301.300. Replacement of lost, stolen or damaged certificates, plates, or tabs, procedure to obtain replacement or duplicates, fee--multiyear plates fee. - Missouri Statutes

Replacement of lost, stolen or damaged certificates, plates, or tabs,procedure to obtain replacement or duplicates, fee--multiyearplates fee.

301.300. 1. In event of the loss, theft, mutilation or destructionof any certificate of ownership, number plate, tab or set of tabs issued bythe director of revenue, the lawful holder thereof shall, within five days,file with the director of revenue, an affidavit showing such fact, andshall, on the payment of a fee of eight dollars and fifty cents, obtain aduplicate or replacement of such plate, certificate, tab or set of tabs.Any duplicate certificate issued for any "motor vehicle primarily forbusiness use", as defined in section 301.010, shall be issued only to theowner of record.

2. Upon filing affidavit of lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyedcertificate of registration, the director of revenue shall issue to thelawful owner a duplicate or replacement thereof upon payment of a fee ofeight dollars and fifty cents.

3. Vehicle owners who elect not to transfer or renew multiyear platesshall be charged a fee equal to that charged for a lost plate in additionto the registration fee prescribed by law at the time the new plate orplates are issued.

4. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, a new or used motorvehicle dealer may obtain a duplicate or replacement title in the owner'sname if the owner's title has been lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyedand is not available for assignment. In order to obtain the duplicate orreplacement title from the department of revenue, the licensed dealer shallprocure a power of attorney from the owner authorizing the dealer to obtaina duplicate or replacement title in the owner's name and sign any titleassignments on the owner's behalf. The application to the department ofrevenue for the duplicate or replacement title shall be accompanied by theexecuted power of attorney, or a copy thereof, and the application shallcontain the appropriate mailing address of the dealer. The director of thedepartment of revenue is authorized to make all necessary rules andregulations for the administration of this subsection, and shall design allnecessary forms required by this subsection. No rule or portion of a rulepromulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall becomeeffective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions ofchapter 536, RSMo. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is definedin section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated inthis section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subjectto all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and ifany of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536,RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul arule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemakingauthority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2005, shall beinvalid and void.

(RSMo 1939 § 8379, A.L. 1941 p. 445, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 380, A.L. 1981 H.B. 511, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1045, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1581, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1279 merged with H.B. 1450, A.L. 2005 H.B. 487)

Prior revision: 1929 § 7771