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169A.52.4

Statute ID: 20185

Statute Function ID: 40202

DWI; Test refusal or failure; license revocation; Test failure; license revocation.

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Statute Number:

169A.52.4

Enactment Date:

May 22, 2025

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

DWI; Test refusal or failure; license revocation; Test failure; license revocation.

Statute ID:

20185

Created:

Jun 5, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 5, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2025 C29 Sect3; Effective 07/01/2025

Summary Text:

DWI; Test refusal or failure; license revocation; Test failure; license revocation.

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169A/52.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 5, 2025

(a) Upon certification by the peace officer that there existed probable cause to believe the person had been driving, operating, or in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of section 169A.20 (driving while impaired) and that the person submitted to a test and the test results indicate an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more or the presence of a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II or its metabolite, other than marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols, then the commissioner shall revoke the person's license or permit to drive, or nonresident operating privilege: as provided in section 171.178.

(b) On certification by the peace officer that there existed probable cause to believe the person had been driving, operating, or in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle with any presence of alcohol and that the person submitted to a test and the test results indicated an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more, the commissioner shall disqualify the person from operating a commercial motor vehicle under section 171.165 (commercial driver's license disqualification).

(c) If the test is of a person's blood or urine by a laboratory operated by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, or authorized by the bureau to conduct the analysis of a blood or urine sample, the laboratory may directly certify to the commissioner the test results, and the peace officer shall certify to the commissioner that there existed probable cause to believe the person had been driving, operating, or in physical control of a motor vehicle in violation of section 169A.20 and that the person submitted to a test. Upon receipt of both certifications, the commissioner shall undertake the license actions described in paragraphs (a) and (b).