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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.225 - Licensees to maintain records — inspection of premises.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
301.225. Licensees to maintain records — inspection of premises. —
Every person licensed or required to be licensed shall maintain for three years on vehicles not more than seven years old a record of:
(1) Every vehicle or used transmission, rear end, cowl, frame, body, front end assembly or engine of or for a vehicle received or acquired by him, its description and identifying number, if any, the date of its receipt or acquisition, and the name and address of the person from whom received or acquired;
(2) Every vehicle wrecked, dismantled or disposed of by him, and the date of its wrecking or dismantling and, if sold to a scrap metal operator, the operator's name and address.
­­Every such record shall be retained by the person licensed or required to be licensed at his principal place of business and shall be open to inspection by any representative of the department, member or authorized or designated employee of the Missouri highway patrol, or any police officer during reasonable business hours. Members of the patrol or any police officer may inspect the premises of every person licensed or required to be licensed at any time that business is being conducted or work is being performed, whether or not open to the public to enforce the provisions of sections 301.217 to 301.229.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 78 § 7, A.L. 1983 H.B. 149, et al., A.L. 1986 H.B. 1367 & 1573, A.L. 2007 S.B. 82)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.226 - Department to provide information.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
301.226. Department to provide information. —
The department shall provide the licensee with the information on the location of public identifying numbers on the parts of the vehicles for which identifying numbers are required to be kept.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 78 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.229 - Penalties — director of revenue to enforce provisions.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
301.229. Penalties — director of revenue to enforce provisions. —
1. Anyone who violates any provision of sections 301.217 to 301.229 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law.
2. The director of revenue or his or her designated representative, including members or authorized or designated employees of the Missouri highway patrol shall administer and enforce the provisions of sections 301.217 to 301.229 and may develop, prescribe and issue any forms, notices or other written documents in order to enforce such authority and to ensure that every person licensed or required to be licensed pursuant to sections 301.217 to 301.229 is in compliance with sections 301.217 to 301.229.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 78 § 10, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1581, A.L. 2007 S.B. 82)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.230 - Stolen cars reported to state highway patrol — reports and information.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
301.230. Stolen cars reported to state highway patrol — reports and information. —
Each sheriff and police department of the state shall make an immediate report to the state highway patrol of each motor vehicle reported stolen or recovered within their jurisdiction. The state highway patrol shall keep a file and index of the reports, together with similar reports received from other states and shall furnish the director of revenue such information as is necessary for the administration of sections 301.030 to 301.050, 301.080, 301.100 to 301.150, 301.170 to 301.240, 301.300 to 301.330 and 301.360. Before issuing a certificate of title and registration on a motor vehicle previously registered in another state the director of revenue shall check the application with the motor vehicle theft records.
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(L. 1947 V. I p. 380 § 8369g)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.240 - Director of revenue to cooperate with other states.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
301.240. Director of revenue to cooperate with other states. —
The director of revenue shall cooperate with the commissioners or the officials of other states and countries having supervision of the registration of motor vehicles and shall exchange information with them relative to the registration, ownership, sale and theft of motor vehicles, for the purpose of suppressing the stealing and unauthorized use of motor vehicles.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8382, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7774
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.267 - Seventy-two-hour permits — fee.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
301.267. Seventy-two-hour permits — fee. —
1. The owner of any motor vehicle, or in the event the motor vehicle is legally operated by someone other than the owner, then the operator thereof, may obtain the permits required by sections 142.422, 301.265 and 390.136 from the Missouri highway reciprocity commission. The commission shall issue a single permit authorizing the operation of such vehicle on the highways of this state for a period of not to exceed seventy-two hours. The fee for such trip permit shall be twenty-five dollars and shall be collected by the department of revenue and deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the state highway department fund except when an agreement has been negotiated with another jurisdiction whereby prepayment is not required. In such cases, the terms of agreement shall prevail.
2. The requirements of sections 142.422, 301.265, and 390.136 concerning trip permits shall apply to the operation of the vehicle under this section.
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(L. 1975 S.B. 312 §§ 2, 3, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1473)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Highway reciprocity commission abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.271 - Reciprocity in registration with other states — registration of trailers.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1958
301.271. Reciprocity in registration with other states — registration of trailers. —
1. Unless otherwise provided by duly executed agreements entered into pursuant to sections 301.271 to 301.279, a nonresident owner, owning any motor vehicle which has been duly registered for the current year in the state, District of Columbia, territory or possession of the United States, foreign country or other place of which the owner is a resident, and which at all times when operated in this state has displayed upon it the number plate issued for the vehicle in the place of residence of such owner, may operate or permit the operation of such vehicle within this state without registering such vehicle or paying any such registration fee to this state; but the provisions of this subsection shall be operative to allow such owner to operate or permit the operation of such vehicle owned by a nonresident of this state only to the extent that under the laws of the state, District of Columbia, territory or possession of the United States, foreign country or other place of residence of the nonresident owner, substantially equivalent exemptions are granted to residents of Missouri for the operation of vehicles duly registered in Missouri.
2. Unless otherwise provided by duly executed agreements entered into pursuant to sections 301.271 to 301.279, trailers registered in any jurisdiction may be operated in combination with any motor vehicle properly registered in accordance with sections 301.271 to 301.279.
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(L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 176 §§ 6, 7)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Interstate motor carriers, registration and regulation of pursuant to International Registration Plan transferred to highways and transportation commission, 226.008
(1960) Motor vehicles owned by Colorado and Illinois corporations which were not registered in those states but were registered in other states where great part of their operations occurred, were not entitled to reciprocal exemption since the word "residence" as applied to a corporate owner means the state of its incorporation. State v. Riss and Company (Mo.), 335 S.W.2d 118.
(2004) Reciprocal exemption only applies if nonresident owner timely registers vehicle elsewhere. Holm v. Director of Revenue, 148 S.W.3d 313 (Mo.banc).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.275 - Commission may require reports — make investigations — regulations.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1958
301.275. Commission may require reports — make investigations — regulations. —
The commission may require such reports from owners and operators of motor vehicles as may be useful to assist the commission in performing its duties under sections 301.271 to 301.279. Such reports shall furnish such information as may be required by the commission and shall cover such periods and be made at such time or times as the commission may direct and shall be in the form prescribed by the commission and shall be verified by the person making such report or by the president, vice president, secretary or other responsible officer or employee of a corporation or association or by a partner or a responsible employee of a partnership. The commission may make or direct the making of such investigations within or without the state, as may be necessary for the performance of its duties under sections 301.271 to 301.279. If any owner or operator of motor vehicles shall file any false report or give false information called for or required under sections 301.271 to 301.279, the commission shall have power to suspend or revoke any or all reciprocity as to such owner or operator. The commission may make and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectively carry out its duties under sections 301.271 to 301.279.
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(L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 176 § 3)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Interstate motor carriers, registration and regulation of pursuant to International Registration Plan transferred to highways and transportation commission, 226.008
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.279 - Cooperation in reciprocal agreements with public service commission.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1958
301.279. Cooperation in reciprocal agreements with public service commission. —
The commission shall cooperate with the public service commission in the matter of negotiating and entering into reciprocal agreements as provided for under sections 301.271 to 301.279 and as provided for by section 386.220, but the provisions and agreements as to reciprocity concerning motor vehicle registration shall be separate and distinct from and not governed by any provisions or agreements as to reciprocity concerning public service commission fees and charges.
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(L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 176 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.290 - Correctional enterprises to manufacture plates and highway signs — money received for manufacturing plates and signs, how deposited.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009, 3 histories
301.290. Correctional enterprises to manufacture plates and highway signs — money received for manufacturing plates and signs, how deposited. —
1. Correctional enterprises of the department of corrections shall purchase, erect and maintain all of the machinery and equipment necessary for the manufacture of the license plates and tabs issued by the director of revenue, and of signs used by the state transportation department. Beginning on January 1, 2011, correctional enterprises shall no longer erect and maintain tabs for the department of revenue.
2. The director of revenue shall procure all plates issued by him, and the state transportation department shall procure all signs used by it from correctional enterprises, unless an emergency arises and correctional enterprises cannot furnish the plates, tabs or signs.
3. Correctional enterprises shall furnish the plates and signs at such a price as will not exceed the price at which such plates and signs may be obtained upon the open market, but in no event shall such price be less than the cost of manufacture, including labor and materials.
4. All moneys derived from the sale of the plates, tabs and signs shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the working capital revolving fund as provided in section 217.595.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8378, A.L. 1945 p. 1194, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1957 p. 623, A.L. 1961 p. 463, A.L. 1977 H.B. 367, et al., A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2005 H.B. 487, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.301 - Stolen license plate tabs, replacement at no cost, when, procedure, limitation.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 3 histories
301.301. Stolen license plate tabs, replacement at no cost, when, procedure, limitation. —
Any person replacing a stolen license plate tab may receive at no cost up to two sets of two license plate tabs per year when the application for the replacement tab is accompanied with a notarized affidavit verifying that such license plate tab or tabs were stolen.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 374 § 4, A.L. 2005 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 378, A.L. 2007 S.B. 384, A.L. 2013 H.B. 103)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.302 - Missing license plate tab, no citation issued, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005
301.302. Missing license plate tab, no citation issued, when. —
A citation shall not be issued to any person stopped by law enforcement for a missing license plate tab or tabs if such person indicates that the tab or tabs have been stolen and a check on such person's vehicle registration reveals that the vehicle is properly registered. A law enforcement officer may issue a warning under these circumstances. In the event a citation is improperly issued to a person for missing tabs when the requirements of this section are met, any court costs shall be waived.
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(L. 2005 H.B. 487 merged with S.B. 378)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.310 - Owner may be instructed to replace plate — cancellation of registration — waiver of cost — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
301.310. Owner may be instructed to replace plate — cancellation of registration — waiver of cost — penalty. —
1. Whenever a law enforcement officer observes a plate to be in such condition as to hinder or make difficult identification of same, he shall notify the director of revenue and instruct the owner to apply for a duplicate plate.
2. If the owner has not made application within fifteen days, the director of revenue may cancel such registration and notify the registrant and such cancellation shall remain in force until the application has been filed.
3. The director of revenue may at his discretion replace worn plates without cost to the registrant.
4. Failure to surrender a mutilated or worn plate for which duplicate has been issued shall be
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punishable under section 301.440.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8379, A.L. 1941 p. 445, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7771
*Word "be" omitted from original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.320 - Other plates prohibited.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
301.320. Other plates prohibited. —
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or trailer on which there is displayed on the front or rear thereof any other plate, tag or placard bearing any number except the plate furnished by the director of revenue or the placard herein authorized, and the official license tag of any municipality of this state, nor shall there be displayed on any motor vehicle or trailer a placard, sign or tag bearing the words "license lost", "license applied for", or words of similar import, as a substitute for such number plates or such placard.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8377, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380, A. 1949 S.B. 1110)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7770; 1919 §§ 7564, 7565
CROSS REFERENCE:
Identification plates for consular officers, 26.140
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.330 - Commercial vehicles licensed for 36,000 pounds or less, information displayed on exception.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
301.330. Commercial vehicles licensed for 36,000 pounds or less, information displayed on exception. —
Each commercial motor vehicle except those licensed under the provisions of section 301.057 or 301.058 based on a gross weight of thirty-six thousand pounds or less and which are not regularly used for actual commercial purposes shall have displayed thereon in a conspicuous place:
(1) The name of the owner;
(2) The address from which the motor vehicle is operated;
(3) Each local commercial vehicle in addition shall have displayed in a conspicuous place the word "local".
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(RSMo 1939 § 8369, A.L. 1943 p. 663, A.L. 1945 p. 1194; RSMo 1939 § 8377, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380; A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1951 p. 695, A.L. 1965 p. 473, A.L. 1975 H.B. 95, A.L. 1988 S.B. 686, A.L. 1996 S.B. 792)
Prior revision: 1929 §§ 7761, 7770
(1958) Information charging failure to display the required matters in language of the statute held sufficient; question of whether pickup truck was commercial motor vehicle was for jury. State v. Lasswell (A.), 311 S.W.2d 356.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.344 - Municipality not to require permits of certain wreckers, exceptions when — county permits, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
301.344. Municipality not to require permits of certain wreckers, exceptions when — county permits, when. —
No town, city, village or municipality shall require a fee, permit or license for any reason from any wrecker or tow service business registered with the United States Department of Transportation, however, any county or a city not within a county of this state shall require such a fee, permit or license of any such business physically located in such county or city not within a county or of any such business which conducts more than fifty percent of its wrecker or tow service business activities in such county or city not within a county.
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(L. 1993 S.B. 105 § 301.032 subsec. 7, A.L. 1996 S.B. 560)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.350 - Books and records, motor vehicles — audit by state auditor, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
301.350. Books and records, motor vehicles — audit by state auditor, when. —
1. Upon receipt of an application for registration of a motor vehicle, trailer, manufacturer or dealer, as provided in this chapter, the director of revenue shall file such application and register such motor vehicle, trailer, manufacturer or dealer, together with the facts stated in the application, under a distinctive number assigned to such motor vehicle, trailer, manufacturer or dealer. Separate records shall be kept as follows:
(1) Motor vehicles registered by owners;
(2) Commercial motor vehicles;
(3) Trailers;
(4) Motorcycles and motor tricycles;
(5) Autocycles;
(6) Manufacturers and dealers.
2. The director of revenue may keep such other classifications and records as he may deem necessary and may enter contracts or agreements or otherwise make arrangements for computerized access to odometer and title information.
3. All of such books and records shall be kept open to public inspection during reasonable business hours.
4. The governor may cause the records of the department of revenue to be audited by the state auditor at any time.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8380, A.L. 1951 p. 693, A.L. 1987 S.B. 3, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1512, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1581, A.L. 1989 H.B. 211, A.L. 2018 S.B. 881)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7772; 1919 § 7554
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.351 - Fee for records requested for batch/bulk customers authorized.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
301.351. Fee for records requested for batch/bulk customers authorized. —
The director of the department of revenue shall collect a maximum fee of one-half of one cent per motor vehicle or driver license record for batch/bulk customer requests that meet the criteria enumerated in the Drivers Privacy and Protection Act.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 711 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.360 - Record established by chapter 301 to be retained or destroyed, when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1987
301.360. Record established by chapter 301 to be retained or destroyed, when. —
Records established pursuant to this chapter shall be retained or destroyed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 109.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8368, A.L. 1945 p. 1194, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380; L. 1945 p. 1222 § 1; A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1987 S.B. 3)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7760
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.370 - Replacement of motor — procedure.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
301.370. Replacement of motor — procedure. —
1. Nothing in sections 301.010 to 301.440 shall be construed to prohibit the owner of a duly registered motor vehicle from removing the motor or engine from such vehicle and replacing it with a new or reconditioned motor or engine of the same make or manufacture.
2. The owner and the person removing and replacing such motor or engine shall join in an affidavit showing the number of the motor or engine removed, the date of removal, the reason for removal, and a description of the motor or engine replaced in the vehicle.
3. If the motor to be installed is a reconditioned motor, it shall bear the same number as the motor removed but shall be preceded by the symbol "RC". If the motor installed is a new motor, it shall bear a special number to be secured as provided in section 301.380.
4. The affidavit, together with the original certificate of title, shall be sent to the director of revenue at Jefferson City, Missouri, with a fee of one dollar for registering such change of motor or engine. The director of revenue shall file the affidavit and certificate in his office and shall issue and deliver a new certificate of title to the owner.
5. The owner of a motor vehicle that is identified on the appropriate Missouri certificate of ownership by a manufacturer's number other than the engine or motor number shall be exempt from the provisions of subsections 2, 3 and 4.
6. The director of revenue may adopt and enforce the rules and regulations, compatible with this chapter, that he deems necessary to properly administer this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8397, A.L. 1945 p. 1194, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1961 p. 486)
(1961) Fact that plaintiff in action on insurance policy to recover for loss of truck by fire had switched engines in two of his trucks, covered by same policy, without complying with provisions of this section and obtaining new title certificate, did not affect his insurable interest in the truck, though policy, issued after the transfer, described the truck by the original motor number. Melugin v. Imperial Casualty & Ind. Co. of Omaha, Neb. (A.) 344 S.W.2d 144.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.380 - Special numbers issued, when — fee — effect — trailers, special numbers issued, when — examination required — fee.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1998
301.380. Special numbers issued, when — fee — effect — trailers, special numbers issued, when — examination required — fee. —
1. Whenever the original, manufacturer's, or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle, trailer or motor vehicle tire has been destroyed, removed, covered, altered, defaced or is otherwise nonexistent, the director of revenue, upon application, payment of a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents, and satisfactory proof of ownership by the owner, shall issue a certificate authorizing the owner to place a special number designated by the director of revenue upon the vehicle, trailer or tire.
2. In order to properly calculate the sales tax due, in the case of a trailer which is alleged to have been made by someone who is not a manufacturer using readily distinguishable manufacturers' identifying numbers or a certificate of origin, the person seeking the special number authorized by the provisions of this section shall secure a written statement from a motor vehicle inspection station that the trailer has been examined and that it is not one made by a regular manufacturer. The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall provide such forms for inspection stations, and the person, firm, or corporation seeking the examination shall pay a regular inspection fee for the examination. The proceeds of the fee shall be distributed in the same manner as regular inspection fees are distributed. This subsection shall not apply to trailers inspected under section 301.191.
3. The director of revenue shall designate the special numbers consecutively beginning with the number one preceded by the letters "DR" and followed by the letters "Mo" for each make of motor vehicle, trailer or motor vehicle tire, or if the make be unknown, the number shall also be preceded by the letter "X".
4. When such number has been placed upon the motor vehicle or motor or engine thereof, or trailer or motor vehicle tire, it shall be the lawful number of the same for the purpose of identification, registration, and all other purposes of this chapter, and the owner may sell and transfer such property under the special number. No person shall destroy, remove, cover, alter or deface any such special number.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 8396, 8397, A.L. 1945 p. 1194, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1045, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1528)
Prior revision: 1929 § 7781
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.400 - Removal or defacing manufacturer's numbers — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
301.400. Removal or defacing manufacturer's numbers — penalty. —
Any person who removes, covers, alters or defaces, or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered or defaced, the manufacturer's number, the motor number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle, or number or other distinguishing number on any motor vehicle tire, piece of farm machinery, farm implement, or piece of construction equipment, the property of another, for any reason, shall be deemed guilty of a class D felony.
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(RSMo 1939 §§ 8396, 8404, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1454, et al., A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 7781, 7786; 1919 §§ 7608, 7609
Effective 1-01-17
(1967) The number on the transmission is a distinguishing manufacturer's number within the meaning of this section. State v. Friedman (Mo.), 412 S.W.2d 171.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.401 - Special mobile equipment and tires, defacing serial number prohibited — penalty.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote
301.401. Special mobile equipment and tires, defacing serial number prohibited — penalty. —
1. Any person who removes, covers, alters, or defaces, or causes to be destroyed, removed, covered, altered, or defaced, the manufacturer's serial number, the motor number or other distinguishing number on special mobile equipment or special mobile equipment tires, the property of another, for any reason, shall be deemed guilty of a class E felony. Further, any person who knowingly buys, sells, receives, disposes of, conceals or has in his possession special mobile equipment or special mobile equipment tires from which the manufacturer's serial number, motor number or other distinguishing number has been removed, covered, altered, defaced or destroyed shall be deemed guilty of a class E felony.
2. Every peace officer who has probable cause to believe that and has knowledge of an item of special mobile equipment on which the original manufacturer's distinguishing number has been removed, covered, altered, or defaced shall be authorized to seize immediately and to take possession of said item of special mobile equipment.
3. If at any time while such special mobile equipment remains in the custody of the law enforcement authority having seized it, the true owner thereof shall appear and prove to the satisfaction of such law enforcement authority his ownership of and entitlement to said item of special mobile equipment, it shall be returned to said owner subject to its being made available for use in any criminal prosecution under this section.
4. If, after twelve months, no person has appeared and proved he is the true owner of an item of special mobile equipment seized under this section, the court in which such prosecution was begun may advertise and sell said item of special mobile equipment under such terms as are reasonable. The proceeds of such sale shall be applied, first, to the payment of any expenses incurred in association with such sale; second, to the payment of the fine and costs of prosecution; and the balance, if any, shall be paid over to the county commission of the county in which the prosecution was begun for its application to that county's general revenues.
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(L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.420 - Applications — false statements prohibited.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
301.420. Applications — false statements prohibited. —
No person shall willfully or knowingly make a false statement in any application for the registration of a motor vehicle or trailer, or as a dealer, or in an application for or assignment of a certificate of ownership. All blanks or forms issued by the director of revenue for the purpose of making application for registration of certificate of ownership shall conspicuously bear on the face thereof the following words: "Any false statement in this application is a violation of the law and may be punished by fine or imprisonment or both". Violation of this section shall be a class C misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8401, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1987 S.B. 3, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7783; 1919 § 7600
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.440 - Penalty for violations.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2009
301.440. Penalty for violations. —
Any person who violates any provision of sections 301.010 to 301.440 for which no specific punishment is provided shall upon a plea or
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finding of guilt thereof be guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars or more than five hundred dollars.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8404, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1969 H.B. 670, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 7786; 1919 § 7601
*Word "of" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.441 - Retired members of the United States military special license plates — application — proof required — license, how marked.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 3 histories
301.441. Retired members of the United States military special license plates — application — proof required — license, how marked. —
Any person who is a retired member of the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps or Coast Guard may apply for retired military motor vehicle license plates for any motor vehicle the person owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds gross weight. There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified pursuant to this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued pursuant to this section is issued for a vehicle owned solely or jointly by such person. No additional fee shall be charged for license plates issued pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.144, no additional fee shall be charged for the personalization of license plates issued pursuant to this section. Such person shall make application for the license plates on a form provided by the director of revenue and furnish such proof of retired status from that particular branch of the United States Armed Forces as the director may require. The plates shall have a white background with a blue and red configuration at the discretion of the advisory committee established in section 301.129
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. Such plates shall bear the insignia of the respective branch the applicant served in. The director shall then issue license plates bearing the words "RETIRED MILITARY" in preference to the words "SHOW-ME STATE" in a form prescribed by the advisory committee established in section 301.129
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. Such license plates shall be made with fully reflective material, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130. There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified under this section may obtain as long as each set of license plates issued under this section is issued for vehicles owned solely or jointly by such person. License plates issued under this section shall not be transferable to any other person except that any registered co-owner of the motor vehicle may operate the motor vehicle for the duration of the year licensed in the event of the death of the qualified person.
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(L. 1994 H.B. 1308 § 2, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 1999 S.B. 115, A.L. 2001 S.B. 13, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1205, et al., A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380)
*Section 301.129 was repealed by H.B. 1298 Revision, 2014.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.442 - Transfer of commercial vehicle registration plates authorized in business ownership sale or transfer.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
• Effective - 28 Aug 1981
301.442. Transfer of commercial vehicle registration plates authorized in business ownership sale or transfer. —
Whenever a business is sold by the owner thereof and as part of the sale the ownership of one or more commercial motor vehicles is transferred, or whenever an individual or partnership transfers ownership of a business and commercial motor vehicles owned by him or them to a corporation substantially owned by him or them in a nontaxable transfer under the provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code, the original owner of any such vehicles may transfer the registration plates issued for such vehicles to the new owner who, upon notification to the director of revenue of the sale or transfer of ownership of the business and transfer of the registration plates, may use those registration plates for the remainder of the current registration period as if he, they, or it had originally purchased the plates. The director may prescribe the necessary forms for use in making the notification and may require that the notification be made under oath.
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(L. 1981 S.B. 138 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.444 - Firefighters, special licenses for certain vehicles — fee.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 3 histories
301.444. Firefighters, special licenses for certain vehicles — fee. —
1. Owners or a joint owner of motor vehicles who are residents of the state of Missouri, and who are directors of a fire protection district or who are compensated, partially compensated, or volunteer members of any fire department, fire protection district, or voluntary fire protection association in this state, upon application accompanied by affidavit as prescribed in this section, complying with the state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles, and upon payment of a fee as prescribed in this section, shall be issued a set of license plates for any motor vehicle such person owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds gross weight. The license plates shall be inscribed with a variation of the Maltese cross that signifies the universally recognized symbol for firefighters. In addition, upon such set of license plates shall be inscribed, in lieu of the words "SHOW-ME STATE", the word "FIREFIGHTER". Such license plates shall be made with fully reflective material, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130.
2. Applications for license plates issued under this section shall be made to the director of revenue and shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating that the applicant is a person described in subsection 1 of this section. Any person who is lawfully in possession of such plates who resigns, is removed, or otherwise terminates or is terminated from his association with such fire department, fire protection district, or voluntary fire protection association shall return such special plates to the director within fifteen days.
3. An additional annual fee equal to that charged for personalized license plates in section 301.144 shall be paid to the director of revenue for the issuance of the license plates provided for in this section.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1045 § 2, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1067 & 1299, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2007 S.B. 82, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.445 - Combat infantryman special license plates — application — license how marked — proof required — fee.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 3 histories
301.445. Combat infantryman special license plates — application — license how marked — proof required — fee. —
Any person who has been awarded the combat infantry badge may apply for special motor vehicle license plates for any vehicle such person owns, either solely or jointly, for issuance either to passenger motor vehicles subject to the registration fees provided in section 301.055, or for a nonlocal property-carrying commercial motor vehicle licensed for a gross weight not in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds as provided in section 301.057. Any such person shall make application for the special license plates on a form provided by the director of revenue and furnish such proof as a recipient of the combat infantry badge as the director may require. The director shall then issue license plates bearing the words "COMBAT INFANTRYMAN" in place of the words "SHOW-ME STATE" in a form prescribed by the director, except that such license plates shall be made with fully reflective material, shall have a white background with a blue and red configuration at the discretion of the director, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130. Such plates shall also bear an image of the combat infantry badge. There shall be an additional fee charged for each set of special combat infantry badge license plates issued equal to the fee charged for personalized license plates in section 301.144. There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified under this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued under this section is issued for vehicles owned solely or jointly by such person. License plates issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be transferable to any other person except that any registered co-owner of the motor vehicle shall be entitled to operate the motor vehicle with such plates for the duration of the year licensed in the event of the death of the qualified person.
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(L. 1994 H.B. 1308 § 1, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 1999 H.B. 290, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1382 & 1158, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIX - Motor Vehicles, Watercraft and Aviation › Chapter 301 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles › Section 301.447 - Pearl Harbor survivor license plates — how marked — application — proof required — transferable when.

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 301
Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
301.447. Pearl Harbor survivor license plates — how marked — application — proof required — transferable when. —
1. Any member of the United States Military Service who was stationed on or within three miles of the Hawaiian Island of Oahu on December 7, 1941, during the enemy attack on Pearl Harbor and other related military installations may apply for special motor vehicle license plates for one vehicle he owns, either solely or jointly, as provided in this section. Any such person shall make application for the special license plates on a form provided by the director of revenue and pay an additional fee equal to the fee charged for personalized license plates in section 301.144 for the issuance of the license plates provided for herein. Applications for license plates issued under this section shall be accompanied by such proof of eligibility as the director may require.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.130, each such license plate shall be embossed with the words "PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR" at the bottom of the plate in the form prescribed by the advisory committee established in section 301.129
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. Such license plates shall be made with fully reflective material, shall have a white background with a blue and red configuration at the discretion of the advisory committee established in section 301.129
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, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130. Such plates shall be available for issuance either to passenger motor vehicles subject to the registration fees provided in section 301.055, or to nonlocal property-carrying commercial motor vehicles licensed for a gross weight of six thousand pounds up through and including twenty-four thousand pounds as provided in section 301.057.
3. There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified under this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued under this section is issued for a vehicle owned solely or jointly by such person. License plates issued under the provisions of this section shall not be transferable to any other person except as provided herein. Any registered co-owner of a motor vehicle will be entitled to operate the motor vehicle for the duration of the year licensed in the event of the death of the qualified applicant. Pearl Harbor survivor plates issued under the provisions of this section shall be transferable only to a widow or widower of a Pearl Harbor survivor.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1127 § 1, A.L. 1993 S.B. 329, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1382 & 1158, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380)
*Section 301.129 was repealed by H.B. 1298 Revision, 2014.