PURPOSE: This rule recognizes the availability of sample Missouri license plates and describes the requirements to obtain them. (1) Any person desiring to obtain sample Missouri license plates, including sample collegiate license plates, must submit a written request to the Department of Revenue, P.O. Box 100, Jefferson City, MO 65105-0100.

1. (2) A request for a regular sample license plate must be accompanied by a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50). A request for sample collegiate license plates must be accompanied by an emblem-use authorization statement issued by the college or university for which the sample collegiate license plate is requested and a fee of eight dollars ($8).
2. (3) The regular sample license plate will be embossed with the word sample in white on a red background. A sample collegiate license plate will be embossed with five (5) zeroes in black with the college or university name and design as well as the school colors on a white background.
3. (4) Sample license plates may not be displayed on any motor vehicle or trailer for the purpose of operating the vehicle on the streets and highways.
4. (5) Sample collegiate license plates will only be available with the emblem, seal or logo of a college or university which has been approved by the Department of Revenue to participate in the collegiate license plate program.

AUTHORITY: sections 301.130 and 301.449, RSMo Supp. 1990.* Original rule filed Nov. 8, 1990, effective April 29, 1991.

*Original authority: 301.130, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1949, 1951, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1987 and 301.449, RSMo 1989.