Minnesota Statutes Transportation (Ch. 160-174A) § 168B.09. Disposal authority

Subdivision 1. Units of government. A unit of government may contract with others or may utilize its own equipment and personnel for the inventory of impounded motor vehicles and abandoned scrap metal and, if no bids are received, may utilize its own equipment and personnel for the collection, storage and transportation of these vehicles and abandoned scrap metal; provided, however, that a unit of government may utilize its own equipment and personnel for the collection and storage of not more than five abandoned or unauthorized vehicles without advertising for or receiving bids in any 120-day period.

Subd. 2. Local laws. Units of government may adopt ordinances and regulations to control the matter subject tosections 168B.01to168B.101, so long as the ordinances and regulations are not less stringent than the provisions ofsections 168B.01to168B.101or the rules of the agency.