PURPOSE: This rule clarifies the issuance of Department of Revenue vehicle identification number tabs to motor vehicles and trailers which were never assigned a vehicle identification number plate by their manufacturer; have had a number destroyed, removed, covered or altered; or were reconstructed with various major component parts of other motor vehicles or trailers which have conflicting or different vehicle identification number plate numbers.

1. (1) Upon certified application, the department may authorize the issuance of one (1) adhesive vehicle identification number (VIN) tab which shall be affixed in an upright position to the inside facing of the driver’s door adjacent to the number it is replacing on a motor vehicle; or in a prominent, upright position on the left side near the corner of a 12 CSR 10-23

trailer and which shall serve as the VIN of the motor vehicle or trailer.

1. (2) Before the issuance of any VIN tab to a motor vehicle, a physical inspection of the motor vehicle to determine the need for a replacement vehicle identification number tab (DR Number) must be made by an officer of a law enforcement agency approved by the department for that purpose. The inspecting officer shall certify the inspection on a Vehicle Examination Certificate provided by the department and may retain a copy. The inspecting officer shall also provide a copy of the Vehicle Examination Certificate to the owner. If the Vehicle Examination Certificate indicates conflicting VINs for the public VIN and the police VIN, and at least three (3) or more new or used major component parts have been used in reconstructing the vehicle, the department will issue a replacement vehicle identification number tab (DR Number) for the inspecting officer to affix to the motor vehicle as described in section (1).
2. (3) Before issuance of any VIN tab to the owner of a homemade trailer, the owner must present verification from an official Missouri Motor Vehicle Inspection Station that the trailer is indeed homemade. The certificate will describe the trailer as HMDE and record the VIN as NONE. To obtain a DRX Number, the owner must submit the inspection certificate along with a completed Department of Revenue Form 50, Application for DRX Number.
3. (4) Before issuance of any VIN tab to the owner of a manufactured trailer, the need for a DR Number must be established through inspection of the trailer by a designated, official Motor Vehicle Inspection Station. If the manufactured trailer does not have a VIN, the inspection station will record UNKNOWN in the appropriate area on the inspection certificate. The department will issue, upon certified application for title by the owner, a DR Number for the trailer. The DR Number tab shall be affixed by the owner as described in section (1).
4. (5) If the make of a manufactured trailer cannot be determined by the inspection station, the station will record the make as UMFG on the inspection certificate. In addition, if the manufactured trailer lacks a VIN, the department will issue, upon certified application for title by the owner, a DRX Number for the trailer. The DRX Number tab shall be affixed by the owner as described in section (1). AUTHORITY: sections 301.020 and 301.380, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed March 21, 1986, effective July 11, 1986. *Original authority 301.020, RSMo 1939, amended 1943, 1945, 1949, 1957, 1969, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1988, 1989 and 301.380, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1984. *Original authority: 301.190, RSMo 1939, amended 1947,