It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle in this
City when his/her privilege to do so has been suspended, revoked,
or canceled.
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.
[Ord. No. 901 §1, 8-18-2010]
A. No motor
vehicle or trailer shall be operated on any highway or street of this
City unless it shall have displayed thereon the license plate or set
of license plates issued by the Director of Revenue or the State Highways
and Transportation Commission and authorized by Section 301.140, RSMo.
Each such plate shall be securely fastened to the motor vehicle or
trailer in a manner so that all parts thereof shall be plainly visible
and reasonably clean so that the reflective qualities thereof are
not impaired. Each such plate may be encased in a transparent cover
so long as the plate is plainly visible and its reflective qualities
are not impaired. License plates shall be securely fastened to the
front and rear of 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 motor scooters shall be displayed
on the rear of such vehicles with the letters and numbers thereon
right side up. The license plates on trucks, tractors, truck tractors
or truck-tractors licensed in excess of twelve thousand pounds (12,000)
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. 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.
B. The Director
of Revenue, upon receipt of a proper application for registration,
required fees and any other information which may be required by law,
shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration in such
manner and form as the Director of Revenue may prescribe and a set
of license plates, or other evidence of registration, as provided
by this Section. Each set of license plates shall bear the name or
abbreviated name of this State, the words "SHOW-ME STATE", the month
and year in which the registration shall expire, and an arrangement
of numbers or letters, or both, as shall be assigned from year to
year by the Director of Revenue. The plates shall also contain fully
reflective material with a common color scheme and design for each
type of license plate issued pursuant to this Chapter. The plates
shall be clearly visible at night and shall be aesthetically attractive.
Special plates for qualified disabled veterans will have the "DISABLED
VETERAN" wording on the license plates in preference to the words
"SHOW-ME STATE" and special plates for members of the National Guard
will have the "NATIONAL GUARD" wording in preference to the words
"SHOW-ME STATE".
C. The arrangement
of letters and numbers of license plates shall be uniform throughout
each classification of registration. The Director may provide for
the arrangement of the numbers in groups or otherwise and for other
distinguishing marks on the plates.
D. All property-carrying
commercial motor vehicles to be registered at a gross weight in excess
of twelve thousand (12,000) pounds, all passenger-carrying commercial
motor vehicles, local transit buses, school buses, trailers, semitrailers,
motorcycles, motortricycles, motor scooters and driveaway vehicles
shall be registered with the Director of Revenue as provided for in
Subsection (3) of Section 301.030, RSMo., or with the State Highways
and Transportation Commission as otherwise provided in this Chapter,
but only one (1) license plate shall be issued for each such vehicle
except as provided in this Subsection. The applicant for registration
of any property-carrying commercial motor vehicle may request and
be issued two (2) license plates for such vehicle, and if such plates
are issued, the Director of Revenue may assess and collect an additional
charge from the applicant in an amount not to exceed the fee prescribed
for personalized license plates in Subsection (1) of Section 301.144,
RSMo.
E. The plates
issued to manufacturers and dealers shall bear the letters and numbers
as prescribed by Section 301.560, RSMo., and the Director may place
upon the plates other letters or marks to distinguish commercial motor
vehicles and trailers and other types of motor vehicles.
F. Annual Or Biennial Tabs.
1. The
Director of Revenue shall issue annually or biennially a tab or set
of tabs as provided by law as evidence of the annual payment of registration
fees and the current registration of a vehicle in lieu of the set
of plates. Beginning January 1, 2010, the Director may prescribe any
additional information recorded on the tab or tabs to ensure that
the tab or tabs positively correlate with the license plate or plates
issued by the Department of Revenue for such vehicle. Such tabs shall
be produced in each license bureau office.
2. The
vehicle owner to whom a tab or set of tabs is issued shall affix and
display such tab or tabs in the designated area of the license plate,
no more than one (1) per plate.
3. A tab
or set of tabs issued by the Director of Revenue when attached to
a vehicle in the prescribed manner shall be prima facie evidence that
the registration fee for such vehicle has been paid.
4. Except
as otherwise provided in this Section, the Director of Revenue shall
issue plates for a period of at least six (6) years.
5. For
those commercial motor vehicles and trailers registered pursuant to
Section 301.041, RSMo., the plate issued by the Highways and Transportation
Commission shall be a permanent non-expiring license plate for which
no tabs shall be issued. Nothing in this Section shall relieve the
owner of any vehicle permanently registered pursuant to this Section
from the obligation to pay the annual registration fee due for the
vehicle. The permanent non-expiring license plate shall be returned
to the Highways and Transportation Commission upon the sale or disposal
of the vehicle by the owner to whom the permanent non-expiring license
plate is issued, or the plate may be transferred to a replacement
commercial motor vehicle when the owner files a supplemental application
with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the registration
of such replacement commercial motor vehicle. Upon payment of the
annual registration fee, the Highways and Transportation Commission
shall issue a certificate of registration or other suitable evidence
of payment of the annual fee, and such evidence of payment shall be
carried at all times in the vehicle for which it is issued.
6. Upon
the sale or disposal of any vehicle permanently registered under this
Section or upon the termination of a lease of any such vehicle, the
permanent non-expiring plate issued for such vehicle shall be returned
to the Highways and Transportation Commission and shall not be valid
for operation of such vehicle, or the plate may be transferred to
a replacement vehicle when the owner files a supplemental application
with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the registration
of such replacement vehicle. If a vehicle which is permanently registered
under this Section is sold, wrecked or otherwise disposed of, or the
lease terminated, the registrant shall be given credit for any unused
portion of the annual registration fee when the vehicle is replaced
by the purchase or lease of another vehicle during the registration
year.
G. The Director
of Revenue and the Highways and Transportation Commission may prescribe
rules and regulations for the effective administration of this Section.
No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this
Section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant
to the provisions of Section 536.024, RSMo.
H. Notwithstanding
the provisions of any other law to the contrary, owners of motor vehicles
other than apportioned motor vehicles or commercial motor vehicles
licensed in excess of eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds gross weight
may apply for special personalized license plates. Vehicles licensed
for eighteen thousand (18,000) pounds that display special personalized
license plates shall be subject to the provisions of Subsections (1)
and (2) of Section 301.030, RSMo.
I. No later
than January 1, 2009, the Director of Revenue shall commence the reissuance
of new license plates of such design as directed by the Director consistent
with the terms, conditions and provisions of this Section and this
Chapter. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, in addition
to all other fees required by law, applicants for registration of
vehicles with license plates that expire during the period of reissuance,
applicants for registration of trailers or semitrailers with license
plates that expire during the period of reissuance and applicants
for registration of vehicles that are to be issued new license plates
during the period of reissuance shall pay the cost of the plates required
by this Subsection. The additional cost prescribed in this Subsection
shall not be charged to persons receiving special license plates issued
under Sections 301.073 or 301.443, RSMo. Historic motor vehicle license
plates registered pursuant to Section 301.131, RSMo., and specialized
license plates are exempt from the provisions of this Subsection.
No person shall operate or park any motor vehicle or trailer
on any street or highway of this City on which there is displayed
a plate, tag, sticker, sign or placard bearing the words "license
lost," "license applied for" or words of similar import, as a substitute
for a valid license plate or temporary permit.
No person shall show, exhibit, display or have in possession
for the purpose of sale any motor vehicle bearing or displaying thereon
any number or license plates, except those of the dealer or owner
so displaying said motor vehicle; provided however, that where the
motor vehicle is placed on consignment with a dealer by the owner
thereof, there may be displayed a number or license plate issued to
the owner thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate in this City
a motor vehicle or trailer registered as provided by law, unless a
certificate of ownership shall have been issued.
It shall be unlawful for any person to buy or sell in this City
any motor vehicle or trailer registered under the laws of this State
unless at the time of delivery thereof there shall pass between the
parties a certificate of ownership with assignment thereof as provided
in Section 301.210, RSMo., as amended, and the sale of any motor vehicle
or trailer registered under the laws of this State, without the assignment
of such certificate of ownership, shall be fraudulent and void.
[Ord. No. 901 §2, 8-18-2010]
A. Upon
the transfer of ownership of any motor vehicle or trailer, the certificate
of registration and the right to use the number plates shall expire
and the number plates shall be removed by the owner at the time of
the transfer of possession, and it shall be unlawful for any person
other than the person to whom such number plates were originally issued
to have the same in his or her possession whether in use or not, unless
such possession is solely for charitable purposes; except that the
buyer of a motor vehicle or trailer who trades in a motor vehicle
or trailer may attach the license plates from the traded-in motor
vehicle or trailer to the newly purchased motor vehicle or trailer.
The operation of a motor vehicle with such transferred plates shall
be lawful for no more than thirty (30) days. As used in this Subsection,
the term "trade-in motor vehicle or trailer" shall include any single
motor vehicle or trailer sold by the buyer of the newly purchased
vehicle or trailer, as long as the license plates for the trade-in
motor vehicle or trailer are still valid.
B. In the
case of a transfer of ownership the original owner may register another
motor vehicle under the same number, upon the payment of a fee of
two dollars ($2.00), if the motor vehicle is of horsepower, gross
weight or (in the case of a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle)
seating capacity, not in excess of that originally registered. When
such motor vehicle is of greater horsepower, gross weight or (in the
case of a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle) seating capacity,
for which a greater fee is prescribed, applicant shall pay a transfer
fee of two dollars ($2.00) and a pro rata portion for the difference
in fees. When such vehicle is of less horsepower, gross weight or
(in case of a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle) seating
capacity, for which a lesser fee is prescribed, applicant shall not
be entitled to a refund.
C. License
plates may be transferred from a motor vehicle which will no longer
be operated to a newly purchased motor vehicle by the owner of such
vehicles. The owner shall pay a transfer fee of two dollars ($2.00)
if the newly purchased vehicle is of horsepower, gross weight or (in
the case of a passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicle) seating
capacity, not in excess of that of the vehicle which will no longer
be operated. When the newly purchased motor vehicle is of greater
horsepower, gross weight or (in the case of a passenger-carrying commercial
motor vehicle) seating capacity, for which a greater fee is prescribed,
the applicant shall pay a transfer fee of two dollars ($2.00) and
a pro rata portion of the difference in fees. When the newly purchased
vehicle is of less horsepower, gross weight or (in the case of a passenger-carrying
commercial motor vehicle) seating capacity, for which a lesser fee
is prescribed, the applicant shall not be entitled to a refund.
D. Upon the sale of a motor vehicle or trailer by a dealer, a buyer who has made application for registration, by mail or otherwise, may operate the same for a period of thirty (30) days after taking possession thereof, if during such period the motor vehicle or trailer shall have attached thereto, in the manner required by Section 301.130, RSMo., number plates issued to the dealer. Upon application and presentation of proof of financial responsibility as required under Subsection
(E) of this Section and satisfactory evidence that the buyer has applied for registration, a dealer may furnish such number plates to the buyer for such temporary use. In such event, the dealer shall require the buyer to deposit the sum of ten dollars fifty cents ($10.50) to be returned to the buyer upon return of the number plates as a guarantee that said buyer will return to the dealer such number plates within thirty (30) days. The director shall issue a temporary permit authorizing the operation of a motor vehicle or trailer by a buyer for not more than thirty (30) days of the date of purchase.
E. The temporary
permit shall be made available by the Director of Revenue and may
be purchased from the Department of Revenue upon proof of purchase
of a motor vehicle or trailer for which the buyer has no registration
plate available for transfer and upon proof of financial responsibility,
or from a dealer upon purchase of a motor vehicle or trailer for which
the buyer has no registration plate available for transfer. The Director
shall make temporary permits available to registered dealers in this
State or authorized agents of the Department of Revenue in sets of
ten (10) permits. The fee for the temporary permit shall be seven
dollars fifty cents ($7.50) for each permit or plate issued. No dealer
or authorized agent shall charge more than seven dollars fifty cents
($7.50) for each permit issued. The permit shall be valid for a period
of thirty (30) days from the date of purchase of a motor vehicle or
trailer, or from the date of sale of the motor vehicle or trailer
by a dealer for which the purchaser obtains a permit as set out above.
No permit shall be issued for a vehicle under this Section unless
the buyer shows proof of financial responsibility.
F. The permit
shall be issued on a form prescribed by the Director and issued only
for the applicant's use in the operation of the motor vehicle or trailer
purchased to enable the applicant to legally operate the vehicle while
proper title and registration plate are being obtained, and shall
be displayed on no other vehicle. Temporary permits issued pursuant
to this Section shall not be transferable or renewable and shall not
be valid upon issuance of proper registration plates for the motor
vehicle or trailer. The Director shall determine the size and numbering
configuration, construction and color of the permit.
G. The dealer
or authorized agent shall insert the date of issuance and expiration
date, year, make and manufacturer's number of vehicle on the permit
when issued to the buyer. The dealer shall also insert such dealer's
number on the permit. Every dealer that issues a temporary permit
shall keep, for inspection of proper officers, a correct record of
each permit issued by recording the permit or plate number, buyer's
name and address, year, make, manufacturer's vehicle identification
number on which the permit is to be used, and the date of issuance.
H. Upon
the transfer of ownership of any currently registered motor vehicle
wherein the owner cannot transfer the license plates due to a change
of vehicle category, the owner may surrender the license plates issued
to the motor vehicle and receive credit for any unused portion of
the original registration fee against the registration fee of another
motor vehicle. Such credit shall be granted based upon the date the
license plates are surrendered. No refunds shall be made on the unused
portion of any license plates surrendered for such credit.
Upon the sale of a motor vehicle or trailer by a dealer, a buyer
who has made application for registration, by mail or otherwise, may
operate the same for a period of fifteen (15) days after taking possession
thereof, if during such period the motor vehicle or trailer shall
have attached thereto, in the manner required in Section 301.130,
RSMo., number plates issued to the dealer. Upon application and presentation
of satisfactory evidence that the buyer has applied for registration,
a dealer may furnish such number plates to the buyer for such temporary
use. In such event, the dealer shall require the buyer to deposit
the sum of ten dollars fifty cents ($10.50), to be returned to the
buyer upon return to the dealer of such number plates within fifteen
(15) days.
No dealer shall advise any purchaser of a motor vehicle or trailer
that such purchaser may drive such a motor vehicle or trailer without
compliance with the foregoing license requirements.
[Ord. No. 899 §7, 8-18-2010]
A. No owner
of a motor vehicle registered in this State shall operate the vehicle,
or authorize any other person to operate the vehicle, upon the streets
or the alleys of this City, unless the owner maintains the financial
responsibility as required in this Section. Furthermore, no person
shall operate a motor vehicle owned by another with the knowledge
that the owner has not maintained financial responsibility unless
such person has financial responsibility which covers operation of
vehicles owned by another person.
For purposes of this Section, the term "financial responsibility"
shall mean the ability to respond in damages for liability on account
of accidents occurring after the effective date of proof of said financial
responsibility, arising out of the ownership, maintenance or use of
a motor vehicle, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
because of bodily injury to or death of one (1) person in any one
(1) accident, and, subject to said limit for one (1) person, in the
amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) because of bodily injury
to or death of two (2) or more persons in any one (1) accident, and
in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) because of injury
to or destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident.
B. Proof
of financial responsibility may be shown by any of the following:
1. An insurance
identification card issued by a motor vehicle insurer or by the Director
of Revenue of the State of Missouri for self-insurance. A motor vehicle
insurance policy, a motor vehicle liability insurance binder, or receipt
which contains the name and address of the insurer, the name and address
of the name insured, the policy number, the effective dates of the
policy and a description by year and make of the vehicle, or at least
five (5) digits of the vehicle identification number or the word "Fleet"
if the insurance policy covers five (5) or more motor vehicles, shall
be satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu of an insurance identification
card.
2. A certificate
of the State Treasurer of a cash deposit according to Section 303.240,
RSMo.
3. A surety
bond according to Section 303.230, RSMo.
C. Proof
of financial responsibility shall be carried at all times in the insured
motor vehicle or by the operator of the motor vehicle if the proof
of financial responsibility is effective as to the operator rather
than to the vehicle. The operator of the motor vehicle shall exhibit
the proof of financial responsibility on the demand of any Peace Officer
who lawfully stops such operator while that Officer is engaged in
the performance of the duties of his/her office.
D. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be subject to the general penalty provisions contained in Section
100.040 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 21 Art. XXVII §7, 3-11-1963]
A. In addition
to having the proper registration displayed as required by law, no
person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle in this City without
displaying in a conspicuous place on both sides thereof in letters
at least three (3) inches in height and in a contrasting color to
the background.
2. The
address from which such motor vehicle is operated.
3. The
gross weight for which said vehicle is licensed.
4. Local
commercial vehicles, in addition, shall display in a conspicuous place
the word "local".