2003 Minnesota Statutes

     168B.07 Right to reclaim. 

    Subdivision 1.    Payment of charges.  The owner or any 
 lienholder of an impounded vehicle shall have a right to reclaim 
 such vehicle from the unit of government or impound lot operator 
 taking it into custody upon payment of all towing and storage 
 charges resulting from taking the vehicle into custody within 15 
 or 45 days, as applicable under section 168B.051, subdivision 1, 
 1a, or 2, after the date of the notice required by section 
 168B.06. 

    Subd. 2.    Lienholder.  Nothing in sections 168B.01 to 
 168B.101 shall be construed to impair any lien of a garagekeeper 
 under the laws of this state, or the right of a lienholder to 
 foreclose.  For the purposes of this section "garagekeeper" is 
 an operator of a parking place or establishment, an operator of 
 a motor vehicle storage facility, or an operator of an 
 establishment for the servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor 
 vehicles. 

    HIST: 1971 c 734 s 7; 1980 c 509 s 57; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 
 1995 c 137 s 5; 1997 c 108 s 4; 1997 c 251 s 4