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168.053.1

Statute ID: 15727

Statute Function ID: 33585

Motor Vehicle Registration - Drive-Away In Transit License Violation - Fail to File/Pay Fees

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Classifications

Offense Level:

Misdemeanor (M)

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

999

NIBRS Non-Reportable

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Crime of Violence:

Targeted Misdemeanor:

Predatory Offender Registration Review:

Enhanceable:

Certify to DPS:

Report to DNR:

DPS Group:

Conditional Release:

Payable:

Yes

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

Third Violation Indicator:

Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:

Wildlife Restitution:

Statute Number:

168.053.1

Enactment Date:

May 22, 2015

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2015

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Motor Vehicle Registration - Drive-Away In Transit License Violation - Fail to File/Pay Fees

Statute ID:

15727

Created:

Jun 24, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 24, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

2015 C 75 sec 16; Payable; Petty only if Certified;

Summary Text:

Motor Vehicle Registration - Drive-Away In Transit License Violation - Fail to File/Pay Fees

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/168/053.html

Legislative Session:

2015 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 24, 2015

Any person, firm, or corporation with a business located in Minnesota engaged in the business of transporting motor vehicles owned by another, by delivering, by drive-away or towing methods, either singly or by means of the full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any other combination thereof, and under their own power, vehicles over the highways of the state from the manufacturer or any other point of origin, to any point of destination, within or without the state, shall make application to the registrar for a drive-away in-transit license. This application for annual license shall be accompanied by a registration fee of $250 and contain information as the registrar may require. Upon the filing of the application and the payment of the fee, the registrar shall issue to each drive-away operator a drive-away in-transit license plate, which must be carried and displayed on the power unit consistent with section 169.79 and the plate shall remain on the vehicle while being transported.  The license plate issued under this subdivision is not valid for the purpose of permanent vehicle registration. Additional drive-away in-transit license plates desired by any drive-away operator may be secured from the registrar of motor vehicles upon the payment of a fee of $5 for each set of additional license plates. Any person, firm, or corporation engaging in the business as a drive-away operator, of transporting and delivering by means of full mount method, the saddle mount method, the tow bar method, or any combination thereof, and under their own power, motor vehicles, who fails or refuses to file or cause to be filed an application, as is required by law, and to pay the fees therefor as the law requires, shall be found guilty of violating the provisions of sections 168.053 to 168.057; and, upon conviction, fined not less than $50, and not more than $100, and all costs of court. Each day so operating without securing the license and plates as required shall constitute a separate offense.