How to fill out Minnesota PS2511

The form that gets money back out of a Minnesota vehicle record, and one line on it is written for exactly the person reading this: registration in error, paid tax after vehicle sold to. Because the plate and the paid registration go with the car in Minnesota, a seller who renewed a fortnight before the handover has paid for a year on somebody else's vehicle - and Part B is where that comes back.

Written against PS2511 (5/2026), issued under Minnesota Statutes 168.32. Think about this before the sale rather than after it. Surrendering the stickers means taking them off the plate that is staying on the car, and a buyer who drives away on an unregistered vehicle has a problem of your making.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank PS2511 from the assets.dps.mn.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank PS2511 — Claim for Motor Vehicle Refund PDF at assets.dps.mn.gov · new tab

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual PS2511, rendered from the PDF the Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.

Amber — you write it
Grey — not yours to fill
Numbered — explained below

Minnesota form PS2511 filled in: Marit K. Solberg of Grand Rapids claiming a registration tax refund on a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox, plate KRV 418, VIN 2GNFLFEK7F6104782, under the registration in error ground because the tax was paid after the vehicle was sold to Desmond A. Ravenscroft of Winona on 14 August 2026, with the other four grounds and the whole sales tax part left grey. — The first side of the claim. Only one of the five grounds in Part B is used and Part C is greyed entirely, because registration tax and sales tax are different taxes and a claim almost always belongs to one of them.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
You fill this in
Part A, name and address
Your name and address at the head of the form.
Watch out: This is the registered owner as the record has them, which on a car you have just sold is still you.
2
You fill this in
Plate, sticker number, year and identification number
The row beneath: registration plate number, registration sticker number, year and vehicle identification number.
Watch out: The sticker number is on the tab itself. If the tab has already gone onto the sold car, this is the point at which the claim stops being simple.
3
You fill this in
Refund check made payable to
Who the cheque should be written to and where it should be posted.
Watch out: Usually the same as Part A. It exists because a leasing company, an estate or a business may be the party actually owed the money.
4
You fill this in
Tick registration in error
The third of the five grounds in Part B: registration in error, paid tax after vehicle sold to.
Watch out: This is the seller's line on the form. The other four are about a duplicate registration, a destroyed vehicle, a reclassification and returned stickers.
5
You fill this in
The buyer's details and the date sold
Name, street address, city, state, zip code and the date of sale, on the lines under that tick.
Watch out: Take them off your own Notice of Sale stub. That is what the stub is for, and it is the only place you will have written the buyer's address down.
6
You fill this in
Return the stickers
Not a box - the instruction at the head of Part B. The return of registration stickers is required with this form.
Watch out: In Minnesota those stickers are on a plate that is staying on the car, so this is a decision to make before the handover and not a week afterwards.
7
You fill this in
Sign and date Part A
The signature and date under the affirmation that all statements in this application are true and correct and in accordance with provisions of law.
Watch out: No notary and no witness. Like most of the Minnesota set, it stands on the signature and the sentence above it.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Part A, general information	Name and address, registration plate number, registration sticker number, year, vehicle identification number, then who the refund cheque should be made payable to and where it should be sent - with a signature and date beneath.
Part B, registration tax	Five separate grounds, each with its own tick and its own boxes: double registration, vehicle permanently destroyed, registration in error where tax was paid after the vehicle was sold, conversion to a lower class, and returned stickers.
Double registration	Sticker number on the vehicle and sticker number returned, side by side.
Vehicle permanently destroyed	Four ticks - accident, fire, flood, tornado - with a note that current plates, stickers and title must accompany the claim or no refund is due.
Registration in error, paid tax after vehicle sold to	The buyer's name, street address, city, state, zip code and the date the vehicle was sold.
Conversion to lower class	From class, to class and the date of conversion.
Part C, sales tax	Overpayment with a net purchase price, an exemption number claimed, or a credit for motor vehicle sales tax paid to another state - the last of which needs proof of payment such as a validated receipt.
Part D, other	A tick and a deep explanation box for anything the other three parts do not cover.
The sticker requirement	Printed at the head of Part B: the return of registration stickers is required with this form, though it may not be for a leased vehicle.

What gets this one rejected

•A claim with no stickers. The return of registration stickers is required with this form, and on a sold vehicle the stickers are on the plate that went with the car.
•A destroyed-vehicle claim with no title. The note under those four ticks is that current plates, stickers and title must accompany the claim or no refund is due.
•A credit for tax paid to another state with nothing to prove it. The form asks for proof of payment such as a validated receipt.
•Ticking two grounds. Each has its own boxes and its own evidence, and a form claiming a refund two ways is a form nobody can process.
•A blank date of sale on the registration-in-error line. That date is what the apportionment is worked out from.
•Assuming a refund is automatic on a sale. It is not - Minnesota's default is that the registration tax you paid is assigned to the buyer, and this form is the exception rather than the rule.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•The default is that your registration goes to the buyer. Section 168.15 makes the seller assign the paid registration tax to the buyer's credit unless the stickers are surrendered before the new registration period begins. This form is what surrendering them looks like.
•Two pages, two subjects. Part B is registration tax and Part C is sales tax. They are different taxes with different grounds and a claim usually belongs to one of them, not both.
•Part D exists for the rest. A tick and a free-text box, for a refund that does not fit any of the printed grounds. Explain it in full - nothing else on the form will.

Every line here was read off PS2511 (5/2026) 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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How to fill out Minnesota PS2511

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Part A, name and address

Plate, sticker number, year and identification number

Refund check made payable to

Tick registration in error

The buyer's details and the date sold

Return the stickers

Sign and date Part A

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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