{
 "state": "Minnesota",
 "code": "MN",
 "url": "https://cartaxhq.com/minnesota/",
 "summary": "Minnesota's yearly registration tax is $10 plus 1.575% of the car's MSRP (no destination charge), shrunk by a fixed schedule as the car ages. From year 11 it is a flat $30 total. You pay it with your tab renewal at Driver and Vehicle Services or a deputy registrar.",
 "annual": {
  "kind": "msrpSchedule",
  "per": 1000,
  "byAge": [
   {
    "age": 0,
    "mills": 15.75
   },
   {
    "age": 1,
    "mills": 14.9625
   },
   {
    "age": 2,
    "mills": 14.175
   },
   {
    "age": 3,
    "mills": 12.6
   },
   {
    "age": 4,
    "mills": 11.025
   },
   {
    "age": 5,
    "mills": 9.45
   },
   {
    "age": 6,
    "mills": 7.875
   },
   {
    "age": 7,
    "mills": 6.3
   },
   {
    "age": 8,
    "mills": 3.9375
   },
   {
    "age": 9,
    "mills": 1.575
   },
   {
    "age": 10,
    "mills": 0,
    "flat": 20
   }
  ],
  "flat": 10,
  "note": "Minn. Stat. §168.013 subd. 1a (as amended 2025, for registration periods starting on or after Jan 1, 2026). Tax = $10 + 1.575% × MSRP × the depreciation percentage. The percentages are 100, 95, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 25, and 10 for years 1–10, and the value part is $20 from year 11. Cars first registered in MN before Nov 16, 2020 use 1.54% of MSRP + destination. The tax cannot exceed the smallest amount previously paid. EVs pay an extra surcharge (0.5% of depreciated MSRP, minimum $150)."
 },
 "purchase": {
  "rate": 6.5,
  "name": "Minnesota motor vehicle sales tax (MVST)",
  "localAdds": false,
  "tradeInCredit": true,
  "note": "Some cities and counties also charge a $20 excise on vehicle purchases. General local sales taxes do not apply to cars."
 },
 "registration": "The yearly amount is the registration tax described above, plus filing and technology fees of about $12–$20. A title costs about $11 plus fees.",
 "due": "Due every year with tab renewal, by the last day of the month your tabs expire.",
 "sources": [
  {
   "title": "Minn. Stat. §168.013",
   "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/168.013"
  },
  {
   "title": "2025 Minn. Laws ch. 8 art. 2 §15",
   "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2025/1/Session+Law/Chapter/8/"
  }
 ],
 "verified": "2026-10-14",
 "places": []
}