Title XIX — MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION

301.080. Registration period in case of expired license, affidavit of nonoperation to be filed, when, failure to file, effect — period for new license. — 1. Upon application for registration of a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle, by an owner who holds license …

301.090. Registration fees — collection and deposit. — All fees for the registration of motor vehicles, trailers, certificates of title and motorcycles provided for herein shall be collected by the director of revenue and deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the st…

301.100. Registration of motor vehicles operated for first time in state. — 1. Motor vehicles not previously registered in Missouri and operated for the first time on the public highways of this state may be initially registered for less than a twelve-month period at the director…

301.110. Director may change registration periods to equalize work. — 1. Whenever the director shall determine from an increase or decrease in the number of registrations of all types of motor vehicles in any given month that the volume of clerical work of registration of all typ…

301.112. Service agent obtaining certificate of ownership for owner, definition. — For the purpose of sections 301.112 to 301.119, "motor vehicle title service agent" shall be deemed to mean any person who acts as an agent for a fee in obtaining a certificate of ownership of a mo…

301.114. Service agent required to obtain license, form, qualifications, fee. — 1. No person shall carry on or conduct a business, the purpose of which is to act as an agent for a fee in obtaining a certificate of ownership of a motor vehicle, unless licensed to do so by the depa…

301.116. Records required to be kept by service agents, time period — records open for inspection. — 1. Every licensee shall maintain for three years a record of: (1) Date of application of certificate of title of vehicles; (2) Name and address of the owner; (3) Name of the manuf…

301.117. Bond requirements for service agents — paid out, when — liability limitation. — 1. The application for licensure shall be accompanied by a corporate surety bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars and conditioned on the faithful performance of all requirements …

301.119. Revocation or suspension of license, procedure, grounds — violations, a misdemeanor. — 1. The department shall suspend or revoke a license, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard, as otherwise provided by law if it finds: (1) The license was fraudulently proc…

301.120. License plates returned, when. — When the owner of a motor vehicle moves the vehicle to another state, he shall return the license plates to the director of revenue within ninety days or upon the expiration of the period of reciprocity granted by the new state of residen…

301.121. Return of plates, partial refund. — 1. When the owner of a commercial motor vehicle registered in excess of fifty-four thousand pounds returns the license plates to the director of revenue as provided in section 301.120, but not for a license suspension or revocation, th…

301.125. Advisory committee established — purpose to develop uniform designs and common colors of license plates, members — dissolved, when. — There is hereby established an advisory committee for the department of revenue, which shall exist solely to develop uniform designs and …

301.130. License plates, required slogan and information — special plates — plates, how displayed — tabs to be used — rulemaking authority, procedure. — 1. The director of revenue, upon receipt of a proper application for registration, required fees and any other information whic…

301.131. Historic motor vehicles, permanent registration, fee — license plates — annual mileage allowed, record to be kept — penalty. — 1. Any motor vehicle over twenty-five years old which is owned solely as a collector's item and which is used and intended to be used for exhibi…

301.132. Street rod and custom vehicle certificate of title — requirements — fee — safety inspection required — plates issued, content — use of blue dot tail lights. — 1. For purposes of this section, "street rod" is a vehicle older than 1949 or a vehicle manufactured after 1948 …

301.133. Special mobile equipment exempt — when permitted on highways, exception. — 1. Special mobile equipment may be moved on the highways of this state from one job location to another or to or from places of storage, delivery or repair without complying with the provisions of…

301.134. Daughters of the American Revolution special license plates, application, fee. — 1. Daughters of the American Revolution who have obtained an emblem-use authorization statement from the Missouri State Society Daughters of the American Revolution may apply for Missouri St…

301.135. Personalized license plate — design and color — fee. — Any motor vehicle which is eligible for permanent registration pursuant to the provisions of section 301.131 may also be licensed by the owner thereof with personalized license plates in the same manner as that other…

301.136. Camping or fifth-wheel trailers over 25 years old, permanent registration of — registration of historic license plates. — 1. Any camping or fifth-wheel trailer, as defined in section 407.1320, that is over twenty-five years old may be permanently registered upon payment …

301.139. Parking cones for disabled — rulemaking procedure. — 1. The director of the department of revenue shall, upon the request of any person who is issued special license plates or a removable windshield placard pursuant to section 301.142 and who uses a wheelchair or transpo…

301.140. Plates removed on transfer or sale of vehicles — use by purchaser — reregistration — use of dealer plates — temporary permits, fees — credit, when — additional temporary license plate may be purchased, when — salvage vehicles, temporary permits — rulemaking authority. — …

301.141. Fraudulent procurement, use, or certification of disabled person license plates — penalty — health care practitioners, false physician's statement, penalty. — 1. Fraudulent procurement or use of disabled-person license plates or windshield placards shall be a class B mis…

301.142. Plates for disabled and placard for windshield — definitions — physician statements, requirements — issued when — death of disabled person, effect — lost or stolen placard, replacement of, fee — penalties for certain fraudulent acts. — 1. As used in sections 301.141 to 3…

301.143. Parking space for physically disabled may be established by political subdivisions and others — signs, violations, enforcement, penalty — handicap and handicapped prohibited on signage, when. — 1. As used in this section, the term "vehicle" shall have the same meaning gi…

301.144. Personalized license plates, appearance, fees — new plates every three years without charge — obscene or offensive plates prohibited — amateur radio operators, plates, how marked — repossessed vehicles, placards — retired U.S. military plates, how marked. — 1. The direct…

301.145. Congressional Medal of Honor, special license plates. — Any person who has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor may apply for special motor vehicle license plates for any vehicle he or she owns, either solely or jointly, other than commercial vehicles weighing o…

301.146. Law enforcement or public safety agency may request special licenses, granted when — confidentiality. — 1. Any federal, state, county or municipal law enforcement or public safety agency may request the issuance of special license plates and drivers licenses. Upon receip…

301.147. Biennial registration, requirements, fee — rulemaking authority, procedure — staggering registration periods. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.020 to the contrary, beginning July 1, 2000, the director of revenue may provide owners of motor vehicles, oth…

301.149. Proof of insurance by electronic image permitted, when — mobile electronic device defined. — 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, proof of financial responsibility required for vehicle registration under section 301.147 may be provided by displaying an electronic …

301.150. Sale of vehicle, procedure to follow — use of voided plates, penalty for. — 1. License plates issued to owners of motor vehicles registered pursuant to the monthly series system of registration as provided in section 301.030 shall be removed on the sale or transfer of ow…

301.160. License plate prima facie evidence fees paid. — Upon approval of the application for registration of a motor vehicle or trailer and when the required fee has been paid to the department of revenue, the department shall forward or deliver to the applicant the registration…

301.175. Maintenance trip permits for local commercial vehicle — definition — disposition of fees — utility emergencies, use of local commercial vehicles to restore service beyond license zone. — 1. Upon the application for and payment of a fee of five dollars the director of rev…

301.190. Certificate of registration — application, contents — special requirements, certain vehicles — fees — failure to obtain within time limit, delinquency penalty — duration of certificate — unlawful to operate without certificate — certain vehicles brought into state in a w…

301.191. Certificate of ownership, homemade trailers — inspection, fee — manufacturers' identifying number plate. — 1. When an application is made for an original Missouri certificate of ownership for a previously untitled trailer which is stated to be homemade, the applicant sha…

301.192. Bonded vehicles, certificate of ownership may be issued, requirements — bond, release of, when. — 1. In addition to any other requirements of section 301.190, when application is made for a certificate of ownership for a motor vehicle or trailer seven years old or older …

301.193. Abandoned property, titling of, privately owned real estate, procedure — salvage or junking certificate authorized, when — watercraft titled through claims adjustment process, certificate of title authorized, when. — 1. Any person who purchases or is the owner of real pr…

301.196. Transferors of interest in motor vehicles or trailers, notice to revenue, when, form — exceptions. — 1. Beginning January 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided in this section, the transferor of an interest in a motor vehicle or trailer listed on the face of a Missouri t…

301.197. Notification of transfer of interest included in revenue records, when — application for new title, failure to apply, effect — rulemaking authority. — 1. Beginning January 1, 2006, upon receipt of a notification of transfer described in section 301.196, the department sh…

301.198. Submitting false information about transfer of a vehicle, offense of, penalty. — 1. Beginning January 1, 2006, a person commits the offense of knowingly submitting false information about transfer of a vehicle if the person submits a notice of transfer of an interest in …

301.200. Sales by dealers. — 1. In the case of dealers, a certificate of ownership or proof that a dealer has applied for a certificate of ownership or that a prior lien has been satisfied by the dealer shall be required in the case of each motor vehicle in his possession, and th…

301.210. Sale and transfer of vehicles, procedure — assignment of certificate — new certificate — notice of sale to nonresident — director of revenue to keep file — motor vehicle dealer, certificate of ownership requirements. — 1. In the event of a sale or transfer of ownership o…

301.213. Dealers may purchase or accept in trade vehicles subject to existing liens, when — sale of vehicles subject to lien, when — replacement certificate, when — liability, when — violation, penalty. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 301.200 and 301.210, any pers…

301.215. Certificate of title on repossession under mortgage, issuance — contents — application — notice — rulemaking authority. — 1. When the holder of any indebtedness secured by a security agreement or other contract for security covering a motor vehicle or trailer, who has a …

301.216. Department investigators deemed peace officers while acting in scope of authority, when — limitation on power to arrest. — Department investigators licensed as peace officers by the director of the department of public safety under chapter 590 shall be deemed to be peace…

301.217. Definitions — salvaged motor vehicle title may be issued, when, procedure. — 1. As used in sections 301.217 to 301.229, the following words and phrases mean: (1) "Purchaser", the buyer of a salvage vehicle, including an insurance company for purposes of sections 301.217 …

301.218. Licenses required for certain businesses — buyers at salvage pool or salvage disposal sale, requirements — records to be kept of sales by operator. — 1. No person shall, except as an incident to the sale, repair, rebuilding or servicing of vehicles by a licensed franchis…

301.219. Application to be submitted, contents — fee. — Application for a license shall be submitted biennially and shall be made on the form the department prescribes, containing the name of the applicant, the address where business is to be conducted, the kind of business, enum…

301.221. Application to be submitted, contents, requirements to obtain license — fee. — 1. The department shall file each application received by it with the required fee, and when satisfied that the applicant, if an individual, or each of the partners or principal officers of th…

301.223. Suspension or revocation of license. — The department shall suspend or revoke a license, upon notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard, if it finds: (1) The license was fraudulently procured or erroneously issued; (2) The applicant, or any partner or principal offic…

301.225. Licensees to maintain records — inspection of premises. — Every person licensed or required to be licensed shall maintain for three years on vehicles not more than seven years old a record of: (1) Every vehicle or used transmission, rear end, cowl, frame, body, front end…