HB 2951

                                SECOND REGULAR SESSION
                         HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NOS. 2951, 2958 & 2977
                          103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
6404H.02C  JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
                                           AN ACT
To repeal section 301.010, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof five new sections relating to
       motor vehicle registration, with penalty provisions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
         Section A. Section 301.010, RSMo, is repealed and five new sections enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as sections 144.465, 301.010, 301.092, 301.093, and 301.094, to read as
3 follows:
         144.465. 1. The dates from August 28, 2026, to December 1, 2026, shall be
2 designated as an "amnesty period" for taxpayers in this state who did not pay state and
3 local taxes as outlined in sections 301.092 to 301.094 and who titled and registered their
4 motor vehicle, recreational vehicle or any other vehicle in another state and such
5 vehicle, under sections 301.092 to 301.094, would have been required to have been titled
6 and registered in the state of Missouri and who are delinquent in taxes and other
7 liabilities to the department of revenue arising from the purchases of said vehicles.
8 Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, with respect to all associated late
9 fees and penalties administered by the department of revenue, a taxpayer shall be
10 granted full amnesty from the assessment or payment of all such late fees and penalties
11 provided that the liabilities have arisen from a motor vehicle purchase completed before
12 August 28, 2026, and the taxpayer completes and submits a written application for such
13 amnesty to the department of revenue during the amnesty period. The department of
14 revenue shall be responsible for designing and publishing a written application for this
15 amnesty program not less than thirty days before the beginning of this amnesty period.
162. The department of revenue shall issue a certificate of title and registration
17 eligibility to each eligible taxpayer who submits a completed application during the
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
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18 amnesty period. The certificate shall verify that the taxpayer has been granted amnesty
19 for all late fees and penalties described in subsection 1 of this section.
203. Upon the granting of amnesty to an eligible taxpayer under the provisions of
21 this section, the department of revenue shall facilitate the issuance of all related
22 documentation and materials including, but not limited to, motor vehicle title and
23 registration, valid license plates, and license plate tabs to such taxpayer. The
24 department of revenue shall develop a standardized procedure to ensure that all eligible
25 taxpayers who receive a certificate of eligibility under subsection 2 of this section are
26 able to receive related documentation and materials in a timely manner.
        301.010. As used in this chapter and sections 304.010 to 304.040, 304.120 to
2 304.260, and sections 307.010 to 307.175, the following terms mean:
3(1) "All-terrain vehicle", any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively
4 for off-highway use, with an unladen dry weight of one thousand five hundred pounds or less,
5 traveling on three, four or more nonhighway tires, with either:
6(a) A seat designed to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering
7 control, but excluding an electric bicycle; or
8(b) A width of fifty inches or less, measured from outside of tire rim to outside of tire
9 rim, regardless of seating or steering arrangement;
10(2) "Autocycle", a three-wheeled motor vehicle which the drivers and passengers ride
11 in a partially or completely enclosed nonstraddle seating area, that is designed to be
12 controlled with a steering wheel and pedals, and that has met applicable Department of
13 Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration requirements or federal
14 motorcycle safety standards;
15(3) "Automobile transporter", any vehicle combination capable of carrying cargo on
16 the power unit and designed and used for the transport of assembled motor vehicles, including
17 truck camper units;
18(4) "Axle load", the total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers are
19 included between two parallel transverse vertical planes forty inches apart, extending across
20 the full width of the vehicle;
21(5) "Backhaul", the return trip of a vehicle transporting cargo or general freight,
22 especially when carrying goods back over all or part of the same route;
23(6) "Boat transporter", any vehicle combination capable of carrying cargo on the
24 power unit and designed and used specifically to transport assembled boats and boat hulls.
25 Boats may be partially disassembled to facilitate transporting;
26(7) "Body shop", a business that repairs physical damage on motor vehicles that are
27 not owned by the shop or its officers or employees by mending, straightening, replacing body
28 parts, or painting;
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29(8) "Bus", a motor vehicle primarily for the transportation of a driver and eight or
30 more passengers but not including shuttle buses;
31(9) "Commercial motor vehicle", a motor vehicle designed or regularly used for
32 carrying freight and merchandise, or more than eight passengers but not including vanpools or
33 shuttle buses;
34(10) "Cotton trailer", a trailer designed for transporting cotton at speeds less than
35 seventy miles per hour from field to field or from field to market and return;
36(11) "Dealer", any person, firm, corporation, association, agent or subagent engaged
37 in the sale or exchange of new, used or reconstructed motor vehicles or trailers;
38(12) "Director" or "director of revenue", the director of the department of revenue;
39(13) "Driveaway operation":
40(a) The movement of a motor vehicle or trailer by any person or motor carrier other
41 than a dealer over any public highway, under its own power singly, or in a fixed combination
42 of two or more vehicles, for the purpose of delivery for sale or for delivery either before or
43 after sale;
44(b) The movement of any vehicle or vehicles, not owned by the transporter,
45 constituting the commodity being transported, by a person engaged in the business of
46 furnishing drivers and operators for the purpose of transporting vehicles in transit from one
47 place to another by the driveaway or towaway methods; or
48(c) The movement of a motor vehicle by any person who is lawfully engaged in the
49 business of transporting or delivering vehicles that are not the person's own and vehicles of a
50 type otherwise required to be registered, by the driveaway or towaway methods, from a point
51 of manufacture, assembly or distribution or from the owner of the vehicles to a dealer or sales
52 agent of a manufacturer or to any consignee designated by the shipper or consignor;
53(14) "Dromedary", a box, deck, or plate mounted behind the cab and forward of the
54 fifth wheel on the frame of the power unit of a truck tractor-semitrailer combination. A truck
55 tractor equipped with a dromedary may carry part of a load when operating independently or
56 in a combination with a semitrailer;
57(15) "Electric bicycle", a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals, a saddle or seat
58 for the rider, and an electric motor of less than 750 watts that meets the requirements of one of
59 the following three classes:
60(a) "Class 1 electric bicycle", an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides
61 assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that ceases to provide assistance when the
62 bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour;
63(b) "Class 2 electric bicycle", an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that may be
64 used exclusively to propel the bicycle and that is not capable of providing assistance when the
65 bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour; or
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66(c) "Class 3 electric bicycle", an electric bicycle equipped with a motor that provides
67 assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that ceases to provide assistance when the
68 bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour;
69(16) "Farm tractor", a tractor used exclusively for agricultural purposes;
70(17) "Fleet", any group of ten or more motor vehicles owned by the same owner;
71(18) "Fleet vehicle", a motor vehicle which is included as part of a fleet;
72(19) "Fullmount", a vehicle mounted completely on the frame of either the first or last
73 vehicle in a saddlemount combination;
74(20) "Gross weight", the weight of vehicle and/or vehicle combination without load,
75 plus the weight of any load thereon;
76(21) "Hail-damaged vehicle", any vehicle, the body of which has become dented as
77 the result of the impact of hail;
78(22) "Highway", any public thoroughfare for vehicles, including state roads, county
79 roads and public streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or alleys in any municipality;
80(23) "Improved highway", a highway which has been paved with gravel, macadam,
81 concrete, brick or asphalt, or surfaced in such a manner that it shall have a hard, smooth
82 surface;
83(24) "Intersecting highway", any highway which joins another, whether or not it
84 crosses the same;
85(25) "Junk vehicle", a vehicle which:
86(a) Is incapable of operation or use upon the highways and has no resale value except
87 as a source of parts or scrap; or
88(b) Has been designated as junk or a substantially equivalent designation by this state
89 or any other state;
90(26) "Kit vehicle", a motor vehicle assembled by a person other than a generally
91 recognized manufacturer of motor vehicles by the use of a glider kit or replica purchased from
92 an authorized manufacturer and accompanied by a manufacturer's statement of origin;
93(27) "Land improvement contractors' commercial motor vehicle", any not-for-hire
94 commercial motor vehicle the operation of which is confined to:
95(a) An area that extends not more than a radius of one hundred fifty miles from its
96 home base of operations when transporting its owner's machinery, equipment, or auxiliary
97 supplies to or from projects involving soil and water conservation, or to and from equipment
98 dealers' maintenance facilities for maintenance purposes; or
99(b) An area that extends not more than a radius of fifty miles from its home base of
100 operations when transporting its owner's machinery, equipment, or auxiliary supplies to or
101 from projects not involving soil and water conservation.
102
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103 Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prevent any motor vehicle from being
104 registered as a commercial motor vehicle or local commercial motor vehicle;
105(28) "Local commercial motor vehicle", a commercial motor vehicle whose
106 operations are confined to a municipality and that area extending not more than fifty miles
107 therefrom, or a commercial motor vehicle whose property-carrying operations are confined
108 solely to the transportation of property owned by any person who is the owner or operator of
109 such vehicle to or from a farm owned by such person or under the person's control by virtue
110 of a landlord and tenant lease; provided that any such property transported to any such farm is
111 for use in the operation of such farm;
112(29) "Local log truck", a commercial motor vehicle which is registered pursuant to
113 this chapter to operate as a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state; used
114 exclusively in this state; used to transport harvested forest products; operated solely at a
115 forested site and in an area extending not more than a one hundred fifty mile radius from such
116 site; and when operated on the national system of interstate and defense highways described
117 in 23 U.S.C. Section 103, as amended, or outside the one hundred fifty mile radius from such
118 site with an extended distance local log truck permit, does not have more than four axles, and
119 does not pull a trailer which has more than three axles. Harvesting equipment which is used
120 specifically for cutting, felling, trimming, delimbing, debarking, chipping, skidding, loading,
121 unloading, and stacking may be transported on a local log truck;
122(30) "Local log truck tractor", a commercial motor vehicle which is registered under
123 this chapter to operate as a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state; used
124 exclusively in this state; used to transport harvested forest products, operated at a forested site
125 and in an area extending not more than a one hundred fifty mile radius from such site; and
126 when operated on the national system of interstate and defense highways described in 23
127 U.S.C. Section 103, as amended, or outside the one hundred fifty mile radius from such site
128 with an extended distance local log truck permit, does not have more than three axles and
129 does not pull a trailer which has more than three axles;
130(31) "Local transit bus", a bus whose operations are confined wholly within a
131 municipal corporation, or wholly within a municipal corporation and a commercial zone, as
132 defined in section 390.020, adjacent thereto, forming a part of a public transportation system
133 within such municipal corporation and such municipal corporation and adjacent commercial
134 zone;
135(32) "Log truck", a vehicle which is not a local log truck or local log truck tractor and
136 is used exclusively to transport harvested forest products to and from forested sites which is
137 registered pursuant to this chapter to operate as a motor vehicle on the public highways of this
138 state for the transportation of harvested forest products;
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139(33) "Major component parts", the rear clip, cowl, frame, body, cab, front-end
140 assembly, and front clip, as those terms are defined by the director of revenue pursuant to
141 rules and regulations or by illustrations;
142(34) "Manufacturer", any person, firm, corporation or association engaged in the
143 business of manufacturing or assembling motor vehicles, trailers or vessels for sale;
144(35) "Motor change vehicle", a vehicle manufactured prior to August, 1957, which
145 receives a new, rebuilt or used engine, and which used the number stamped on the original
146 engine as the vehicle identification number;
147(36) "Motor vehicle", any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks,
148 except farm tractors and electric bicycles;
149(37) "Motor vehicle primarily for business use", any vehicle other than a recreational
150 motor vehicle, motorcycle, motortricycle, or any commercial motor vehicle licensed for over
151 twelve thousand pounds:
152(a) Offered for hire or lease; or
153(b) The owner of which also owns ten or more such motor vehicles;
154(38) "Motorcycle", a motor vehicle operated on two wheels;
155(39) "Motorized bicycle", any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having an
156 automatic transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than fifty cubic
157 centimeters, which produces less than three gross brake horsepower, and is capable of
158 propelling the device at a maximum speed of not more than thirty miles per hour on level
159 ground, but excluding an electric bicycle;
160(40) "Motortricycle", a motor vehicle upon which the operator straddles or sits astride
161 that is designed to be controlled by handle bars and is operated on three wheels, including a
162 motorcycle while operated with any conveyance, temporary or otherwise, requiring the use of
163 a third wheel, but excluding an electric bicycle. A motortricycle shall not be included in the
164 definition of all-terrain vehicle;
165(41) "Municipality", any city, town or village, whether incorporated or not;
166(42) "Nonresident", a resident of a state or country other than the state of Missouri;
167(43) "Non-USA-std motor vehicle", a motor vehicle not originally manufactured in
168 compliance with United States emissions or safety standards;
169(44) "Operator", any person who operates or drives a motor vehicle;
170(45) "Owner", any person, firm, corporation or association, who holds the legal title
171 to a vehicle or who has executed a buyer's order or retail installment sales contract with a
172 motor vehicle dealer licensed under sections 301.550 to 301.580 for the purchase of a vehicle
173 with an immediate right of possession vested in the transferee, or in the event a vehicle is the
174 subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase
175 upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of
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176 possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle
177 is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed
178 the owner;
179(46) "Public garage", a place of business where motor vehicles are housed, stored,
180 repaired, reconstructed or repainted for persons other than the owners or operators of such
181 place of business;
182(47) "Rebuilder", a business that repairs or rebuilds motor vehicles owned by the
183 rebuilder, but does not include certificated common or contract carriers of persons or
184 property;
185(48) "Reconstructed motor vehicle", a vehicle that is altered from its original
186 construction by the addition or substitution of two or more new or used major component
187 parts, excluding motor vehicles made from all new parts, and new multistage manufactured
188 vehicles;
189(49) "Recreational motor vehicle", any motor vehicle designed, constructed or
190 substantially modified so that it may be used and is used for the purposes of temporary
191 housing quarters, including therein sleeping and eating facilities which are either permanently
192 attached to the motor vehicle or attached to a unit which is securely attached to the motor
193 vehicle. Nothing herein shall prevent any motor vehicle from being registered as a
194 commercial motor vehicle if the motor vehicle could otherwise be so registered;
195(50) "Recreational off-highway vehicle", any motorized vehicle manufactured and
196 used exclusively for off-highway use which is more than fifty inches but no more than eighty
197 inches in width, measured from outside of tire rim to outside of tire rim, with an unladen dry
198 weight of three thousand five hundred pounds or less, traveling on four or more nonhighway
199 tires and which may have access to ATV trails;
200(51) "Recreational trailer", any trailer designed, constructed, or substantially modified
201 so that it may be used and is used for the purpose of temporary housing quarters, including
202 therein sleeping or eating facilities, which can be temporarily attached to a motor vehicle or
203 attached to a unit which is securely attached to a motor vehicle;
204(52) "Residence address", "residence", or "resident address", the location at
205 which a person has been physically present for an aggregated period of six months or
206 more during any calendar year and that the person regards as home. A residence
207 address is a person's true, fixed, principal, and permanent home, to which a person
208 intends to return and remain, even though currently residing elsewhere;
209(53) "Resident", a person who declares himself or herself to be a resident of
210 Missouri for the purpose of obtaining a Missouri driver's license by showing proof of
211 residency as defined in section 302.171 and as a resident of the state to obtain privileges
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212 not ordinarily extended to nonresidents including, but not limited to, going to school or
213 placing children in school without paying nonresident tuition or fees;
214(54) "Rollback or car carrier", any vehicle specifically designed to transport wrecked,
215 disabled or otherwise inoperable vehicles, when the transportation is directly connected to a
216 wrecker or towing service;
217[(53)] (55) "Saddlemount combination", a combination of vehicles in which a truck or
218 truck tractor tows one or more trucks or truck tractors, each connected by a saddle to the
219 frame or fifth wheel of the vehicle in front of it. The "saddle" is a mechanism that connects
220 the front axle of the towed vehicle to the frame or fifth wheel of the vehicle in front and
221 functions like a fifth wheel kingpin connection. When two vehicles are towed in this manner
222 the combination is called a "double saddlemount combination". When three vehicles are
223 towed in this manner, the combination is called a "triple saddlemount combination";
224[(54)] (56) "Salvage dealer and dismantler", a business that dismantles used motor
225 vehicles for the sale of the parts thereof, and buys and sells used motor vehicle parts and
226 accessories;
227[(55)] (57) "Salvage vehicle", a motor vehicle, semitrailer, or house trailer which:
228(a) Was damaged during a year that is no more than six years after the manufacturer's
229 model year designation for such vehicle to the extent that the total cost of repairs to rebuild or
230 reconstruct the vehicle to its condition immediately before it was damaged for legal operation
231 on the roads or highways exceeds eighty percent of the fair market value of the vehicle
232 immediately preceding the time it was damaged;
233(b) By reason of condition or circumstance, has been declared salvage, either by its
234 owner, or by a person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity exercising the right of security
235 interest in it;
236(c) Has been declared salvage by an insurance company as a result of settlement of a
237 claim;
238(d) Ownership of which is evidenced by a salvage title; or
239(e) Is abandoned property which is titled pursuant to section 304.155 or section
240 304.157 and designated with the words "salvage/abandoned property". The total cost of
241 repairs to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle shall not include the cost of repairing, replacing,
242 or reinstalling inflatable safety restraints, tires, sound systems, or damage as a result of hail,
243 or any sales tax on parts or materials to rebuild or reconstruct the vehicle. For purposes of
244 this definition, "fair market value" means the retail value of a motor vehicle as:
245a. Set forth in a current edition of any nationally recognized compilation of retail
246 values, including automated databases, or from publications commonly used by the
247 automotive and insurance industries to establish the values of motor vehicles;
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248b. Determined pursuant to a market survey of comparable vehicles with regard to
249 condition and equipment; and
250c. Determined by an insurance company using any other procedure recognized by the
251 insurance industry, including market surveys, that is applied by the company in a uniform
252 manner;
253[(56)] (58) "School bus", any motor vehicle used solely to transport students to or
254 from school or to transport students to or from any place for educational purposes;
255[(57)] (59) "Scrap processor", a business that, through the use of fixed or mobile
256 equipment, flattens, crushes, or otherwise accepts motor vehicles and vehicle parts for
257 processing or transportation to a shredder or scrap metal operator for recycling;
258[(58)] (60) "Shuttle bus", a motor vehicle used or maintained by any person, firm, or
259 corporation as an incidental service to transport patrons or customers of the regular business
260 of such person, firm, or corporation to and from the place of business of the person, firm, or
261 corporation providing the service at no fee or charge. Shuttle buses shall not be registered as
262 buses or as commercial motor vehicles;
263[(59)] (61) "Special mobile equipment", every self-propelled vehicle not designed or
264 used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and incidentally operated or
265 moved over the highways, including farm equipment, implements of husbandry, road
266 construction or maintenance machinery, ditch-digging apparatus, stone crushers, air
267 compressors, power shovels, cranes, graders, rollers, well-drillers and wood-sawing
268 equipment used for hire, asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, ditchers,
269 leveling graders, finished machines, motor graders, road rollers, scarifiers, earth-moving
270 carryalls, scrapers, drag lines, concrete pump trucks, rock-drilling and earth-moving
271 equipment. This enumeration shall be deemed partial and shall not operate to exclude
272 other such vehicles which are within the general terms of this section;
273[(60)] (62) "Specially constructed motor vehicle", a motor vehicle which shall not
274 have been originally constructed under a distinctive name, make, model or type by a
275 manufacturer of motor vehicles. The term specially constructed motor vehicle includes kit
276 vehicles;
277[(61)] (63) "Stinger-steered combination", a truck tractor-semitrailer wherein the fifth
278 wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power
279 unit;
280[(62)] (64) "Tandem axle", a group of two or more axles, arranged one behind
281 another, the distance between the extremes of which is more than forty inches and not more
282 than ninety-six inches apart;
283[(63)] (65) "Towaway trailer transporter combination", a combination of vehicles
284 consisting of a trailer transporter towing unit and two trailers or semitrailers, with a total
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285 weight that does not exceed twenty-six thousand pounds; and in which the trailers or
286 semitrailers carry no property and constitute inventory property of a manufacturer, distributer,
287 or dealer of such trailers or semitrailers;
288[(64)] (66) "Tractor", "truck tractor" or "truck-tractor", a self-propelled motor vehicle
289 designed for drawing other vehicles, but not for the carriage of any load when operating
290 independently. When attached to a semitrailer, it supports a part of the weight thereof;
291[(65)] (67) "Trailer", any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying
292 property or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled vehicle,
293 except those running exclusively on tracks, including a semitrailer or vehicle of the trailer
294 type so designed and used in conjunction with a self-propelled vehicle that a considerable part
295 of its own weight rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle. The term trailer shall not
296 include cotton trailers as defined in this section and shall not include manufactured homes as
297 defined in section 700.010;
298[(66)] (68) "Trailer transporter towing unit", a power unit that is not used to carry
299 property when operating in a towaway trailer transporter combination;
300[(67)] (69) "Truck", a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained for the
301 transportation of property;
302[(68)] (70) "Truck-tractor semitrailer-semitrailer", a combination vehicle in which the
303 two trailing units are connected with a B-train assembly which is a rigid frame extension
304 attached to the rear frame of a first semitrailer which allows for a fifth-wheel connection point
305 for the second semitrailer and has one less articulation point than the conventional A-dolly
306 connected truck-tractor semitrailer-trailer combination;
307[(69)] (71) "Truck-trailer boat transporter combination", a boat transporter
308 combination consisting of a straight truck towing a trailer using typically a ball and socket
309 connection with the trailer axle located substantially at the trailer center of gravity rather than
310 the rear of the trailer but so as to maintain a downward force on the trailer tongue;
311[(70)] (72) "Used parts dealer", a business that buys and sells used motor vehicle
312 parts or accessories, but not including a business that sells only new, remanufactured or
313 rebuilt parts. Business does not include isolated sales at a swap meet of less than three days;
314[(71)] (73) "Utility vehicle", any motorized vehicle manufactured and used
315 exclusively for off-highway use which is more than fifty inches but no more than eighty
316 inches in width, measured from outside of tire rim to outside of tire rim, with an unladen dry
317 weight of three thousand five hundred pounds or less, traveling on four or six wheels, to be
318 used primarily for landscaping, lawn care, or maintenance purposes;
319[(72)] (74) "Vanpool", any van or other motor vehicle used or maintained by any
320 person, group, firm, corporation, association, city, county or state agency, or any member
321 thereof, for the transportation of not less than eight nor more than forty-eight employees, per
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322 motor vehicle, to and from their place of employment; however, a vanpool shall not be
323 included in the definition of the term bus or commercial motor vehicle as defined in this
324 section, nor shall a vanpool driver be deemed a chauffeur as that term is defined by section
325 303.020; nor shall use of a vanpool vehicle for ride-sharing arrangements, recreational,
326 personal, or maintenance uses constitute an unlicensed use of the motor vehicle, unless used
327 for monetary profit other than for use in a ride-sharing arrangement;
328[(73)] (75) "Vehicle", any mechanical device on wheels, designed primarily for use,
329 or used, on highways, except motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, vehicles propelled or
330 drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on fixed rails or tracks, or
331 cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs operated by handicapped persons;
332[(74)] (76) "Wrecker" or "tow truck", any emergency commercial vehicle equipped,
333 designed and used to assist or render aid and transport or tow disabled or wrecked vehicles
334 from a highway, road, street or highway rights-of-way to a point of storage or repair,
335 including towing a replacement vehicle to replace a disabled or wrecked vehicle;
336[(75)] (77) "Wrecker or towing service", the act of transporting, towing or recovering
337 with a wrecker, tow truck, rollback or car carrier any vehicle not owned by the operator of the
338 wrecker, tow truck, rollback or car carrier for which the operator directly or indirectly
339 receives compensation or other personal gain.
         301.092. 1. It shall be unlawful for a resident of this state with a Missouri
2 residence address, as defined in section 301.010, to title and register a motor vehicle in
3 another state with the intent to circumvent the motor vehicle titling and registration
4 requirements of this chapter.
52. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any motor vehicle owned and
6 operated by a resident of this state with a Missouri residence address shall be subject to
7 the titling and registration requirements of this chapter and that the owner shall be
8 responsible for paying all applicable Missouri fees and taxes for such motor vehicle.
93. The following factors shall be considered when determining whether a
10 Missouri resident intended to circumvent the titling and registration requirements of
11 this chapter by titling and registering the motor vehicle in another state:
12(1) The person has a Missouri driver's license with a Missouri residence address;
13(2) The resident files Missouri state income taxes as a resident of Missouri or has
14 a Missouri tax liability;
15(3) The Missouri resident resides in Missouri for at least six months and one day;
16(4) The Missouri resident was the initial purchaser of the motor vehicle;
17(5) The Missouri resident operates or stores the motor vehicle in Missouri; and
18(6) The Missouri resident has insured the motor vehicle.
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194. Vehicles excluding recreational vehicles more than fifty-four thousand pounds
20 as well as apportioned plates are exempt from this section.
215. (1) If the department determines that a Missouri resident has violated the
22 provisions of this section and failed to title and register a motor vehicle required to be
23 titled and registered under this chapter, the department shall notify the Missouri
24 resident in writing that:
25(a) He or she is required to obtain a Missouri certificate of title and registration
26 for the motor vehicle and pay all taxes and fees for titling and registration owed for the
27 motor vehicle no later than ninety days from the date of the notice; and
28(b) Failure to pay such taxes shall result in a five-hundred-dollar penalty.
29(2) If the Missouri resident fails to comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) of
30 subdivision (1) of this subsection within the specified time, the department shall suspend
31 the Missouri resident's driver's license until all taxes and fees for titling and registration
32 are paid in full including any penalties to comply with Missouri law.
        301.093. 1. It shall be unlawful for a resident of this state with a Missouri
2 residence address, as defined in section 301.010, to title and register a motor vehicle
3 under a partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that is operating as a
4 shell entity in another state, with the intent to circumvent the motor vehicle titling and
5 registration requirements of this chapter.
62. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any motor vehicle owned and
7 operated by a resident of this state with a Missouri residence address shall be subject to
8 the titling and registration requirements of this chapter and that the owner shall be
9 responsible for paying all applicable Missouri fees and taxes for such motor vehicle.
103. The following factors shall be considered when determining whether a
11 partnership, limited liability company, or corporation is a shell entity for purposes of
12 this section:
13(1) The partnership, limited liability company, or corporation lacks a specific
14 business activity or purpose;
15(2) The partnership, limited liability company, or corporation fails to maintain a
16 physical location in the state where the motor vehicle is titled and registered;
17(3) The partnership, limited liability company, or corporation has a Missouri
18 income tax filing or has a Missouri tax liability;
19(4) The partnership, limited liability company, or corporation fails to employ an
20 individual person or persons or fails to provide employees with Internal Revenue
21 Service Form W-2 wage and tax statements; or
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22(5) The partnership, limited liability company, or corporation fails to file a
23 federal tax return or fails to file a required state tax return in the state where the motor
24 vehicle is titled and registered.
254. The following factors shall be considered when determining whether a
26 Missouri resident intended to circumvent the titling and registration requirements of
27 this chapter by titling and registering the motor vehicle under a shell entity:
28(1) The person has a Missouri driver's license with a Missouri residence address;
29(2) The individual with the shell company files Missouri state income taxes as a
30 resident of Missouri or has a Missouri tax liability;
31(3) The Missouri resident under the shell company was the initial purchaser of
32 the motor vehicle;
33(4) The Missouri resident operates or stores the motor vehicle in Missouri;
34(5) The Missouri resident or shell company owner has insured the motor vehicle;
35 and
36(6) The Missouri resident resides in Missouri for at least six months and one day.
375. Vehicles excluding recreational vehicles more than fifty-four thousand pounds
38 as well as apportioned plates are exempt from this section.
396. (1) If the department determines that a Missouri resident under the shell
40 company has violated the provisions of this section and failed to title and register a
41 motor vehicle required to be titled and registered under this chapter, the department
42 shall notify the Missouri resident in writing that:
43(a) He or she is required to obtain a Missouri certificate of title and registration
44 for the motor vehicle and pay all taxes and fees for titling and registration owed for the
45 motor vehicle no later than ninety days from the date of the notice; and
46(b) Failure to pay such taxes shall result in a five-hundred-dollar penalty.
47(2) If the Missouri resident fails to comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) of
48 subdivision (1) of this subsection within the specified time, the department shall suspend
49 the Missouri resident's driver's license until all taxes and fees for titling and registration
50 are paid in full including any penalties to comply with Missouri law.
       301.094. 1. A Missouri resident who willfully makes a false statement in regard
2 to the purchase of a motor vehicle that is subject to fees and taxes for titling and
3 registration under this chapter, or who willfully attempts in any manner to evade
4 payment of the fees and taxes required under this chapter, is guilty of a fraudulent
5 practice and shall be assessed a fine equal to seventy-five percent of the amount of the
6 unpaid fees and taxes and shall be required to pay all applicable fees and taxes at the
7 time the motor vehicle is titled and registered.
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82. The department may use the motorist insurance identification database to
9 identify and determine the ownership of any motor vehicle not properly titled and
10 registered in the state as required by law. If through the department's investigation it is
11 determined the owner of the motor vehicle is not in compliance with this chapter, the
12 department may impose a penalty on the owner of the motor vehicle in the amount of
13 five hundred dollars.
143. (1) If the department determines that a Missouri resident has violated the
15 provisions of this section and failed to title and register a motor vehicle required to be
16 titled and registered under this chapter, the department shall notify the Missouri
17 resident in writing that:
18(a) He or she is required to obtain a Missouri certificate of title and registration
19 for the motor vehicle and pay all taxes and fees for titling and registration owed for the
20 motor vehicle no later than sixty days from the date of the notice; and
21(b) Failure to pay such taxes shall result in a five-hundred-dollar penalty.
22(2) If the Missouri resident fails to comply with paragraphs (a) and (b) of
23 subdivision (1) of this subsection within the specified time, the department shall suspend
24 the Missouri resident's driver's license until all taxes and fees for titling and registration
25 are paid in full including any penalties to comply with Missouri law.
264. If during an investigation under this section the department finds no
27 appropriate fees and taxes were paid when a motor vehicle was purchased, the owner
28 shall pay all appropriate fees, taxes, and penalties to comply with Missouri law.
295. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, upon making a record of the
30 department's actions and upon reasonable cause shown, the director may waive or
31 reduce any penalty imposed under this section.
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