142.878. Application for license.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

142.878. Application for license.

Application for license.

142.878. 1. Each person applying for a license as provided for inthis chapter shall apply upon a form prepared and furnished by thedirector. The application shall be subscribed to by the person and shallcontain the information as the director may reasonably require for theadministration of this chapter, including the applicant's federalidentification number.

2. The director shall investigate each applicant for a license underthis chapter. No license shall be issued if the director determines thatany one of the following exists:

(1) The application is not filed in good faith;

(2) The person is not the real party in interest;

(3) The license of the real party in interest has been revoked forcause;

(4) Where such application is filed by a person who managed,operated, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, a business whichheld a license pursuant to this chapter which business is indebted to thisstate for any tax, penalties or interest accruing hereunder;

(5) Where such application is filed by a business that is managed,operated or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person who held alicense pursuant to this chapter who is indebted to this state for any tax,penalties, or interest accruing hereunder;

(6) Where such application is filed by a business that is managed,operated, owned, or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any person whomanaged, operated, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, a businesslicensed pursuant to this chapter which is indebted to this state for anytax, penalties, or interest accruing hereunder;

(7) Any good cause the director may determine;

(8) With respect to a distributor's license, the applicant intendingto export is not licensed in the intended specific state(s) of destination;or

(9) The applicant has a prior conviction for motor fuel tax evasion.

3. Applicants, including corporate officers, partners, andindividuals, for a license issued by the director may be required to submittheir fingerprints to the director at the time of application. Officers ofpublicly held corporations and their subsidiaries shall be exempt from thisfingerprinting provision. Persons, other than applicants for adistributor's license, who possessed licenses issued under a predecessorstatute continuously for three years prior to January 1, 1999, shall alsobe exempt from this provision. Fingerprints required by this section mustbe submitted on forms prescribed by the director. The director may forwardto the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other agency for processingall fingerprints submitted by license applicants. The receiving agencyshall issue its findings to the director. The director or another stateagency may maintain a file of fingerprints.