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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.068 — Definitions.

325E.068 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purposes of sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Heavy and utility equipment.
"Heavy and utility equipment," "heavy equipment," or "equipment" means equipment and parts for equipment including but not limited to:
(1) excavators, crawler tractors, wheel loaders, compactors, pavers, backhoes, hydraulic hammers, cranes, fork lifts, compressors, generators, attachments and repair parts for them, and other equipment, including attachments and repair parts, used in all types of construction of buildings, highways, airports, dams, or other earthen structures or in moving, stock piling, or distribution of materials used in such construction;
(2) trucks and truck parts; or
(3) equipment used for, or adapted for use in, mining or forestry applications.
Subd. 3.
Heavy and utility equipment manufacturer.
"Heavy and utility equipment manufacturer," "heavy equipment manufacturer," or "equipment manufacturer" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in the manufacturing, assembly, or wholesale distribution of heavy and utility equipment as defined in subdivision 2. The term also includes a successor in interest of the heavy and utility equipment manufacturer, including a purchaser of assets or stock, a surviving corporation resulting from a merger or liquidation, a receiver or assignee, or a trustee of the original equipment manufacturer.
Subd. 4.
Heavy and utility equipment dealer or dealership.
"Heavy and utility equipment dealer" or "heavy and utility equipment dealership" means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other form of business enterprise engaged in the business of acquiring heavy and utility equipment from a manufacturer and reselling the heavy and utility equipment at wholesale or retail.
Subd. 5.
Dealership agreement.
"Dealership agreement" means an oral or written agreement of definite or indefinite duration between an equipment manufacturer and an equipment dealer that enables the dealer to purchase heavy and utility equipment from the manufacturer and provides for the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the purchase or sale of heavy and utility equipment.
Subd. 6.
Truck.
"Truck" means a motor vehicle designed and used for carrying things other than passengers, a truck-tractor as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 38, and a semitrailer as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 30. "Truck" does not include a pickup truck or van with a manufacturer's nominal rated carrying capacity of three-fourths ton or less.
Subd. 7.
Truck parts.
"Truck parts" means all parts of a truck, including body parts.
History:
1989 c 267 s 1; 1991 c 70 s 6-8; 1993 c 199 s 1-3; 1996 c 291 s 1; 2003 c 78 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.0682 — Violations.

325E.0682 VIOLATIONS.
(a) It is a violation of sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684 for an equipment manufacturer to coerce an equipment dealer to accept delivery of heavy and utility equipment that the equipment dealer has not voluntarily ordered.
(b) It is a violation of sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684 for an equipment manufacturer to:
(1) condition or attempt to condition the sale of equipment on a requirement that the equipment dealer also purchase other goods or services; except that an equipment manufacturer may require the dealer to purchase all parts reasonably necessary to maintain the quality of operation in the field of any equipment used in the trade area and telecommunications necessary to communicate with the equipment manufacturer;
(2) coerce an equipment dealer into a refusal to purchase the equipment manufactured by another equipment manufacturer;
(3) discriminate in the prices charged for equipment of like grade and quality sold by the equipment manufacturer to similarly situated equipment dealers. This clause does not prevent the use of differentials that make only due allowance for difference in the cost of manufacture, sale, or delivery or for the differing methods or quantities in which the equipment is sold or delivered, by the equipment manufacturer; or
(4) attempt or threaten to terminate, cancel, fail to renew, or substantially change the competitive circumstances of the dealership agreement if the attempt or threat is based on the results of a natural disaster, a labor dispute, or other circumstance beyond the dealer's control.
History:
1989 c 267 s 3; 1991 c 70 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.0683 — Status Of Inconsistent Agreements.

325E.0683 STATUS OF INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS.
A term of a dealership agreement either expressed or implied, including a choice of law provision, that is inconsistent with the terms of sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684 or that purports to waive an equipment manufacturer's compliance with sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684 is void and unenforceable and does not waive any rights that are provided to a person by sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684.
History:
1989 c 267 s 4; 1991 c 70 s 10
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.0684 — Remedies.

325E.0684 REMEDIES.
If an equipment manufacturer violates sections 325E.068 to 325E.0684, an equipment dealer may bring an action against the manufacturer in a court of competent jurisdiction for damages sustained by the dealer as a consequence of the manufacturer's violation, together with the actual costs of the action, including reasonable attorney's fees. The dealer also may be granted injunctive relief against unlawful termination, cancellation, nonrenewal, or substantial change of competitive circumstances. The remedies in this section are in addition to any other remedies permitted by law.
History:
1989 c 267 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.07 — Cigarette Vending Machines, Notice Relating To Sales.

325E.07 CIGARETTE VENDING MACHINES, NOTICE RELATING TO SALES.
Subdivision 1.
Required posting.
In a conspicuous place on each cigarette vending machine in use within the state, there shall be posted, and kept in easily legible form and repair, by the owner, lessee, or person having control thereof, a warning to persons under 18 years of age which shall be printed in bold type letters each of which shall be at least one-half inch high and which shall read as follows:
"Any Person Under 18 Years of Age Is Forbidden By Law To Purchase Cigarettes From This Machine."
Subd. 2.
Criminal penalty.
Any owner, any lessee, and any person having control of any cigarette vending machine which does not bear the warning required by this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1963 c 545 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.08 — Service For Disabled Persons At Gasoline Stations.

325E.08 SERVICE FOR DISABLED PERSONS AT GASOLINE STATIONS.
All gasoline service stations which offer both full service and self-service gasoline dispensing operations shall provide an attendant to dispense gasoline at the self-service price into vehicles bearing disability plates or a disability parking certificate issued pursuant to section 168.021.
History:
1979 c 160 s 1; 2005 c 56 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.085 — Motor Vehicle Fuel Payment.

325E.085 MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL PAYMENT.
No local unit of government may restrict the sale of motor fuel based upon the method of purchase agreed to by the seller and purchaser.
History:
2013 c 67 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.095 — Computation Of Sales By Small Retailers.

325E.095 COMPUTATION OF SALES BY SMALL RETAILERS.
A retail business selling less than 50,000 gallons of motor vehicle fuel per year may compute fuel pump sales by the half gallon.
This section supersedes any contrary provision of law.
History:
1983 c 106 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.0951 — Motor Vehicle Air Pollution Control Systems.

325E.0951 MOTOR VEHICLE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(a)
Motor vehicle.
"Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine and designed for use on the public highways, such as automobiles, trucks, and buses.
(b)
Person.
"Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, incorporated and unincorporated association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(c)
Air pollution control system.
"Air pollution control system" means any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in order to comply with pollutant emission restrictions established for the motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine by federal statute or regulation.
Subd. 2.
Prohibited acts.
(a) A person may not knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, change, or disconnect any air pollution control system on a motor vehicle or on a motor vehicle engine.
(b) A person may not manufacture, advertise, offer for sale, sell, use, or install a device that causes any air pollution control system not to be functional as designed.
(c) A person may not sell or transfer a motor vehicle with knowledge that any air pollution control system is either not in place or is not functional.
Subd. 3.
Repairs.
This section does not prevent the service, repair, or replacement of any air pollution control system.
Subd. 3a.
[Repealed, 2008 c 287 art 1 s 126]
Subd. 4.
Penalty.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141]
Subd. 6.
Nonapplication.
This section does not apply to a sale or transfer of a motor vehicle for the purpose of scrapping, dismantling, or destroying it.
History:
1Sp1985 c 14 art 19 s 36; 1988 c 487 s 1; 1988 c 634 s 11; 1990 c 446 s 4; 1995 c 247 art 1 s 44
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.0952 — Mandatory Air Bag Replacement.

325E.0952 MANDATORY AIR BAG REPLACEMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle designed for use on the public highways and originally equipped with an air bag.
(c) "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(d) "Air bag" means any inflatable restraint system installed in a motor vehicle to comply with safety standards established for the motor vehicle by federal law or regulation.
(e) "Collision repair" means restoration or repair of damage to a motor vehicle resulting from collision or other occurrence.
Subd. 2.
Prohibited acts.
(a) A person with actual knowledge that a motor vehicle's air bag has deployed or is missing may not perform collision repair of that motor vehicle unless any deployed or missing air bag is replaced with an air bag designed for the make, model, and year of the vehicle.
(b) A person may not knowingly install or reinstall any object in lieu of an airbag designed for the make, model, and year of the vehicle, as part of a vehicle inflatable restraint system.
Subd. 3.
Exclusion.
Subdivision 2, paragraph (a), does not apply to a motor vehicle that is a model year more than seven years prior to the year that the repair is performed.
Subd. 4.
Penalty.
A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
2007 c 71 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.10 — Definitions.

325E.10 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purposes of sections 325E.11 to 325E.112 and this section, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Motor oil.
"Motor oil" means oil used as a lubricant or hydraulics in a transmission or internal combustion engine motor vehicle as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 18.
Subd. 2a.
Motor oil filter.
"Motor oil filter" means any filter used in combination with motor oil.
Subd. 3.
Used motor oil.
"Used motor oil" means motor oil which through use, storage or handling has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties.
Subd. 4.
Person.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative, association, firm, sole proprietorship, or other entity.
Subd. 5.
Used motor oil filter.
"Used motor oil filter" means a motor oil filter which through use, storage, or handling has become unsuitable for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or loss of original properties.
History:
1977 c 68 s 1; 1995 c 220 s 118; 1997 c 216 s 130-132; 2003 c 128 art 2 s 44
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.11 — Collection Facilities; Notice.

325E.11 COLLECTION FACILITIES; NOTICE.
(a) Any person selling at retail or offering motor oil or motor oil filters for retail sale in this state shall:
(1) post a notice indicating the nearest location where used motor oil and used motor oil filters may be returned at no cost for recycling or reuse, post a toll-free telephone number that may be called by the public to determine a convenient location, or post a listing of locations where used motor oil and used motor oil filters may be returned at no cost for recycling or reuse; or
(2) if the person is subject to section 325E.112, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), post a notice informing customers purchasing motor oil or motor oil filters of the location of the used motor oil and used motor oil filter collection site established by the retailer in accordance with section 325E.112, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), where used motor oil and used motor oil filters may be returned at no cost.
(b) A notice under paragraph (a) shall be posted on or adjacent to the motor oil and motor oil filter displays, be at least 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, contain the universal recycling symbol with the following language:
(1) "It is illegal to put used oil and used motor oil filters in the garbage.";
(2) "Recycle your used oil and used motor oil filters."; and
(3)(i) "There is a free collection site here for your used oil and used motor oil filters.";
(ii) "There is a free collection site for used oil and used motor oil filters located at (name of business and street address).";
(iii) "For the location of a free collection site for used oil and used motor oil filters call (toll-free phone number)."; or
(iv) "Here is a list of free collection sites for used oil and used motor oil filters."
(c) The Pollution Control Agency shall enforce compliance with this section under sections 115.071 and 116.072 in coordination with the Division of Weights and Measures.
History:
1977 c 68 s 2; 1987 c 348 s 37; 1995 c 220 s 119; 1997 c 216 s 133; 1999 c 231 s 182; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 72; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 16
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.115 — Lead Acid Batteries; Collection For Recycling.

325E.115 LEAD ACID BATTERIES; COLLECTION FOR RECYCLING.
Subdivision 1.
Surcharge; collection; notice.
(a) A person selling lead acid batteries at retail or offering lead acid batteries for retail sale in this state shall:
(1) accept, at the point of transfer, lead acid batteries from customers;
(2) charge a fee of at least $10 per battery sold unless the customer returns a used battery to the retailer; and
(3) post written notice in accordance with section 325E.1151.
(b) Any person selling lead acid batteries at wholesale or offering lead acid batteries for sale at wholesale must accept, at the point of transfer, lead acid batteries from customers.
Subd. 2.
Compliance; management.
The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall inform persons governed by subdivision 1 of requirements for managing lead acid batteries.
History:
1987 c 186 s 15; 1987 c 348 s 38; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 20 s 21; 1991 c 337 s 58; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 6 s 73; 2010 c 258 s 1; 2014 c 222 art 2 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.1151 — Lead Acid Battery Purchase And Return.

325E.1151 LEAD ACID BATTERY PURCHASE AND RETURN.
Subdivision 1.
Purchasers must return battery or pay surcharge.
(a) A person who purchases a lead acid battery at retail, except a lead acid battery that is designed to provide power for a boat motor that is purchased at the same time as the battery, must:
(1) return a lead acid battery to the retailer; or
(2) pay the retailer a surcharge of at least $10.
(b) A person who has paid a surcharge under paragraph (a) must receive a refund of the surcharge from the retailer if the person returns a lead acid battery with a receipt for the purchase of a new battery from that retailer within 30 days after purchasing a new lead acid battery.
(c) A retailer may keep the unrefunded surcharges for lead acid batteries not returned within 30 days.
Subd. 2.
Retailers must accept batteries.
(a) A person who sells lead acid batteries at retail must accept lead acid batteries from consumers and may not charge to receive the lead acid batteries. A consumer may not deliver more than five lead acid batteries to a retailer at one time.
(b) A retailer of lead acid batteries must recycle the lead acid batteries received from consumers.
(c) A retailer who violates paragraph (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each lead acid battery that is not recycled is a separate violation.
Subd. 3.
Retailers must post notices.
(a) A person who sells lead acid batteries at retail must post the notice in paragraph (b) in a manner clearly visible to a consumer making purchasing decisions.
(b) The notice must be at least 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches and contain the universal recycling symbol and state:
"NOTICE: USED BATTERIES
This retailer is required to accept your used lead acid batteries, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT PURCHASE A BATTERY. When you purchase a new battery, you will be charged an additional amount of at least $10 unless you return a used battery within 30 days.
It is a crime to put a motor vehicle battery in the garbage."
Subd. 4.
Notices required in newspaper advertisements.
(a) An advertisement for sale of new lead acid batteries at retail in newspapers published in this state must contain the notice in paragraph (b).
(b) The notice must state:
"At least $10 additional charge unless a used lead acid battery is returned. Improper disposal of a lead acid battery is a crime."
History:
1Sp1989 c 1 art 20 s 22; 1991 c 337 s 59; 1993 c 249 s 32; 2010 c 258 s 2-4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.12 — Penalty.

325E.12 PENALTY.
Violation of sections 325E.10 to 325E.1151 is a petty misdemeanor. Sections 325E.10 to 325E.1151 may be enforced under section 115.071.
History:
1977 c 68 s 3; 1993 c 249 s 33
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.1251 — Penalty Enforcement.

325E.1251 PENALTY ENFORCEMENT.
Subdivision 1.
Penalty.
Violation of section 325E.125 is a misdemeanor. A manufacturer who violates section 325E.125 is also subject to a minimum fine of $100 per violation.
Subd. 2.
Recovery of costs.
Section 325E.125 may be enforced under section 115.071. In an enforcement action under this section in which the state prevails, the state may recover reasonable administrative expenses, court costs, and attorney fees incurred to take the enforcement action, in an amount to be determined by the court.
History:
1990 c 409 s 3; 1991 c 257 s 7; 1993 c 249 s 35
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.127 — Notice For Fluorescent Lamps Containing Mercury.

325E.127 NOTICE FOR FLUORESCENT LAMPS CONTAINING MERCURY.
(a) A person who sells fluorescent lamps at retail must post the notice in paragraph (b) in a manner clearly visible to a consumer examining fluorescent lamps offered for sale.
(b) The notice must be in 36-point type or larger and state:
"Fluorescent bulbs save energy and reduce environmental pollution. Note: Fluorescent bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and must be recycled at the end of their use. Contact your county or utility for recycling options."
(c) A retailer may include additional language in the notice in order to promote the sale of fluorescent lamps, provided that the language in paragraph (b) is present.
History:
2007 c 109 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.13 — Tampering With Odometers; Definitions.

325E.13 TAMPERING WITH ODOMETERS; DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purposes of sections 325E.13 to 325E.16, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Owner.
"Owner" means a person, other than a secured party, having the property in or title to a vehicle. The term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
Subd. 3.
Motor vehicle.
"Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon railroad tracks, except snowmobiles and other devices designed and used primarily for the transportation of persons over natural terrain, snow, or ice propelled by wheels, skis, tracks, runners, or whatever other means.
Subd. 4.
Person.
"Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, incorporated and unincorporated association, or any other legal or commercial entity.
Subd. 5.
Off-road recreational vehicle.
"Off-road recreational vehicle" means a snowmobile as defined in section 84.81, subdivision 3, and an off-highway vehicle, as defined in section 84.771.
History:
1973 c 264 s 1; 2014 c 289 s 61
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.14 — Prohibited Acts.

325E.14 PROHIBITED ACTS.
Subdivision 1.
Tampering.
No person shall knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, change, set back, disconnect or, with intent to defraud, fail to connect the odometer of any motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, or cause any of the foregoing to occur to an odometer of a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, so as to reflect a lower mileage than has actually been driven by the motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle.
Subd. 2.
Operating restriction.
No person shall with intent to defraud, operate a motor vehicle on any street or highway knowing that the odometer of the motor vehicle is disconnected or nonfunctional.
Subd. 3.
Sales and use restrictions.
No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use or install on any part of a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, or on any odometer in a motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle, any device that causes the odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage.
Subd. 4.
Sales restriction.
No person shall sell or offer for sale any motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle with knowledge that the mileage registered on the odometer has been altered so as to reflect a lower mileage than has actually been driven by the motor vehicle or off-road recreational vehicle without disclosing the fact to prospective purchasers.
Subd. 5.
Conspiracy.
No person shall conspire with any other person to violate this section or section 325E.15.
Subd. 6.
Repair or replacement restriction.
Nothing in this section shall prevent the service, repair, or replacement of an odometer, provided the mileage indicated thereon remains the same as before the service, repair, or replacement. Where the odometer is incapable of registering the same mileage as before the service, repair, or replacement, the odometer shall be adjusted to read zero and a written notice shall be attached to the left door frame of the motor vehicle by the owner or an agent specifying the mileage prior to repair or replacement of the odometer and the date on which it was repaired or replaced. No person shall remove or alter a notice so affixed.
History:
1973 c 264 s 2; 1986 c 444; 2014 c 289 s 62-65
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.15 — Transfer Of Motor Vehicle; Mileage Disclosure.

325E.15 TRANSFER OF MOTOR VEHICLE; MILEAGE DISCLOSURE.
No person shall transfer a motor vehicle without disclosing to the transferee the true mileage registered on the odometer reading or that the actual mileage is unknown if the odometer reading is known by the transferor to be different from the true mileage. The regulations contained in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, sections 580.1 to 580.17, that implement odometer disclosure requirements and prescribe the manner in which electronic or written disclosure must be made in this state are adopted by reference. No transferor shall violate any regulations adopted under this section or knowingly give a false statement to a transferee in making any disclosure required by the regulations.
History:
1973 c 264 s 3; 2000 c 426 s 30; 1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 106
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.16 — Penalties; Remedies.

325E.16 PENALTIES; REMEDIES.
Subdivision 1.
Criminal penalty.
Any person who is found to have violated sections 325E.13 to 325E.16 shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
Subd. 2.
Civil penalty.
In addition to the penalties provided in subdivision 1, any person who is found to have violated sections 325E.13 to 325E.16 shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 8.31.
Subd. 3.
Civil action.
Any person injured by a violation of sections 325E.13 to 325E.16 shall recover the actual damages sustained together with costs and disbursements, including a reasonable attorney's fee, provided that the court in its discretion may increase the award of damages to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages sustained or $1,500, whichever is greater.
History:
1973 c 264 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.165 — Definition.

325E.165 DEFINITION.
For purposes of sections 325E.165 to 325E.167, "farm tractor" means a self-propelled vehicle that is designed primarily for pulling or propelling agricultural machinery and implements and used principally in the occupation or business of farming, including an implement of husbandry, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 35, that is self-propelled.
History:
2006 c 211 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.166 — Clock-hour Meters; Prohibited Acts.

325E.166 CLOCK-HOUR METERS; PROHIBITED ACTS.
Subdivision 1.
Tampering.
No person shall, with intent to defraud, knowingly tamper with, adjust, alter, change, set back, disconnect, or fail to connect the clock-hour meter of a farm tractor, or cause any of the foregoing to occur to a clock-hour meter of a farm tractor, so as to reflect fewer hours than the farm tractor has actually been in operation.
Subd. 2.
Operation with disconnected or nonfunctional meter.
No person shall, with intent to defraud, operate a farm tractor knowing that the clock-hour meter of the farm tractor is disconnected or nonfunctional.
Subd. 3.
Tampering device.
No person shall advertise for sale, sell, use, or install on any part of a farm tractor or on a clock-hour meter in a farm tractor a device that causes the clock-hour meter to register any hours of operation other than the true hours of operation that the clock-hour meter was designed to measure.
Subd. 4.
Disclosure.
No person shall sell or offer for sale or trade in a farm tractor with knowledge that the hours registered on the clock-hour meter have been altered so as to reflect fewer hours than the farm tractor has actually been in operation, without disclosing the fact to prospective purchasers.
Subd. 5.
Conspiracy.
No person shall conspire with another person to violate this section.
History:
2006 c 211 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.167 — Penalties And Remedies.

325E.167 PENALTIES AND REMEDIES.
Subdivision 1.
Civil penalty.
A person who is found to have violated sections 325E.165 and 325E.166 is subject to the penalties in section 8.31.
Subd. 2.
Private right of action.
A person injured by a violation of sections 325E.165 and 325E.166 may recover the actual damages sustained together with costs and disbursements, including reasonable attorney fees. The court, in its discretion, may increase the award of damages to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages sustained or $1,500, whichever is greater.
History:
2006 c 211 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.169 — Definitions.

325E.169 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purpose of sections 325E.169 to 325E.201, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Person.
"Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association.
Subd. 3.
Owner.
"Owner" means the person who owns the sounds or images fixed in a master recording upon which sounds or images are recorded and from which the transferred recorded sounds or images are directly or indirectly derived.
Subd. 4.
Recording.
"Recording" means the tangible medium on which sounds or images are recorded or otherwise stored and includes a phonograph record, disc, tape, audio or video cassette, wire, film, or other medium now known or later developed on which sounds or images may be recorded or stored.
History:
1993 c 221 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.17 — Unlawful Transfers Or Sales Of Recordings.

325E.17 UNLAWFUL TRANSFERS OR SALES OF RECORDINGS.
Unless exempt under section 325E.19, it is unlawful for any person knowingly:
(1) to transfer or cause to be transferred any sounds or images from one recording to another recording; or
(2) to sell, distribute, circulate, offer for sale, distribution or circulation, possess for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation, or cause to be sold, distributed or circulated, offered for sale, distribution or circulation, or possessed for sale, distribution or circulation, any recording without the consent of the owner of the master recording.
History:
1973 c 579 s 1; 1993 c 221 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.18 — Identity Of Transferor.

325E.18 IDENTITY OF TRANSFEROR.
It is unlawful for any person for commercial purposes to sell, distribute, circulate, offer for sale, distribution or circulation, or possess for the purpose of sale, distribution or circulation, any recording unless the recording bears the actual name and address of the transferor of the sounds or images in a prominent place on its outside face, label, or package.
History:
1973 c 579 s 2; 1993 c 221 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.19 — Exemptions.

325E.19 EXEMPTIONS.
Sections 325E.169 to 325E.201 do not apply to any person who transfers or causes to be transferred any recordings (a) intended for or in connection with radio or television broadcast transmission or related uses, (b) for archival purposes, (c) for library purposes, (d) for educational purposes, or (e) solely for the personal use of the person transferring or causing the transfer and without any compensation being derived by the person from the transfer.
History:
1973 c 579 s 3; 1993 c 221 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.201 — Violations; Punishment.

325E.201 VIOLATIONS; PUNISHMENT.
A violation of section 325E.17 or 325E.18 is a felony and is punishable upon conviction by:
(1) a fine of not more than $100,000, or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, if the violation is a first offense involving more than 100 but not more than 1,000 sound recordings or more than seven but not more than 65 audio-visual recordings;
(2) a fine of not more than $250,000, or imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, if the violation is a second or subsequent offense, or involves more than 1,000 sound recordings or more than 65 audio-visual recordings; or
(3) a fine of not more than $25,000, or imprisonment for not more than a year and a day, or both, for any other violation.
History:
1993 c 221 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.23 — Definitions.

325E.23 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purposes of sections 325E.23 to 325E.25 the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Advertising device.
"Advertising device" means any billboard, sign, notice, poster, display emblem or similar item located out of doors which is intended to be viewed by the public from a highway or street and includes any structure used for the display of any such outdoor advertising device.
Subd. 3.
Business of outdoor advertising.
"Business of outdoor advertising" means the business conducted for direct profit through rentals, or other compensation received from the erection or maintenance of advertising devices.
Subd. 4.
Person.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation.
History:
1965 c 531 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.24 — Furnishing Of Space; Exceptions.

325E.24 FURNISHING OF SPACE; EXCEPTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Unlawful discrimination prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising to directly or indirectly discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed or political affiliation in the furnishing of advertising or advertising service or space for advertisements on advertising devices. This shall not be construed as making mandatory the assignment of space immediately adjacent to previously leased space for the promotion of conflicting services or ideas.
Subd. 2.
Limits on duty to furnish.
The person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising does not have to accept a request for advertising space from any person not willing to pay the prescribed rates or charges and the advertising of any material prohibited by law.
History:
1965 c 531 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.26 — Definitions.

325E.26 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
The terms used in sections 325E.26 to 325E.30 have the meanings given them in this section.
Subd. 2.
Automatic dialing-announcing device.
"Automatic dialing-announcing device" means a device that selects and dials telephone numbers and that, working alone or in conjunction with other equipment, disseminates a prerecorded or synthesized voice message to the telephone number called.
Subd. 3.
Caller.
"Caller" means a person, corporation, firm, partnership, association, or legal or commercial entity who attempts to contact, or who contacts, a subscriber in this state by using a telephone or a telephone line.
Subd. 4.
Commercial telephone solicitation.
"Commercial telephone solicitation" means any unsolicited call to a residential subscriber when the person initiating the call has not had a prior business or personal relationship with the subscriber, and when the purpose of the call is to solicit the purchase or the consideration of purchase of goods or services by the subscriber. Commercial telephone solicitation does not include calls initiated by organizations listed in Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 290.21, subdivision 3, clauses (a) to (e).
Subd. 5.
Subscriber.
"Subscriber" means a person who has subscribed to telephone service from a telephone company or the other persons living or residing with the subscribing person.
Subd. 6.
Message.
"Message" means any call, regardless of its content.
History:
1987 c 294 s 1; 1994 c 534 art 2 s 1; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.27 — Use Of Prerecorded Or Synthesized Voice Messages.

325E.27 USE OF PRERECORDED OR SYNTHESIZED VOICE MESSAGES.
(a) A caller shall not use or connect to a telephone line an automatic dialing-announcing device unless: (1) the subscriber has knowingly or voluntarily requested, consented to, permitted, or authorized receipt of the message; or (2) the message is immediately preceded by a live operator who obtains the subscriber's consent before the message is delivered.
(b) This section and section 325E.30 do not apply to (1) messages from school districts to students, parents, or employees, (2) messages to subscribers with whom the caller has a current business or personal relationship, or (3) messages advising employees of work schedules. This section does not apply to messages from a nonprofit tax-exempt charitable organization sent solely for the purpose of soliciting voluntary donations of clothing to benefit disabled United States military veterans and containing no request for monetary donations or other solicitations of any kind.
History:
1987 c 294 s 2; 2009 c 178 art 1 s 60
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.28 — Requirements On Automatic Dialing-announcing Devices.

325E.28 REQUIREMENTS ON AUTOMATIC DIALING-ANNOUNCING DEVICES.
A caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device unless the device is designed and operated so as to disconnect within ten seconds after termination of the telephone call by the subscriber.
History:
1987 c 294 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.29 — Message Requirements.

325E.29 MESSAGE REQUIREMENTS.
Where the message is immediately preceded by a live operator, the operator must, at the outset of the message, disclose:
(1) the name of the business, firm, organization, association, partnership, or entity for which the message is being made;
(2) the purpose of the message;
(3) the identity or kinds of goods or services the message is promoting; and
(4) if applicable, the fact that the message intends to solicit payment or commitment of funds.
History:
1987 c 294 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.30 — Time Of Day Limit.

325E.30 TIME OF DAY LIMIT.
A caller shall not use an automatic dialing-announcing device nor make any commercial telephone solicitation before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m.
History:
1987 c 294 s 5
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.31 — Remedies.

325E.31 REMEDIES.
(a) A person who is found to have violated sections 325E.27 to 325E.30 is subject to the penalties and remedies, including a private right of action to recover damages, as provided in section 8.31.
(b) In addition to the penalties and remedies under paragraph (a), the attorney general is entitled to sue for and recover on behalf of the state a civil penalty from a person found to have violated sections 325E.27 to 325E.30. The court must determine the civil penalty amount, which must not exceed $50,000.
History:
1987 c 294 s 6; 2023 c 57 art 4 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.317 — Definitions.

325E.317 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
For the purposes of sections 325E.317 and 325E.318, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given.
Subd. 2.
Provider.
"Provider" means a provider of wireless telecommunications services.
Subd. 3.
Telecommunications services.
"Telecommunications services" has the meaning given in section 297A.61, subdivision 24, paragraph (a).
Subd. 4.
Wireless directory assistance service.
"Wireless directory assistance service" means any service for connecting calling parties to a wireless telecommunications services customer when the calling parties themselves do not possess the customer's wireless telephone number information.
Subd. 5.
Wireless telecommunications services.
"Wireless telecommunications services" means commercial mobile radio services as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, part 20.
Subd. 6.
Wireless telephone directory.
"Wireless telephone directory" means a directory or database containing wireless telephone number information or any other identifying information by which a calling party may reach a wireless telecommunications services customer.
Subd. 7.
Wireless telephone number information.
"Wireless telephone number information" means the telephone number, electronic address, and any other identifying information by which a calling party may reach a wireless telecommunications services customer, which is assigned by a provider to the customer and includes the customer's name and address.
History:
2005 c 163 s 83; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 57
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.318 — Wireless Directories.

325E.318 WIRELESS DIRECTORIES.
Subdivision 1.
Notice.
No provider of wireless telecommunications service, or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a provider, may include the wireless telephone number information of a customer in a wireless telephone directory assistance service database or publish, sell, or otherwise disseminate the contents of a wireless telephone directory assistance service database unless the provider provides a conspicuous notice to the subscriber informing the subscriber that the subscriber will not be listed in a wireless directory assistance service database without the subscriber's prior express authorization.
Subd. 2.
Authorization.
(a) A provider, or any direct or indirect affiliate or agent of a provider, may not disclose, provide, or sell a customer's wireless telephone number information, or any part thereof, for inclusion in a wireless telephone directory of any form, and may not sell a wireless telephone directory containing a customer's wireless telephone number information without first receiving prior express authorization from the customer. The customer's authorization must meet the following requirements:
(1) consent shall be affirmatively obtained separately from the execution of the service contract via verifiable means; and
(2) consent shall be unambiguous and conspicuously disclose that the subscriber is consenting to have the customer's dialing number sold or licensed as part of a publicly available directory assistance database.
(b) A record of the authorization shall be maintained for the duration of the service contract or any extension of the contract.
(c) A subscriber who provides express consent pursuant to paragraph (a) may revoke that consent via verifiable means at any time. A provider must comply with the customer's request to be removed from the directory and remove such listing from directory assistance within 60 days.
Subd. 3.
No fee to retain privacy.
A customer shall not be charged for opting not to be listed in a wireless telephone directory.
Subd. 4.
Remedies.
Every knowing violation of this section is punishable by a fine of up to $500 for each violation with a maximum aggregated amount of $10,000 for a provider, of which $100 per violation shall be paid to each victim of the violation. The attorney general may bring actions to enforce compliance with this section. For the first violation by any company or organization of this section, the attorney general shall notify the company with a letter of warning that the section has been violated. No telephone corporation, nor any official or employee of a telephone corporation, shall be subject to criminal or civil liability for the release of customer information as authorized by this section.
History:
2005 c 163 s 84
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.32 — Waste Tires; Collection.

325E.32 WASTE TIRES; COLLECTION.
A person who sells automotive tires at retail must accept waste tires from customers for collection and recycling. The person must accept as many waste tires from each customer as tires are bought by that customer.
History:
1988 c 685 s 28
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 324 - 342 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection › Chapter 325E — Trade Practices › Section 325E.34 — Free Newspapers; Exclusive Right To Distribute Prohibited.

325E.34 FREE NEWSPAPERS; EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTE PROHIBITED.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section, the terms in paragraphs (a) and (b) have the meanings given them.
(a) "Newspaper" means a publication issued regularly by the same person or corporation, or a successor, whether the name of the publication is the same or different.
(b) "Place of public accommodation" has the meaning given in section 363A.03, subdivision 34.
Subd. 2.
Prohibition.
No contract may provide for an exclusive right to display free newspapers for distribution in any place of public accommodation.
History:
1990 c 379 s 1; 1990 c 567 s 10; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 171