§ 168B.09 — Disposal Authority
Plain-Language Summary
Local governments can dispose of abandoned vehicles through contracts with private towing and scrap companies, or by using their own personnel and equipment on a limited basis. Governments must follow bidding procedures for contracts. Local governments are also allowed to adopt their own ordinances about abandoned vehicles, as long as those rules are at least as strict as the state law. They cannot adopt rules that are weaker than the state minimum standards.
168B.09 DISPOSAL AUTHORITY.
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Subdivision 1.Units of government.
A unit of government may contract with others or may utilize its own equipment and personnel for the inventory of impounded motor vehicles and abandoned scrap metal and, if no bids are received, may utilize its own equipment and personnel for the collection, storage and transportation of these vehicles and abandoned scrap metal; provided, however, that a unit of government may utilize its own equipment and personnel for the collection and storage of not more than five abandoned or unauthorized vehicles without advertising for or receiving bids in any 120-day period. §
Subd. 2.Local laws.
Units of government may adopt ordinances and regulations to control the matter subject to sections 168B.01 to 168B.101, so long as the ordinances and regulations are not less stringent than the provisions of sections 168B.01 to 168B.101 or the rules of the agency.
History:
1971 c 734 s 9; 1973 c 649 s 5; 1975 c 223 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 137 s 8; 2023 c 25 s 78
History: History: 1971 c 734 s 9; 1973 c 649 s 5; 1975 c 223 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1987 c 384 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 137 s 8; 2023 c 25 s 78