Section 168A.15 Reconstructed, Scrapped, Dismantled, or Destroyed Vehicle

MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES

Section 168A.15 Reconstructed, Scrapped, Dismantled, or Destroyed Vehicle

168A.15 RECONSTRUCTED, SCRAPPED, DISMANTLED, OR DESTROYED VEHICLE.

Subdivision 1.

[Repealed by amendment, 1988 c 496 s 18]

Subd. 2.Requirements to obtain certificate for reconstructed vehicle.

If a vehicle is altered so as to become a reconstructed vehicle, the owner shall apply for a certificate of title to the reconstructed vehicle in the manner provided in section 168A.04, and any existing certificate of title to the vehicle shall be surrendered for cancellation.

Subd. 3.Scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed vehicle.

An owner who scraps, dismantles, or destroys a vehicle, or a person who purchases a vehicle as scrap or to be dismantled or destroyed, shall immediately have the certificate of title mailed or delivered to the department for cancellation. 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.