1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying transfer requirements for certain recreational 
1.3 	vehicles;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 84.788, subdivision 5; 84.84; 
1.4 	84.922, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 84.788, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Report of ownership transfers; fee. (a) Application for transfer of ownership 
1.8 	of an off-highway motorcycle registered under this section must be made to the commissioner 
1.9 	within 15 days of the date of transfer.
1.10 	(b) An application for transfer must be executed by the registered current owner and the 
1.11 	purchaser using a bill of sale that includes the vehicle serial number.
1.12 	(c) The purchaser is subject to the penalties imposed by section 84.774 if the purchaser 
1.13 	fails to apply for transfer of ownership as provided under this subdivision.

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 84.84, is amended to read:
1.15 	84.84 TRANSFER OR TERMINATION OF SNOWMOBILE OWNERSHIP.
1.16 	(a) Within 15 days after the transfer of ownership, or any part thereof, other than a 
1.17 	security interest, or the destruction or abandonment of any snowmobile, written notice of 
1.18 	the transfer or destruction or abandonment shall be given to the commissioner in such form 
1.19 	as the commissioner shall prescribe.
1.20 	(b) An application for transfer must be executed by the registered current owner and the 
1.21 	purchaser using a bill of sale that includes the vehicle serial number.
2.1 	(c) The purchaser is subject to the penalties imposed by section 84.88 if the purchaser 
2.2 	fails to apply for transfer of ownership as provided under this subdivision. Every owner or 
2.3 	part owner of a snowmobile shall, upon failure to give notice of destruction or abandonment, 
2.4 	be subject to the penalties imposed by section 84.88.

2.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 84.922, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.6 		Subd. 4.Report of transfers. (a) Application for transfer of ownership must be made 
2.7 	to the commissioner within 15 days of the date of transfer.
2.8 	(b) An application for transfer must be executed by the registered current owner and the 
2.9 	purchaser using a bill of sale that includes the vehicle serial number.
2.10 	(c) The purchaser is subject to the penalties imposed by section 84.774 if the purchaser 
2.11 	fails to apply for transfer of ownership as provided under this subdivision.