Dec 17, 2025 | Legislation
Starting January 1, 2026, Driver and Vehicle Services will be conducting more extensive background checks on dealer license applicants. Now, federal background checks and fingerprinting will be required, in addition to state criminal history searches. This is a new...
Nov 26, 2025 | Legislation
On Tuesday, October 4, AAMVA’s Region 3 Conference in Minneapolis highlighted MADA’s role as Minnesota’s sole EVTR inventory distributor. Greg Loper, Vehicle Services Program Director for Driver and Vehicle Services, participated in an Innovations Panel where he...
Nov 25, 2025 | Legislation
As anticipated, the balance of power in the Minnesota Senate remained in a one-seat DFL majority following the results of two special elections held on November 4. District 29 in Wright County elected Republican Michael Holmstrom Jr. to fill the vacancy left by the...
Sep 4, 2025 | EV Updates, Legislation
The Minnesota Legislature has approved a significant change to how electric vehicle (EV) surcharges are calculated. Initially, both the House and Senate proposed increasing the flat EV surcharge from $75 to $200 per year to help offset declining infrastructure tax...
Sep 4, 2025 | Community, Legislation
Coming off a highly active 2025 Legislative Session, MADA successfully advanced dealer priorities despite working with one of the most evenly divided legislatures in state history. That success didn’t happen by chance. It was made possible by long-standing...
Aug 15, 2025 | Compliance, Legislation
SALE OF VEHICLES UNDER STOP-SALE/RECALL Federal law clearly prohibits dealers from selling new motor vehicles under an active recall or stop-sale order. However, neither federal law nor Minnesota law expressly prohibits franchised dealers from selling used vehicles...
