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169A.37
Statute ID:
10544
License plate impoundment violation crimes.
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Statute Number:
169A.37
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
License plate impoundment violation crimes.
Statute ID:
10544
Created:
Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Oct 19, 2006 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
System
Legal Analyst Comment:
Summary Text:
License plate impoundment violation crimes.
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169A/37.html
Legislative Session:
0 - NA
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Dec 11, 2025
Subdivision 1. It is a crime for a person: (1) to fail to comply with an impoundment order under section 169A.60 (administrative plate impoundment); (2) to file a false statement under section 169A.60, subdivision 7, 8, or 14; (3) to operate a self-propelled motor vehicle on a street or highway when the vehicle is subject to an impoundment order issued under section 169A.60, unless specially coded plates have been issued for the vehicle pursuant to section 169A.60, subdivision 13; (4) to fail to notify the commissioner of the impoundment order when requesting new plates; (5) who is subject to a plate impoundment order under section 169A.60, to drive, operate, or be in control of any motor vehicle during the impoundment period, unless the vehicle is employer-owned and is not required to be equipped with an ignition interlock device pursuant to section 171.306, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), or Laws 2013, chapter 127, section 70, or has specially coded plates issued pursuant to section 169A.60, subdivision 13, and the person is validly licensed to drive; (6) who is the transferee of a motor vehicle and who has signed a sworn statement under section 169A.60, subdivision 14, to allow the previously registered owner to drive, operate, or be in control of the vehicle during the impoundment period.; or (7) to intentionally remove all or a portion of or to otherwise obliterate or damage a permanent sticker affixed on and invalidating a registration plate under section 169A.60, subdivision 4. Subd. 2. A person who violates subdivision 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
