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169.34.1(a)(11)

Statute ID: 19669

Statute Function ID: 39478

Traffic Regulation - Stopping/Standing/Parking on Roadway Side of Stopped/Parked Vehicle

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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

999

NIBRS Non-Reportable

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Payable:

Yes

Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:

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Qualified Domestic Violence Related:

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Statute Number:

169.34.1(a)(11)

Enactment Date:

May 15, 2024

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2024

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Stopping/Standing/Parking on Roadway Side of Stopped/Parked Vehicle

Statute ID:

19669

Created:

Jun 11, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 11, 2024 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Stopping/Standing/Parking on Roadway Side of Stopped/Parked Vehicle

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/34.html

Legislative Session:

2024 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 11, 2024

(a) A person must not stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

(1) on a sidewalk;

(2) in front of a public or private driveway;

(3) within an intersection;

(4) within ten feet of a fire hydrant;

(5) on a crosswalk;

(6) within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;

(7) within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway;

(8) within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

(9) within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance when properly signposted;

(10) alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic;

(11) on the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

(12) upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel, except as otherwise provided by ordinance;

(13) within a bicycle lane, except when posted signs permit parking; or

(14) at any place where official signs prohibit stopping.

(b) A person must not move a vehicle not owned by such the person into any prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.

(c) A person must not, for camping purposes, leave or park a travel trailer on or within the limits of any highway or on any highway right-of-way, except where signs are erected designating the place as a campsite.

(d) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a street or highway