Minnesota SR-22 Insurance: Who Needs a Filing and for How Long
No — Minnesota does not use the SR-22. Form used instead: Insurance Certification (DVS form PS35016). How long it stays on file: State form, 1 year.
- Used in this state
- No
Minnesota has no SR-22. It does require a certified insurance filing after an insurance-related license revocation, but on its own state form.
- Form
- Insurance Certification (DVS form PS35016)
Before a revoked license or registration is reinstated, the driver must file with the commissioner of public safety the written certificate of an insurance carrier authorized to do business in Minnesota. The certificate is completed by an authorized representative of the insurance company — not the agent — and mailed or faxed to Driver and Vehicle Services. A driver who owns no vehicle satisfies it by being a named insured on someone else's policy or by buying a non-owner's policy.
- How long it must stay on file
- 1 year
DVS states that insurance must be maintained for one calendar year. The statute lets the commissioner require the certificate to be certified noncancelable for a period not to exceed one year. This is a maximum, not the three-year term SR-22 states use.
- What triggers it
- Conviction for operating a vehicle without the required insurance · Failure to produce proof of insurance on an officer's demand · A department finding that required security was not provided and maintained
Minnesota's filing is insurance-driven. Alcohol and drug convictions, which trigger an SR-22 in most states, do not trigger a certificate filing here — they run through the ignition interlock program and a separate $250 fee plus $430 surcharge instead.
- If coverage lapses
- Revocation resumes until a new certificate is filed
The commissioner may require a certificate of insurance for every vehicle the person owns before reinstating the license, and may require it to be noncancelable for up to a year. If the certified coverage ends inside that year, the license is revoked again until proof is restored.
- Reinstatement fee
- $30
A single $30 fee covers reinstatement after revocations under §§ 169.791, 169.792, 169.797, 171.17 and 171.172. A driver's license agent may add a filing fee. The $250-plus-$430 figure quoted for Minnesota reinstatements applies only to impaired driving revocations.
Minnesota requires 1 year — the lowest of the 37 jurisdictions on this site. The range runs from 1 year to 3 years.
How Minnesota compares with every other state
Every statute cited for Minnesota
Why the rule looks like this
- What Changed in 2026Liability minimums doubled in Hawaii, two states dropped pure comparative fault, New Hampshire stopped inspecting cars, and three crash reporting thresholds moved — a dated account of the 2026 changes, and the ones already signed for 2027 and beyond.
- The Fine Is the Cheapest PartA first-offense fine for driving uninsured runs from $30 in Florida to a $1,500 floor in Delaware — but South Carolina's $100 fine arrives with a $700 reinstatement fee, and the reinstatement is usually the bigger number.
- The Form Some States Do Not UseAn SR-22 is a certificate, not a policy — and in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, North Carolina and Michigan the form does not exist at all.
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Checked against the primary sources above on September 27, 2026. If a figure here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it — what we have corrected so far is public.