Minn. Stat. § 170.54 (1998) provides that the owner of a motor vehicle is* vicariously liable for damages caused by one who is operating the vehicle with the owner’s consent. Milbank Mut. Ins. Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guar. Co., 332 N.W.2d 160, 167 (Minn.1983). Minn. Stat. § 168A.10 (1998) creates a rebuttable presumption that the owner of record is the owner. See Welle v. Prozinski, 258 N.W.2d 912, 916 (Minn.1977). Therefore, because the title was not transferred, the pickup’s presumed owner of record at the time of the accident was Stoffel, who had sold it to respondents. But the purchase agreement by which respondents sold the pickup to Gumtow rebuts the presumption that either Stoffel or respondent owned it.

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