Aint this a laugh? (vehicle registration)
Here's Minnesota's
Collector Vehicle Registration Applications for registration in one of the collector classes must be made at a deputy registrar office or by mailing an [ame="https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/dvs/forms-documents/Documents/MV_TitleandRegisterMotorVehicleApplication.pdf"]Application to Title/Register a Motor Vehicle (PS2000)[/ame] and appropriate fees to:
Driver and Vehicle Services
445 Minnesota Street, Suite 164
St. Paul, MN 55101.
- Vehicles registered in any of the collector classes are restricted to operation solely as a collector item. These vehicles cannot be used for general transportation purposes.
- You will be issued a 60-day permit if applying at a deputy registrar office so you may operate the vehicle until you receive your license plates in the mail.
- Initial Application Fees: $15.00 for double plates, $13.50 for a single plate, $25 one-time registration tax ($10 for Classic Motorcycle) plus a $10 filing fee.
- Collector plates may be personalized. See the Personalized Plates section above for fees and restrictions.
- For additional information about the following Collector Classes please visit your local motor vehicle office or email [email protected].
Collector Classes and Requirements Pioneer Plates
- May be displayed on any motor vehicle (except recreational) manufactured prior to 1936.
Classic Plates
- May be displayed on any motor vehicle manufactured between and including the years 1925-1948, designated as a classic car under Minnesota Statutes, section 168.10 subdivision 1b, excluding any type of commercial or recreational vehicle.
Collector Plates
- May be displayed on any motor vehicle (except recreational) that is at least 20 model years old and manufactured after 1935.
- At the time of application, owners must certify that they have one or more vehicles registered with regular Minnesota license plates.
Street Rod Plates
- May be displayed on any modernized motor vehicle manufactured prior to the year 1949 or any motor vehicle designed and manufactured to resemble a motor vehicle manufactured prior to 1949.
- At the time of application, owners must certify that they have one or more vehicles registered with regular Minnesota license plates.
Classic Motorcycle Plates
- May be displayed on any motorcycle that is at least 20 model years old, original in appearance, and owned solely as a collector's item.
- At the time of application, owners must certify that they have one or more vehicles registered with regular Minnesota license plates.
Original Minnesota Plates
- Original Plates are not plates issued by Driver and Vehicle Services.
- Original plates are plates originally issued by the State of Minnesota with an issue year that is the same as the vehicle model year, or that display a tab or registration sticker that is the same as the vehicle model year (i.e., an original 1965 license plate with a 1966 validation sticker may be used on a 1966 vehicle).
- May be displayed on any vehicle that qualifies for collector registration or is at least 20 years old registered in the passenger class.
- The original plate cannot conflict with a license plate series currently in use, or reserved for use by the department.
- Original plates cannot be displayed until the Driver and Vehicle Services Division approves the application.
- Plates made for novelty or collector purposes are not allowed to be displayed on the vehicle while it is operating on streets and highways.