MN SF4235

Prohibits selling or transferring public safety vehicles to the public without first removing all identifying equipment and insignia, including emergency lights, sirens, amber warning lights, spotlights, grill lights, antennas, emblems, and emblem outlines

Requires public safety agencies, sellers, and auction houses to provide a certificate of compliance to buyers confirming all public safety markings have been removed

Commissioner of Public Safety must design and publish a standard certificate of compliance form on the agency website at no fee, using existing appropriations

Violators face liability for damages caused if the vehicle is used in a crime, plus a $2,500 civil penalty enforced by the attorney general, with penalties deposited in the Minnesota victims of crime account

Exempts sales for collection or display purposes when the vehicle is registered as a collector's item and not used for general transportation