[R.O. 2008 §16-181; Ord. No. 1841 §1, 1-27-1997]
A. 
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or park any motor vehicle, which is required to be registered in the State, upon any highway, roadway or alleyway within the City unless such vehicle displays a current valid Missouri inspection sticker or at the time of occurrence such person, firm or corporation can provide a current valid Missouri certificate of inspection.
B. 
For the sole purpose of obtaining an inspection, it is lawful to operate a vehicle over the most direct route between the owner's usual place of residence and an inspection station of choice, notwithstanding the fact that the vehicle does not have a current State registration license, and 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. 
The provision of this Section shall not apply to:
1. 
New motor vehicles which have not been previously titled and registered, for the two (2) year period following their model year of manufacture;
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 Police 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;
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/her. 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/her.
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State Law References — Similar provisions, §§307.350, 307.390, RSMo.