Free Minnesota Motorcycle Bill of Sale
Twenty calendar days after the title is assigned — that's the window Minnesota gives a motorcycle buyer to apply for the new title, the same deadline it applies to cars. The machinery is otherwise refreshingly uniform: the PS2000 title application, the 6.875% Motor Vehicle Sales Tax with no local add-ons, and any deputy registrar office statewide will process it. There is no inspection of any kind for motorcycles in Minnesota, no separate bike form, and no county-by-county variation — the whole transfer reduces to one form, one flat tax, and one firm 20-day clock.
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Minnesota Motorcycle Bill of Sale — What You Need to Know
Sales Tax Details
Same 6.875% MVST applies to motorcycle sales.
Minnesota Motorcycle Sale — Step-by-Step Checklist
- Verify the frame VIN against the Minnesota title before money changes hands.
- Complete the PS2000 with VIN, year, make, model, odometer reading, sale price, date, and both signatures.
- Seller signs the title assignment with the odometer disclosure (required on motorcycles of model year 2011 or newer).
- Buyer submits everything at any deputy registrar office within 20 CALENDAR DAYS after the title is assigned — mark the calendar the day of the sale.
- Buyer pays the 6.875% Motor Vehicle Sales Tax plus title and registration fees — no county or city tax stacks on top.
- No inspections to schedule: Minnesota tests neither safety nor emissions on motorcycles.
- Buyer: carry Minnesota's two-wheel license credential before riding the purchase home.
Common Pitfalls
- Treating the bike as a lower priority than a car — Minnesota's 20-calendar-day clock runs just as fast on motorcycles, and missing it means a suspended registration.
- Skipping the odometer disclosure on a newer bike — it's required for motorcycles of model year 2011 or newer, and deputy registrars check.
- Hunting for the "motorcycle version" of the paperwork — there isn't one; the PS2000 covers bikes and the delay costs days off the deadline.
- Adding imagined local taxes to the estimate — MVST is a flat 6.875% statewide with nothing stacked on top.
Pro Tip
Minnesota motorcycles: one form (PS2000), one flat tax (6.875% MVST), zero inspections, any deputy registrar — and a 20-calendar-day clock that does not care that it's a bike.