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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.440 - Owner's failure to indicate lienholder on title application, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
306.440. Owner's failure to indicate lienholder on title application, penalty. —
Failure by the owner to indicate the lienholder of a lien or encumbrance attached to the outboard motor, motorboat, vessel, or watercraft at time of making application for title is a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 301.740, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2008)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.455 - Certificate of title for outboard motors and vessels in names of two or more persons, presumptions — exception.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
306.455. Certificate of title for outboard motors and vessels in names of two or more persons, presumptions — exception. —
When the director of revenue issues a certificate of title for an outboard motor or vessel in the names of two or more persons, it shall be presumed that ownership of the outboard motor or vessel is held by the persons shown on the title as joint tenants with right of survivorship or as tenants by the entirety if the owners are husband and wife, unless at the time the application for a certificate of title is filed with the director of revenue, the application states that ownership of the outboard motor or vessel is held as tenants in common.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 605 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.456 - Certificate of title for outboard motors and vessels in one person's name, may be surrendered, new certificate issued for one or more other persons — fee.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
306.456. Certificate of title for outboard motors and vessels in one person's name, may be surrendered, new certificate issued for one or more other persons — fee. —
A certificate of title for an outboard motor or vessel issued in the name of only one person, on application of that person and payment of the fee required for an original certificate of title, may be surrendered to and a new certificate issued by the director of revenue in the name of that person and one or more other persons; and the current valid certificate of number shall be so transferred into the names of the owners shown on the new certificate.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 605 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.458 - Certificate of title, two or more persons, not held as tenants in common, death of one tenant, transfer to surviving owners, procedure, fee — tenants in common, death of one tenant, procedure to transfer, fee.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
306.458. Certificate of title, two or more persons, not held as tenants in common, death of one tenant, transfer to surviving owners, procedure, fee — tenants in common, death of one tenant, procedure to transfer, fee. —
1. A certificate of title for an outboard motor or vessel issued in the names of two or more persons that does not show on the face of the certificate that the persons hold their interest in the outboard motor or vessel as tenants in common, on death of one of the named persons, may be transferred to the surviving owner or owners. On proof of death of one of the persons in whose names the certificate was issued, surrender of the outstanding certificate of title, and on application and payment of the fee for an original certificate of title, the director of revenue shall issue a new certificate for the outboard motor or vessel to the surviving owner or owners; and the current valid certificate of number shall be so transferred. The directive to the director of revenue also shall permit the beneficiary or beneficiaries to make one reassignment of the original certificate of ownership upon the death of the owner to another owner without transferring the certificate to the beneficiary or beneficiaries name.
2. A certificate of title for an outboard motor or vessel, issued in the names of two or more persons that shows on its face that the persons hold their interest in the outboard motor or vessel as tenants in common, on death of one of the named persons, may be transferred by the director of revenue on application by the surviving owners and the personal representative or successors of the deceased owner. Upon being presented proof of death of one of the persons in whose names the certificate of title was issued; surrender of the outstanding certificate of title, and on application and payment of the fee for an original certificate of title, the director of revenue shall issue a new certificate of title for the outboard motor or vessel to the surviving owners and personal representative or successors of the deceased owner; and the current valid certificate of number shall be transferred.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 605 § 8, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1511)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.463 - Death of owner and no surviving owner or beneficiary, director of revenue may transfer and issue new certificate, when, procedure to obtain.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
306.463. Death of owner and no surviving owner or beneficiary, director of revenue may transfer and issue new certificate, when, procedure to obtain. —
If an owner dies and no surviving owner or surviving beneficiary exists, on proof of death of all persons shown on the certificate of title, surrender of the outstanding certificate of title, and on application and payment of the fee for an original certificate of title, the director of revenue may rely on, transfer and issue a new certificate of title in accordance with one of the following:
(1) A certified copy of a court order approving the transfer, refusing to issue letters of administration, terminating administration or authorizing distribution of the deceased owner's estate;
(2) A small estate affidavit with the certificate of the clerk of the probate division of the circuit court, as provided in section 473.097; or
(3) A notarized application for transfer from a personal representative of the deceased owner accompanied by a copy of the personal representative's letters of administration or letters testamentary together with a court order approving the transfer or a statement that the personal representative has authority under section 473.457 or subdivision (16) of section 473.810 to make the transfer without court order.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 605 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.465 - Rules and regulations, authority to promulgate, procedure.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
306.465. Rules and regulations, authority to promulgate, procedure. —
The director of revenue may promulgate rules to implement sections 301.675 to 301.682 and sections 306.455 to 306.465. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 301.675 to 301.682 and sections 306.455 to 306.465 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(L. 1987 H.B. 605 § 11, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.530 - Registration of outboard motors.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
306.530. Registration of outboard motors. —
1. The owner of an outboard motor kept within this state shall cause it to be registered in the office of the director of revenue who shall issue a certificate of title for the same.
2. The owner of any outboard motor acquired or brought into the state shall file his application for registration and pay the fee within sixty days after it is acquired or brought into this state. The director of revenue may grant extensions of time for registration to any person in deserving cases.
3. Any make of outboard motor older than 1960 which is owned solely as a collector's item and which is used and intended to be used for exhibition and educational purposes only and will not be used on the waterways of this state will be exempt from titling and registration pursuant to this chapter.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 §§ 1, 3, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.532 - Certificate of title to designate year of manufacture

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012, 2 histories
306.532. Certificate of title to designate year of manufacture —
Effective August 28, 2012, the certificate of title for a new outboard motor shall designate the year the outboard motor was manufactured as the "Year Manufactured" and shall further designate the year the dealer received the new outboard motor from the manufacturer as the "Model Year-NEW". Any outboard motor manufactured on or after July first of any year shall be labeled with the "Year Manufactured" with the calendar year immediately following the year manufactured, unless the manufacturer indicates a specific model or program year.
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(L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al., A.L. 2012 S.B. 480 merged with S.B. 568 merged with S.B. 719)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.535 - Applications, contents, fee — not made within certain period, delinquency fee.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
306.535. Applications, contents, fee — not made within certain period, delinquency fee. —
1. Applications shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished to the applicant, upon demand, by the director of revenue.
2. The application shall contain a brief description of the outboard motor to be registered, the name of manufacturer, the factory number or serial number, the type and color of the outboard motor, the amount of motive power stated in figures of horsepower, and the name and address, including county, of the owner; and a declaration and affidavit of ownership, showing the date and from whom purchased.
3. The fee for registering and issuing a license shall be two dollars, and the fee for a certificate of title shall be five dollars, both of which fees shall be paid to the director of revenue at the time of making the application.
4. If application for the certificate of title is not made within sixty days after the outboard motor is acquired or brought into the state by the applicant, a delinquency penalty fee of ten dollars for each thirty days of delinquency, not to exceed a total of thirty dollars, shall be imposed. If the director of revenue learns that any person has failed to make application for a certificate of title within sixty days after acquiring or bringing into the state an outboard motor or has sold an outboard motor without obtaining a certificate of title, he shall cancel the registration of all outboard motors registered in the name of the person, either as sole owner or as a co-owner, and shall notify the person that the cancellation shall remain in force until the person pays the delinquency penalty fee provided in this subsection together with all fees, charges and payments which he should have paid in connection with the certificate of title and registration of the outboard motor.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 §§ 2, 3, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al.)
Effective 4-01-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.540 - Registration by director of revenue, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
306.540. Registration by director of revenue, when. —
Upon receipt of an application for registration of an outboard motor the director of revenue shall file the application in his office and register the described outboard motor, with the name, residence and business address of the owner, together with the essential facts stated in the application, in a book or books to be kept by him for the purpose, under the registration number to be assigned by him to the described outboard motor, which book, or books shall be open to public inspection during reasonable business hours.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.545 - Registration number — placement.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
306.545. Registration number — placement. —
1. Upon the payment of the registration fee and the approval of the application, the director of revenue shall assign a registration number to the described outboard motor by which it may be identified during the current registration period; and shall issue and deliver to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the manufacturer's identification number or serial number, name and address of the owner, and other particulars shown in the application, together with one decal which shall contain the outboard motor registration number. The decal shall be in a form as the director shall prescribe.
2. The owner shall secure the registration decal to the outside of the outboard motor in a conspicuous place. Unless otherwise provided by law, no person shall operate, use or keep any outboard motor in this state unless a registration decal is affixed.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 § 5, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.555 - Inspection of outboard motors.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
306.555. Inspection of outboard motors. —
For the purposes of reasonable and proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of sections 306.530 to 306.575 all outboard motors within this state shall be subject to inspection by peace officers.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.560 - Outboard motor registration not required for manufacturers, visitors in state, and motors used solely for racing.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
306.560. Outboard motor registration not required for manufacturers, visitors in state, and motors used solely for racing. —
The provisions of sections 306.530 to 306.575 requiring registration of outboard motors in the office of the director of revenue of this state shall not apply to manufacturers or dealers in new unregistered outboard motors; nor shall it apply to nonresident persons who may be visiting or vacationing in this state for not more than sixty consecutive days at one time, or to outboard motors used on motorboats designed and intended solely for racing while competing in any race previously approved by the water patrol division in accordance with section 306.130, including operation within a twenty-four-hour period prior to such approved race in order to test or tune up the outboard motor.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 § 8, A.L. 1993 H.B. 218)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.565 - Fees — disposition.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
306.565. Fees — disposition. —
All registration fees and other fees and money received by the director of revenue, pursuant to this law for registration of outboard motors, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 § 9, A. 1949 S.B. 1110)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.570 - Destruction of records.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
306.570. Destruction of records. —
The director of revenue is authorized, at his discretion, to destroy by burning with fire, any letters, correspondence, papers and documents, remaining in the files, pertaining to the registration of outboard motors, after four years from their date.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.575 - Penalty for violation.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
306.575. Penalty for violation. —
Any person, firm, partner, organization, association or corporation, or any agent or officer thereof, required by sections 306.530 to 306.575 to register an outboard motor and to pay the registration fee, who fails to do so in the time and manner prescribed, and any person who shall remove or obliterate the factory number or the serial number from any registered outboard motor or cause the same to be done without the written consent of the director of revenue, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished as provided by law.
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(L. 1945 p. 1191 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.900 - Direct molding process — use of to duplicate hulls prohibited, when — damages and injunctive relief, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
306.900. Direct molding process — use of to duplicate hulls prohibited, when — damages and injunctive relief, when. —
1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Direct molding process"
, any direct molding process in which the original manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel is itself used as a plug for the making of the mold, which is then used to manufacture a duplicate item;
(2)
"Mold"
, a matrix or form in which a substance or material is shaped;
(3)
"Person"
, any individual, partnership, corporation, firm or association;
(4)
"Plug"
, a device or model used to make a mold for the purpose of exact duplication.
2. (1) No person shall use the direct molding process to duplicate for the purpose of sale any manufactured vessel hull or component part of a vessel made by another person without the written permission of that other person.
(2) No person shall knowingly sell a vessel hull or component part of a vessel duplicated in violation of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
3. (1) Any person injured in his business by virtue of any violation of subsection 2 may sue and shall recover threefold the damages incurred by virtue of such violation and the costs of suit and reasonable attorney's fees.
(2) Any person injured in his business by virtue of any violation of subsection 2 may sue for injunctive relief and injunctive relief may be granted regardless of the failure of the plaintiff to show irreparable injury.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al. § 3)
Effective 4-01-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.903 - Abandonment of boat dock, penalty — retrieval and disposal — identifying information on dock required, when, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
Effective - 28 Aug 2009
306.903. Abandonment of boat dock, penalty — retrieval and disposal — identifying information on dock required, when, penalty. —
1. Any person who abandons a boat dock and permits it to float freely without being moored upon lakes having at least nine hundred fifty miles of aggregate shoreline is guilty of an infraction, the penalty for which shall be a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars.
2. Any person who abandons a boat dock shall be responsible for the retrieval and disposal of such boat dock. Any person who violates subsection 1 of this section and who does not properly retrieve and dispose of such abandoned boat dock shall, upon a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt for such an offense, be ordered to reimburse the appropriate law enforcement agency, including the water patrol division, for the costs associated with the retrieval and disposal of the abandoned boat dock. The law enforcement agency may establish a schedule of such costs. However, the court may reduce the costs if it determines that the costs are excessive.
3. The water patrol division may accept gifts, grants, in-kind services and appropriations, and may enter into contracts with private or public entities for the enforcement and administration of this section.
4. Beginning January 1, 2010, any person owning a boat dock on lakes having at least nine hundred fifty miles of shoreline and lakes constructed or maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers except bodies of water owned by a person, corporation, association, partnership, municipality or other political subdivision, public water supply impoundments, and except drainage ditches construction by a drainage district, but not to include any body of water which has been leased to or owned by the state department of conservation shall display identifying information on the dock, including but not limited to, a permit number issued to the owner by an entity having authority to issue such identification or permit number and the appropriate 911 address or in the absence of a 911 system, the physical address nearest to the dock by land. Any person owning a boat dock on lakes having at least nine hundred fifty miles of aggregate shoreline who violates this subsection may be guilty of an infraction, the penalty for which shall not exceed twenty-five dollars.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379, A.L. 2009 H.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.910 - Recreational water use — definitions — brochure, distribution, limitation on cost of.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
Effective - 28 Aug 2015
306.910. Recreational water use — definitions — brochure, distribution, limitation on cost of. —
1. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall mean:
(1)
"Outfitter"
, any individual, group, corporation, or other business entity which is a registered member of the Missouri Canoe and Floaters Association;
(2)
"Water patrol division"
, the water patrol division of the state highway patrol;
(3)
"Watercraft"
, any canoe, kayak, raft, innertube, or other flotation device propelled by the use of paddles, oars, or other nonmotorized means of propulsion.
2. By January 1, 2016, the water patrol division shall develop an informational brochure regarding the laws, regulations, and associated penalties relating to recreational water use as they pertain to individuals participating in the recreational use of the state's streams or rivers.
3. The water patrol division shall distribute the informational brochures developed under this section to all campgrounds and outfitters that rent or provide watercraft for use on a stream or river.
4. No more than one hundred thousand dollars shall be expended on the development and printing of the informational brochure under this section.
5. The water patrol division shall distribute the informational brochures developed under this section to all county commissioners in this state.
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(L. 2015 S.B. 231)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.005 - Light-emitting diodes deemed operating properly, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
Effective - 28 Aug 2017
307.005. Light-emitting diodes deemed operating properly, when. —
For purposes of this chapter, a lamp, light, or other piece of lighting equipment consisting of multiple light-emitting diodes shall be deemed to be operating properly so long as not less than seventy-five percent of the light-emitting diodes are operating properly.
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(L. 2017 S.B. 8 merged with S.B. 222)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.010 - Loads which might become dislodged to be secured — failure, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
307.010. Loads which might become dislodged to be secured — failure, penalty. —
1. All motor vehicles, and every trailer and semitrailer operating upon the public highways of this state and carrying goods or material or farm products which may reasonably be expected to become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer as a result of wind pressure or air pressure and/or by the movement of the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer shall have a protective cover or be sufficiently secured so that no portion of such goods or material can become dislodged and fall from the vehicle, trailer or semitrailer while being transported or carried.
2. Operation of a motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer in violation of this section shall be a class C misdemeanor, and any person convicted thereof shall be punished as provided by law.
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(L. 1967 p. 417 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.015 - Mud flaps required, certain motor vehicles — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories
307.015. Mud flaps required, certain motor vehicles — violation, penalty. —
1. Trucks, semitrailers, and trailers, except utility trailers, without rear fenders, attached to a commercial motor vehicle registered for over twenty-four thousand pounds shall be equipped with mud flaps for the rear wheels when operated on the public highways of this state. If mud flaps are used, they shall be wide enough to cover the full tread width of the tire or tires being protected; shall be so installed that they extend from the underside of the vehicle body in a vertical plane behind the rear wheels to within twelve inches of the ground for dump trucks and within eight inches of the ground for all other vehicles required to be equipped with mud flaps under this section; and shall be constructed of a rigid material or a flexible material which is of a sufficiently rigid character to provide adequate protection when the vehicle is in motion. No provisions of this section shall apply to a motor vehicle in transit and in process of delivery equipped with temporary mud flaps, to farm implements, or to any vehicle which is not required to be registered.
2. For purposes of this section,
"dump truck"
means a truck whose contents can be emptied without handling, where the front end of the platform can be hydraulically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity.
3. Any person who violates this section is guilty of an infraction and, upon plea or finding of guilt, shall be punished as provided by law.
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(L. 1967 p. 417 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1991 S.B. 292, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.020 - Definitions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
307.020. Definitions. —
As used in sections 307.020 to 307.120, unless the context requires another or different construction:
(1)
"Approved"
means approved by the director of revenue and when applied to lamps and other illuminating devices means that such lamps and devices must be in good working order;
(2)
"Auxiliary lamp"
means an additional lighting device on a motor vehicle used primarily to supplement the headlamps in providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle;
(3)
"Headlamp"
means a major lighting device capable of providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle;
(4)
"Mounting height"
means the distance from the center of the lamp to the surface on which the vehicle stands;
(5)
"Multiple-beam headlamps"
means headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use one of two or more distributions of light on the road;
(6)
"Reflector"
means an approved device designed and used to give an indication by reflected light;
(7)
"Single-beam headlamps"
means headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use but one distribution of light on the road;
(8)
"Vehicle"
means every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks;
(9)
"When lighted lamps are required"
means at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet ahead. Lighted lamps shall also be required any time the weather conditions require usage of the motor vehicle's windshield wipers to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner as defined in section 304.012. The provisions of this section shall be interpreted to require lighted lamps during periods of fog even if usage of the windshield wipers is not necessary to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386c, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.)
(1953) Instruction submitting issue as to unlighted vehicle on highway held proper in case where motor vehicle collided with rear of unlighted truck. Arky v. Kessels (A.), 262 S.W.2d 357.
(1957) Court took judicial notice of fact that sun sets before 8:00 p.m. on May 17. State v. Powell (Mo.), 306 S.W.2d 531.
(1958) Permitting car to remain on roadway without lights at time lights were required by law held negligence per se. Glenn v. Offutt (A.), 309 S.W.2d 366.
(1976) Motorized wheelchair is a "vehicle" and subject to highway regulations. Vanasse v. Plautz (A.), 538 S.W.2d 928.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.025 - Exemptions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 2 histories
307.025. Exemptions. —
The subsequent provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment and lights on vehicles shall not apply to agricultural machinery and implements, road machinery, road rollers, traction engines, motorized bicycles, electric bicycles as defined in section 301.010, or farm tractors except as in this chapter made applicable.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386b, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051, A.L. 2021 S.B. 176)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.030 - Approval of lighting equipment — rules and regulations — fee — revocation or suspension of certificate, rulemaking procedure.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
307.030. Approval of lighting equipment — rules and regulations — fee — revocation or suspension of certificate, rulemaking procedure. —
1. The director of the department of public safety is hereby given authority to pass upon the lighting equipment of any vehicle, motor vehicle, or motor-drawn vehicle with a view to its safety for use on a street or highway.
2. The director of the department of public safety is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter, and publish same. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
3. The director of the department of public safety may require the approval of any lighting equipment or lighting device, and charge a fee therefor of fifty dollars for each device or each single lighting device submitted for approval, and may set up the procedure which may be followed when any lighting equipment or lighting device is submitted for approval.
4. The director of the department of public safety may revoke or suspend for cause, after hearing, any certificate of approval that may be issued covering any lighting equipment or lighting device under this chapter.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.035 - Director's decisions final, when — appeal to board — hearing and decisions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
307.035. Director's decisions final, when — appeal to board — hearing and decisions. —
1. The decisions of the director of the department of public safety under the provisions of sections 307.020 to 307.120, shall be final unless appealed as herein provided and shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant.
2. Within thirty days of the receipt of the decision, the applicant may appeal to a board of review composed of the lieutenant governor, and the members of the state highways and transportation commission, by filing with the lieutenant governor, a written notice of his intention to appeal and setting forth the grounds thereof.
3. Within thirty days after receiving such notice the board shall hear the appeal by hearing such evidence as the applicant or the director of the department of public safety shall present and making such investigations and tests as the board deems necessary. In the case of a tie vote of the board on such appeal, the board shall call upon the chief engineer of the state transportation department to hear the evidence, make such investigations and tests as he may deem necessary and cast the deciding vote.
4. The board shall certify to the applicant its findings, which shall be final, except that the same may be reviewed in the proper court by certiorari.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386t, A. 1949 S.B. 1113)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Administrative procedure and review, generally, Chap. 536
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.040 - When lights required — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
307.040. When lights required — violation, penalty. —
1. No person shall drive, move, park or be in custody of any vehicle or combination of vehicles on any street or highway during the times when lighted lamps are required unless such vehicle or combination of vehicles displays lighted lamps and illuminating devices as hereinafter in this chapter required. No person shall use on any vehicle any approved electric lamp or similar device unless the light source of such lamp or device complies with the conditions of approval as to focus and rated candlepower.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, or any other provision of law, violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction and any person who violates this section as it relates to violations of the usage of lighted lamps required due to weather conditions or fog shall only be fined ten dollars and no court costs shall be assessed.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386d, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.)
(1967) Subject to the exception stated in the first paragraph of section 304.450, RSMo, the lighting requirements imposed by sections 304.310 and 304.380, RSMo, are applicable to a vehicle parked at the curb on a city street. Walker v. Massey (A.), 417 S.W.2d 14.
(1973) Bicycles are exempt by statutory definition of "vehicles" to which light regulations are applicable. Burt v. Becker (Mo.), 497 S.W.2d 411.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.045 - Headlamp on motor vehicles — violations, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.045. Headlamp on motor vehicles — violations, penalty. —
1. Except as in this chapter provided, every motor vehicle other than a motor-drawn vehicle and other than a motorcycle shall be equipped with at least two approved headlamps mounted at the same level with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle. Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two approved headlamps. Every motorcycle equipped with a sidecar or other attachment shall be equipped with a lamp on the outside limit of such attachment capable of displaying a white light to the front.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386e, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.050 - Headlamps — permissible substitutes, speed limit.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1941
307.050. Headlamps — permissible substitutes, speed limit. —
Any motor vehicle need not be equipped with approved headlamps provided that every such vehicle during the times when lighted lamps are required is equipped with two lighted lamps on the front thereof displaying white or yellow lights without glare capable of revealing persons and objects seventy-five feet ahead; provided, however, that no such motor vehicle shall be operated at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour during the times when lighted lamps are required.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386k)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.055 - Single-beam headlamps — intensity, adjustment — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.055. Single-beam headlamps — intensity, adjustment — violation, penalty. —
1. Approved single-beam headlamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the high-intensity portion of the light shall at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than forty-two inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet ahead. The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least two hundred feet.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386m, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.060 - Multiple-beam headlamps — arrangement — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.060. Multiple-beam headlamps — arrangement — violation, penalty. —
1. Except as hereinafter provided, the headlamps or the auxiliary driving lamp or the auxiliary passing lamp or combination thereof on motor vehicles other than motorcycles or motor driven cycles shall be so arranged that the driver may select at will between distributions of light projected to different elevations and such lamps may, in addition, be so arranged that such selection can be made automatically, subject to the following limitations:
(1) There shall be an uppermost distribution of light, or composite beam, so aimed and of such intensity as to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least three hundred and fifty feet ahead for all conditions of loading.
(2) There shall be a lowermost distribution of light, or composite beam so aimed and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least one hundred feet ahead; and on a straight level road under any condition of loading none of the high-intensity portion of the beam shall be directed to strike the eyes of an approaching driver.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386n, A.L. 1955 p. 626, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.065 - New vehicles shall have beam indicator — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.065. New vehicles shall have beam indicator — violation, penalty. —
1. Every new motor vehicle registered in this state after January 1, 1942, which has multiple-beam road lighting equipment shall be equipped with a beam indicator, which shall be lighted whenever the uppermost distribution of lights from the headlamps is in use, and shall not otherwise be lighted. Said indicator shall be so designed and located that when lighted it will be readily visible without glare to the driver of the vehicle so equipped.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386o, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.070 - Dimming of lights, when — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
307.070. Dimming of lights, when — violation, penalty. —
1. Every person driving a motor vehicle equipped with multiple-beam road lighting equipment, during the times when lighted lamps are required, shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and vehicles at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, subject to the following requirements and limitations: Whenever the driver of a vehicle approaches an oncoming vehicle within five hundred feet, or is within three hundred feet to the rear of another vehicle traveling in the same direction, the driver shall use a distribution of light or composite beam so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into the eyes of the other driver, and in no case shall the high-intensity portion which is projected to the left of the prolongation of the extreme left side of the vehicle be aimed higher than the center of the lamp from which it comes at a distance of twenty-five feet ahead, and in no case higher than a level of forty-two inches above the level upon which the vehicle stands at a distance of seventy-five feet ahead.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 307.120, violation of this section is an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386p, A.L. 1965 p. 493, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
(1955) Instruction submitting issue as to failure to dim lights as proximate cause of collision approved. Fuller v. Baxter (A.), 284 S.W.2d 66.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 307 - Vehicle Equipment Regulations › Section 307.075 - Taillamps, reflectors — violations, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 307
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
307.075. Taillamps, reflectors — violations, penalty. —
1. Every motor vehicle and every motor-drawn vehicle shall be equipped with at least two rear lamps, not less than fifteen inches or more than seventy-two inches above the ground upon which the vehicle stands, which when lighted will exhibit a red light plainly visible from a distance of five hundred feet to the rear. Either such rear lamp or a separate lamp shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration marker and render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. When the rear registration marker is illuminated by an electric lamp other than the required rear lamps, all such lamps shall be turned on or off only by the same control switch at all times.
2. Every motorcycle registered in this state, when operated on a highway, shall also carry at the rear, either as part of the rear lamp or separately, at least one approved red reflector, which shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible during the times when lighted lamps are required from all distances within three hundred feet to fifty feet from such vehicle when directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlamps. A motorcycle may be equipped with a means of varying the brightness of the vehicle's brake light for a duration of not more than five seconds upon application of the vehicle's brakes.
3. Every new passenger car, new commercial motor vehicle, motor-drawn vehicle and omnibus with a capacity of more than six passengers registered in this state after January 1, 1966, when operated on a highway, shall also carry at the rear at least two approved red reflectors, at least one at each side, so designed, mounted on the vehicle and maintained as to be visible during the times when lighted lamps are required from all distances within five hundred to fifty feet from such vehicle when directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawful undimmed headlamps. Every such reflector shall meet the requirements of this chapter and shall be mounted upon the vehicle at a height not to exceed sixty inches nor less than fifteen inches above the surface upon which the vehicle stands.
4. Any person who knowingly operates a motor vehicle without the lamps required in this section in operable condition is guilty of an infraction.
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(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386q, A.L. 1965 p. 494, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1514, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047, A.L. 2013 H.B. 715 merged with S.B. 282)
(1967) Subject to the exception stated in the first paragraph of section 304.450, RSMo, the lighting requirements imposed by sections 304.310 and 304.380, RSMo, are applicable to a vehicle parked at the curb on a city street. Walker v. Massey (A.), 417 S.W.2d 14.