Two sides of definitions and warnings that DVS publishes beside the application, and the only place the department writes down what its vehicle classes and use types actually mean. It also carries the odometer exemption in capital letters - and that is the reason to read this page rather than the sheet, because the sheet was printed in November 2020 and one of its four exemptions has been overtaken by the calendar.
Written against PS2000B (11/2020), issued under Minnesota Statutes 168A.10. One of the four odometer exemptions on this sheet is out of date and DVS still publishes it. Take the age cut-off from the department's current deputy-registrar booklet instead, and use this sheet for the definitions, which have not moved.
Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank PS2000B from the assets.dps.mn.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.
There is nothing on this sheet to fill in and so nothing to show completed. It is two sides of definitions, warnings and instructions that DVS publishes beside the PS2000A, and it carries no fillable field, no signature line and no box for a name - the form it explains is the one shown filled in on our PS2000A page.
| On the form | What to put in it |
|---|---|
| Section A, explanation of vehicle type, vehicle class and vehicle use type | Side one is nothing but definitions: passenger vehicles, truck and bus, motorcycle and moped, trailer, manufactured home, each with the use types that may be paired with it. |
| Passenger vehicle | Automobiles used for carrying not more than 15 individuals, including the driver - and expressly including SUVs, vans, station wagons, hearses and pickup trucks with a manufactured rated capacity of three-quarter ton or less. |
| Use type definitions | Twenty-odd of them, spelled out: Classic is a vehicle manufactured between and including the years 1925 to 1948; Pioneer is one manufactured prior to 1936; Collector is at least 20 model years old, or 10 if fewer than 500 were made or imported; Street Rod is a modernised vehicle from before 1949. |
| Who completes which section | Three lines that answer the question this whole form set turns on: sellers must complete section B; purchasers or owners must complete A, C, D, E, H and I; and they may also need G and F. |
| The odometer warning | Federal and state laws require that you state the mileage in connection with the transfer of ownership on all vehicles 20 model years or newer, with damage disclosures required by Minnesota law, and a warning that failure to complete or providing a false statement may result in fines and/or imprisonment. |
| An odometer statement is not required for | Four numbered exemptions: a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 16,000 pounds; a vehicle that is not self-propelled; a vehicle already determined to be exempt; and a vehicle that is a model year of 2009 or older. |
| Section D, ownership information | How joint ownership works: all owners must sign the assignment whether the vehicle is owned as joint tenants - OR, AND/OR - or as tenants in common, which is AND with no conjunction. |
| Sections I and J | The sales tax notes: tax on a vehicle acquired for nominal or no monetary consideration is based on the average value of similar vehicles, and the only acceptable trade-in is another registered or previously registered motor vehicle. |
| The fraud warning | Any person who shall complete or submit a false or fraudulent motor vehicle purchaser's certificate with intent to defeat or evade sales tax shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for each offense shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one year or both. |
Every line here was read off PS2000B (11/2020) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.
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