# Minnesota — How long before a car left on your property or towed from it can legally be sold — by US state

For Minnesota, time to count as abandoned on private property is single-family or duplex residential property, immediately; (ii) that is private, nonresidential property, properly posted, immediately; (iii) that is private, nonresidential property, not posted, 24 hours; statutory citation is 168B.04, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Time to count as abandoned on private property:** single-family or duplex residential property, immediately; (ii) that is private, nonresidential property, properly posted, immediately; (iii) that is private, nonresidential property, not posted, 24 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** 168B.04 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 168B.04 AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND VEHICLES. § Subdivision 1. Abandoned or junk vehicles. Units of government and peace officers may take into custody and impound any abandoned or junk vehicle. § Subd. 2. Unauthorized vehicles. (a) Units of government and peace officers may take into custody and impound any unauthorized vehicle under section <https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2025/cite/168B.035> 168B.035 . (b) A vehicle may also be impounded after it has been left unattended in one of the following public or private locations for the indicated period of time: (1) in a public location not governed by section <https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2025/cite/168B.035> 168B.035 : (i) on a highway and properly tagged by a peace officer, four hours; (ii) located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public, as determined by a peace officer, immediately; (iii) located so as to constitute an accident or traffic hazard to the traveling public within the Department of Transportation's eight-county metropolitan district, as determined by an authorized employee of the department's freeway service patrol, immediately; or (iv) that is a parking facility or other public property owned or controlled by a unit of government, properly posted, four hours; or (2) on private property: (i) that is single-family or duplex residential property, immediately; (ii) that is private, nonresidential property, properly posted, immediately; (iii) that is private, nonresidential property, not posted, 24 hours; (iv) that is private, nonresidential property of an operator of an establishment for the servicing, repair, or maintenance of motor vehicles, five business days after notifyi

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/168B.04

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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