[R.O. 2009 § 375.050]
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. 2009 § 375.053; R.O. 2006
§ 370.210; Ord. No. 497 § 149, 6-26-1979]
It shall be unlawful to operate a
motor vehicle on the streets and highways in the City, without a current
State inspection sticker visible on the lower left-hand corner of
the windshield.
[R.O. 2009 § 375.055]
Application for registration of a
motor vehicle not previously registered in Missouri, operated for
the first time on the public highways of this State, 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.
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 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. 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) inches 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 either horizontally or vertically, with the letters
and numbers plainly visible. 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) inches 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 (3) 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. 2009 § 375.070]
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. 2009 § 375.080]
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 the City a
motor vehicle or trailer required to be registered as provided by
law unless a certificate of ownership has been applied for as provided
in Section 301.190, RSMo.
[R.O. 2009 § 375.100]
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
an 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.
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/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 trade-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, or no more than ninety (90) days if
the dealer is selling the motor vehicle under the provisions of Section
301.213, RSMo., or no more than sixty (60) days if the dealer is selling
the motor vehicle under the provisions of Subsection 5 of Section
301.210, RSMo. As used in this Section, 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.
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, or no more than
ninety (90) days if issued by a dealer selling the motor vehicle under
the provisions of Section 301.213, RSMo., or no more than sixty (60)
days if issued by a dealer selling the motor vehicle under the provisions
of Subsection 5 of Section 301.210, RSMo., 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
4 of Section 301.140, RSMo., 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 and 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, or no more than ninety (90) days if
issued by a dealer selling the motor vehicle under the provisions
of Section 301.213, RSMo., or no more than sixty (60) days if issued
by a dealer selling the motor vehicle under the provisions of Subsection
5 of Section 301.210, RSMo.
The plates issued pursuant to Subsection (3) or (6) of Section
301.560, RSMo., may be displayed on any motor vehicle owned by a new
motor vehicle manufacturer. The plates issued pursuant to Subsection
(3) or (6) of Section 301.560, RSMo., may be displayed on any motor
vehicle or trailer owned and held for resale by a motor vehicle dealer
for use by a customer who is test driving the motor vehicle, for use
by any customer while the customer's vehicle is being serviced or
repaired by the motor vehicle dealer, for use and display purposes
during, but not limited to, parades, private events, charitable events,
or for use by an employee or officer, but shall not be displayed on
any motor vehicle or trailer hired or loaned to others or upon any
regularly used service or wrecker vehicle. Motor vehicle dealers may
display their dealer plates on a tractor, truck or trailer to demonstrate
a vehicle under a loaded condition. Trailer dealers may display their
dealer license plates in like manner, except such plates may only
be displayed on trailers owned and held for resale by the trailer
dealer.
[R.O. 2009 § 375.130]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 375.135; R.O. 2006
§ 375.020]
Special mobile equipment may be moved
on the highways of this City from one job location to another or to
or from places of storage, delivery or repair without complying with
the provisions of the law relating to titling and registration and
display of license plates but shall comply with all the other requirements
of the law relating to motor vehicles; except that such equipment,
other than farm equipment, shall not be operated on state maintained
roads or highways on Saturdays, Sundays or legal holidays, except
in emergencies.
