Section 168A.15 - RECONSTRUCTED, SCRAPPED, DISMANTLED, OR DESTROYED VEHICLESubdivision 1.MS 1986 [Repealed by amendment, 1988 c 496 s 18]
Subd. 2.Certain unconventional vehicles; requirements to obtain certificate.If a vehicle is altered so as to become a reconstructed vehicle or restored pioneer vehicle, the owner shall apply for a certificate of title in the manner provided in section 168A.04, and any existing certificate of title to the vehicle shall be surrendered for cancellation.
Subd. 3.Title; scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed vehicle.A dealer who purchases a vehicle as scrap or to be dismantled or destroyed shall maintain the certificate of title on the vehicle for three years before destroying the title as prescribed by the commissioner. A certificate of title for the vehicle shall not again be issued.
Subd. 4.Motorcycle with new engine.(a) If the commissioner does not require that a new or amended title be issued and stamped as reconstructed or otherwise under this chapter for an automobile being operated with an engine that is not its original engine, then the commissioner shall not require that title issued for a motorcycle being operated with an engine that is not its original engine be stamped or otherwise labeled as reconstructed or otherwise.(b) This subdivision does not prevent the commissioner from requiring that a new application be completed according to section 168A.04 and be filed with the commissioner. Upon receipt of the completed application and the old title, and subject to section 168A.05, subdivision 1, the commissioner shall issue another certificate of title, which must list the engine number, for the motorcycle with the nonoriginal engine.1971 c 162 s 15; 1988 c 496 s 18; 1993 c 93 s 8; 2002 c 371 art 1 s 22; 2012 c 195 s 7; 2013 c 126 s 4
Amended by 2013 Minn. Laws, ch. 126,s 4, eff. 8/1/2013.