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169.85.1

Statute ID: 10805

Statute Function ID: 22170

Traffic Regulation - Driver Refuses to Submit to Vehicle Weighing

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Statute Number:

169.85.1

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2005

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Driver Refuses to Submit to Vehicle Weighing

Statute ID:

10805

Created:

Jan 11, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Aug 5, 2014 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Corrected

Legal Analyst Comment:

Effective Date Update; 2008 Payables List Update

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Driver Refuses to Submit to Vehicle Weighing

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/85.html

Legislative Session:

2005 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jan 7, 2008

(a) The driver of a vehicle that has been lawfully stopped may be required by an officer to submit the vehicle and load to a weighing by means of portable or stationary scales.
(b) In addition, the officer may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest available scales, but only if:
(1) the distance to the scales is no further than five miles, or if the distance from the point where the vehicle is stopped to the vehicle's destination is not increased by more than ten miles as a result of proceeding to the nearest available scales; and
(2) if the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle, no more than two other commercial motor vehicles are waiting to be inspected at the scale.
(c) Official traffic control devices as authorized by section 169.06 may be used to direct the driver to the nearest scale.
(d) When a truck weight enforcement operation is conducted by means of portable or stationary scales, signs giving notice of the operation must be posted within the highway right-of-way and adjacent to the roadway within two miles of the operation. The driver of a truck or combination of vehicles registered for or weighing in excess of 12,000 pounds shall proceed to the scale site and submit the vehicle to weighing and inspection.