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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.603 - Certain aid for displaced persons.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.603. Certain aid for displaced persons. —
1. Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person from a residence or business, the head of the displacing agency shall provide for the following aid for the displaced person in addition to the compensation required for the real estate:
(1) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property;
(2) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property;
(3) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and
(4) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site, but not to exceed ten thousand dollars.
2. Any displaced person eligible for payments under subsection 1 of this section may elect to receive an expense and dislocation allowance under this subsection in lieu of the payments available under subsection 1 of this section. The expense and dislocation allowance shall be determined according to criteria and a schedule established by the United States Department of Transportation.
3. The displacing agency may provide additional relocation payments to utility facilities which incur extraordinary costs in connection with a relocation as determined by federal law and regulations of the department of transportation.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 2)
Effective 6-14-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.609 - Dwelling costs — eligibility — payment amount.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.609. Dwelling costs — eligibility — payment amount. —
1. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by sections 305.600 to 305.630, the head of a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling not eligible to receive a payment under section 305.606 which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by such displaced person for not less than ninety days immediately prior to:
(1) The initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such dwelling; or
(2) In any case in which displacement is not a direct result of acquisition, such other event as the head of the United States Department of Transportation shall prescribe. Such payment shall consist of the amount necessary to enable such person to lease or rent for a period not to exceed forty-two months, a comparable replacement dwelling, but not to exceed five thousand two hundred fifty dollars. At the discretion of the head of the displacing agency, a payment under this subsection may be made in periodic installments. Computation of a payment under this subdivision to a low-income displaced person for a comparable replacement dwelling shall take into account such person's income.
2. Any person eligible for a payment under subsection 1 of this section may elect to apply such payment to a down payment on, and other incidental expenses pursuant to, the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary replacement dwelling. Any such person may, at the discretion of the head of the displacing agency, be eligible under this subsection for the maximum payment allowed under subsection 1 of this section, except that, in the case of a displaced homeowner who has owned and occupied the displacement dwelling for at least ninety days but not more than one hundred eighty days immediately prior to the initiation of negotiations for the acquisition of such dwelling, such payment shall not exceed the payment such person would otherwise have received under section 305.606 had the person owned and occupied the displacement dwelling one hundred eighty days immediately prior to the initiation of such negotiations.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 4)
Effective 6-14-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.612 - Programs undertaken by displacing agency — relocation assistance advisory services — eligibility.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.612. Programs undertaken by displacing agency — relocation assistance advisory services — eligibility. —
1. Programs or projects undertaken by a displacing agency shall be planned in a manner that:
(1) Recognizes, at an early stage in the planning of such programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which will cause displacements, the problems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses and farm operations; and
(2) Provides for the resolution of such problems in order to minimize adverse impacts in displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and completion.
2. The head of any displacing agency shall ensure that the relocation assistance advisory services described in subsection 3 of this section are made available to all persons displaced by such agency. If such agency head determines that any person occupying property immediately adjacent to the property where the displacing activity occurs has caused substantial economic injury as a result thereof, the agency head may make available to such person such advisory services.
3. Each relocation assistance advisory program required by subsection 2 of this section shall include such measures, facilities or services as may be necessary or appropriate in order to:
(1) Determine, and make timely recommendations on, the needs and preferences, if any, of displaced persons for relocation assistance;
(2) Provide current and continuing information on the availability, sales prices and rental charges of comparable replacement dwellings for displaced homeowners and tenants and suitable locations for businesses and farm operations;
(3) Assure that a person shall not be required to move from a dwelling unless the person has had a reasonable opportunity to relocate to a comparable replacement dwelling.
4. The head of a displacing agency shall coordinate the relocation activities performed by such agency with other federal, state or local governmental actions in the community which could affect the efficient and effective delivery of relocation assistance and related services.
5. In any case in which a displacing agency acquires property for a program or project, any person who occupies such property on a rental basis for a short term or a period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project shall be eligible for advisory services to the extent determined by the displacing agency.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 5)
Effective 6-14-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.615 - Head of displacing agency may provide dwellings — comparable replacement housing.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.615. Head of displacing agency may provide dwellings — comparable replacement housing. —
1. If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available, and the head of the displacing agency determines that such dwelling cannot otherwise be made available, the head of the displacing agency may take such action as is necessary or
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appropriate to provide such dwellings by use of funds authorized for such project. The head of the displacing agency may use this section to exceed the maximum amounts which may be paid under section 305.606 on a case-by-case basis for good cause as determined in accordance with such regulations as the head of the lead agency shall issue.
2. No person shall be required to move from his dwelling on account of any program or project undertaken by a federal agency or with federal financial assistance, unless the head of the displacing agency is satisfied that comparable replacement housing is available to such person.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 6)
Effective 6-14-90
*Word "to" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.618 - Administrative appeals — written process.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.618. Administrative appeals — written process. —
Each displacing agency must provide a written process for administrative appeals of decisions made by that agency.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 7)
Effective 6-14-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.621 - Benefits not additional.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.621. Benefits not additional. —
The benefits provided by sections 305.603 to 305.615 shall not be given in addition to similar benefits provided under federal law.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 8)
Effective 6-14-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.624 - Financial and emotional costs — search for new housing.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.624. Financial and emotional costs — search for new housing. —
To ensure adequate compensation for the negative financial and emotional effects of a program or project undertaken by the displacing agency, such displacing agency shall make an additional payment to a displaced property owner who is eligible for payment under section 305.606 in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars per parcel of property over and above other compensation provided under state and federal law. This additional payment shall be compensation for the time expended by the displaced person in search of new housing. The expenditure shall be paid by the displacing agency separate from and in addition to other relocation assistance.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 9)
Effective 6-14-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.627 - Clearing, seeding, and mowing of acquired property.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
305.627. Clearing, seeding, and mowing of acquired property. —
1. A displacing agency shall clear every piece of residential property which it acquires for relocation as soon as possible and not later than ninety days following physical possession and the notification from the utility companies of services disconnection.
2. The displacing agency shall grade the property it has acquired and shall keep it in good condition by seeding and mowing the property.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1510 § 10)
Effective 6-14-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.800 - Definitions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
305.800. Definitions. —
As used in sections 305.800 to 305.810, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Abandoned aircraft"
, an aircraft left in a wrecked, inoperative, or partially dismantled condition at an airport; or an aircraft that has remained in an idle state at an airport for forty-five consecutive calendar days without a contractual agreement between the owner or operator of the aircraft and the airport for use of the airport premises;
(2)
"Airport superintendent"
, the person or group of people authorized to make decisions on behalf of an airport;
(3)
"Derelict aircraft"
, any aircraft that is not in a flyable condition, does not have a current certificate of airworthiness issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, and is not in the process of actively being repaired.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.802 - Derelict or abandoned aircraft discovered, airport superintendent duties — notification of owner.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
305.802. Derelict or abandoned aircraft discovered, airport superintendent duties — notification of owner. —
1. If a derelict aircraft or abandoned aircraft is discovered on airport property, the airport superintendent shall:
(1) Make a record of the date the aircraft was discovered on the airport property; and
(2) Inquire as to the name and address of any person having an equitable or legal interest in the aircraft, including the owner and any lienholders, by:
(a) Contacting the Federal Aviation Administration, aircraft registration branch, and making a diligent search of the appropriate records; or
(b) Contacting an aircraft title search company.
2. Within ten business days of receiving the information requested under subsection 1 of this section, the airport superintendent shall notify the owner and all other interested parties by certified mail, return receipt requested:
(1) Of the location of the derelict or abandoned aircraft on the airport property;
(2) That fees and charges for the use of the airport by the aircraft have accrued and the amount of those fees and charges;
(3) That the aircraft is subject to a lien under section 305.806 for any unpaid and accrued fees and charges for the use of the airport and for the transportation, storage, and removal of the aircraft;
(4) That the lien is subject to enforcement under this section;
(5) That the airport may use, trade, sell, or remove the aircraft as described in section 305.804 if, within thirty calendar days after the date of receipt of the notice, the owner or other interested party has not removed the aircraft from the airport and paid in full all accrued fees and charges for the use of the airport and for the transportation, storage, and removal of the aircraft; and
(6) That the airport superintendent may remove the aircraft in less than thirty calendar days if the aircraft poses a danger to the health or safety of users of the airport, as determined by the airport superintendent.
3. (1) If the owner of the aircraft is unknown or cannot be found after the inquiry required under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section, the airport superintendent shall place a notice upon the aircraft in a conspicuous place containing the information required under subdivisions (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection 2 of this section.
(2) The notice required under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be not less than eight inches by ten inches and shall be laminated or otherwise sufficiently weatherproof to withstand normal exposure to rain, snow, and other conditions.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.804 - Failure to remove, airport superintendent's authority — sale or disposal of aircraft, requirements — liability of owner for costs.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
305.804. Failure to remove, airport superintendent's authority — sale or disposal of aircraft, requirements — liability of owner for costs. —
1. If the owner or other interested party has not removed the aircraft from the airport and paid in full all accrued fees and charges for the use of the airport and for the transportation, storage, and removal of the aircraft, or shown reasonable cause for the failure to do so within thirty calendar days of the airport superintendent posting notice under section 305.802, the airport superintendent may:
(1) Retain the aircraft for use by the airport, the state, or the unit of local government owning or operating the airport;
(2) Trade the aircraft to another unit of local government or a state agency;
(3) Sell the aircraft; or
(4) Dispose of the aircraft through an appropriate refuse removal company or a company that provides salvage services for aircraft.
2. If the airport superintendent elects to sell the aircraft in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section, the aircraft shall be sold at public auction after giving notice of the time and place of sale, at least ten calendar days prior to the date of sale, in a newspaper of general circulation within the county where the airport is located and after providing written notice of the intended sale to all parties known to have an interest in the aircraft.
3. If the airport superintendent elects to dispose of the aircraft in accordance with subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section, the airport superintendent shall be entitled to negotiate with the company for a price to be received from the company in payment for the aircraft, or, if circumstances so warrant, a price to be paid to the company by the airport superintendent for the costs of disposing of the aircraft. All information and records pertaining to the establishment of the price and the justification for the amount of the price shall be prepared and maintained by the airport superintendent.
4. If the sale price or the negotiated price is less than the airport superintendent's current fees and charges against the aircraft, the owner of the aircraft shall remain liable to the airport superintendent for the fees and charges that are not offset by the sale price or negotiated price.
5. All costs incurred by the airport superintendent in the removal, storage, and sale of any aircraft shall be recoverable against the owner of the aircraft.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.806 - Lien on aircraft — perfection of lien requirements.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
305.806. Lien on aircraft — perfection of lien requirements. —
1. The airport superintendent shall have a lien on a derelict or abandoned aircraft for all unpaid fees and charges for the use of the airport by the aircraft and for all unpaid costs incurred by the airport superintendent for the transportation, storage, and removal of the aircraft. As a prerequisite to perfecting a lien under this section, the airport superintendent shall serve a notice on the last registered owner and all persons having an equitable or legal interest in the aircraft.
2. (1) For the purpose of perfecting a lien under this section, the airport superintendent shall file a claim of lien that states:
(a) The name and address of the airport;
(b) The name of the last registered owner of the aircraft and all persons having a legal or equitable interest in the aircraft;
(c) The fees and charges incurred by the aircraft for the use of the airport and the costs for the transportation, storage, and removal of the aircraft; and
(d) A description of the aircraft sufficient for identification.
(2) The claim of lien shall be signed and sworn to or affirmed by the airport superintendent's director or the director's designee.
(3) The claim of lien shall be served on the last registered owner of the aircraft and all persons having an equitable or legal interest in the aircraft. The claim of lien shall be served before filing.
(4) The claim of lien shall be filed with the proper office according to section 400.9-501. The filing of the claim of lien shall be constructive notice to all persons of the contents and effect of such claim. The lien shall attach at the time of filing and shall take priority as of that time.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.808 - Sale of aircraft, use of proceeds — return to owner, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
305.808. Sale of aircraft, use of proceeds — return to owner, when. —
1. If the aircraft is sold, the airport superintendent shall satisfy the airport superintendent's lien, plus the reasonable expenses of notice, advertisement, and sale from the proceeds of the sale.
2. The balance of the proceeds of the sale, if any, shall be held by the airport superintendent and delivered on demand to the owner of the aircraft.
3. If no person claims the balance within twelve months of the date of sale, the airport shall retain the funds and use the funds for airport operations.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 305 - Aircraft and Airports › Section 305.810 - Divesting of owner's legal or equitable interests in aircraft.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020
305.810. Divesting of owner's legal or equitable interests in aircraft. —
1. Any person acquiring a legal interest in an aircraft under sections 305.800 to 305.810 shall be the lawful owner of the aircraft and all other legal or equitable interests in that aircraft shall be divested; provided that, the holder of any legal or equitable interest was notified of the intended disposal of the aircraft as required under sections 305.800 to 305.810.
2. The airport superintendent may issue documents of disposition to the purchaser or recipient of an aircraft disposed of under sections 305.800 to 305.810.
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(L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.010 - Definitions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2010, 2 histories
306.010. Definitions. —
As used in this chapter the following terms mean:
(1)
"Motorboat"
, any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not such machinery is a principal source of propulsion;
(2)
"Operate"
, to navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or a vessel;
(3)
"Operator"
, the person who operates or has charge of the navigation or use of a vessel;
(4)
"Owner"
, a person other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest of another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security;
(5)
"Parasailing"
, the towing of any person equipped with a parachute or kite equipment by any watercraft operating on the waters of this state;
(6)
"Personal watercraft"
, a class of vessel, which is less than sixteen feet in length, propelled by machinery which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on the vessel, rather than being operated by a person sitting or standing inside the vessel;
(7)
"Skiing"
, any activity that involves a person or persons being towed by a vessel, including but not limited to waterskiing, wake boarding, wake surfing, knee boarding, and tubing;
(8)
"Vessel"
, every motorboat and every description of motorized watercraft, and any watercraft more than twelve feet in length which is powered by sail alone or by a combination of sail and machinery, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but not any watercraft having as the only means of propulsion a paddle or oars;
(9)
"Water patrol division of the state highway patrol"
or
"water patrol division"
, the division responsible for enforcing the provisions of this chapter on the waters of this state. The revisor of statutes is instructed to replace the terms "Missouri state water patrol" or "state water patrol" wherever those terms exist in this chapter with the term "water patrol division";
(10)
"Watercraft"
, any boat or craft, including a vessel, used or capable of being used as a means of transport on waters;
(11)
"Waters of this state"
, any waters within the territorial limits of this state 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 constructed by a drainage district, but the term does include any body of water which has been leased to or owned by the state department of conservation.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 1, A.L. 1969 S.B. 194, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1374, A.L. 1975 S.B. 264, A.L. 1979 S.B. 123, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1868)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.015 - Vessels, registration, procedure, fee — delinquent application, penalty fee — failure to obtain certificate of title, effect of.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
306.015. Vessels, registration, procedure, fee — delinquent application, penalty fee — failure to obtain certificate of title, effect of. —
1. The owner of a vessel 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 vessel acquired or brought into the state shall file his application for title within sixty days after it is acquired or brought into this state. The director of revenue may grant extensions of time for titling to any person in deserving cases.
3. The fee for the certificate of title shall be seven dollars fifty cents and shall be paid to the director of revenue at the time of making application. If application for certificate of title is not made within sixty days after the vessel is acquired or brought into the state, 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 certificate of title within sixty days after acquiring or bringing into the state a vessel or has sold a vessel without obtaining a certificate of title, he shall cancel the registration of all motorboats, vessels, and watercraft registered in the name of the person, either as sole owner or as co-owner, and shall notify the person that the cancellation will remain in force until the person pays the delinquency penalty fee provided in this section together with all fees, charges, and payments which he should have paid in connection with the certificate of title of the vessel.
4. In the event of a sale or transfer of ownership of a vessel or outboard motor for which a certificate of ownership or manufacturer's statement of origin has been issued, the holder of such certificate shall endorse on the same an assignment thereof, with warranty of title in form printed thereon, and prescribed by the director of revenue, with a statement of all liens or encumbrances on such vessel or outboard motor, and deliver the same to the buyer at the time of delivery to the buyer of such vessel or outboard motor; provided that, when the transfer of a vessel or outboard motor occurs within a corporation which holds a license to operate as a motor vehicle or boat dealer under sections 301.550 to 301.573 and this section, the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 7
*
of section 144.070 shall not apply.
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(L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)
*Statutory reference to subsection "6" changed to "7" in accordance with section 3.060 based on renumbering within section 144.070 in S.B. 89 and S.B. 368, 2019.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.020 - Vessels to be numbered — number, where displayed.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1975
306.020. Vessels to be numbered — number, where displayed. —
Every vessel on the waters of this state shall be numbered. No person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any vessel on the waters of this state unless the vessel is numbered in accordance with this chapter, or in accordance with applicable federal law, or in accordance with a federally approved numbering system of another state, and unless the certificate of number awarded to the vessel is in full force and effect, and unless the identifying number set forth in the certificate of number is displayed on each side of the bow of the vessel.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 2, A.L. 1975 S.B. 264)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.031 - New or replacement identification number of motor or vessel — securing of number — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 24 Jun 1997, see footnote
306.031. New or replacement identification number of motor or vessel — securing of number — penalty. —
1. If an original, manufacturer's, or other distinguishing number on any outboard motor or vessel has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, defaced or is otherwise nonexistent, the director of revenue, upon application, payment of seven dollars and fifty cents, proper inspection, and satisfactory proof of ownership by the owner, shall issue a new or replacement identification number plate to be affixed to the outboard motor or vessel. The number plate shall be in the form prescribed by the director of revenue.
2. The owner or the owner's designee shall securely fasten the identification number plate immediately to the outside of the outboard motor or vessel close to the area where the original or manufacturer's identification number plate would typically be. After the identification number plate has been secured to the outboard motor or vessel as required, such number shall be the lawful number of the outboard motor or vessel for the purpose of identification and registration. No person shall destroy, remove, cover, alter or deface such number. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 217 § 2, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379)
Effective 6-24-97
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.035 - Certificate of title, form of.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
306.035. Certificate of title, form of. —
The form of the certificate of title prescribed by section 306.030 shall be set by the director of revenue, and the certificate of title shall be issued as nearly as practicable as certificates of title for outboard motors are issued under the provisions of sections 306.530 to 306.575.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 194)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.040 - Certified number only on boat.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
306.040. Certified number only on boat. —
No number other than the number awarded to a motorboat or granted reciprocity pursuant to this chapter shall be painted, attached, or otherwise displayed on either side of the bow of the motorboat.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.050 - Notice of change of address of certificate holder — procedure.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1959
306.050. Notice of change of address of certificate holder — procedure. —
Any holder of a certificate of number shall notify the department of revenue within fifteen days, if his address no longer conforms to the address appearing on the certificate and shall, as a part of the notification, furnish the department of revenue with his new address. The department of revenue may provide in its rules and regulations for the surrender of the certificate bearing the former address and its replacement with a certificate bearing the new address or for the alteration of an outstanding certificate to show the new address of the holder.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.075 - Motorized amphibious vehicle, defined — treated as a vessel, not a motor vehicle, exceptions — license required.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
306.075. Motorized amphibious vehicle, defined — treated as a vessel, not a motor vehicle, exceptions — license required. —
A
"motorized amphibious vehicle"
is a self-propelled vehicle designed or used for transporting property or eight or more persons on the highways and waters of this state. A motorized amphibious vehicle shall not be considered a motor vehicle for the purpose of titling and registration as defined in chapter 301 and shall not be considered a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 302.700. A motorized amphibious vehicle shall be treated as a vessel as defined in this chapter for the purposes of titling and registration and shall be subject to all provisions of this chapter. Such vehicles are to be treated as a motor vehicle only for the purposes of complying with the provisions of sections
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302.010 to 302.605 and chapters 303, 304, 307 and 577 while the vehicle is being operated on the highways of this state. Every operator of a motorized amphibious vehicle shall hold a valid license to operate a motor vehicle when operating the vehicle on the highways of this state and is subject to any licensing requirements of the United States Coast Guard and the provisions of this chapter when operating such vehicle on the waters of this state.
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(L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3 § 1)
Effective 7-27-89
*Word "chapters" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.080 - Vessels exempt from numbering requirements.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
306.080. Vessels exempt from numbering requirements. —
A vessel shall not be required to be numbered under this chapter if it is:
(1) Already covered by a number in full force and effect which has been awarded to it pursuant to federal law or a federally approved numbering system of another state; except that the boat shall not have been within this state for a period in excess of sixty consecutive days;
(2) A vessel from a country other than the United States using the waters of this state for not more than sixty consecutive days;
(3) A vessel whose owner is the United States;
(4) A ship's lifeboat which is used solely for lifesaving purposes;
(5) A vessel documented by the United States Coast Guard or any federal successor thereto; or
(6) A motorboat designed and intended solely for racing while competing in any race previously approved by the water patrol division in accordance with section 306.130. This exemption shall include operation within a twenty-four-hour period prior to such approved race in order to test or tune up the motorboat.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 5, A.L. 1969 S.B. 194, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1993 H.B. 218, A.L. 1994 S.B. 477, et al., 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 306.090 - Maximum sound levels for recreational motorboats — exceptions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
306.090. Maximum sound levels for recreational motorboats — exceptions. —
1. It is unlawful for any person to operate a recreational motorboat upon the waters of this state in any manner under any condition so that the recreational motorboat emits sound at a level exceeding eighty-six decibels on an A-weighted scale when measured from a distance of fifty or more feet from the recreational motorboat.
2. This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit use of any exhaust system or device, including but not limited to those not discharging water with exhaust gases as long as the device or system emits sound at a level in compliance with subsection 1 of this section.
3. The provisions of this section do not apply to motorboats operated under permit pursuant to section 306.130, nor to trial runs for a period not exceeding the twenty-four hours immediately preceding a regatta or race, nor to official trials in competition for speed records for a period not exceeding the twenty-four hours immediately preceding a regatta or race.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 7, A.L. 1977 S.B. 151)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Peace disturbance, 574.010
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.109 - Alcoholic drinking devices and containers prohibited on rivers — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
306.109. Alcoholic drinking devices and containers prohibited on rivers — violation, penalty. —
1. No person shall possess or use beer bongs or other drinking devices used to consume similar amounts of alcohol on the rivers of this state. As used in this section, the term
"beer bong"
includes any device that is intended and designed for the rapid consumption or intake of an alcoholic beverage, including but not limited to funnels, tubes, hoses, and modified containers with additional vents.
2. No person shall possess or use any large volume alcohol containers that hold more than four gallons of an alcoholic beverage on the rivers of this state.
3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons on the Mississippi River, Missouri River, or Osage River.
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(L. 2009 H.B. 62, A.L. 2011 S.B. 135)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.113 - Operate defined — probable cause required.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 30 Jun 1993, see footnote
306.113. Operate defined — probable cause required. —
1. For purposes of sections 306.111 to 306.119
*
, the term
"operate"
means to physically control the movement of a vessel in motion under mechanical or sail power in water.
2. No arrest shall be made under sections 306.111 to 306.119
*
unless probable cause exists for that arrest.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 167)
Effective 6-30-93
*Section 306.111 was transferred to section 577.025 and the following sections were repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17:
306.112
306.116
306.118
306.114
306.117
306.119
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.115 - Parasailing, requirements, prohibited, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
306.115. Parasailing, requirements, prohibited, when. —
1. No person shall engage in the activity of parasailing unless there is in the watercraft a person of at least twelve years of age, in addition to the operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed.
2. No person shall engage in the activity of parasailing during the time between sunset and sunrise.
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(L. 1989 S.B. 135)
Effective 5-25-89
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.120 - Towing persons on skis or surfboard, regulations.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
306.120. Towing persons on skis or surfboard, regulations. —
1. No person shall operate a vessel on any waters of this state for towing a person or persons on water skis, or a surfboard, or similar device unless there is in the vessel a person, in addition to the operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons being towed, unless such vessel is equipped with a ski mirror as approved by the division of water safety.
2. No person shall operate a vessel on any waters of this state towing a person or persons on water skis, a surfboard, or similar device, nor shall any person engage in water skiing, surfboarding, or similar activity during the time between sunset and sunrise.
3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section do not apply to a performer engaged in a professional exhibition or a person or persons engaged in an activity authorized under section 306.130.
4. No person shall operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of water skis, a surfboard, or similar device may be affected or controlled in a way to cause the water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or any person thereon to collide with or strike against any object or person.
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(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 12, A.L. 1969 S.B. 194)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.122 - Motorboat or vessel operator, minimum age, exceptions, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 24 Jun 1997, see footnote
306.122. Motorboat or vessel operator, minimum age, exceptions, penalty. —
No person under fourteen years of age shall operate any motorboat or vessel upon the waters of this state unless such person is under the direct on-board supervision of a parent, guardian or other person sixteen years of age or older, or unless the motorboat is moored. No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motorboat owned by such person or under the person's control to be operated on the waters of this state in violation of this section, nor shall a parent or guardian authorize or knowingly permit such a child, under fourteen years of age, to operate a motorboat in violation of this section.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 194 § 2, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379)
Effective 6-24-97
CROSS REFERENCE:
Penalty provisions for violations of this section, 306.210
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 306 - Watercraft Regulation and Licensing — Water Patrol Division › Section 306.124 - Aids to navigation and regulatory markers defined — water patrol may mark waters, hearing, notice — markings, effect of — disaster, closing of certain waters — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 306
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008, 2 histories
306.124. Aids to navigation and regulatory markers defined — water patrol may mark waters, hearing, notice — markings, effect of — disaster, closing of certain waters — violation, penalty. —
1. (1)
"Aids to navigation"
means buoys, beacons or other fixed objects in the water which are used to mark obstructions to navigation or to direct navigation through safe channels.
(2)
"Regulatory markers"
means any anchored or fixed markers in or on the water or signs on the shore or on bridges over the water other than aids to navigation and shall include but not be limited to bathing markers, speed zone markers, information markers, danger zone markers, boat keep-out areas, and mooring buoys.
2. The water patrol division after a public hearing pursuant to notice thereof published not less than ten days prior thereto in each county to be affected may provide for the uniform marking of the water areas in this state through the placement of aids to navigation and regulatory markers. The water patrol division shall establish a marking system compatible with the system of aids to navigation prescribed by the United States Coast Guard. No city, county, or person shall mark or obstruct the water of this state in any manner so as to endanger the operation of watercraft or conflict with the marking system prescribed by the water patrol division.
3. Whenever, due to any actual or imminent man-made or natural disaster, the navigation or use of any waters of this state presents an unreasonable danger to persons or property, the water patrol division may, with the consent of the director of the department of public safety, close such waters.
4. The operation of any watercraft within prohibited areas that are marked shall be prima facie evidence of negligent operation.
5. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a watercraft on the waters of this state in a manner other than that prescribed or permitted by regulatory markers.
6. No person shall moor or fasten a watercraft to or willfully damage, tamper, remove, obstruct, or interfere with any aid to navigation or regulatory marker established pursuant to sections 306.010 to 306.126.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 194 § 3, A.L. 1985 H.B. 280, et al., A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 2002 S.B. 712, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1715)