery of damages allegedly caused by the negligent operation,
ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle or motorcycle where the right of subrogation
is claimed or may be claimed under this section, or in any counterclaim to such an action, the
right of an insurer to be subrogated to all or a portion of the claim of an insured, whether the right
to subrogation arises from contract, statute or any other source, shall be enforceable against the
insured only if the insurer, upon demand by the insured, agrees to pay a share of the attorney fees
and costs incurred to prosecute the claim, in such proportion as the insurer's subrogated interest in
the claim bears to any eventual recovery on the claim.
History: 1974 c 408 s 13; 1976 c 79 s 1; 1977 c 188 s 1,2; 1977 c 266 s 5; 1979 c 190 s 2;
1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92; 1993 c 362 s 1

65B.54 CLAIMS PRACTICES.
    Subdivision 1. Payment of basic economic loss benefits. Basic economic loss benefits
are payable monthly as loss accrues. Loss accrues not when injury occurs, but as income loss,
replacement services loss, survivor's economic loss, survivor's replacement services loss, or
medical or funeral expense is incurred. Benefits are overdue if not paid within 30 days after the
reparation obligor receives reasonable proof of the fact and amount of loss realized, unless the
reparation obligor elects to accumulate claims for periods not exceeding 31 days and pays them
within 15 days after the period of accumulation. If reasonable proof is supplied as to only part of a
claim, and the part totals $100 or more, the part is overdue if not paid within the time provided by
this section. Medical or funeral expense benefits may be paid by the reparation obligor directly to
persons supplying products, services, or accommodations to the claimant.
    Subd. 2. Interest on overdue payments. Overdue payments shall bear simple interest at
the rate of 15 percent per annum.
    Subd. 3. Payment of benefits subject to coordination. A claim for basic economic loss
benefits shall be paid without deduction for the benefits which are to be subtracted pursuant
to section 65B.61, if these benefits have not been paid to the claimant before the reparation
benefits are overdue or the claim is paid. The obligor is entitled to reimbursement from the person
obligated to make the payments or from the claimant who actually receives the payments.
    Subd. 4. Recovery of benefits paid due to intentional misrepresentation. A reparation
obligor may bring an action to recover benefits which are not payable, but are in fact paid,
because of an intentional misrepresentation of a material fact, upon which the reparation obligor
relies, by the claimant or by a person providing products or services for which basic economic
loss benefits are payable. The action may be brought only against the person providing the
products or services, unless the claimant has intentionally misrepresented the facts or knew of
the misrepresentation. A reparation obligor may offset amounts the reparation obligor is entitled
to recover from the claimant under this subdivision against any basic economic loss benefits
otherwise due the claimant.
    Subd. 5. Notice of rejection. A reparation obligor who rejects a claim for benefits shall give
to the claimant prompt written notice of the rejection, specifying the reason. If a claim is rejected
for a reason other than that the person is not entitled to the basic economic loss benefits claimed,
the written notice shall inform the claimant that the claimant may file the claim with the assigned
claims bureau and shall give the name and address of the bureau.
History: 1974 c 408 s 14; 1979 c 190 s 3; 1986 c 444

65B.55 APPLICATION FOR BENEFITS UNDER PLAN OF SECURITY.
    Subdivision 1. Claim notification. A plan of reparation security may prescribe a period of
not less than six months after the date of accident within which an insured or any other person
entitled to claim basic economic loss benefits, or anyone acting on their behalf, must notify the
reparation obligor or its agent, of the accident and the possibility of a claim for economic loss
benefits. Failure to provide notice will not render a person ineligible to receive benefits unless
actual prejudice is shown by the reparation obligor, and then only to the extent of the prejudice.
The notice may be given in any reasonable fashion.
    Subd. 2. Disability or treatment lapses. A plan of reparation security may provide that in
any instance where a lapse occurs in the period of disability or in the medical treatment of a
person with respect to whose injury basic economic loss benefits have been paid and a person
subsequently claims additional benefits based upon an alleged recurrence of the injury for which
the original claim for benefits was made, the obligor may require reasonable medical proof of
such alleged recurrence; provided, that in no event shall the aggregate benefits payable to any
person exceed the maximum limits specified in the plan of security, and provided further that such
coverages may contain a provision terminating eligibility for benefits after a prescribed period of
lapse of disability and medical treatment, which period shall not be less than one year.
History: 1974 c 408 s 15; 1984 c 592 s 55

65B.56 COOPERATION OF PERSON CLAIMING BENEFITS.
    Subdivision 1. Medical examinations and discovery of condition of claimant. Any person
with respect to whose injury benefits are claimed under a plan of reparation security shall, upon
request of the reparation obligor from whom recovery is sought, submit to a physical examination
by a physician or physicians selected by the obligor as may reasonably be required.
The costs of any examinations requested by the obligor shall be borne entirely by the
requesting obligor. Such examinations shall be conducted within the city, town, or statutory city
of residence of the injured person. If there is no qualified physician to conduct the examination
within the city, town, or statutory city of residence of the injured person, then such examination
shall be conducted at another place of the closest proximity to the injured person's residence.
Obligors are authorized to include reasonable provisions in policies for mental and physical
examination of those injured persons.
If requested by the person examined, a party causing an examination to be made shall deliver
to the examinee a copy of every written report concerning the examination rendered by an
examining physician to that person, at least one of which reports must set out in detail the findings
and conclusions of such examining physician.
An injured person shall also do all things reasonably necessary to enable the obligor to obtain
medical reports and other needed information to assist in determining the nature and extent of the
injured person's injuries and loss, and the medical treatment received. If the claimant refuses to
cooperate in responding to requests for examination and information as authorized by this section,
evidence of such noncooperation shall be admissible in any suit or arbitration filed for damages
for such personal injuries or for the benefits provided by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71.
The provisions of this section apply before and after the commencement of suit.
    Subd. 2. Claimant's participation in arbitration between obligors. Any person receiving
benefits under sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 shall participate and cooperate, as reasonably required
under the coverage, in any and all arbitration proceedings as provided in section 65B.53 by or on
behalf of the obligor paying the benefits, and the obligor may require in the furnishing of proof of
loss the claimant's statement that the claimant shall so participate and cooperate as consideration
for the payment of such benefits. However, no claimant may be required by any obligor which
has paid or is obligated to pay benefits as herein provided to personally attend an arbitration
proceeding which shall take place more than 50 miles from the usual residence of the claimant;
and provided that in no event shall the claimant have to attend such an arbitration proceeding
if, at the time scheduled for that meeting, travel thereto by the claimant is not recommended by
a physician treating the claimant for injuries. Any claimant required to personally attend an
arbitration proceeding shall be compensated by the reparation obligor requiring attendance for
actual income loss and expenses reasonably incurred.
History: 1974 c 408 s 16; 1975 c 18 s 8; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1986 c 444

65B.57 ECONOMIC LOSS BENEFITS; EXEMPTIONS FROM LEGAL ATTACHMENT.
All economic loss benefits provided by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, whether paid or payable
to any claimant shall not be subject to garnishment, sequestration, attachment or execution, or any
other legal process which would deny their receipt and use by that person; provided, however, that
this section shall not apply to any person who has provided treatment or services, as described in
section 65B.44, subdivision 2, to the victim of a motor vehicle accident.
History: 1974 c 408 s 17; 1978 c 674 s 57

65B.58 CONVERTED MOTOR VEHICLES.
A person who converts a motor vehicle is disqualified from basic or optional economic loss
benefits, including benefits otherwise due as a survivor, from any source other than an insurance
contract under which the converter is an insured, for injuries arising from maintenance or use
of the converted vehicle. If the converter dies from the injuries, survivors are not entitled to
basic or optional economic loss benefits from any source other than an insurance contract under
which the converter is a basic economic loss insured. For the purpose of this section, a person
is not a converter if that person uses the motor vehicle in the good faith belief that the person
is legally entitled to do so.
History: 1974 c 408 s 18; 1986 c 444

65B.59 RACES.
A person who is injured in the course of an official racing contest, other than a rally held in
whole or in part on public roads, or in practice or preparation therefor is disqualified from basic
or optional economic loss benefits. Survivors are not entitled to basic or optional economic
loss benefits for loss arising from the death.
History: 1974 c 408 s 19; 1975 c 18 s 9; 1986 c 444

65B.60 INTENTIONAL INJURIES.
A person intentionally causing or attempting to cause injury to self or another person
is disqualified from basic or optional economic loss benefits for injury arising from those
acts, including benefits otherwise due the person as a survivor. If a person dies as a result of
intentionally causing or attempting to cause injury to self, survivors are not entitled to basic or
optional economic loss benefits for loss arising from the death. A person intentionally causes or
attempts to cause injury if the person acts or fails to act for the purpose of causing injury or with
knowledge that injury is substantially certain to follow. A person does not intentionally cause or
attempt to cause injury (1) merely because the act or failure to act is intentional or done with the
realization that it creates a grave risk of causing injury or (2) if the act or omission causing the
injury is for the purpose of averting bodily harm to the person or another person.
History: 1974 c 408 s 20; 1986 c 444

65B.605 [Renumbered 604.16]

65B.61 BENEFITS PRIMARY; SUBTRACTIONS; COORDINATION.
    Subdivision 1. Generally; exception for workers' compensation benefits. Basic economic
loss benefits shall be primary with respect to benefits, except for those paid or payable under a
workers' compensation law, which any person receives or is entitled to receive from any other
source as a result of injury arising out of the maintenance or use of a motor vehicle. Where
workers' compensation benefits paid or payable are primary, the reparation obligor shall make an
appropriate rebate or reduction in the premiums of the plan of reparation security. The amount of
the rebate or rate reduction shall be not less than the amount of the projected reduction in benefits
and claims for which the reparation obligor will be liable on that class of risks. The projected
reduction or rebate in benefits and claims shall be based upon sound actuarial principles.
    Subd. 2. Disability income loss benefits; coordination with workers' compensation
benefits. If benefits are paid or payable under a workers' compensation law because of the injury,
no disability income loss benefits are payable unless the weekly workers' compensation disability
benefits are less than the weekly disability benefit as set out in section 65B.44, subdivision 3,
in which case the reparation obligor shall pay to the injured person the amount that the weekly
disability and income loss benefits payable under section 65B.44, subdivision 3, exceeds the
weekly workers' compensation disability benefits.
    Subd. 2a. Survivors' economic loss benefits; coordination with workers' compensation
death benefits. If benefits are paid or payable under a workers' compensation law because of
death, no survivors' economic loss benefits are payable unless the weekly workers' compensation
dependency allowance is less than the weekly survivors' economic loss benefit rate as set out in
section 65B.44, subdivision 6, in which case the reparation obligor shall pay to the surviving
dependents the amount that the weekly survivors' economic loss benefits payable under section
65B.44, subdivision 6, exceed the weekly workers' compensation dependency allowances.
    Subd. 2b.[Repealed, 1984 c 420 s 2]
    Subd. 3. General right to coordinate benefits. Any legal entity, other than a reparation
obligor obligated to pay benefits under a plan of reparation security or an insurer or employer
obligated to pay benefits under a workers' compensation law, may coordinate any benefits it is
obligated to pay for loss incurred as a result of injury arising out of the maintenance or use of a
motor vehicle with basic economic loss benefits. No entity may coordinate benefits pursuant to
this subdivision, unless it provides an appropriately reduced premium rate. The amount of this
rate reduction shall be not less than the amount of the projected reduction in benefits and claims
for which the entity will be liable on that class of risks, less the additional reasonable expenses
incurred to administer the plan coordinating benefits. The projected reduction in benefits and
claims shall be based upon sound actuarial principles.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1979 c 57 s 2]
History: 1974 c 408 s 21; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1979 c 57 s 1; 1980 c 539 s 2-5; 1984 c 420
s 1; 1995 c 258 s 51

65B.62 [Repealed, 1976 c 79 s 2]

65B.63 ASSIGNED CLAIMS PLAN.
    Subdivision 1. Requirement. Reparation obligors providing basic economic loss insurance
in this state shall organize and maintain, subject to approval and regulation by the commissioner,
an assigned claims bureau and an assigned claims plan, and adopt rules for their operation and
for the assessment of costs on a fair and equitable basis consistent with sections 65B.41 to
65B.71. The assigned claims bureau shall be managed by a governing committee made up of four
individuals selected by the insurer members, one individual selected by the self-insurer members,
and two public members appointed by the governor to two-year terms. Public members may
include licensed insurance agents. If such obligors do not organize and continuously maintain an
assigned claims bureau and an assigned claims plan in a manner considered by the commissioner
of commerce to be consistent with sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, the commissioner shall organize
and maintain an assigned claims bureau and an assigned claims plan. Each reparation obligor
providing basic economic loss insurance in this state shall participate in the assigned claims
bureau and the assigned claims plan. Costs incurred shall be allocated fairly and equitably among
the reparation obligors.
A ruling, action, or decision of the governing committee may be appealed to the
commissioner within 30 days. A final action or order of the commissioner is subject to judicial
review in the manner provided by chapter 14. In lieu of an appeal to the commissioner, judicial
review of the governing committee's ruling, action, or decision may be sought.
    Subd. 2. Assignment of claims. The assigned claims bureau shall promptly assign each
claim and notify the claimant of the identity and address of the assignee-obligor of the claim.
Claims shall be assigned so as to minimize inconvenience to claimants. The assignee thereafter
has rights and obligations as if the assignee had issued a policy of basic economic loss insurance
complying with sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 applicable to the injury or, in case of financial inability
of a reparation obligor to perform its obligations, as if the assignee had written the applicable
reparation insurance, undertaken the self-insurance, or lawfully obligated itself to pay basic
economic loss benefits.
History: 1974 c 408 s 23; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1983 c 289 s 114 subd 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 92;
1Sp1985 c 10 s 69; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 337 s 109

65B.64 PERSONS ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN ASSIGNED CLAIMS PLAN.
    Subdivision 1. Qualifications. A person entitled to basic economic loss benefits because of
injury covered by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 may obtain basic economic loss benefits through the
assigned claims plan or bureau established pursuant to section 65B.63 and in accordance with the
provisions for making assigned claims provided in sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, if:
(a) the person is 14 years old or younger and basic economic loss benefits are not applicable
to the injury because of section 65B.58;
(b) basic economic loss benefits are not applicable to the injury for some reason other than
those specified in section 65B.58, 65B.59, or 65B.60;
(c) the plan of reparation security applicable to the injury cannot be identified; or
(d) a claim for basic economic loss benefits is rejected by a reparation obligor on some
ground other than the person is not entitled to basic economic loss benefits under sections 65B.41
to 65B.71.
In addition to the requirements for eligibility contained in section 65B.48, a nonresident is
not entitled to basic economic loss benefits if the nonresident is the owner of a motor vehicle and
does not carry the minimum automobile insurance coverage required by the state in which the
vehicle is registered.
    Subd. 2. Indemnification and subrogation rights. If a claim qualifies for assignment under
subdivision 1, the assigned claims bureau or any reparation obligor to whom the claim is assigned
shall have the right to seek indemnification from an uninsured tortfeasor. Except as otherwise
provided in section 340A.801, subdivision 4, the reparation obligor to whom the claim is assigned
shall further be subrogated to all of the rights of the claimant against any person for economic loss
benefits provided by the obligor to whom the claim was assigned.
    Subd. 3. Disqualification. A person shall not be entitled to basic economic loss benefits
through the assigned claims plan with respect to injury which was sustained if at the time of such
injury the injured person was the owner of a private passenger motor vehicle for which security is
required under sections 65B.41 to 65B.71 and that person failed to have such security in effect.
For purposes of determining whether security is required under section 65B.48, an owner of
any vehicle is deemed to have contemplated the operation or use of the vehicle at all times unless
the owner demonstrates to the contrary by clear and convincing objective evidence.
Persons, whether or not related by blood or marriage, who dwell and function together with
the owner as a family, other than adults who have been adjudicated as incompetent and minor
children, shall also be disqualified from benefits through the assigned claims plan.
History: 1974 c 408 s 24; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1979 c 190 s 4; 1980 c 539 s 6; 1986 c 444;
1989 c 58 s 2,3; 1990 c 456 s 1,2; 1996 c 446 art 1 s 59

65B.65 TIME FOR PRESENTING CLAIMS UNDER ASSIGNED CLAIMS PLAN.
    Subdivision 1. Generally. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a person authorized to obtain
basic reparation benefits through the assigned claims plan shall notify the bureau of the claim
within the time that would have been allowed for commencing an action for those benefits if there
had been identifiable coverage in effect and applicable to the claim.
    Subd. 2. Discovery of obligor's inability to pay claim; notice to bureau. If timely action
for basic reparation benefits is commenced against a reparation obligor who is unable to fulfill
obligations because of financial inability, a person authorized to obtain basic reparation benefits
through the assigned claims plan shall notify the bureau of the claim within six months after
discovery of the financial inability.
History: 1974 c 408 s 25; 1975 c 18 s 10; 1986 c 444

65B.66 CLAIMS AGAINST WRONG INSURER.
If timely action for economic loss benefits is commenced against a reparation obligor and
benefits are denied because of a determination that the obligor's coverage is not applicable to the
claimant under the provisions of section 65B.47 on the priority of applicability of security a
claim against a proper obligor or assigned claims plan may be made not later than 90 days after
such determination becomes final or the last date on which the action could otherwise have
been commenced, whichever is later.
History: 1974 c 408 s 26

65B.67 [Repealed, 1992 c 571 art 14 s 14]

65B.68 [Repealed, 1992 c 571 art 14 s 14]

65B.685 STANDARDIZING COVERAGE.
As far as consistent with the requirements of sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, the commissioner
may limit by rule the variety of coverages available in order to give insurance purchasers
reasonable opportunity to compare the cost of insuring with various insurers.
History: 1979 c 190 s 7

65B.69 [Repealed, 1992 c 571 art 14 s 14]

65B.70 [Repealed, 1992 c 564 art 1 s 55]

65B.71 COMPLIANCE.
    Subdivision 1. Definition of qualified applicant. The definition of "qualified applicant"
under section 65B.02, subdivision 2, clause (2) shall, upon the repeal of chapter 170 and the
enactment of sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, include a person required to prove automobile insurance
coverage as required by sections 65B.41 to 65B.71.
    Subd. 2. Application to Metropolitan Airports Commission. The actions permitted a
metropolitan airports commission corporation under section 473.606, subdivision 6 shall, upon
the repeal of chapter 170 and the enactment of sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, include acts necessary
to bring the corporation, its commissioners and agents within the provisions of sections 65B.41
to 65B.71.
    Subd. 3. Application to certain county board action. The actions permitted a county board
under section 375.32, subdivision 2 shall, upon the repeal of chapter 170 and the enactment of
sections 65B.41 to 65B.71, include acts necessary to bring the county, its officers and employees
within the provisions of sections 65B.41 to 65B.71.
    Subd. 4. Transition provisions. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes 1971, chapter 170,
as amended by Laws 1973, chapter 35, sections 37 and 38, shall apply to a person who is
involved in a motor vehicle accident occurring before January 1, 1975. Money deposited with the
commissioner in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 1971, chapter 170, as amended by Laws
1973, chapter 35, sections 37 and 38, shall be retained by the commissioner and disbursed only in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes 1971, chapter 170, as amended by Laws 1973, chapter 35,
sections 37 and 38. An operator's license suspended in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 1971,
chapter 170, as amended by Laws 1973, chapter 35, sections 37 and 38, shall be reinstated only in
accordance with Minnesota Statutes 1971, chapter 170, as amended by Laws 1973, chapter 35,
sections 37 and 38.
History: 1974 c 408 s 32 subds 1-3; 1975 c 18 s 15; 1978 c 674 s 57; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 58

DISCLOSURE OF MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT INFORMATION

65B.80 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Terms. The following terms have the meanings given for purposes of
sections 65B.80 to 65B.83.
    Subd. 2. Authorized person. "Authorized person" means the prosecuting attorney
responsible for prosecutions in the county where the motor vehicle theft occurred, the
superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and the sheriff or chief of police
responsible for investigation in the county where the motor vehicle theft occurred.
    Subd. 3. Relevant information. "Relevant information" or evidence means information
having a tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the investigation or
determination of the issue more or less probable than it would be without the evidence.
History: 1987 c 254 s 1

65B.81 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.
    Subdivision 1. Request. After receiving a written request, an insurance company must
release to an authorized person any relevant information in the company's possession that relates
to the motor vehicle theft. Relevant information is limited to:
(1) pertinent insurance policy information, including the application for a policy, that is
relevant to a motor vehicle theft under investigation by the authorized person;
(2) policy premium payment records that are available;
(3) a history of previous claims made by the insured including, where the insured is a
corporation or partnership, a history of previous claims by a subsidiary or any affiliates, and a
history of claims of any other business association in which individual officers or partners or
their spouses were known to be involved; and
(4) material relating to the investigation of the theft, including statements of any person,
proof of loss, and any other evidence relevant to the investigation.
    Subd. 2. Notification by insurer required. If an insurance company has reason to believe
that a motor vehicle theft in which it has an interest may be fraudulently claimed, the company
shall, in writing, notify an authorized person and provide the person with all relevant information
specified in subdivision 1 relating to the motor vehicle theft. It is sufficient for the purpose of
this subdivision if an insurance company notifies and provides relevant information to one
authorized person.
    Subd. 3. Release of information. An authorized person provided with information under
subdivision 1 or 2 may, to further official purposes, release or provide the information to any
other authorized person.
    Subd. 4. Information from authorized person. An insurance company that provides
information to an authorized person may request relevant information in writing from the
authorized person and the authorized person must provide the requested information within 30
days. The relevant information provided under this subdivision may not include nonconviction
criminal history record information or any other information that is detrimental to an ongoing
criminal investigation or would reveal the identity of a confidential source of information. An
authorized person who does not furnish the requested information shall notify the insurance
company of the reasons why the information cannot be furnished within 30 days of the request.
    Subd. 5. Immunity from liability. An insurance company or its agent acting in its behalf,
or an authorized person who releases information, whether oral or written, acting in good faith,
under subdivisions 1 to 3, is immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be
incurred or imposed.
History: 1987 c 254 s 2

65B.82 EVIDENCE.
Data received under sections 65B.80 to 65B.83 by an authorized person or insurance
company is confidential data under section 13.02, subdivision 3, until its release is required in
connection with a criminal or civil proceeding.
History: 1987 c 254 s 3

65B.83 ENFORCEMENT.
    Subdivision 1. Intentional refusal to release. An insurance company or officer may not
intentionally refuse to release any information requested under section 65B.81, subdivision 1.
    Subd. 2. Intentional refusal to notify. An insurance company, or its employee or officer,
may not intentionally refuse to provide notice or relevant information to authorized persons
under section 65B.81, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 3. Penalty. Whoever violates the provisions of subdivision 1 or 2 is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
History: 1987 c 254 s 4

AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION

65B.84 AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION PROGRAM.
    Subdivision 1. Program described; commissioner's duties; appropriation. (a) The
commissioner of commerce shall:
(1) develop and sponsor the implementation of statewide plans, programs, and strategies to
combat automobile theft, improve the administration of the automobile theft laws, and provide a
forum for identification of critical problems for those persons dealing with automobile theft;
(2) coordinate the development, adoption, and implementation of plans, programs, and
strategies relating to interagency and intergovernmental cooperation with respect to automobile
theft enforcement;
(3) annually audit the plans and programs that have been funded in whole or in part
to evaluate the effectiveness of the plans and programs and withdraw funding should the
commissioner determine that a plan or program is ineffective or is no longer in need of further
financial support from the fund;
(4) develop a plan of operation including:
(i) an assessment of the scope of the problem of automobile theft, including areas of the
state where the problem is greatest;
(ii) an analysis of various methods of combating the problem of automobile theft;
(iii) a plan for providing financial support to combat automobile theft;
(iv) a plan for eliminating car hijacking; and
(v) an estimate of the funds required to implement the plan; and
(5) distribute money, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, pursuant to
subdivision 3 from the automobile theft prevention special revenue account for automobile theft
prevention activities, including:
(i) paying the administrative costs of the program;
(ii) providing financial support to the State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies for
automobile theft enforcement teams;
(iii) providing financial support to state or local law enforcement agencies for programs
designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft and for improved equipment and techniques
for responding to automobile thefts;
(iv) providing financial support to local prosecutors for programs designed to reduce the
incidence of automobile theft;
(v) providing financial support to judicial agencies for programs designed to reduce the
incidence of automobile theft;
(vi) providing financial support for neighborhood or community organizations or business
organizations for programs designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft and to educate
people about the common methods of automobile theft, the models of automobiles most likely to
be stolen, and the times and places automobile theft is most likely to occur; and
(vii) providing financial support for automobile theft educational and training programs
for state and local law enforcement officials, driver and vehicle services exam and inspections
staff, and members of the judiciary.
(b) The commissioner may not spend in any fiscal year more than ten percent of the money
in the fund for the program's administrative and operating costs. The commissioner is annually
appropriated and must distribute the amount of the proceeds credited to the automobile theft
prevention special revenue account each year, less the transfer of $1,300,000 each year to the
general fund described in section 168A.40, subdivision 4.
    Subd. 2. Annual report. By January 15 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the
governor and the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate
committees having jurisdiction over the Departments of Commerce and Public Safety on the
activities and expenditures in the preceding year.
    Subd. 3. Grant criteria; application. (a) A county attorney's office, law enforcement
agency, neighborhood organization, community organization, or business organization may
apply for a grant under this section. Multiple offices or agencies within a county may apply for
a grant under this section.
(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, must develop
criteria for the fair distribution of grants from the automobile theft prevention account that
address the following factors:
(1) the number of reported automobile thefts per capita in a city, county, or region, not
merely the total number of automobile thefts;
(2) the population of the jurisdiction of the applicant office or agency;
(3) the total funds distributed within a county or region; and
(4) the statewide interest in automobile theft reduction.
(c) The commissioner may give priority to:
(1) offices and agencies engaged in a collaborative effort to reduce automobile theft; and
(2) counties or regions with the greatest rates of automobile theft.
(d) The minimum amount of a grant award is $5,000. After considering the automobile theft
rate and total population of an applicant's jurisdiction, if a grant award, as determined under the
criteria and priorities in this subdivision, would be less than $5,000, it must not be awarded.
    Subd. 4. Advisory board; creation; membership. An Automobile Theft Prevention
Advisory Board is established to advise the commissioner on the distribution of grants under this
section. The board must consist of seven members appointed by the commissioner and must
include representatives of law enforcement, prosecuting agencies, automobile insurers, and the
public. The commissioner must annually select a chair from among its members.
History: 2000 c 488 art 6 s 7; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 5 s 6-8; 2002 c 220 art 7 s 12; 2004 c
269 art 2 s 1-3,5