PURPOSE: This rule clarifies the procedures by which payment of additional registration fees may be waived upon transfer of passenger vehicle license plates, as well as the director’s lack of authority to refund previously paid registration fees in certain license plate transfer situations.

1. (1) Should an applicant desire to transfer current passenger vehicle license plates from a vehicle of a lesser horsepower to a vehicle of a greater corresponding horsepower, s/he may do so without payment of an additional registration fee provided the applicant submits a validated registration certificate as proof that s/he originally purchased the license plates to be transferred within the same registration year and for the greater registration category to which s/he wishes to return.
2. (2) Should an applicant desire to transfer current passenger vehicle license plates from a vehicle of a greater horsepower to a vehicle of a lesser corresponding horsepower, s/he shall not be entitled to a refund of the difference in registration fees between the greater and lesser categories.

AUTHORITY: section 301.140, RSMo Supp. 1987.* Original rule filed July 25, 1986, effective Nov. 28, 1986.

*Original authority: 301.140, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1951, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1997.