2007 Minnesota Statutes

168.274 DEFINITIONS.
(a) The following definitions shall apply for the words or terms used in sections 168.274 to
168.276 unless other meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context.
(b) "Motor vehicle" means and includes all vehicles propelled otherwise than by muscular
power, excepting such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks.
(c) "New motor vehicle" means only newly manufactured motor vehicles and includes but is
not limited to motorcycles, trailers, trucks, passenger cars and tractors.
(d) "Used motor vehicle" means every motor vehicle, title to, or possession of, which has
been transferred from the person who first acquired it from the manufacturer or dealer and has
been so used as to become or is commonly known as secondhand within the ordinary meaning
thereof, and includes every motor vehicle other than a new motor vehicle, including but not
limited to motorcycles, trailers, tractors, trucks and passenger cars.
(e) "Person" includes natural persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, associations or
other artificial bodies, trustees, receiver and officers, employees, agents, and others acting for
or on behalf of any person.
History: 1957 c 386 s 3