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169.98

Statute ID: 13990

Police, Patrol and Security Guard Vehicles

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Statute Number:

169.98

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1959

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Police, Patrol and Security Guard Vehicles

Statute ID:

13990

Created:

Aug 19, 2011 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Aug 19, 2011 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

1959 c 554 s 1,2;

Summary Text:

Police, Patrol and Security Guard Vehicles

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/98.html

Legislative Session:

1959 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Aug 19, 2011

Subd. 3a.   
All motor vehicles that are used by a bondsman or bail enforcement agent as defined in section 626.88, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), may have any color other than those specified in subdivision 1 for law enforcement vehicles. A bondsman or bail enforcement agent may not display markings on the vehicle in the form of a police shield, star, or any similar emblem that is typically associated with a marked law enforcement vehicle.

Subd. 1a.   
Only a person who is licensed as a peace officer or part-time peace officer under sections 626.84 to 626.863 may use a motor vehicle governed by subdivision 1 to stop a vehicle as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 92. In addition, a hazardous materials specialist employed by the Department of Transportation may, in the course of responding to an emergency, use a motor vehicle governed by subdivision 1 to stop a vehicle as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 92. 



Subd. 3.   
(a) All motor vehicles which are used by security guards in the course of their employment may have any color other than those specified in subdivision 1 for law enforcement vehicles. The identity of the security service shall be displayed on the motor vehicle as required for law enforcement vehicles.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), a security guard may continue to use a motor vehicle that is predominantly black in the course of the guard's employment if the vehicle was being used in this manner before August 1, 2002.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (3), a security guard may continue to use a motor vehicle that is predominantly gold in the course of the guard's employment if the vehicle was being used in this manner before August 1, 2012