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169.81.5b

Statute ID: 20273

Statute Function ID: 40335

Traffic Regulation - Securing load requirements

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Statute Number:

169.81.5b

Enactment Date:

Apr 10, 2025

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Securing load requirements

Statute ID:

20273

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:

Amended 2025 c4 sect3; Speed increased from 30 to 35 mph in (c)

Summary Text:

Traffic Regulation - Securing load requirements

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/81.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 9, 2025

(a) The driver of a vehicle transporting sand, gravel, aggregate, dirt, lime rock, silica, or similar material shall ensure that the cargo compartment of the vehicle is securely covered if:

(1) the vertical distance from the top of an exterior wall of the cargo compartment to the load, when measured downward along the inside surface of the wall, is less than six inches; or

(2) the horizontal distance from the top of an exterior wall of the cargo compartment to the load is less than two feet.

(b) The driver shall not operate a vehicle to transport sand, gravel, aggregate, dirt, lime rock, silica, or similar material in or on any part of the vehicle other than in the cargo container. The driver shall clean the vehicle of loose sand, gravel, aggregate, dirt, lime rock, silica, or similar material before the vehicle is moved on a road, street, or highway following loading or unloading.

(c) A driver of a vehicle used to transport garbage, rubbish, trash, debris, or similar material is not required to cover the transported material as long as (1) the vehicle is being operated at a speed less than 35 miles per hour, (2) the vehicle is not being operated on an interstate highway, and (3) no part of the load escapes from the vehicle. A driver shall immediately retrieve material that escapes from the vehicle, when safe to do so.