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Minnesota: Is there an annual vehicle safety inspection?
No safety inspection
Minnesota does not require periodic or at-sale safety inspections of private cars; it relies on roadside spot checks instead.
No Minnesota law found requires private passenger cars to pass a scheduled safety inspection. State law instead sets up a State Patrol spot-check program, under which using Minnesota roads counts as consent to roadside inspections. This answer is inferred from the absence of an inspection requirement plus the spot-check statute.
What the law says
Use of the highways and streets of this state shall constitute consent to spot-check inspections as provided herein.
Sources
- Minn. Stat. § 169.771 Official · revisor.mn.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services
- Website
- dps.mn.gov
How bordering states compare
- Iowa No safety inspectionNo. Iowa does not require safety inspections of private passenger cars to register them or on a regular schedule.
- North Dakota No safety inspectionNorth Dakota has no regular or point-of-sale safety inspection for passenger cars.
- South Dakota No safety inspectionSouth Dakota does not require safety inspections of private passenger cars; its general inspection law was repealed in 1979.
- Wisconsin No safety inspectionWisconsin does not require safety inspections of private passenger cars; some counties require emissions tests instead.