PURPOSE: This rule sets forth the manner of marking and the use of local commercial motor vehicle license plates issued to motor vehicles used for farm or farming transportation operations.

1. (1) Any applicant who requests a farm license plate will be issued a local commercial license plate for the appropriate gross weight category and an “F” tab. The tab (which shall be a black letter F on a yellow back- 12 CSR 10-23

ground) should be affixed to the license plate in the lower left-hand corner. If the owner is issued Local 6000 or Local 12,000 license plates, two (2) tabs must be issued. If the owner is issued a Local 18,000 through 73,280 (72+) license plate, only one (1) tab will be issued. The tab(s) shall be issued at no fee.

1. (2) A farmer operating his/her truck on a marked local commercial motor vehicle license plate may travel beyond the twentyfive (25) mile limit as defined in section 301.010(13), RSMo while empty or loaded. If the motor vehicle is loaded, the property being transported must be going to or from the farm for use in the operation of the farm.
2. (3) A farmer operating on a marked local commercial motor vehicle license plate may not make a for hire haul.
3. (4) A farmer operating on a marked local commercial 72+ pound license plate may legally haul up to eighty thousand pounds (80,000 lbs.) gross weight provided s/he meets all other requirements of the weight law.

AUTHORITY: section 301.030, RSMo 1986.* Original rule filed June 9, 1986, effective Sept. 26, 1986. *Original authority: 301.030, RSMo 1947, amended 1951, 1965, 1974, 1983, 1986.