PURPOSE: This rule establishes uniform procedures to be followed in the titling of multistage, manufactured recreational vehicles or motor homes often referred to as multistage vehicles.

1. (1) When recreational vehicles or motor homes are manufactured by separate manufacturers and have separate and distinct Manufacturers’ Statements of Origin (MSO) issued for the unit, the following titling procedures shall apply:

   1. (A) When an application for a Missouri certificate of title to a new recreational vehicle or motor home is submitted, both the MSO issued by the vehicle’s chassis or firststage manufacturer and the MSO issued by the vehicle’s final-stage manufacturer must accompany the application;
   2. (B) The year model assigned to the recreational vehicle shall be obtained from the MSO issued by the recreational vehicle’s final-stage manufacturer;
   3. (C) The vehicle make assigned to a vehicle shall be obtained from the MSO issued by the vehicle’s final-stage manufacturer. For example, first-stage manufacturer, Chrysler Corporation builds a Dodge chassis which is subsequently made into a recreational vehicle or motor home by the final-stage manufacturer, Winnebago. The make of the vehicle will be Winnebago. Note, however, that the make of a Ford van converted by a custom converter to a recreational vehicle which does not meet the requirements of a motor home detailed in section (2) must remain a Ford; and
   4. (D) The vehicle identification number
2. (VIN) assigned to the recreational vehicle or motor home shall be the chassis identification number shown on the first-stage MSO. For example, the VIN for a completed Winnebago recreational vehicle or motor home manufactured on a Dodge chassis will be the identification number assigned by Chrysler Corporation to the Dodge chassis.

3. (2) For the purpose of this rule, motor home shall be defined as a new vehicular unit, designed to provide temporary living quarters, built into as an integral part of, or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or van. The vehicle must contain permanently installed independent life support systems which meet the American National Standards Institute/National Fire Protection Association (ANSI/NFPA) 501C Standard and provide at least four (4) of the following facilities: cooking, refrigeration or ice box, self-contained toilet, heating or air conditioning, or both, a portable water supply system including a faucet and sink, separate one hundred ten to one hundred twentyfive (110–125)-volt electrical power supply or a liquefied petroleum (LP) gas supply or both. The basic types are specified as follows:

   1. (A) Type A. A raw chassis upon which is built a driver’s compartment and an entire body which provides temporary living quarters as previously defined;
   2. (B) Type B. A completed van-type vehicle which has been altered to provide temporary living quarters as defined previously; and
   3. (C) Type C. An incomplete vehicle upon which is permanently attached a body designed to provide temporary living quarters as previously defined.

AUTHORITY: sections 301.010, 301.190 and 301.200, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Dec. 2, 1986, effective March 12, 1987. Amended: Filed June 24, 2003, effective Dec. 30, 2003.

*Original authority: 301.010, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1951, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000; 301.190, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1965, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1999; and 301.200, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1984, 1986.