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168.10.3(5)
Statute ID:
2912
Statute Function ID:
3043
Motor Vehicle Registration - False Statement/Fraud
In Effect
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Petty Misdemeanor (PM)
General Offense Code:
DWI/Traffic/Vehicle Regulation (4)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Traffic/Accidents(exclude DWI) (J) (Rank 28)
Detailed Offense Code:
Traffic/Transportation (499)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
26C
Fraud Offenses-Impersonation
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
No
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
Yes
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
168.10.3(5)
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Motor Vehicle Registration - False Statement/Fraud
Statute ID:
2912
Created:
Sep 1, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Dec 8, 2011 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Corrected
Legal Analyst Comment:
Removed "Collector Plates" from summary text
Summary Text:
Motor Vehicle Registration - False Statement/Fraud
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/168/10.html
Legislative Session:
0 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Dec 8, 2011
It shall be unlawful for any person: (1) to display or cause to be displayed or to possess any canceled, revoked, suspended or fraudulently obtained or stolen registration plates; (2) to lend the person's registration plates to another or knowingly to permit the use thereof by another; (3) to display or represent as the person's own any registration plates not issued to that person; provided, however, this shall not apply to any legal change of ownership of the motor vehicle to which the plates are attached, nor shall this apply to any transfer of collector plates under subdivision 1i; (4) to fail or refuse to surrender to the department upon its lawful demand any registration plates which have been revoked, canceled, or suspended by proper authority; (5) to use a false or fictitious name or address or description of the motor vehicle, identification number, or serial number in any application for registration of a motor vehicle or to knowingly make a false statement or to knowingly conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in any such application; (6) to destroy, alter, remove, cover or deface the identification or serial number of any motor vehicle or to knowingly operate any motor vehicle the identification or serial number of which has been destroyed, altered, removed, covered or defaced without first making application for assignment of a special identification number as provided by law.
