TRANSPORTATION LAW
Prepared by:
Ron Elwood, Staff Attorney
Legal Services Advocacy Project
651-222-3749, ext. 109
relwood@mnlsap.org

I. NOTICE OF IMPOUND
Chapter 257 (SF 2572)
Amends Minn. Stat. § 168.06, subd. 1
Effective August 1, 2010

A. Exclusion of Weekends and Holidays
Excludes Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays from the five-day requirement within which government or private impound lot operators must give notice to the vehicle owner that the vehicle has been impounded.

II. RETRIEVAL OF CONTENTS FROM IMPOUNDED VEHICLES
Chapter 351, Sections 25 and 26 (SF 2540)
Amends Minn. Stat. § 168B.07, subds. 1 and 3
Effective August 1, 2010

Eliminates as one of the eligibility criteria for the right to retrieve contents from an impounded vehicle having an income at or below 50% of state median income and modifies notice of impound to reflect the change.