Being convicted of a DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) under Minnesota law can be a traumatic experience. But the requirement that your automobile or other vehicle be fitted with what are commonly referred to as “Whiskey Plates” under Minnesota Whiskey Plates law can add to the trauma. Minnesota whiskey plates law can be difficult and often seemingly unfair. This is particularly true if you are the innocent owner of the vehicle and some other driver was convicted of the DWI. What are Whiskey Plates? How do I get them? How do I get rid of them? What are Minnesota Whiskey Plates?
What are Minnesota Whiskey Plates?
Simply put, Minnesota Whiskey Plates are special license plates that replace your impounded regular plates after a DWI. The impoundment order applies to the vehicle in which the DWI was committed even if the owner of the vehicle was not the driver. (The non-DWI driver owner is known as the “innocent owner.”) If the owner of the vehicle was convicted of the DWI, that vehicle and any other vehicle he owns must display Minnesota Whiskey Plates during the period when the regular plates are impounded; which is usually a year. In the case of an innocent owner, only the vehicle in which the offense took place must display the Minnesota Whiskey Plates. We explain below how an innocent owner can rid himself or herself of the stigma of Minnesota Whiskey Plates through administrative or legal action. It is a misdemeanor to drive a vehicle that is required to display Minnesota Whiskey Plates without doing so.
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