Form 2290 in Minnesota: Schedule 1 & Heavy Truck Registration
What Minnesota requires when you register a vehicle at 55,000 pounds or more — who checks your Schedule 1, where, and what else the state wants alongside it.
Registering agency
Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS), Department of Public Safety
You register at
State offices
Federal threshold
55,000 pounds
Where Minnesota wants your Schedule 1
DVS requires proof of Heavy Vehicle Use Tax for all vehicles over 54,999 pounds — Minnesota phrases the threshold that way rather than the usual "55,000 or more," though it draws the same line. Transactions run through the statewide network of deputy registrar offices.
Whichever counter you end up at, the document is the same: the Schedule 1 the IRS returns after processing your Form 2290, either manually stamped or carrying the e-file watermark. E-filing returns it within minutes, which matters when registration or a plate renewal is waiting on it.
Everything expires in February, and the plate carries two stickers
Minnesota apportioned plates expire in February each year rather than on a staggered or anniversary schedule, so the whole fleet renews together. The plate displays two stickers — a year validation sticker and a gross weight sticker — and registration is based on gross vehicle weight.
Apportioned (IRP) registration in Minnesota
If you run in two or more jurisdictions, you register through the International Registration Plan rather than as a purely intrastate vehicle. In Minnesota that is handled by DVS IRP/IFTA (Prorate) unit, e-Services for Business (651-201-7777). Proof of HVUT payment is part of the IRP application and renewal — an apportioned account cannot add a taxable vehicle whose Form 2290 is unpaid.
The federal side, unchanged by state
| Tax period | July 1 – June 30 |
| Deadline | August 31 for vehicles in service in July; otherwise the last day of the month after first use |
| E-file required | When reporting 25 or more taxed vehicles |
| Suspended vehicles | 5,000 miles or less (7,500 agricultural) — no tax, but you still file and still get a Schedule 1 |
Minnesota Form 2290 questions
Where do I show my stamped Schedule 1 in Minnesota?⌄
Do intrastate-only trucks in Minnesota need Form 2290?⌄
Who handles apportioned (IRP) plates in Minnesota?⌄
Official Minnesota sources
- Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS), Department of Public Safety — commercial vehicle registration
- Minnesota guidance referencing Form 2290 / Schedule 1
- IRS Trucking Tax Center
State registration rules and fees change — confirm current requirements with Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services (DVS), Department of Public Safety before filing or registering. This page covers the federal Form 2290 as it applies to Minnesota registration and is not tax or legal advice.
File once, register anywhere
E-file Form 2290 with Send 2290 and get the IRS-watermarked Schedule 1 Minnesota accepts — usually within minutes of IRS acceptance.