Federal & State Regulations | Vehicle registration exemptions - Minnesota

Provided the general appearance of the vehicle is unmistakable, the following vehicles are not required to register or display number plates:

Vehicles owned by the federal government;
Fire apparatuses, including fire-suppression support vehicles, owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision;
Police patrols owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision; and
Ambulances owned or leased by the state or a political subdivision.

Additionally, the following vehicles are exempt from state vehicle registration requirements.

Other

Farm vehicle
- Implements of husbandry, as defined in section 168A.01, subdivision 8.
- Tractors used solely for agricultural purposes.
- Tractors, together with trailers or wagons thereto attached, occasionally hauling agricultural products or necessary commodities used on the farm from said farm to and from the usual marketplace of the owner.
- Tractors for drawing threshing machinery and implements of husbandry temporarily moved upon the highway.
Small farm trailer
- Farm trailers with a gross weight of less than 10,000 pounds, drawn by a passenger automobile or farm truck and used exclusively for transporting agricultural products from farm to farm and to and from the usual marketplace of the owner.
Fertilizer trailer
- A trailer used exclusively to carry liquid or dry fertilizer for use on a farm. Spotter trucks Spotter trucks, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 77.
Special mobile equipment and snowmobiles
Special permits
- Motorized golf carts and four-wheel all-terrain vehicles operated under permit and on roadways designated pursuant to section 169.045.
Camp equipment
- Bunkhouses, supply cars, shop cars, and other similar camp equipment mounted on trailers and used by highway construction contractors exclusively at construction camp sites.
Vehicle not used
- The owner of a motor vehicle that during any calendar year, or in the case of a vehicle registered under section 168.017 during the registration period provided for in that section, is not operated on a public highway is exempt, but only if the owner of the vehicle first files a verified written application with the registrar, correctly describing the vehicle and certifying that it has not been operated upon a public highway.
Vehicle domiciled in another state
- A motor vehicle domiciled in a foreign state, legally licensed in that state, and owned by a Minnesota resident is exempt; except that it is subject to section 168.181, subdivision 3, provided, that this exemption does not conflict with any existing reciprocal agreement with the state in which the vehicle is domiciled.

Citations

Minn. Stat. 168.012(b) Vehicles exempt from tax or license fees
Minn. Stat. 168.012 Vehicles exempt from tax or license fees

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