PURPOSE: This rule establishes the titling and registration procedures required when an all-terrain vehicle is modified to qualify as a motor vehicle.

1. (1) An all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is not a motor vehicle and may not be operated on the streets and highways except as provided in Chapter 304, RSMo. If an ATV has been modified to pass a vehicle safety inspection and undergoes a vehicle examination as provided in subdivision 301.190(9), RSMo, the unit may be licensed as a motor vehicle and operated on the streets and highways.
2. (2) An ATV that has been modified to be operated on the streets or highways shall no longer be considered an ATV but rather a motor vehicle and therefore must be retitled as a motor vehicle and appropriately registered. The vehicle must display motor vehicle license plates in order to be operated on the streets and highways and shall not be required to display an ATV registration decal.

3. (3) In order to obtain a certificate of title and registration on an ATV that has been modified to pass a safety inspection and submitted for a vehicle examination, the applicant must submit the following documents and fees:

   1. (A) An application for title and license (see 12 CSR 10-23.265) completed in full and signed by the applicant. The signature of the applicant shall certify that the applicant has, and will maintain, financial responsibility on the vehicle;
   2. (B) An assigned manufacturer’s statement of origin or assigned certificate of title. If the ownership document does not contain the format for the buyer and seller to make a proper odometer disclosure as required by the Federal Truth In Mileage Act of 1986, the ownership document must be accompanied by a separate odometer disclosure statement. If the vehicle has no odometer, the applicant must present a statement verifying that fact and must estimate the mileage;
   3. (C) A vehicle safety inspection (see 11 CSR 50-2.120) issued not more than sixty

4. (60) days prior to the date of application for license and an emissions inspection, if applicable;

   1. (D) A vehicle examination certificate (see 12 CSR 10-23.260) as provided in subdivision 301.190(9), RSMo;
   2. (E) An original personal property tax receipt that is marked Paid or a statement of nonassessment for the previous calendar year from the applicant’s resident county or from St. Louis City; and
   3. (F) The appropriate title and license plate fees, taxes and title penalty, if applicable.
5. (4) If the owner of an ATV has titled the ATV and subsequently modifies the unit to pass a safety/emissions inspection in order to operate the unit on the highway as a motor vehicle, the owner must make application for a corrected certificate of title and submit all applicable requirements outlined in section
6. (3) of this rule.
7. (5) If the owner of a motor vehicle modifies the vehicle to meet the definition of an ATV, the unit must be retitled as an ATV and display an ATV registration decal.

AUTHORITY: section 301.010, RSMo Supp. 1989, 301.190, RSMo Supp. 1990 and 301.700, Supp. 1988.* Original rule filed April 23, 1992, effective Dec. 3, 1992. *Original authority: 301.010, RSMo 1939, amended 1945, 1949, 1951, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989; 301.190, RSMo 1939, amended 1947, 1965, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990; and 301.700, RSMo 1988.