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168A.1501.13

Statute ID: 14921

Statute Function ID: 32310

Scrap Vehicle Operator - Video Security Camera Requirements

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Statute Number:

168A.1501.13

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2013

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 2014

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Scrap Vehicle Operator - Video Security Camera Requirements

Statute ID:

14921

Created:

Dec 19, 2013 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Dec 19, 2013 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2013 c 126 s 5; Subdivision 13 effective 01/01/2014

Summary Text:

Scrap Vehicle Operator - Video Security Camera Requirements

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/168A/1501.html

Legislative Session:

2013 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Dec 19, 2013

(a) Each scrap vehicle operator shall install and maintain at each location video surveillance cameras, still digital cameras, or similar devices positioned to record or photograph a frontal view showing a clear and readily identifiable image of the face of each seller of a scrap vehicle who enters the location. The scrap vehicle operator shall also photograph the seller's vehicle, including license plate, either by video camera or still digital camera, so that an accurate and complete description of it may be obtained from the recordings made by the cameras. Photographs and recordings must be clearly and accurately associated with their respective records.

(b) The video camera or still digital camera must be kept in operating condition and must be shown upon request to a properly identified law enforcement officer for inspection. The camera must record and display the accurate date and time. The video camera must be turned on at all times when the location is open for business and at any other time when a scrap vehicle is purchased.

(c) Recordings and images required by paragraph (a) shall be retained by the scrap vehicle operator for a minimum period of 60 days and shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any properly identified law enforcement officer.

(d) If the scrap vehicle operator does not purchase some or any scrap vehicles at a specific business location, the operator need not comply with this subdivision with respect to those purchases.

(e) This subdivision does not apply to the purchase of a scrap vehicle by a used vehicle parts dealer licensed under section 168.27, for dismantling the vehicle for its parts