577.110. Person operating vehicle while under sixteen years of age--penalty. - Missouri Statutes

Person operating vehicle while under sixteen years of age--penalty.

577.110. No person under the age of sixteen years shalloperate a motor vehicle on the highways of this state. Anyperson who violates this section, upon conviction thereof, shallbe punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more thanfive hundred dollars.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 8401, 8404, A. 1949 H.B. 2162, A.L. 1955 p. 504)

Prior revision: 1929 §§ 7783, 7786

*Transferred 1978; formerly 564.470

(1967) Person who did not qualify for driver's license because he was underage was not barred by licensing statute from maintaining action for injuries sustained by him in an accident involving his operation of a motor vehicle. Siess v. Layton (Mo.), 417 S.W.2d 6.