PURPOSE: This rule will allow Missouri citizens to renew their Missouri license plates via the Missouri On-Line Registration Exchange, Missouri Internet Vehicle Registration Renewal System, by using a PersonaI Identification Number.
- (1) Any person desiring to renew their Missouri license plates via the Missouri On- Line Registration Exchange (MORE), Missouri Internet Vehicle Registration Renewal System, must use the eight (8) digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) recorded on their renewal notice. Entering the PIN into the Missouri Internet Vehicle Registration Renewal System shall be deemed the signature of the owner where a signature is required. This includes certification by the vehicle owner that he/she has and will maintain, during the period of registration, financial responsibility with respect to each motor vehicle that is owned, licensed or operated on the streets or highways.
- (2) Only vehicle owners whose county (including the City of St. Louis) has provided the owner’s personal property tax records to the Department of Revenue’s Personal Property Tax Record System may have the option of renewing the license plates via the Missouri Internet Vehicle Registration Renewal System.
(3) Only vehicle owners displaying regular or personalized license plates in one of the following categories may use the Missouri Internet Vehicle Registration Renewal System for vehicle renewal purposes:
- (A) Motor vehicles subject to the registration fees according to horsepower, as provided in section 301.055, RSMo;
- (B) Local and beyond local property-carrying commercial motor vehicles licensed for a gross weight not to exceed fifty-four thousand (54,000) pounds;
- (C) Trailers, excluding trailers displaying a three (3)-year trailer plate;
- (D) Recreational vehicles;
- (E) Motorcycles and motortricycles;
- (F) Shuttle buses;
- (G) Van pool; and
- (H) Private school buses.
- (4) Vehicles owners who must annually present an Emblem Use Authorization Statement issued by the organization cannot renew their registration through the Missouri Internet Vehicle Registration Renewal System.
- (5) If a vehicle owner enters information into the Missouri Internet Vehicle Registration Renewal System indicating that his/her vehicle has been out-of-state for the past sixty
- (60) days and he/she is unable to enter a vehicle safety or emissions inspection number, if applicable, the owner must enter the out-of- 12 CSR 10-23
state address. The Missouri Department of Revenue will mail the validation tabs to the out-of-state address entered by the applicant.
AUTHORITY: section 32.300, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed June 7, 2001, effective Dec. 30, 2001.
*Original authority: 32.300, RSMo 2000.