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169.14.14

Statute ID: 20261

Statute Function ID: 40316

Traffic Regulation – Speed safety camera; Exceptions to violation of Subd. 13

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Statute Number:

169.14.14

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2024

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation – Speed safety camera; Exceptions to violation of Subd. 13

Statute ID:

20261

Created:

Jul 9, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 9, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New 2024 c 127 art 3 s 51; Effective 08/01/2025

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation – Speed safety camera; Exceptions to violation of Subd. 13

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/14.html

Legislative Session:

2024 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 9, 2025

(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle is not subject to a fine or conviction under subdivision 13 if:

(1) the vehicle was stolen at the time of the violation;

(2) a transfer of interest in the vehicle in compliance with section 168A.10 was made before the time of the violation;

(3) the vehicle owner is a lessor of the motor vehicle, and the lessor identifies the name and address of the lessee;

(4) the vehicle is an authorized emergency vehicle operated in the performance of official duties at the time of the violation;

(5) another person is convicted, within the meaning under section 171.01, subdivision 29, for the same violation;

(6) the vehicle owner provides a sworn statement to the court or prosecuting authority that the owner was not operating the vehicle at the time of the violation; or

(7) the vehicle owner provides a sworn statement to the court or prosecuting authority that the owner was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation under the circumstances of a medical emergency for either the driver or a passenger in the vehicle.

(b) The owner or lessee of a motor vehicle may not be issued a citation under subdivision 13 and under another subdivision in this section for the same conduct.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision 13, paragraph (c), a fine or conviction under subdivision 13 does not constitute grounds for revocation or suspension of a person's driver's license.

(d) A vehicle owner asserting a defense under paragraph (a), clause (7), must provide an accompanying sworn statement from the physician responsible for treatment of the underlying condition or emergency that necessitated medical attention.

(e) This subdivision applies to violations committed on or after August 1, 2025, and before August 1, 2029.