Subdivision 1. Application; scope. (a) A person desiring to operate as a household goods carrier shall file an application with the commissioner on a form the commissioner prescribes. No person shall knowingly make a false or misleading statement in an application.

(b) The commissioner shall issue the permit relating to it to an applicant who has filed an application complying with this subdivision, who has paid the required fee, and who has complied with the financial responsibility requirements in section 221.141. The commissioner shall not issue a permit to an applicant who has an unsatisfactory safety rating.

(c) A permit once granted continues in full force and effect until abandoned or unless suspended or revoked, subject to compliance by the permit holder with the applicable provisions of law and the rules of the commissioner governing permit carriers.

(d) All permits granted to household goods carriers must allow statewide operation. Notwithstanding any geographical restrictions imposed upon a permit at the time it was granted or any state law or rule to the contrary, the holder of a household goods permit may operate statewide.

Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 4. [Repealed, 2008 c 350 art 1 s 97]

Subd. 5. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 6. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 6a. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 6b. [Repealed, 1999 c 238 art 2 s 92]

Subd. 6c. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 6d. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 6e. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 6f. [Repealed, 2009 c 64 s 57]

Subd. 6g. [Repealed, 2003 c 2 art 1 s 45]

Subd. 6h. [Repealed, 1999 c 238 art 2 s 92]

Subd. 7. Fee. The petitioner shall pay a fee of $150 into the treasury of the state of Minnesota for each permit applied for under this section.

History: Ex1957 c 17 s 12; 1959 c 376 s 3; 1965 c 51 s 40; 1965 c 523 s 2; 1971 c 25 s 67; 1971 c 645 s 2; 1973 c 754 s 4; 1975 c 313 s 8; 1976 c 166 s 80; 1980 c 428 s 3; 1980 c 534 s 66; 1983 c 371 s 26; 1984 c 520 s 11; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 393 art 2 s 2,3; 1988 c 544 s 13,14; 1989 c 318 s 11,12; 1992 c 578 s 40,41; 1992 c 600 s 20-26; 1993 c 213 s 5; 1994 c 635 art 1 s 18; 1996 c 321 s 1; 2001 c 213 s 30; 2008 c 350 art 1 s 74,75; 2009 c 64 s 38,39,56