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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.240 - Cash deposit as proof of responsibility.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 01 Jul 2019, 3 histories, see footnote
303.240. Cash deposit as proof of responsibility. —
1. Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the state treasurer that the person named therein has deposited with him seventy-five thousand dollars in cash, or securities such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of seventy-five thousand dollars. The state treasurer shall not accept any such deposit and issue a certificate therefor and the director shall not accept such certificate unless accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides.
2. Such deposit shall be held by the state treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, any execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after such deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless such attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.250, A.L. 1965 p. 481, A.L. 1981 S.B. 201, A.L. 2018 S.B. 708)
Effective 7-01-19
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.250 - Owner may give proof for employees or family members.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953, 2 histories
303.250. Owner may give proof for employees or family members. —
Whenever any person required to give proof of financial responsibility hereunder is or later becomes an operator in the employ of any owner, or is or later becomes a member of the immediate family or household of the owner, the director shall accept proof given by such owner in lieu of proof by such other person to permit such other person to operate a motor vehicle for which the owner has given proof as herein provided. The director shall designate the restrictions imposed by this section on the face of such person's license.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.260)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.260 - Substitution of one proof of responsibility for another.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953, 2 histories
303.260. Substitution of one proof of responsibility for another. —
The director shall consent to the cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance or the director shall direct and the state treasurer shall return any money or securities to the person entitled thereto upon the substitution and acceptance of other adequate proof of financial responsibility pursuant to this chapter.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.270)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.270 - Director may require different proof, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953, 2 histories
303.270. Director may require different proof, when. —
Whenever any proof of financial responsibility filed under the provisions of this chapter no longer fulfills the purposes for which required, the director shall, for the purpose of this chapter, require other proof as required by this chapter and shall suspend the license and registration or the nonresident's operating privilege pending the filing of such other proof.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.280)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.280 - Release of proof and waiver of proof, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973, 2 histories
303.280. Release of proof and waiver of proof, when. —
1. The director shall upon request consent to the immediate cancellation of any bond or certificate of insurance, or the director shall direct and the state treasurer shall return to the person entitled thereto, any money or securities deposited pursuant to this chapter as proof of financial responsibility, or the director shall waive the requirement of filing proof, in any of the following events:
(1) At any time after two years from the date such proof was required when, during the two-year period preceding the request, the director has not received record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail which would require or permit the suspension or revocation of the license, registration or nonresident's operating privilege of the person by or for whom such proof was furnished; or
(2) In the event of the death of the person on whose behalf such proof was filed or the permanent incapacity of such person to operate a motor vehicle; or
(3) In the event the person who has given proof surrenders his license and registration to the director.
2. The director shall not consent to the cancellation of any bond or the return of any money or securities in the event any action for damages upon a liability covered by such proof is then pending or any judgment upon any such liability is then unsatisfied or in the event the person who has filed such bond or deposited such money or securities has, within one year immediately preceding such request been involved as an operator or owner in any motor vehicle accident resulting in injury or damage to the person or property of others. An affidavit of the applicant as to the nonexistence of such facts, or that he has been released from all of his liability, or has been finally adjudicated not to be liable, for such injury or damage, shall be sufficient evidence thereof in the absence of evidence to the contrary in the records of the director.
3. Whenever any person whose proof has been cancelled or returned under subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of this section applies for a license or registration within a period of two years from the date proof was originally required, any such application shall be refused unless the applicant shall reestablish such proof for the remainder of such two-year period.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.290, A.L. 1972 S.B. 651, A.L. 1973 S.B. 251)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.290 - Director's duties — regulations — judicial review.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986, 2 histories
303.290. Director's duties — regulations — judicial review. —
1. The director of revenue shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and may make rules and regulations necessary for its administration and shall provide for hearings upon request of persons aggrieved by orders or acts of the director under the provisions of this chapter. Upon receipt of a request for an administrative hearing the director of revenue shall reach a final decision including findings of fact and conclusions of law within ninety days.
2. Any decision, finding or order of the director, under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to review by appeal to the circuit court of the county of the residence of the licensee, at the instance of any party in interest, in the manner provided by chapter 536, at any time within thirty days after notice is given the licensee of such decision, finding or order. Upon such appeal the cause shall be heard de novo and the circuit court may determine the reasonableness of the director's decision, finding or order, and in disposing of the issues before it may modify, affirm, or reverse the decision, finding or order in whole or in part. Appeals from the judgment of the circuit court may be taken as in civil cases. The prosecuting attorney of the county where such appeal is taken shall appear in behalf of the director, and prosecute or defend as the case may require.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.020, A.L. 1957 p. 622, A.L. 1986 S.B. 424)
Effective 7-01-87
(1998) Thirty-day period referred to in this statute begins to run on date of mailing of administrative decision. Gilbert v. Director of Revenue, 974 S.W.2d 655 (E.D.Mo.App.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.300 - Driver's records available upon request.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953, 2 histories
303.300. Driver's records available upon request. —
The director shall upon request furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of this chapter, which abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of such person, and, if there shall be no record of any conviction of such person of violating any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by such person, the director shall so certify.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.030)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.310 - Report and decision to be no evidence of negligence — may be evidence, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1976, 2 histories
303.310. Report and decision to be no evidence of negligence — may be evidence, when. —
Neither the report required by section 303.040, the action taken by the director pursuant to this chapter, the findings, if any, of the director upon which such action is based, nor the security filed as provided in this chapter shall be referred to in any way, nor be any evidence of the negligence or due care of either party, at the trial of any action at law to recover damages; however, the report required by section 303.040 may be subpoenaed and may be introduced into evidence solely for the purpose of establishing the existence or lack of insurance coverage where such issue is material and relevant to the action being tried. A copy of the report certified by the director as a correct copy shall be received in any of the courts of this state as evidence of the contents of the original report.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.110, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1392)
(1963) In action by releasee against releasor for damages arising from motor vehicle collision, release which was filed with safety responsibility unit was admissible as evidence over objection that it was confidential and inadmissible under this section. Farmer v. Arnold (Mo.), 371 S.W.2d 265.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.315 - Copies of suspension orders, constitute evidence.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
303.315. Copies of suspension orders, constitute evidence. —
Copies of suspension orders entered pursuant to this chapter duly certified by the director of revenue shall be evidence in all courts of this state in actions arising under this chapter.
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(L. 1955 p. 627 § 303.365)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.320 - Vehicle not registered until bona fide transfer.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953, 2 histories
303.320. Vehicle not registered until bona fide transfer. —
If any owner's registration has been suspended hereunder, such registration shall not be transferred nor the motor vehicle in respect of which such registration was issued registered in any other name until the director is satisfied that such transfer of registration is proposed in good faith and not for the purpose or with the effect of defeating the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall in any wise affect the rights of any conditional vendor, chattel mortgagee or lessor of a motor vehicle registered in the name of another as owner who becomes subject to the provisions of this section.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.300)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.330 - License and registration returned to director, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986, 2 histories
303.330. License and registration returned to director, when. —
Any person whose license or registration shall have been suspended as herein provided, or whose policy of insurance or bond, when required under this chapter, shall have been cancelled or terminated, or who shall neglect to furnish other proof upon request of the director shall immediately return his license and registration to the director. If any person shall fail to return to the director the license or registration as provided herein or in any other chapter, the director may forthwith direct the Missouri state highway patrol or any peace or police officer to secure possession thereof and return the same to the director.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.310, A.L. 1986 S.B. 424)
Effective 7-01-87
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.340 - Law not to apply to certain automobile insurance policies.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953, 2 histories
303.340. Law not to apply to certain automobile insurance policies. —
1. This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies of automobile insurance against liability which may now or hereafter be required by any other law of this state, and such policies, if they contain an agreement or are endorsed to conform to the requirements of this chapter, may be certified as proof of financial responsibility under this chapter.
2. This chapter shall not be held to apply to or affect policies insuring solely the insured named in the policy against liability resulting from the maintenance or use by persons in the insured's employ or on his behalf of motor vehicles not owned by the insured.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.230)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.350 - Chapter not applicable to government or common carriers.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
303.350. Chapter not applicable to government or common carriers. —
Notwithstanding anything else herein contained, this chapter shall not apply with respect to any motor vehicle owned by the United States, the state of Missouri, or any political subdivision of this state, or any municipality therein, nor shall this chapter apply to any common carrier or contract carrier whose operations are subject to the jurisdiction of and are regulated by the interstate commerce commission or the public service commission of Missouri, or by regulatory ordinances of the municipalities served by such common or contract carrier, and which shall have satisfied any applicable requirements concerning bond, insurance or proof of financial responsibility imposed by the regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the carrier's operations.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.330)
(1961) Motor vehicle safety responsibility law held applicable to municipal employees. City of St. Louis v. Carpenter (Mo.), 341 S.W.2d 786.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.360 - Not to operate retrospectively.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
303.360. Not to operate retrospectively. —
Sections 303.010 to 303.370 shall not be construed so as to deprive any person of any rights which may have accrued before the effective date of this law, or as conferring any rights upon any person whose claim for relief arose prior to the effective date of this law, nor as preventing the plaintiff in any civil action from relying for relief upon other process provided by law.
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(L. 1953 p. 569)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.370 - Offenses, penalties.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
303.370. Offenses, penalties. —
1. Failure to report an accident as required in section 303.040 shall be punished by a fine not in excess of five hundred dollars, and in the event of injury or damage to the person or property of another in such accident, the director shall suspend the license of the person failing to make such report, or the nonresident's operating privilege of such person, until such report has been filed or for no more than one year, provided all other requirements for reinstatement have been met and for such further period not to exceed thirty days as the director may fix.
2. Any person who gives information required in report or otherwise as provided for in section 303.040 knowing or having reason to believe that it is forged or signed without authority, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
3. Any person whose license or registration or nonresident's operating privilege has been suspended or revoked under this chapter and who, during such suspension or revocation drives any motor vehicle upon any highway or knowingly permits any motor vehicle owned by such person to be operated by another upon any highway, except as permitted under this chapter, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding six months, or both.
4. Any person willfully failing to return his license or registration as required in section 303.330 shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days, or both.
5. Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
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(L. 1953 p. 569 § 303.320, A.L. 1986 S.B. 424)
Effective 7-01-87
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.390 - Uninsured motorist, waiver of ability to collect noneconomic damages, when — inapplicability, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
Effective - 11 Oct 2013, see footnote
*303.390. Uninsured motorist, waiver of ability to collect noneconomic damages, when — inapplicability, when. —
1. An uninsured motorist shall waive the ability to have a cause of action or otherwise collect for noneconomic loss against a person who is in compliance with the financial responsibility laws of this chapter due to a motor vehicle accident in which the insured driver is alleged to be at fault. For purposes of this section, the term
"uninsured motorist"
shall include:
(1) An uninsured driver who is the owner of the vehicle;
(2) An uninsured permissive driver of the vehicle; and
(3) Any uninsured nonpermissive driver.
­­Such waiver shall not apply if it can be proven that the accident was caused, in whole or in part, by a tort-feasor who operated a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or who is convicted of involuntary manslaughter under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 565.024, or assault in the second degree under subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 565.060
**
.
2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to an uninsured motorist whose immediately previous insurance policy meeting the requirements of section 303.190 was terminated or nonrenewed for failure to pay the premium, unless notice of termination or nonrenewal for failure to pay such premium was provided by such insurer at least six months prior to the time of the accident.
3. In an action against a person who is in compliance with the financial responsibility laws prescribed by this chapter by a person deemed to have waived recovery under subsection 1 of this section:
(1) Any award in favor of such person shall be reduced by an amount equal to the portion of the award representing compensation for noneconomic losses;
(2) The trier of fact shall not be informed, directly or indirectly, of such waiver or of its effect on the total amount of such person's recovery.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude recovery against an alleged tort-feasor of benefits provided or economic loss coverage.
5. Passengers in the uninsured motor vehicle are not subject to such recovery limitation.
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(L. 2013 H.B. 339)
*Effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 339 was vetoed July 3, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
**Section 565.060 was amended and transferred to section 565.052 by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17. Section 565.052 does not contain the language which previously appeared in subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 565.060.
(2018) Section providing that uninsured motorist waives ability to collect for noneconomic loss against person in compliance with financial responsibility laws violates right to jury trial under Missouri Constitution. Jiles v. Schuster Co., 357 F.Supp.3d 908 (W.D.Mo.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.400 - Title.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 01 Jan 2001, see footnote
303.400. Title. —
The provisions of sections 303.400 to 303.415 shall be known as the "Motorist Insurance Identification Database Act".
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(L. 1999 S.B. 19 § 1)
Effective7-01-02
Expires 6-30-07
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.403 - Definitions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 01 Jan 2001, see footnote
303.403. Definitions. —
As used in sections 303.400 to 303.415, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Database"
, the motorist insurance identification database;
(2)
"Department"
, the department of revenue;
(3)
"Designated agent"
, the party with which the department contracts to implement the motorist insurance identification database;
(4)
"Program"
, the motorist insurance identification database program.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 19 § 2)
Effective 7-01-02
Expires 6-30-07
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.412 - Reporting by insurance companies, frequency, required information — revenue to notify department of violation, penalty, exceptions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 01 Jul 2002, see footnote
303.412. Reporting by insurance companies, frequency, required information — revenue to notify department of violation, penalty, exceptions. —
1. Beginning March 1, 2003, before the seventh working date of each calendar month, all licensed insurance companies in this state shall provide to the designated agent a record of all policies in effect on the last day of the preceding month. This subsection shall not prohibit more frequent reporting.
2. The record pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall include the following:
(1) The name, date of birth, driver's license number and address of each insured;
(2) The make, year and vehicle identification number of each insured motor vehicle;
(3) The policy number and effective date of the policy.
3. The department of revenue shall notify the department of commerce and insurance of any insurer who violates any provisions of this act. The department of commerce and insurance may, against any insurer who fails to comply with this section, assess a fine not greater than one thousand dollars per day of noncompliance. The department of revenue may assess a fine not greater than one thousand dollars per day against the designated agent for failure to complete the project by the dates designated in sections 303.400 to 303.415 unless the delay is deemed beyond the control of the designated agent or the designated agent provides acceptable proof that such a noncompliance was inadvertent, accidental or the result of excusable neglect. The department of commerce and insurance shall excuse the fine against any insurer if an assessed insurer provides acceptable proof that such insurer's noncompliance was inadvertent, accidental or the result of excusable neglect.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 19 § 5, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1797)
Effective 7-01-02
Expires 6-30-07
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.415 - Effective and expiration dates.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 01 Jul 2002, see footnote
303.415. Effective and expiration dates. —
1. Sections 303.400 and 303.403 shall become effective on July 1, 2002, and shall expire on June 30, 2007.
2. The enactment of section 303.025, and the repeal and reenactment of sections 303.406, 303.409, 303.412 and 303.415 shall become effective July 1, 2002 and sections 303.406, 303.409 and 303.412 shall expire on June 30, 2007.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 19 §§ 6, D, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1797)
Effective 7-01-02
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.420 - Definitions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
303.420. Definitions. —
As used in sections 303.420 to 303.440, unless the context requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean:
(1)
"Program"
, the motor vehicle financial responsibility enforcement and compliance incentive program established under section 303.425;
(2)
"Qualified agency"
, the department of revenue, the Missouri state highway patrol, the prosecuting attorney or sheriff's office of any county or city not within a county, the chiefs of police of any city or municipality, or any other authorized law enforcement agency recognized by the state;
(3)
"System"
or
"verification system"
, the web-based resource established under section 303.430 for online verification of motor vehicle financial responsibility.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 398)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.422 - Fund created, use of moneys.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
303.422. Fund created, use of moneys. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Verification and Enforcement Fund", which shall consist of money received by the department of revenue under sections 303.420 to 303.440. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements. The fund shall be a dedicated fund and money in the fund shall be used solely by the department of revenue for the administration of sections 303.420 to 303.440.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.
3. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 398)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 303 - Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law › Section 303.440 - Operational date for verification system — testing or pilot period.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 303
• Effective - 28 Aug 2023
303.440. Operational date for verification system — testing or pilot period. —
The verification system established under section 303.430 shall be installed and fully operational on January 1, 2025, following an appropriate testing or pilot period of not less than nine months. Until the successful completion of the testing or pilot period in the judgment of the director of the department of revenue, no enforcement action shall be taken based on the system, including but not limited to action taken under the program established under section 303.425.
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(L. 2023 S.B. 398)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.005 - Autocycle — defined—protective headgear not required — valid driver's license required to operate.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 3 histories
304.005. Autocycle — defined—protective headgear not required — valid driver's license required to operate. —
1. As used in this section, the term
"autocycle"
means a three-wheeled motor vehicle which the drivers and passengers ride in a partially or completely enclosed nonstraddle seating area, that is designed to be controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and that has met applicable Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requirements or Federal Motorcycle Safety Standards.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 2 of section 302.020, a person operating or riding in an autocycle may not be required to wear protective headgear.
3. No person shall operate an autocycle on any highway or street in this state unless the person has a valid driver's license. The operator of an autocycle, however, shall not be required to obtain a motorcycle or motortricycle license or endorsement pursuant to sections 302.010 to 302.340.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1976, A.L. 2017 S.B. 8 merged with S.B. 222 merged with S.B. 225, A.L. 2018 S.B. 881)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.009 - Speed limit — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 13 Mar 1996, see footnote
304.009. Speed limit — violation, penalty. —
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 304.010, a speeding violation of section 304.010 which is over the posted speed limit by five miles per hour or less is an infraction. The court costs assessed for a violation of this section shall be the same as the costs assessed pursuant to section 304.010.
2. No points shall be assessed pursuant to section 302.302 for any speeding violation which is over the posted speed limit by five miles per hour or less.
3. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, a court may issue a warrant for failure to appear for any violation which is classified as an infraction.
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(L. 1973 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 § 1, A.L. 1975 H.B. 616 § 1, A.L. 1977 H.B. 375, A.L. 1979 H.B. 325, A.L. 1981 H.B. 474, A.L. 1987 S.B. 83, A.L. 1995 H.B. 717, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Effective 3-13-96
(1984) Director of Revenue may not assess points for speeding violations on state limited access highways within city limits, if the city ordinance violates, duplicates, or concurs with, the state set limits. Knierim v. James (Mo. banc), 677 S.W.2d 322.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.011 - Slow speed, regulation of — agricultural implements, slower speeds, when, special permits required — penalties.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 13 Mar 1996, 2 histories, see footnote
304.011. Slow speed, regulation of — agricultural implements, slower speeds, when, special permits required — penalties. —
1. No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Peace officers may enforce the provisions of this section by directions to drivers, and in the event of apparent willful disobedience to this provision and refusal to comply with direction of an officer in accordance herewith, the continued slow operation by a driver is a misdemeanor.
2. No vehicle shall be operated at a speed of less than forty miles per hour on any highway which is part of the interstate system of highways, unless:
(1) A slower speed is required for the safe operation of the vehicle because of weather or other special conditions; or
(2) Agricultural implements, self-propelled hay-hauling equipment, implements of husbandry and vehicles transporting such vehicles or equipment may be operated occasionally on interstate highways for short distances at a speed of less than forty miles per hour if such vehicle or equipment is operated pursuant to a special permit issued by the chief engineer of the state department of transportation pursuant to section 304.200 and the regulations established pursuant to such section.
3. Any person who violates subsection 2 of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1957 p. 631, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Effective 3-13-96
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.012 - Motorists to exercise highest degree of care — violation, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 13 Mar 1996, 2 histories, see footnote
304.012. Motorists to exercise highest degree of care — violation, penalty. —
1. Every person operating a motor vehicle on the roads and highways of this state shall drive the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner and at a rate of speed so as not to endanger the property of another or the life or limb of any person and shall exercise the highest degree of care.
2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class B misdemeanor, unless an accident is involved then it shall be a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Effective 3-13-96
(2002) Riding lawn mower is considered a motor vehicle under section. Stonger ex rel. Stonger v. Riggs, 85 S.W.3d 703 (Mo.App.W.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.014 - Rules of the road to be observed.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
304.014. Rules of the road to be observed. —
Every person operating or driving a vehicle upon the highways of this state shall observe and comply with the following rules of the road.
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(L. 1953 p. 587 § 304.020)
(1951) Instruction authorizing recovery on finding defendant negligently failed to stop his vehicle at intersection held erroneous because it does not require finding that defendant had reason to apprehend danger of collision. Lillard v. Bradford, 241 (A.), 243 S.W.2d 359.
(1952) Where vehicle was operated on icy pavement in the lane adjacent to center line of six lane street and collided with vehicle making left turn in front of it from extreme right-hand lane, negligence of operator was for jury. Wines v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (A.), 246 S.W.2d 525.
(1952) Requirement to operate vehicles as close to the right-hand side of the highway as practicable does not receive literal construction, but has reference to the attending circumstances and to the usable or passable way. Moss v. Stevens (Mo.), 247 S.W.2d 782.
(1953) Where, on conflicting evidence, court found that plaintiff began passing operation and reasonably expected to complete it before reaching intersection, it was not error to refuse instruction requiring finding for defendant on theory plaintiff was attempting to pass at intersection in violation of this section. Cockrill v. Buchanan (A.), 259 S.W.2d 696.
(1953) Where there was pile of loose chat on black top highway at intersection, question of negligence where driver, in making left turn, failed to "run beyond the center of the intersection ..... before turning ....." as required by subsection 6 of § 304.020 (prior to its repeal in 1953) held for jury. Lix v. Gastian (A.), 261 S.W.2d 497.
(1954) Fact that plaintiff drove his car in the one lane usable part of county road does not convict him of negligence as a matter of law, because he was not on right side of highway at time of collision at intersection. Hadley v. Smith (A.), 268 S.W.2d 444.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.017 - Distance at which vehicle must follow, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.017. Distance at which vehicle must follow, penalty. —
1. The driver of a vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonably safe and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and the condition of the roadway. Vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade, whether or not towing other vehicles, shall be so operated, except in a funeral procession or in a duly authorized parade, so as to allow sufficient space between each such vehicle or combination of vehicles as to enable any other vehicle to overtake or pass such vehicles in safety. This section shall in no manner affect section 304.044 relating to distance between trucks traveling on the highway.
2. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1953 p. 587 § 304.020, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1368, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
(1959) This section does not apply to trucks or buses governed by § 303.044 so that if safe and prudent following distance rule is applicable to the operation of trucks it is by virtue of a common law duty and not by this section. Thebeau v. Thebeau (Mo.), 324 S.W.2d 674.
(1960) Plaintiff struck by car while replacing damaged tire in truck parked on right edge of four-lane highway while tire was being replaced held entitled to allege and submit question as to whether vehicle which struck him was following another vehicle more closely than was reasonably safe and prudent. Binion v. Armentrout (Mo.), 333 S.W.2d 87.
(1965) Where plaintiff had testified that he had been stopped behind school bus for about five seconds before being struck from behind, his testimony does not preclude submission of case on defendant's violation of this section. Sundermeyer v. Lentz (Mo.), 386 S.W.2d 16.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.023 - Passing stopped streetcars, penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.023. Passing stopped streetcars, penalty. —
1. An operator or driver of a motor vehicle shall stop same not less than eight feet from the rear of any streetcar going in the same direction which has stopped for the purpose of taking on or discharging passengers, and shall remain standing until such car has taken on or discharged such passengers; provided, however, said driver or operator may pass such car where a safety zone is established by the proper authorities, providing, however, that in passing such streetcar the operator shall proceed at a speed not faster than is reasonable and with due caution for the safety of pedestrians under the circumstances then and there existing.
2. Violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor.
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(L. 1953 p. 587 § 304.020, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.024 - Crosswalks and parking regulations established — signs — violation, an infraction.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
304.024. Crosswalks and parking regulations established — signs — violation, an infraction. —
1. The state highways and transportation commission with respect to highways under its jurisdiction may erect or place signs establishing crossovers or crosswalks or prohibiting or restricting the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles on any highway where in its opinion such stopping, standing, or parking is dangerous to those using the highway or where the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would unduly interfere with the free movement of traffic thereon. Such signs shall be official signs and no person shall stop, stand, or park any vehicle in violation of the restrictions stated on such signs.
2. Violation of this section shall be deemed an infraction.
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(L. 1953 p. 587 § 304.020, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.025 - Highway and vehicle defined.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
304.025. Highway and vehicle defined. —
1. The word
"highway"
whenever used in sections 304.014 to 304.026 shall mean any public road or thoroughfare for vehicles, including state roads, county roads and public streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or alleys in any municipality.
2. The word
"vehicle"
whenever used in sections 304.014 to 304.026 shall mean any device operated on highways, except those used exclusively on rails or tracks.
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(L. 1953 p. 587 § 304.020)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.027 - Spinal cord injury fund created, uses — surcharge imposed, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002, 2 histories
304.027. Spinal cord injury fund created, uses — surcharge imposed, when. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury for use by the board of curators of the University of Missouri a fund to be known as the "Spinal Cord Injury Fund". All judgments collected pursuant to this section, appropriations of the general assembly, federal grants, private donations and any other moneys designated for the spinal cord injury fund established pursuant to this section, shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys deposited in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the general assembly to the board of curators, be received and expended by the board for the purpose of funding research projects that promote an advancement of knowledge in the area of spinal cord injury. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any unexpended balance in the spinal cord injury fund at the end of any biennium shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund.
2. In all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including an infraction, there shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of two dollars. No such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. Such surcharge shall be collected and disbursed by the clerk of the court as provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020. The surcharge collected pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the spinal cord injury fund created in this section.
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(L. 2001 H.B. 302 & 38, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032 merged with S.B. 1048)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 304 - Traffic Regulations › Section 304.028 - Brain injury fund created, moneys in fund, uses — surcharge imposed, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 304
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
304.028. Brain injury fund created, moneys in fund, uses — surcharge imposed, when. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury for use by the department of health and senior services a fund to be known as the "Brain Injury Fund". All judgments collected pursuant to this section, federal grants, private donations and any other moneys designated for the brain injury fund shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys deposited in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the general assembly to the department of health and senior services, be received and expended by the department for the purpose of transition and integration of medical, social and educational services or activities for purposes of outreach and supports to enable individuals with traumatic brain injury and their families to live in the community. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any unexpended balance in the brain injury fund at the end of any biennium shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund.
2. In all criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of criminal or traffic laws of this state, including an infraction, there shall be assessed as costs a surcharge in the amount of two dollars. No such surcharge shall be collected in any proceeding involving a violation of an ordinance or state law when the proceeding or defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality.
3. Such surcharge shall be collected and distributed by the clerk of the court as provided in sections 488.010 to 488.020. The surcharge collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the state treasury to the credit of the brain injury fund established in this section.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)