§ 169.74 — Safety Glass
Plain-Language Summary
All motor vehicles must have safety glass in the windshield and windows. Replacing windshield glass with non-safety glass is illegal.
169.74 SAFETY GLASS.
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Subdivision 1.Required.
No person shall sell any new motor vehicle, nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered thereafter unless the vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in doors, windows, and windshields. §
Subd. 2.Definition.
“Safety glass” means any product composed of glass, or other material, as may be approved by the commissioner of public safety, as safety glass. §
Subd. 3.Replacement.
All glass replacement in doors, windows, and windshields or partitions of motor vehicles shall be made with materials meeting the requirements of this chapter for safety glass if glass is used therefor. §
Subd. 4.Other material prohibited.
No glazing material other than of a type meeting the requirements of this chapter shall be sold, offered for sale, offered for use, or used for installation in doors, windows or windshields of motor vehicles or of passenger-carrying trailers or semitrailers. §
Subd. 5.Frostshield.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to include frostshields.
History:
(2720-263) 1937 c 464 s 113; 1947 c 428 s 31; 1971 c 491 s 27
History: History: (2720-263) 1937 c 464 s 113; 1947 c 428 s 31; 1971 c 491 s 27