[R.O. 1993 § 375.010]
A. 
The City shall provide books containing uniform summons and complaint as prescribed by Supreme Court Rule. Said books shall include serially numbered sets of citations in quadruplicate in the form prescribed by Supreme Court Rule.
B. 
Such books shall be issued to the Public Safety Director or his/her duly authorized agent, a record shall be maintained of every book so issued and a written receipt shall be required for every book. The judge or judges hearing City ordinance violation cases may require that a copy of such record and receipts be filed with the court.
C. 
The Public Safety Director shall be responsible for the issuance of such books to individual members of the Public Safety Department. The Public Safety Director shall require a written receipt for every book so issued and shall maintain a record of every such book and each set of citations contained therein.
[R.O. 1993 § 375.020]
Except when authorized or directed under State law to immediately take a person before the Municipal Judge for the violation of any traffic laws, a Public Safety Officer who halts a person for such violation other than for the purpose of giving him/her a warning or warning notice and does not take such person into custody under arrest, shall issue to him/her a uniform summons and complaint which shall be proceeded upon in accordance with Supreme Court Rule.
[R.O. 1993 § 375.030]
Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of the City or by State law, the Officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a uniform summons and complaint for the driver to answer to the charge against him/her within five (5) days during the hours and at a place specified in the traffic summons and complaint.
[R.O. 1993 § 375.040]
If a violator of the restrictions on stopping, standing or parking under the traffic laws or ordinances does not appear in response to a uniform summons and complaint affixed to such motor vehicle within a period of five (5) days, the Violations Bureau shall send to the owner of the motor vehicle to which the uniform summons and complaint was affixed a letter informing him/her of the violation and warning him/her that in the event such letter is disregarded for a period of five (5) days a warrant of arrest will be issued.
[R.O. 1993 § 375.060]
A. 
If a person abandons a vehicle, as defined in Section 301.010, RSMo., on any real property owned by another without the consent of the owner or person in possession of the property, at the request of the person in possession of the real property, any member of the Public Safety Department, Sheriff, or other Law Enforcement Officer within his/her jurisdiction may authorize a service station, towing operator, salvage dealer, or vehicle repair shop to remove such vehicle from the property. For purposes of this Section, a person abandons a vehicle if he/she leaves the vehicle unattended for more than forty-eight (48) hours, or less if the abandoned vehicle, in the judgment of a the Public Safety Officer, constitutes a safety hazard or unreasonably interferes with the use of the real property by the person in possession. The Law Enforcement Officer shall have no authority to remove a vehicle from real property owned by another prior to the expiration of forty-eight (48) hours after the vehicle is placed on the property or notice given by the owner of the property, unless the abandoned vehicle, in the judgment of the Law Enforcement Officer, constitutes a safety hazard or unreasonably interferes with the use of the real property by the person in possession. The owner of a vehicle removed as provided in this Section shall be responsible for payment of all reasonable charges for towing and storage of such vehicle.
B. 
Neither the Public Safety Officer nor anyone having custody of a vehicle under his/her direction shall be liable for any damage to such vehicle occasioned by a removal authorized by this Section other than damages occasioned by gross negligence or by willful or wanton acts or omissions.
C. 
Upon the towing of any vehicle under this Section the Public Safety Department that authorized such towing shall make any inquiry with the national crime information center and any statewide Missouri law enforcement computer system to determine if the vehicle has been reported as stolen. The Public Safety Officer who authorized the tow shall submit a report to the Director of Revenue within five (5) working days of the towing of the vehicle. Such report shall include the following:
1. 
The year, model, make and vehicle identification number of the vehicle;
2. 
A description of any damage to the vehicle noted by the Public Safety Officer;
3. 
The license number;
4. 
The storage location of the towed vehicle;
5. 
The name and address of the tower;
6. 
The date of the authorization to tow the vehicle; and
7. 
The date of the inquiry of the national crime information center and any statewide Missouri law enforcement computer system to determine if the vehicle had been stolen.
D. 
The Director of Revenue shall notify the owner and any holder of a security interest in the towed vehicle of its location, the name and business address of the person who towed the vehicle, and the right of the person who towed the vehicle to obtain a certificate of title on the vehicle if the towing and storage charges are not paid. This notice shall be given within fifteen (15) working days of the receipt of the towing report from the Public Safety Department.
E. 
The owner of such vehicle, or the holder of a valid security interest thereon which is in default, may reclaim it from the service station, towing operator, salvage dealer, or motor vehicle repair shop, upon proof of ownership or valid security interest which is in default and payment of all reasonable charges for the towing and storage of the vehicle.
F. 
Any person who removes a vehicle at the direction of a Public Safety Officer as provided in this Section shall have a lien for all reasonable charges for the towing and storage of the vehicle, until possession of the vehicle is voluntarily relinquished to the owner of the vehicle, or to the holder of a valid security interest thereon which is in default. Any personal property within the vehicle need not be released to the owner thereof until the reasonable or agreed charges for such recovery, transportation or safekeeping have been paid or satisfactory arrangements for payment have been made, except that personal medical supplies shall be released to the owner thereof upon request. If the vehicle is titled in Missouri, such lien shall be enforced in the following manner:
1. 
The lienholder in possession shall request the Public Safety Department which authorized the towing to make inquiry with the national crime information center and any statewide Missouri law enforcement computer system to determine if the vehicle had been reported stolen and in whose name the vehicle was registered;
2. 
The lienholder in possession shall notify by registered mail, postage prepaid, the owner, if known, and any lienholders of record, at their last known addresses, that application for a certificate of title will be made unless the owner or lienholder of record makes satisfactory arrangements with the person holding the vehicle for payment of towing and storage within sixty (60) days of the mailing of the notice. This notice shall be supplied by the use of a form designed and provided by the Director of Revenue;
3. 
Sixty (60) days after the notification form has been mailed and the vehicle is unredeemed and no satisfactory arrangement has been made with the lienholder in possession for continued storage, the lienholder in possession may apply to the Director of Revenue for a certificate of title. The application shall be accompanied by:
a. 
The original or a conformed or photostatic copy of the written request of the Public Safety Officer authorizing the tow;
b. 
An affidavit of the lienholder in possession that he/she has been in possession of the towed vehicle for sixty (60) days and that the owner has failed to make arrangements for payment of towing and storage charges;
c. 
A copy of the receipt indicating that the owner or lienholder of record has received the notice required by Subsection (F)(2);
d. 
An inspection certificate shall be completed by the officer who authorized the tow on a form provided by the Department of Revenue. If the officer who authorized the tow is not available to inspect the vehicle and complete the certificate, the law enforcement agency which authorized the tow may designate another officer to inspect the vehicle and complete the form. The inspection shall be made at least sixty (60) days after the date of towing. The inspection certificate shall be dated to reflect the date of the inspection;
e. 
A fee of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50).
G. 
Upon proof of the foregoing by proper affidavit, the Director of Revenue shall, if requested, issue a new certificate of title to the lienholder in possession.
H. 
Towing operators, service stations, salvage dealers, or motor vehicle repair shops which tow or store vehicles according to this Section shall keep a record for three (3) years on each vehicle towed and not reclaimed by the owner of the vehicle. Such record shall contain a copy of the Public Safety Officer's authorization to tow, copies of all correspondence with the department of revenue concerning the vehicle, and information concerning the final disposition of the possession of the vehicle.
I. 
This Section shall not apply in cities having ordinances regulating the removal, sale, and licensing of abandoned vehicles.