Effective 01 Jul 2000, see footnote

307.355. Current inspection required for registration or transfer, exception — inspection valid, how long. — 1. No state registration license to operate the type of vehicle required to be inspected by section 307.350 may be transferred or issued during a biennial registration year in which the vehicle is required to be inspected unless the application is accompanied by a certificate of inspection and approval issued no more than sixty days prior to the date of application, or in the case of school buses, which will be required to be inspected annually as provided in section 307.375, except:

(1) The director of revenue may transfer or issue a state registration license to the type of vehicle required to be inspected by section 307.350 without a certificate of inspection and approval accompanying the application if the director has satisfactory evidence that the vehicle was not in the state of Missouri at any time during the sixty days prior to the date of application; however, the owner of every such vehicle must submit the vehicle for inspection and obtain a certificate of inspection and approval within ten days after the vehicle is first returned to the state of Missouri;

(2) The director of revenue shall renew a vehicle's registration license without a certificate of inspection and approval accompanying the application if satisfactory documentary evidence is presented at the time of application that the license being renewed was properly transferred within a six-month period prior to the expiration of the license being renewed or that the vehicle for which the registration is being issued was issued a registration for a period of less than one year for the registration period just expiring.

2. If due to interstate operation a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 301.010 or a trailer of the type required to be inspected is required to obtain full fee registration in this and any other state during the same calendar year, no Missouri certificate of inspection and approval is required if the vehicle bears evidence that a current valid inspection sticker or decal was issued by such other state in which the vehicle is registered; provided that the sticker or decal issued by such other state is valid for the registration period in this state.

3. After a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 301.010 has been registered for the current year, no certificate of inspection and approval is required when a local commercial motor vehicle license is changed to a beyond-local commercial motor vehicle license or when the licensed gross weight is changed during the licensed period.

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(L. 1967 p. 418 § 2, A.L. 1971 S.B. 110, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1526, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19)

Effective 7-01-00