Section 301.041

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION

Chapter 301

Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  301.041.  Reciprocity agreement, registered commercial vehicles, annual registration — procedures — failure to display plates, penalty — director may promulgate rules — validity of previously issued plates. — 1. All commercial motor vehicles and trailers registered pursuant to this section or to be operated under agreements as provided for in sections 301.271 to 301.279 shall be registered annually.

  2. An application for renewal registration pursuant to this section shall be made with all required documents on or before October first of each year. Renewal applications received after October first shall be assessed a penalty of one hundred dollars. The director or his or her designee may waive the penalty pursuant to this subsection for good cause.

  3. Fees for commercial motor vehicles and trailers renewed pursuant to this section shall be paid no later than December first of each year except for payments made on an installment basis as provided in subsection 4 of this section. Renewal application fees not paid by December first shall be assessed a penalty of fifty dollars per vehicle, but in no case shall such penalty exceed one hundred fifty dollars per application. The director or his or her designee may, for good cause, waive or reduce any penalties assessed pursuant to this subsection.

  4. Any owner of a commercial motor vehicle or trailer operated pursuant to this section or agreements provided in sections 301.271 to 301.279 may elect to pay the Missouri portion of the annual registration fee in two equal installments, except that no such installment shall be less than one hundred dollars. The first installment shall be payable on or before December first, and the second installment shall be payable on or before June first of that registration year. Every owner electing to pay on an installment basis shall file with the director of the department of revenue, on or before December first, a surety bond, certificate of deposit or irrevocable letter of credit as defined in section 400.5-103, RSMo, to guarantee the payment of the second installment. The bond or certificate or letter of credit shall be in an amount equal to the payment guaranteed.

  5. If a new application for registration of a commercial vehicle or trailer is made other than as specified in subsection 1 of this section, the registration fee shall be prorated as follows:

  (1) For applications made between April first and June thirtieth, the applicant shall pay three-fourths of the annual registration fee;

  (2) For applications made between July first and September thirtieth, the applicant shall pay one-half of the annual registration fee; and

  (3) For applications made after October first of the current registration year, the applicant shall pay one-fourth of the annual registration fee.

  6. Any applicant who fails to timely renew his or her registration with all required documents pursuant to this section or who fails to timely pay any fees and penalties owed pursuant to this section shall not be issued a temporary registration for a motor vehicle or a trailer issued pursuant to this section or under agreements as provided for in sections 301.271 and 301.279. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the issuance of temporary registration credentials for additions to the registrant's fleet subsequent to renewal.

  7. The applicant for registration pursuant to this section shall affix the registration plate issued by the director to the front of the vehicle in accordance with the provisions of section 301.130. Any vehicle required to be registered pursuant to this section shall display the plate issued to that vehicle no later than December thirty-first of each year. Failure to display the registration plates required by this section shall constitute a class A misdemeanor.

  8. The director of revenue may prescribe rules and regulations for the effective administration of this section.

  9. Any current registration or plate for which all fees have been paid for a commercial trailer previously issued pursuant to agreements provided for in sections 301.271 and 301.277 shall remain valid even if such agreements no longer require apportionment of such trailers under such agreements, and such trailers may continue to be registered pursuant to this section.

  10. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the highway reciprocity commission shall have the authority pursuant to this chapter to issue permanent and temporary registrations on commercial trailers whether or not the registration is issued pursuant to agreements as provided in sections 301.271 to 301.279. The provisions of subsection 1 of section 301.190 shall not apply to registrations issued pursuant to this subsection, provided the carrier or person to whom the registration is issued has at least one tractor as defined in section 301.010 registered with the state of Missouri pursuant to this section.

  11. Commercial trailer plates issued pursuant to this section shall in all other respects conform to and have the same requirements as those issued pursuant to subsection 3 of section 301.067. Such plates may contain the legend "HRC TLR" in preference to the words "SHOW-ME STATE".

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(L. 1993 S.B. 105, A.L. 1997 S.B. 131, A.L. 2001 S.B. 520)