2025 Session Last amended: 1994 session

§ 16B.581 — Distinctive Tax-exempt License Plates

Plain-Language Summary

This law requires state-owned or state-leased vehicles to display special tax-exempt license plates. The commissioner designs the plates with the registrar's approval. Registration costs $20 for the administrative fee plus $10 for two plates, and the registration lasts for the life of the vehicle or until the state no longer owns it.

16B.581 DISTINCTIVE TAX-EXEMPT LICENSE PLATES.

Vehicles owned or leased by the state of Minnesota must display distinctive tax-exempt license plates unless otherwise exempted under section 168.012. The commissioner shall design these distinctive plates subject to the approval of the registrar. An administrative fee of $20 and a license plate fee of $10 for two plates per vehicle or a license plate fee of $5 for one plate per trailer is paid at the time of registration. The license plate registration is valid for the life of the vehicle or until the vehicle is no longer owned or leased by the state of Minnesota.

When the state of Minnesota applies for distinctive tax-exempt plates on vehicles previously owned by local units of government, it shall pay an administrative fee of $10 and a plate fee that covers the cost of replacement.

History:

1994 c 634 art 1 s 16

History: History:

  1994 c 634 art 1 s 16

Practical Notes

When the state acquires a vehicle that previously had local government plates, it pays a reduced $10 administrative fee plus the cost of replacement plates. The distinctive plates identify the vehicle as state property and exempt it from vehicle taxes. Some vehicles may be exempt from displaying these plates under section 168.012.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes