[Ord. No. 536, § 1, 4-6-1993]
Every owner of and dealer in motor vehicles, residing in the City, shall pay an annual motor vehicle tax, which shall be valid from the 1st day of January to the 31st day of December, for each motor vehicle that they own as of the 1st day of January each year.
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Editor's Note: Former § 23-57, pertaining to presumption of guilt, adopted 3-4-1980 by Ord. No. 360, was repealed 4-6-1993 by Ord. No. 536.
[Ord. No. 536, § 4, 4-6-1993]
No resident of the City, that owns a motor vehicle used exclusively outside of the City, shall be required to pay any motor vehicle license tax as set forth in Section 23-56. The fact that the motor vehicle is used exclusively outside of the City may be shown by an affidavit of the owner of the motor vehicle for the purpose of securing a state registration certificate without producing a receipt for municipal license taxes.
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Editor's Note: Former § 23-59, pertaining to issuance of registration stickers, adopted 3-4-1980 by Ord. No. 360, was repealed 4-6-1993 by Ord. No. 536.
[Ord. No. 360, § 15-178, 3-4-1980; Ord. No. 522, § 4, 11-17-1992; Ord. No. 536, § 2, 4-6-1993; Ord. No. 816, § 1, 5-17-2005]
(a) 
Annual motor vehicle license taxes for all motor vehicles shall be as follows:
(1) 
For passenger cars and vans: $4.50.
(2) 
For trucks of all sizes: $4.50.
(3) 
For motorcycles, motor tricycles, motor scooters and other miscellaneous vehicles not otherwise classified: $4.50.
[Ord. No. 536, § 3, 4-6-1993]
The collector of revenue of Bates County shall include as a charge on bills issued for personal property taxes the charge for City motor vehicle license taxes and collect the same with and in the same payment as personal property taxes. Said collector shall collect delinquent receipts of such motor vehicle license taxes, and penalties thereon, in the same manner and form as provided by law for the collection of delinquent ad valorem property taxes, as provided for in RSMo 301.340.
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Editor's Note: Former § 23-62 through 23-64, pertaining to replacement stickers and tags, manufacturers' and dealers' registration and license tax, and license expiration dates and renewals, adopted 3-4-1980 by Ord. No. 360, were repealed 4-6-1993 by Ord. No. 536.
[Ord. No. 536, § 5, 4-6-1993]
It shall not be required that any evidence of payment of the annual motor vehicle license tax be displayed on any vehicle for which the payment of said tax is required.
[Ord. No. 360, § 15-184, 3-4-1980]
The City Clerk shall not issue to any applicant a City license sticker unless the applicant has paid to the City all personal taxes which may have been assessed against his property and appear upon the personal tax records of the City.
[Ord. No. 360, § 15-185, 3-4-1980; Ord. No. 536, § 6, 4-6-1993]
All money derived from the motor vehicle license tax required by this article shall be expended in the maintenance, cleaning, construction and repair of the streets and highways within the City and for no other purpose.