A. 
No owner of a motor vehicle registered in this State, or required to be registered in this State, shall operate, register or maintain registration of a motor vehicle, or permit another person to operate such vehicle, unless the owner maintains the financial responsibility which conforms to the requirements of the laws of this State. No non-resident shall operate or permit another person to operate in this Village a motor vehicle registered to such non-resident unless the non-resident maintains the financial responsibility which conforms to the requirements of the laws of the non-resident's state of residence. 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 the person's operation of the other's vehicle. However, no owner or non-resident shall be in violation of this Subsection if he/she fails to maintain financial responsibility on a motor vehicle which is inoperable or being stored and not in operation. The Director of the Department of Revenue shall establish by rule a process for voluntary suspension of motor vehicle registration for vehicles which are inoperable or being stored and not in operation. The owner or non-resident shall not further operate the vehicle until the owner or non-resident notifies the Department of Revenue that the vehicle will be in use, and the Department shall reinstate the motor vehicle registration upon receipt of proof of financial responsibility. Owners or non-residents who operate a motor vehicle during a period of inoperability or storage claimed under this Subsection shall be guilty of an ordinance violation and may additionally be guilty of a violation of this Subsection. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Revenue may verify motor vehicle financial responsibility as provided by law, but shall not otherwise take legal or administrative action to enforce the requirements of this Section unless, in the discretion of the Director, the motor vehicle is determined to have been operated in violation of this Section, a motor vehicle registration is applied for in violation of this Section, or the motor vehicle on two (2) separate occasions thirty (30) days apart is determined to have its registration maintained in violation of this Section. The Director may prescribe rules and regulations for the implementation of this Section.
B. 
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 twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) because of injury to or destruction of property of others in any one (1) accident.
C. 
Proof of financial responsibility may be shown by any of the following:
1. 
A current 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 liability 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 named 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; or
2. 
A certificate of the State Treasurer of a cash or security deposit according to Section 303.240, RSMo.;
3. 
A surety bond according to Section 303.230, RSMo.; or
4. 
A photocopy or an image displayed on a mobile electronic device as authorized by and subject to the restrictions of Section 303.024, RSMo.
D. 
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 an insured motor vehicle shall exhibit the insurance identification card on the demand of any Peace Officer, commercial vehicle enforcement officer or commercial vehicle inspector who lawfully stops such operator or investigates an accident while that officer or inspector is engaged in the performance of the officer's or inspector's duties.
E. 
However, no person shall be found guilty of violating this Section if the operator demonstrates to the court that he/she met the financial responsibility requirements of Section 303.025, RSMo., at the time the Peace Officer wrote the citation.
F. 
Any person who violates any provisions of this Section shall be guilty of an ordinance violation. (RSMo. §§303.025, 2011, 303.160, 303.190, 303.024, 2013, 2014 effective 1-1-2017)
No person shall display evidence of insurance to a Law Enforcement Officer knowing there is no valid liability insurance in effect on the motor vehicle as required pursuant to this Article or knowing the evidence of insurance is illegally altered, counterfeit or otherwise invalid as evidence of insurance. If the Law Enforcement Officer issues a citation to a motor vehicle operator for displaying invalid evidence of insurance, the Officer shall confiscate the evidence for presentation in court. Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of an ordinance violation. (RSMo. §303.178)