[R.O. 2012 §390.150]
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle or trailer
upon any street or highway of this City, unless such motor vehicle
or trailer has properly displayed a valid license plate or plates
or temporary permit issued to the lawful owner of the vehicle by the
Department of Revenue of the State of Missouri, except that any person
who is a non-resident of the State of Missouri may operate or park
any motor vehicle or trailer upon any street or highway of this City,
provided the motor vehicle or trailer has been duly registered for
the current year in the State, Country or other place of which the
owner is a resident, provided that at all times such motor vehicle
or trailer is being operated or parked upon the streets or highways
of this City, the valid license plate or plates or temporary permit
is properly displayed on such vehicle or trailer.
[R.O. 2012 §390.160]
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be operated on any highway
of this City unless it shall have displayed thereon the license plate
or set of license plates issued by the Director of Revenue and authorized
by Section 301.140, RSMo. Each such plate shall be securely fastened
to the motor vehicle in a manner so that all parts thereof shall be
plainly visible and reasonably clean so that the reflective qualities
thereof are not impaired. License plates shall be fastened to all
motor vehicles except trucks, tractors, truck tractors or truck-tractors
licensed in excess of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds on the front
and rear of such vehicles not less than eight (8) nor more than forty-eight
(48) inches above the ground, with the letters and numbers thereon
right side up. The license plates on trailers, motorcycles, motortricycles
and motorscooters shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicles,
with the letters and numbers thereon right side up. The license plate
on buses, other than school buses, and on trucks, tractors, truck
tractors or truck-tractors licensed in excess of twelve thousand (12,000)
pounds shall be displayed on the front of such vehicles not less than
eight (8) nor more than forty-eight (48) inches above the ground,
with the letters and numbers thereon right side up, or if two (2)
plates are issued for the vehicle pursuant to Subsection (5) of Section
301.130, RSMo., displayed in the same manner on the front and rear
of such vehicles. The license plate or plates authorized by Section
301.140, RSMo., when properly attached, shall be prima facie evidence
that the required fees have been paid.
[R.O. 2012 §390.170]
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.
[R.O. 2012 §390.180]
A.
Motor
vehicles not previously registered in Missouri and operated for the
first time on the public highways of this City may be initially registered
for less than a twelve (12) month period at the Director's option,
when in his/her judgment such fractional registration period shall
tend to fulfill the purpose of the monthly series registration system.
B.
Upon
expiration of the initial fractional registration periods, motor vehicles
so registered shall thereafter be registered for twelve (12) month
periods as provided in Section 301.030, RSMo.
C.
Application
for registration of a motor vehicle not previously registered in Missouri,
operated for the first time on the public highways of this City, and
previously registered in another State shall be made within thirty
(30) days after the owner of such motor vehicle has become a resident
of this State.
[R.O. 2012 §390.190]
A.
The
owner of every motor vehicle as defined in Section 301.010, RSMo.,
which is required to be registered in this State, except:
1.
Motor vehicles, for the five (5) year period following their model
year of manufacture, excluding prior salvage vehicles immediately
following a rebuilding process and vehicles subject to the provisions
of Section 307.380, RSMo.;
2.
Those motor vehicles which are engaged in interstate commerce and
are proportionately registered in this State with the Missouri Highway
Reciprocity Commission, although the owner may request that such vehicle
be inspected by an official inspection station, and a peace officer
may stop and inspect such vehicles to determine whether the mechanical
condition is in compliance with the safety regulations established
by the United States Department of Transportation; and
3.
Historic motor vehicles registered pursuant to Section 301.131, RSMo;
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shall submit such vehicles to a biennial inspection of their
mechanism and equipment in accordance with the provisions of Sections
307.350 to 307.390, RSMo., and obtain a certificate of inspection
and approval and a sticker, seal, or other device from a duly authorized
official inspection station. The inspection, except the inspection
of school buses which shall be made at the time provided in Section
307.375, RSMo., shall be made at the time prescribed in the rules
and regulations issued by the Superintendent of the Missouri State
Highway Patrol; but the inspection of a vehicle shall not be made
more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of application for registration
or within sixty (60) days of when a vehicle's registration is transferred.
Any vehicle manufactured as an even-numbered model year vehicle shall
be inspected and approved pursuant to the safety inspection program
established pursuant to Sections 307.350 to 307.390, RSMo., in each
even-numbered calendar year and any such vehicle manufactured as an
odd-numbered model year vehicle shall be inspected and approved pursuant
to Sections 307.350 to 307.390, RSMo., in each odd-numbered year.
The certificate of inspection and approval shall be a sticker, seal,
or other device or combination thereof, as the Superintendent of the
Missouri State Highway Patrol prescribes by regulation and shall be
displayed upon the motor vehicle or trailer as prescribed by the regulations
established by him. The replacement of certificates of inspection
and approval which are lost or destroyed shall be made by the Superintendent
of the Missouri State Highway Patrol under regulations prescribed
by him.
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B.
For
the purpose of obtaining an inspection only, it shall be lawful to
operate a vehicle over the most direct route between the owner's usual
place of residence and an inspection station of such owner's choice,
notwithstanding the fact that the vehicle does not have a current
state registration license. It shall also be lawful to operate such
a vehicle from an inspection station to another place where repairs
may be made and to return the vehicle to the inspection station notwithstanding
the absence of a current state registration license.
C.
No
person whose motor vehicle was duly inspected and approved as provided
in this Section shall be required to have the same motor vehicle again
inspected and approved for the sole reason that such person wishes
to obtain a set of any special personalized license plates available
pursuant to Section 301.144, RSMo., or a set of any license plates
available pursuant to Section 301.142, RSMo., prior to the expiration
date of such motor vehicle's current registration.
D.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 307.390, RSMo., violation of this Section
shall be deemed an infraction.
