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171.17.1

Statute ID: 20245

Statute Function ID: 40292

Drivers License - Perjury, false affidavit

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Statute Number:

171.17.1

Enactment Date:

Jun 14, 2025

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Drivers License - Perjury, false affidavit

Statute ID:

20245

Created:

Jun 17, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 17, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2025 SS1 Art2 Sec49; Effective 07/01/2025; (a)(5) becomes (a)(6)

Summary Text:

Drivers License - Perjury, false affidavit

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/171/17.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Special 1

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 17, 2025

(a) The commissioner must immediately revoke the license of a driver upon receiving a record of the driver's conviction of:

(1) manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle under section 609.20 or 609.205;

(2) criminal vehicular homicide or injury under section 609.2112, 609.2113, or 609.2114, or Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 609.21;

(3) a violation of section 169A.20 or 609.487;

(4) a felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used;

(5) failure to stop and disclose identity and render aid, as required under section 169.09, in the event of a motor vehicle accident, resulting in the death or personal injury of another;

(6) perjury or the making of a false affidavit or statement to the commissioner under any law relating to the application, ownership, or operation of a motor vehicle, including on the certification required under section 171.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), item (ii), subitem (C), to issue an instruction permit to a homeschool student;

(7) except as this section otherwise provides, three charges of violating within a period of 12 months any of the provisions of chapter 169 or of the rules or municipal ordinances enacted in conformance with chapter 169, for which the accused may be punished upon conviction by imprisonment;

(8) two or more violations, within five years, of the misdemeanor offense described in section 169.444, subdivision 2, paragraph (a);

(9) the gross misdemeanor offense described in section 169.444, subdivision 2, paragraph (b);

(10) an offense in another state that, if committed in this state, would be grounds for revoking the driver's license; or

(11) a violation of an applicable speed limit by a person driving in excess of 100 miles per hour. The person's license must be revoked for six months for a violation of this clause, or for a longer minimum period of time applicable under section 169A.53, 169A.54, or 171.174.

(b) The commissioner must immediately revoke the school bus endorsement o