2005 Minnesota Statutes

     169.726 Automobile sale prohibited unless tires are safe.

    No person or organization shall sell or offer for sale, 
 other than to a motor vehicle dealer, any passenger automobile 
 for use on the public highways of this state, unless the 
 passenger automobile is equipped with tires that are in 
 compliance with the rules promulgated by the commissioner under 
 authority of section 169.722.  If the tires are not in 
 compliance with the rules, the person or organization selling or 
 offering to sell the passenger automobile shall cause, prior to 
 sale, the tires to be removed from the vehicle and shall equip 
 the vehicle with tires that are in compliance with the rules; 
 unless the vehicle is towed or hauled away.  No person, firm, 
 corporation or organization shall sell or offer for sale, other 
 than to a tire dealer, tires for highway use not in compliance 
 with these rules. 

    HIST: 1976 c 35 s 6