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Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION

Chapter 301

< > Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 5 histories, see footnote (history) bottom

  301.566.  Motor vehicle sales or shows held away from licensed place of business, allowed, when — off-site retail sale of vehicles, when — recreational vehicle dealer participation in recreational vehicle shows and vehicle exhibitions — out-of-state participants — violation, penalty. — 1.  A motor vehicle dealer may participate in no more than two motor vehicle shows or sales annually and conduct sales of motor vehicles away from the dealer's usual, licensed place of business if either the requirements of subsection 2 or 3 of this section are met or the event is conducted for not more than five consecutive days, the event does not require any motor vehicle dealer participant to pay an unreasonably prohibitive participation fee, and if a majority of the motor vehicle dealers within a class of dealers described pursuant to subsection 3 of section 301.550 in a city or town participate or are invited and have the opportunity to participate in the event, except that a recreational motor vehicle dealer classified in subdivision (5) of subsection 3 of section 301.550 may participate in such a show or sale even if a majority of recreational motor vehicle dealers in a city or town do not participate in the event.  If any show or sale includes a class of dealer or franchised new vehicle line-make, that is also represented by a same class dealer or dealer representing the same line-make outside of the boundary lines of the city or town and is within ten miles of where the show or sale is to take place, the dealer outside of the boundary lines of the city or town shall be invited to participate in the show or sale.  The department shall consider such events to be proper in all respects and as if each dealer participant was conducting business at the dealer's usual business location.  Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as applying to the sale of motor vehicles or trailers through either a wholesale motor vehicle auction or public motor vehicle auction.

  2.  Any person, partnership, corporation or association disposing of vehicles used and titled solely in its ordinary course of business as provided in section 301.570 may sell at retail such vehicles away from that person's bona fide established place of business, thus constituting an off-site sale, by adhering to each of the following conditions with regard to each and every off-site sale conducted:

  (1)  Have in effect a valid license, pursuant to sections 301.550 to 301.575*, from the department for the sale of used motor vehicles;

  (2)  No off-site sale may exceed five days in duration, and only one sale may be held per year, per county;

  (3)  Pay to the motor vehicle commission fund, pursuant to section 301.560, a permit fee of five hundred fifty dollars for each off-site sale event;

  (4)  Advise the department, at least ten days prior to the sale, of the date, location and duration of each off-site sale;

  (5)  The sale of vehicles at off-site sales shall be limited to sales by a seller of vehicles used and titled solely in its ordinary course of business, and such sales shall be held in conjunction with a credit union and limited to members of the credit union, thus constituting a private sale to be advertised to members only;

  (6)  Off-site sales by a seller of vehicles used and titled solely in its ordinary course of business may also be held in conjunction with other financial institutions provided that any such sale event shall be held on the premises of the financial institution, and sales shall be limited to persons who were customers of the financial institution prior to the date of the sale event.  Off-site sales held with such other financial institutions shall be limited to one sale per year per institution;

  (7)  The sale of motor vehicles which have the designation of the current model year, except discontinued models, is prohibited at off-site sales until subsequent model year designated vehicles of the same manufacture and model are offered for sale to the public.

  3.  A recreational vehicle dealer, as that term is defined in section 700.010, who is licensed in another state may participate in recreational vehicle shows or exhibits with recreational vehicles within this state in which less than fifty dealers participate as exhibitors with permission of the dealer's licensed manufacturer if all of the following conditions exist:

  (1)  The show or exhibition has a minimum of ten recreational vehicle dealers licensed as motor vehicle dealers in this state;

  (2)  More than fifty percent of the participating recreational vehicle dealers are licensed motor vehicle dealers in this state; and

  (3)  The state in which the recreational vehicle is licensed is a state contiguous to Missouri and the state permits recreational vehicle dealers licensed in Missouri to participate in recreational vehicle shows in such state pursuant to conditions substantially equivalent to the conditions which are imposed on dealers from such state who participate in recreational vehicle shows in Missouri.

  4.  A recreational vehicle dealer licensed in another state may participate in a vehicle show or exhibition in Missouri which has, when it opens to the public, at least fifty dealers displaying recreational vehicles if the show or exhibition is trade-oriented and is predominantly funded by recreational vehicle manufacturers.  All of the participating dealers who are not licensed in Missouri shall be licensed as recreational vehicle dealers by the state of their residence.

  5.  A recreational vehicle dealer licensed in another state who intends to participate in a vehicle show or exhibition in this state shall send written notification of such intended participation to the department of revenue at least thirty days prior to the vehicle show or exhibition.  Upon receipt of such written notification, the department of revenue shall make a determination regarding compliance with the provisions of this section.  If such recreational vehicle dealer would be unable to participate in the vehicle show or exhibition in this state pursuant to this section, the department of revenue shall notify the recreational vehicle dealer at least fifteen days prior to the vehicle show or exhibition of the inability to participate in the vehicle show or exhibition in this state.

  6.  The department of revenue may assess a fine of up to one thousand dollars for any violation of this section.

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(L. 1988 H.B. 1512 § 9, A.L. 1993 S.B. 35, A.L. 1996 S.B. 560, A.L. 1997 H.B. 207, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1288 and S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2007 S.B. 82)

*Section 301.575 was repealed by S.B. 52 in 1993.


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