PURPOSE: This rule allows a vehicle registered pursuant to subsection 5 of section 301.131, RSMo, and displaying a license plate manufactured prior to 1979 to be operated on the highways of this state without displaying validation tabs.

1. (1) The owner of any vehicle who has registered a license plate issued by the state of Missouri prior to 1979 with the Department of Revenue as a personalized historic plate shall annually file an application and pay the personalized plate fee. The personalized plate fee shall be reflected on the registration slip and a validation year tab(s) will not be issued to the plate(s). The annual registration receipt shall be carried in the vehicle at all times as proof of current registration.

AUTHORITY: section 301.131, RSMo Supp. 1998.* Original rule filed March 12, 1999, effective Sept. 30, 1999. *Original authority: 301.131, RSMo 1955, amended 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997.