§ 1305.01. Parking: securing ignitions.

Subdivision 1. General rule. A person parking a motor vehicle on a City street or alley or in any City parking area shall secure the ignition so that it may not then be started by another, except that public road maintenance or public safety emergency equipment, which by its nature is difficult to restart, may be kept running if the vehicle is secured and locked so as to prevent access to its driving controls by the public. If the ignition is secured by a key, the person shall remove the key and take it with him.

Subd. 2. Right to impound keys. Whenever a police officer finds a motor vehicle standing unattended with the ignition key in the vehicle in violation of this section, such police officer is authorized and empowered to remove such key from the vehicle and to deliver the key to the main Department of Public Safety office.