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169.85 – 169.85 | Minnesota Law

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169.85 – 169.85

Minnesota Statutes § 169.85

Summary
(a) The driver of a vehicle that has been lawfully stopped may be required by an officer to submit the vehicle and load to a weighing by means of portable or stationary scales. (b) In addition, the officer may require that the vehicle be driven to the nearest available scales, but only if: (1) the distance to the scales is no further than five miles, or if the distance from the point where the vehicle is stopped to the vehicle's destination is not increased by more than ten miles as a result o
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