Moving to Missouri: plates, insurance, deadlines

Apply for Missouri registration within the period measured from the owner's becoming a resident. This rule applies to the specified previously out-of-state-registered vehicle used on Missouri public highways.

A specific penalty for violating this newcomer application deadline has not been verified in this coverage set.

Apply for a Missouri commercial driver's license. Meet the other licensing requirements; the statute permits the director to waive the driving test for a qualifying comparable-state license.

A specific penalty for a late transfer application has not been verified in this coverage set.

Mo. Rev. Stat. §302.735.10

The applicant shall meet all other requirements of sections 302.700 to 302.780 , except that the director may waive the driving test for a commercial driver's license as required in section 302.720 if the applicant for a commercial driver's license has a valid commercial driver's license from a state which has requirements for issuance of such license comparable to those in this state.

First surrender any other-state commercial driver's license in the manner prescribed by the director; it will be returned to the issuing state for cancellation.

Maintain the financial responsibility which conforms to the requirements of the laws of this state. No owner or nonresident shall be in violation of this subsection if he or she fails to maintain financial responsibility on a motor vehicle which is inoperable or being stored and not in operation; the owner or nonresident shall not further operate the vehicle until the owner or nonresident notifies the department of revenue that the vehicle will be in use. 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, and the department shall reinstate the motor vehicle registration upon receipt of proof of financial responsibility.

Mo. Rev. Stat. §303.025.1

no owner or nonresident shall be in violation of this subsection if he or she fails to maintain financial responsibility on a motor vehicle which is inoperable or being stored and not in operation. ... The owner or nonresident shall not further operate the vehicle until the owner or nonresident notifies the department of revenue that the vehicle will be in use

No certificate of registration of any motor vehicle or trailer, or number plate therefor, shall be issued unless the applicant makes application for and is granted a certificate of ownership of such motor vehicle or trailer, or shall present satisfactory evidence that such certificate has been previously issued to the applicant for such motor vehicle or trailer.

The application shall be accompanied by a current inspection form certified by a duly authorized official inspection station. The completed form shall certify that the manufacturer's identification number for the vehicle has been inspected, that it is correctly displayed on the vehicle and shall certify the reading shown on the odometer at the time of inspection. Motor vehicles brought into this state in a wrecked or damaged condition or after being towed as an abandoned vehicle pursuant to another state's abandoned motor vehicle procedures shall, in lieu of the inspection required by subsection 10 of this section, be inspected by the Missouri state highway patrol in accordance with subsection 9 of this section. This section shall not apply to vehicles being transferred on a manufacturer's statement of origin.

The application shall be accompanied by a current inspection form certified by a duly authorized official inspection station. The completed form shall certify that the manufacturer's identification number for the vehicle has been inspected, that it is correctly displayed on the vehicle and shall certify the reading shown on the odometer at the time of inspection. Motor vehicles brought into this state in a wrecked or damaged condition or after being towed as an abandoned vehicle pursuant to another state's abandoned motor vehicle procedures shall, in lieu of the inspection required by subsection 10 of this section, be inspected by the Missouri state highway patrol in accordance with subsection 9 of this section. This section shall not apply to vehicles being transferred on a manufacturer's statement of origin.

Mo. Rev. Stat. §301.190.11

Motor vehicles brought into this state in a wrecked or damaged condition or after being towed as an abandoned vehicle pursuant to another state's abandoned motor vehicle procedures shall, in lieu of the inspection required by subsection 10 of this section, be inspected by the Missouri state highway patrol in accordance with subsection 9 of this section.

Mo. Rev. Stat. §301.190.10

This section shall not apply to vehicles being transferred on a manufacturer's statement of origin.

The motor vehicle or trailer 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.

The motor vehicle or trailer 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.

An insurance identification card shall be carried in the insured motor vehicle at all times. A motor vehicle liability insurance policy, a motor vehicle liability insurance binder, receipt, or a photocopy or an image displayed on a mobile electronic device which contains the policy information required in subsection 2 of this section shall be satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu of an insurance identification card.

An insurance identification card shall be carried in the insured motor vehicle at all times. A motor vehicle liability insurance policy, a motor vehicle liability insurance binder, receipt, or a photocopy or an image displayed on a mobile electronic device which contains the policy information required in subsection 2 of this section shall be satisfactory evidence of insurance in lieu of an insurance identification card.

Submit the motor vehicle to a biennial inspection of its mechanism and equipment and obtain a certificate of inspection and approval and a sticker, seal, or other device from a duly authorized official inspection station.

Submit the motor vehicle to a biennial inspection of its mechanism and equipment and obtain a certificate of inspection and approval and a sticker, seal, or other device from a duly authorized official inspection station.

Mo. Rev. Stat. §307.350.1(1)

Motor vehicles having less than one hundred fifty thousand miles, for the ten-year period following their model year of manufacture, excluding prior salvage vehicles immediately following a rebuilding process and vehicles subject to the provisions of section 307.380

Mo. Rev. Stat. §307.350.1(2)-(4)

Those motor vehicles which are engaged in interstate commerce and are proportionately registered in this state with the Missouri highway reciprocity commission ... Historic motor vehicles registered pursuant to section 301.131 ... Vehicles registered in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds for a period of less than twelve months

The motor vehicle shall be inspected and approved prior to sale or transfer. If such vehicle is inspected and approved prior to sale or transfer, such vehicle shall not be subject to another emissions inspection for ninety days after the date of sale or transfer of such vehicle. A vehicle manufactured as an even-numbered model year vehicle shall be inspected and approved in each even-numbered calendar year and a vehicle manufactured as an odd-numbered model year vehicle in each odd-numbered calendar year.

The motor vehicle shall be inspected and approved prior to sale or transfer. If such vehicle is inspected and approved prior to sale or transfer, such vehicle shall not be subject to another emissions inspection for ninety days after the date of sale or transfer of such vehicle. A vehicle manufactured as an even-numbered model year vehicle shall be inspected and approved in each even-numbered calendar year and a vehicle manufactured as an odd-numbered model year vehicle in each odd-numbered calendar year.

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(1)-(3)

Motor vehicles with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating in excess of eight thousand five hundred pounds; (2) Motorcycles and motortricycles if such vehicles are exempted from the motor vehicle emissions inspection under federal regulation and approved by the commission by rule; (3) Model year vehicles manufactured prior to 1996

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(4)

Vehicles which are powered exclusively by electric or hydrogen power or by fuels other than gasoline which are exempted from the motor vehicle emissions inspection under federal regulation and approved by the commission by rule

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(5)

which are domiciled and operated exclusively in an area of the state not subject to the inspection requirements of sections 643.300 to 643.355 , but only if the owner of such vehicle presents to the department an affidavit that the vehicle will be operated exclusively in an area of the state not subject to the inspection requirements of sections 643.300 to 643.355 for the next twenty-four months, and the owner applies for and receives a waiver

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(6)

New and unused motor vehicles, of model years of the current calendar year and of any calendar year within two years of such calendar year, which have an odometer reading of less than six thousand miles at the time of original sale by a motor vehicle manufacturer or licensed motor vehicle dealer to the first user

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(7)-(9)

Historic motor vehicles registered pursuant to section 301.131 ; (8) School buses; (9) Heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of eight thousand five hundred pounds

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(10)

New motor vehicles that have not been previously titled and registered, for the four-year period following their model year of manufacture, provided the odometer reading for such motor vehicles are under forty thousand miles at their first required biennial safety inspection conducted under sections 307.350 to 307.390

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(11)

Motor vehicles that are driven fewer than twelve thousand miles between biennial safety inspections

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(12)

Qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles. For the purposes of this section, "qualified plug-in electric drive vehicle" shall mean a plug-in electric drive vehicle that is made by a manufacturer, has not been modified from original manufacturer specifications, and can operate solely on electric power and is capable of recharging its battery from an on-board generation source and an off-board electricity source

Mo. Rev. Stat. §643.315.2(13)

Motor vehicles over ten years old that are registered as local commercial motor vehicles used for farm or farming transportation operations, as described in section 301.010 , or that are otherwise defined as covered farm vehicles under federal laws and regulations

Record the number prior to operating the vessel on the waters of this state in excess of the reciprocity period.

Record the number prior to operating the vessel on the waters of this state in excess of the reciprocity period.

A tax is imposed for every taxable year on the Missouri taxable income of every resident.

A tax is imposed for every taxable year on the Missouri taxable income of every resident.