301.030. Motor vehicle registration periods--local commercial plates, requirements--proration authorized for larger commercial vehicles. - Missouri Statutes

Motor vehicle registration periods--local commercial plates,requirements--proration authorized for larger commercialvehicles.

301.030. 1. The director shall provide for the retention of licenseplates by the owners of motor vehicles, other than commercial motorvehicles, and shall establish a system of registration on a monthly seriesbasis to distribute the work of registering motor vehicles as uniformly aspracticable throughout the twelve months of the calendar year. For thepurpose of assigning license plate numbers, each type of motor vehicleshall be considered a separate class. Commencing July 1, 1949, motorvehicles, other than commercial motor vehicles, shall be registered for aperiod of twelve consecutive calendar months. There are established twelveregistration periods, each of which shall start on the first day of eachcalendar month of the year and shall end on the last date of the twelfthmonth from the date of beginning.

2. Motor vehicles, other than commercial motor vehicles, operated forthe first time upon the public highways of this state, to and including thefifteenth day of any given month, shall be subject to registration andpayment of a fee for the twelve-month period commencing the first day ofthe month of such operation; motor vehicles, other than commercial motorvehicles, operated for the first time on the public highways of this stateafter the fifteenth day of any given month shall be subject to registrationand payment of a fee for the twelve-month period commencing the first dayof the next following calendar month.

3. All commercial motor vehicles and trailers, except those licensedunder section 301.035 and those operated under agreements as provided forin sections 301.271 to 301.279, shall be registered either on a calendaryear basis or on a prorated basis as provided in this section. The feesfor commercial motor vehicles, trailers, semitrailers, and driveawayvehicles, other than those to be operated under agreements as provided forin sections 301.271 to 301.279 shall be payable not later than the last dayof February of each year, except when such vehicle is licensed betweenApril first and July first the fee shall be three-fourths the annual fee,when licensed between July first and October first the fee shall beone-half the annual fee and when licensed on or after October first the feeshall be one-fourth the annual fee. Such license plates shall be made withfully reflective material with a common color scheme and design, shall beclearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, asprescribed by section 301.130. Local commercial motor vehicle licenseplates may also be so stamped, marked or designed as to indicate they areto be used only on local commercial motor vehicles and, in addition to suchstamp, mark or design, the letter "F" shall also be displayed on localcommercial motor vehicle license plates issued to motor vehicles used forfarm or farming transportation operations as defined in section 301.010 inthe manner prescribed by the advisory committee established in section301.129. In addition, all commercial motor vehicle license plates may beso stamped or marked with a letter, figure or other emblem as to indicatethe gross weight for which issued.

4. The director shall, upon application, issue registration andlicense plates for nine thousand pounds gross weight for property-carryingcommercial motor vehicles referred to herein, upon payment of the feesprescribed for twelve thousand pounds gross weight as provided in section301.057.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 380 § 8369a, A.L. 1951 p. 695, A.L. 1965 p. 468, A.L. 1974 H.B. 894 & 1517, A.L. 1983 H.B. 539, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1367 & 1573, A.L. 1993 S.B. 105, A.L. 1995 S.B. 70, A.L. 1997 H.B. 459 merged with S.B. 121, A.L. 2007 S.B. 82)